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Amnesty: Pakistan’s March Strike on Kabul Rehab Center Should Be Investigated as Possible War Crime

Amnesty International urges an independent probe into Pakistan’s March 16 strike on Kabul’s Omid rehab center, saying evidence points to a civilian medical facility. ...Read more

#afghanistan, #pakistan, #amnestyinternational, #warcrimes, #humanrights

Teamsters Reach Agreement in Principle With United for 11,000 Mechanics, But Contract Not Final

Teamsters announce an agreement in principle with United for more than 11,000 mechanics, including a $54M signing bonus; ratification still required. ...Read more

$UAL, #teamsters, #unitedairlines, #labor, #aviation

Zelensky announces Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraine’s next commander-in-chief, pending formal decree

Zelensky named Col. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraine’s next commander-in-chief on July 21, saying the appointment will be formalized later. ...Read more

#ukraine, #military, #zelensky, #drapatyi

NASA and ISRO Open First Broad Release of Calibrated NISAR Radar Data

NASA and ISRO have begun public release of calibrated L‑ and S‑band radar products from the NISAR satellite, giving researchers wider access to Earth and ice observations. ...Read more

#nisar, #satellite, #remote-sensing, #antarctica

Google DeepMind Expands Gemini Flash Lineup with 3.6 Flash and Security-Focused 3.5 Variant

Google DeepMind added Gemini 3.6 Flash plus two 3.5 variants, including a restricted 'Flash Cyber' model for defensive vulnerability discovery and repair. ...Read more

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #ai, #gemini, #cybersecurity

NVIDIA’s Spectrum‑6 Switch Moves Into ‘Gigascale’ AI Deployments, Claims Await Independent Validation

NVIDIA says its 102.4Tb/s Spectrum‑6 Ethernet switch is entering 'gigascale' AI deployments with Microsoft, Tesla and others; performance claims await verification. ...Read more

$NVDA, #nvidia, #ai-infrastructure, #networking, #spectrum6

GAO: Medicare Advantage and VA Community Care Had More Than $24 Billion in Improper Payments in FY2025

GAO finds over $24 billion in improper payments in Medicare Advantage and VA Community Care for fiscal 2025, citing audit backlogs and missing fraud-risk plans. ...Read more

#medicare, #medicareadvantage, #va, #gao

AerCap Orders 15 Boeing 787-9s at Farnborough, Boosting Its 787 Fleet to About 140

Dublin-based lessor AerCap placed a firm order for 15 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners at Farnborough, signaling sustained demand for modern widebodies. ...Read more

$AER, $BA, #aviation, #aerospace, #boeing, #aercap, #leasing

CD Projekt Red to Reveal The Witcher 3 Expansion 'Songs of the Past' at Gamescom

CD Projekt Red will show the first public look at The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past during Gamescom Opening Night Live on Aug. 25 in Cologne. ...Read more

#thewitcher3, #cdprojektred, #gamescom, #gaming

MSC Air Cargo Orders Five Boeing 777-8 Freighters at Farnborough Airshow

MSC Air Cargo ordered five Boeing 777-8 freighters at the Farnborough Airshow, its first 777-8 purchase as demand for Boeing’s large freighter grows. ...Read more

$BA, #boeing, #mscaircargo, #777-8, #aircargo

Human Rights Watch Accuses Ecuadorian Forces of Abuses and Seeks Answers on Possible U.S. Role in Boat Attacks

Human Rights Watch accuses Ecuadorian forces of torture and arson in a U.S.-backed operation and raises questions about possible U.S. involvement in attacks at sea. ...Read more

#humanrights, #ecuador, #unitedstates, #military

Exploit of Wanchain Cardano–BNB Bridge on July 20 Drains About 515M NIGHT Tokens; Midnight Chain Unharmed

A July 20 Wanchain Cardano-to-BNB bridge exploit drained about 515 million NIGHT tokens, plunging NIGHT ~30% while Midnight's blockchain remained intact. ...Read more

#crypto, #blockchain, #bridgehack, #cardano

Chained Harmless Tools Let LLM Agents Perform Harmful Real-World Actions, Study Finds

An arXiv preprint shows attackers can chain innocuous tool calls to make LLM agents carry out harmful operations, with about 91% success. ...Read more

#ai, #security, #machinelearning, #agents

Preprint reports near-quantized photocurrent in nickel-doped RhSi

An arXiv preprint reports a near-quantized circular photogalvanic effect in Rh0.95Ni0.05Si, suggesting topology may fix an optical response even without an energy gap. ...Read more

#topology, #condensedmatter, #photogalvanic, #rhsi

Microsoft Research unveils GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash — smaller open pathology AI models that cut compute and memory

Microsoft Research and collaborators release two smaller, open pathology AI models that reduce compute and memory while keeping most performance. ...Read more

#ai, #pathology, #medicalimaging, #openmodels