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WASHINGTON — The U.S. will begin coaching Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, starting at an Air National Guard base in October, the Pentagon mentioned Thursday. ...

The FBI is warning cryptocurrency firms to be looking out for North Korean cyber thieves cashing out stolen bitcoin valued within the tens of tens of millions of {dollars}.  ...

Scientists have detected a mysterious darkish spot on Neptune from Earth for the primary time.The massive, darkish space is inside Neptune's environment and subsequent to an surprising, smaller brilliant spot, consultants have stated. Spots are frequent on big planets - probably the most well-known being Jupiter's Great Red Spot - however consultants say that is the primary time one has been seen on Neptune with a telescope from Earth.They stay a thriller to astronomers, who're hoping the brand new discovery will present clues as to what causes them.Michael Wong, a researcher on the University of California, stated: "This is an astounding improve in humanity's means to look at the cosmos. "At first, we could only detect these spots by sending a spacecraft there, like Voyager....

Facebook teams are being "overwhelmed" by hoax posts about serial killers, lacking youngsters, and animals, a charity has warned.Full Fact mentioned it had recognized at the very least 1,200 examples of such misinformation throughout greater than 100 areas within the UK, suggesting the content material is being replicated. One hoax a couple of nine-year-old boy named Justin Smith going lacking has been shared a whole lot of instances.Full Fact noticed examples in teams from Devon to Lincolnshire, all opening with "Help!!! MISSING Child!!" and the situation's hashtag, adopted by an attraction to "publish this post so we can get him home".The posts all use the identical image of a boy holding a white canine on a lead, seemingly in a pet meals store. But it isn't actual - and th...

Not solely are ladies way more prone to undergo from ME, however they're additionally extra prone to have extra signs, and co-occurring situations which are extra extreme, based on early outcomes of the largest-ever research into the illness.The DecodeME research has thus far recruited greater than 17,000 individuals within the UK with a prognosis of ME or myalgic encephalomyelitis - typically referred to as power fatigue syndrome. The researchers goal to review 20,000 DNA samples from this rising group to be taught whether or not ME is partly genetic. Not solely may it level to remedies however may assist de-mystify a uncared for, and sometimes maligned illness."For a long time, people didn't even truly believe that this illness existed," says research lead Professor Chris P...

The US tech agency that dominates the marketplace for chips utilized in synthetic intelligence (AI) has delighted buyers with a doubling in quarterly income, promising extra of the identical in future.Nvidia shares gained nearly 10% in after-hours buying and selling in New York on Wednesday night time when it revealed a string of numbers that beat analysts' expectations. The icing on the cake for shareholders was information of a $25bn (£19.7bn) share buyback.The California-based agency, which turned the primary chipmaker to realize a $1trn market worth in May, credited a increase in generative AI applied sciences that may learn and write in human-like methods, akin to ChatGPT. It is struggling to maintain up with demand for its chips, often known as graph...

India has change into the primary nation to efficiently land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole.Chandrayaan-3 had aimed to change into the primary spacecraft to the touch down in a area of the lunar floor thought to comprise deep craters with water ice. India moon touchdown - because it occurred Image: India's change into the primary nation to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole - subsequent to the place its earlier try failed It touched down six weeks after launching on board a rocket from a spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.The profitable touchdown was met with cheers and applause from mission management at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Image: Celebrations a...

A Chinese spy used LinkedIn to focus on 1000's of British officers and try to mine secrets and techniques, based on a report.The investigation, printed in The Times, suggests an intelligence officer for Beijing's fundamental spy company used aliases on the platform, which is the world's largest skilled networking website, to attempt to bribe civil servants and officers working within the navy and know-how to go on delicate info. MI5 chiefs have beforehand warned China is utilizing espionage to focus on the UK's tech and analysis sectors in an try to eat into the nation's industrial benefits.LinkedIn, which has greater than 900 million customers worldwide, has come beneath hearth for the dearth of safety checks customers should endure earlier than organising an account.Last yr...

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TikTok's newest development, dad and mom cracking an egg on a younger kid's head, has been criticised by medical consultants over the potential harm it might do.The movies, lots of which use the hashtag #eggprank, often present a father or mother with a younger little one within the kitchen. The father or mother takes a uncooked egg and tells the kid they'll crack it, however as an alternative of doing so in a pan or a bowl, they crack it on the kid's head earlier than pouring the egg right into a bowl or pan.The phenomenon has gone viral, regardless of it inflicting a number of the kids to cry or leaving them trying upset and surprised. In some cases, the kid throws an egg again on the father or mother.By Tuesday, movies utilizing the hashtag had greater than 670m views, in ...