Author: News Desk

United States: The first crewed test flight of Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule has been delayed for at least twenty-four hours due to the cancellation of the launch countdown. On Saturday, the postponement was revealed live on a NASA livestream. Launch projections earlier in the day had indicated a 90 percent possibility of favorable weather. However, according to mission authorities, a ground system computer initiated an automatic abort command fewer than four minutes before liftoff, pausing the countdown clock. The CST-200 Starliner’s first trip to the International Space Station (ISS) with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has been eagerly…

Russia: Russian forces have launched a missile and drone attack across Ukraine, damaging energy infrastructure in five regions, according to Ukrainian officials. The attacks affected facilities in the eastern Donetsk, southeast Zaporizhia, and Dnipropetrovsk areas, as well as the central and western regions of Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk, according to a statement released on Saturday by Ukrenergo, the national grid operator of Ukraine. Russia, which began a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. According to the air force commander, the Ukrainian air defense downed 46 out of 47 Russian drones and…

United States: Images of upside-down American flags have steadily appeared on social media following Donald Trump’s historic guilty verdict. Trump’s supporters and right-wing commentators are using these images to protest his felony conviction. As the former president of the United States, a Republican, discussed the trial on Friday, at least one of these flags was seen outside Trump Tower in New York City. Along with his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and longstanding ally, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former president’s daughter-in-law and co-chair of the Republican National Committee, have been posting pictures of inverted flags on the internet. Following…

Nowadays, younger generations of kids are more likely to trust the advice of machines than that of their own family members due to the comprehensive availability of technology. In a research with 111 children ages 3 to 6, the kids indicated a bias for giving robots more credence and showing greater tolerance for errors made by the robots. The study is published in Computers in Human Behavior. After being divided into many groups, the youngsters watched movies of humans and robots naming both new and familiar objects. The reliability of humans and robots was tested by misnaming common objects—calling a…

United States: The artificial intelligence company OpenAI has declared that it has stopped secret influence operations coming from Iran, China, Russia, and Israel. “Deceptive attempts to manipulate public opinion or influence political outcomes without revealing the true identity or intentions of the actors behind them” are what the creators of ChatGPT said they had discovered in five campaigns. The ads created text and photos using OpenAI’s models, which were then shared on social media sites including Instagram, X, and Telegram. According to OpenAI, in certain instances, the campaigns took advantage of the tools to create content that had “fewer language…

United States: US President Joe Biden has eased ban on the country employing US weaponry inside Russian territory to assist Ukraine in fending off an invasion of its northeastern Kharkiv region. Speaking under oath, a number of US officials informed various media outlets on Thursday that Kyiv will be permitted to employ the weaponry on the border of the Kharkiv region, which was subject to a fresh round of Russian attacks earlier this month. Biden’s decision, which comes as France and other European nations have signaled that Ukraine will be permitted to deploy its weapons on military targets within Russia,…

United States: Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in New York concluded with his conviction on all 34 counts of falsifying corporate records. Trump criticizes Judge Merchan, who oversaw the case, and refers to the decision as a “disgrace.” Not only is Trump the first former president to be convicted of a felony, but he is also the first presidential candidate from a major party to be found guilty of a crime while running for office. Furthermore, if he wins over President Joe Biden in November, he will become the first-ever sitting president who has a criminal record. After nearly two…

China: The Australian government said that China had lifted the import restriction on five Australian beef producers, marking the latest development in years of tense relations between Beijing and Canberra. “China has lifted its suspension of five Australian meat processing establishments. This is welcome news for our producers and affirms the calm and consistent approach taken by the Albanese Labor government,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement. In 2020, China imposed import restrictions on a variety of Australian goods, such as coal, wine, barley, and rock lobsters, in response to a request made by Australia’s Prime Minister…

United States: Google has announced that it will invest $2 billion in the Southeast Asian nation to construct its first data centre and “cloud region” in Malaysia. According to Farhan S. Qureshi, country director of Google Malaysia, “this investment is not just about infrastructure; it’s about unlocking new possibilities for businesses, educators, and every Malaysian.” Qureshi stated that the Google data centre would “pave the way for delivering the transformative power of AI to users and customers across the country” and power products like Google Maps and Search. According to Qureshi, the Google Cloud region would provide businesses, startups, and…

Israel: Israel’s national security adviser says the war on Gaza is expected to continue until the end of the year. Tzachi Hanegbi stated that “we are expecting another seven months of fighting” to dismantle the governmental and military capacities of both Hamas and the smaller Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization in an interview with Israel’s Kan public radio on Wednesday. Almost eight months into the attack, Israel is becoming more and more isolated on the international front, and even the US and other close allies have expressed indignation over the number of civilian deaths. This is when he made these…