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Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, state television announced Thursday night. Myanmar’s military information office confirmed the news through a text message to the press. Accompanying the announcement was a photo of the 80-year-old leader dressed in a traditional white blouse and skirt. She is
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Major ‘gaffe’ sees British ‘distress signal’ flown at King Charles visit
King Charles III endured another diplomatic gaffe during his visit to the United States. The 77-year-old monarch wrapped up his visit with a trip across Virginia, but sharp-eyed observers noticed American service members were holding an up-side down British flag as the king and his wife, Queen Camilla, visited Arlington National Cemetery, reported the Express.
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Roblox allowed predator to pay Uber driver $1K to abduct teen girl who was sexually assaulted, locked in a room: lawsuit
A young woman is suing Roblox, Discord and Uber after a repeat predator used the platforms to groom her when she was 15 – paying a driver to bring her from Indiana to his New Jersey home where he kept her locked in a small, dank room and repeatedly raped her, according to the suit.
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Elon Musk Seemingly Admits xAI Has Used OpenAI’s Models to Train Its Own
While testifying on Thursday in federal court, Elon Musk seemed to indicate that his AI lab may have used OpenAI’s models to train xAI’s own. He touched upon the topic while sitting on the witness stand answering cross-examination questions from an OpenAI attorney amid his ongoing legal battle against the ChatGPT-maker. This is the exchange,
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House approves bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the record shutdown
WASHINGTON — After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and send the bipartisan package to President Trump to sign, ending the longest agency shutdown in history. The White House had warned that temporary funding Trump had tapped to pay Transportation Security
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Olivia Wilde fans rush to actress’s defense after cruel trolls criticize her appearance in viral video
Don’t worry, darling. Olivia Wilde’s fans rushed to the actress’s defense after ruthless trolls criticized her appearance in a new video. The cruel attacks began after the 42-year-old movie star stopped for an interview with SFGate while walking the red carpet ahead of the San Francisco International Film Festival last Friday. Fans of Olivia Wilde
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OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk ChatGPT and Codex Accounts
For anyone who fears their ChatGPT and Codex accounts might be targeted by attackers, OpenAI announced on Thursday that it is adding an optional new level of account protection that adds an extra layer of security. Dubbed Advanced Account Security, the feature enforces strict access controls that would make account takeover attacks very difficult. Such
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Louisiana congressional primaries are suspended as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s congressional primaries won’t be going forward as scheduled in May, as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a majority Black congressional district, the state’s top elected officials said Thursday. Gov. Jeff Landry and Atty. Gen. Liz Murrill, both Republicans, said in a joint statement that Wednesday’s high
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‘Don’t talk to me anymore!’ GOP lawmaker blows up on TMZ reporter with vulgar deflection
Rep. Dan Meuser crashed out in an interview with TMZ on Thursday when a reporter pressed him about the upcoming 10-day break for Congress as a stalemate over funding the Department of Homeland Security continued. Meuser was walking on Capitol Hill when TMZ asked him if he was frustrated over the funding bill, which had
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FCC’s Brendan Carr Says No White House Pressure in Early Review of ABC Licenses, Investigation Focused on DEI
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said the White House did not pressure him to launch an early review of eight ABC broadcast licenses over President Donald Trump’s anger at late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, promising it stemmed solely from the FCC’s investigation into the company’s diversity initiatives. Still, he told a reporter the president had