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United States President Donald Trump will undertake a three-day tour of the Gulf for his first state visit since retaking office in January. The trip begins in Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. It marks Trump’s second foreign visit as president after he attended Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome in April. Here is what to know about the trip and what is on the agenda: When and where is Trump visiting? Trump will fly out of the US on Monday and start his trip in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday. He is expected to attend…

CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world. Now, the festival has added a new stipulation: no nudity. While nudity was never previously endorsed at the festival, Cannes updated its dress policy on the eve of its 78th edition to read that “nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well as in any other area of the festival.”While a no-shirt-no-service policy is standard in places far less glamorous than Cannes, the policy tweak sparked widespread attention Monday because of the recent trend of sheer and “nude…

As the amateur model of college athletics disintegrates, a handful of unusual ideas have been floated as ways to reign in some of the chaos surrounding the explosion in name, image and likeness compensation and a transfer portal that sees thousands of athletes changing schools every season. Whether any of the ideas end up being implemented is unknown and every school is awaiting a decision from a federal judge on whether a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement against the NCAA and the five largest conferences will take effect as early as July 1. If it does, that opens the floodgates for…

Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to Texas to settle allegations that it was tracking users’ location even when the feature was disabled, tracking their internet activity in private browsing, and using their biometric data without consent, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced. In January 2022, the attorneys general of the District of Columbia, Texas, Indiana, and Washington state filed lawsuits against Google, alleging that the internet giant makes it nearly impossible for users to stop their location from being tracked. According to the lawsuit filed by Attorney General Paxton, even if a user turned location settings off, Google would…

More than 437,000 patients were impacted by a recently disclosed data breach, non-profit healthcare system Ascension Health told the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The incident did not involve Ascension Health’s systems, but a business partner to which Ascension inadvertently exposed patient data, the organization said roughly two weeks ago. The data, Ascension said, was stolen after hackers targeted a vulnerability in third-party software the business partner was using. Given the organization’s description of the incident and that it occurred in early December, it is likely that the information was stolen in the attack on Cleo’s file…

VCs are known to move in herds, which is why Eric Slesinger stands out a bit. While most American investors chase AI startups or U.S.-based defense tech startups, the former CIA officer is hunting for defense tech deals in Europe. In fact, Slesinger, founder of 201 Ventures, recently closed a $22 million fund focused on seed-stage European defense tech startups. His path from developing gadgets and software for CIA agents to becoming perhaps the only American VC exclusively investing in European defense tech also appears to be a prescient one. What would compel someone to leave “the best first job…

With 30 years of experience, expert.ai stands as a seasoned player in the financial services industry. Yet, according to Andrea Ricotti, SVP of Sales North Europe & Channel Development EMEA, the company still considers itself a startup due to its flexibility and agility to meet modern requirements.The AI landscape is evolving rapidly, and the key for many organisations is to stay flexible. By doing so, many organisations are able to thrive in the changing market.As regulatory requirements grow more complex, particularly around KYC and AML, Ricotti outlined how expert.ai is supporting financial services firms by providing explainable, regulated, and trustworthy…

Two vulnerabilities in DriverHub, a driver software that comes pre-installed on Asus motherboards, can be exploited remotely for arbitrary code execution, New Zealand researcher ‘MrBruh’ says. The issues, tracked as CVE-2025-3462 (CVSS score of 8.4) and CVE-2025-3463 (CVSS score of 9.4) could be exploited via crafted HTTP requests to interact with DriverHub. According to Asus, the flaws are the result of a lack of sufficient validation and could be exploited to interact with the software’s features and affect system behavior, respectively. The company also says that “laptops, desktop computers, or other endpoints” are not affected by these bugs. MrBruh, however,…

Global Crossing Airlines, a US airline operating as GlobalX, has confirmed detecting a breach after hackers leaked data allegedly stolen from its systems. GlobalX was in the news recently for playing an important role in the Trump administration’s deportation campaign, particularly the controversial deportations of Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.  The charter airline’s systems were recently targeted by hackers claiming to be part of the Anonymous movement. The hacktivists defaced one of GlobalX’s subdomains, accusing the company over its role in the deportations.  In addition, the hackers claimed to have obtained flight records and passenger lists, which they leaked…

German authorities have announced the takedown of eXch, a cryptocurrency exchange allegedly involved in money laundering and in supporting criminal operations. Established since 2014, eXch provided cryptocurrency swapping services and was advertised on underground platforms as lacking anti-money laundering measures, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) says. According to the BKA, the exchange was available on both the surface and the dark web, did not require users to identify themselves, and did not store any user data, which made it suitable for concealing fraudulent transactions. A portion of the $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum stolen on February 21 from Bybit…