Portland

• Breanna Stewart scoorde 22 punten en de New York Liberty versloeg Portland Fire donderdagavond in Portland met 100-82, waarmee ze een 98-96 nederlaag van twee dagen eerder wreken. • Alex Fowler zorgde voor een cruciale impuls vanaf de bank voor New York, waardoor de Liberty afstand konden creëren nadat de expansion team Fire op dinsdag hun eerste overwinning hadden behaald dankzij een buzzer-beating putback van Sarah Ashlee Barker. • Het resultaat is van belang omdat het laat zien dat de Liberty snel reageerden na een vroege tegenslag, terwijl de 1-2 start van Portland de volatiliteit van de openingsperiode van een expansion team onderstreept.

Sightline Intelligence sent AI-supported tool to company that provides drones to Israeli military, research group saysAnti-war activists in Portland, Oregon, are pushing city authorities to ensure no local resources, tax breaks or investments support a local company that appears to be supplying artificial intelligence software to the Israeli military.The company, Sightline Intelligence, manufactures AI-supported video technology that is used in drones to interpret target movements and make quick decisions based on the perceived threat level. Cargo documents appear to show Sightline has shipped its technology to Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturer that provides drones to that country’s military and exports to others. The activists argue that such sales violate the UN’s arms agreements. Continue reading...

Investigators find explosives in car, which crashed into Multnomah Athletic Club shortly before 3am SaturdayA person was found dead after a vehicle plowed into a health club in downtown Portland, Oregon, early Saturday morning, police said. Investigators later found explosives inside the car.Portland police and the Portland fire and rescue department responded to the Multnomah Athletic Club shortly before 3am after the vehicle crashed through the front entrance and caught fire. Once the blaze was brought under control, a person was found dead inside the vehicle, police said in a statement. Continue reading...