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AI Tools Are Transforming Muslim Worship. Religious Scholars Are Conflicted
—Courtesy Tarteel Tarique Kazi used to recite the Quran to his mother. Kazi is a 32-year-old Houston-based Muslim and teacher of hifdh—the Islamic practice of memorizing the Quran in order to deepen faith. For Kazi, the hours he spent with his mother studying the sacred text were among his most cherished. “It was the most…
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New Tools Strip AI Guardrails In Minutes, Allowing Them to Give Instructions on Chlorine Gas Attacks
We all know AI guardrails are far from perfect, but they should at least be pretty hard to circumvent, right? Bad news: they aren’t. New reporting from the Financial Times sounds the alarm on the rise of software tools that can automatically strip the safeguards that keep the industry’s most powerful open source models reined…
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Internet mocks ‘shameless creature’ Trump official over ‘optimistic’ consumer claims
President Donald Trump‘s top economic adviser Kevin Hassett claimed that American consumers are “optimistic” in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, prompting people to push back online. Hassett was responding to reports that skyrocketing gas prices amid the Iran war and the rising cost of living have sent consumer confidence plummeting. Earlier this month,…
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TIME Is Looking for the World’s Top Universities of 2027
The campus of Stanford University on Saturday, March 28, 2026 in Stanford, CA. —Eric Thayer—Los Angeles Times/Getty Images In 2027, TIME will once again publish a ranking of the World’s Top Universities, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. This list will recognize the world’s leading higher…
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Trump sitting on ‘ticking time bomb’ poised to send US into ‘permanent’ recession: expert
A growing number of CEOs suspect a market crash is imminent but have been “scared” to say so publicly out of fear of retaliation from President Donald Trump, and on Tuesday, one security expert warned that such a crash may not only be imminent, but “permanent.” “If nothing is done about the current situation, Trump’s…
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Israel and Hezbollah clash along strategic Lebanese river following overnight strikes
BEIRUT — Israel’s military clashed with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group Tuesday along a strategic river in Lebanon as Israeli troops tried to push farther north, just three days before Lebanese and Israeli military delegations are set to meet for direct talks in Washington. A previously reached ceasefire appeared more nominal by the day, complicating efforts at…
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Grand juries are revolting against Trump’s DOJ — and judges are joining them: NYT
The Justice Department is facing an unprecedented crisis of confidence in its handling of grand jury proceedings, with federal judges striking down cases and citing prosecutorial misconduct at levels legal experts say were virtually unthinkable just years ago. In a striking rebuke this week, Chicago federal Judge April M. Perry dismissed charges against four Democratic…
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Israel supporters slam Harvard’s appointment of controversial NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s wife
Harvard has named the wife of controversial New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof to one of the university’s top leadership posts — sparking backlash from pro-Israel critics who accused both the Ivy League school and the Gray Lady of amplifying anti-Israel narratives amid the ongoing war in Gaza. Sheryl WuDunn, a journo who jointly won…
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Inside Ivanka Trump’s trip to Bahamas for brother Donald Jr. and Bettina Anderson’s private wedding
Ivanka Trump gave a glimpse of her trip to the Bahamas for brother Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson in an Instagram Story photo dump Monday. The President Donald Trump’s daughter posed solo in several snaps as she showed off chic outfits, from a floral yellow dress to a patterned tropical number. Ivanka’s husband,…
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The US Can Put People on the Moon. Why Can’t It Get Iranians Online?
It’s been three months since the United States and Israel attacked Iran, kicking off a seemingly open-ended war that’s been characterized by chaos, widespread confusion, and global economic damage that’s expected to persist for months—if not years. Those suffering most from the war’s impact, the Iranian people, are arguably who we’ve heard from the least.…