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Iran deploys riot police to shut down protests

Iranian authorities deployed riot police Thursday evening on Tehran's main square and avenues to prevent protests, FRANCE 24's correspondent Siavosh Ghazi said. Ghazi also reported that Iran has not y...

1dFrance 24Politics

A 73-year-old teaches other seniors to overcome their fears and embrace tech. She says they learn better from peers.

TJTJ Courtesy of Anne Goldberg Anne Goldberg has been tech-savvy since operating early computer models in the 1980s. 40 years on, she is using her knowledge to teach seniors how to use iPhones and oth...

3hBusiness InsidersocietyImpact

Welcome to the era of the megamanager

Middle managers are taking on more direct reports after the "Great Flattening." dowell/Getty Images The average number of reports for managers is increasing as the "Great Flattening" p...

3dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

One thing that might get workers to embrace AI? The 4-day workweek.

Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...

3dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Iran calls for fast trials of protesters despite Trump’s warning

Iran's judiciary chief on Wednesday called for fast-track trials for detained protesters, despite US President Donald Trump's threat of "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with exe...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

'Focus on petrol: Trump never talked about democracy nor the Venezuelan people'

François Picard welcomes Venezuelan author Vicente Ulive‑Schnell who offers a thoughtful assessment of recent geopolitical developments in Venezuela, following the US military operation, and the reali...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing AI images after global backlash

Elon Musk’s platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women...

2dSouth China Morning PostTechnologyImpact

'Most Iranians realise that any US military action puts a further target on their backs'

Iran's top judge hinted at fast trials and executions for those who were detained in nationwide protests against the country's theocracy, Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi welcomes Scott Lucas, Professor of A...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Indonesia hails ‘99.9% successful’ free meals scheme amid food safety, oversight concerns

Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals programme has fed more than 55 million people in its first year, a scale-up President Prabowo Subianto has hailed as a major step in tackling childhood maln...

4dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' and cancels talks with officials

US President Donald Trump said on January 13 he’s cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” Trump did not offer any details about ...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Germany’s Merz says Iran’s leadership may be in ‘final days’

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...

4dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Amnesty calls for global diplomatic action amid unprecedented mass killings to crush dissent

Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini paints a harrowing portrait of a nation under siege by its own government. Amid an internet blackout, reports of systemic, indiscriminate violence h...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition

As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said , would "create a database of...

3hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Parents can put a time limit on YouTube Shorts scrolling

Parents can now manually set a time limit on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from fifteen minutes to two hours (with an option for zero minutes coming soon). The update, announced on Wednesda...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Stars and Stripes staff fear the Pentagon is coming for the newspaper — and their jobs

Stars and Stripes newspaper Ullstein bild via Getty Images The military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, is facing new pressure from the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the o...

7hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

Two open letters are directed at Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. | Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple's ...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

How ADX Florence actually works, according to a former supermax inmate

Eric King served almost two years at the federal super-maximum security prison ADX Florence in Colorado. ADX is often described as the US's most restrictive prison, and it houses some of the most noto...

2dBusiness InsidercrimeImpact

ICE arrested 2 truck drivers heading to a major Meta data center project

President Donald Trump holds an image showing the scale of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ICE arrested two drivers on Wednesday near a Meta co...

2dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

When I left the Marines, I struggled to adjust to civilian life. Finding work in the real world was the most challenging.

The author struggled to adjust to civilian life after the Marines. jacoblund/Getty Images I planned to be in the Marines for my entire career, but I left early to pursue entrepreneurship. Some of the ...

1dBusiness InsidersocietyImpact
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