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Walk in the footsteps of BTS: 5 spots Army should visit this weekend

BTS returns to Busan this weekend to celebrate its 13th debut anniversary and for its "BTS World Tour Arirang" concert, but the venue's significance goes beyond being another stop on the group’s world tour. The Friday and Saturday concerts at Busan Asiad Main Stadium mark BTS’ first performance in the city since the 2022 “Yet To Come in Busan” concert, widely regarded as the group’s final major full-group performance before members began their military service. Busan itself has embraced the occa

Lee arrives in Italy for talks with Italian president, PM

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Italy on Wednesday for talks with the country's top leaders on bilateral ties. Italy is the second stop on Lee's 10-day trip to Europe, his first visit to the region since taking office in June last year, which is widely aimed at broadening his diplomatic outreach in the region. As the presidential aircraft carrying him and his entourage entered Italy's airspace, two Italian fighter jets provided an air escort in a show of respect. On Thursday, Lee

ECB expected to raise interest rates later today

The European Central Bank is widely expected to announce an increase in interest rates this afternoon.

Police in Belfast patrolling streets to protect extremely distressed communities after unacceptable and reckless HITLIST of addresses believed to house migrants was widely circulated on social media

Police in Belfast were last night patrolling areas named on a 'hitlist' of addresses believed to house migrants that had been widely circulated on social media.

Trump’s ‘Secret Mission’ to Ferry Oil Past Iran Was Widely Disclosed

A U.S. military official said the president’s seemingly dramatic announcement on Wednesday referred to a previously reported effort to shepherd commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

US market indexes fall over 1%, dragged by tech and Iran war worries

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would attack Iran again "very hard" following one of ‌the most significant ⁠exchanges ⁠of fire overnight since an April ceasefire in the Middle East war. An index of semiconductors was sharply lower, with Nvidia and Broadcom among the biggest drags on the S&P 500. Investors have been worried about stretched valuations in the sector. The Cboe Volatility Index advanced for a second day. Volatility has picked up in recent days. Investors were still taking some profits in the tech space, said Tom Hainlin, an investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis. Also, investors are now "pricing in maybe a higher interest rate" after recent economic data and are ⁠also worried ‌about the war, he said. "Perhaps that conflict continues on into the mid to late summer," he said.Also Read | SpaceX IPO: $1.75 trillion valuation among 5 risks about world’s biggest stock market debut The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates at its June policy meeting. ⁠Investors are pricing in at least one 25 basis point rate hike by the end of the year. According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 119.00 points, or 1.61%, to end at 7,267.65 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 505.31 points, or 1.97%, to 25,169.50. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 952.04 points, or 1.87%, to 49,920.07. Friday's U.S. jobs report was stronger than expected. On Wednesday, U.S. consumer prices increased 4.2% in the 12 months through May, the largest gain since April 2023, data showed, as the Middle East conflict raised the price of gasoline and other energy ‌products. The pace of increase was, however, in line with forecasts, as per a Reuters poll of economists. Among other decliners, Super Micro Computer tumbled after it announced plans to raise $7 billion through a series of equity and equity-linked ⁠financing transactions to fund component purchases for its growing AI server demand. The rotation out of high-flying technology shares has helped other areas of the markets that have lagged this year, including healthcare, real estate and consumer staples. The much-hyped $1.75 trillion listing of SpaceX on Friday, targeting a record $75 billion raise, could also pressure U.S. stocks as concerns mount over excessive optimism in the tech sector. Among other movers, shares of trucking companies XPO , J.B. Hunt and Old Dominion also dipped after Amazon announced expansion of its less-than-truckload freight services in the U.S. Industrials led declines among sectors.

Fable won’t answer basic biology questions

Anthropic just released Claude Fable 5, calling it the most powerful AI model it has ever made widely available and praising its skills in biology, among others. But the model won't answer basic biology questions - the kind you'd expect a high schooler to handle. Instead, it hands off the query to the former flagship […]

‘I Want Your Sex’ Trailer: Olivia Wilde Is a Kinky Dominatrix in Sex-Filled Thriller

Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman embark on quite the boundary-pushing relationship in the first trailer for director Gregg Araki’s irreverent sex comedy “I Want Your Sex.” Featuring everything from ball gags, whips, strap-ons to a threesome gone widely wrong, “I Want Your Sex” follows an assured artist (Wilde) who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with her […]

Video: Anti-immigrant protesters set fires in Belfast after knife attack

Several videos captured the violent clashes that broke out in Belfast on Tuesday night, June 9, during anti-immigrant protests. The unrest came a day after a knife attack allegedly carried out by a Sudanese refugee, seen in a video widely shared on social media.

Air China C909 hits bird as Chinese jets face growing ‘real-world’ tests

A suspected bird strike on a Chinese-made C909 regional jet in Beijing has reportedly left some marks on its nose and airframe, but experts said the likelihood of any severe damage was very low. The incident underscores the real-world tests of reliability facing the model as it is more widely deployed at home and abroad, according to observers. Air China flight CA1150, arriving from Ordos in Inner Mongolia, struck a large bird as it approached Beijing Capital International Airport on Sunday...

Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry to U.S. Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game.

Violence that followed Belfast knife attack widely condemned

Unrest follows anti-immigration demonstrations in wake of incident that left victim seriously injured

Here’s why shares in SoftBank, no longer Japan’s most valuable, have fallen by a fifth in the last week

Concerns about the funding commitments for OpenAI have been widely circulated this year and it appears potential creditors are worried about the company’s failure to hit ambitious internal growth targets

Indonesia raises price of widely used fuel by 32%, adds to cost-of-living concerns

Poisoned in the fields of the Rio Grande Valley: Parkinson’s advances in the agricultural heart of Texas

The neurological disease has been repeatedly linked to exposure to certain pesticides widely used on crops in the southeastern Texas borderlands

In pictures: Director Bharathiraja, a transformative force of Tamil cinema

Widely considered one of the all-time greats of the industry, the legendary director was best known for his nuanced portrayal of life in rural Tamil Nadu

Google Cloud outage in India after third-party data centre fire triggers shutdown

Alphabet’s Google Cloud said that some customers in India experienced intermittent network disruptions on Wednesday after a fire at a third-party data centre triggered an emergency shutdown of networking equipment. The cloud-computing unit said the fire led to an emergency power shutdown at the facility, isolating a local point of presence in Delhi and reducing network capacity across the metropolitan area. Google Cloud did not say when the fire occurred or whether it caused property damage or injuries. Such disruptions can cascade across businesses and users, slowing apps, websites, and internal company systems. The incident affected network traffic from Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and nearby regions, causing periods of elevated latency, the company said on its status page. Google Cloud, one of the world’s largest cloud providers, competes with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure and is widely used to process large data volumes and run artificial intelligence tools. There was no workaround while restoration efforts continue, the unit said, adding that it was exploring additional traffic mitigation measures to limit the impact.

Bank of Canada set to make interest rate decision amid economic turbulence

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate announcement this morning after a turbulent period of economic data. The central bank is widely expected to deliver a fifth consecutive hold to its benchmark rate, which stands at 2.25 per cent. The Bank of Canada has largely kept to the sidelines […]

Anthropic rolls out public version of Mythos without cybersecurity capability

Anthropic is rolling out a public version of its Mythos AI model, but with guardrails barring its use in ​risky areas such as cybersecurity, after an earlier preview this year sent shockwaves globally for its ability to find software flaws. The new Claude Fable 5 is the most powerful model Anthropic has ever made for wider use, the startup said on ​Tuesday, touting its performance in software engineering and analytics. Anthropic has so far ​limited its access to a group of about 200 organisations, including ⁠the US government under the Glasswing program, after announcing in April that ​Mythos had uncovered thousands of software vulnerabilities. Offering its capabilities more widely may allow the $965 ​billion company to extend the momentum that has powered its valuation above rival OpenAI just as the two startups at the centre of the AI industry race to go public. The ​company said it had done extensive testing to ensure that users could not ​manipulate the new model to bypass its guidelines and perform restricted actions. “Let’s say I’m a ‌college ⁠student asking the model like help me find cyber vulnerabilities on X package or code. The model would refuse and Fable 5 will fall back to Opus 4.8 for a response,” Dianne Penn, Anthropic’s head of product management, research and ​labs, told Reuters. Fable ​5 will be ⁠a more expensive model, but it accomplishes tasks with lower token usage, bringing the overall cost per task down, according ​to early customer feedback, Penn said. Anthropic also said users who ​had access ⁠to the preview version of Claude Mythos, the version without guardrails, would be able to upgrade to the new Claude Mythos 5. The company said it planned to ⁠expand access ​over time through a more “systematic trusted-access programme”. Pricing on ​both models is $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, the company said.

Cascading Failure: The Spanish Navy’s Reserve Squadron and the Tragedy of Unpreparedness

It is in long periods of peace that victories and defeats are prepared. Peace is the period for men of government, just as war is for men of action. Without the calm preparation carried out by the former, the courage and energy of the latter are of no use. — Captain First Class Ramón Auñón y Villalón, 1885.The Spanish-American War is widely remembered as a moment of triumph for the United States and a disaster for Spain. The war began in 1898 after Spain. The war began in 1898 after Spain’s brutal effort to suppress Cuba’s independence revolt, American outrage The post Cascading Failure: The Spanish Navy’s Reserve Squadron and the Tragedy of Unpreparedness appeared first on War on the Rocks.