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Drone Activity Disrupts Amazon AWS Bahrain Region

  • by ENN News Desk

March 24 — Amazon said Monday that drone activity tied to the ongoing Middle East conflict disrupted its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud region in Bahrain, marking the second such incident to affect operations this...

Majority of Countries Now Ban Phones in Schools

  • by ENN News Desk

UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team reports that more than half of the world’s countries now enforce national bans on mobile phones in schools, reflecting growing concern about classroom attention...

Trump Era Hands Nuclear Oversight to Tech Allies

  • by ENN News Desk

Last summer at the Idaho National Laboratory, Department of Energy officials convened to map a new direction for U.S. nuclear power under the new administration. The session was led by Seth Cohen, a 31-year-old lawyer...

Teens Sue xAI Over AI-Created Sexual Images

  • by ENN News Desk

Three Tennessee high school students have filed a lawsuit in California alleging that Elon Musk’s xAI image-generation tools were used to create sexually explicit images that portray them. The plaintiffs, seeking to...

Is Australia’s AI Safety Plan Adequate?

  • by ENN News Desk

A leading AI researcher recently warned that Australia’s retreat from creating a formal advisory body of experts risks leaving young people exposed to harms driven by commercial incentives. Instead of that advisory...

Woolworths' Olive Chatbot Exposed Deeper AI Problems

  • by ENN News Desk

A recent run-in with Woolworths’ AI assistant Olive left some Australian shoppers unsettled — and highlighted broader risks of deploying generative AI in customer-facing roles. Users expecting grocery help and recipe...