Looking back at this milestone video, it’s the audience question towards the end I liked most: “are you happy”? Charlotte and I have chosen a path that’s non-traditional, intense and at times, pretty stressful. There’s no clear delineation of when work starts
Asia-Pacific markets open lower as Trump extends Iran ceasefire but uncertainty drags on
Asia markets open broadly lower Wednesday, as uncertainty deepened over the Middle East conflict even as Trump extended a temporary ceasefire.
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board votes to require screen time limits, making it the first major American school system to do so (Tyler Kingkade/NBC News)
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The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board votes to require screen time limits, making it the first major American school system to do so — The resolution followed pressure from parents who said their…
Proposed Lifetime Smoking Ban to Become Law in Britain
The proposal, which was approved by Parliament on Tuesday, will ban the supply or sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2009 or after, permanently.
Anthropic appears to have removed access to Claude Code from its $20/month Pro plan; Anthropic says it is “running a small test on ~2% of new prosumer signups” (Ed Zitron/Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At)
Ed Zitron / Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At:
Anthropic appears to have removed access to Claude Code from its $20/month Pro plan; Anthropic says it is “running a small test on ~2% of new prosumer signups” — Executive Summ…
Filing: Anthropic spent $1.6M and OpenAI $1M on lobbying in Q1, vs. $360K and $560K in Q1 2025, respectively; Meta topped Big Tech lobbying spending with $7.1M (Ashley Gold/Axios)
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Filing: Anthropic spent $1.6M and OpenAI $1M on lobbying in Q1, vs. $360K and $560K in Q1 2025, respectively; Meta topped Big Tech lobbying spending with $7.1M — Both Anthropic and OpenAI posted their biggest-ev…
‘Political stunt’: Critics slam Trump’s reading of a Bible passage one week after posting AI image of himself as Jesus
Supporters praised the Republican president for reminding Americans ‘who we are as a nation’
What I Saw Crossing Into South Lebanon
Our visual journalist David Guttenfelder traveled with displaced people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, as a cease-fire paused the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Trump remains ‘in a quandary’ despite Iran war ceasefire extension
Barbara Slavin says Trump’s decision to extend a ceasefire with Iran is a relief, but a diplomatic solution is far off.
Trump officials consider sending 1,100 Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
Discussions reportedly come after Trump’s decision to stop initiative that allowed group to apply to resettle in the USThe Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send up to 1,100 Afghans who helped US forces during the war in Afghanistan…