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SAN FRANCISCO, California: Anthropic said Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence (AI) models, and warned that governments and state-aligned actors are increasingly using AI to spy on ethnic minorities and dissidents. The incidents were found and disrupted between January and July, and they originated in China, Iran and west Africa, Anthropic said in a report about misuse of its models. These surveillance campaigns “ta

KUALA LUMPUR: Kejayaan Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing melangkah ke final Masters China 2026 bukan sekadar mencetuskan pencapaian terbaik mereka sejak digandingkan Mei lalu, malah menyemarakkan impian pasangan beregu campuran profesional negara itu untuk memburu tiket ke Sukan Olimpik Los Angeles 2028.

La Academia de Cine se ha decantado por las películas de los Javis, Rodrigo Sorogoyen y Alauda Ruiz de Azúa; la cinta que luchará por acudir a Los Ángeles será anunciada el 16 de septiembre Entrevista - Javier Bardem: “En los jóvenes hay un renacer de una masculinidad peligrosa” La Academia de Cine ha anunciado las tres cintas finalistas que lucharán por representar a España en los Premios Oscar 2027 en la categoría que honra a la mejor película internacional. La bola negra de los Javis, El ser querido de Rodrigo Sorogoyen y Los domingos de Alauda Ruiz de Azúa son los tres títulos seleccionados por la institución. Ahora, serán sus miembros quienes decidan la película que finalmente competirá por la nominación a la estatuilla.

Thailand’s women’s volleyball team made history on Sunday, defeating hosts China 3-2 in a thrilling five-set final to win the 2026 AVC Women’s Continental Championship and secure an automatic berth at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The victory in Tianjin marked Thailand’s first-ever Olympic qualification in a team sport since the men’s football […] The post Thailand’s historic volleyball triumph sends them to LA 2028 appeared first on Khaosod English .

A Chinese anti-war film, 'Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,' has become a box office hit this summer, offering a new cinematic approach to international conflict narratives that challenges traditional Hollywood storytelling methods.

El sodio, las baterías LFP y otras tecnologías señalan la transición hacia un mercado más diversificado y que persigue soluciones adaptadas a distintos usos, costes y necesidades de autonomía No hay que ser premio Nobel de Química para saber que fabricar una pila rudimentaria es bastante sencillo. Hasta un niño puede crear una armándose de un limón, un clavo galvanizado, una moneda de cobre y un par de cables. Se producen con ellos reacciones químicas entre los dos electrodos -el cátodo y el ánodo- y el electrolito de zumo de limón que se encuentra entre ellos, impulsando los electrones a través de los cables para encender, por ejemplo, una bombilla.

Congressional Democrats are demanding answers about worsening conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for over 250 days without coming ashore, with reports of food shortages, broken plumbing, water contamination, and mental health crises among the 5,000 sailors and Marines on board.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for lower US barriers for open-source AI to better compete with Chinese rivals, as the company released a new open-weight model called Muse Glimmer and announced plans for a $1 billion infrastructure support fund.

Los Angeles-based yoga apparel brand Alo Yoga, a rival of Lululemon, will open its first online flagship store on Alibaba Group Holding’s e-commerce platform Tmall on Wednesday, ahead of launching bricks-and-mortar stores in China. The move comes as China’s premium “athleisure” market grows increasingly competitive, with emerging yoga brands and domestic sportswear makers targeting similar consumer groups. Alo is among a group of niche foreign brands – including American fast-food chain Church’s...

A librarian in Chinatown organized a group of teenage volunteers to deliver fresh produce and essential groceries to neighbors who are in need.

LOS ANGELES: Seorang lelaki bersenjata ditahan di padang golf milik Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS), Donald Trump, di Los Angeles, dua hari sebelum lawatan rasmi pemimpin itu ke lokasi berkenaan, menurut pihak berkuasa tempatan.Pejabat Sheriff Daerah Los Angeles dalam satu kenyataan memaklumkan, suspek dikenali sebagai Jeanine John Taele, 38, dari Downey, California, ditahan pada petang Ahad di padang golf Trump di Rancho Palos Verdes.Menurut kenyataan itu, ejen persekutuan berpakaian seperti orang awam mengesan suspek berjalan di sekitar kawasan padang golf sambil mengambil gambar dan merakam video, selain dipercayai memantau persiapan keselamatan menjelang ketibaan presiden.Trump tiba di kelab golf itu dengan menaiki helikopter petang semalam bagi menghadiri majlis makan malam kutipan dana anjuran Jawatankuasa Kebangsaan Parti Republikan.Hasil pemeriksaan ketika penahanan mendapati suspek memiliki satu kelopak peluru berkapasiti 16 butir yang diisi peluru jenis hollow-point di dalam poket seluarnya.Pemeriksaan lanjut ke atas kenderaan suspek pula menemukan sepucuk pistol yang sudah diisi peluru bersama satu lagi kelopak peluru berisi peluru jenis sama.Siasatan lanjut yang dijalankan pejabat sheriff dengan kerjasama Unit Antikeganasan Biro Siasatan Persekutuan (FBI) di kediaman Taele membawa kepada penemuan sepucuk pistol, jaket kalis peluru, beberapa kelopak peluru berkapasiti tinggi, sejumlah peluru, dua radio komunikasi serta beberapa buku nota yang mengandungi catatan disifatkan sebagai membimbangkan.Kes itu dikemukakan kepada Pejabat Peguam Daerah Los Angeles pada Selasa untuk diputuskan sama ada pertuduhan akan difailkan terhadap suspek.Trump berdepan beberapa cubaan membunuh sejak melancarkan kempen terbaharu untuk kembali ke Rumah Putih.Pada Julai 2024, beliau menjadi sasaran tembakan ketika berkempen di Butler, Pennsylvania, menyebabkan seorang penyokong terbunuh manakala Trump cedera ringan pada bahagian telinga.Beberapa bulan kemudian, seorang lagi lelaki bersenjata ditahan di sebuah padang golf di West Palm Beach ketika Trump sedang bermain golf.

SEPANG: Datuk Azizulhasni Awang memberi bayangan betapa dia bersedia untuk meneruskan perjuangan sehingga Sukan Olimpik Los Angeles (LA) 2028, namun keputusan akhir bergantung kepada sama ada khidmatnya masih diperlukan dalam perancangan pasukan kebangsaan.

LOS ANGELES: Keputusan kumpulan sensasi K-pop, BTS untuk tidak menghantar pencalonan bagi Anugerah Grammy 2027 mencetuskan semula perdebatan mengenai sama ada muzik wajar dinilai melangkaui sempadan wilayah dan bahasa.

A Los Angeles endocrinologist has joined China's Westlake University as the first U.S.-licensed physician on its medical school faculty, the university said.

China has found a new frontier in the U.S. market: artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox br...

A California man who swapped a library’s 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was sentenced on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork. Jeffrey Ying used a number of aliases to get access to classic works, some over 600 years old, at the library of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Department of Justice said. Ying, 39, would check the works out and return days later with dummy manuscripts.

A Chinese industry regulator warned users on Wednesday of a “security backdoor” embedded in versions of US artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s coding tool, Claude Code. The alleged backdoor could allow the software to “transmit sensitive information”, including users’ locations and identity-related identifiers, back to Anthropic’s servers without users’ consent, said China’s National Vulnerability Database (NVDB), a cybersecurity platform. Claude Code is an AI coding agent that can generate computer code, debug software and review code based on user prompts.

Chinese technology and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has sued the US Department of Defence, seeking to be removed from a blacklist of companies deemed to support China’s military. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in a district court in San Jose, California, the Hangzhou-based company said the Pentagon had added Alibaba to a list of companies that allegedly aid the People’s Liberation Army without providing substantial evidence or explanation. The Pentagon’s move violated constitutional due...

China's Tsinghua University climbed to the sixth place in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings, surpassing prestigious American institutions including Yale University, Columbia University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

File photo of people gathered people gathered in Chinatown, Manhattan, to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year marking the Year of the Fire Horse in New York City, on Feb. 17, 2026. The Newest New Yorkers report tracks a bevy of other changes across the five boroughs.

A Chinese pancake seller in the US has announced plans to run for mayor within three years, despite past controversy over an arrest. Tang, 31, was born to a rural family in Sichuan, southwestern China, and left school after secondary education. He is the son of a security guard and a cleaner.

A Hainan economic and trade delegation, organized by China's Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Hainan Youth Federation, visited the United States from May 11–14 as part of routine international business engagement.

Five people were killed in a shooting at a mosque in the US city of San Diego. Also, Vladimir Putin travels to China today, and with an extensive delegation.

The incident occurred in Block 5 of Lamargas, a gas compression station of the giant state-owned company Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), operated by the private company China Concord.