The News The Federal Trade Commission is close to sending investigative demands to frontier AI companies, a senior agency official told Semafor — a sign that its AI probe is moving forward after its unusual disclosure to the public. The FTC’s planned AI inquiry emerged in a New York Post ...
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Trump administration blocks tech companies from visa programTrump administration blocks tech companies from visa program
The News The Trump administration on Thursday suspended more than a half-dozen tech companies, including Microsoft, from the program that allows permanent hiring of foreign workers — escalating its long-simmering clash with the tech industry over immigration. “The H1-B visa program is meant to allow companies to bring in really ...
An ‘inventive celebration of womanhood’An ‘inventive celebration of womanhood’
, directed by Shuichi Okita. This comedy follows three strangers who share a name — and apparently little else — in a “wonderfully woven screenplay” that includes “numerous pleasures … from hearty belly-laughs to heartbreaking melodrama,” a Hong Kong-based film critic wrote for Variety. The combination of tales results in ...
Blue Owl CEOs rebuff credit fearsBlue Owl CEOs rebuff credit fears
The News The co-CEOs of Blue Owl say the stock market misunderstands them — but they aren’t leaving it. “We went public for a reason and that reason stands,” Marc Lipschultz said on the latest episode of Compound Interest, where he was a guest alongside Doug Ostrover in a rare ...
Mini scandal clouds Dubai’s Michelin GuideMini scandal clouds Dubai’s Michelin Guide
There’s a mini-scandal brewing in Dubai’s elite food scene. The latest Michelin Guide awarded stars or distinctions to 11 restaurants that have temporarily or permanently closed because of the war. Food writer Samantha Wood questioned why shuttered restaurants made the cut. Michelin told her it was “fully aware that due ...
Israel promotes film that mimics NAZA documentaryIsrael promotes film that mimics NAZA documentary
Embassies post links to hastily produced online film echoing style of real Guardian documentary about mass killings of Gaza civilians The Israeli government is promoting an online film project that mimics the style of NAZA, the award-winning documentary that details Israel’s mass killings of civilians in Gaza, in an attempt ...
The Guardian view on Ethiopia’s return to conflict: civilian catastrophe and a spiralling regional polycrisis | EditorialThe Guardian view on Ethiopia’s return to conflict: civilian catastrophe and a spiralling regional polycrisis | Editorial
The escalating violence reflects deep domestic rifts – but is fuelled by broader geopolitical power games When the Nobel peace laureate is announced on Friday, the committee will be hoping that its choice ages better than 2019’s. Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, won the prize for ending the 20-year border conflict ...
Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on JerusalemIsrael’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem
Consulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the city Israel’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was primarily designed to deter London from imposing sanctions on settlements in occupied Palestine. But it also served the current government’s ...
Ben Jennings on the Gaza ‘ceasefire’ – cartoonBen Jennings on the Gaza ‘ceasefire’ – cartoon
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Not since 9/11 has the UK faced such a security crisis – and threat to our liberal principles | Gaby HinsliffNot since 9/11 has the UK faced such a security crisis – and threat to our liberal principles | Gaby Hinsliff
The combination of Iranian, Russian and Chinese aggression is deeply worrying: just how much more concerned about security should the country be? The first time the window-rattling roar of a B-1 bomber woke me up this summer, I thought for one crazed second we were under attack. By the second ...