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Microsoft has terminated certain cloud computing services provided to the Israeli military following revelations that the technology was allegedly being used for extensive surveillance of Palestinians. In a statement published on the company’s official blog, Microsoft President Brad Smith confirmed that the tech giant had “ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defense.” The decision follows a joint investigation by The Guardian and Israeli publication +972 Magazine , which reported in early August that Israel’s military intelligence unit, known as Unit 8200, had been using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to store and process millions of phone calls from Palestinians living in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The investigative report alleged that Unit 8200, a key intelligence branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was conducting large-scale surveillance operations against Palestinians, including mass collection of private communications. ...

A recent study led by gerontologist Jay Olshansky, published in Nature Aging, reveals that only a small percentage of children born today are likely to live to 100, contrary to past predictions.  New born baby The analysis examined lifespan data from several countries, showing that only 5.1% of females and 1.8% of males born in 2019 have a chance of reaching their centenary. Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois, had previously predicted this trend in the 1990s, despite opposition from those who believed advances in medical technology would dramatically extend human life. Now, 34 years later, he argues that life expectancy increases have slowed, primarily due to the biological limits of aging. The study emphasizes that while medical interventions continue to extend life, they do so at a diminishing rate. Olshansky highlights that slowing the biological aging process is the only way to significantly extend human lifespan. He also notes that...