World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of that projected future heating if…
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Intel scores fresh win against EU after top court backs annulment of billion-euro antitrust fine
LONDON — Chipmaker Intel won a fresh victory Thursday in a long-running battle with European Union competition watchdogs after the bloc’s top court confirmed a lower tribunal’s decision to overturn…
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Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find
WASHINGTON — Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort…
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Hong Kong discovers dinosaur fossils for the first time
This undated handout photo shows Zhang Pengjie, an expert from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as he cleans and prepares a…
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Tim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London
LONDON — The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits – all on display at an exhibition that is opening in London just in…
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Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says
NEW YORK — Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election –- and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in…
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Polish radio station replaces journalists with AI ‘presenters’
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish radio station has triggered controversy after dismissing its journalists and relaunching this week with AI-generated “presenters.” Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow…
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Kuwait bans ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ video game, likely over it featuring Saddam Hussein in 1990s
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The tiny Mideast nation of Kuwait has banned the release of the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” which features the late Iraqi…
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Hong Kong bars services like WhatsApp and Google Drive from government computers
HONG KONG — The Hong Kong government is barring most civil servants from using popular apps like WhatsApp, WeChat and Google Drive on their work computers due to potential security…
Read more Cyprus thwarted a digital attack against the government’s main online portal
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus said Sunday that it has successfully thwarted a digital attack aimed at blocking access to the government’s central online portal, the latest in a string of…
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