Russian influence campaigns against Americans have been accused by the U.S
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday said that Russia directed Russian companies to spread propaganda across several websites in an “effort to weaken international support for Ukrainians, bolster pro-Russian policies and influence voters in the US and elsewhere”. It further accused employees of Russian stationRT of working with Tenet Media to make hundreds of videos that supported Russia’s aims.
Nuclear clocks are one tick closer
Researchers at Texas A&M University in College Station have successfully initiated a nuclear clock shift with a laser. They found that the energy shift requires a slightly higher ultraviolet frequency, resulting in a faster tick rate that could match or surpass accuracy of the atomic clock. The researchers said this could be the first step towards creating a nuclear clock.
The U.S. alleges that Russia has influence on US voters
The US Justice Department has charged Russia-backed RT with interfering in the US presidential election in 2016 to reduce support for Ukraine and pro-Russian policies in the country. The agency said that it disrupted foreign influence campaigns designed to spread Russian government propaganda. The US added that it had become aware of RT’s activities in 2017 when RT was required to register as a foreign agent.
Super-precise timekeeping can be achieved through the breakthrough of the nuclear clock
Scientists at Japan’s National Institute of Astronomy have developed a tick-based Radionuclear Prototype (RLP) for a dark-matter detection program at atomic clocks. TheRLP had lasers that match the energy it takes to move electrons between two levels inside an atom. The tick correspond to the energy transitions of protons and neutrons, rather than electrons, as they reshuffle into an excited state.
There are conversations about the moment
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the Thuringia state election and the Saxony state election on Sunday. The Left-Leaning Alternatives for Germany (Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance) came in third in both states. With enough seats in both states, the nationalist Russia-friendly party could block the election of judges and top security officials requiring a two-thirds vote.
Data privacy and intellectual property are hidden dangers of artificial intelligence
New US laws could soon make ownership and transparency of data used to train generative AI models much more likely, according to a researcher. Ben Zhao, a computer security researcher at University of Chicago, said that many researchers don’t even own rights to their creative output, having signed them over to institutions or publishers that in turn can enter partnerships with AI companies.
Russia launched a missile attack on Yugoslavia, and the N.Y. govs were accused of working for China
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said, “I’m deeply grieved by the martyrdom of our soldiers.” Netanyahu’s comment came after Israel carried out an air strike that killed six Palestinian militants, including a suicide bomber. Separately, former army chief Benny Gantz has called for PM Netanyahu to resign over his handling of the release of Gilad Shalit.
A Russian missile strike killed over 40 people in Poltava
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the airstrike on a military training facility in the country’s Poltava region a “terrible tragedy” and said that it was a “crime against humanity”. Zelenskyy added that Russia must allow Ukraine to use weapons on Russian soil. At least 41 people were killed and 180 others injured in the strike, which hit a military training facility.
These Windows laptops are cheaper due to the new 8-core qualcomm X Plus
Intel has claimed that the ‘Lunar Lake’ laptop with 78Wh battery is the one that can last multiple hours longer than the ‘Zenbook S 14’ laptop with Intel. It can last several hours longer without using the Intel’s XeSS upscaling. The ‘Lunar Lake’ laptop has a 14-thread or 22-thread chip at lower power, but Intel claims its new chips can beat them.
The U.K. has stopped some arms sales to Israel
The UK has announced that it will suspend some arms exports to Israel, following a legal review found that “there exists a clear risk” that they might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law. The decision comes amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The UK has been a key US ally in the region.