Ukraine on Monday officially started European Union membership negotiations, launching a process that will require its government to commit to years of political reforms even as it fights a Russian invasion.

Agent opened fire at car, striking it, as suspect fled scene and has not been located, Stafford Township police say

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A tiny snippet of user-generated text as short as 13 words long is often enough to manipulate the AI agents that power tools like ChatGPT and Google’s AI search, new research shows. The study suggests that it is trivially easy for brands to inject promotional content on sites like Reddit, Quora, and Wikipedia with the end goal of poisoning or manipulating the output of AI tools.

After freezing payments and demanding client data, the Trump administration attempted to raid the nonprofit offices of attorneys for unaccompanied immigrant children last week as its anti-migrant campaign increasingly turns its focus toward minors.

New Outlook takes 10 seconds to show an email after clicking a Windows 11 notification. Outlook Classic does it instantly.

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Marius Borg Hoiby had pleaded not guilty to the most severe accusations against him, including those of rape, while admitting to some lesser ones, and can appeal the verdict.

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A Yemeni adventurer known online as the “Spider-Man of Yemen” died after falling into a volcanic crater while attempting a climb without safety equipment.

A federal law setting standards for government data centers is set to expire this year with no clear replacement.

The EU has formally opened the first stage of accession negotiations with Ukraine. This comes two years later than planned, as former Hungarian PM Viktor Orban was blocking the process prior to his election defeat.

The Israeli military has taken over land in southwest Syria, expelled residents, demolished homes, built new military bases, and conducted arrest sweeps.

AMD’s stripping of TSME from consumer CPUs appears to be a deliberate, covert move.

(Android 16) I have auto-rotate disabled manually, my phone should be locked in portrait mode at all times. Yet somehow, whenever the slightest bit of rotation is detected this dumb banner pops up in the top right corner. It’ll cover up a button I’m trying to use, I’ll accidentally hit it and the phone will lock itself into landscape orientation. Then I’ll have to close everything. Grrrrr.

Fox says the combined company will be the third largest in US television.

Maybe younger people won’t appreciate this as much, having grown up when this weren’t so rare, but nothing quite illustrates to me how far Linux has come than browsing Amazon and seeing “Linux” listed as a first-class citizen on product images. Not buried in the details, not answered in a FAQ, but right there on the product image at the top of the listing. Many of you will remember having to dig through wikis and forums to uncover whether a product was compatible with Linux; and sometimes you still do.

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Amanda Feindt sat in the fourth row during the Senate confirmation hearing of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A U.S. Army major and former whistleblower who had submitted a letter supporting his nomination, Feindt listened as Hegseth spoke about troop readiness, military lethality, and protecting military families. Service members and veteran advocates around her wore shirts and hats bearing his name.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can use juries made up of only six people in criminal cases, instead of the usual 12. The case puts a Florida chiropractor convicted of practicing with a suspended license in an unlikely leading role in a constitutional clash.

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This week we feature five hoglets, a boost for charities and a “berry” sweet warm weather benefit.

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