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Ravie LakshmananFeb 28, 2026National Security / Artificial Intelligence Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a “supply chain risk.” “This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons,” the company said. “No amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.” In a social media post…
Part phone, part lighter. It can make calls and make fire. David Lumb/CNETHave you ever wanted your phone to last for days in the wild and light your campfire, too? At the Showstoppers press event ahead of MWC 2026, I saw a new smartphone from outdoor electronics company Oukitel that aims to be an all-in-one device for the rugged digital nomad. The Oukitel WP63 phone is around $500 and checks a lot of boxes. It’s got a 20,000-mAh battery — yes, twenty thousand milliamp hours — with an included USB-C port that can charge your other devices. It also powers the audio speaker…
The Guardian describes WPP as “beleaguered.” An agency besieged by the tides of the market, surrounded by problems on all its sides. This comes after the announcement by CEO Cindy Rose that WPP would be consolidated under a single company; no longer will the organization be a holding company, but rather 4 different operating units working under the same umbrella. With one single P&L. The implications of this move are far and wide. First, agencies will report into WPP Creative, which they hope will streamline communications and create stable workflows. Second, they will employ agentic AI to scale global workflows.…
Artificial intelligence can enhance decision-making and enable action with reduced risk and greater precision, making it a critical tool for national security. A new program offered jointly by the MIT departments of Mechanical Engineering (Course 2, MechE) and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6, EECS) will provide breadth and depth in technical studies for naval officers, as well as a path for non-naval officers studying at MIT, to grow in their understanding of applied AI for naval and military applications.“The potential for artificial intelligence is just starting to be fully realized. It’s a tool that dramatically improves speed, efficiency,…
Anker has unveiled the Soundcore Space 2 headphones at MWC 2026, updating one of its most popular product lines. The move builds directly on the success of the Soundcore Space One and Space One Pro, two headphones that became well-known for delivering surprisingly strong active noise cancellation and features at prices far below flagship competitors. Anker With Space 2, Anker is not reinventing the formula. Instead, it is refining the parts that made the previous models so appealing while adding smarter features and better comfort for daily use. Smart sound, expanded codec support, and flexible ANC The headline upgrade is…
Having trouble sleeping? Hit Snooze is Mashable’s deep dive into how we cope with our collective insomnia and the many ways we can achieve a more peaceful slumber.There are two types of sleepers in this world. On one side, there are the people who repeatedly hit snooze in a bid to squeeze out just five more minutes of blissful slumber, who cannot tear themselves out of bed for love or money. On the other side are those who open their eyes the moment their alarm sounds, spring out of bed, and start their day. I fall into the former category,…
The analysis company’s Commodities at Sea monitoring also recorded outbound oil and product flows averaging about 20.4 million barrels per day in February to date, slightly below January levels—evidence that geopolitical tension alone can slow shipments before any physical disruption occurs.”Hormuz risk is not only about closure but also fleet productivity. If Iran escalates by seizing tankers or using drones to threaten commercial traffic, voyage times and possibly costs for Middle East oil exports would further increase,” S&P Global CERA analysts said.Multiple shipping companies have already reported that they are avoiding the Strait of Hormuz and expect delays and rescheduling…
As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that human-like reasoning is around the corner. In reality, they still trail us by a wide margin on complex tasks. Try playing Sudoku with one, for instance, where you fill in numbers one through nine in such a way that each appears only once across the columns, rows, and sections of a nine-by-nine grid. Your AI opponent will either fail to fill in boxes on its own or do so inefficiently, although it can verify if you’ve filled yours out correctly.Whether an…
The decision was made following a review of “country-specific” conditions Food delivery service Deliveroo will cease operations in Singapore after Mar 4. In a statement on its website today (Feb 25), the platform said that it was exiting the market and would begin an orderly wind-down process. “This is a difficult decision and follows a review of country-specific conditions, and our focus on investing where we see the clearest path to sustainable scale and long-term leadership,” said the statement. The company added that it would “work closely” with local teams to support customers, partners and riders through the transition. It will…
New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private data. The findings come from Truffle Security, which discovered nearly 3,000 Google API keys (identified by the prefix “AIza”) embedded in client-side code to provide Google-related services like embedded maps on websites. “With a valid key, an attacker can access uploaded files, cached data, and charge LLM-usage to your account,” security researcher Joe Leon said, adding the keys “now also authenticate to Gemini even though they were never intended for it.”…