Iran’s official news agency, Fars News, on Saturday published a segment of the miniseries online focusing on Soleimani’s role in the fight against IS under a catchier headline than the show’s actual title: “A narrative of saving Iraqi Kurdistan by Haji Qassem Soleimani.” … [Read more...] about Iranian Show Irks Iraqi Kurds, Portraying Them as Weak Against IS Terror
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White House Denies Washington Post Report Claiming Trump Might Cancel Debt Obligations To China
“The answer is absolutely not,” Kudlow said in a statement on the story. “The full faith and credit of U.S. debt obligations is sacrosanct, and that includes, by the way, maintaining the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.” … [Read more...] about White House Denies Washington Post Report Claiming Trump Might Cancel Debt Obligations To China
The Bad, Good Lawyer
For Boies, at 77, the consequences have been reputation-shattering. The revelations of the past year have opened everything about his life and career to reassessment, from the ethos of his firm, which pops up with eerie regularity in notorious scandals — it represents Oleg Deripaska, Paul Manafort’s oligarch business partner; Elliott Broidy, Donald Trump’s hush-money-paying crony; and Najib Razak, the former Malaysian prime minister accused of massive corruption — to his cozy personal relationships with other powerful and problematic men (Charlie Rose, Steve Wynn, Bill Clinton). In elite legal circles, some speculate that Boies lived beyond question for so long that he lost his moral bearings. “I’m disappointed by how far he seems to have moved toward the dark side,” says Laurence Tribe, the liberal Harvard Law professor who was Boies’s co-counsel on Bush v. Gore. Then again, maybe the great David Boies was comfortable on the dark side … [Read more...] about The Bad, Good Lawyer
South Korea has used AI to bring a dead superstar’s voice back to the stage, but ethical concerns abound
Replicating someone's voice also poses serious risks, especially if fake audio is used in misinformation campaigns and fraud. In 2019, scammers convinced an executive to transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to an account, by faking the voice of his boss using audio software. … [Read more...] about South Korea has used AI to bring a dead superstar’s voice back to the stage, but ethical concerns abound
China is rehearsing for when it overtakes America
China just outpaced the United States in attracting foreign direct investment for the first time. And as 2020 was drawing to a close, it signed a trade agreement with the European Union with the aim of boosting growth and giving European companies greater access to its 1.4 billion consumers. Now, Beijing is starting the new year without one of its most aggressive political adversaries, former US President Donald Trump, breathing down its neck. … [Read more...] about China is rehearsing for when it overtakes America