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The Pentagon is giving 3 million military and civilian workers access to ChatGPT and Grok through a secure AI platform built for ‘warfighter needs’
The rollout expands the Pentagon’s GenAI.mil platform beyond Gemini as it pushes AI deeper into everyday military work.
IKEA is spending $1.4 billion to cut prices, joining Walmart and Target in a race to win back shoppers
The Swedish retailer joins a growing list of companies lowering prices to help cash-strapped consumers
OpenAI’s reports on its AI agents’ attack on Hugging Face should be ringing alarm bells—and making all companies rethink how they secure AI agents
Using AI to monitor agents' "chain of thought" may be insufficient. Access control and monitoring behavior, just as with human employees, is key.
House passes funding bill to avoid shutdown before midterms
Continuing resolution to approve government spending until 11 December passes 370-48 and will now go to Trump The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to pr…
Hungry bears are wandering into US homes and shops in record numbers – video
Experts say more bears are wandering into human's homes and shops in search of food, due to drought-driven food shortages across the US west Continue reading...
Who is John Ternus, Apple’s new CEO?
Hardware engineering executive succeeding Tim Cook is a longtime Apple insider, indicating company will continue strategy that has led to record profitsTim Cook stepped down as CE…
A crypto fantasy platform has left the Premier League tangled in a $13.5 million U.K. criminal probe
Authorities are investigating a payment deposited into one of the league’s bank accounts.
Bank of America vice president identified as victim in random Times Square stabbing
Erin Piacenti, 32, died after a woman with a documented mental health history attacked two strangers.
UK entrepreneur makes £500,000 political donation to Restore Britain
Simon Galbraith says Rupert Lowe’s party can ‘spark a British renaissance’ if it gets into powerThe hard-right Restore Britain party has got its first major donation of £500,000 f…
Once a champion for physical media, Sony is now telling PlayStation customers they don’t actually own the digital video games they paid $70 for
A class action lawsuit filed in June alleges the PlayStation maker did not properly disclose that paying for a downloadable game is different than owning it.
Andy Burnham pays tribute after Keir Starmer says he is stepping down as MP – video
In his first address to the House of Commons as prime minister, Andy Burnham paid tribute to his predecessor, Keir Starmer, who announced he was standing down as MP for Holborn an…
A new bill would tax AI tokens to fund jobs if the technology causes mass unemployment
Revenue from a proposed excise tax would fund housing construction, infrastructure, child care and elder care as automation spreads.
‘Not perfectly aligned’ with human values: Anthropic admits security failures behind AI hacking incidents
The US owner of the Claude chatbot previously said its models had hacked three organisations during testingThe US startup behind the Claude chatbot has admitted a series of hackin…
War knocked Dubai’s airport traffic down 31%. Its CEO says its global hub ambitions haven’t changed
Dubai’s global aviation hub credentials have been stress-tested by the Iran war this year. While geopolitical volatility prevails, the speed of its operational recovery suggests t…
Apple’s new CEO John Ternus once told Gen Z to ‘never assume’ they know as much as others—he says it’s the mindset hack that will push you forward
Apple CEO John Ternus shared the mindset hack that steered his 25-year career at the $4.6 trillion tech giant: "Assume you’re as smart as anyone else."
EY is dangling bonuses of up to $25,000 for workers who prove their human skills still matter in the age of AI
EY is betting on human skills like judgment and adaptability, offering workers cash awards of up to $25,000 as AI transforms accounting.
UK long-term borrowing costs could halve chancellor’s budget headroom
Yield on 30-year gilts highest since 1998 as rout triggered by global factors underlines tricky backdrop John Healey facesBusiness live – latest updatesThe chancellor’s headroom a…
‘We anticipate miles of the pipeline being destroyed’: Roughly 40% of the Grand Canyon’s critical infrastructure damaged from flash floods
According to Grand Canyon hiker and river runner Tom Martin, "the park has hauled water" in tanker trucks.
‘Pentagon right now is, in some cases, rudderless’: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down after just 18 months
Rhode Island Senator and former Army officer Jack Reed said Secretary Hegseth is "cultivating a culture where dissent is punished."
Oil is back above $92 and inflation fears are sending U.S. bond yields to their highest since January 2025
Rising oil prices are adding to inflation worries and fueling expectations that the Fed could raise interest rates again.
Cuba’s schools reopen with no fuel, no uniforms and a 27% teacher shortage, as 1.4 million students head to the classroom
Schools are reopening amid severe fuel, food and uniform shortages, while some families endure power outages lasting more than 20 hours.
Meta’s $18 billion settlement bets on AI to tell which users are kids, raising new privacy questions for kids and adults alike
Certain digital rights groups are concerned with "age-gating," and says the data collected to determine information like age can be "leaked, hacked, or misused."
West Bank food needs more than doubled since 2023 as U.N. halves its reach due to funding shortages
WFP says 76% of West Bank households have suffered significant income declines as its assistance shrinks to reach only 200,000 people
Iran says it’s ready to return to its ceasefire with the US—hours after the two sides exchanged fire again
Attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz came days after Iran's president said he'd revive the June ceasefire deal.