The U.K. and France Deploy Some Forces to the Mideast Despite Misgivings About Iran Attacks
The two nations, as well as Greece, said they would send assets to the region. The Netherlands was weighing a request to join them.
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Kākāpō chicks surge after rare berry bloom
March 4, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Love Island: Rare berry bonanza spurs Kākāpō baby boom A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots By Elizabeth Anne Brown edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Kākāpō rely primarily on rimu berries to reproduce—and this…
Pentagon vendor cutoff exposes the AI dependency map most enterprises never built
The federal directive ordering all U.S. government agencies to cease using Anthropic technology comes with a six-month phaseout window. That timeline assumes agencies already know where Anthropic’s models sit inside their workflows. Most don’t today. Most enterprises wouldn’t, either. The gap between what enterprises think they’ve approved and what’s actually running in production is wider…
NFL insider explains why Bears make ‘a lot of sense’ for Maxx Crosby
The Chicago Bears are at the forefront of the Maxx Crosby sweepstakes, where they’ve reportedly shown interest in trading for the five-time Pro Bowler to bolster their pass rush. While Crosby hasn’t formally requested a trade, things haven’t been the same since the Las Vegas Raiders shut him down for the final two games of…
All3Media and Banijay, 2 Big Production Houses, to Merge
The deal between All3Media and Banijay will bring together the companies behind the “Peaky Blinders” and the “Traitors” franchises.
Harry Styles’ ‘One Night Only’ gig is coming to Netflix
Harry Styles’ ‘One Night Only’ album launch show in Manchester will be available to watch on Netflix. The global superstar will be performing his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. for the first time live at the Co-Op Arena in Manchester on March 6. Many fans were left disappointed when they were unable…
NATO Air Defenses Shoot Down Iranian Missile Headed Toward Turkey
The Incirlik air base in southern Turkey hosts American forces but Turkey has said that it will not allow its airspace to be used for attacks on Iran.
Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?
Anthropic’s Claude chatbot recently had service troubles Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto/Shutterstock This week, AI chatbot Claude went down, leaving users unable to access the service via its maker Anthropic’s website, but barely a week goes by without a similar incident at a technology giant, government website or hospital. What’s causing this apparent uptick in problems? One of…
NFL combine results: Rueben Bain arms, Carnell Tate 40-yard dash draw debate
The NFL Scouting Combine has wrapped up. The event sparked a lot of conversation relating to speed, arm length and more. How much of those conversations are grounded in reality? How many are simple overreactions? A year ago, there was a discussion about whether or not three quarterbacks would be picked in the first round;…
Bessent says 15% this week, IEEPA levels later
President Donald Trump’s recently announced 15% global tariff will likely be implemented sometime this week, rising from its current rate of 10%, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday. Bessent also predicted that U.S. tariff rates would, by August, effectively return to where they stood before the Supreme Court recently struck down the often-steeper duties…