World

<!-- -->Ron Wyden's letter cited a "tip" as the source of the information about the surveillance.Washington: Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications, a US senator warned on Wednesday.In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet's Google and Apple. Although details were sparse, the letter lays out...

<!-- -->AI is a patchwork of strategies for performing computation without direct instruction from humans.Westminster: With the recent sacking and swift rehiring of Sam Altman by OpenAI, debates around the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) are once again in the spotlight. What's more unusual is that a prominent theme in media reporting has been the ability of AI systems to do...

<!-- -->IATA also dramatically increased its profit forecast for the industry. (Representational)Geneva, Switzerland: Airlines are expecting to carry a record 4.7 billion passengers in 2024 as the sector puts the Covid-19 pandemic behind it, trade industry association IATA said Wednesday.IATA also raised its profit outlook, expecting airlines to post $23.3 billion in net earnings in 2023, more than double the $9.8 billion it...

<!-- -->"Oh no. I feel unwell," she said in French.Valerie Plante, the Mayor of Montreal was answering questions from reporters during a morning news conference on Tuesday when she abruptly crouched and then sat down. Fortunately, the medical teams were able to assist her and she is now doing well, BBC reported. Ms Plante will reduce her workload over the coming days. "Oh no....

<!-- -->New Delhi: "Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate the rules of bullying and harassment," is what Republican lawmaker Elise Stefanik asked the representatives of the top colleges in the US. The hearing in the US Senate came after protests over the Hamas' Israel attack roiled campuses across the US. Alumni and donors, citing incidents of antisemitism, have said colleges aren't...