The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday publicly confirmed the first successful dogfight between a fighter jet piloted by artificial intelligence (AI) and a human-piloted aircraft. The AI-versus-human dogfight was carried out as part of the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched in 2019. The Air Force conducted the AI dogfights at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the home base of the 412th Test Wing.The dogfight pitted a manned F-16 against the X-62A VISTA (Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft), an experimental variant of the F-16, and leveraged live AI agents that were…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 02:52 EDT | 2 min read Binance has been actively engaged in close cooperation with Nigerian authorities following the detention of its head of financial crime compliance. The executive, Tigran Gambaryan, along with another Binance official, is facing accusations of laundering over $35 million. The case, which has been adjourned until May 2, is being handled by Nigeria’s anti-corruption body.Binance CEO Says They Are Working to Resolve MatterDuring the Token2049 crypto conference in Dubai, Binance CEO Richard Teng addressed Gambaryan’s situation, claiming that they are working to deal with the issue. “What I can say is we are working very closely with the Nigerian authorities to try to resolve the matter.” Meanwhile, the other executive, Nadeem…

Toyota has a voluntary recall underway in the U.S. for tens of thousands of Prius and Prius HEVs from the model years 2023-2024. The automaker announced it had launched the recall Wednesday, linking it to a problem with the rear doors and their electronic latches that about 55,000 cars may have in America.”Water can enter and short circuit the electronic rear door latches in the involved vehicles,” Toyota said. “If the doors are not locked, they could open while the vehicle is moving or in a crash, increasing the risk of injury to occupants.” TOYOTA RECALLING 381K TACOMA PICKUPS OVER…

Democrats took an unusual step Thursday and helped Republican leaders advance legislation to provide billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend.After about nine hours of recess, the House Rules Committee reconvened late Thursday night and moved  GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid bills on a 9-3 vote, thanks to the votes of all four Democrats who sit on the committee: Ranking Member Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse and New Mexico Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández.The conservative Republican hardliners on the committee…

Over 100 people were arrested and issued summonses for trespass — including Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter — after protesters set up an encampment at New York’s Columbia University in support of Gaza, police said.The demonstrators occupied the space on the university’s South Lawn for 30 hours, Mayor Eric Adams said after the arrests Thursday. Columbia asked the NYPD for help and said the students had been suspended and were refusing to leave, police said.“Columbia University’s students have a proud history of protests and raising their voices,” Adams said, but he said that they don’t have the right to violate university…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 01:16 EDT | 2 min read The Ethereum network reported a robust income of $365 million in the first quarter of 2024, an impressive year-on-year revenue growth of 155%. According to a report by Michael Nadeau, an analyst at The DeFi Report, Ethereum’s Q1 income represents a staggering 200% increase compared to the $123 million profit recorded in Q4 2023.A major contributing factor to this substantial growth was the surge in decentralized finance (DeFi) activity during the quarter, driving heightened network participation.Ethereum Fee Revenue Reaches $1.17B in Q1Ethereum’s fee revenue, generated through user transactions, reached a notable…

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For Maria Grazia Chiuri’s 2024 pre-fall Dior show, she brought the French house to the Brooklyn Museum—and added a few other decidedly American twists. For runway beauty mainstays Peter Philips (who is Dior Beauty’s creative and image director) and Guido Palau, the brief was… well, concise and to the point.“Marlene Dietrich is a big part of inspiration,” Philips says “She could be extremely glam, but had this other side also, dressing in men’s suits and reinventing her sexuality in a very controversial way for the era.”For the makeup, that meant leaning into a more traditionally masculine space. Complexion was naturally…

Michael Desmond/CBS The NCIS universe is getting bigger in 2024 thanks to the upcoming prequel series, NCIS: Origins. CBS announced on Friday, January 7, that the show about Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ (previously played by Mark Harmon) origin story received a straight to series order for the 2024-2025 broadcast season. “We are elated and honored to continue the expansion of the NCIS universe in such a unique and unexpected way,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said in a press release at the time. “Viewers can look forward to Mark Harmon returning to CBS to narrate the complex and mysterious backstory of…

An Indianapolis man has been formally charged with murder in last week’s fatal shootings of three people at a central Indiana apartment complex, authorities said.Malik Shaw, 24, was charged Wednesday with three counts of murder for his alleged role in the killings in Lawrence, a city contained within the boundaries of Indianapolis, on its northeast side, Marion County prosecutors said.Shaw, who was arrested Tuesday, was being held without bond. He appeared in court Thursday for an initial hearing on the charges. Online court records do not list an attorney who could speak on behalf of Shaw, whose next court date…

Netflix showed that its password-sharing crackdown continues to bear fruit, delivering its strongest first-quarter customer additions since the pandemic and further strengthening its position as the dominant global streamer. The company added 9.33 million subscribers in the first quarter, more than five times the number of customers it added during the same period a year earlier, with its efforts to limit password sharing continuing to bear fruit. Netflix began limiting password sharing in earnest about a year ago.  Netflix has spent the last year limiting account sharing, working to expand its ad business and changing its line-up of prices and…

Sports leagues and brands are constantly exploring advancements in technology and its potential impact on their respective end products. Many sports properties work within the content management and distribution space. The arrival of ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence has fast-tracked organizations’ critical re-evaluation of the role the technology plays when it comes to enhancing content and altering internal workflows. ChatGPT stands for Chat Generative Pre-Traind Transformer, and it primarily acts as a real-time chatbot for users.AI powers much of the innovative fan engagement experiences now seen across the sports landscape, and generative AI technologies are effectively accelerating the process. As a result,…

LOS ANGELES () — As you can imagine, traveling to Israel right now can be a tense situation, but to offer a little comfort to those travelers, a local Rabbi is volunteering his time at LAX.Rabbi Ari Liberow didn’t travel far to reach Los Angeles’ major airport.”I run the Chabad of Westchester near the airport,” he said.He’s been coming to the international terminal to volunteer daily since Oct. 7, conducting prayer services with passengers traveling to Israel.”They want to take part and do something good before they get on,” said Liberow. “It’s amazing. It’s a blessing. It’s a big mitzvah.”One…

New York    Hyundai said on Thursday it paused advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, a day after an ad from the automaker reportedly appeared adjacent to an antisemitic and pro-Hitler post on the social media site. On Wednesday, user Nancy Levine Stearns posted screenshots of a paid Hyundai ad above an antisemitic post from a verified “premium” account. The account posts tweets that deny the Holocaust and perpetuate antisemitic rhetoric. In response to a inquiry that included Stearns’ post, a spokesperson for Hyundai replied: “We have paused our ads on X and are speaking to X directly about…

SALLY & TOM, the New York premiere play written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner winner Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, has extended for a third time, now running through Sunday, May 26 at The Public Theater.Originally scheduled to run through April 28, SALLY & TOM began performances on March 28 in The Public’s Martinson Hall and officially opened on April 16.More About SALLY & TOMThis edgy dramedy that celebrates the craft of theater while taking a hard look at history. The off-off-off-Broadway theater troupe Good Company is putting on a play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Writer Luce is cast as Sally; her…