Posts by Susan Darwin
Iran says ‘guiding principles’ agreed with US at nuclear talks
When asked about the talks in an interview with Fox News, US Vice-President JD Vance said: “In some ways, it went well; they agreed to meet afterwards. But in other ways, it was very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work…
Read MoreRos Atkins on…unanswered Andrew questions
Since the US Department of Justice released a vast tranche of files about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, there have been a series of new allegations about the extent of the relationship between the billionaire financier and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. And questions have also been mounting over the way Buckingham Palace has responded to the…
Read MorePalantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon
A dispute between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use the company’s technology has now gone public. Amid tense negotiations, Anthropic has reportedly called for limits on two key applications: mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. The Defense Department, which Trump renamed the Department of War last year, wants the freedom…
Read MoreHow the Olympic figure skating ‘Blade Angels’ could break a 20-year streak
From breathtaking jumps to mesmerizing spins, figure skating is one of the most popular sports at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. In a survey, 56% of 1,000 Americans who planned on watching the winter Olympics said they would be tuning in to watch figure skating, according to market research from Reviews.com. And all…
Read MoreThe ‘America’s Next Top Model’ docuseries proves anti-nostalgia is the new nostalgia
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model doesn’t begin in 2003, when America’s Next Top Model premiered and took television by storm. It doesn’t begin in the 1990s, when future host Tyra Banks rose to superstardom in the modeling industry. Instead, it begins in 2020, when the COVID pandemic prompted a new generation of housebound…
Read MoreMistral AI buys cloud startup Koyeb
When European tech observers talk about AI ambition, the narrative often splits neatly in two: models and infrastructure. On one side are the clever bits of code that can write, reason, and generate text or images. On the other is the gritty reality of making those bits run reliably, at scale, and in production. Today,…
Read MoreYou may soon be asked to pay for Snapchat content. Here’s how it works
Snap is hoping to snap up another revenue stream in its quest to reduce its dependency on advertising. The social media company announced on Tuesday that it will begin offering subscriptions to select creators so they can earn income from their most engaged fans. In a move that supports both creators and its bottom line,…
Read MoreUS civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84
Born in 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson became involved in politics at an early age. He rose to prominence in the 1960s as a leader in Martin Luther King, Jr ‘s Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was with King when he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. Source link
Read MoreWhy the EU just opened a formal probe into Shein
One of the companies best known for cranking out ultracheap goods is facing a serious investigation in Europe over concerns about illegal products and predatory business practices. The EU’s European Commission said Tuesday that it has opened “formal proceedings” against Shein under the Digital Services Act, which sets ground rules for online services that Europeans…
Read MorePolice assessing Stansted Airport flights over Epstein ties
Essex Police says it is assessing information in relation to private flights into and out of the airport. Source link
Read MoreWhy should you care about quantum computing?
Right now, criminal and state-sponsored hackers are intercepting and storing encrypted data they cannot yet decode. Likely targets include everything from corporate secrets and medical records to legal agreements and military communications. Why would these bad actors bother to steal data that they cannot read? Because they are betting on developments in quantum computing that…
Read MoreMeta patents AI that lets dead people post from the great beyond
Nothing is certain, they say, but death and taxes. But a new idea from Meta could add social media to that list. The tech giant was granted a patent in December that would allow it to simulate a user via artificial intelligence when he or she is absent from the social network for extended periods,…
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