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AI company Anthropic has disabled customer access to its most capable systems after the US government ordered it to suspend all use by foreign nationals, Anthropic said in a statement Friday evening. The move is the latest in a series of adverse Trump administration actions targeting the company.The broad directive to Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models is one of the furthest-reaching actions the government has taken in response to the advanced capabilities of an AI model.Anthropic said the US government gave it the directive, citing “national security” issues.The company said the go

Anthropic suspends all access to Mythos model after US government bans foreign nationals use

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Orban re-elected as Fidesz party leader in Hungary despite election loss

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orban as its leader on Saturday for another year despite the party's loss of power in an April 12 election to the centre-right Tisza party.Nationalist Orban, 62, provided inspiration for right-wing conservatives across Europe and the United States as the mastermind of ‌what he called an "illiberal" model of democracy.Orban's political future came into question after Fidesz's defeat and he had faced pressure from some erstwhile loyalists to bow out of politics, the first such open criticism since he swept to power

Starmer tells Rutte UK will publish defence plan before NATO July summit

Trump to meet with Middle East leaders, attend Ukraine session at G7, US officials say

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Apple’s big Siri update is here. Now the real challenge begins

Siri is finally getting the big AI upgrade Wall Street has been waiting for. But it’s just the beginning.Apple on Monday announced Siri AI, a major revamp the company hopes will thrust its roughly 15-year-old digital assistant into the spotlight alongside OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. The new assistant, which will launch in beta later this year, will help operate apps, analyze an iPhone’s screen to answer questions and incorporate personal context into responses, the company said.After falling behind in the AI race, Apple has been under pressure over the past couple of years to

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‘This wasn’t on my Pinterest mood board’: NYC weddings overlap with potential Knicks clinch

One time, before she met her now fiancé, Victoria Perry went on a first date with a man who said he wasn’t into the NBA.“I was not going on a second date,” she says now.And just think if she had – and they had hit it off – she could be marrying a man this weekend who didn’t want his wedding to turn into a New York Knicks-themed watch party for Game 5 of the NBA Finals. That would have been a real predicament. A potential clinch on the night of her nuptials?“I’m ecstatic about it,” she told CNN Sports.“It’s like a dream come true,” says James Kostadaras, the man who was

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Drones and lone wolf attacks are key concerns as FBI works to secure 11 World Cup cities

On Thursday, the first whistle blew, ushering in the largest sporting event the US has ever hosted — or secured.Millions of foreign fans are expected to descend across the country for the World Cup, with the US hosting 78 matches across 11 cities and countless more fan hubs and related events peppered throughout the country.The scale alone presents a challenge for local and federal law enforcement as they work to secure each game in what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has called a “zero-fail mission.”They’ll have to contend with burgeoning threats stemming f

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Top Tren de Aragua leader killed in US military strike, Trump announces

The NBA Finals have been close. Still, Knicks are in command and need 1 win over Spurs for the title

The final moments in each of the first four games between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs in these NBA Finals had much in common, including that the outcome was still undecided with a minute left every time. Game 1, Knicks led by four with 58 seconds to go. Game 2, Knicks won by one when Victor Wembanyama's game-winning try just misses. Game 3, Spurs won by four. Game 4, Knicks won by one again after OG Anunoby got a miracle tip-in. There hasn't been a finals like this, with a margin of four points or less in the final minute of each of the first four gam

Trump’s DOJ approves Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, as potential state lawsuits loom

The Trump administration has given the green light for Paramount Skydance to take over Warner Bros. Discovery in a mega-merger that will reshape Hollywood.Friday afternoon’s sign-off by the Department of Justice, while expected, was a key step in Paramount’s quest to acquire CNN, HBO, the Warner Bros. movie studio and other Warner Bros. Discovery assets.The DOJ said in a statement that “the transaction is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers, including with respect to: (1) streaming video on demand (“SVOD”); (2) linear television; and (3) studio developme

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Folarin Balogun, who could have played for England or Nigeria, scores 2 for US in World Cup debut

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Pope Leo’s plane was grounded. Then the King of Spain stepped in to help

On board the Iberia Airways flight taking Pope Leo XIV from Tenerife back to Rome, the captain made an announcement. A technical problem had been discovered, and the plane wasn’t able to take off. Moments later the pope and some of his entourage left the aircraft.I was one of the roughly 80 journalists on board travelling with the pope for his June 6-12 visit to Spain, and we were flying on an Iberia Airways flight back to Rome. When he travels, the pope uses a regular plane, and flies out using an ITA aircraft, while the host country often provides the plane on the way back.The journalists

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Exclusive: Iran sealed uranium cache and placed mines amid fears of US operation to seize material

In recent weeks, Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near bomb-grade uranium, deliberately collapsing tunnels and booby-trapping entrances with explosive mines, according to five sources familiar with US intelligence.Getting to the roughly half-a-ton of highly-enriched uranium is now far more difficult, dangerous and time-consuming than it already was just a month ago, when President Donald Trump was publicly signaling that he might order the US military to seize it, the sources said.The new fortifications by the Iranians add an additional layer of complexity to th

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Anthropic disables top-tier AI models after US order limiting foreign access

Anthropic said on Friday it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models for all users after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The company received the export control directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, without being given specific details of its national security concern, Anthropic said in a statement. It is Anthropic's understanding that the government believes there is a method of bypassing, or "jailbreaking," a safeguard that would prevent Fable 5 from b

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Canada draws level with Bosnia in second half of co-host’s World Cup opener

Toronto (CNN) -- Canada concluded its opening World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina with a 1-1 draw. Bosnia was the better team in the first half but ran out of legs by the end. That, and some smart substitutions for Canada, saw the co-host get back into the tie, but it just didn’t have time to find a winner. Cyle Larin almost scored a last-gasp goal in the dying seconds as well. A draw isn’t the end of the world for either team. The dream of making the knockout stages remains very much on, especially in the expanded tournament. For those unfamiliar, it may seem like an u

Iran deal very close, signing possible in coming days, US official says

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Judge rules Trump can stage UFC fights on the White House's South Lawn this weekend

A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday

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Gabbard rescinds Biden-era intel assessments that were skeptical about ‘Havana Syndrome’

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Iran deal very close, signing possible in coming days, US official says

Negotiators for the United States and Iran are close to the finish line of a deal aimed at ending their three-month war and it could

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The Latest: Pakistan says US and Iran agree on ‘final’ text of a peace deal

Pakistan's prime minister says the United States and Iran have agreed on a final text for a peace deal

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SpaceX soars 28% after record-busting IPO

SpaceX soared 28% in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, a day after pricing its record $75 billion IPO.

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls