OpenAI and Google employees have moved to support Anthropic as the AI company fights a U.S. Department of Defense action in court, according to recent reports. The unusual alignment among leading AI rivals comes as Anthropic challenges a government designation that it says threatens its ability to do business with federal agencies. Anthropic has filed…

Alexander Butterfield, a former aide in President Richard Nixon’s White House who disclosed the existence of the secret taping system at the center of the Watergate investigation, has died. He was 99. Butterfield became a pivotal figure in the unraveling of the Watergate scandal after he revealed that Nixon’s conversations were recorded, a disclosure that…

OpenAI has agreed to buy the cybersecurity startup Promptfoo in a move aimed at strengthening protections for AI agents, according to reports published by Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance. The acquisition brings Promptfoo into OpenAI as the company expands work on AI systems that can take actions on a user’s behalf, including interacting with tools and…

OpenAI has reached an agreement to acquire Promptfoo, a security platform focused on testing and safeguarding AI agents. The deal positions OpenAI to bring agent-focused security tooling more directly into its own product and enterprise stack. Promptfoo is known for tools designed to evaluate and harden AI systems, with an emphasis on the kinds of…

NATO air defenses intercepted an incoming Iranian missile after it entered Turkish airspace, Turkey’s government said, marking a new cross-border incident involving a NATO member as fighting elsewhere in the region continues. Turkey said the interception happened in Turkish airspace and involved NATO defensive systems operating as part of allied air and missile defense arrangements….

Apple’s new iPad Air with the M4 chip is arriving to reviews that describe it as a familiar tablet with a modest performance bump rather than a dramatic redesign. Early write-ups from outlets including The Verge, Tom’s Guide, Trusted Reviews, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, HardwareZone, Tech Advisor, and thedigitalweekly.com broadly agree on the main theme: the iPad…

A former CBS anchor has filed for divorce from his wife, an ABC journalist, ending their 11-year marriage, according to a recent report. The filing marks a new chapter for the on-air couple, whose careers have played out in the public eye across two major U.S. television networks. The report identifies the husband as a…

Apple is marking its 50th anniversary, a milestone that highlights how a company once defined by the “Apple Computer” name grew into one of the central forces shaping modern personal technology. The anniversary has prompted a wave of coverage looking back at the company’s origins and the products that helped push computing into daily life….

A U.S. service member has died after being wounded in an earlier attack in Saudi Arabia, marking the seventh American military death in the war with Iran, U.S. Central Command said. Central Command announced the death in a statement, saying the service member succumbed to injuries sustained during an Iranian strike in Saudi Arabia. The…

China’s consumer inflation has climbed to its highest level in three years, while deflation at the factory gate has shown signs of easing, according to recent reports. The latest readings point to a stronger rise in prices paid by households even as pressures in the industrial sector remain weaker than normal. The data show consumer…

Vital water desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain were attacked in separate strikes, raising immediate concerns about drinking water supplies in two countries that rely heavily on desalination for daily needs. Bahrain said one of its water desalination facilities was damaged in an Iranian drone attack, according to Al Jazeera. Other outlets, including Gulf News…

A Washington millionaire is making a public case for paying higher taxes, arguing that additional revenue can strengthen services that benefit residents statewide. The comments were published in a Business Insider piece framed as a first-person perspective from a wealthy Washington resident. The author’s central message is straightforward: paying more in taxes is acceptable, and…