China accuses US of cyberattack on national time center

BEIJING — BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency of carrying out cyberattacks on its national time center, saying any damage to related facilities could have disrupted network communications, financial systems and power supply. The Ministry of State Security alleged that the U.S. agency had exploited vulnerabilities in the messaging … Read more

Hit-and-run driver crashes into birthday party, injuring 9 kids

BLADENSBURG, Md. — BLADENSBURG, Md. (AP) — A hit-and-run driver slammed into an outdoor birthday party in suburban Washington, D.C., injuring nine kids and two adults on Saturday evening, police said. A girl and a toddler had critical injuries from the crash in Bladensburg, Maryland, according to statements from the city’s police department and the … Read more

Coroner says a 7th person has died from injuries in Mississippi Delta town mass shooting

LELAND, Miss. — LELAND, Miss. (AP) — A seventh person has died from injuries sustained in a mass shooting after a high school football homecoming game earlier this month in the Mississippi Delta town of Leland, a coroner said. Washington County coroner LaQuesha Watkins said Saturday in a news release that her office was informed … Read more

Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug dealer’ and announces an end to US aid to the country

PALM BEACH, Fla. — PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he would slash U.S. funding to Colombia because the country’s leader “does nothing to stop” drug production, in what is the latest sign of friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America. In a social media post, … Read more

US court orders spyware company NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp, reduces damages | Technology News

A U.S. court has ordered Israel’s NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business. In a 25-page ruling handed down Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton imposed a permanent injunction on NSO Group’s efforts to break into WhatsApp, one of … Read more

AI researcher Andrej Karpathy says AGI is still a decade away, here’s why | Technology News

Andrej Karpathy, a widely respected research scientist and co-founder of OpenAI, has revised his timelines for unlocking artificial general intelligence (AGI) even as investors and other stakeholders worry that the AI boom is turning into a bubble. The former Tesla executive has said that it will take at least another ten years for any AI … Read more