Moldova Moves Toward Europe, but Russian Tug of War Persists
Moldova’s pro-European party held onto its absolute majority in Parliament in national elections, but it still has a long road into the European Union.
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Cancer uses mitochondria to reprogram neighboring cells
Cancer cells transfer mitochondria through nanotubes to healthy neighboring cells, turning them into tumor-supporting accomplices, a new study shows.
Jose Mourinho returns to Chelsea with Benfica while Real Madrid take the Champions League’s longest away trip
Hello! The UEFA Champions League returns this week with another batch of intriguing matchups, many of which will serve as a chance for Europe’s heavy-hitters to bounce back after disappointing results over the weekend. For Real Madrid and Chelsea in particular, though, that’s just one storyline ahead of their high-profile Tuesday matches. I’m Pardeep Cattry…
Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy
Anthropic’s latest AI model spent 30 hours running by itself to code a chat app akin to Slack or Teams. It spat out about 11,000 lines of code, according to Anthropic, and it only stopped running when it had completed the task. The model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, was announced today, and its ability to operate…
Alexi Wasser, ‘Messy’ Filmmaker, Signs With Anonymous Content
EXCLUSIVE: New York–based filmmaker, writer, and actor Alexi Wasser has signed with Anonymous Content for representation. Wasser is the writer, director, producer, and star of Messy, a forthcoming indie comedy, on which we were first to report in June 2023. The story follows a promiscuous love addict named Stella (Wasser) who moves to New York…
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
Endangered Sharks Caught in Rare Mating Ritual beneath the Waves
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First, we’re bringing in one of our regular contributors from the SciAm newsroom for an update on one of last week’s biggest stories. [CLIP: Donald Trump speaking at a White House press conference: “Effective…
Dominant Marymount High girls’ volleyball is chasing more titles
Its campus and enrollment are tiny, but Marymount High is a giant in the world of high school volleyball and this year’s squad looks to have the talent to compete for a championship. The Sailors took first place out of 64 teams at the prestigious Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas, taking down rival Sierra…
bitchy | Mail: Prince Harry believes ‘the men in grey suits should stay out of it’
As we discussed, on late Friday/early Saturday, the Sun published a curious exclusive. Originally, they claimed that “insiders” told them that Prince Harry was surprised with the formality of his September 10th meeting with his father inside Clarence House. The sources quoted by the Sun proclaimed to have insider information about both Harry’s manner and…
When Two Leaders Are Better Than One
This week, Oracle appointed co-CEOs to lead the company into the AI age: Clay Magouyrk, who’d most recently led cloud infrastructure and AI training operations, and Mike Sicilia, who’d been overseeing industry application suites, including AI agents. (They replaced Safra Katz, who was herself a co-CEO with Mark Hurd until he resigned for health reasons…