Domestic violence victims denied justice

With a near zero conviction rate and few female police officers, women stuck in abusive marriages KARACHI: In Sindh, even 13 years after the passage of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2013, the law remains poorly implemented, and incidents of violence against women have shown no meaningful decline. After the approval of this…

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Afghanistan’s Taliban government imposes smartphone ban on government officials

Afghan media outlet quotes Taliban-led Communications and IT ministry debunking claims of ban Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered a nationwide ban on civil servants’ smartphone use, a military court order showed, prompting ​warnings from rights activists that the move could further restrict access ‌to information. The court order seen by Reuters states that smartphone use…

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Researchers use AI to unlock the complete text of burnt Herculaneum scroll for the first time

The scroll was carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago Fragment of Herculaneum scroll is fixed in place at a Diamond Light Source experimental station after it was scanned using bright x-rays in Didcot, Britain, September 30, 2019. Photo: File/REUTERS Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday they…

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Anthropic’s Mythos model found vulnerabilities in classified US government systems, AP reports

​NSA chief says Mythos ‘broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks, but in hours’ Anthropic’s Mythos model identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive US government computer systems during a ​testing exercise, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Anthropic teamed ‌up with Washington’s intelligence agencies to conduct tests using Mythos under Project Glasswing,…

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