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Current section Israel News Israel Political News Social Equality Minister May Golan, under investigation for alleged misuse of public funds, flew to New York for UN Women's Day, calling the trip a 'political necessity' despite wartime emergency guidelines and widespread flight cancellations. Many of her predecessors attended virtually or not at all Share to Facebook Share to X Article printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free format Subscribe Comments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading format Subscribe Yifat Reuven and Tali Heruti-Sover 10:26 PM • March 10 2026 IST The Israeli government's exceptions committee, recently established to determine who may board a plane departing the country during wartime, this week also dealt with Likud Social Equality Minister May Golan's request to attend the Women's Day events at the United Nations building in New York over the last few days.  » Read More

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Episode Transcript This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Morgan Sung: Hi! You’re listening to Close All Tabs, I’m Morgan Sung. About a year ago, we aired an episode about the great vape e-waste crisis. You know those disposable little bricks that let you puff nicotine clouds that taste like icy candy? Well, so-called “disposable” vapes have gotten pretty advanced, and are increasingly actually complex electronic devices. Some even have LED screens. Yeah, you can play games on your vape now! And while they could be recycled, more often than not, they’re tossed in the trash. California actually proposed a ban on the sale and distribution of disposable nicotine vapes by 2028 — the bill passed the assembly and is now in the state senate. Since releasing that episode, we’ve been thinking about our relationship with disposable culture and how it’s changing. Specifically, we’ve been keeping tabs on the right to repair movement — this idea that if you buy something, you should be allowed to maintain it, repair it, and even modify it, instead of just replacing it. We’re digging into this movement in the next two episodes. But first, here’s a

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In a postgame official interview, manager Mayorga avoided commenting on the incident, saying, "What happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse.  » Read More

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YouTube is making it easier for politicians and journalists to take down AI deepfakes from its platform ahead of this year’s midterm elections. But it’s keeping quiet on who now has access to this tool. The video streaming giant announced today that it is expanding access to its likeness detection tool to journalists, government officials, and political candidates. The tool flags videos that feature a user’s likeness in AI-generated content and allows them to request unauthorized videos be taken down. “YouTube is where the world comes to understand the events shaping their lives—from breaking news to the debates that drive civic discourse,” wrote Amjad Hanif, YouTube vice president of creator products, and Leslie Miller, vice president of government affairs and public policy, in a blog post. “As AI-generated content evolves, the individuals at the center of these conversations need reliable tools to protect their identities.” The expansion comes as AI deepfakes have gotten pretty impressive, raising concerns about their potential to spread misinformation especially around elections. The news also comes as YouTube has been increasingly leaning more into AI. Last year, the company brought a custom version of Google’s video-generation model, Veo 3, to Shorts—YouTube’s TikTok- and Instagram Reels-like feed

About six months ago , YouTube unveiled a “likeness detection tool,” which helped a select group of creators to search for AI deepfakes of themselves on the site. Today, YouTube announced that it had expanded this tool to “a pilot group of government officials, journalists, and political candidates,” according to a blog post shared by the site.  This does sound like a decent step toward fighting disinformation on the platform. However, it also sounds like a lot of the onus is still on the people who have been the subject of the deepfakes in the first place. After the government official, journalist, or political candidate uploads a video verifying their identity, YouTube will flag potential deepfakes for them to report and request to remove. However , “detection does not guarantee removal,” reads the blog. “YouTube has a long history of protecting free expression and content in the public interest—including preserving content like parody and satire, even when used to critique world leaders or influential figures. We’ll continue to carefully evaluate these exceptions when we receive requests for removal.” We’re sure the line between satire and disinformation on YouTube will be an easy and uncontroversial one to draw!  If you can’t

Dutch intelligence says Russian state hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp users by going after their accounts instead of trying to break the apps themselves. The warning lands on an uncomfortable point for anyone who relies on encrypted chat: strong privacy features do not help much after an attacker gets control of the account. According to a joint notice from the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service and Military Intelligence and Security Service, the campaign has targeted dignitaries, government officials, military personnel, and other people of interest. The agencies say the activity is global in scope, and they are not suggesting that Signal or WhatsApp themselves have been compromised. How the attacks work In the Dutch cybersecurity advisory, attackers are described as posing as trusted contacts or support staff to persuade targets to share SMS verification codes or Signal PINs. Another method abuses the linked-devices feature, tricking a victim into scanning a QR code or clicking a malicious link that connects the attacker’s device to the account. Instead of trying to intercept protected traffic, attackers focus on the person using the app and the steps required to sign in, verify identity, or connect a new device. Once an attacker links

10.03.2026 17:00 Dutch intelligence agencies said on Monday that Russian hackers ran a large-scale campaign to hijack Signal and WhatsApp accounts, targeting government officials, military personnel and journalists, with some accounts successfully compromised. The Dutch agencies advised users not to share confidential or classified information via messaging apps, to regularly check connected devices, ignore unsolicited group invitations and consider using disappearing messages. Photo: CC0 The AIVD and MIVD said the operation targeted senior officials, military staff and civil servants worldwide, as well as journalists. Dutch authorities said victims in the Netherlands had been informed, but did not disclose their number or identities. The agencies said the attacks did not exploit technical flaws in the apps themselves, but instead relied on manipulating users. Hackers posed as, among others, Signal technical support and persuaded victims to hand over verification codes, PINs or scan QR codes. That allowed attackers to take over an account or add their own device to an existing one, gaining access to correspondence, including group chats, the agencies said. Dutch intelligence said similar tactics had been seen before from Russian groups. In 2023 and 2024, phishing attacks used invitations to chat groups, while in 2025 a campaign pushed Signal