Peru’s ex-president has 15-year jail sentence for corruption charges overturned
Ollanta Humala had been convicted of money laundering offences alongside his wife in 2025.
Anthropic’s Claude AI escapes to hack into three organisations
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms’ networks.
If Hamas disarmament plan holds, it could mark first credible step to ending Gaza war
The plan – if successful – potentially removes the most significant obstacle to advancing the Trump-backed peace initiative in Gaza.
Trump’s ‘Dr. No’ throwing ‘monkey wrenches’ to strangle federal programs: legal expert
A Trump administration official found a way to quietly strangle federal programs by freezing congressionally approved spending, a legal expert warned. In a Thursday piece
Trump ‘forgot’ key defense in case he’s begging Supreme Court to hear: conservative lawyer
A conservative lawyer explained that President Tweety McTreason waited years to make his key defense in a defamation case because he “forgot” it. During an
Apple warns of memory chip shortage for key devices
Apple has warned it is seeking alternative memory chip suppliers as “very significant” constraints threaten future sales of its key devices.
Ex-Anduril founders raise $30mn to build Europe’s synthetic battlefield for defence AI
A London startup building the training grounds for Europe’s autonomous weapons has come out of stealth with $30mn. It is one of the region’s largest
NHS England admits its paperwork hid that Palantir staff can see identifiable patient data
NHS England has admitted that a key data-protection document misstated who could see patients’ medical records. It did not disclose the whole arrangement. Staff at
Microsoft doubles down on multi-model AI as it builds a Copilot super app
All of the major AI providers want you to use, and ideally stay within, their super apps, and now Microsoft is looking to capture that
Liberia burns 4.2 metric tonnes of cocaine after record drug seizure
Liberian authorities burned 4.2 metric tonnes of cocaine worth about $336 million.
FIFA defiant over World Cup investment plan, despite UEFA’s vote to boycott
European football’s governing body has voted to boycott FIFA if World Cup plans pursued, but global body undeterred.
US government mislabels countries on map of Africa at global conference
The US State Department acknowledged ‘an unfortunate error’ after the highly inaccurate African map caused a stir.
Science word of they day: Covalent
Science word of the day: Covalent Pronunciation: Coh-VAY’-lent What it means: In chemistry, a covalent bond occurs when two atoms share a pair of electrons.
Inflammation may trigger persistent ‘out-of-body’ experiences, emerging research hints
Inflammation may be behind a mysterious phenomenon known as dissociation, a mental state that includes “out-of-body” experiences and the feeling that the world is “unreal,”