Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper defended the UK government’s decision not to get involved in the initial strikes on Iran in spite of fresh criticism from Donald Trump, saying lessons needed to be learnt from the … Read more
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The hottest toy of 1998 was sort of adorable, and sort of annoying. It couldn’t do much — couldn’t do anything, really — but it could look at you, it could say some nonsense phrases, and it seemed uncannily aware of the world around it. That’s all Furby needed to pretty much take over the … Read more
A research team behind an autonomous AI agent said that the model unexpectedly attempted to use computing resources for crypto mining during training. In a recent technical report, researchers said ROME, an experimental autonomous AI system designed to complete tasks through interaction with tools, software environments and terminal commands, went rogue and attempted crypto mining … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Residents of Tehran have been warned to stay indoors to avoid potential exposure to acidic rain after Israel attacked major fuel-storage facilities in Iran’s capital. The strikes have caused not only petrol shortages but hazardous … Read more
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the EV struggle, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. Apologies to the Toyota Prius, but the first hybrid vehicle of note was … Read more
The real surprise, though, came when researchers realized that Alnashetri wasn’t a highly specialized, late-stage Alvarezsauroid. Instead, despite living in the Late Cretaceous, it occupied an early-branching position among earlier, basal members of the clade. This combination of tiny size and early-branching status fundamentally breaks our previous model of how these animals evolved. If the … Read more
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Bitcoin’s derivatives market gave us the best explanation of this week’s macro stress. Funding rates turned sharply negative, open interest stayed elevated, and then the US jobs report landed. Put together, that showed a market leaning hard into downside hedges just as a real macro catalyst arrived. That sequence is worth understanding because it explains … Read more
Katrina Marcinowski/HBO Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Sunday: Steve Carell leads Bill … Read more