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Musk says Neuralink installs brain implant in first patient

Elon Musk on Tuesday said his Neuralink startup had installed a brain implant in its first human patient with “promising” initial results. The neurotechnology company co-founded by Musk in 2016 aims to build direct communication channels between the brain and computers. The ambition is to supercharge human capabilities, treat neurological disorders like ALS or Parkinson’s, and maybe one day achieve a symbiotic relationship between humans and artificial intelligence. “The first human received an implant from […]

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Qatar says Gaza truce proposal to be sent to Hamas as war rages on

By Adel Zaanoun with Mark Anderson in Jerusalem A framework to halt the Gaza fighting and for hostage releases is to be relayed to Hamas, mediator Qatar said Monday, as a bitter row flared around the UN aid agency for Palestinians. While deadly fighting again rocked Gaza, fears mounted of a widening regional conflict after Israel’s top ally Washington vowed to respond to an attack that killed three US troops in Jordan. Israeli bombing of […]

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‘Taylor Swift’ searches blocked on X after AI porn outrage

Some searches including the terms “Taylor Swift” on X turned up no results on Monday after the company, formerly known as Twitter, apparently moved to prevent the spread of AI-generated porn videos using the star’s likeness. Certain queries attempted by AFP that included the megastar’s name, such as “Taylor Swift AI,” triggered messages saying “something went wrong.” The Verge and other US media reported that X had put a temporary block on searches using Swift’s […]

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Cloudy skies, rains expected in parts of PHL

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Quezon, Bicol Region, and the rest of Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Caraga, Davao Region, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, and Southern Leyte, meanwhile, will have cloudy […]

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Comelec suspends people’s initiative proceedings to amend Charter

(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections has suspended people’s initiative  proceedings aimed at amending the 1987 Constitution. In suspending “everything,” including the acceptance by Comelec local offices of signatures required to file a petition for the proposal, indefinitely, the poll body noted that there was a need to review and revise people’s initiative guidelines contained in Comelec Resolution No. 10650. The indefinite suspension was welcomed by senators, who had earlier already expressed concerns over the initiative […]

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PBBM in Vietnam for two-day state visit

Meets officials of Vingroup, Filipino community (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos is in Vietnam for a two-day state visit aimed at boosting relations between the two countries. The plane carrying President Marcos and his delegation arrived at the Noi Bai International Airport at 3:05 p.m. on Monday, where  they were  welcomed by Vietnamese officials. The President met with the Vingroup Company, Vietnam’s largest private company with a $21.1. billion market cap as of April 2023 through […]

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Lawsuit filed over ‘everyday’ racial profiling by Japan police

Racial profiling by police is an “everyday occurrence” in Japan, one of three foreign-born residents who sued the government over the issue on Monday said. In the first lawsuit of its kind, the three men accused the police of having repeatedly questioned them because of their ethnicity or appearance. They are each seeking 3.3 million yen ($22,300) in compensation. “A lot of apathy here has allowed people like me to be abused and mistreated,” one […]

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Biden blames Iran-backed militants for deadly drone strike in Jordan

By W.G. DUNLOP A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants for the first US military deaths in the region since the Israel-Hamas war began. Iran said it had nothing to do with the attack and denied US and British accusations that it supported militant groups responsible for the strike on the remote frontier base in Jordan’s northeast, near the borders with Iraq and […]

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NKorea’s Kim oversaw test of cruise missiles launched from submarine: state media

By Sunghee Hwang North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hailed the test launch of a new strategic cruise missile from a submarine as a key moment in building the nation’s naval power, state media said Monday. Pyongyang has accelerated weapons testing in the new year, including tests of what it called an “underwater nuclear weapon system” and a solid-fuelled hypersonic ballistic missile. Kim expressed “great satisfaction” over Sunday’s test, state-run news agency KCNA said, […]

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Ukraine twins smiling through bombs to go for Olympic gold

By Anna Malpas in Kharkiv, Jonathan Brown in Kyiv, Philippe Siuberski in Montpellier and Diane Falconer in Fukuoka As synchronised swimmers, Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva are used to having to smile no matter what. The sunny sisters are one of Ukraine’s best hopes of a gold medal at the Paris Olympics after winning a bronze in artistic swimming at the Tokyo Games three years ago. But the trials the 22-year-old twins have been put through […]

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Iran executes four men convicted of spying for Israel

Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the country’s arch-foe Israel on a plan to sabotage an Iranian defense site, according to the judiciary. The four defendants, identified as Mohammad Faramarzi, Mohsen Mazloum, Wafa Azarbar, Pejman Fatehi, were arrested in July 2022 and accused of plotting to carry out out an operation against a Ministry of Defense centre in the central province of Isfahan, according to the […]

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Crowd gathers on New Zealand beach after stranded whale dies

Scores of people gathered on a New Zealand beach on Monday as a young whale that died in a rare stranding was pulled to shore. The seven-metre (23-foot) fin whale died in the early hours after beaching on an estuary sandbank near the Christchurch suburb of Moncks Bay, the conservation department said. The coast guard used an earthmover to lift the whale’s body out of the water. A crowd of people perched on boulders at […]

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