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  • Letitia James, who prosecuted Trump in N.Y., is indicted on one count of bank fraud
    The indictment comes after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute James, who successfully sued Trump and his company for inflating the value of some of its properties.

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  • Once the Gaza ceasefire goes into effect, what happens next? Here's what to know
    Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for the "first phase" of a plan promoted by President Trump to end the war in Gaza. A ceasefire is expected to go into effect after an Israeli Cabinet vote.

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  • How the Trump administration is reshaping the military
    President Trump is deploying National Guard troops to U.S. cities, erasing "woke" in the military and striking alleged drug boats off Venezuela. The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef discusses what this means.

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  • What to know about the Nobel Peace Prize
    Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who'll be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Here is what to know ahead of the award announcement this week.

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  • The 10th and final escapee from a New Orleans jailbreak is captured after five months
    Ten men escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center through a hole in the wall behind a toilet on May 16. Most were captured within days, but Derrick Groves managed to elude authorities until Wednesday.

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  • Why being in credit card debt doesn't mean you're bad with money
    Financial educators bust three common myths about credit card debt ? and explain why these negative assumptions can hold us back from making smart money decisions.

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  • China curbs rare earth exports, raising stakes before Trump-Xi talks
    Analysts say Thursday's announcement is China's bid to strengthen its leverage in trade talks with the U.S., ahead of a planned leaders' meeting.

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  • Israel and Hamas reach initial ceasefire deal. And, National Guard arrive near Chicago
    Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a ceasefire deal. And, hundreds of National Guard troops were deployed to the greater Chicago area at President Trump's request.

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  • Pope Leo says faith and love for migrants are connected
    In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

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  • In Utah, a group that helped prompt the redistricting says it's acting on faith
    Mormon Women for Ethical Government was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that could overturn Utah's Republican-leaning map for U.S. House seats. That could matter in next year's elections.

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  • Jeremy Bowen: There's now a realistic chance of ending the war - but it's not over yet
    For the first time since the Hamas attacks on Israel two years ago, there is a realistic chance of ending the horrors

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  • What has been agreed and what happens next
    Israel's security cabinet are expected to meet at 17:00 Israel time (15:00 BST) to formally vote on the first phase of the plan.

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  • Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape
    He is also charged with nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

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  • Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term
    A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

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  • Madeleine McCann?s sister tells trial alleged stalker sent her 'creepy' messages
    Amelie McCann tells a stalking trial that messages from Julia Wandelt "played with my emotions".

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  • Man re-arrested at airport over Manchester synagogue attack
    A 30-year-old man was re-arrested at Manchester Airport earlier, Counter Terrorism Policing said.

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  • Ex-PM Sunak joins Microsoft and AI firm as paid advisor
    The former prime minister has been told not to lobby the UK government by the appointments watchdog.

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  • Met officers face fast-track hearings after Panorama investigation
    The police watchdog says it is launching accelerated disciplinary hearings following a BBC Panorama investigation.

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  • Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life
    The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

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  • From Happy Valley to Riot Women: Why writer Sally Wainwright wants to shout about menopause
    The writer returns with a show about a female rock band, and the "middle squeeze" on midlife women.

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rss: the register

  • It's trivially easy to poison LLMs into spitting out gibberish, says Anthropic

    Just 250 malicious training documents can poison a 13B parameter model - that's 0.00016% of a whole dataset

    Poisoning AI models might be way easier than previously thought if an Anthropic study is anything to go on. ?



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  • Amazon's Quick Suite is like agentic AI training wheels for enterprises

    Slow down there Andy; you wouldn't want to bump into any hallucinations

    Despite ongoing concerns over the accuracy, reliability, and trustworthiness of AI in the enterprise, Amazon believes that if it can just make building agents easier for the average worker, they'll be automating the boring parts of their job in no time.?



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  • Google rearranges Agentspace into Gemini Enterprise

    A new spin on workflow automation as Chocolate Factory tries to displace Microsoft as the enterprise go-to

    Google on Thursday announced the launch of Gemini Enterprise, a platform for automating business workflows using the company's Gemini family of machine learning models.?



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  • Crims had 3-month head start on defenders in Oracle EBS invasion

    The miscreants started their attack all the way back on July 10

    The raid on Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) likely began as early as July - about three months before any public detections - with extortionists compromising "dozens" of organizations, a Google investigation has determined.?



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  • This is your brain on bots: AI interaction may hurt students more than it helps

    More kids see AI as a friend or romantic interest, but few teachers know how to deal with the fallout, study finds

    Today's students are using AI for everything from tutoring to therapy to romance. A new study warns the tech may be dulling kids' social skills quietly, like booze on the brain.?



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  • Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian'

    Houston, we have a custody battle

    Exclusive The war of words over the possible relocation of Space Shuttle Discovery has ratcheted up, with the office of Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) telling The Register that the orbiter belongs in Houston "whether the woke Smithsonian and its cronies in Congress like it or not."?



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  • GitHub Copilot Chat turns blabbermouth with crafty prompt injection attack

    AI assistant could be duped into leaking code and tokens via sneaky markdown

    GitHub's Copilot Chat, the chatbot meant to help developers code faster, could be helping attackers to steal code instead.?



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  • Discord says 70,000 photo IDs compromised in customer service breach

    No word on why the outsourced supplier was storing this data in the first place

    Communication platform provider Discord has admitted that around 70,000 users had their government IDs stolen as part of its recent data breach.?



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  • US PC shipments hit the buffers as Trump?s tariffs take their toll

    Rest of the world surges on Windows 10 end-of-life upgrades

    WORLD WAR FEE The global PC market is ticking upward as Windows 10's end-of-life nears, except in North America, where tariff shocks and economic jitters have slowed demand.?



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  • Gartner warns agentic AI startups: Prepare to be consolidated

    Analyst predicts over-supply will trigger a market correction in favor of deep-pocketed incumbents

    Gartner has signaled that the supply of "agentic AI" in terms of models, platforms, and products far outstrips demand, creating a situation that will lead to consolidation and market correction.?



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rss: ars technica

  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms teaser debuts at NYCC
    "I know I'm just a hedge knight but sometimes I think I could be more."

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  • It?s time for game developers to bring back the cheat code
    Arcane hidden options can offer accessibility without confusing the "core" game experience.

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  • YouTube prepares to welcome back banned creators with ?second chance? program
    YouTube will evaluate each request individually, but copyright violators need not apply.

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  • Apple and Google reluctantly comply with Texas age verification law
    Texas requires sensitive info just to check weather and sports scores, Apple says.

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  • Tesla FSD gets worse at driving, NHTSA opens new investigation
    FSD has been crossing into oncoming traffic and ignoring red lights.

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  • Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users
    As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.

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  • Rubik?s Cube gets a $299 update, complete with IPS screens and its own apps
    The Rubik's WOWCube is a 2×2 cube with modern twists.

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  • Musk?s X posts on ketamine, Putin spur release of his security clearances
    Conditions of Elon Musk?s top-secret clearances may soon be exposed.

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  • We?re about to find many more interstellar interlopers?here?s how to visit one
    "You don't have to claim that they're aliens to make these exciting."

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  • How Easter Island?s giant statues ?walked? to their final platforms
    Workers with ropes could make the moai "walk" in zig-zag motion along roads tailor-made for the purpose.

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