The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects

New York City's transit authority is one of a few US systems experimenting with using sensors and AI to improve track inspections.

Source: Wired

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Source: The Economist

US to axe grants to 10,000 aid organisations

Decision to cut funding came after secretary of state Marco Rubio reviewed projects ‘on an individualised basis’

Source: Financial Times

The 66 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (March 2025)

Longlegs, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Deadpool & Wolverine are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

Source: Wired

OpenAI Launches GPT-4.5 for ChatGPT—It’s Huge and Compute-Intensive

Internally called Orion, GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s largest model to date, and it’s first available through the company’s $200 monthly ChatGPT subscription.

Source: Wired

Trump threatens to slap 25% tariffs on EU, says bloc was always meant to hurt the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union, claiming that the bloc was formed "to screw" the U.S.

Source: CNBC

The São Paulo connection: a Brazilian gang is spreading its cocaine business into Australia

The PCC – First Capital Command – formed in a Sāo Paulo prison but is now spreading its tentacles around the world

In September 2020, the Australian Border Force intercepted …

Source: The Guardian

Is the US-Ukraine mineral deal a win-win agreement?

Ukraine agrees to grant the US access to its mineral wealth.

Source: Al Jazeera

Solingen attack: IS suspect charged with murder

German prosecutors have charged a suspected "Islamic State" extremist with murder in the stabbing rampage in Solingen that left three people dead.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Starmer says Ukraine truce 'can't be peace that rewards the aggressor'

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Thursday that a deal on Ukraine cannot reward the "aggressor," as he met US President Donald Trump who has reached out to Russia. FRANCE …

Source: France 24

What to Know About the Turkey-P.K.K. Conflict

The fighting has taken more than 40,000 lives over the past four decades. The group’s leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.

Source: New York Times

BBC Verify: Viral Donald Trump Jr audio highly likely AI fake

A clip of Donald Trump Jr allegedly saying on his podcast that the US should have sent arms to Russia rather than Ukraine was very likely generated with AI, experts …

Source: BBC