US forces down attack drones in Bandar Abbas amid further military activity around the strait of Hormuz, with Iranian forces reportedly firing at four ships in the waterway

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The US has carried out new strikes inside Iran , targeting a military facility and downing Iranian attack drones, US officials said.

US Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the strait of Hormuz, according to US officials, who were not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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I draw the old way – with my hand. Doing it with AI would not make me more creative, it would drain the colour out of my existence

Last week I went to a gig by myself for the first time. I sat myself down in my single seat, possibly the youngest person in the room and one of thousands excited to see Split Enz. I loved it – I felt joy and heartache as the lyrics spoke of human experiences, really lived. I happily realised that I did not have to wonder whether Split Enz had used AI in their work (as I so often do nowadays) as these bangers were created long before it was even dreamed of.

As a visual artist and writer myself, when I see AI generated images, music or words presented as “art”, I see red. It’s boring, it’s theft, it’s soulless, sterile and it’s killing the planet through energy and water-guzzling datacentres. Someone suggested AI “visual art” should be called “Computer Rendered Artificial Pictures” (CRAP).

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Het is weer crisis in Ter Apel. Al dagenlang wachten mensen buiten op het grasveld, omdat het aanmeldcentrum vol zit.

A Costco warehouse stocks around 4,000 items; while a supermarket runs 30,000 or more, and Amazon runs into the millions. A Costco buyer looks after fewer than 200 products and spends the extra time that buys deciding which ones earn the floor space, killing the underperformers, and doubling down on the winners. People don't want infinite choice anymore; they want fewer decisions inside places where someone has already thrown out the worst options. Costco sells a higher floor.

WASHINGTON (ANP) - De VS hebben sancties opgelegd aan de Persian ⁠Gulf ‌Strait Authority, de instantie die Iran heeft opgericht om de Straat van Hormuz te beheren. Dat maakte het Amerikaanse ministerie van Financiën woensdag bekend.

Volgens Washington gebruikt de Iraanse Revolutionaire Garde (IRG) de instantie om geld te verdienen aan schepen die door de Straat van Hormuz varen. De Amerikanen spreken van "illegale tolheffingen" en schepen die gedwongen worden "Iraanse aanwijzingen op te volgen in ruil voor een veilige doorgang".

In de praktijk betekenen de sancties dat mogelijke bezittingen van deze organisatie in de VS geblokkeerd zullen worden. Ook personen of bedrijven die met deze autoriteit zakendoen, kunnen sancties krijgen, aldus het ministerie van Financiën.