The AI system, powered by Anthropic’s Claude Opus model, had been handling a routine task when it independently chose to “fix” an issue by wiping the data - without any human approval. Whoopsy!
The UAE has decided to leave OPEC, dealing a blow to the alliance of oil producers, as the global energy crisis is escalating over Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Carriers in Europe recoil over jet fuel prices, forcing them to sharply cut flight schedules and pass on charges to travellers ahead of the peak season.
Elizabeth Kolbert’s profile of EPA head Lee Zeldin . “In a little more than a year, Zeldin has transformed the E.P.A. from an agency devoted to protecting human health and the environment into one that, more or less openly, sides with polluters.”
Tripadvisor releases an annual ranking of tours and experiences that impressed the site’s users.
King Charles III of Britain will reportedly acknowledge on Tuesday the current strains between London and the Trump administration but plans to emphasize to a joint meeting of Congress the special ties that bind the United Kingdom and United States. The king will say “the two
Scientists at MIT discovered that chaotic laser light can spontaneously form a highly focused beam instead of scattering—if the conditions are just right. This “pencil beam” enabled them to image the blood-brain barrier in 3D at speeds 25 times faster than existing techniques.
A real-life story about a supposedly cursed painting has inspired an upcoming U.K. feature that has recently wrapped filming in the British seaside town of Hastings. “Curse in a Frame” — from New State Pictures and the feature debut of writer-director Maria Pawlikowska — is
John Hinckley Jr., the failed assassin who shot former President Reagan outside the Washington Hilton in 1981, on Sunday said the hotel is not safe, after a shooting during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. On Saturday, an armed man charged through a security
Speaking to Euronews, Louis Arnaud says the memories of Evin Prison continue to haunt him, as he recalls a place where captives are crammed into windowless cells and where the lights never go out.
President Trump on Monday withdrew his nominee to lead the National Park Service (NPS). The White House announced the withdrawal of hospitality executive Scott Socha from consideration amid a slate of other nominations and withdrawals. The reason for the withdrawal was not
The UAE says it is leaving the Opec and Opec+ groups of major oil producing nations.
As widely rumored earlier this year, BMG and Concord have officially announced “a definitive agreement to combine their businesses,” creating what is basically the fourth major music company, although they’re terming it “the leading independent music company in the world.” The
LONDON, April 28 - Britain on Tuesday sought to uphold a ban on pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action, which it has designated a terrorist organisation, after a court ruling that the move unlawfully interfered with freedom of expression.
From Surkhandarya to Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent, guesthouses offer travellers a chance to experience Uzbek hospitality and everyday life along the Silk Road.
The star and showrunner of Widow's Bay unpack their influences in an interview with Polygon
Seoul’s Balming Tiger have been busy. Our 2021 Band To Watch released the playful Greatest Hits EP a couple years ago, and since then Sogumm collaborated with DJ Seinfeld and Mudd the student unveiled an impressive solo debut. Now the alternative K-pop collective is announcing
Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman,” “Fantastic Four: First Steps”) and Emmy nominee Lewis Pullman (“The Testament of Ann Lee,” “Thunderbolts*”) are to star in the “The Spacesuit,” the next feature from “The Assistant” and “The Royal Hotel”
International sales for 'The Spacesuit,' following an astronaut (Kirby) forced to make an impossible decision after her co-pilot compromises the mission, will launch at Cannes.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American distribution rights to Carolina Cavalli’s “The Kidnapping of Arabella,” which premiered last year at the Venice Film Festival in Horizons. The film marks Cavalli’s sophomore feature following her debut “Amanda,” which
Employees surveyed separately predict far smaller impacts, and in some cases expect employment to rise, while executives forecast contraction
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday poured cold water on a reported proposal by Iran that would end the two-month conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz but postpone discussions on its nuclear program. Tehran offered to loosen its grip on the strait in exchange for the
Over the weekend, Vince Staples returned with " Blackberry Marmalade ," an absolute statement of a new single. It's a song about being Black and exploited in America — the sense that white people are trying to use you and kill you, no matter what you do. It's basically a rock
In a continuation of the ongoing diplomatic uproar, Zelenskyy publicly criticised Israel on Tuesday for considering a purchase of Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia from temporarily occupied territories in southern Ukraine.
Evercold feels like it's going to be an expansion of evolution and experimentation.
More than two decades after Barry Diller established IAC (InterActiveCorp.) as a media holding company, he announced that it will change its name to “People Incorporated” by its Q2 earnings in August. The name change is “to reflect its focus on its People publishing business
Paris-based sales company Indie Sales has concluded multiple deals for animated feature “Brave Cat,” which will world premiere at Annecy Film Festival in June in the Annecy Presents section. The film has been acquired by Gebeka (recently acquired by KMBO) for France, Cine
The funding battle over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is front and center on Capitol Hill after Saturday's shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The third assassination attempt on Trump has completely upended the political calculus