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A group of lawmakers have called on the Trump administration to facilitate medical evacuations out of Gaza amid a dearth of services.Published On 11 Jun 202611 Jun 2026More than 60 members of the United States Congress have called on Israel to lift restrictions on Palestinian cancer patients in Gaza so that they may seek treatment in hospitals in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.Fifty-one members of the House of Representatives and 11 members of the Senate signed Thursday’s letter, addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. They include Senators Bernie Sanders and Chris Van Hollen and Representatives Madeleine Dean…

Visa has linked its payment infrastructure to ChatGPT, enabling AI agents to recommend retail products and execute financial transactions.The deployment removes human intervention from the final stages of the retail funnel. Autonomous agents will now process user prompts, evaluate merchant catalogues, and complete the checkout process using Visa’s payment rails at any supporting merchant.Previous retail AI integrations restricted automated purchasing to single-vendor environments. Retailers built proprietary chatbots confined entirely to their own inventory. Visa’s integration bypasses closed-loop architecture.The payment giant connects the open-web reasoning capabilities of a large language model directly to a universal transaction network. Users simply command the…

Gaza City, the Gaza Strip – In what remains of the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, Ali Tafesh chases the ball while leaning on his crutches, exchanging passes with his teammates from Gaza Al-Irada – the will of Gaza – a football club made up of amputee players.The stadium is far removed from the grandiose arenas that will host the World Cup 2026 in North America beginning on Thursday. But for Ali and his teammates, it is one of the last usable sports spaces available in Gaza as a result of Israel’s genocidal war, which has killed nearly 73,000 Palestinians.The…

McDonald’s is testing a new AI system that can take drive-thru orders and support restaurant operations.The system, called ArchIQ and nicknamed “Archy,” was introduced during the company’s Worldwide convention, according to Restaurant Business. It is being tested at five McDonald’s locations in the United States, though the company has not named the restaurants involved.A video shared on X by a McDonald’s franchise owner showed the system greeting customers, processing order changes, displaying the final total, and asking customers to pull ahead for pickup.A demonstration shared on X by the franchisee account McFranchisee showed the system taking orders in English and…

Interim ODNI chief Bill Pulte has been slammed by Democrats as a Trump loyalist with no intelligence background.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026United States President Donald Trump has directed Bill Pulte to cut staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as soon as he takes up his role as acting intelligence chief.The order came in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, in which Trump doubled down on his choice of Pulte, a controversial pick.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“I have named William Pulte to be Acting Director of National Intelligence, who will take…

“We’ve all had that moment where you search for something you know is there, but it just won’t show up.” Apple’s Stacey Ford, vice president of OS Program Management, was talking about Spotlight at WWDC 2026, but she could have been describing the company’s AI ambitions. On Monday at Apple Park, the thing that wouldn’t show up finally did: Siri AI, the assistant rebuilt from scratch after years of underdelivery. The new Siri sustains genuine multi-turn conversation, draws on what’s in a user’s mail, messages and photo library, fields live queries from the web, and carries out tasks across applications.Apple is giving the…

Hakimpur, India – Raisul Islam stands under the scorching sun near a checkpoint in Hakimpur village along the border with neighbouring Bangladesh in the North 24 Parganas district of India’s West Bengal state.His wife, Rebeka Khatun, 36, and their two sons, Riad, 14, and Jubair, 16, are sitting nearby at an unfinished building erected with raw bricks and cement, as the brutal heat and humidity, coupled with an absence of potable water, turn the cramped waiting room into a furnace.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe people crammed into the building are Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, who have been…

Autonomous AI agents are altering the speed at which software is shipped. Unfortunately, they are also shrinking the time it takes for a mistake to become a catastrophe, creating a dangerous blind spot in many security strategies.The threat no longer comes just from external ransomware or malicious insiders. It comes from authorized, internal tools. To make matters worse, these tools cause damage faster, across more systems, and with fewer chances for your security team to notice in time. In 2025 alone, major DevOps platforms experienced 68 distinct AI-related security incidents, ranging from prompt injections to credential exfiltrations. But even more concerning…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that the Gordie Howe International Bridge — a new six-lane thoroughfare that will connect Detroit, Michigan, with Windsor, Ontario — will open by the end of the week.The announcement comes despite threats to the contrary from United States President Donald Trump, who promised earlier this year that the bridge would not open without concessions from Canada.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listSpeaking briefly to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Carney dodged questions about any behind-the-scenes negotiations with Trump. Instead, he focused on praising the bridge as a feat of cross-border collaboration.“It’s…

Signing PDFs has become an important task for businesses and individuals alike. Whether you’re handling contracts, legal agreements, or forms, the ability to quickly and securely sign PDFs online is essential. Fortunately, with the rise of online PDF signers, signing PDFs has never been easier.Common challenges in signing PDFsSigning PDFs might seem straightforward, but several challenges often arise during the process. Some of the most common issues include:File compatibility: Not all PDF editors or viewers allow you to easily add a signature, especially if the document is encrypted or password-protected.Document security: Ensuring that your signature is secure and not vulnerable…