Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing an area near where plane came down in south-western Iran; Israeli military strikes ‘Hezbollah infrastructure’ in Lebanon capital US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images Hello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the US-Israel ...
Month: April 2026
White House asks Congress to spend big on defenseWhite House asks Congress to spend big on defense
The Trump administration on Friday asked lawmakers to boost defense spending by 42% while cutting all other spending by 10% for fiscal year 2027. The request will face strong headwinds on Capitol Hill, where appropriators rejected a similar ask last year. Democrats have already panned it as “morally bankrupt,” while ...
Anthropic eyes its own version of OpenClawAnthropic eyes its own version of OpenClaw
The popularity of OpenClaw, the agent platform that OpenAI acquired, has crystallized another big AI race. First it was Nvidia, rushing to announce NemoClaw, which markets itself as the security-enhanced version of OpenClaw. Then, Anthropic rushed to push out new features in Claude Cowork — called Dispatch — which lets ...
Sycophantic AI might make us meaner, research suggestsSycophantic AI might make us meaner, research suggests
Sycophantic AI might make us meaner, research suggested. A study found that AIs fed interpersonal dilemmas from the subreddit r/amItheasshole were twice as likely as humans to endorse the user’s behavior. They also found that humans who interacted with a sycophantic chatbot were less likely to apologize or take steps ...
The next generation of Silicon Valley garage startups is hereThe next generation of Silicon Valley garage startups is here
Welcome to the era of vibe-coding millionaires and billionaires. A new generation of Silicon Valley garage startups has arrived, but this time it’s the bedroom coders, some of whom are still in their teens. In a popcorn-ceilinged event venue in Flatiron, 19-year-old Armaan Aggarwal told me how he worked on ...
Pentagon taps humanoid robot startupsPentagon taps humanoid robot startups
Gun-shooting humanoid robots fighting on the front lines are becoming less of a dystopian fantasy. Robot startup Foundation Future Industries recently inked a $24 million deal with the Pentagon and has begun tests in Ukraine with its robots, which can inspect and transport weapons. The two-year-old company is among a ...
Three charged over Jewish charity ambulance firesThree charged over Jewish charity ambulance fires
Four Hatzola ambulances were set alight in the car park of a synagogue in Golders Green in the early hours of 23 March. ...
Middle East crisis live: one crew member rescued from US fighter jet shot down by Iran as its army claims it downed second US planeMiddle East crisis live: one crew member rescued from US fighter jet shot down by Iran as its army claims it downed second US plane
US forces searching for second crew member after jet shot down by armed forces this morning; another US plane reportedly crashed in a separate incident and its pilot was rescued US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images Authorities in Abu Dhabi have reported two ...
Stop the brain rot! 12 ways to stay sharp in a mind-frazzling worldStop the brain rot! 12 ways to stay sharp in a mind-frazzling world
Feel like too much low-quality screen time is making you … dumber? From focusing on your environment to ‘washing’ your brain, experts share tips on how to sharpen up and keep your mind fighting fitPlus: how rotten is your brain? Take our quiz to find out Ever had one of ...
‘Vegas hotel meets aerospace bling’: Trump’s presidential library plan is a gaudy, self-glorifying monstrosity‘Vegas hotel meets aerospace bling’: Trump’s presidential library plan is a gaudy, self-glorifying monstrosity
From JFK’s modernist concrete to Obama’s ‘Tatooine sandcrawler’, the presidential library is where egos burnish their legacies. But the brash, bookless vibe of Trump’s, complete with giant golden statue, makes for the ugliest yet With the unveiling of the prospective Trump presidential library, which, in its timing and substance looked ...