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Live updates: Iran sets new terms as Vance heads to peace talks; Harris addresses 2028
- No compatible source was found for this media. Vice President Vance heads to Pakistan on Friday, where he faces his amid the fragile ceasefire. President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff will also be part of the talks. Meanwhile, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the Speaker of Iran's Parliament, said Friday there with the U.S. without a ceasefire in Lebanon and a release of blocked Iranian ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
US   MARKETS  
US inflation jumps to highest level in almost two years
- Soaring pump prices drive US inflation to highest level in almost two years Inflation in the US accelerated last month to its highest rate in nearly two years, as surging oil prices triggered by the US-Israel war in Iran started to spill over into the wider economy. Consumer prices climbed 3.3% over the 12 months to March, picking up from 2.4% in February, the Labor Department said. The jump, which was expected, ...

Source: bbc.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Blaize Announces Planned Launch of Blaize AI Services to Turn AI Infrastructure into Production-Ready APIs
- New platform is designed to help cloud providers, data center operators, system integrators, and enterprises deploy application-level AI services faster, reduce cost per query, and create recurring AI service revenue Blaize Holdings, Inc. ("Blaize"), a leader in programmable, energy-efficient AI computing, announced the planned launch of Blaize AI Services , a platform designed to help AI infrastructure providers ...

Source: aithority.com
SCIENCE  
Artemis II astronauts set to splash down on Earth tonight
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Records were set. History was made. Now all that's left is to get the four Artemis II astronauts home safe. NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen are in the final run of a 600,000-mile trip that began on April 1 when they launched from Kennedy Space Center on the first crewed mission of the Artemis ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
2 New Species Joined the Endangered Species List This Week-and Global Warming Is To Blame
- By Two of Antarctica's most iconic animals are officially considered Endangered. They join a lengthy list of over 48,600 plant and animal species on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, following irreversible population declines caused by changes in sea ice. This heartbreaking reclassification follows a painstaking assessment from the IUCN-the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Using satellite ...

Source: miamiherald.com
CoreWeave stock pops 11% on deal to power Anthropic's Claude
- CoreWeave announced a multi-year agreement with Anthropic Friday to power its Claude AI models. The deal comes one day after the AI cloud provider announced a $21 billion expansion of its agreement with Meta. CoreWeave now provides services to nine of the 10 leading AI providers, according to the company. In this article CoreWeave announced Friday that it has entered a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to power ...

Source: cnbc.com
US   POLITICS  
Judge Rules Against The Pentagon's Restrictive Press Policy
- A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) violated a court order requiring it to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters after the agency's stringent restrictions on journalists. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman rebuked the department for attempting to circumvent his March 20, 2026, decision by establishing a new press policy. The Pentagon's new press policy expelled all journalists from ...

Source: floridianpress.com
Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say researchers
- The world's largest known group of wild chimpanzees has split and been locked in a vicious "civil war" for the last eight years, according to researchers. It is not clear exactly why the once close-knit community of Ngogo chimpanzees at Uganda's Kibale National Park are at loggerheads, but since 2018 the scientists have recorded 24 killings, including 17 infants. "These were chimps that would hold hands," lead ...

Source: bbc.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Taiwan's opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has met Xi Jinping in China for the first time
- Two things took place in China this week that haven't happened in 10 years. Taiwan's incumbent opposition leader visited the country, and she met with Xi Jinping. The meeting between China's president and Cheng Li-wun, who favours closer ties to Beijing, comes at a critical time in cross-strait relations. It comes before US President Donald Trump's expected meeting with his Chinese counterpart in May, and while a ...

Source: abc.net.au
Prince Harry sued for defamation by charity he co-founded
- Legal action follows war of words with Sentebale chair after Duke of Sussex's resignation as patron The Duke of Sussex is being sued by Sentebale in the latest twist in the bitter fallout over the African charity he co-founded. The charity has lodged papers in London's high court over defamation claims naming Prince Harry and the former Sentebale trustee Mark Dyer as defendants. The prince had been engaged in a ...

Source: theguardian.com
SCIENCE  
There are 'reasons to be confident' about faulty Artemis II heat shield ahead of 25,000 mph reentry, space expert Ed Macaulay says
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US  
New charter loosens qualifications for CDC vaccine panel
- Changes made this week to the rules controlling how the CDC's influential vaccine advisory panel operates could open the door for less qualified members and further undercut public confidence in vaccines, experts said. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rewrote the charter for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices weeks after a federal judge essentially disbanded the panel Kennedy had put in place ...

Source: healio.com
US  
Americans' Tax Views Remain Negative
- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' belief that they pay too much in taxes remains elevated for the fourth consecutive year, with 59% saying this. Most others, 37%, say their taxes are "about right," while 3% think they are too low. Americans' displeasure with their tax burden has held near 60% since 2023. This is higher than the roughly 50% average recorded in the early 2000s after the 2001 tax cuts went through, ...

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US   MARKETS  
What the new inflation spike could mean for mortgage interest rates
- While monitoring the Federal Reserve and its interest rate policy is an integral part of the homebuying and refinancing process, it's not the only thing borrowers should consider. Mortgage interest rates , after all, are driven by a complex combination of factors , some of which can negate each other and others of which can cause rates to spike or decline. And one of the more significant ones was revealed on Friday ...

Source: cbsnews.com
US  
CDC Head Blocks Release of Findings Showing Strong COVID Vax Effectiveness
- Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya, who also leads the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reportedly delaying the publication of new findings within the health agency showcasing the strong effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent emergency room visits and hospitalizations. According to a report from The Washington Post , which cites two scientists with ...

Source: truthout.org
POLITICS  
Trump's Washington arch plan includes golden-winged figure, eagles, lions and 'One Nation Under God'
- – President Donald Trump's plans for a new , unveiled on Friday, include a towering winged figure with a Lady Liberty-like torch and crown, flanked by two eagles and guarded by four lions — all gilded. The 12-page plan released by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts shows the arch will stand 250 feet tall (76.2 meters) from its base to the tip of the winged figure's torch, with "One Nation Under God" and ...

Source: news4jax.com
MEDICINE  
Revolutionary Therapy Cured Three "Incurable" Autoimmune Diseases in a Patient
- An incredible success story for CAR-T cell therapy. A 47-year-old woman in Germany had spent more than a decade battling three severe autoimmune diseases at once: autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). She had already gone through nine lines of treatment without lasting success and had reached the point of needing daily blood transfusions and ...

Source: zmescience.com
TECHNOLOGY  
Google Extends Gmail Encryption to Mobile, but Limits Access to Enterprise Tier
- Google has expanded its encryption capabilities in Gmail to mobile devices, enabling enterprise customers to transmit encrypted emails directly within the app on both Android and iOS. The update removes a limitation that previously restricted native encrypted email use on mobile devices. The rollout allows eligible users to compose and read encrypted messages natively, without relying on external tools or separate ...

Source: securityboulevard.com
CFTC Asserts Exclusive Jurisdiction in Blocking State Enforcement
- This week has proven pivotal for the prediction markets industry, with a series of legal and regulatory developments that could have far-reaching consequences for federally-regulated event contracts in the United States. Notably, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has taken an aggressive stance in asserting its exclusive jurisdiction, joining the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in blocking ...

Source: natlawreview.com
WORLD  
Fuel price protests bring parts of Dublin to standstill
- April 10 (UPI) -- Protests against high gas prices brought parts of Dublin, Ireland, to a standstill, causing the number of service stations without any fuel to rise to 100 on Friday, local officials said. Demonstrators in vehicles -- including tractors -- took part in slow-moving convoys and blocked roads throughout the capital city to protest the high fuel prices caused by the United States and Israel's war on ...

Source: upi.com
Police arrest 20-year-old after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at Sam Altman's $27 million home
- Officers responded to a North Beach residence at approximately 4:12 a.m. local time for a fire investigation, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department, Allison Maxie, said in a statement. No one was injured, and the fire was contained to an exterior gate, the spokesperson said. At around 5:07 a.m., officers responded to OpenAI's office, where they said an unknown man was threatening to burn down the ...

Source: insider.com
US   POLITICS  
House Democrats call on Eric Swalwell to drop out of California governor race amid sexual assault allegations
- Washington — House Democratic leadership on Friday called on Rep. Eric Swalwell to drop out of the race for California governor in the wake of allegations that he sexually assaulted a former staffer. Swalwell denied the allegations and called them "false." In a statement Friday night, House Democratic leaders called for a "swift investigation" into the allegations and for Swalwell to immediately end his ...

Source: cbsnews.com
POLITICS  
Court poised to block Trump tariffs again, teeing up new fight
- You can now listen to Fox News articles! The Court of International Trade on Friday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump 's use of a little-known emergency trade law to justify his sweeping, 10% global tariffs — teeing up a familiar, if technically new, legal fight focused on when and how a sitting president can act to unilaterally impose steep import fees on most U.S. trading partners. During nearly ...

Source: foxnews.com
US   POLITICS  
White House warns staff against insider trading on prediction markets after suspicious Iran war bets
- The White House warned staffers not to use insider information to place bets on prediction markets as critics grow suspicious of lucrative trading activity around the Iran war. A White House official confirmed to The Post that the warning was sent to all staffers in an email from the White House Management Office on March 24. A day earlier, anonymous accounts made a blitz of trades just 15 minutes before President ...

Source: nypost.com
TECHNOLOGY  
Anthropic's Mythos AI can spot weaknesses in almost every computer on earth. Uh-oh.
- Anthropic's latest AI technology, called Mythos, is so powerful at revealing software vulnerabilities that the company is afraid to release the model publicly lest it fall into the hands of bad actors. The company, the developer behind the Claude AI chatbot, said in a post on its website this week that the new tool has already uncovered thousands of weak points in "every major operating system and web ...

Source: cbsnews.com
US  
Ex-NYPD sergeant jailed for up to nine years over man's death on scooter
- Erik Duran in 2023 threw cooler at fleeing suspect Eric Duprey, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died A former New York police department sergeant has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of ice and drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died. Erik Duran, 38, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of 30-year-old Eric ...

Source: theguardian.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Intel and Google Deepen Collaboration to Advance AI Infrastructure with Xeon CPUs and Custom IPUs
- Intel® Xeon® processors to continue powering Google Cloud infrastructure across AI, inference and general-purpose workloads Expanded co-development of custom ASIC-based infrastructure processing units (IPUs) to improve efficiency, utilization and performance at scale Collaboration reinforces the central role of CPUs and IPUs in modern, heterogeneous AI systems and Google announced a multiyear collaboration ...

Source: aithority.com
US  
Hurricane experts make forecast for 2026 season. There's a change from last year
- By As the 2026 hurricane season approaches, forecasters are predicting a quieter Atlantic with fewer storms. This week, hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University predicted 13 named storms, with six strengthening to hurricanes and two reaching major hurricane strength with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or greater. Last year, the forecast predicted 17 named storms. "The team predicts that 2026 ...

Source: miamiherald.com
DIGITAL   BUSINESS  
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Rejects AI Bubble Fears | PYMNTS.com
- Amazon  will continue to bet big on artificial intelligence (AI), Amazon CEO  Andy Jassy  said in a  2025 Letter to Shareholders  posted Thursday (April 9). Jassy said that while investment spikes invite scrutiny, AI is a game-changer that will reinvent every customer experience. "I've followed the public debate on whether this technology is over-hyped, whether we're in 'a ...

Source: pymnts.com
UK Navy deters Russian submarines near critical undersea cables
- The Royal Navy has deterred Russian submarines identified in the vicinity of undersea cables and other critical under water infrastructure. A Russian attack submarine and specialist submarines from Russian's Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research (Gugi), were involved in the operation. The vessels were designed to survey undersea infrastructure during peacetime and to sabotage it in conflict, defence secretary John ...

Source: computerweekly.com
Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility
- PHOENIX (AP) — Renewable energy advocates in Arizona made gains against a business-backed slate in a fight over how the nation's largest public power utility will meet fast-rising electricity demand in a data center hot spot. However, election results released by the Phoenix-area Salt River Project mean that the rival slates will be forced into compromises over potential questions of whether to increase rates ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
'The Housemaid' author Freida McFadden reveals her true identity
- Your favorite mystery writer has been keeping her own secret for over a decade. Freida McFadden — the author who has written a number of thrillers, including "The Housemaid" — revealed in an interview with USA Today that she has been using a pseudonym and wearing a wig and glasses to keep her true identity under wraps when she's in public. "I'm at a point in my career when I'm tired of this being a ...

Source: nbcnews.com
Justice Department investigating NFL over games on paid platforms, sources say
- The National Football League is being investigated by the federal government for practices that allegedly harm consumers for licensing games simultaneously to multiple platforms — paid streaming platforms, paid cable networks, and others, sources told CBS News. A government official familiar with the matter said the probe is about affordability for consumers and creating an "even playing field for providers." ...

Source: cbsnews.com
Rory McIlroy holds share of Masters lead after flying start to his title defence
- So this is what Rory McIlroy's new normal looks like. The defending champion is footloose and fancy-free at Augusta National. He is plainly no longer of a mind to revel in the events of the 2025 Masters. McIlroy returned to Augusta, for so long a place that exacted psychological torture on him, to deliver an emphatic statement. The floodgates are wobbling. Parallels between McIlroy on day one at this major and his ...

Source: theguardian.com