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Alibaba has not commented on Anthropic’s accusations, but the company has moved to distance itself from Anthropic’s models amid ongoing scrutiny. Last Friday, Alibaba banned its employees from using Claude Code for work, the South China Morning Post reported. According to a memo SCMP reviewed, Alibaba told employees the ban came in direct response to concerning news about a tracker Anthropic is using to monitor Chinese users. “As Claude Code was recently discovered to carry back-door risks, after comprehensive evaluation, Claude Code has now been added to a list of high-risk software with security vulnerabilities,” the memo said. For Alibaba,…

Sir George served in Sir Tony Blair’s government, first in the Home Office between 1997 and 1999, and then in the Northern Ireland Office until 2001.He was knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for parliamentary and political service.Born in Prescot, Sir George was educated at Huyton Secondary School before working as a fitter, engineer and further education lecturer.Before entering Parliament, Sir George began his political career in local government in 1971. He later served on Knowsley Borough Council, becoming its deputy leader before he was elected as an MP.Knowsley Council leader Graham Morgan said Sir George had been an “outstanding…

Rotation from leaders into laggards is becoming more apparent in the market, and low-volatility stocks are among those that are benefiting. This is a notable shift after a technology-led advance, and it supports the idea that market leadership is broadening beneath the surface. The Invesco S & P 500 Low Volatility ETF (SPLV) exemplifies this rotation, exhibiting improved momentum in both absolute and relative terms. SPLV is poised to trend higher in the coming weeks within the context of a gradual long-term uptrend. The recent upmove is confirmed by a positive shift in the weekly MACD, reflecting improving intermediate-term momentum.…

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NASA has a clear interest in saving the Swift mission. The $500 million observatory’s primary mission is detecting gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the known Universe. Despite its age, astrophysicists still rely on Swift’s multi-wavelength instruments to identify and locate gamma-ray bursts for follow-up observations by other observatories. But part of the reason for launching a rescue mission to Swift is simply to see if it can be done. NASA launched Space Shuttles to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, but those missions required hands-on work from spacewalking astronauts. A safer, cheaper robotic servicing platform would have a…

The prime minister and foreign secretary were involved in arguing for the kick-off time for England’s World Cup match against Mexico not to be moved earlier – as mooted by Fifa in the days before the game.Sir Keir Starmer instructed officials to make the case, backed by the Football Association, that the match should remain in its original time slot, as first reported by the Sun newspaper, external.Yvette Cooper spoke to the British ambassador to Mexico, to ask that British diplomats made representations against a change, to ensure that the 3,000 travelling England fans didn’t miss the match as a…

Fg Trade | E+ | Getty ImagesIt’s official: Student borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, known as SAVE, need to exit the program. Loan servicers have begun alerting borrowers this month that they have 90 days to move into another plan. Earlier this year, a federal appeals court ordered the end of the Biden administration-era SAVE plan. More than 6.9 million borrowers were still in SAVE as of March, with an average debt of close to $55,000, according to an analysis by higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Borrowers have been slow to leave the plan: around…

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SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell announced she would donate to the Trump Accounts program on Monday, joining a growing list of companies and billionaires pledging to support the investment accounts for American children under 18.The gift, which includes shares of Shotwell’s and her husband’s SpaceX stock, will go to around 2 million Trump accounts, with a “bit more emphasis” on children who live close to their home in central Texas, Shotwell wrote in a post on X.”We have been fortunate in our careers and hope this gift encourages the next generation to continue the journey of enabling humanity to live and…

The EV landscape in the United States may be on the verge of a regime change. Tesla sales and production numbers, reported Thursday, July 2nd, were very strong. The company reported producing 451,758 vehicles and delivering 480,126 vehicles – 18% higher than the consensus estimate of 406,600 deliveries. Despite this, the stock did not perform particularly well. $1.5 trillion is a demanding valuation, approximately 15x trailing 12-month sales. Meanwhile, much smaller EV competitor Rivian recently launched a mid-market SUV, the R2, targeting the most competitive segment currently led by the Tesla Model Y. How much smaller is Rivian? Tesla’s market…