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Amazon's delivery drivers will be forced to wear AI GLASSES that give them turn-by-turn directions to shave seconds off deliveries

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Tearful Kim Kardashian, 45, reveals doctors found brain aneurysm after MRI... as she blames stressful Kanye West divorce As royal insiders dish the dirt, this is what I'm told is the truth about Prince Andrew's daughters This is the exact plan I followed to supercharge my weight loss... and the surprising jab side-effect that cured me of my REAL problem: SUSAN ANDERSON Finance guru storms out of podcast with illegal migrants $420K in debt who insist they'deserve' new car and pool Dakota Johnson reveals her biggest'red flag' in men after Chris Martin split'Gaslighting' and'black out' fights: Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard's'volatile' marriage laid bare by insiders The secret calls and frantic meetings over Congressman's alleged affair with aide who set herself on fire in scandal that could upend Trump's future Pete Hegseth dealt another blow as judge shoots down effort to rebrand Pentagon with'warrior ethos' There's a taboo most men find repulsive... but if they can handle it, says JANA HOCKING, it's the biggest turn on ever The real reason behind Cracker Barrel's disastrous logo change... and it makes complete sense Astonishing new video shows Louvre robbers escaping in a mechanical delivery basket with ยฃ76m-worth of jewels - after evading CCTV that was'pointing the wrong way' Elon Musk's ex Grimes baffles fans with bizarre circular face tattoo as they insist inking looks like RINGWORM Putin ally accuses Trump of an'act of war' against Russia after US president imposed new oil sanctions French girl Lola, 12, who was'raped and murdered by Algerian woman' begged'please don't hurt me' before she was brutally killed, court hears Dave Grohl on'thin ice' with wife Jordyn Blum as insiders reveal her strict list of rules to save their marriage... and his plans for daughters to build relationship with his love child Amazon's delivery drivers will be forced to wear AI GLASSES that give them turn-by-turn directions to shave seconds off deliveries READ MORE: Amazon workers claim'kill switch' triggered massive outage In a bid to shave seconds off deliveries, Amazon will soon force its delivery drivers to wear smart glasses. The futuristic glasses use artificial intelligence ( AI) to feed drivers turn-by-turn directions leading up to customers' doorsteps. They're also fitted with cameras so drivers can scan packages and capture proof of delivery. Amazon claims the dystopian device will make deliveries'as safe and seamless as possible'. However, it seems not everyone agrees.


Sudan's Khartoum targeted by RSF drones for third day after airport reopens

Al Jazeera

Sudan's Khartoum targeted by RSF drones for third day after airport reopens The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have targeted Sudan's capital Khartoum and its main airport with drones, a day after the first passenger flight in two years landed in the city amid the civil war. The government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) intercepted the drones on Thursday, which caused no damage, a military official who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press news agency. The RSF and SAF did not immediately acknowledge the attack. The airport has come under repeated drone attacks blamed on the RSF since Tuesday. Al Jazeera's Hiba Morgan said "both sides seem to be stepping up the use of drones, with the RSF using them here in the capital, Khartoum, to target facilities such as the airport".


Inside Donald Trump's Attack on Immigration Court

The New Yorker

Judges describe a campaign of firings and interference which threatens the system's independence. On a Thursday morning last month, Patrick O'Brien, a federal immigration judge, walked into his courtroom in downtown San Francisco. He was scheduled for a master-calendar hearing, a roll call, essentially, to get cases ready for trial. O'Brien was wearing a matte-black robe that seemed to absorb the artificial light overhead. He took his seat, scanned the room, and angled himself toward a computer monitor. The court was leanly staffed. There was a judicial clerk but no bailiff or stenographer. Opposite the judge were tables for the prosecution--the Department of Homeland Security--and for the respondent, a succession of immigrants who were applying for asylum. A Spanish interpreter appeared as a faceless box on a big screen. About ten people, all Latino, sat in wooden pews, gripping folders full of esoteric documents.


Blackouts hit Russia's Belgorod as Ukrainian drone attacks surge

BBC News

Blackouts hit Russia's Belgorod as Ukrainian drone attacks surge Residents of Russia's Belgorod region say blackouts, air-raid sirens and the sound of gunfire aimed at incoming Ukrainian drones are becoming increasingly common, as Kyiv retaliates against repeated bombardments of its cities with cross-border strikes of its own. It's so loud and so terrifying, says Nina, a Belgorod resident who asked us to change her name. I was coming back from the clinic when a siren went off. As usual, I received Telegram alerts about a drone attack. Then bursts of automatic gunfire broke out, I ran into a nearby courtyard and tried to hide under an arch, she recalls.


The Feasibility of Training Sovereign Language Models in the Global South: A Study of Brazil and Mexico

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

The rapid escalation of computational requirements for training large-scale language models has reinforced structural asymmetries between high-capacity jurisdictions and countries in the Global South. This paper examines the technical and fiscal feasibility of sovereign-scale language model training in Brazil and Mexico under conditions of constrained hardware access, energy availability, and fiscal ceilings. Using a dual-axis design that varies accelerator generation (NVIDIA H100 vs. A100) and training duration (90 vs. 150 days), we estimate compute demand, energy consumption, capital expenditures, and regulatory compatibility for the training of a 10-trillion-token model. Our findings show that while all configurations remain below export-control and electrical infrastructure thresholds, fiscal viability is determined by hardware efficiency. H100-based scenarios achieve training feasibility at a total cost of 8-14 million USD, while A100 deployments require 19-32 million USD due to higher energy and hardware demand. We argue that extending training timelines should be treated as a policy lever to mitigate hardware constraints, enabling the production of usable, auditable, and locally aligned models without competing at the global frontier. This study contributes to the discourse on AI compute governance and technological sovereignty by highlighting context-sensitive strategies that allow middle-income countries to establish sustainable and strategically sufficient AI capabilities.


Temu agrees to remove rip-off greeting cards from its site more quickly

BBC News

Online shopping giant Temu has agreed to work with the greeting card industry to remove copied designs from its site more quickly. Designers told the BBC the process for getting the plagiarised listings removed has been like the fairground game'whack-a-mole' with copied products re-appearing within days. Temu said protecting intellectual property was a top priority and that it was encouraging sellers to join the trial of a new takedown process specifically for the greetings card industry. Amanda Mountain, the co-founder of York-based Lola Design, discovered the catalogue of designs she had built up over a decade had nearly all been copied. She found the images she had created had been lifted and were being advertised by other sellers on cards and other products like t-shirts.


Tinder Launches Mandatory Facial Verification to Weed Out Bots and Scammers

WIRED

Face Check will scan new members' faces to ensure they don't match existing profiles. The move comes as romance scams continue to proliferate, with billions lost over the last decade. On Wednesday, Tinder announced that it was rolling out a mandatory facial verification tool for new users in the US to help combat the spread of fake profiles and weed out "bad actors." Tinder claims its mandatory facial integration feature, called Face Check, is a first for a major dating app. During the sign up process, new members complete a "liveness check" by taking a short video selfie within the app.


US to announce 'substantial' Russia sanctions

BBC News

US to announce'substantial' Russia sanctions The US government will impose a substantial pickup in sanctions against Russia as the fighting in Ukraine continues, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent's comments came just before Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte was due at the White House, in which he said he hopes to discuss how to deliver Trump's vision of peace in the conflict. Earlier in the day, Rutte said he believes that Trump is the only one who can get this done. At least seven people were killed, including two children, during intense Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine - just hours after Trump said plans for a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Budapest had been shelved. Bessent provided no further details on the incoming sanctions, but said they would be announced either after the close this afternoon or first thing tomorrow morning.


Conservative activist sues Google over AI-generated statements

Al Jazeera

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sued Google, alleging that the tech giant's artificial intelligence systems generated "outrageously false" information about him. On Wednesday, Starbuck said in the lawsuit, filed in Delaware state court, that Google's AI systems falsely called him a "child rapist," "serial sexual abuser" and "shooter" in response to user queries and delivered defamatory statements to millions of users. "Hallucinations are a well-known issue for all LLMs, which we disclose and work hard to minimise," Castaneda said. "But as everyone knows, if you're creative enough, you can prompt a chatbot to say something misleading." Starbuck is best known for opposing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.


Could a self-monitoring system for criminals replace prisons one day?

New Scientist

Could a self-monitoring system for criminals replace prisons one day? Future Chronicles is our regular speculative look at inventions yet to come. In this latest installment, we journey to 2050, when technology had been developed so that criminals could be monitored at home. "It's no surprise that the first countries to abolish prisons were Scandinavian " In the 2020s, the US was spending an eye-watering $182 billion a year on locking up its citizens. No other country imprisoned as many people or spent as much in doing so.