Why Do Rogue States Bother Holding Elections?

Why Do Rogue States Bother Holding Elections?

What do Iran, Russia and North Korea have in common? They are all oppressive dictatorships, led by corrupt, autocratic despots who despise opposition and murder their opponents. They are all rogue states who eschew democracy, pervert justice, disdain freedom and have impoverished their people. They all share aggressive nuclear ambitions. Unsurprisingly, they are all close…

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Learn To Forget? How To Rein In A Rogue Chatbot

Learn To Forget? How To Rein In A Rogue Chatbot

When Australian politician Brian Hood noticed ChatGPT was telling people he was a convicted criminal, he took the old-fashioned route and threatened legal action against the AI chatbot’s maker, OpenAI. His case raised a potentially huge problem with such AI programs: what happens when they get stuff wrong in a way that causes real-world harm?…

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Rogue scripts: Hackers use OTP APIs for SMS bombing, 44 Indian APIs exposed

Rogue scripts: Hackers use OTP APIs for SMS bombing, 44 Indian APIs exposed

Hackers targeting govt officials with tailored clickbaits for phishing attacks Hackers have developed automated software programmes that exploit OTP (One-Time Password) verification APIs (Application Programming Interface) to flood mobile devices with excessive OTP SMS messages, a new report said on Monday. According to the cyber-security company CloudSEK, when these rogue scripts are released, they have…

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As Olympics Brace For Seine Dip, Rogue Swimmers Say Water’s Fine

As Olympics Brace For Seine Dip, Rogue Swimmers Say Water’s Fine

Swimmers leap into the Seine at the Ile Saint-Denis in July AFP While the 2024 Olympics will stage events in the Seine river from the ornate Alexandre III bridge, a proud declaration of the waterway’s environmental renewal, many swimmers in the capital are already defying decades-long bans to take the plunge. Fears over pollution and…

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What is White Swan-TU160? Report Says Rogue Russian Engineer Gives US Secret Info on Largest Military Aircraft

What is White Swan-TU160? Report Says Rogue Russian Engineer Gives US Secret Info on Largest Military Aircraft

A high-level Russian defector has offered the US military secrets including details of Russia’s Tupolev Swan-TU160 aircraft, according to a report. Yahoo News exclusively reported that the bomber engineer drove up to the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), seeking asylum and offering top level military secrets. The engineer, who drove up to the CBP…

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