Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing futures into doubt
Tokyo is raising the bar for permanent residency amid a broader rightward shift in the Asian nation’s politics.
Pomp and toasts: Day 2 of Trump and Xi in DC
Xi’s first visit to Washington in a decade was a display of pomp and pageantry, with Trump offering his guest a two-month truce on the
US and China must act as responsible powers together, Xi says as Trump toasts friendship at state dinner
Trump said he and Xi had “never gotten along better” as he hosted the Chinese president at the lavish White House event.
Xi got Trump’s red carpet welcome – but not everything he wanted
China wanted progress on trade, technology and Taiwan – but hasn’t got as much as it would have hoped for.
CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay
After a nearly monthlong delay, states are now able to order this season’s COVID-19 vaccines through a federal program that provides free immunizations to low-income
Donald Duck’s uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun
Did you know that the first character that Walt Disney created to specifically appear on television was inspired, in part, by early Space Age rocket
‘So pathetic’: Finger-wagging Trump aide torched for correcting anchor over new term
Top White House aide Sebastian Gorka sparked online ire and mockery after he wagged his finger at a Newsmax anchor for using the word “AI.”
Supreme Court justice rips ‘potentially corrosive’ tactic fueling Trump’s ‘harmful acts’
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tore into her Supreme Court colleagues for repeatedly clearing the way for Trump administration policies through rushed emergency orders. Jackson made
Volkswagen is selling more EVs than petrol cars in Germany, and building them in Spain
Volkswagen is now taking more orders for electric cars than for petrol and diesel in Germany, its home market and the largest in Europe, and
AmericanFortress paper shows how ZKPs can prove crypto wallet ownership
The team at privacy infrastructure developer AmericanFortress have authored a new paper. It proposes a novel means of proving the origin of crypto wallets. Vincenzo
The companies racing to build frontier AI are now racing to govern it
Even as they continue to release ever more capable competing models in a regular cadence, the top AI companies are joining forces to set AI
WordPress patches a critical severity security vulnerability
WordPress has patched what it described as a critical severity security vulnerability that would allow an unauthenticated attacker full remote code execution (RCE) capabilities. There
NYC police arrest Susan Sarandon, other celebrities protesting Netanyahu
Rights groups accuse UN of hosting a ‘war criminal’ as delegations walk out during Israeli prime minister’s speech.
Contrasting treatment of Israel and Palestine on display at the UN
Israel’s Prime Minister addressed the UN General Assembly in person, despite having an ICC arrest warrant.