Israeli forces end deadly raids on refugee camps in the occupied West Bank Israeli forces have ended a two-day operation in the Nur al-Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces told CNN on Sunday. Images from the attack on the camp, which appears to be one of the largest in the West Bank …

Hamas condemned the new US military aid to Israel as a “green light” for the “invasion” of Gaza Hamas has denounced the US House of Representatives’ approval of a more than $26 billion foreign aid package for Israel, calling it a violation of “all international laws and humanitarian norms.” The Palestinian militant group sees the funding as confirmation of US …

Erdogan discussed the need for a ceasefire in a meeting with Hamas leaders in Turkey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed efforts to get humanitarian aid to Gaza and the “urgent need” for a ceasefire during a meeting with Hamas’ top political leader Ismail Haniyeh in the capital Istanbul on Saturday, his office said. It was the first meeting between …

Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed 34,097 Palestinians, health officials say Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed 48 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Sunday, raising the death toll to 34,097 people killed. At least 76,980 people have been injured since October 7, the ministry said. A number of Palestinians …

Israeli forces attacked four locations in Lebanon overnight, the Lebanese government news agency reported Israeli strikes hit four sites in southern Lebanon overnight, Lebanon’s state-owned National News Agency reported, as regional tensions escalated over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Attacks hit the villages of Khiam, Tayr Harfa, Kfarkella near Odaisseh, and in the area between Ramieh and Beit Leif. The …

Mona Lisa rap? New Microsoft AI brings faces to life from photos Mona Lisa can now do more than smile, thanks to new artificial intelligence technology from Microsoft. Last week, Microsoft researchers detailed a new AI model they’ve developed that can take still images of a person’s face and audio clips of a person speaking and automatically create a realistic-looking …

Big Tech’s grip on social media is a growing problem A trillion dollar company controls Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp. That concentration of digital ownership can pose real-world dangers, as a recent censorship dispute with Meta revealed. Last week, Meta apologized after blocking links by non-profit newspapers and independent journalists who published reports criticizing Facebook and accusing it of suppressing …

South Korea will invest $7 billion in AI in an effort to maintain its edge in chips South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday his country will invest 9.4 trillion won ($6.94 billion) in artificial intelligence by 2027 as part of efforts to maintain a leading global position in advanced semiconductor chips. The announcement, which also includes a …

Scientists are actively trying to build conscious robots Hod Lipson, the mechanical engineer in charge of the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University in New York, is creating machines that will have “consciousness comparable to humans”, surpassing “everything else we’ve done”. Lipson believes that a conscious robot may be able to cure cancer. Consciousness is one of the most divisive …

Tesla slashed the price of its Full Self-Driving software by a third to $8,000 Tesla ( TSLA.O ) cut the price of its full Self-Driving (FSD) driver assistant software to $8,000 from $12,000 in the United States, as Chief Executive Elon Musk doubles down on the use of self-driving technology. Musk is betting on technology to become a cash cow …