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FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences | Reuters

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick following the publication of an article on Friday alleging the director had a drinking problem that could pose a threat to national security.

BBC Verify: What we know about the Iranian ship seized by the US

The US has intercepted an Iranian ship entering the Gulf as part of its naval blockade, US President Donald Trump has said.

Trump offers mixed messages about US war against Iran | AP News

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New tools drive scientific discovery: evidence from all nobel-prize and major non-nobel breakthroughs | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Answering it is key because we can vastly accelerate how we trigger new breakthroughs. To date, there exists no established theory or general empirical analysis of how major discoveries across science arise. This is the first study to assess science’s major discoveries that cover all nobel-prize ...

NAB Show 2026 Day 2: Hardware, Streamlining, and Shifting Realities by Jake Bourke - ProVideo Coalition

While Day 1 showcased breakthroughs in virtual production and workflow integration, Day 2 emphasized production hardware innovation, the further streamlining of content creation, and the introduction of some daring new ideas that have the [...] Read More... from NAB Show 2026 Day 2: Hardware, ...

Four Boston-area researchers honored with 2026 Breakthrough Prize

Boston researchers were honored for their work from physics to cosmology to gene editing.

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🔒 Opinion | A Medicare-for-all future in the United Kingdom

More Brits pay for private insurance because the National Health Service is so bad.

Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez blocked from entering UK for far-right rally | The far right | The Guardian

Exclusive: Home secretary understood to have withdrawn authorisation for speaker at Unite the Kingdom rally in May

UK PM Starmer admits Mandelson mistake, rejects resignation calls | Politics News | Al Jazeera

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has admitted he was wrong to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, but rejected mounting calls to resign.

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75 Animals That Became Famous After One Viral Photo | Bored Panda

When we think of iconic photos, our mind's eye often goes straight to pictures of people, or maybe even buildings. Seldom do our counterparts in the animal kingdom get credit for their contribution to photographs that should go down in the Hall of Fame. We're about to do our bit to change that... ...

Italy Joins France, Brazil, Kuwait, Norway, Slovenia, and More Countries in Adjusting Travel Requirements as UK ETA Rules Affect Visitors with £10 Per Application, With New Entry Protocols Set to Impact Tourists, Workers, and Businesses in 2026 - Travel And Tour World

In a significant shift that will reshape the travel landscape starting in 2026, the United Kingdom’s new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) rules are set to expand, affecting millions of visitors worldwide. Italy is among the latest countries to join the growing list of nations adjusting ...

Keir Starmer to face bruising day after Donald Trump speaks out over Peter Mandelson scandal - Manchester Evening News

He wrote on his Truth Social platform: “Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom acknowledged that he ‘exercised wrong judgement’ when he chose his Ambassador to Washington.

Forget prompt engineering: London tech firm says managing AI agents requires empathy, not algorithms | Pressat

Unlike standard chatbots that simply generate text, agentic AI can take autonomous action. Recent breakthroughs, such as Anthropic Claude's "computer use" capability, allow the AI to look at a screen, move a cursor, click buttons, and type text exactly as a human operator would.

Big Tech Spends Billions to Crush "Doudou" with AI

Tech giants view AI as a transformative technology that could redefine industries, enhance user experiences, and unlock new revenue streams. As a result, they are deploying substantial resources to innovate and accelerate breakthroughs, often surpassing previous investment benchmarks.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Isaac Newton independently developed calculus in the late 17th century, transforming mathematics.

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