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After the week he just went through, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is somehow taking another stab at negotiating a deal with the Pentagon, according to anonymous sources who leaked information to the Financial Times. The story so far: (Deep breath) In the lead-up to the U.S. war with Iran, Anthropic was engaged in negotiations with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over whether or not the Claude AI model could be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. The Pentagon seemingly took this as an insult, and treated Amodei like a hostile entity trying to seize control of the military from…

Manchester United fell to a bitterly disappointing 2-1 defeat against Newcastle United at St James’ Park.Chaos at St James’ ParkThe Red Devils struggled during the first half an hour, but were handed a lifeline when Jacob Ramsey was sent off for a second yellow card.AdvertisementUnited almost immediately conceded a penalty but equalised on the stroke of half-time through Casemiro.Disappointingly, despite playing the entire second half with a man advantage, the Red Devils did nowhere near enough to threaten the Newcastle United defence and conceded a last-minute stunner from William Osula to somehow lose the match.It was Michael Carrick’s first defeat…

“[Tech companies] need some PR help because people think that if a data center goes in, their electricity prices are going to go up,” Trump said during the event. “Some centers were rejected by communities for that and now I think it’s going to be the opposite.”“People think that if a data center goes in, their electricity prices are going to go up.”According to the proclamation, the seven companies present at the event have “accepted the terms of the Ratepayer Protection Pledge” and that “the commitments embodied therein effectuate the national policy of the United States.” It adds, however, that…

The rush for the exits in private credit is prompting fresh scrutiny of the sector’s less-liquid structures and its rapid expansion into the retail wealth space.Blackstone has become the latest fund manager to be hit by a surge in requests from investors to withdraw from its flagship private credit strategy.The asset manager said this week it will meet 100% of redemption requests in its gigantic $82 billion Blackstone Private Credit Fund, or BCRED, after investors sought to pull a record 7.9% of assets from the fund, or about $3.8 billion. That came after Blue Owl Capital said last month it…

Ubisoft shared its upcoming plans for the Assassin’s Creed franchise today. Along with the news of a remake for its piratical entry, the game company also announced that a visual upgrade is coming for a title from way back in 2014. Assassin’s Creed Unity will receive a free patch tomorrow to offer 60 fps performance on the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S.The company bringing a performance upgrade more than a decade after launch feels like a fitting close to Unity’s development. The game suffered from bugs and performance issues from the jump, and while most of those did…

Getty Images Once again, Myles Garrett has been cited for speeding in Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Browns star was recently cited after driving 94 mph in a 70 mph zone, according to Cleveland.com. This is at least the ninth time Garrett has been cited for speeding in the Cleveland area since being drafted by the Browns back in 2017. It’s the second citation Garrett has received since he flipped his Porsche in 2023. Last summer, Garrett was cited for driving 100 mph in a 60 mph zone just hours after Cleveland’s preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers.Garrett, 30, had been stopped for speeding at…

Anthropic might have misgivings about giving the US military unfettered access to its AI models, but some startups are building advanced AI specifically for military applications.Smack Technologies, which announced a $32 million funding round this week, is developing models that it says will soon surpass Claude’s capabilities when it comes to planning and executing military operations. And, unlike Anthropic, the startup appears less concerned with banning specific types of military use.“When you serve in the military, you take an oath you’re going to serve honorably, lawfully, in accordance with the rules of war,” says CEO Andy Markoff. “To me, the…

I’ve seen versions of that.Everyone’s, like, hating on millennials. I’m like, whatever. I don’t know. I’m just doing my best, trying to stay alive. I mean, I’m really proud of Search Party. I think Search Party is definitely of a time, and it’s definitely about millennials. It was also the beginning of social media and branding, and this idea of what a hipster is, and all those things. And it was commenting on it very acutely, I think.And, yeah, that’s not the case anymore. We’re in a whole other generation, and there’s a lot more even weirder, fucked-up things that…

Several key tech companies signed a nonbinding pledge at the White House on Wednesday that the Trump administration claims will ensure that tech companies do not pass the cost of data centers on to consumers’ utility bills.“Data centers … they need some PR help,” President Donald Trump said at the event. “People think that if the data center goes in, their electricity is going to go up.”He was flanked by representatives from Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, Google/Alphabet, Oracle, and Amazon.Bipartisan anger about data centers and their potential impact on consumers’ electric bills has exploded over the past year. As the…

Opening Day is just a few weeks away, which means it’s time to ask the question that’s on everyone’s mind as the new MLB season approaches: Who will be the best player in 2026?To answer that question, we created our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in baseball. More than two dozen ESPN baseball experts sent in their top 100 rankings, which we averaged to create the final list.However, the exercise raised a host of other questions around how to compare players who have vastly different but still important roles across the sport. How do you match…