How visa applications became big business across Africa

For millions of people, getting a visa is the key to studying, working or travelling abroad, but applicants on the African continent say the process has become increasingly expensive and difficult due to VFS Global – an Indian company that handles vis…

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US barring foreign nationals, including Anthropic employees, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a new chapter in the US dictating how Anthropic operates (New York Times)

New York Times:
US barring foreign nationals, including Anthropic employees, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a new chapter in the US dictating how Anthropic operates  —  The company said on Friday night that the federal gove…

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Royal Navy commissions minehunting mothership

HMS Stirling Castle has been formally commissioned into the Royal Navy on the Firth of Forth, marking the operational start of Britain’s unique minehunting mothership, which carries autonomous and remotely operated systems to hunt mines in place of traditional crewed minehunters.

The post Royal Navy commissions minehunting mothership first appeared on UK Defence Journal.

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