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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth participates in a live virtual interview with “Fox and Friends” from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) Another day, another leak. Anonymous sources have once again leaked information about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the double-encrypted app Signal to the fake news media. The attacks against Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal began last month after Jeffrey Goldberg, the anti-Trump editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, claimed he was accidentally added to a secure Signal group chat where top Trump administration officials discussed sensitive military operations against Iran-backed…

(Image courtesy of Jen) Jen, a tech startup advised by Grammy-winning musician/producer Imogen Heap and headed by music-tech veteran Shara Senderoff, today is launching StyleFilters, a tool that allows people to infuse the distinctive audio sensibility of an artist’s work into their own generative-AI musical creations, while ensuring the original artist gets paid. “For so many years, people said, ‘If only we could bottle up that (musician’s) vibe,’” said Senderoff, Jen’s CEO. “No one ever said, ‘Well, what if we could?” Each StyleFilter is somewhat akin to a character “skin” in a video game, Senderoff said, but in this case…

Dark-haired female. Cheerful girl expressing positivity while looking at prescriptiongetty Pharmacy visits can often feel like an expensive necessity. Between prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, and health-related products, the costs can add up quickly — especially as tariffs on pharmaceutical imports begin to impact drug prices. “Tariffs on pharmaceuticals could increase the price of generic drugs by as much as 17.5%,” according to a report by the Brookings Institution, referring specifically to a proposed 25% tariff on drugs imported from India — a major supplier to the U.S.But even in a climate of rising costs and global trade uncertainty, there are practical…

South Korea’s data privacy watchdog agency, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), said on Thursday that China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) transferred user data to companies in China and the United States without obtaining proper consent. DeepSeek is an AI platform whose debut in early 2025 rocked the tech world because it was developed at a fraction of the cost of competing products such as ChatGPT. DeepSeek was briefly one of the most downloaded apps in the world — before cybersecurity analysts pointed out it was a nightmare mix of user privacy violations and Chinese Communist Party censorship. DeepSeek was…

Israel marked its own Holocaust memorial day on Thursday with a renewed commitment to defeat Hamas, the contemporary incarnation of the Nazis, who sought to eliminate the Jewish people in World War II. Officially known as “Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah” in Hebrew, which means “Day of (remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism,” the day is observed on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which means it falls each year in April or May. It long pre-dates the International Holocaust Remembrance Day set more recently by the United Nations on January 27th, which commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz in…

Actor Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute on The Office, hit back at MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle saying that Donald Trump, Elon Musk were responsible for American distrust in the media. During an appearance on Wilson’s Soul Bloom podcast, Ruhle said that people turned to platforms like X due to misinformation campaigns about the legacy media. “President Trump won and tons of people were shocked or angry or frustrated and they’re tuning out, and at the same time, you have the Elon Musk media machine, because they want you to leave traditional media, they want you to go to X,…

A man accused of kidnapping and murdering an 82-year-old woman he worked for has been charged in connection to the crime. Newly-released court documents detail what may have happened.Jeffrey Zizz, 47, has been charged in connection with Marcia Norman’s murder.Marcia was last seen at her home on April 1. When she didn’t show up to scheduled plans or appointments, or answer her phone, friends and family got worried. Her wallet and cars were still at home, which led investigators to disclose that she had disappeared under “suspicious circumstances.”On April 9, her body was found partially encased in concrete underneath a…

Andrzej Duda has called on Kiev to make concessions to end the conflict with Russia Ukraine will have to compromise to achieve a peace settlement with Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda has said. In an interview with Euronews on Thursday, Duda argued that a lasting peace must be built on mutual concessions.Warsaw has been one of the staunchest supporters of Kiev in its conflict with Moscow. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has spoken out against any peace deals that would require Ukraine to cede territory.“It has to be a compromise… in my personal opinion… each side will have to give…

Cardinal Becciu is appealing the 4,5 years prison sentence for fraud. As late Pope Francis’ body lies in state, drawing tens of thousands of faithful to the Vatican ahead of Saturday’s funeral, the political wheels are in motion for the upcoming conclave that will choose the next spiritual leader of the Catholic Church – and there’s already drama going on. A cardinal convicted of fraud and embezzlement is demanding to participate in the choosing of the next pontiff, even though he has been designated as a ‘non-elector’. New York Post reported: “Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, 76, was investigated for taking…

BixDisney The first three episodes of Andor have been generally well-received by fans alongside the show’s record 99% critic score, the most for any Star Wars live-action project ever. One scene in the final episode has generated a fair bit of a controversy online. A content warning for discussion of the concept of sexual assault follows. A certain theory-based Star Wars YouTuber with the largest following on the platform went viral for saying that sexual assault should have no place in Star Wars content, and was something Darth Vader “wouldn’t tolerate” among his Imperial soldiers. The scene being referred to…