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- Trump says U.S. will guide stranded ships from ‘neutral and innocent’ countries out of the Strait of Hormuz while hinting at positive Iran talks
“Project Freedom” would begin on Monday morning in the Middle East, Trump said.
- Basic goods in Cuba are increasingly sold in U.S. dollars as economy collapses. ‘Everything is scarce here — everything — even that wretched bread’
“No Cuban can truly survive on the products from the ration book anymore.”
- Why Water Scarcity Is Emerging As A Key Energy Constraint
Water scarcity is emerging as a critical constraint on global energy production, shaping shale, power generation, hydrogen, and data center growth.
- Hong Kong is the hub for China’s AI IPOs. It can be so much more than that
There’s more to Hong Kong than just finance and venture capital.
- As economic despair mounts, Russian official admits the country has had enough of Putin’s war on Ukraine. ‘We can’t even take one region’
“The overall mood is that’s enough already; you’ve been fighting for long enough.”
Technology
- Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more
- Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
- Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors
Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
- Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models
In the first week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk took the stand in a crisp black suit and tie and argued that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman had deceived him into bankrolling the company. Along the way, he warned that AI could destroy us all and sat through…
- The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?
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