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The Pentagon announces the launch of GenAI.mil, a military-focused artificial intelligence platform powered by Google Gemini. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements.IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Pentagon launches military AI platform powered by Google Gemini for defense operations- Disney CEO defends massive AI deal, says creators won’t be threatened- Trump says every AI plant being built in US will be self-sustaining with their own electricityWAR WIRED: The Pentagon is announcing the launch of GenAI.mil, a military-focused AI platform powered by Google Gemini. In a…

Angry French farmers are calling for more protests over the government-backed slaughter of cattle herds affected by so-called Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).On Thursday there were clashes between riot police and demonstrators in the southern Ariège department, after vets were called in to destroy potentially contaminated cattle at a farm.Elsewhere in the south, farmers have dumped manure outside government buildings and blocked roads. The offices of several environmentalist groups were ransacked in the Charente-Maritime department.LSD is a highly contagious bovine disease which is transmitted mainly by fly-bites. The symptoms are fever, mucal discharge and nodules on the skin.Though mainly non-fatal, it…

In an interview with UN News, Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and UNAMI chief, said the Mission’s end reflects how far Iraq has come since it was set up in 2003, when the country was emerging from decades of dictatorship, regional wars and the terror wrought by ISIL – known more widely in the Middle East as Da’esh.“When UNAMI started, Iraq used to be a very different place than today”, he told UN News. Just days into the mission in August 2003 the UN came under attack at its Baghdad headquarters, leaving 22 staffers dead and…

The human rights activist was released on furlough from prison last year, but was detained again on Friday, along with several other human rights activists. Source link

A local group negotiated permission from the paramilitary force controlling El Fasher, offering a rare glimpse into conditions after a massacre. Source link

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ChatGPT went from novelty to necessity in less than two years. It is now part of how you work, learn, write, code and search. OpenAI has said the service has roughly 800 million weekly active users, which puts it in the same weight class as the biggest consumer platforms in the world. When a tool becomes that central to your daily life, you assume the people running it can keep your data safe. That trust took a hit recently after OpenAI confirmed that personal information linked to API accounts had been exposed in…

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries. Source link

The UN’s Deputy Spokesperson said Secretary-General António Guterres was “deeply alarmed” by the surge in attacks across South Kivu, where what’s officially known as the Alliance Fleuve Congo/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC/M23) has advanced into several towns since 2 December.The UN and Security Council have repeatedly described the majority-Tutsi M23 militia as backed by Rwanda but Kigali has consistently denied providing support.“The Secretary-General underscores that this escalation risks seriously undermining efforts to achieve a sustainable resolution of the crisis and increases the risk of a broader regional conflagration,” Farhan Haq said in a statement.Dozens of civilian deaths and many more…

The essentials for survival in the town which was overrun by paramilitary fighters in October have been “completely obliterated”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.“The little that’s known at the moment about the current conditions in El Fasher is indeed beyond horrific,” said Ross Smith, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response for the World Food Programme (WFP). “We know that there’s anywhere between 70 and 100,000 people potentially remaining trapped inside the city itself.”Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces fighters who have been at war with the Sudanese army since April 2023 overran El Fasher – the regional capital of North Darfur – in…

Jets from the Myanmar military dropped two bombs on the facility in Mrauk-U, in what rebels and witnesses called a deliberate attack on civilians. Source link

Paul KirbyEurope digital editorThierry Monasse/Getty ImagesUkraine’s president says it is right for Russia’s frozen assets to be used to rebuild his countryUkraine is running out of cash to keep its military and its economy going, after almost four years of Russia’s full-scale war.For Europe, the solution to plugging Kyiv’s budget hole of €135.7bn (£119bn; $159bn) for the next two years lies in frozen Russian assets sitting in Belgian bank Euroclear and EU leaders hope to sign that off at their Brussels summit next week.Russian officials warn the EU plan would be an act of theft and Russia’s central bank announced…

A Laderach Chocolatier Suisse store in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFamily-run Swiss company Läderach is committed to producing its luxury chocolate exclusively in its home country, even after being hit by U.S. tariffs that briefly surged to nearly 40%. CEO Johannes Läderach categorically stated “never” when asked if the company ever considered opening a production site in the U.S. to circumvent export duties. “Frankly, consumers want Swiss chocolates to be made in Switzerland, like Swiss watches should be made in Switzerland,” he told CNBC’s Carolin Roth.The…

The idea came from the miners building makeshift altars in the mine in the 1930s, to pray for their safety before starting their shifts. Source link

Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador. A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a “cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024”.The spokesman also accused Russia of seeking to influence and destabilise the country’s federal election in February this year. He said that Germany, in close co-ordination with its European partners, would respond with counter-measures to make Russia “pay a price for its hybrid actions”.There was no immediate response from Russia.The spokesman said the August 2024 cyber-attack could be attributed to the…

Ione WellsSouth America correspondent, São PauloWatch: María Corina Machado on her ‘ very dangerous’ escape from VenezuelaThe rescue operation to get Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado out of Venezuela involved disguises, two boats through choppy seas and a flight, the man who says he led it told the BBC.Dubbed Operation Golden Dynamite, the dangerous journey was cold, wet and long – but the “formidable” Machado didn’t complain once, said Bryan Stern, a US special forces veteran and founder of the Grey Bull Rescue Foundation.”The seas are very rough. It’s pitch black. We’re using flashlights to communicate.…

Prosecutors say a city official on Jeju Island in South Korea stole more than $400,000 by pocketing the sale of government-issued trash bags that cost as little as 7 cents each. Source link

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Holiday travel and winter storms create risky moments for drivers and families. Stress rises fast during emergencies, and describing the scene to 911 can feel overwhelming. Now, a new Android feature closes that gap by providing live visual information that helps responders act with speed and accuracy.If you use an iPhone, Apple offers a similar tool through its Emergency SOS Live Video feature. You can learn how it works right here.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Get my best tech tips, urgent security alerts and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, you’ll…

NHS England has warned the health service is facing a “worst case scenario” December with a surge of “super flu”.The warning comes as new figures revealed the number of people in hospital with flu have increased by more than half in just one week. Catch up as it happened: NHS warns of ‘worst-case scenario’ as ‘super flu’ surgesLatest figures show:• An average of 2,660 patients were in hospital per day with flu last week • This is the highest ever for this time of year and up 55% on last week• At this point last year the number stood at…

Companies generate massive profits from people’s information, with experts describing user data as “the new oil”.Some of these companies are household names but many are unknown, with one analyst comparing the relationship between companies and users as “David vs Goliath”. Is there anything you can do about it, or are you resigned to having companies know all about you – and make money on it?How companies collect dataSam Jones, founder of Gener8, a company that helps users make money from their own data online, told our Money team how companies farmed data on users. “Companies collect data about people through…

The national soccer team made it to the knockout stages of the Arab Cup for the first time, uniting fans from Gaza to the West Bank to Cairo to Arab cities in Israel. Source link

Shoppers purchase groceries at the upscale LuLu Hypermarket located in the Lulu International Shopping Mall in Kerala, India, on May 25, 2022.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesIndia’s consumer inflation rose to 0.71% in November, accelerating from an all-time low of 0.25% in the prior month.The headline inflation number was in line with estimates of a 0.70% rise in the consumer price index, according to a Reuters poll of economists’ median estimates.This is a breaking news story. Please refresh for updates. Source link

Investment in manufacturing, infrastructure and property is expected to fall this year, a remarkable turn for an economy whose growth reshaped the world. Source link

President Trump’s planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections. Source link

LONDON — European markets are expected to open higher on Friday as a record-setting previous session for the U.S. buoys sentiment. Futures tied to the U.K.’s FTSE 100 were last seen 0.4% higher, Germany’s DAX was 0.5% up, and France’s CAC 0.4% in positive territory, according to data from IG Group.Global investors will be watching the latest developments between Ukraine and Russia on Friday amid warnings by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that Europe must be prepared for war.”Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured,” he…