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President Donald Trump says the US will reinstate a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20% fee “on all cargo shipped” to help pay for it.”The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday morning. “We…
Meta is pushing advertisers to use its AI tools — and results are proving chaotic: strangely twisted limbs, gibberish writing, or entirely changed products.Meta’s response to brands: That’s on you, not us.The tech giant has inserted a slew of AI features into its ad products in recent months. Working as…
More than 200 top economists, executives, and researchers — including over a dozen Nobel Prize winners — have signed a letter warning about AI’s potential threat to jobs.The 88-word-long letter, titled “We Must Act Now,” says that AI could become “radically more powerful” in the coming decade, and argues that…
There’s an outbreak of a parasite that causes diarrhea in the US, so you may be wondering if your go-to summer salad is safe.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite called cyclospora, has been reported in 31 states since…
Family trips, at least for me at this stage in my life, are very kid-centered. We are big multigenerational travelers, but on a recent trip, I left one generation at home. My 9-year-old wasn’t happy about this — he loves spending time with his grandparents.The weekend getaway with my parents…
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with 33-year-old Cristina Estupiñán of New Providence, New Jersey. Her identity and background have been verified. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I got a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science from Boston University in January 2017. I had gone…
Meta is expanding its massive data center project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, making it one of the largest data centers in history, the company announced Monday. The expansion pushes Meta’s total investment in the region to more than $50 billion, marking one of the…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Antons Davis, the 40-year-old founder of Touch of Humane and Osmo, and a former Nvidia employee, based in the Bay Area. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a founder, entrepreneur, and life coach. I started Touch of Humane, an…
When Aubrey wrapped up a big work project earlier this year, her manager emailed her with an unusual request. In her presentation to the senior leadership, could she highlight how Claude, the AI chatbot, helped her?Aubrey, a New York-based healthcare analyst, spent countless hours working on a new way to…
Ukraine said on Thursday that its forces had conducted over 16,000 missions with ground drones in June alone, more than double its January tally.”From logistics to medical evacuation, UGV units are taking over the most dangerous tasks,” Ukraine’s defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, said in a social media post on X…
