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An internal review found AI agents under test submitting forms on real websites, getting around paywalls and even using link shorteners to dodge a URL limit. Anthropic informed the White House and affected agencies.
Some night drives are for thinking, some are for singing badly to the radio and some are simply for the view. This one, high on a winding mountain road with a whole city glittering in the valley below, was supposed to be the third kind. Then the headlights caught a pair of glowing eyes on…
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Sukunaarchaeum mirabile has the smallest archaeal genome ever recorded. It keeps its own ribosomes but has almost no metabolism, which pushes hard on the line between cells and viruses.
The third attack in a week on King Khalid International Airport left victims from at least eight countries. The Saudi-led coalition vows a firm response while Washington weighs joining action against the Houthis.
Every modern office brochure promises the same things: open spaces, natural light, a calming atmosphere. Somewhere in the fine print it probably also mentions water features. Nobody expected the water feature to arrive by itself one ordinary weekday morning, pouring straight out of the ceiling and down the main staircase. It began with a hiss…
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Tech shares led US stocks to another gain on Friday, capping a record week, while high bond yields, volatile oil and rising inflation expectations keep investors cautious ahead of CPI data and bank earnings.
Hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Washington imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court itself. Allies push back as the court warns of an assault on the rule of law.
Every website needs a handshake, a little moment that says hello before the reading begins. Some sites use a quiet logo. Some use a slow fade to black. Carlos Now decided that a logo was nice, but a logo with two dancers in mirror-shiny leggings was nicer. The idea started, as the best ideas do,…
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A Ukrainian team meets Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Miami for about two days, with Europeans expected, after strikes in Kramatorsk and Chernihiv killed more than seventy people.
Honda will brand its updated two-motor hybrid technology as Honda Hybrid from 2027, aiming 15 next-gen models primarily at North America by the fiscal year ending March 2030.