In this photo illustration, Claude AI logo is seen on a smartphone and Anthropic logo on a pc screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Anthropic, the Amazon-backed OpenAI rival, on Thursday launched its most powerful group of artificial intelligence models yet: Claude 4. The…
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, July 19, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly suggested that Federal Reserve board members would have special protection against being fired by a president in a ruling that, for now, allows President Donald Trump to fire two members of other federal agencies’ boards….
People board Ryanair plane at Rome Ciampino Airport in Ciampino, Italy on April 27, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Airlines are facing an uphill battle during peak travel season as delivery delays at Boeing and Airbus fuel a commercial jet shortage. The ongoing capacity issue remains a cause of concern for the industry…
A pedestrian wearing a Harvard University sweatshirt on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Sophie Park | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration blocked Harvard University on Thursday from enrolling future international students and retaining currently enrolled foreign students. The Department of Homeland Security said it revoked…
Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040. Since 2006, Denmark has tied the official retirement age to life expectancy and has revised it every five years. It is currently 67 but will rise to 68 in 2030 and to…
The state of Oklahoma may not direct public state funding to what was set to be the nation’s first religious charter school after the US Supreme Court deadlocked over the case. The justices were evenly split, voting 4-4 in a ruling on Thursday. The tie affirms a lower ruling from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court,…
Several people are believed to have died after a small plane crashed into a residential street in San Diego on Thursday morning. No residents were seriously injured, but there was “more than one fatality” among the passengers on board, Assistant Fire Chief Dan Eddy said. Several homes were destroyed and cars caught fire after the…
Sarah Jo Marcotte, an educator from Vermont, holds a sign that reads “Here for my students!! Cuts Hurt.” outside of the U.S. Department of Education on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images ‘Good news for students’ In the injunction on Thursday, the judge pointed out that the staff cuts led…
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images Sir Jony Ive, the hugely influential British designer responsible for the look of Apple’s most iconic and successful products, is joining OpenAI. Boss Sam Altman said he was “thrilled” to be partnering with the man he called the “greatest designer in the world”. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is…
House Republicans have passed a sweeping multi-trillion dollar tax breaks package, a narrow victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson after weeks of negotiations with conservative hold-outs. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed with a vote of 215 votes to 214, with two Republicans joining Democrats to oppose it and one voting present….
