13 claims we’ve investigated involving Strait of Hormuz
As the Iran war disrupted global oil shipments, we examined claims involving gas prices, political threats and the use of nuclear weapons.
China is rebuilding the smartphone around AI agents. ZTE’s NaviX sold out in hours.
ZTE showcased the NaviX Ultra at the World AI Conference in Shanghai this week, calling it the world’s first agentic AI smartphone. The device, built
Meta patented an AI system that listens to your voice all day and tracks your mood
Meta has been granted a patent for an AI system that continuously records a user’s voice, transcribes it, and feeds the audio through a machine
Palestinian teenage footballer dies a week after Israeli settler attack
A week after he was shot in his West Bank village, Fadi al-Nassan’s death comes amid a surge in settler violence.
Drone video shows scale of major wildfire in northern Spain
Drone video shows the scale of a major wildfire in northern Spain where more than 150 square kilometres have burned
Why has the ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza failed to stop Israel’s attacks?
Palestinians who have endured Israel’s genocidal war are still being targeted.
Two US troops killed and one missing after Iranian attack in Jordan
Iran and the US have traded strikes as hostilities re-escalated this week, with Tehran targeting US military facilities across the Gulf region.
Hungary’s president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal
Tamás Sulyok, seen as an Orbán loyalist, had until Saturday night to agree to end his term.
Pardoned J6er humiliated after botched attempt to crash Dem campaign event
A pardoned January 6 rioter and MAGA influencer suffered humiliation after a failed attempt to crash a campaign event. The frequently arrested Jake Lang showed
‘New potential whistleblower’: Legal expert flags Trump tax lawyer ouster as major blow
The Trump administration’s ouster of a top Internal Revenue Service attorney might have created a “new potential whistleblower” who could reveal “what is really going
Lonely dog figures out how to use Alexa to call its owner
Aly the bichon frise uses talking buttons and Alexa to call her owner Shelley Smith when she gets lonely – and has even interrupted important
It’s past time to end AI-based automated customer responses
An automated chatbot working for Anthropic this month shot down a Wiz researcher’s security hole report, saying that it “falls outside of the Claude Code
Not a housekeeper, but a ‘vilica’: The many responsibilities of Roman-era female farm managers were overlooked by historians
Female farm managers are hidden in plain sight in ancient Roman texts, mentioned in laws, literature and grave inscriptions across five centuries. Modern historians have
‘A dangerous proposition’: How AI is warping the social fabric and the ways we collectively imagine the future
Much of the discourse around artificial intelligence (AI) focuses on grand ideas such as the rise of a hypothetical artificial general intelligence (AGI) and superintelligence