Iran more than doubles state executions in first half of 2025
Iran more than doubled the number of state executions it has carried out this year compared to data from the...
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Trump-inspired ‘Japanese first’ politician shakes up nation’s establishment
Japanese populist Sohei Kamiya stunned many in the country when his Sanseitō party won 14 seats in Japan’s Upper House...
Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flush with billions in new funding, is seeking “advanced AI” technologies to surveil urban residential...
a16z Crypto Backs Decentralized AI Data Platform Poseidon with $15M Investment
a16z crypto leads a $15M seed round in Poseidon, a decentralized platform for AI training data coordination, addressing data scarcity...
State Cops Quietly Tag Thousands as Gang Members — and Feed Their Names to ICE
Police gang databases are known to be faulty. The secret registries allow state and local cops to feed civilians’ personal...
Dispute over Christian groups’ visas to Israel resolved after Huckabee threat
The diplomatic dispute triggered by a low-level clerk in Israel’s Interior Ministry over visa applications for Christian organizations was resolved...
Farage slams secret Afghan refugee resettlement to UK, claims sex offenders among arrivals
Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, slammed the Conservative and Labour parties after it was revealed...
GitHub Unveils Enhanced Copilot Activity Report for Administrators
GitHub introduces an improved Copilot activity report for enterprise and organization administrators, offering enhanced authentication tracking and data insights for...
Icelandic volcano erupts, forcing tourists to evacuate famous geothermal spa
A volcanic eruption in Iceland forced tourists to evacuate the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa on Wednesday as images captured lava...
WisdomTree Bitcoin ETF Records Zero Inflows: Market Sentiment Shifts to Cautious Stance
According to data from Farside Investors, the WisdomTree Bitcoin ETF registered zero inflows on Friday, signaling a notable pause in...
Grok Is the Latest in a Long Line of Chatbots To Go Full Nazi
Grok, the Artificial intelligence chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, recently gave itself a new name: MechaHitler. This came amid a...
Trans People Have Disappeared From ICE Records, Against Congressional Orders
President Donald Trump’s administration has vanished another inconvenient fact: the number of transgender people in immigration detention. Immigration and Customs...
Zohran Mamdani Shows Democrats How Not to Take the Bait
Zohran Mamdani receives the endorsement of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City on July 9, 2025.Photo: Michael...
US Marine Corps creates attack drone team as arms race with Russia, China heats up
The U.S. Marine Corps established an attack drone team earlier this year to respond to the rapid development of armed...
NVIDIA Unveils Nemotron-CC: A Trillion-Token Dataset for Enhanced LLM Training
NVIDIA introduces Nemotron-CC, a trillion-token dataset for large language models, integrated with NeMo Curator. This innovative pipeline optimizes data quality...
