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Anthropic’s Mythos 5 gets a limited carveout from US restrictions

Anthropic says it is getting partial relief from the US-imposed restrictions on its latest AI models.The company said in a statement that the government had greenlit limited access to Mythos 5 on Friday. Fable 5, meanwhile, remains on ice.”Since June 12, we’ve been working closely with the US government to…

A US Army commander used attack drones and C4-packed robots to clear a deadly breach before soldiers even got in the fight

At a recent exercise at Fort Polk, Louisiana, a US Army company commander used attack drones and ground robots to destroy enemy positions, clearing the way for soldiers.The drones and robots did the difficult and dangerous work that a rifle company might otherwise have had to do, showing the role Army uncrewed systems could play in future wars.The uncrewed systems assault occurred during a 3rd Mobile Brigade Combat Team exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center in…

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Amazon just made a key AI cloud service more expensive

Amazon raised prices for a key AI cloud service, the latest sign of strong demand for this new technology.Amazon Web Services recently announced price increases for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. This lets companies reserve GPUs in advance, so they can avoid workloads getting interrupted — a bit like booking…

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Ryanair drops family seating fees amid consumer law probe

Ryanair will “reluctantly” allow parents to sit with their children for free after an investigation into the practice was opened, bringing the airline in line with European industry standards. Previously, Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers charged a fee—typically $10.70 each way per adult—to allow up to four children aged…

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How FIFA Spends Millions on the 2026 World Cup Grass

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being played on some of the most heavily researched grass fields ever created. FIFA has spent millions of dollars working with turf scientists to engineer 16 stadium pitches across three countries and vastly different climates. We visited the University of Tennessee to see how…

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