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Following a series of controversies surrounding ChatGPT and its parent company OpenAI, many users are switching to Claude. The turning point came after Anthropic, the company behind Claude, refused to allow the Pentagon to use its AI model for domestic mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. In response, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s products, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced plans to designate the company as a supply chain threat. Hours later, OpenAI announced its own agreement with the Department of Defense, claiming it included safeguards, but the agreement still sparks widespread debate over…
Open the flight tracking website Flightradar24 today. The change is unmistakable. What should be one of the world’s busiest aviation crossroads, a dense web of planes linking Europe, Asia and Africa, is instead a yawning gap. A hole in the sky. Vast swaths of the region’s airspace have been closed or cleared as the conflict in Iran escalates and has ripple effects across the Middle East. And because the region is located at the epicenter of modern long-distance travel, the disruption has ripples far beyond the region. For decades, traffic from Europe to Asia has flowed straight through the Middle…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (center) welcomes Russian Vice Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov (left) and Iranian Vice Foreign Minister Kazeem Ghalibabadi before a meeting on the Iranian nuclear issue at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on March 14, 2025. – | AFP | Getty ImagesAs the US and Israeli attacks enter their third day, Iran’s close allies Russia and China have so far responded with only modest criticism, exposing the harsh limits of Russia’s “strategic partnership” with China.Russian and Chinese officials condemned the U.S.-led airstrikes but stopped short of pledging military or civilian support to Tehran. Chinese Foreign…
Apple announces iPhone 17eSource: Apple Inc. apple will kick off its product launch week Monday morning with a refreshed, lower-cost iPhone and faster iPad Air, likely kicking off a broad multi-day hardware push. The featured device is the new iPhone 17e, the lower-priced model in the iPhone 17 lineup, starting at $599, below the standard iPhone 17’s $799. That makes it an important product for Apple in the mid-range smartphone market, where it competes more directly with other companies’ lower-priced devices. samsung, googlea Chinese mobile phone manufacturer especially in the price-sensitive market. Apple announces iPhone 17eSource: Apple Inc. The 17e…
Actor Awards 2026 Biggest Winners: Michael B. Jordan, ‘The Pit’ and MoreKristen Wiig is displaying her tattoos. The Palm Royale actress rocked a rarely seen ribcage tattoo she’s had over the years at the 2026 Actor Awards, wearing a black silk column dress with two deep cutouts on the side. She paired her sophisticated Christian Cowan dress with gold bangles, a ring and black sandals, and wore her honey brown hair down to her shoulders. (See all the red carpet looks here.) It’s unclear what exactly is written on Kristen’s tattoo, but it appears to include seven lines of script.…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Defense Stocks – This group rose after last weekend’s joint US-Israeli attack on Iran prompted retaliation from major oil producers. Lockheed Martin stock also rose 6%, and Northrop Grumman stock rose 5%. Drone maker Aerovironment rose more than 10%. Oil Stocks 1 Several oil stocks soared in the wake of the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on concerns that the conflict could disrupt global oil production and transportation. Shares of ExxonMobil and Chevron rose about 4%, and ConocoPhillips rose more than 5%. Oil prices rose, with Brent crude hitting a…
Hundreds of tech workers have signed an open letter calling on the Department of Defense to rescind the designation of humans as a “supply chain risk.” The letter also asks Congress to intervene and “consider whether the exercise of these special powers against U.S. technology companies is appropriate.” The letter includes signatories from major technology and venture capital firms, including OpenAI, Slack, IBM, Cursor, and Salesforce Ventures. This follows a dispute between the Department of Defense and Anthropic last week after the AI Institute refused to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. Anthropic’s two red lines in…
Actor Awards 2026 Biggest Winners: Michael B. Jordan, ‘The Pit’ and MoreThe 2026 Actor Awards was full of history-making moments. At the March 1 ceremony hosted by Kristen Bell at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sinners dominated the film category, with The Studio and The Pit taking home numerous television awards. Not only did Michael B. Jordan and the entire Sinners ensemble cast, including Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, Deloree Lindo, and Hailee Steinfeld, each win an award on the night, the win also marked a milestone for director Ryan Coogler. The acting awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards,…
Piper Sandler sees artificial intelligence as a huge growth opportunity for CrowdStrike, rather than a disruptive risk. The investment firm upgraded the cybersecurity stock from neutral to overweight. Analyst Rob Owens also has a price target of $520, implying a 40% upside from Friday’s closing price. CrowdStrike has fallen 21% this year as investors dumped software stocks worried that AI would take market share away from these companies. But Owens believes the time has come to buy on the spur of the moment. CRWD Year-to-date Mountain CRWD Year-to-date chart “Given the AI-driven bearish events that have encompassed the security narrative,…
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang speaks at the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Tuesday, January 6, 2026. Siemens and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to develop industrial and physical AI solutions to bring AI-driven innovation to industrial workflows. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia is investing a total of $4 billion in two companies developing photonics technology, with the goal of strengthening the research pipeline and supply chain that supports building large-scale AI infrastructure.The US semiconductor giant announced on Monday that it will invest $2 billion. lumen…