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World & Business
Iraq's foreign minister says understandings with Washington would allow oil exports via a lane near Oman.
Technology
The airline cites privacy risks and unintended purchases as reasons to keep AI assistants out.
Technology
Ookla data cited by Teslarati shows upload gains in all 50 states, with downloads climbing too.
Technology
The new affair allegation involves Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell, while the weekend report concerned Alice Huang.
Technology
Google says its new API scores predefined choices across media, with zero output-token charges—but input billing still applies.
AI
Google’s new model targets demanding work; early testing suggests coding promise and flags a case of scope creep.
Technology
VentureBeat reports low API prices for the vision-and-coding model, but self-hosting is no lightweight exercise.
AI
The Indiana Daily Student reports Bloomington’s interim ban covers superintelligent AI accessed through browsers and apps.
AI
Human-guided AI helped verify specific Signal protocol protections in four weeks, under assumptions that include perfect cryptography.
AI
With both models at max effort, Ember matched Claude Haiku 5.5’s Intelligence Index score at roughly one-third the task cost.
Entertainment
The child actor in Disney’s 1942 film later served 25 years as a decorated U.S. Marine.
World & Business
US Central Command says the St. Kitts-flagged vessel tried to leave regional waters after visiting an Iranian port.
World & Business
Anthropic reportedly secured 1.7 gigawatts of generator commitments from OnePWR Solutions without buying the supplier.
Technology
The South China Morning Post reports AI could advance drug discovery, while experts warn of bioweapons risks.
Technology
Huang has admitted infidelity, and Nvidia says he will continue as CEO during the newly announced independent investigation.
Technology
Prosecutors say impostors posing as executives and attorneys directed hospital and bank employees to pay for nonexistent confidential deals.
Science
The mission will attempt to catch both stages back at the launch site.
AI
The Hearth release also includes group chats with automatic routing and spending limits for paid tools.
Technology
Model weights remain forthcoming, with reportedly higher scores and higher task costs in the AutomationBench-AA comparison.
Technology
The alleged spying effort sought intelligence on Nvidia’s most advanced chips.