Telegram founder had iPhone hacked in 2017 French spy operation a year before lunch with Macron: report
Police at Paris-Le Bourget Airport, once Paris' main airport but now a general aviation airport for private and business flights to the French capital, arrested Telegram app CEO Pavel Durov on Saturday. (Photo credit: Reuters) Billionaire Telegram CEO Pavel Durov reportedly had his iPhone hacked in a joint French-UAE operation in 2017. The Wall Street […]
Israel launches major West Bank counterterror operation that kills 9 militants, IDF says
The Israeli Defense Forces said on Wednesday that Israeli forces had carried out a major operation in the West Bank this week, killing nine militants. The IDF said a large contingent of its forces entered the city of Jenin on Wednesday, adding that all nine killed in the operation were militants. IDF spokesman Lt. Col. […]
‘Small sting operation’: Journalist shockingly brags about spying for Ukraine — keeps role at mainstream news outlet
A major media reporter made a shocking revelation in a lengthy post about X, detailing how X had been wiretapped for Ukrainian intelligence during an undercover operation. Adam ZivoHe works for the National Post, one of Canada's largest and most popular mainstream news organizations, and acknowledged trying to obtain information from a suspected Chinese spy […]
Austin Peay’s Patrick Kugler arrested in human trafficking operation
Patrick Kugler resigned as Austin Peay’s co-offensive coordinator on Sunday, a day after he was arrested as part of an undercover human trafficking operation in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Kugler, 29, was one of six men arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Aug. 17 for using bait-and-switch ads to “identify individuals seeking to engage […]
Musk's X shuts down Brazil operation after judge blasted for censorship
Social media platform X is reportedly planning to close its offices in Brazil amid a legal battle with the South American country’s highest court over a secret order to remove some posts from its Brazilian site. A statement posted by the company on X. The social media site will remain available to users in Brazil. […]
OpenAI says it disrupted Iranian influence operation using ChatGPT
OpenAI said on Friday that it had disrupted an Iranian influence campaign that was using ChatGPT to generate content related to the U.S. presidential election and other topics. The network, known as “Storm 2035,” used its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot to create content, including “commentary on candidates on both sides of the US presidential election,” […]
Turning Point Action Launches ‘Commit 100’ Ballot-Chasing Operation, Urges Volunteers to Sign Up
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Action (TPAction) has launched “Commit 100,” which the organization calls “the largest and most sophisticated vote-tracking effort in the conservative movement” and calls on activists to sign a petition “to commit to tracking 100 early votes and 100 Election Day votes.” “The question I get asked most often is, ‘Charlie, is […]
Biden-Harris DHS Builds ‘Ghost Mode Operation’ for Migrants to Stay in U.S.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are building what critics call “Operation Ghost Mode” to make it easier for migrants to stay in the U.S. after being released from federal custody at the southern border. The little-known pilot program, run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is aimed […]
Precious Cargo review – Vietnam’s ‘operation babylift’ orphans look back | Edinburgh festival 2024
TThe narrator’s accents say it all: you hear Southern English, Australian English, American English and Hebridean English. What they have in common is that they are the adult voices of orphans who were flown out of South Vietnam as part of Operation Babylift at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Placed with families […]
Russia Launches ‘Counter-Terror’ Operation Against Ukraine Incursion
(AFP) Moscow launched “counter-terrorist operations” in three border regions adjacent to Ukraine on Saturday in a bid to thwart Kiev’s biggest cross-border attack in the two-and-a-half-year conflict. In a shock attack on Tuesday morning, Ukrainian forces crossed the border into Russia’s western Kursk region and advanced several kilometers, independent analysts said. The Russian military has […]