Russian authorities arrested Hokkaido Shimbun journalist Imai Yuki on Sakhalin and accused him of collecting information about Russian defence capabilities for Japan, the BBC, Guardian and Al Jazeera reported. The allegation comes amid rising tensions between Moscow and Tokyo. The supplied reports do not include a response from the journalist or Japan.
The FBI arrested an OpenAI engineer accused of planting a concealed recording device in an executive conference room at the company’s San Francisco office, eight technology outlets reported. OpenAI said the device was designed to evade detection; prosecutors allege it was intended to capture sensitive conversations about the company’s artificial-intelligence work.
Bank of America reported a 17% profit decline and weaker trading results than several Wall Street rivals after a $1.2 billion money-laundering penalty, the Financial Times and CNBC reported. Its shares fell more than 4% after the bank also missed third-quarter revenue expectations, compounding investor concern about the regulatory charge.
The NFL suspended Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson for two games without pay after he struck Buffalo Bills linebacker Bradley Chubb following their Monday night game, Sky Sports, ESPN and CBS Sports reported. Video described by the outlets showed Jackson hitting Chubb after Buffalo’s win in Los Angeles.
Pope Leo XIV was recovering after surgery removed a cancerous tumour and part of his right lung, the BBC, Guardian and France 24 reported. The Vatican said the operation was successful and that the 71-year-old pontiff had a calm night. Further testing will help determine treatment after the early-stage diagnosis.
Nvidia pledged $250 million worth of accelerated-computing resources over five years to support British research into AI security and the safety of autonomous agents, the Guardian and Techmeme reported. The commitment comes as researchers and policymakers focus more closely on systems that can act with limited human supervision.
Apple and OpenAI are heading to court in a dispute over trade secrets as the ChatGPT maker prepares to unveil an AI device designed by Jony Ive, the Financial Times reported. The supplied brief does not detail the contested information, leaving the legal claims and their potential effect on the device effort unresolved.
England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is expected to be fit for next month’s Nations Championship despite suffering a hamstring problem while playing for Exeter against Newcastle, the Guardian and BBC reported. The injury will keep him out of Exeter’s match at Toulouse but is not expected to prevent his international return.
A Ukrainian former military officer went on trial in Germany accused of organising the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the BBC, Guardian and France 24 reported. Serhii Kuznetsov denies involvement. The explosions badly damaged infrastructure that had carried Russian gas to Europe and remain a politically sensitive wartime case.
Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian Yandex data centres disrupted the company’s web crawlers but did not stop political bot networks, the Verge and Techmeme reported. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had suggested the attacks reduced divisive activity on social platforms, but the supplied reports say the available data does not support that conclusion.