Abc: Technology

• Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war

  Israel's defense minister declares a “new phase” of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices

• Justice Department disrupts vast Chinese hacking operation that infected consumer devices

  FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations

• Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole

  Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy

• California laws cracking down on election deepfakes by AI face legal challenges

  California now has some of the strictest laws on election deepfakes

• California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI

  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed three landmark bills Tuesday to crack down on political deepfakes ahead of the 2024 election