Nostr 🔊 Today on Reuters World News daily podcast: Another US Gaza veto at the UN The hackers are hacked – cybergang Lockbit disrupted Chinese fast fashion snaps up space on cargo planes Listen now #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 21, 2024, 12:49 PM
Nostr 🇮🇱 Israel kept up its deadly bombardment of war-torn Gaza as Washington vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. Global powers trying to navigate a way out of the spiralling crisis have so far come up short, and mediation efforts have so… Coffee ☕ Feb 21, 2024, 12:45 PM
Nostr Alexander Smirnov—who was arrested last week for allegedly making a false statement about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden—had contact with a number of Russian officials and admitted Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing him a story about Hunter Biden, according to a court document… Coffee ☕ Feb 21, 2024, 3:43 AM
Nostr Ten years ago Russia annexed Crimea, paving the way for war in Ukraine #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 20, 2024, 5:13 PM
Nostr One of the cryptocurrency industry’s highest-profile hedge fund firms has been accused of ‘criminal’ mismanagement and raided by a Swiss prosecutor, in a dispute with an investor over losses suffered following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Get the full story here: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 20, 2024, 2:00 PM
Nostr 🌎 The UN Security Council will vote on a new draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, despite threat of a third US veto on such a text. The document, prepared by Algeria, "demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire that must be respected by all parties." The vote Coffee ☕ Feb 20, 2024, 1:58 PM
Nostr 📰 The High Court in London will begin hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between Coffee ☕ Feb 20, 2024, 1:56 PM
Nostr Spot bitcoin ETFs are finally here, attracting billions and challenging all pre-existing crypto-based ETFs. Does that spell the end for bitcoin futures funds? Not so fast. ProShares is doubling down. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 19, 2024, 4:47 PM
Nostr 🇺🇲 Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Anthropic, the well-funded AI startup, is testing a technology to detect when users of its GenAI chatbot ask about political topics and redirect those users to “authoritative” sources of voting information. Called Prompt Shield, the technology, which relies on a combination… Coffee ☕ Feb 16, 2024, 7:05 PM
Nostr 🇰🇵 As war in Ukraine grinds toward its third year and fighting in Gaza inflames a broader crisis across the Middle East, global security observers are keeping a close watch on another part of the world – North Korea, where Kim Jong Un’s latest provocations are raising questions about his military… Coffee ☕ Feb 16, 2024, 6:52 PM
Nostr 🇩🇪🇺🇦 Germany will provide long-term military support and training to Ukraine "to fully restore" the country's territorial integrity under an agreement signed between the leaders of both nations today. Full story: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 16, 2024, 3:38 PM
Nostr 🇯🇵🇺🇲 TOKYO - Sony opens new tab to partner with U.S.-based Seagate Technology on mass production of hard disk drives (HDDs) to meet growing AI demand, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday. Sony Semiconductor Solutions is expected to start mass production in May of lasers used in the drives, and… Coffee ☕ Feb 16, 2024, 2:53 PM
Nostr 🇺🇲 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to Brazil and Argentina, where he is set to meet with both countries' leaders to discuss "bilateral and global issues," the State Department said on Friday. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 16, 2024, 2:43 PM
Nostr 🇺🇲 A New York judge is expected to issue a ruling that could shatter Donald Trump's business empire and force him to pay up to $370 million over fraud allegations. Trump is accused of unlawfully inflating his wealth and manipulating the value of his properties to obtain more favorable Coffee ☕ Feb 16, 2024, 2:27 PM
Nostr 🚨 BREAKING: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence said #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 16, 2024, 2:24 PM
Nostr OpenAI unveiled Sora, a GenAI model that creates video from text. Given a brief — or detailed — description or a still image, Sora can generate 1080p movie-like scenes with multiple characters, different types of motion and background details, OpenAI claims. Read all about Sora here: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 15, 2024, 8:15 PM
Nostr Around 70 countries estimated to cover nearly half the world’s population are set to hold national elections this year. While AI makers and social-media platforms often have policies against using AI in deceptive ways or misleading people about how to vote, how well those companies will enforce those… Coffee ☕ Feb 15, 2024, 5:22 PM
Nostr 🇵🇸 The Biden administration and a small group of Middle East partners are rushing to complete a detailed, comprehensive plan for long-term peace between Israel and Palestinians, including a firm timeline for the establishment of a Palestinian state, that could be announced as early as the next several weeks. The… Coffee ☕ Feb 15, 2024, 3:25 PM
Nostr 🇮🇱 Israel's vow to push ahead with a "powerful" operation in Gaza's Rafah was met with a growing chorus of international condemnation on Thursday, with leaders warning against catastrophic consequences for the 1.5 million Palestinians trapped there. Australia, Canada and New Zealand warned Israel Coffee ☕ Feb 15, 2024, 3:21 PM
Nostr 🇺🇦 Ukraine has sent more soldiers to the embattled eastern town of Avdiivka, an army unit said on Thursday, describing the situation there as "extremely critical". Russian forces have been storming the industrial hub in the eastern Donetsk region since last year and have it surrounded by three sides. Coffee ☕ Feb 15, 2024, 3:20 PM