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[ad_1] Masamitsu Yoshioka, the last known survivor among about 770 crew members who manned the Japanese airborne armada that attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, has died. He was 106.His death was announced Aug. 28 on social media by Japanese journalist and author Takashi Hayasaki, who spoke with Yoshioka last year. He provided no other details."When I met him last year, he spoke many valuable words with a dignified […]

[ad_1] Washington – As the bitterly contested U.S. election campaign enters its final stretch, misinformation researchers have raised the alarm over threats artificial intelligence and foreign influence pose — but voters appear more concerned about falsehoods from a more familiar source: politicians.The United States is battling a firehose of misinformation before the Nov. 5 vote — from fake "news" sites that researchers say were created by Russian and Iranian actors, […]

[ad_1] Jerusalem – Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, a former general who has shaped Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, is a prominent force behind the expansion of the nearly year-long military campaign into Lebanon.The hawkish politician, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party who at times clashed with him over policy issues, has repeatedly stressed that Israel must take the fight to Lebanon, where Iran-backed Hezbollah militants have launched […]

[ad_1] SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son sketched out one of the most aggressive timelines for the adoption of artificial intelligence yet, envisioning a near future where the technology would run entire households.AI will soon be able to monitor the health of family members, call the doctor when needed, do grocery shopping, make reservations, judge optimal investments and tutor young children, Son said in a speech at an annual forum for […]

[ad_1] “It is really the anger that makes me work,” Louise Bourgeois said in the 2008 documentary “The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine.”A new large-scale retrospective at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum dedicated to the French American sculptor and artist goes in search of hope all the same. Bourgeois (1911-2010) was known for her raw, bodily sculptures, manifestations of aggression and obsession and long-held fixations on her mother and father […]