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Moravec‘s Paradox

Google now offers up to $1.5 million for some Android exploits

Google overhauls its Android and Chrome vulnerability rewards programs, offering bounties of up to $1.5 million for the most difficult exploits while scaling back payouts for flaws that artificial intelligence (AI) has made easier to find. The top reward of $1.5 million is reserved for zero-click Pixel Titan M2 security…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

Belfast

Officers hurt and vehicles damaged as PSNI attacked at Belfast car event

A large number of people attacked police with missiles during a car event in west Belfast, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said. Two police officers were injured and five vehicles damaged in the incident on Monday. Fire service personnel were also attacked. The PSNI said it was…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

“Laowai” in China | Uzbek twins growing up with Mojiang

Combo photo shows group photos of Han Shang (R) and Hu Sheng in 2023 (up) and May 1, 2026, in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan province. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo) MOJIANG, May 4 (Xinhua) -- For Uzbek twins Han Shang and Hu Sheng, born in 1994, an annual festival in…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

Moravec‘s Paradox

EconomyInFocus | Robotics industry thrives in Yangtze River Delta

A production workshop of the ABB Robotics Mega Factory is pictured in east China's Shanghai, April 2, 2026. The factory, established by ABB Group in Shanghai's Pudong, went into operation in 2022. Covering an area of 67,000 square meters, it is currently ABB's largest integrated base for robot research, development,…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

NATO

APC group alleges compromise of Nasarawa officials, demands external oversight for primaries

Tensions are rising within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State as the race for the party’s governorship ticket intensifies, with a support group accusing party officials of being compromised and unable to conduct credible primaries. The development follows the endorsement of Senator Ahmed Wadada by Governor Abdullahi Sule as his preferred successor, a move…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan ally calls for official status for jailed Kurdish militant leader

ANKARA, May 5 (Reuters) - Turkish nationalist party leader Devlet Bahceli said on Tuesday the jailed head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be given an official role to help advance a peace process aimed at ending a decades-long conflict. Bahceli, a close ally of President Tayyip Erdogan…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

Jamal Khashoggi

Turkey and Saudi Arabia set to scrap visa requirements, source says

ANKARA, May 5 (Reuters) - Turkey and Saudi Arabia plan to sign an agreement to scrap visa requirements for their citizens during talks between their foreign ministers in Ankara on Wednesday, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Tuesday. Relations between Ankara and Riyadh were badly damaged after the 2018 killing…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

How India and China Became Key Players in Building Dangote’s $20 Billion Refinery

The Dangote Refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, is the largest oil refinery in Africa. It cost about $20 billion to build and can process 650,000 barrels of oil every day. Most people see it as a great achievement, but behind the scenes, India and China did much of the work. From…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

Censored Internet

U.S. and Iran trade fire and threats as Trump’s bid to open Hormuz rattles truce

The ceasefire in the Middle East was in peril Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran traded fire and threats over President Donald Trump's new mission to force open the Strait of Hormuz. But Trump announced Tuesday evening that the effort to force the strait open, called "Project Freedom," was being…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

Vietnam

iGaming Market Weekly Report: April 27-May 3, 2026

The week shifted away from regulatory and lottery-driven momentum toward calendar-based demand, with public holidays and seasonal behavior acting as the primary drivers of growth. Southeast Asia led the upside, while declines were largely shaped by post-event normalization and ongoing structural pressure. Vietnam has been seeing the fastest growth rates…

bubmagMay 5, 2026

Google now offers up to $1.5 million for some Android exploits

Officers hurt and vehicles damaged as PSNI attacked at Belfast car event

EconomyInFocus | Robotics industry thrives in Yangtze River Delta

APC group alleges compromise of Nasarawa officials, demands external oversight for primaries

Erdogan ally calls for official status for jailed Kurdish militant leader

Turkey and Saudi Arabia set to scrap visa requirements, source says

U.S. and Iran trade fire and threats as Trump’s bid to open Hormuz rattles truce

iGaming Market Weekly Report: April 27-May 3, 2026

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