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The Politics of Solar Energy Are Getting Weird, Mean, and a Little MAGA

WIRED

A mysterious super PAC that doubles as a pro-solar energy outfit is funding some of the most knives-out attack ads of the midterms season. A mysteriously named political action committee has started running ads reminding voters in Colorado about that time GOP representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado and her date were caught on camera in 2023 getting handsy during a performance of the musical Beetlejuice . That same PAC is producing a spot hitting Anthony Constantino, a Trumpist congressional candidate in upstate New York, because someone used his sticker-printing company to briefly make stickers that read, " Kill the Police ." Attack ads are everywhere in the last month ahead of November's election. But these spots are a little different.


Ever wanted to train your own AI? This free Google tool makes it easy

PCWorld

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Ever wanted to train your own AI? Google's Teachable Machine lets you build and train your own AI models without any coding skills. You can teach your models to recognize objects, sounds, and even body poses. Google Labs has a really cool project called Teachable Machine, which allows you to create and train your own basic AI model.


Wayfair among firms fined millions for misleading sales tactics

BBC News

Wayfair is among three firms which have been fined ยฃ6m in total by the competition watchdog for illegally using misleading sales tactics - with some customers set to receive refunds. The online furniture retailer was fined ยฃ4.8m for misleading customers with time-limited offers, while online electronics seller Appliances Direct was fined ยฃ1.2m for the same practice, the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) said. Meanwhile, Gold's Gym has been fined ยฃ48,000 by the CMA for not telling customers the total price of memberships. Appliances Direct and Gold's Gym have been ordered to refund customers a total of ยฃ440,000. The BBC has contacted the three companies for comment. Thousands of Appliances Direct customers will receive refunds of ยฃ25 each on average while 726 Gold's Gym customers will get refunds of up to ยฃ50, according to the CMA.


Albanian students clash with police as they protest over education and jobs

Al Jazeera

India's'Cockroach' leaders jailed after entering'banned' protest site Palestinians say Israel's democracy'is a joke'


Nvidia, worth 5.5tn, donates 250m to UK for AI safety research

The Guardian

Nvidia says most of the money will'support the wider UK AI safety and security research community'. Nvidia says most of the money will'support the wider UK AI safety and security research community'. Pledge spanning five years from world's most valuable firm comes as concerns about AI agents have risen US chipmaker Nvidia is donating $250m worth of computing power to the UK to support AI safety research. The donation from the world's most valuable company comes as the UK government confirmed its AI Security Institute, which tests advance AI models, will be able to examine cutting-edge technology developed by companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google before they are released. Nvidia said the donation, which spans five years, would "support agentic safety and security research across the UK".


Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Man City chairman, deleted records show

BBC News

Andy Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Manchester City football club's chairman while mayor of Greater Manchester, it has emerged. The PM dined with Khaldoon Al Mubarak at matches in 2017 and 2018 - but this was not detailed in a statement on Monday by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) about his meetings with the club. Burnham has been under pressure to clarify his previous discussions with Man City since the club was found guilty of having systematically broken Premier League rules, which it will appeal. The PM, who was mayor until June, sparked widespread controversy when he said last month he would be really concerned if the club's owners now sold up. On Monday, the GMCA released a statement about Burnham's meetings with Man City in his role as mayor for the region for almost a decade.


In Defense of the Disney Adult

TIME - Tech

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VisionQuest Puts a Frustratingly Conventional End to Marvel's WandaVision Trilogy

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Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism

The Guardian

A previously unreported cache of law enforcement and intelligence agency documents show that law enforcement agencies have, since 2021, considered AI both a tool and a target of would-be terrorists. A previously unreported cache of law enforcement and intelligence agency documents show that law enforcement agencies have, since 2021, considered AI both a tool and a target of would-be terrorists. For many, it was a wake up call about the threats to reproductive care facilities. For the FBI, though, it was also a sign of what the agency had feared for years: bad actors were using generative AI to plan and execute terror plots. The suspect used an unnamed generative AI tool that failed to detect his request for bomb-making instructions, law enforcement officers wrote in a previously unreported document reviewed by the Guardian.


'Like being in a vortex': US report details extent of 'devastating' dating-app scams

The Guardian

Hassan said there was'still more that Match needs to do'. Hassan said there was'still more that Match needs to do'. Mary met a man on the dating app Plenty of Fish in 2024. She told the Guardian she had been looking for a connection, but instead became the victim of a romance scam that cost her almost $100,000. "There was a lot of conversation, and then it started with the constant contact, pressure and repeated asks for money," Mary, who asked that her last name be withheld, said in an interview on Tuesday.