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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  
Here's the inflation breakdown for March 2026 — in one chart
- Here's the inflation breakdown for March 2026 — in one chart The consumer price index rose 3.3% year over year in March 2026, up from 2.4% in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Iran war has caused oil prices to spike — raising prices for gasoline and airfare, and leading to higher prices for food and e-commerce purchases. It may take weeks or months for conditions to ...

Source: cnbc.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Nutanix expands agentic AI infrastructure for neoclouds
- Nutanix expands agentic AI infrastructure platform as token costs threaten to spiral Managing AI infrastructure across the full stack is getting more complex — and more expensive. Now, Nutanix Inc. is tackling both problems with an expanded agentic AI infrastructure platform that gives service providers and enterprises a single control plane for accelerated computing. The expansion focuses on two additions to ...

Source: siliconangle.com
SCIENCE  
Splashdown Of Artemis II Astronauts Concludes 10-Day Moon Mission
- While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? HOUSTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific ...

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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  
Federal Judge Finds Pentagon Is Violating Court Order to Restore Access to Reporters
- WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters, a setback in the administration's efforts to impede the work of journalists. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman sided with The New York Times for the second time in a month. He had earlier said the Pentagon's new credential policy violated journalists' ...

Source: military.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 opposition leader calls for 'reconciliation' after meeting Xi
- Taipei, Taiwan – Opposition leader Cheng Li-wun and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met in Beijing, where both leaders stated their opposition to Taiwan independence and expressed a desire for a "peaceful" resolution to the long-running dispute over the island's future. They posed for photos at the Great Hall of the People and exchanged public remarks, in addition to holding their closed-door meeting. Cheng ...

Source: aljazeera.com
African charity says suing Prince Harry over 'reputational harm'
- An African AIDS charity co-founded by Britain's Prince Harry said on Friday it had launched legal proceedings against him for "reputational harm", after a bitter dispute about its management. Harry helped found the Sentebale charity in 2006 in honour of his late mother, Princess Diana. But he quit the institution last year amid a bitter governance dispute with its chairperson.  "Sentebale has commenced legal ...

Source: digitaljournal.com
SCIENCE  
NASA Artemis II live updates: Astronauts splash down after record-breaking moon mission
- The crew landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego shortly after 8 p.m. ET, following a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. NASA aims to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2028, setting the stage to build a base there and establish a long-term presence on the moon.  agency investigation  later found that part of the heat shield's material had cracked during atmospheric re-entry, ...

Source: nbcnews.com
US  
No One Knows Where US Vaccine Policy Goes Next
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they're reversed, lasting damage has already been done. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pursued an aggressive overhaul of federal vaccine guidance and infrastructure since he took office a little over a year ago. Now, his agenda is on hold after a federal judge blocked many of those ...

Source: wired.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 are today's mortgage interest rates: April 10, 2026?
- Borrowers hoping for a drop in inflation and a corresponding interest rate cut woke up to disappointing news Friday morning when the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a surge in the rate. Now at 3.3%, inflation is at its highest level in nearly two years and is close to a point and a half above the Federal Reserve's target 2% goal. That essentially delays the chances of a Fed rate cut for the ...

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  
See planned images for Trump's Washington triumphal arch
- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plans for a new triumphal arch in the capital, 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 on Fine Arts shows the arch will stand 250 feet tall (76.2 meters) from its base to the tip of the winged ...

Source: pbs.org
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  
Gmail's end-to-end encryption comes to mobile, no extra apps required
- Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Google has expanded Gmail client-side encryption to Android and iOS devices, allowing users to engage with their organization's most sensitive data on mobile devices while ensuring data remains compliant with sovereignty and compliance requirements. This feature is available for ...

Source: helpnetsecurity.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 cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway
- Irish drivers told to buy only fuel they need as filling stations run out and hauliers and farmers block motorways in fourth day of action Protests over fuel prices have caused chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway in a knock-on effect from the conflict in the Middle East . People in Ireland were urged to only buy fuel they needed as 100 fuel stations ran out, and the National Emergency Coordination Group warned ...

Source: theguardian.com
OpenAI says CEO Sam Altman's house was targeted with a Molotov cocktail
- San Francisco police early Friday arrested a person who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman's home and made threats outside the AI giant's San Francisco headquarters, the company said in a statement. "Thankfully, no one was hurt," OpenAI said. "We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our employees safe. The individual is in ...

Source: nbcnews.com
US   POLITICS  
Former staffer accuses Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexually assaulting her while she was intoxicated
- A former aide to Rep. Eric Swalwell, a top Democratic candidate for governor of California, told the San Francisco Chronicle that she had sexual encounters with him when he was her boss and alleged that he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. The woman worked for Swalwell from 2019 until 2021, NBC News confirmed. The woman's lawyer declined to comment and NBC News has not verified ...

Source: nbcnews.com
POLITICS  
Challenge to Trump's 10% global tariffs goes to court
- April 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump 's tariffs are back in court Friday to decide on their legality. The U.S. Court of International Trade will consider the president's 10% global tariff that he created on Feb. 20 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous tariffs over his use of emergency powers. The new tariffs are based on Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. That law allows the president to ...

Source: upi.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 Jassy defends $200 billion AI spend: "We're not going to be conservative"
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy released his annual shareholder letter, where he once again made the case for huge investments in artificial intelligence. The company has said it expects to spend roughly $200 billion on capital expenditures this year, with the lion's share going toward AI development. Jassy wrote that AI revenue in its cloud computing segment has hit a $15 billion annual run rate. In this article Amazon CEO ...

Source: cnbc.com
UK says it detected Russian submarine operation near undersea infrastructure
- Britain said it detected and tracked a Russian attack submarine and other Russian undersea vessels near critical infrastructure in the High North, saying the operation failed after British and allied forces made clear the vessels had been spotted. The operation began several weeks ago, when British aircraft and warships detected an Akula-class submarine in international waters north of the UK, according to the UK ...

Source: bnonews.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
Freida McFadden: Best-selling author of The Housemaid reveals true identity
- Best-selling The Housemaid author Freida McFadden reveals true identity One of the biggest mysteries in publishing has been solved, after the best-selling US author known to millions of readers as Freida McFadden revealed her true identity. McFadden has been one of the world's most popular authors of recent years, thanks to thrillers like The Housemaid. The author has never made a secret of the fact Freida McFadden ...

Source: bbc.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 has his best Masters start in 15 years to share early lead
- Rory McIlroy has been celebrating all week at Augusta National as the defending champion, and on Thursday he found something else to savor — a 5-under 67, his lowest start at the Masters in 15 years to share the early lead with Sam Burns. McIlroy settled in after a slow start. He blistered a 3-wood out of the first cut over the hill and onto the green at the par-5 eighth to set up an easy birdie, a swing that ...

Source: nbcnews.com