Macron heads to riot-hit New Caledonia as Australia, NZ evacuate tourists
SYDNEY/PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the Pacific island of New Caledonia late on Tuesday, his office…
In divided Iran, president’s death met by muted mourning and furtive celebration
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, though the muted atmosphere revealed…
Iran goes to polls on June 28 following death of president in copter crash
TEHRAN (Bernama-IRNA): After examining the timing of the election process, Iranian heads of branches of power have decided on June…
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israel defence minister, among others
JERUSALEM (AP): The chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court sought arrest warrants on Monday (May 21) for…
Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on a PC
Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you're doing…
OpenAI to ‘pause’ voice linked to Scarlett Johansson
Movie star Scarlett Johansson said May 20 she was “shocked” by an OpenAI synthetic voice that sounds like her, which…
Google attacks Microsoft cyber failures in effort to steal customers
Google is betting Microsoft Corp’s very public cybersecurity failures – along with deep discounts – will persuade corporate and government…
Scarlett Johansson said no, but OpenAI’s virtual assistant sounds just like her
Days before OpenAI demonstrated its new, flirty voice assistant last week, actress Scarlett Johansson said, Sam Altman, the company’s CEO,…
Swarmed with tourists, Japan town blocks off viral view of Mt. Fuji
FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's majestic Mt. Fuji was some 700,000 years in the making, but on one sultry May…