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There will be people on both sides, definitely some supporters of the Palestinian cause, wanting the government to go further and talk about genocide or divestment, which isn’t something they’ve done. On the other side, possibly more muted, there are voices within Labour who have their doubts about the whole thing, and think that there will be a negative impact on Jewish communities in the U.K. A lot of people are quite hopeful, even if they won’t say this out loud, that it helps bring the Labour Party back together on this issue, or at least starts to bring the…

At first glance, the newest device from PNOĒ looks like something a comic-book villain might wear. The mask, which covers the nose and mouth and straps around the back of the head, bears more than a passing resemblance to the one worn by Bane, Batman’s hulking nemesis. But its purpose is far more benign; it measures how much oxygen you consume and how much carbon dioxide you exhale, then turns that data into advice about how to eat, train, and, the company hopes, live longer. PNOĒ, which is based in Malden, Massachusetts, and has operations in Athens, Greece, is preparing…

In brief Google Vids now offers free 1080p AI video generation and upscaling to anyone with a Google or Workspace account, accessible at vids.new. The feature runs on Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash and adds controls for scene extension, exact clip duration, and HD output, with every clip carrying an invisible SynthID watermark. The free rollout lands the same day OpenAI’s Sora API goes dark for good, after Google already cut its own Veo 3.1 Lite API pricing to $0.05 per second. Google just tore down the paywall on one of its most useful AI tools. Anyone with a Google account…

Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr and ex-international James McClean are among those to have backed calls for a boycott of the fixtures.The armed Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.In response, Israel launched a massive military offensive in Gaza, during which more than 73,000 people have been killed, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.Hallgrimsson relayed that nobody “can understand the pressure that has been going on these players” and said the lengthy meeting on Saturday stemmed from “a…

Someone recently had to sit me down, hold my hands, and tell me something no pet owner ever wants to hear: my apartment smelled like wet dog. Horrifying.  With all the nonstop fur and dander that seem to appear everywhere no matter what, the intervention was probably necessary. So when Levoit launched its Vital Pet Pro Air Purifier, I was curious to see whether it could actually make a noticeable difference.  Designed specifically for pet-friendly households, the $189.99 machine takes a more targeted approach than a conventional air purifier, combining a three-stage filtration system with features designed around one of…

Three vulnerabilities in Salesforce Agentforce could have allowed attackers to hijack trusted agents for sensitive CRM data exfiltration and phishing, Zenity Labs reports. Dubbed SalesBleed, the flaws could be exploited via Web-to-Lead forms, Salesforce’s official lead-collection mechanism, which also provides a direct path to the CRM. Malicious instructions injected into a Web-to-Lead lead would remain dormant until an employee asks an Agentforce agent to interact with the submission, causing the agent to process the poisoned lead and execute the hidden instructions. According to Zenity Labs, two of the SalesBleed bugs could be exploited in zero-click data exfiltration attacks, while the…

Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez faces another prison transfer after the drug treatment program at FCI McKean was deactivated, he said Wednesday.Rodriguez said on X that McKean’s warden told program participants that Rodriguez and 70 others would be moved to facilities where treatment remains available. He entered the program because completing it could reduce his sentence by up to a year.In a letter published by The Rage, Rodriguez called his earlier journey from FPC Morgantown to McKean the “absolute worst 30 days” of his life. He said his request to make the roughly four-hour trip himself was denied.Rodriguez is serving…

Warning: This story contains distressing detailsThe mother of a woman found hanging in a tree in Mississippi has spoken of her shock after authorities said they believed her daughter was dead before her body was placed at the allegedly “staged” crime scene. Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four, was found hanging from a tree at an abandoned home in Jackson in August.The discovery sparked widespread fears in the majority-black city because of the state’s deep history of racial violence and lynchings. But on Friday, police said that Fortune had been dead before her body was hanged from the tree.”I…

Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These changes are minuscule—sometimes just a few milliseconds—and mostly imperceptible, but scientists are keen to understand them as they point to a much more monumental change: Our planet’s rotation speed is shifting.Scientists have already pinpointed a handful of compounding causes. Fluctuations in the atmosphere and oceans can slightly speed up or slow down the Earth’s rotation; major earthquakes can redistribute part of the planet’s mass; and by depositing enormous amounts of water into the oceans, melting continental ice is also a factor.These influences…

Researchers at Graz University of Technology in Austria show that the file-change notification features built into Linux, Android, Windows, and macOS can be abused to monitor other users on the same system, from the rhythm of their typing to the websites they visit. Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android let applications ask to be alerted when files are created, modified, or deleted. Text editors, file managers, sync clients, and antivirus products are among the programs that use this capability. It requires no elevated privileges, only read access to the location being watched.  The attacks never expose file contents, but the researchers…