Vladimir Putin has reportedly backed a proposal to enlist Russians classified as severely disabled, including the blind, deaf, and those missing limbs, into units tasked with shooting down drones over Moscow and front-line towns. The endorsement came at a meeting of Putin's United Russia party, where Kremlin-backed war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny pitched the idea of […] The post Putin endorses plan to recruit blind, deaf, and severely disabled Russians for drone defense appeared first on American Almanac .
Vladimir Putin has reportedly backed a proposal to enlist Russians classified as severely disabled, including the blind, deaf, and those missing limbs, into units tasked with shooting down drones over Moscow and front-line towns. The endorsement came at a meeting of Putin's United Russia party, where Kremlin-backed war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny pitched the idea of allowing volunteers with Russia's Category D medical classification to serve in regional drone defense roles. Category D covers individuals who are blind, deaf, living with active tuberculosis, schizophrenia, cancer, HIV, or who have lost limbs. Putin's response, as reported by The Sun , was brief and direct: "Zhen, I support it." The proposal has not been confirmed as…Open
A 35-year-old skydiver fell nearly two miles while knocked unconscious, crashed through a conifer tree, and walked away alive, and now says she cannot wait to jump again. Holly Wiffen was on her fourth jump of the day at Langar airfield near Nottingham, England, on August 7 when a fellow skydiver's shin struck the back […] The post British skydiver survives 10,000-foot unconscious freefall after mid-air collision appeared first on American Almanac .
A 35-year-old skydiver fell nearly two miles while knocked unconscious, crashed through a conifer tree, and walked away alive, and now says she cannot wait to jump again. Holly Wiffen was on her fourth jump of the day at Langar airfield near Nottingham, England, on August 7 when a fellow skydiver's shin struck the back of her helmet at roughly 100 miles per hour. The blow knocked her out cold, smashed the GoPro camera off her helmet, and sent her tumbling earthward from approximately 12,000 feet with no one at the controls. She plummeted at 150 mph for roughly 10,000 feet, unconscious the entire way, before somehow pulling her ripcord at an estimated 1,000 feet, about five seconds before she would have hit the ground. But the ordeal was…Open
A landmark copyright lawsuit filed by the New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023 moved into a critical new phase Friday, as all three parties presented their official arguments to a judge, with hopes of a favorable ruling ahead of a possible trial. Why it matters: A ruling in favor of the Times could wreak havoc on the lucrative business models underpinning the AI industry. - A ruling in favor of OpenAI and Microsoft would serve as a massive blow to the publishing industry, potentially undermining its ability to control and monetize how content is scraped and used by AI giants. Zoom in: In its motion for summary judgment, the Times argued OpenAI and Microsoft copied its works at scale to build commercial substitutes, which…
Students around the globe earned among the lowest average scores ever in science, reading and mathematics on the Program for International Student Assessment.
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Tilly Norwood has been billed as the first AI "actor.” During Tilly’s first on-camera “interview,” CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister takes a look at whether the controversial creation can actually act. Watch the full report on CNN.com
