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OpenAI and Anthropic Neared Deal to Stress-Test Each Other’s AI

China expels two top generals from party and military, alleging disloyalty and corruption

Impotent Russian spy gave away state secrets in exchange for treatment

New tanker orders spike as Iran war redraws trade routes

Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI

AI titans invited to Trump-Xi dinner

What CEOs Really Think About the AI Apocalypse Threat

Exclusive / White House makes closing argument on crypto bill

Exclusive / Cassidy rips RFK Jr. on vaccines: ‘This is not making America healthy again’

What to watch as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before Congress

Fed's table is set for a rate hike, a first under Warsh

Trump Pushes Fed to Lower Rates Despite Pressure to Raise Them

IEA warns global oil refining system ‘stretched to the limit’ as Iran, Ukraine wars tighten market

What's happened to al Qaeda in the 25 years since 9/11?

EXCLUSIVE: NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot

NATO allies have foiled a secret Russian military plot targeting critical subsea infrastructure.

EU proposes simpler public tender rules, 'Buy European' criteria to cut foreign dependence

Exclusive / Justice Department to take a closer look at Fox’s $22 billion Roku deal

Singapore PM salary set to rise to $2.85M under political pay overhaul

Exclusive / Senate Republicans say crypto bill likely to fail

WeChat Zero-Click Worm Took Over Accounts on iPhone and Android via Incoming Calls

German Far-Right Surges, in Threat to Postwar Taboo on Extremists in Power

After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraine’s Path to Peace

Oil Jumps for Fourth Straight Day and Diesel Nears Record High

Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It?

OpenAI's reports into its agents' attack on Hugging Face holds lessons for every company

Ukrainian soldiers are finding deceptive uses for their unjammable fiber-optic drones as ambush tactics spread

Meta bricked the cameras on thousands of its AI glasses

Exclusive / New Leon Black book picks fight with the Times

China says their solar power has outpaced coal for the first time ever

China and the U.S. Offer Competing Showcases of Global Power

Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Just Issued a Blunt Warning to Social Security Retirees

Anthropic Seals $35 Billion Cloud Deal With Nvidia-Backed Lambda

AI could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20

Xi Jinping's Delhi visit could be the big brick in the BRICS summit

Florida start-up building inexpensive 'Guardian' drone interceptors in UAE

Oil Bulls Take Control as Iran Deal Collapses and Hormuz Stays Restricted

Romania destroys marine drone near Neptun Deep gas project, minister says

Exclusive / MS NOW to launch membership program for ‘super fans’

U.S. SEC proposes first major crypto rule in surprise announcement

Beyond marathons and backflips, China's robots face a commercial test

Exclusive | OpenAI’s Second-Quarter Sales Show Tepid Growth Compared With Anthropic

Tech selloff pulls Wall Street to two-week lows as bond yields climb

L3Harris ousts CEO Kubasik over conduct breach, names insider Mehta as replacement

US military moving last aircraft carrier out of the Pacific to prioritize operations in Iran

Bitcoin And Crypto Suddenly Braced For A White House Price Game-Changer

OpenAI’s Revenue Run Rate Tops $40 Billion Ahead of IPO

US embassies in the Middle East prepare for extended period with reduced staff amid Iran war

Exclusive / Inside Trump’s college sports lobbying push

Defaults Expose Cracks in High-Flying Private Credit

Private‑credit markets clash with optimism as Bloomberg touts rebounds while WSJ warns loan health is deteriorating.

Exclusive / Spotify’s new ‘skip’ button could end the podcast business as we know it

CNBC Daily Open: Washington and Tehran both play it cool

These AI Barons Are Ready to Give Away Their Fortunes

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say

Exclusive / Demis Hassabis was shifting away from DeepMind CEO duties for a year

Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Project in Testing, Then Vouched for Itself

Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal

SpaceX says Starlink could capture AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers

Trump blasts Exxon, Chevron for making 'too much money,' demands lower gasoline prices

Iran denies Trump’s claim of Hormuz deal: ‘There is no agreement’

Oil leak spreads from a sanctioned tanker grounded off Oman, images show