By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.Com

Israel carried out a drone strike in Nabatieh today, some 6 miles from the Israeli border in southern Lebanon. The strike targeted and killed a 35-year-old physics teacher named Mohammad Ali Farran, who was also a reservist in Hezbollah. Continue reading “Israeli Drone Strike Kills Physics Teacher, Wounds Schoolchildren in Lebanon”

By Eurasia Review

A University of Washington team has developed an artificial intelligence system that lets a user wearing headphones look at a person speaking for three to five seconds and then hear just the enrolled speaker’s voice in real time even as the listener moves around in noisy places and no longer faces the speaker. Pictured is a prototype of the headphone system: binaural microphones attached to off-the-shelf noise canceling headphones. CREDIT: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington

Noise-canceling headphones have gotten very good at creating an auditory blank slate. But allowing certain sounds from a wearer’s environment through the erasure still challenges researchers. The latest edition of Apple’s AirPods Pro, for instance, automatically adjusts sound levels for wearers — sensing when they’re in conversation, for instance — but the user has little control over whom to listen to or when this happens. Continue reading “AI Headphones Let Wearer Listen To A Single Person In A Crowd, By Looking At Them Just Once”

By Middle East Monitor

Aid trucks loaded with supplies For Gaza are queued in Al-Arish City after the border closed, on May 8, 2024 in Arish, Egypt. [Photo by Ali Moustafa/Getty Image]

Some of the food supplies waiting to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt have begun to rot as the Rafah border crossing remains shut to aid deliveries for a third week and people inside the Palestinian enclave face worsening hunger, Reuters reports. Continue reading “Food bound for Gaza rots in the sun as Egypt Rafah Crossing stays shut”

By Edward Hasbrouck – Antiwar.com

On Wednesday, during markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the NDAA that would automatically register all draft-aged male U.S. residents with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft, based on information from other Federal databases. Continue reading “US House Committee Proposes ‘Automatic’ Sign-Up for Military Draft”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

An illegal immigrant from Turkey gave an interview to Fox News after crossing the border in Southern California to express his shock at how easy it was to illegally invade America. Continue reading “Illegal Immigrant From Turkey Tells American Journo He’s Shocked at How Easy It Was to Cross The Border”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

A recent AARP poll provides further evidence of the deterioration of American living standards, especially for those approaching retirement age.  The study contradicts what most policy makers have believed to be a “soft landing” for the economy after two years of rampant inflation. Continue reading “Many Americans Say They Will Never Retire”

By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial

Pre-dawn raid in fatal ATF shooting of Arkansas airport director caught on security footage, no body cam recording

The House GOP Judiciary Committee released security video surveillance footage on Thursday, revealing that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) officers gathered in a parking on two separate days before raiding Bryan Malinowski’s home and killing him. Continue reading “Pre-dawn raid in fatal ATF shooting of Arkansas airport director caught on security footage, no body cam recording”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed support for Ukraine using US-provided weapons on Russian territory, a step that would risk a major response from Russia. Continue reading “Speaker Johnson Thinks Ukraine Should Use US Weapons on Russian Territory”