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A view of commercial cargo vessels and crude oil tankers are anchored in the Gulf of Oman, off the coast of Muscat, Oman, on June 21, 2026, as they prepare to transit through the critical Strait of Hormuz.Shady Alassar | Anadolu | Getty ImagesOil prices remain below their recent peaks even as prospects for a quick reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade, a disconnect analysts warn may not last.Brent crude futures ended last week down more than 7% following signals from Washington that an agreement with Tehran to unblock the vital maritime chokepoint was in sight. An agreement is…
Following its announcement in March, game developer Cold Iron Studios has shut down the servers for the cloud version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch. The game originally cost $30 (or $60 for an “Ultimate” version with additional content). Cold Iron Studios hasn’t offered customers refunds. TheGamer reported that affected players are entitled to a discount for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, which is a 2021 co-op, third-person shooter based on the Alien film franchise. However, that would mean paying money for a game that you have already paid money for once. Cold Iron Studios…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told his justice secretary to find a way to exclude PC Andrew Harper’s killers from an early release scheme designed to ease prison overcrowding.Burnham is confident a solution can be found to remove Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter in 2020, from the government plan, the BBC has been told.Downing Street had earlier warned that it would not be possible to exclude “one or two offenders” convicted of manslaughter from the early release of prisoners.PC Harper, 28, from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, died in 2019 when he was dragged behind…
President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The order aims to reduce the number of lifesaving vaccines all children are recommended to get—from 18 to 11—while also splitting them up and spacing them out over more time and more medical visits. The vaccine changes are not backed by evidence or spurred by new findings. Rather, they are based on false anti-vaccine fearmongering about harms, including the debunked claim that they cause autism, and misinformation that multiple vaccinations can “overwhelm” children’s immune systems. This false claim has also been repeatedly debunked and…
Jefferies on Monday downgraded Apple. Edison Lee, a top analyst at Jefferies known for frequent ratings and price target changes, cut the stock to a sell-equivalent from hold. He also lowered his Apple price target to $263.66 per share from $285.56, implying nearly 16% downside from Friday’s close. Lee cited supply chain checks showing that Apple’s “20th anniversary all-glass iPhone” — speculated for launch in September 2027 — has been canceled due to production challenges. Lee estimated that all-glass models would have an average selling price (ASP) of $2,060. The analyst called the move a “major setback to efforts to…
“People’s diverse values represent different tradeoffs they would make on important issues. There is no technological solution that can align with everyone’s opposing interests and values at once,” the essay says. “Any singular superintelligence would have to prioritize some values over others and in the process would be incapable of being benevolent to everyone.” Instead, Meta argues here that models should be personalized to the needs and values of individuals or groups of individuals. It also claims that decentralization will make everyone safer, because it will give the benefits and advantages of “superintelligence” to everyone equally, instead of privileging “a…
US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2026. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. Navy had swept the Strait of Hormuz clear of mines and now holds “100%” control of the waterway, with reparations emerging as the latest flashpoint between Washington and Tehran. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said the U.S. Navy now has full control of the waterway. “It’s open now,” he said, adding…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrives for a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2026. Nathan Howard | ReutersOpenAI on Monday said it is expanding Daybreak, its exclusive cybersecurity initiative, to help give its participants access to the “right capabilities” that they need to help defend themselves from attackers. The company first introduced Daybreak in May, shortly after its chief rival Anthropic captivated Wall Street and the U.S. government by launching its own cybersecurity coalition called Project Glasswing. OpenAI positioned Daybreak as a way for its ecosystem partners to use its most advanced artificial intelligence models…
By now, any serious gamer is familiar with a favorite title becoming unplayable after a centralized online server gets shut down, or being unable to purchase and download a digitally delisted, critically acclaimed title from yesteryear. Can anything be done about this video game preservation problem? To help answer that question, we’ll be hosting a live conversation with Ross Scott, the founder of the Stop Killing Games campaign, on August 11 at 2:30 pm ET as part of the Ars Live series. As Ars’ Senior Gaming Editor, I’ve documented countless examples of once vibrant games being left for dead by…
President Donald Trump speaks with the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, after a swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, May 22, 2026.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump spoke recently to Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, the president said Monday.The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Trump and Warsh had spoken repeatedly since Warsh became chairman of the central bank in May. Trump said that story was wrong, but he confirmed that he and Warsh had been in touch “one time, briefly, a few days ago.”The report came amid concerns about…