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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 6, 2026 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration this week sparked enthusiasm that the U.S. and Iran could soon strike a deal on the Strait of Hormuz, driving down oil prices and sending stocks soaring — only for no deal to emerge.If that sounds familiar, it may be because President Donald Trump has claimed dozens of times that the U.S. is close to an agreement that will end the war it began more than five months ago.Investors have reacted…
In October 2025, OpenAI also wrote that it had “expanded access to crisis hotlines, re-routed sensitive conversations originating from other models to safer models, and added gentle reminders to take breaks during long sessions.” Black boxes It’s not always easy, though, to know precisely what changes to reduce dangerous mental health outcomes have been effective. “It does become tricky without knowing how many conversations went on,” John Torous, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, told Ars. “Do the safeguards work for most people? Where do they fail? It’s a black box of how it’s happening or how it’s…
Three weeks into his premiership, Andy Burnham has “hit bumps in the road” in the estimation of one long-serving Labour MP with the row over the early release of some prisoners from jail.His political opponents are already sharpening their attacks, believing they have found an issue with which to discomfit a new prime minister early in his time in office who had, until now, displayed a pretty deft political touch.Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “This the most important decision Andy Burnham has made since he became prime minister and he’s got it wrong.”For Labour MPs, however, this week…
With options premiums still elevated due to the military conflict in the Gulf, selling puts on an energy major posting record free cash flow offers a rare combination: high probability, real yield, and a worst-case scenario you can live with. Chevron trades for less than 14 times forward price-to-earnings, generated ~$18 billion-plus in free cash flow in the most recently reported quarter, and ~14% annualized return on a trade with a high probability of profit.Chevron’s closing stock price today is roughly where it was trading in late 2022/early 2023, despite the company’s better operating results and arguably better outlook. The…
For years, the crypto industry’s biggest challenge has been finding users beyond traders. Now, some of its largest companies think they’ve found them in AI agents.Although speculation still underpins much of crypto’s business, companies are trying to build a second growth engine by turning agents into users of crypto wallets, stablecoins and payment networks.For example, this summer, Kraken said it’s rebuilding its app to be able to give users access to AI agents capable of continuously monitoring markets, identifying investing opportunities and executing trades in real time. Coinbase launched a new tool that will allow agents like ChatGPT or Claude…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Eric Lee | Getty ImagesSen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said Friday he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, giving President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee a crucial vote after two other Senate Republicans announced their opposition.Cassidy’s support appears to give Blanche the 50 votes he needs for confirmation, assuming no other Republicans defect. Republicans hold 53 seats, but Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, have said they will vote against Blanche,…
Still, for Trump, holding onto the debunked and dangerous claim appears to be a personal issue. Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is an ardent anti-vaccine activist who has long promoted the false link while generally disparaging life-saving immunizations. But even Kennedy has recently shifted from publicly discussing vaccines, given the political peril. Recent reporting indicates that the White House’s continued effort to forge a false connection between vaccines and autism is coming from Trump directly. The octogenarian reportedly wants to be remembered as the president who cured autism and believes he can achieve that by scaling back vaccines,…
AFC is the largest military training establishment for under-19s in the UK and it receives all the Army’s 16-year-old recruits.North Yorkshire Police told the BBC in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request it had received 16 reports of sexual offences linked to the college in the year to June, including allegations of exposure, voyeurism and sexual assault.No information was included on whether the reports had led to prosecutions.A total of 176 complaints of inappropriate sexual behaviour at the college were made between January 2018 and June 2025, according to Ministry of Defence (MoD) data.The women, whose names…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.An explosives-laden drone discovered at Leipzig Halle airport this week was intended to blow up an aeroplane, according to German investigators, who are racing to establish whether Russian intelligence agencies or their proxies might be behind the attack.The drone was equipped with military-grade explosives, including Semtex and PETN, police have concluded, as an investigation into the incident was declared a matter of national security on Friday. Chancellor Friedrich Merz convened a meeting of the national security council to discuss it. “All of this does…
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.Earlier this week, Clément Delangue, the CEO of startup Hugging Face — which was recently on the receiving end of a rogue cyber attack by OpenAI’s models — made the somewhat controversial claim that China was winning the AI race.”[China is] clearly dominating on open models right now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they start dominating at the frontier either by the end of this year or next year at the rate of progress,” the Hugging Face CEO told CNBC earlier this week.Despite…