Alibaba releases Wan 2.1, a family of open-source AI models for generating images and videos, available globally on Alibaba Cloud's ModelScope and HuggingFace (Reuters)

Mars is back on the agenda. During his address to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump stated that the United States "will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars." This reflects the administration's belief that it is the manifest destiny of Americans to expand beyond Earth, similar to the westward expansion across North America in the 1800s, and...

The Trump trade war has gone viral on TikTok Following a 145% increase in U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports by Trump, the Chinese e-commerce app DHgate surged to the top of the Apple App Store in the U.S. Numerous Chinese suppliers and manufacturers have responded by creating TikTok videos that explain the dynamics of the global luxury goods market. This trend highlights the intersection of politics and social media, showcasing how global trade tensions are...

Google Classroom Unveils AI-Powered Question Generation Tool Google Classroom has introduced a new AI-driven feature to assist teachers in generating questions, launched on Monday. This innovative tool allows educators to create a list of questions based on specific text inputs, utilizing Gemini technology. Teachers can either upload files from Google Drive or manually enter text to facilitate the AI's question generation process. Full Article

Summary Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set to launch pop singer Katy Perry and five other women, including former NASA scientists Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen, on the NS-31 flight aboard the New Shepard rocket. The launch will occur at 8:30 AM CT / 9:30 AM ET and will be livestreamed on YouTube and Blue Origin's website. In a pre-flight video, Perry hinted at a "special reveal" from zero gravity and expressed plans to sing...

Samsung has suspended the rollout of its One UI 7 update due to a bug preventing some Galaxy S24 users from unlocking their devices. Initially reported by leaker Ice Universe, the issue prompted Samsung to pause the update globally, despite some users having already downloaded it. The update, which includes Android 15 and various AI enhancements, began rolling out on April 7 and followed a lengthy delay, arriving seven months after Android 15's initial release...

A threat actor linked to Pakistan has been identified targeting various sectors in India, employing multiple remote access trojans, including Xeno RAT, Spark RAT, and a new malware family named CurlBack RAT. This activity, reported by SEQRITE in December 2024, has specifically aimed at Indian entities in the railway, oil and gas, and external affairs ministries, indicating a significant expansion of the hacking group's operations. The targeting of these critical sectors underscores the evolving nature...