Chinese hackers target Tibetan websites in malware attack, cybersecurity group says
BANGKOK — A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in an attack meant to install malware on…
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Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations
WASHINGTON — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by…
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Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish
SAN FRANCISCO — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the…
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Philadelphia didn’t violate rights of cops fired over offensive Facebook posts, court rules
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia police department did not violate the First Amendment rights of several officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts, a federal…
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Trump says migrants who have committed murder have introduced ‘a lot of bad genes in our country’
NEW YORK — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday suggested that migrants who are in the U.S. and have committed murder did so because “it’s in their genes.” There…
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Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game
MIAMI, Okla. — Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes grew up playing video games, including “probably hundreds of hours” colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri….
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US-China research has given Beijing’s military technology a boost, House GOP says
WASHINGTON — Partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical…
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