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Trump confirms that he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela | Trump administration

Donald Trump confirmed reports on Wednesday that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in US efforts to pressure President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. The New York Times first reported the classified directive, citing US officials familiar with the decision. The US president said he authorized the action for […]

Business

Anthropic launches new version of scaled-down ‘Haiku’ model

On Wednesday, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model, billed as offering similar performance to Sonnet 4 “at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed,” per a company blog post. Anthropic cites a range of new benchmark results to back up those performance claims. In the company’s testing, […]

Technology

Ball x Pit Review – Breathtaking Brick Breaking

If I had a dollar for every Arkanoid-inspired, roguelite, post-apocalyptic fantasy, bullet hell, town-building simulation, arcade/action game, I’d have – well, precisely one dollar. Ball x Pit triumphs by taking familiar, approachable dynamics drawn from across the history of gaming, and layering them into an instantly understandable and immersive whole. It’s one of those surprise […]

Magazine

Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy… then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World

A Disney superfan vanished from her home in Illinois, only to be discovered in the most tragic circumstances at Walt Disney World in Orlando.   Summer Equitz, 31, killed herself at the Contemporary Resort Hotel at the resort on Tuesday night, the Daily Mail has learned.  Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the death was a suicide […]

Sports

NFL Fantasy 2025 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em: Quarterbacks for Week 7

Outside of their game against MVP candidate Baker Mayfield, the Seahawks have proven to be a tough matchup for quarterbacks. Putting Mayfield aside, they have held every other QB under 20 fantasy points, and Trevor Lawrence is the only other signal-caller to top 17 fantasy points against them. If you take away the Mayfield game, […]

Science

Patchy nanoparticles by atomic stencilling

Chemicals All chemicals were used without further purification after purchase: gold(III) chloride trihydrate (≥99.9% trace metals basis, HAuCl4·3H2O, Sigma-Aldrich), sodium borohydride (99%, NaBH4, Sigma-Aldrich), sodium iodide (99.999%, NaI, Sigma-Aldrich), sodium bromide (≥99.99%, NaBr, Sigma-Aldrich), sodium chloride (99.3%, NaCl, Fisher Scientific), potassium iodide (≥99.5%, KI, Sigma-Aldrich), silver nitrate (≥99.0%, AgNO3, Sigma-Aldrich), sodium tetrachloropalladate(II) (approximately 36%, Na2PdCl4, […]

Health

Researchers studied psychopathy and mind-reading ability. One result was particularly surprising.

People who score higher on certain psychopathic traits may actually have a sharper understanding of other people’s thoughts and intentions, according to new research published in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. Specifically, adults who reported more callousness and lack of empathy—traits associated with psychopathic “meanness”—performed better on a test designed to assess […]

Sports

Andy Reid: It’s a win-win to add Rashee Rice into the mix

Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is officially back from his suspension this week, and he’s practicing on Wednesday as Kansas City gets set to play Las Vegas. Rice has not played since suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 4 of last season. But after a strong rookie year and a strong start to his second […]

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