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NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators from a Jewish group filled the lobby of Trump Tower on Thursday to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at Columbia University.The Jewish Voice for Peace protesters, who carried banners and wore red shirts reading “Jews say stop arming Israel,” chanted “Bring Mahmoud home now!”After warning the protesters to leave the Fifth Avenue building, officers arrested 98 of them on various charges including trespassing, obstruction and resisting arrest, a police official said at a news briefing.Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent U.S. resident who is married to…

Russia has yet to make any response to a 30-day ceasefire proposal agreed by the United States and Ukraine after representatives from both countries engaged in talks in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Tuesday. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who attended the Jeddah talks, said during a news conference afterwards: “I will talk to my Russian counterpart in the coming days.” On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, clad in military fatigues, visited Kursk for the first time since Ukraine’s incursion last year, hailing Russian war efforts. But experts say it is unlikely that Russia would accept the US-Ukraine proposal without demands of…

Amid the government-led push toward more secure software design, developers and executives are focusing on established software security models, which can guide companies toward embedding secure development best practices as part of routine operations. Organizations can align their processes with one of two global industry standards for self-assessment and security maturity—the Building Security In Maturity Model, known as BSIMM (pronounced “bee-sim”) and the Open Worldwide Application Security Project’s Software Assurance Maturity Model, aka OWASP SAMM. The frameworks take different approaches to helping organizations uplift their security. BSIMM acts as a descriptive model, offering a template of best practices drawn from…

Administrative tasks make up a substantial portion of the over $4tn annual healthcare expenditure in the United States. Despite digital advancements, only a quarter of healthcare members actively engage with existing digital portals and apps. As a result, call centres remain overwhelmed, struggling to meet demand. But Ushur is helping to change that through its AI Agent for Member Service.The demand for private, accessible, and empathetic member services is increasing. However, factors such as privacy concerns and low digital engagement create significant challenges.According to a McKinsey report, 66% of Americans feel uncomfortable scheduling sensitive medical appointments over the phone due…

Damon LaSalle keeps the athletic trainers busy at New Jersey City University.As he gets out of bed, his hamstrings, knees and back give him daily reminders that playing college volleyball can take a toll on the body. He has standing appointments with a chiropractor and acupuncturist in addition to the frequent visits to the training room.“I have like a professional team taping me and sewing me together,” he said, laughing.Those aches and pains are magnified for LaSalle.He is, after all, 40 years old.LaSalle plays middle blocker for the Knights, and most of his teammates weren’t born 20 years ago when…

Entering the Quantum Race at this stage requires a new approach to have any chance of overhauling the current leaders, such as IBM and Google. Israeli startup QuamCore believes it has that new approach. The seed funding was provided by Viola Ventures and Earth & Beyond Ventures, with Surround Ventures participating. QuamCore was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. It is led by Alon Cohen (co-founder and CEO); Shay Hacohen-Gourgy (CTO and a professor at Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology); and Serge Rosenblum (chief scientist and an assistant professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science). QuamCore’s…

Blackwall has unveiled a €45m Series B financing round led by Dawn Capital, a prominent B2B investor in Europe.The funding round saw contributions from existing investors including MMC. This investment will primarily be used to double Blackwall’s workforce and accelerate its expansion into the U.S. and Asia-Pacific regions, while also strengthening its global channel partnerships.At its core, Blackwall is dedicated to defending web ecosystems from malicious automated threats, a pressing issue given that around 50% of all global web traffic originates from bots, with two-thirds being harmful. The company’s services are crucial for SMBs, which are targeted by 43% of all…

CaixaBank, a renowned financial institution, is known for integrating cutting-edge technology into its services. The bank has recently introduced a novel service aimed at enhancing environmental responsibility among its corporate clients.The motivation behind the new product is to provide a robust tool for businesses, from SMEs to large corporations, to verify their carbon emissions. This initiative builds on the existing capabilities of CaixaBank’s carbon footprint calculator, adding a critical verification step that aligns with global environmental standards.CaixaBank has established itself as a pioneer in sustainability within the financial sector. Its efforts are centered around providing clients with tools and resources…

A judge in Singapore granted bail to three men suspected of deceiving suppliers of server computers that may contain Nvidia chips affected by U.S. export rules that bar the sale of them to certain countries, as a route to halting them being sold to organizations in China. The move comes nearly two weeks after the three men in the city-state were charged with smuggling Nvidia chips and committing fraud against Dell and Super Micro by falsely stating where the servers would be located.   Singapore prosecutors said the fraud case involved servers provided by Singaporean companies and then moved to Malaysia,…

AI-powered image generators, which are at the center of a number of copyright lawsuits against AI companies, are frequently trained on massive amounts of data from public websites. Most of these companies argue that fair use doctrine shields their data scraping and training practices. But many copyright holders disagree.  That’s why some startups and firms developing image generators are trying a different tack: Training generators exclusively on licensed content. New York and Tel Aviv-based Bria, founded in 2023 by entrepreneurs Yair Adato and Assa Eldar, is one of these. Bria pays for images from around 20 partners, including Getty Images, and uses…