Germany’s Leader Merz Delivers a Blunt Warning to China on Trade
Chancellor Friedrich Merz laid out his complaints in a frank message to his hosts on a trip to Beijing that China had designed to showcase their relationship.
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Online influencer faces confirmation hearing for surgeon general in U.S. Senate
February 25, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm ‘Wellness influencer’ Casey Means heads to confirmation hearing The U.S. Senate is holding a confirmation hearing today for wellness influencer Casey Means, the Trump administration’s pick for surgeon general By Dan Vergano edited by Tanya Lewis Snow falls on the U.S. Capitol on February…
Honor’s new MagicPad 4 is the world’s thinnest Android tablet
The MagicPad 4 has a slightly smaller 12.3-inch screen than its 13.3-inch predecessor. But that’s a minor trade-off given the new tablet now uses a 165Hz OLED display instead of LCD. Its battery is, not surprisingly, also a bit smaller at 10,100mAh, and while Honor hasn’t shared battery life estimates, the new OLED screen could…
bitchy | John Davidson & BAFTA apologized 24 hours after the racist controversy
To recap, John Davidson is a British man living with Tourette’s Syndrome. The British film I Swear is loosely based on Davidson’s real-life experiences living with Tourette’s. I Swear was nominated for several BAFTAs, and as such, Davidson was invited to the BAFTAs on Sunday. Before the awards show began, there was an announcement that…
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Ukraine Wants to Join the E.U. to Secure Peace. Here’s What to Know.
Negotiators agree that joining the bloc is critical to Kyiv’s future. But obstacles abound, and compromises might forever change how the union works.
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Artificial intelligences opt for nuclear weapons surprisingly often Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three leading large language models – GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemini 3 Flash – against…
Anthropic says Claude Code transformed programming. Now Claude Cowork is coming for the rest of the enterprise.
Anthropic opened its virtual “Briefing: Enterprise Agents” event on Tuesday with a provocation. Kate Jensen, the company’s head of Americas, told viewers that the hype around enterprise AI agents in 2025 “turned out to be mostly premature,” with many pilots failing to reach production. “It wasn’t a failure of effort, it was a failure of…
Mauricio Pochettino suddenly has a glut of USMNT options as the World Cup looms | USA
Bruce Arena once said that if his United States men’s national team had contested the 2006 World Cup a year earlier, the Americans would have done much better than the joyless, winless group stage elimination they suffered through. That team, he felt, had peaked during qualifiers and were past their best – despite being ranked…
Lily Collins to Play Audrey Hepburn in Upcoming Movie
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Messenger Email Well this makes perfect sense, doesn’t it! The divine and elegant Lily Collins has announced her next on-screen project – she’ll be playing icon Audrey Hepburn in an upcoming film about the making of the 1961 classic, Breakfast At Tiffany’s. In a post on socials, Lily said, “It’s with almost…