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07 Jul

Ukraine says it fooled Russia into striking fake planes and air defense systems with Iskander-M ballistic missiles

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Ukrainian forces say they duped Russia into striking dummy models of aircraft and air defense systems with Iskander-M missiles.He shared footage that he claimed showed recent enemy strikes with Iskander-Ms on the mock-ups, which he said were placed at an airfield close to the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine and the Yuzhne area, near the Black Sea port of Odesa.He said the footage was captured by Russian reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles."The Air Force personnel successfully conducted passive defense measures!" Oleshchuk wrote in the post."Thank you to everyone who helps with high-quality models of aircraft and air defense systems.…

07 Jul

Trump’s hush-money sentencing will still happen in September despite his new immunity superpowers, New York legal experts predict

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"No harm, no foul" isn't just for streetball. It could help former President Donald Trump's hush-money conviction survive the US Supreme Court immunity opinion.Thanks to a legal doctrine called "harmless error," Trump's September 18 sentencing is virtually guaranteed to proceed as planned, former New York judges and prosecutors predicted in conversations with Business Insider.And no amount of jumping up and down and screaming "SCOTUS" can stop it, they said.That's because even if Trump's trial judge, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, finds that presidential immunity retroactively invalidates some evidence used at trial, he'll likely also find that this amounts…

07 Jul

The Words That Give Away Generative AI Text

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Thus far, even AI companies have had trouble coming up with tools that can reliably detect when a piece of writing was generated using a large language model. Now, a group of researchers has established a novel method for estimating LLM usage across a large set of scientific writing by measuring which "excess words" started showing up much more frequently during the LLM era (i.e., 2023 and 2024). The results "suggest that at least 10 percent of 2024 abstracts were processed with LLMs," according to the researchers.In a preprint paper posted earlier this month, four researchers from Germany's University of…

07 Jul

Open criticism of Hamas is building in Gaza as Israel’s deadly offensive rages on: ‘May God curse them’

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Gazans are growing increasingly critical of Hamas as Israel's deadly military campaign in the Gaza Strip continues.Public criticism of Hamas — which took full control of Gaza in 2007 after ousting its rival political party, Fatah — had been relatively rare before the Gaza war.Many Gazans also cheered the events of October 7 at the time, with people taking to the streets to celebrate what they saw as their occupier's humiliation.But while those attacks on Israel, which killed around 1,200 people, increased Hamas' popularity in both Gaza and the West Bank, the majority of residents in both territories do not…

07 Jul

Job switchers hoping for a big raise are in for disappointment

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Here's some less-than-great news if you're looking to job-hop because of your pay: People changing roles likely won't be getting as big of a wage bump as past job switchers."If you'd have done the same thing a year ago or 18 months ago, you'd have probably got double the pay rise you're going to get today," David Tinsley, senior economist at the Bank of America Institute, told Business Insider.A new Bank of America Institute report found the median pay gain for those switching jobs was around 20% during the Great Resignation in 2021 and 2022, based on the bank's internal…

07 Jul

Hotels and offices are using an AI tool that scans what they throw in the trash to reduce their food waste and cut costs

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Hotels are reducing how much food they waste at their breakfast buffets by installing AI-powered cameras above their kitchen trash cans.British company Winnow's hardware involves a scale that kitchens place a trash can on, as well as a screen with a motion-sensor camera. Its AI scans the items after they're placed in the trash — it can identify whether that was a bowl of carrot peelings, excess guacamole, or uneaten mashed potato — and the scale then records how much of that item was thrown away.Chefs and restaurant managers can see this data in real time. Winnow's hardware involves a…

07 Jul

Massive drought in Italy threatens to destroy Sicilian tourism

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An extreme drought in Sicily is the worst the Italian island has seen in 20 years, and it's so bad it's threatening the region's economy.The drought in Sicily has caused the local climate to mirror that of Ethiopia, UK outlet Sky News reported, causing a state of emergency, drying up lakes, and prompting officials to implement strict water rations. The rations are so strict — with some residents being asked to cut their water use by as much as 45% — it's prompting some hotel and inn owners to turn guests away because they cannot guarantee showers will run or toilets will…

07 Jul

Kamala Harris won’t save Democrats if she takes over for Biden, warns historian who correctly predicted 9 of the last 10 elections

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A professor and historian who successfully predicted the last 9 out of 10 elections since 1984 believes President Joe Biden is still the safest bet for Democrats.Since Biden's poor debate performance against Donald Trump, the president has fielded calls from voters, donors, and congressional colleagues to drop out of the race for a new nominee.Some names floated as potential replacements include Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. However, as Business Insider has previously reported, Vice President Kamala Harris may be the most obvious and viable option for Democrats given the immediate war chest she would get from…

07 Jul

Biden’s campaign touts $38 million in donations after dubious debate performance

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President Joe Biden's reelection campaign knows it took a hit in the debate against former President Donald Trump.But Biden is coming back swinging, one campaign spokesperson says, touting $38 million in donations since last Thursday's debate."People going to joebiden.com and chipping in because they understand that when you get knocked down, you get back up and you keep fighting, and that's exactly what the President has done," Michael Tyler, the communications director for Biden's campaign, told the hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend" on Saturday.In the day after the July 27 debate, Biden raised $27 million while Trump raised $8 million,…

06 Jul

Justin Bieber performed at an Ambani pre-wedding party for family and friends. Here’s a look at the exclusive guest list.

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The wedding of the year has almost arrived.Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Asia's richest man, will marry on July 12 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. Guests will be treated to a weekend of festivities, with activities on July 13 and the reception on July 14.The couple's upcoming nuptials hit social media in March when videos and photos surfaced of lavish pre-wedding festivities hosted by the Ambani family. The family's patriarch, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, has a net worth of $123.4 billion. His wife, Nita Ambani, is a philanthropist who serves as…