Nscale’s AI project still in use as depot ahead of pledged completion date – with planning permission filed after Guardian’s inquiries
The press releases announcing a gleaming supercomputer on the outskirts of north London depict a glass and concrete building, rising from a tree-lined street. Accompanied by images of glowing blue robot faces, it looks like the centre of a technological revolution.
By the end of this year, that artist’s impression is supposed to be a reality.
Continue reading...Researchers working to unpick whether daily multivitamin results in people staying healthier as they age
Taking a multivitamin every day for two years appears to slow some markers of biological ageing – albeit to a small degree – research suggests.
While chronological age is based on how long a person has lived, biological age reflects the state of the body. Estimates of the latter are often based on changes in patterns of DNA methylation – modifications to DNA that accumulate with age and affect how genes function.
Continue reading...One year ago, ICE arrested me for protesting for Palestine. Leqaa Kordia is still caged – for also daring to speak the truth
Sunday marked one year since Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, was arrested last year for his political advocacy. Below, he writes to Leqaa Kordia, a fellow Palestinian currently in ICE detention in Texas. Khalil was released after more than three months but the Trump administration continues to seek his deportation; Kordia has been detained for nearly a year. Read more about her case here.
Dear Leqaa,
Continue reading...President says lawmakers must ‘immediately’ pass SAVE America act, which would require proof of citizenship at voter registration and significantly curtail mail-in voting
Donald Trump has urged the Australian government to grant asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s football team, amid reports that they refused to return home following the team’s elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup and were taken into the protection of Australian police.
As my colleague Martin Farrer reports, speculation had mounted for days that some of the players would try to seek asylum in Australia they had been called “traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before their opening game of the tournament last week.
Continue reading...Save Act would limit voting access in the US and centers on Trump’s unfounded claims of noncitizens stealing elections
Donald Trump threatened not to sign any bills until Congress approves the Save America Act, a curtailment of voting access.
The president, fixated on unsubstantiated claims that noncitizens are stealing US elections ahead of midterm elections that are expected to be bruising for Republicans, said on Truth Social Sunday that the Save America Act “must be done immediately” and “supersedes everything else”.
Continue reading...An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: AI has made it vastly easier for malicious hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, a new study has warned. In most test scenarios, large language models (LLMs) -- the technology behind platforms such as ChatGPT -- successfully matched anonymous online users with their actual identities on other platforms, based on the information they posted. The AI researchers Simon Lermen and Daniel Paleka said LLMs make it cost effective to perform sophisticated privacy attacks, forcing a "fundamental reassessment of what can be considered private online". In their experiment, the researchers fed anonymous accounts into an AI, and got it to scrape all the information it could. They gave a hypothetical example of a user talking about struggling at school, and walking their dog Biscuit through a "Dolores park." In that hypothetical case, the AI then searched elsewhere for those details and matched @anon_user42 to the known identity with a high degree of confidence. While this example was fictional, the paper's authors highlighted scenarios in which governments use AI to surveil dissidents and activists posting anonymously, or hackers are able to launch "highly personalized" scams.
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President says lawmakers must ‘immediately’ pass SAVE America act, which would require proof of citizenship at voter registration and significantly curtail mail-in voting
In response to the news that oil prices surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, Republican congressman Mike Lawler said that the the price hike at the pump “needs to be a focus of the administration” in an interview with CNN.
According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of gasoline rose to $3.47 on 9 March, – a 16% increase in the last week.
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President threatens that lawmakers must pass act ‘immediately’ as it ‘supersedes everything else’ in social media post
Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, honored the seven “incredibly brave Americans” who have lost their lives during the US-Israel war on Iran. “We all are all in awe of their service, of their bravery, of their courage, and our hearts and our support extend out to their families in this very difficult moment,” Rubio said during a hostage and wrongful detainee flag raising ceremony at the Department of State.
He reiterated the administration’s stance that the Iranian regime’s military capabilities are depleting. “I want everyone to know your military is getting the job done, and every single day, this regime in Iran has less missiles, has less launchers, their factories work less and their navy is being eviscerated,” the secretary of state added. “The world is going to be a safer and a better place when this mission is accomplished.”
Continue reading...Incident took place during anti-Islam protest by rightwing agitators outside Gracie Mansion, where the New York City mayor lives
The throwing of two improvised explosive devices – allegedly by counter-protesters during an anti-Islam demonstration – outside the residence of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday was an act of “terrorism” inspired by the Islamic State terror group, officials said Monday.
Jessica Tisch, the New York police department (NYPD) commissioner, told reporters at a press conference in Manhattan that two men from Pennsylvania were arrested at the scene – and that a federal criminal complaint against them would be filed later on Monday.
Continue reading...Two brothers, ages 14 and 18, were part of a high school mariachi group honored by Congress last year
Texas lawmakers from both parties have criticized immigration authorities for detaining two teenage mariachi musicians who were honored by Congress last year.
The case has drawn national attention because the brothers, Antonio Yesayahu Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, and Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, 14, travelled to Washington DC last summer after their high school’s mariachi ensemble, Mariachi Ono, won a state mariachi competition. Their congresswoman, Monica De La Cruz, invited them to the House floor, where she celebrated their accomplishment.
Continue reading...Live Nation will pay $200m to states in lawsuit, and Ticketmaster will open parts of platform to rival companies
Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, has reached a surprise settlement with the Department of Justice in its antitrust case just one week after the trial began.
The settlement was announced during a court hearing Monday morning. Under the agreement, Live Nation will pay roughly $200m in damages to states that participated in the lawsuit, and Ticketmaster will be required to open parts of its platform to rival ticketing companies, reported Politico.
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