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Last week, reports emerged that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are using an artificial intelligence (AI) system called Habsora (Hebrew for "The Gospel") to select targets in the war on Hamas in Gaza. The system has reportedly been used to find more targets for bombing, to link locations to Hamas operatives, and to estimate likely numbers of civilian deaths in advance.

One commuter described the experience as "feeling like a wartime thing".

Elisabeth Borne has visited the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to address a number of issues that have created considerable tension acorss the archipelago including water shortages, housing and illegal…

Egyptians go to the polls between 10 and 12 December to elect a new president. Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is poised to secure a third term that would extend his rule into a second decade.

Nintendo canceled its upcoming video game showcase and postponed several other events because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players.

The killing of Eric Garner — an unarmed black man — by white NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo was yet another in long and unending series of flashpoints that generated nationwide protests a…

France uses an algorithm to rank millions of people by their alleged risk of welfare fraud — here’s how we took it apart.

Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip, intensifying a renewed offensive after a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.

The home had been open for public tours through last month, when it was closed for an "extensive renovation project" that is not expected to be completed until 2025.

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On Thursday, the Clark County medical examiner identified two of the victims as Cha Jan Chang, 64, a professor at the university, and Patricia Navarro Velez, 39, an assistant professor.

Democrats are also criticizing administrators' responses, which they view as weak.

Forty-four families, all formerly enslaved people with Gullah Geechee heritage, settled on Georgia's Sapelo Island after the Civil War.

A wind turbine near your home? The energy transition is not seen as just by all parties concerned. It's essential to involve local residents, argues Emma ter Mors, social psychologist. As a researcher, she focuses on identifying factors that influence public acceptance of energy technologies. Isn't participation sometimes an empty formality?

A roadmap to significantly reduce plastic waste in India has been released today, with CSIRO collaborating with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Development Alternatives, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Technology Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Until recently, financing fossil fuel projects has been relatively easy.

The European Union failed to clinch a deal Thursday on a sweeping law on artificial intelligence after nearly 24 hours of negotiations, but vowed to continue talks the next day.

Republicans have argued that censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman would hold him accountable for breaking the law.

Cramer's office and state authorities say Ian Cramer, 42, was driving a family SUV reported as stolen and being chased when it crashed into a police cruiser on the side of a road that rammed into a deputy standing behind it.

Artists are protesting Israel’s offensive. The art and literary worlds are struggling to respond.