Militia leader Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted for his role in the January 6 attack, is asking potential new members and supporters to send money. Stewart Rhodes announced last week that he is relaunching the Oath Keepers, his anti-government militia which virtually disappeared after dozens of its members--including Rhodes--were arrested for their roles in the January 6 attack on the Capitol . Rhodes, speaking to the Gateway Pundit this week, says that he sees the relaunched group as playing a role in combating what he labeled an "insurrection by the left" on the streets of US cities. "Right now, under federal statutes, president Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union," Rhodes said. But in the days since Rhodes announced their return, experts, former members, and online chatter suggest there is little to no interest in restarting what was, at one point, one of the largest militias in America with a leaked database listing 38,000 supposed members in 2021. This hasn't stopped Rhodes from asking potential new members and supporters to send money in support of the cause.

Experts reveal signs of immune aging, including frequent infections and slower wound healing, with lifestyle factors like diet and sleep playing crucial roles.

Election day is here and so too is the anxiety that has parked itself in the middle of the room. Some people are trying their best to meet the moment -- with mixed results -- while others have simply chosen not to let the race for president and control of Congress dominate their lives. For most all of the voters we spoke to, it's easier said than done. They planned to go for a hike and visit art galleries around downtown L.A. but admitted they were stressed about the election. "We're just sort of out walking around and trying to have a pleasant day and not think about it too much," Mark "I think we'll be glued to our TVs tonight to find out how the rest of our lives are gonna go."

Imagine the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Zeus and the other ancient Seven Wonders of the World standing as they did thousands of years ago when first built. Artificial intelligence has done just that by recreating each historic structure in modern society with bustling tourists snapping photos with smartphones. Only one of the original seven survives today, with the others lost over time due to war, crumbling civilizations and natural disasters. But using the imagine generator Midjourney, AI has brought them back from the dead, allowing the world to take another look. Ancient artwork depicting the Colossus of Rhodes shows the statue straddling the harbor entrance, but researchers have determined such a feat would be impossible.

In this paper, we extend our ensemble-based component model DEECo with the capability to use machine-learning and optimization heuristics in establishing and reconfiguration of autonomic component ensembles. We show how to capture these concepts on the model level and give an example of how such a model can be beneficially used for modeling access-control related problem in the Industry 4.0 settings. We argue that incorporating machine-learning and optimization heuristics is a key feature for modern smart systems which are to learn over the time and optimize their behavior at runtime to deal with uncertainty in their environment.

A framed photograph of three men in military fatigues hangs above his desk. They're tightening straps on what first appear to be two water heaters but are, in fact, thermonuclear weapons. Resting against a nearby wall is a black-and-white print depicting the first billionth of a second after the detonation of an atomic bomb: a thousand-foot-tall ghostly amoeba. And above us, dangling from the ceiling like the sword of Damocles, is a plastic model of the Hindenburg. Depending on how you choose to look at it, Rhodes's office is either a shrine to awe-inspiring technological progress or a harsh reminder of its power to incinerate us all in the blink of an eye.

The Los Angeles Police Commission approved a policy Tuesday that set new parameters on the LAPD's use of facial recognition technology, but stopped far short of the outright ban sought by many city activists. The move followed promises by the commission to review the Los Angeles Police Department's use of photo-comparison software in September, after The Times reported that officers had used the technology -- contrary to department claims -- more than 30,000 times since 2009. The new policy restricts LAPD detectives and other trained officers to using a single software platform operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which only uses mugshots and is far less expansive than some third-party search platforms. It also mandates new measures for tracking the Police Department's use of the county system and its outcomes in the crime fight. Commissioners and top police executives praised the policy as a step in the right direction, saying it struck the right balance between protecting people's civil liberties and giving cops the tools they need to solve and reduce crime -- which is on the rise.

In March of 2015, protests broke out at the University of Cape Town in South Africa over the campus statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes, a mining magnate who had gifted the land on which the university was built, had committed genocide against Africans and laid the foundations for apartheid. Under the rallying banner of "Rhodes Must Fall," students demanded that the statue be removed. Their protests sparked a global movement to eradicate the colonial legacies that endure in education. The events also provoked Shakir Mohamed, a South African AI researcher at DeepMind, to reflect on what colonial legacies might exist in his research as well.

In March of 2015, protests broke out at the University of Cape Town in South Africa over the campus statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes, a mining magnate who had gifted the land on which the university was built, had committed genocide against Africans and laid the foundations for apartheid. Under the rallying banner of "Rhodes Must Fall," students demanded that the statue be removed. Their protests sparked a global movement to eradicate the colonial legacies that endure in education. The events also provoked Shakir Mohamed, a South African AI researcher at DeepMind, to reflect on what colonial legacies might exist in his research as well.

As the North American banking landscape continues to evolve, many consumers have noted the growing presence of Toronto-based TD Bank Group in major U.S. cities across the East Coast. TD Bank, which brands itself as "America's Most Convenient Bank", is now the 8th largest U.S. bank by deposits and the 10th largest bank in the United States by total assets. I recently spoke with TD executive, Michael Rhodes, who serves as Group Head, Innovation, Technology, and Shared Services for the bank, and I began our conversation with a direct question -- given that only 37.8% of leading firms report being data-driven, and only 26.8% claim to have established a data culture, would he characterize TD as being "data-driven". His response was quick and emphatic. "Yes, we are data-driven", Rhodes replied, "We have made substantial investments in data and AI capabilities that are providing customer value today".