The Rise of LLMs Is Not an Accident
Over three decades, I’ve watched consumer behavior evolve across television, search, and social media. Each shift changed tactics, but not the underlying logic of decision-making.
Salesforce is selling the AI future harder than it is delivering it
Salesforce has a problem that no amount of marketing can fix. The company has built its entire narrative around Agentforce, its AI agent platform, and
US says DRC team must isolate due to Ebola before arriving for World Cup
DR Congo play their first World Cup 2026 game against Portugal on June 17 in Houston, but must isolate first.
Israel’s October 7 tribunal: Show trial of Palestinians or justice?
Observers describe a climate in which the chances of justice in the military tribunals are slim.
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s top US intelligence official
Former Democrat Gabbard, long a critic of US interventionism, cites husband’s illness for leaving post.
Putin vows revenge after Ukraine attack kills at least 6, wounds dozens at student dorm
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered his military to prepare options to retaliate against Ukraine after he accused Kyiv of carrying out a deadly
‘People can feel lonely in a crowd’
Dawn French discusses loneliness, particularly among older women, on Woman’s Hour.
Google Appeals Landmark Ruling Declaring It a Monopolist in Search
Google asked a federal appeals court on Friday to reverse a judge’s ruling that it had violated antitrust laws, as well as a requirement it
Waymo pauses robotaxis in five US cities after cars drive into flooded roads
A Waymo spokesperson said it had expanded the temporary pause “out of an abundance of caution”.
Cubans grapple with fuel shortages and blackouts as US steps up pressure
The BBC speaks to Havana residents after the US charges the country’s former leader, Raúl Castro, with murder.
Nascar champion Kyle Busch dies aged 41
Busch’s representatives had said earlier on Thursday that he had been sent to hospital with a severe illness.
Tennessee execution called off after failed lethal injection
Tony Carruthers was granted a one-year reprieve from death after his executioners failed to find a vein for lethal injection.
U.S. states paying to compensate people fired, jailed for negative Charlie Kirk posts
The zeal of some Republican officials and activists to punish those who made disparaging comments about Charlie Kirk after his September killing is coming back
Starbucks pulls its AI inventory tool nine months in, after it kept confusing the milks
The chain is reverting to manual counts across North America, ending one of CEO Brian Niccol’s more visible technology bets and adding another data point