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The legal loophole that could revive the Trump administration’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued an order saying the $1.8 billion fund had been “rescinded,” but critics note he’s not the only one who has a say in the matter.
NBC News - Aug 03, 2026 8:03pm EDT
Court fight begins over South Africa’s land law that irks the Trump administration
Trump has said the law will be used to target white farmers for land seizures and has cited it as a reason the U.S. has withdrawn all financial aid to South Africa.
NBC News - Aug 03, 2026 7:53pm EDT
Anthropic's Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms' networks.
BBC News - Aug 03, 2026 7:51pm EDT
Los Angeles FC co-owner Larry Berg will be the next commissioner of MLS
At the start of the new year, Berg will take over for Don Garber, who has been the league’s commissioner since 1999.
NBC News - Aug 03, 2026 7:39pm EDT
Christian Science Monitor - Aug 03, 2026 7:23pm EDT
Jim Cramer says Wall Street's latest trading trend is creating buying opportunities
CNBC's Jim Cramer said stocks are increasingly moving as part of thematic trading baskets rather than on company-specific fundamentals.
CNBC - Aug 03, 2026 7:18pm EDT
Big Tech's Anthropic and OpenAI stakes are distorting the corporate earnings picture
If you were to strip out Big Tech's investment gains from private AI companies, the earnings story is a lot less bullish.
CNBC - Aug 03, 2026 6:52pm EDT
Meta Chief Must Apologise To Modi Personally: Panel
Deccan Chronicle - Aug 03, 2026 6:10pm EDT
Michigan’s primary reflects a Democratic base transforming in Trump 2.0: From the Politics Desk
Plus, Todd Blanche’s AG nomination is back on track ahead of a key committee vote.
NBC News - Aug 03, 2026 5:09pm EDT
Anthropic Says the House Is on Fire. China Says AI Will Set You Free
Gizmodo - Aug 03, 2026 4:47pm EDT
Anti-Creep Features on Meta’s Smart Glasses May Still Be Easy to Sidestep
Gizmodo - Aug 03, 2026 4:37pm EDT
I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep
Guardian UK - Aug 03, 2026 4:19pm EDT
18-year-old educator sets Guinness World Record for youngest male college professor
Nathan Thomas entered a classroom at Miami Dade College in August 2023 not as a freshman, but as a professor, having already earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
NBC News - Aug 03, 2026 2:39pm EDT
Michigan reports 2 deaths in cyclosporiasis outbreak
More than 11,000 cases of the foodborne illness have been confirmed in the state and 193 people have been hospitalized since early May.
NBC News - Aug 03, 2026 1:50pm EDT
Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected
Gizmodo - Aug 03, 2026 1:40pm EDT
Federal judge allows DHS border wall plan through small Texas town’s levee system
The town of Presidio, with a population of about 3,200, argued the wall could cause flooding, and the town’s development district sued this year.
NBC News - Aug 03, 2026 12:40pm EDT
DoorDash Sends Drivers to Restaurants Just to Load Food Into Delivery Robots
Gizmodo - Aug 03, 2026 12:35pm EDT
Anthropic’s Claude escaped test sandbox to attack three organizations
Wrote and published malware during tests, which is apparently OK because leaky test environments were the real problem
Register UK - Aug 03, 2026 11:50am EDT
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says last month's autonomous AI attack by an OpenAI test model marked a first for the industry, urging lawmakers to establish legal safeguards before similar incidents become more common.
International Business Times - Aug 03, 2026 11:48am EDT
FBI investigates as Michigan joins Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks on its water systems
Michigan on Saturday joined Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks on nine of the state’s water systems but an official said all systems were operating “safely.”
One America News Network - Aug 03, 2026 11:46am EDT
Video Microsoft's hotel Wi-Fi security warning
ABC News - Aug 03, 2026 10:52am EDT
NASA boss balks at billion-dollar estimate for recycled Moon rover
Turning two Mars testbeds into one lunar explorer may prove anything but cheap
Register UK - Aug 03, 2026 10:25am EDT