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North Korean workers treated as 'slaves' at Russian drone factory, says new report

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North Korean workers treated as 'slaves' at Russian drone factory, says new report

A new report reveals the plight of North Korean workers at a drone factory in Russia. It also raised concerns that Pyongyang could gain hands-on knowledge of advanced weapons systems through the workers it sends there.

Deutsche Welle

Rockstar artists have been working on GTA 6 for 11 years to plan out the map, co-head says roads are narrower than GTA…

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Rockstar artists have been working on GTA 6 for 11 years to plan out the map, co-head says roads are narrower than GTA…

Rockstar Games has been working on Grand Theft Auto 6 for 11 years, as the artists needed to plan out the map first The game's roads are much narrower and denser than GTA 5 's, which created "ripple effects," according to Bloomberg's Jason…

Microsoft adds EU access oversight and offline AI to its sovereign cloud

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Microsoft adds EU access oversight and offline AI to its sovereign cloud

Microsoft is adding new controls to its sovereign cloud for governments and regulated companies, the CEO Satya Nadella announced today. The changes give customers more say over who can reach their systems, and let them run more AI tools on…

The Next Web

Dell’s Pro Max Tower T2 workstation costs less than the Nvidia Blackwell GPU inside it

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Dell’s Pro Max Tower T2 workstation costs less than the Nvidia Blackwell GPU inside it

This is an odd one - and I don't know how long it'll last, but right now you can get the Dell Pro Max Tower T2 workstation with Blackwell GPU for $15,149 at Dell . Now, it's an excellent desktop - we scored it 4.5 stars in our review and…

Windows 11 users are again having to suffer an odd Bing Wallpaper 'feature'

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Windows 11 users are again having to suffer an odd Bing Wallpaper 'feature'

The Bing Wallpaper app has seen an annoying feature reintroduced This means those clicking on a blank space of the Windows 11 desktop will get a Bing search fired up in their default browser Unlike the last time Microsoft tried this stunt…

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Mónica Rincón Robbed in Santiago Carjacking

Armed suspects forced Chilean journalist Mónica Rincón out of her car on a Santiago highway and fired shots into the air; she was not injured. The post Mónica Rincón Robbed in Santiago Carjacking appeared first on The Rio Times .

Rio Times

UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

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UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

RAF Typhoon fighters will fly defensive missions over cities and infrastructure, in extension of UK support for Riyadh RAF Typhoon fighters are to protect Saudi Arabia from attack by Yemen’s Houthis, flying defensive missions over the…

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DOJ charges 28 with voting crimes. And, TikTok ignored staff's child safety concerns

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DOJ charges 28 with voting crimes. And, TikTok ignored staff's child safety concerns

The Justice Department has charged 28 people in California with voting crimes as Election Day nears. And, TikTok staff raised child safety concerns with executives, who failed to act, court records show. (Image credit: Imen Ben Youssef /…

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Visiting Slate’s first showroom as its $25,000 electric truck nears production

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Visiting Slate’s first showroom as its $25,000 electric truck nears production

As I sat in the cab of the pickup truck and manually rolled down the windows, I closed my eyes and flashed back to opening the windows on a cold, winter day in my dad’s 1975 Ford Ranger to let more cigarette smoke escape. The memory faded…

Ars Technica

Sony Party Speaker Deal: Save $100 Off the ULT Tower 7

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Sony Party Speaker Deal: Save $100 Off the ULT Tower 7

The Sony ULT Tower 7 is one of our top party speaker picks and is at its lowest-ever price. Grab this or one of its sibling models before your next fete.

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