Silicon Valley has decided to build a better dog. Warhound, a new defense technology company, has launched with $200 million in seed funding from investors including Sequoia Capital to create dogs genetically engineered for military use. The company is a collab between Anduril and Colossal Biosciences, the biotech startup looking ...
Month: October 2026
Manchin, Ocasio-Cortez deliver Maine Senate closing argumentsManchin, Ocasio-Cortez deliver Maine Senate closing arguments
The News NORWAY, Maine – Susan Collins and Joe Manchin arrived right on time – Maine’s Republican senator and West Virginia’s last Democratic senator, in matching red fleece, making a cheerful Wednesday stop a New Balance factory. Collins celebrated how she’d helped the “best shoemakers in the world” ink a ...
The race to tell humans from AI agentsThe race to tell humans from AI agents
The future of agentic commerce hinges on the ability to know whether it’s a human or an AI agent that’s making a purchase, and the tools to do that are arriving fast. Proof-of-human technology, which can let a person vouch for the AI agents acting on their behalf, could keep ...
US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on IranUS and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran
Multinational ‘anti-war bloc’ uses Istanbul summit to call for a diplomatic solution to Middle East crisis Foreign ministers at a summit of eight European and Middle Eastern countries have urged the US and Israel not to renews their attacks on Iran, warning a fresh outbreak of fighting would spread conflict ...
Podcast: ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI SlopPodcast: ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI Slop
We start this week with Jason’s article about how everyone is apparently reverse-engineering everything. After the break, Joseph tells us about a big AI shakeup at consulting giant Accenture. In the subscribers-only section, Sam and Jason discuss the Character[.]ai bankruptcy. Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Become a ...
Behind the Blog: Brute ForcesBehind the Blog: Brute Forces
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss reverse engineering and some wild court docs. SAM: I’m using my btb to shamelessly ask for sources: Have you ever started making ...
Netanyahu orders ‘very extensive’ operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers killedNetanyahu orders ‘very extensive’ operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers killed
Two soldiers and two Palestinians killed in exchange of fire outside Hebron, where Israeli military says it thwarted ‘terror attack’ Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to prepare for a “very extensive” operation in the occupied West Bank after two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinians were killed in an exchange ...
What’s up with Trump’s unhinged fixation on male candidates’ bodies?What’s up with Trump’s unhinged fixation on male candidates’ bodies?
Trump’s latest tactic to champion Republicans at midterm rallies? Assessing men’s bodies in meticulous detail Speaking at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, earlier this month, to support the Republican senator Jon Husted, Donald Trump broke from his prepared remarks. Trump said he had recently learned that Husted played football at ...
The young Americans choosing Y2K cars over shiny new SUVs: ‘I get so much crap from people’The young Americans choosing Y2K cars over shiny new SUVs: ‘I get so much crap from people’
People under 35 are hunting for no-frills rides they can pay for in cash and fix themselves – defying expectations to take on steep loans Jack Price joined the Marines in fall 2021 knowing he would need a car to get around base and that he couldn’t afford a new ...
Deadly shooting near Paris investigated as ‘crime of terrorism’, minister saysDeadly shooting near Paris investigated as ‘crime of terrorism’, minister says
One person is killed and five wounded in a series of attacks and the suspected gunman has been apprehended. ...