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Vast missed out on the first round of NASA awards for the next International Space Station, but that won’t prevent the company from going all-in on the second stage.CEO Max Haot told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan this week that the company is betting on a “leapfrog strategy” and plans to successfully build and launch a space station to prove its capabilities. “If we do all of that or are in the middle of doing that, I think it’s going to be impossible for NASA to ignore in terms of the hardware that we have,” he said. Founded in 2023 after winning…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the keynote at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, held at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Noah Berger | Getty ImagesAmazon announced Friday that it will continue to offer Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology to its cloud customers, except for work involving the Department of Defense.The announcement comes after the federal agency notified Anthropic on Thursday that it would classify the company as a “supply chain risk.” In response, Antropic said it had “no choice” but to challenge the designation in court. “AWS customers and…
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc believes Mercedes showed their first glimpse of “very impressive” pace in practice for the Australian Grand Prix, prompting many to name the Silver Arrows as 2026 title contenders.Leclerc observed on the track in Melbourne at the end of the first day of the season, despite Mercedes not being in the lead in either of Friday’s two practice sessions. It was the Monaco himself who set the pace from teammate Lewis Hamilton in a one-two for Ferrari in the first hour of practice at Albert Park, before McLaren’s Oscar Piastri beat the Mercedes drivers with the fastest time…
Claude’s daily active user numbers are increasing on mobile devices, and the number of new app installations is also increasing following the company’s conflict with the Department of Defense. The AI model provider behind Claude was marked as a supply chain risk after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to allow the government to use its AI systems for mass surveillance of Americans or to power fully autonomous weapons. But data shows that Anthropic’s stance has led many consumers to support the model. App intelligence provider Appfigures reports that Claude’s mobile app continues to outnumber ChatGPT downloads in the United States.…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the audience at Google’s annual I/O developer conference on May 20, 2025 in Mountain View, California.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesgoogle The next day, the company announced that it would continue to provide Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology to customers outside of defense operations. microsoft issued a similar statement to customers. The announcements by two of the three major cloud infrastructure vendors come after the Department of Defense formally designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk. “We understand that this decision does not prevent us from working with Anthropic on non-defense-related projects, and…
Healthcare sector was hardest hit, while tariff-exposed sectors remain stagnantlisten to this article | 3 minutesinformationPublished March 6, 2026March 6, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareplus 2 googleAdd Al Jazeera to GoogleinformationThe U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, marking the sixth contraction in the U.S. job market since Trump took office.The U.S. Department of Labor released February employment statistics on Friday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listEconomists expected a modest rise, with a Reuters poll of economists at 59,000, Bloomberg News at 55,000 and Dow Jones at 50,000.The…
The streets of Tehran were eerily quiet until the bomb arrived. “It’s like a ghost town. No one comes and goes. It’s like a city without a soul. Every time you see someone on the street, there’s a zombie – like on The Walking Dead,” a 30-year-old Tehran resident told CNN on Friday morning, hours after six days of heavy airstrikes hit the Iranian capital. “People were panicking, but some were looking out their windows at the jets as if they were watching a movie,” he said. “These are really strange and unknown days we are living in,” another Tehran…
Leeds blamed their players for the “unexpected and disappointing” booing they received from fans during the scheduled break for Ramadan in last weekend’s defeat to Man City, but offered a number of “mitigating measures” in defence.Loud boos could be heard during the 78 second delay, despite a message appearing on the big screen at Elland Road during the game against Manchester City confirming that the game was being paused to stop players from rushing.There will be another break for Sunday’s FA Cup match against Norwich, with Leeds’ Joel Pillow also expected to feature.The club is trying to prevent a repeat…
The Pentagon formally designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk after the two companies failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including for use in autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance. With Anthropic’s $200 million contract falling apart, the Department of Defense turned to OpenAI instead, which accepted and saw ChatGPT’s uninstalls increase by 295%. As risks continue to rise, the question remains: How much unfettered access should the military allow to AI models? In this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Kolosek, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what…
President Donald Trump is prepared to use the U.S. Navy to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran escalates, but providing safe passage for the large amount of traffic that normally passes through the waterway has proven difficult. U.S. oil prices rose 28% this week to more than $86 a barrel as Iran attacked a tanker, effectively halting shipping traffic through the strait. Brent crude oil rose 22% this week to $89 a barrel. If the waterway is shut down for an extended period of time, global benchmark Brent crude oil would rise above…