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China’s Top Drone Maker Removes Security Features at a Very Weird Time

As the FBI and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was scrambling to find the pilot whose DJI drone illegally collided with an aircraft battling the devastating Los Angeles fires, the globally dominant Chinese manufacturer of that same drone made a startling announcement this week: It would be turning off controls worldwide, known as geofences, that actively prevented its drones from flying over airports, military bases, and disaster response zones (among other...

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OpenAI Whistleblower's Mother Tells Tucker Carlson Her Son Was Murdered

The mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji told Tucker Carlson she believes her son was murdered. Newsweek contacted OpenAI and the San Francisco Police Department via email for comment. OpenAI has said the company has had no interaction with Balaji since December 2023, almost a year before his death, and that they respected his "right to share views freely."

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US to ban Russian, Chinese software and hardware in vehicles

The United States is going to ban Russian and Chinese software in vehicles, according to the Department of Commerce, due to national security concerns. The final rule, posted on the federal register Tuesday morning, comes after the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security previewed the rule months ago. During the rulemaking process, the Bureau of Industry and Security found that certain technologies originating from China or Russia present an undue and unacceptable...

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CNN to shift Wolf Blitzer to mornings in massive shakeup at embattled network: report

Ratings-challenged CNN will reportedly move veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer to a new slot in the mornings as part of a wider reshuffle by the embattled cable news pioneer’s boss Mark Thompson. The 76-year-old Blitzer, one of the network’s longest-tenured anchors and current host of “The Situation Room” at 6 p.m., will be teamed with Pamela Brown on a new morning show, sources told Status newsletter on Thursday. The shakeup could also include frequent Donald Trump antagonist Jim Acosta...

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‘Meritless’: In Its Dying Days, Biden DOJ Sues GOP-Led City Council For Not Being … Hispanic Enough

A Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit alleges that Hazleton, Pennsylvania’s city council elections violate federal law because not enough “Hispanic-preferred candidates” are winning – without defining what a Hispanic-preferred candidate is. The DOJ sued the majority-Hispanic town Tuesday over its at-large election system in which voters across Hazelton vote to elect each district’s city council member, alleging it does not give Hispanics a fair chance at...