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Chris Hedges: MIT’s Work for the Israel, AI used for tasks like targeting

January 23, 2025

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2-year-old Palestinian girl killed in her home by Israeli military January 28, 2025
Israeli forces shot a two-year-old girl in the head in her West Bank home on Saturday while she was eating dinner with her family, according to health officials and family members. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Laila Muhammad Al-Khatib was shot dead during an Israeli military raid...
Trump call with Denmark’s PM over Greenland described as confrontational, serious, dangerous January 26, 2025
Trump has apparently not ruled out the use of military force to annex Greenland. During a press conference on January 8, 2025, Trump stated that “all options were on the table,” refusing to exclude the possibility of military force (The Guardian). The confrontational stance has...
TD’s chief compliance officer departs amid US anti-money laundering probe January 24, 2025
TD Bank’s (TD.TO), opens new tab chief compliance officer has left the bank, according to a memo sent internally, at a time the Canadian lender faces U.S. regulators and the Justice Department in a probe related to its anti-money laundering program. Monica Kowal, who joined the bank in...
Musk and Wikipedia Founder Clash Over ‘Nazi Salute’ Description January 23, 2025
A controversial gesture by Elon Musk has sparked further debate, with subplots now unfolding as the billionaire trolls Wikipedia and calls for its defunding. The tension arose after a description of Musk’s recent public action—interpreted by some as resembling a Hitler salute—was added to the...
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg to fund UN climate body after US withdrawal January 23, 2025
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced on Jan 23 that his foundation will step in to fund the UN climate change body after US President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for the second time. Mr Bloomberg’s intervention aims to ensure...
Chris Hedges: MIT’s Work for the Israel, AI used for tasks like targeting January 23, 2025
Documents show Google aided Israel with advanced AI tools amid war January 23, 2025
The Washington Post says it has seen documents according to which Google employees actively assisted Israel in gaining access to certain advanced AI technology quickly after the war in Gaza began. The report says Israel’s Defense Ministry sought to expand its use of Vertex AI, a...
Israel strikes Yemeni airport. The head of the World Health Organization was there. “Slight deviation could have resulted in a direct hit.” December 28, 2024
The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike carried out by Israel a day earlier during a series of attacks on the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. Speaking after his ordeal at the...
Vanguard strikes deal with FDIC over huge holdings in US banks, agrees to new oversight of its investments in some US lenders December 27, 2024
Vanguard has bowed to regulatory pressure and agreed to new oversight of its investments in some US lenders, a decision that could have sweeping implications for money managers and banks. The deal, which the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp disclosed on Friday, will allow Vanguard’s...
Canadian finance minister’s resignation letter to PM Trudeau December 16, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday, saying she was no longer on the same page with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the best path forward for Canada. Following is the full text of her resignation letter. December 16, 2024 The...
EY worker’s death spotlights India’s unprotected white-collar labour December 11, 2024
Authorities in two Indian states that are driving its economic growth are drafting tighter workplace rules and inspections to protect white collar employees following the death of a young executive at global consultancy Ernst & Young (EY), which her family blamed on overwork. India’s decades-old...
EU foreign policy chief Kallas: legitimate concerns about Syrian sectarian violence December 10, 2024
There are legitimate concerns about the risks of sectarian violence in Syria and a resurgence of extremism in the country, the European Union’s new foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday, while pointing to positive early signals. Syria’s new interim leader announced on Tuesday...
UnitedHealth CEO Shooting: Media and police release manhunt pictures of different person December 7, 2024
The video, seen below, shows a shooter assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, outside a Manhattan hotel. The manhunt for the shooter is still underway 3 days later. News outlets have been irresponsibly posting images of a suspect wearing similar clothing, but who can be seen...
After Hunter Biden’s pardon, civil rights activists asking President to do the same for others December 6, 2024
The White House is listening to demands for President Joe Biden to extend the same grace to thousands of people wronged by the U.S. judicial system as he did to his son Hunter, officials say. Since Biden’s pardon of Hunter on Sunday, a growing chorus...
A secretive Silicon Valley tech giant set up shop in Canada. But what does it do? (CBC 2017) December 5, 2024
This piece was first published by CBC in 2017. It’s one of the most valuable and secretive technology companies in Silicon Valley: Palantir Technologies, a developer of data mining software used by spies, banks and some of the biggest companies in the world. The company was...

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