For Iran’s Rulers, Refusing U.S. Demands Is a Risk Worth Taking
The government in Tehran sees capitulating to Washington’s demands on uranium enrichment and ballistic missiles as riskier to its survival than going to war, analysts say.
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How a poet uses AI to write and why her work is now at MoMA
February 23, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Poetry was humanity’s first language technology. AI is the next Sasha Stiles turned GPT-2 experiments into a self-writing poem at a Museum of Modern Art installation—and a new way to think about text-generating AI optimization By Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Eric Sullivan A…
Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling in Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon on Tuesday morning to discuss the military use of Claude, according to reporting from Axios. The meeting comes as the Pentagon threatens to declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk” — a label typically reserved for foreign adversaries — after the AI…
Bonnie Blue pregnant after ‘breeding mission’ stunt
23 February 2026 Bonnie Blue is pregnant following her recent “breeding mission”. Bonnie Blue has announced she is pregnant The controversial adult entertainer slept with 400 men without protection earlier this month in a bid to start a family, and after suffering a string of illnesses on a holiday to Tenerife, she decided to take…
Why our brains tune things out and how to overcome it when you need to
Your brain has a neurological trick for drowning out chaos olaser/Getty Images Recently, I was scrolling TikTok when my brain failed me. I watched a video of Donald Trump berating CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins for “not smiling”, after she questioned him on matters concerning sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And I scrolled past. I didn’t pause….
A compact gaming rig that does everything right
Mafia: The Old Country demands to be played on an enormous screen. As much as I love my 32-inch Alienware OLED gaming monitor, it doesn’t do justice to Mafia’s cinematic vistas of Sicily. But, I also wanted to play that game in its full 4K glory, with none of the compromises of today’s game consoles….
Shah Rukh Khan starrer In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, Massey Sahib to Screen at Red Lorry retrospective
The Red Lorry Film Festival, India’s premier destination for world cinema, will present a special retrospective honouring acclaimed filmmaker Pradip Krishen, spotlighting his rare and influential body of work. Titled A Retrospective Celebrating Filmmaker Pradip Krishen, the showcase will revisit three of Krishen’s most distinctive films: In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, Electric Moon,…
What’s Happened Since the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling
After the Trump administration’s punishing tariffs were invalidated, the president said he would impose new tariffs using a different authority. It’s been a whirlwind.
LAFC’s dominant win over Inter Miami showed the value of comfort and continuity | MLS
You know a situation is dire when it casts Luis Suárez as its level-headed participant. Such were the scenes after Inter Miami opened its MLS Cup defense with a pitiful 3-0 defeat at Los Angeles FC. Through 90 minutes, with LAFC coming off of a midweek continental match, both team’s stars stuck it out to…