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Airports resume operations after massive disruptions in Northeast

Flights resumed at several major East Coast airports following a telecommunications disruption that resulted in disruptions for thousands of flights Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted arrivals at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia after the agency’s primary communication line in the region failed and railroad construction workers accidentally cut the backup…

UN panel calls for guardrails on AI as current safeguards are ‘unraveling’

The United Nations-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI on Monday urged world leaders and tech companies to implement new safeguards on artificial intelligence, with the concern that existing safeguards are “unraveling.” U.N. Secretary General António Gueterres welcomed the report and encouraged “external experts, including from frontier AI labs and AI safety institutes, to engage…

Collins, Murray speak out against reported Trump push to ‘politicize grantmaking’

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke out Monday against the White House’s reported plans to give political appointees more control over the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) grantmaking process. Multiple outlets reported over the weekend that the White House is planning to impose more political oversight…

FAA halts flights in Northeast after fiber cable cut in NJ

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted flights at multiple airports in the Northeast on Monday, citing the accidental cutting of a fiber cable at a construction site in New Jersey. Ground stops were originally in effect at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in Queens, N.Y.; Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR); Philadelphia International Airport (PHL);…

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