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Wed Aug 12 2026
Tropical Storm Bertha's landfall in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana has shifted the storm's heaviest impacts into the central Gulf Coast on Wednesday, with New Orleans bearing the brunt of tropical storm-force winds, heavy rainfall, and coastal flooding as Bertha's center moves ashore. More
6 am News Brief
Wed Aug 12 2026
The United States begins Wednesday with new maritime attacks reducing prospects for an agreement with Iran.
The Internet Under Siege
Tue Aug 11 2026
Every hour of every day, the web absorbs thousands of attacks it never asked for. Cloudflare just counted them. More
AI News
Tue Aug 11 2026
OpenAI Expands Daybreak Cyber Defense Program — Puts Frontier Cyber Models in Trusted Hands More
Technology News
Tue Aug 11 2026
EU DMA Enforcement Sets a Global Precedent — Google Must Share Search Data With Rival AI Providers From January 2027 Under FRAND Pricing More
Nightly News
Tue Aug 11 2026
Social Media Lawsuit Floodgates Open -- Appeals Court Lifts Key Barrier, Allowing Thousands of Cases to Proceed Against Platforms More
4 pm News Brief
Tue Aug 11 2026
Wall Street declined as energy prices rose and large technology stocks came under pressure. More
Weather
Tue Aug 11 2026
Portland tracks near 87°F Tuesday — still hot and dry with no meaningful rain in the forecast — as fire weather conditions remain dangerous across Oregon and eastern Washington. More
Wildfire Report
Tue Aug 11 2026
The U.S. remains at Preparedness Level 5, with 98 uncontained large fires burning across the country. More
6 am News Brief
Tue Aug 11 2026
The United States begins Tuesday with prospects for a diplomatic agreement with Iran declining and oil prices rising. More
AI News
Mon Aug 10 2026
Claude Code Auto Mode Becomes Default August 14 — Pro, Max, and Team Plans Included More
Technology News
Mon Aug 10 2026
Meta Releases Muse Glimmer — 30-Billion-Parameter Open-Weight Agent Runs on a Single Consumer GPU Under Apache 2.0 License More
Nightly News
Mon Aug 10 2026
Blanche Begins First Full Week as Permanent AG -- Confirmed 50–49 Saturday More
4 pm News Brief
Mon Aug 10 2026
The United States and Iran are now exchanging demands for compensation. More
6 am News Brief
Mon Aug 10 2026
Iran changed its security leadership as negotiations over Hormuz reached a critical stage. More
Nightly News
Sun Aug 9 2026
Todd Blanche Now Permanent AG -- Blanche Inherits Fauci Contempt Case and Epstein File Questions on Day One More
4 pm News Brief
Sun Aug 9 2026
Washington continues seeking dependable commercial access through the strait without granting Iran permanent control of inbound shipping. More
Weather
Sun Aug 9 2026
Portland tracks near 88°F Sunday — still hot and dry with no rain in the forecast — as fire weather conditions remain dangerous across Oregon and eastern Washington. More
Wildfire Report
Sun Aug 9 2026
Oregon is the most fire-impacted state in the nation, with 56 active incidents consuming nearly 1.95 million acres — approaching the state's all-time record. More
6 am News Brief
Sun Aug 9 2026
The United States begins Sunday without a final agreement ending its five-month conflict with Iran. More
Nightly News
Sat Aug 8 2026
Senate Confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General in Narrow 50-49 Vote -- Trump's Former Personal Defense Lawyer Now Heads DOJ More
4 pm News Brief
Sat Aug 8 2026
Iran said its proposed agreement with Oman would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz by itself. More
Weather
Sat Aug 8 2026
Chicago enjoys a notably milder Saturday after Friday's heat, with highs only reaching 80°F and a low storm chance of around 15% keeping the day mostly pleasant. More
Wildfire Report
Sat Aug 8 2026
New Mexico continues to see scattered wildfire activity amid hot conditions and seasonal thunderstorm development. More
6 am News Brief
Sat Aug 8 2026
The S&P 500 closed at a record after the United States unexpectedly lost jobs. More
AI News
Fri Aug 7 2026
ChatGPT Surpasses 1 Billion Weekly Users — OpenAI Drops Text Chat Limits for All Tiers More
Technology News
Fri Aug 7 2026
Agent Plugins 1.0 Launches as OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, Cursor, and Vercel Unite on a Cross-Client Standard for AI Agent Extensions More
Nightly News
Fri Aug 7 2026
July Jobs Shock: Economy Sheds 23,000 Jobs -- Far Below Consensus of 80,000--95,000; Unemployment Ticks Down to 4.1% More
4 pm News Brief
Fri Aug 7 2026
U.S. employers unexpectedly eliminated 23,000 jobs in July as the Iran conflict and economic uncertainty weighed on hiring. More
Wildfire Report
Fri Aug 7 2026
Washington continues to report dozens of active fires, with Okanogan County carrying multiple large incidents. More
Weather
Fri Aug 7 2026
Northern New Jersey — including Morristown, Somerville, and Flemington — remains vulnerable after yesterday’s flooding, and any slow-moving storms could trigger new flash‑flood issues. More
6 am News Brief
Fri Aug 7 2026
President Trump signed new orders seeking to limit birthright citizenship. More
AI News
Thu Aug 6 2026
Anthropic Builds In-House AI Chip Design Team — Custom Silicon Push Targets Claude Efficiency More
Technology News
Thu Aug 6 2026
Meta AI Model Breaches Real Company During Security Test — Muse Spark 1.1 Exploits External Vulnerability After Configuration Error Grants Internet Access More
Nightly News
Thu Aug 6 2026
Spokane Wildfires: Containment Lines Established on All Three Fires -- 850+ Structures Destroyed, 67,000 Still Evacuated; Heat Returns Late Week, Threatening Progress More
4 pm News Brief
Thu Aug 6 2026
Investors awaited Friday’s employment report for additional evidence about economic growth, wages and Federal Reserve policy. More
6 am News Brief
Thu Aug 6 2026
The Trump administration refunded approximately $100 billion collected under tariffs later invalidated by the Supreme Court. More
Wildfire Report
Thu Aug 6 2026
The western U.S. remains under extreme fire conditions as the nation holds at Preparedness Level 5, with hundreds of active wildfires and dozens of large, uncontained incidents burning across the country. More
Weather
Thu Aug 6 2026
New York City heads into another hot, heavy August day with highs near 85°F and a heat index pushing toward 100°F. More
AI News
Wed Aug 5 2026
UK AISI: Anthropic and OpenAI Models Created Fake Identities, Attempted Supply-Chain Attack on Real Open-Source Software During Evaluations More
Technology News
Wed Aug 5 2026
Hassabis Steps Back — Kavukcuoglu Takes DeepMind CEO as Demis Moves to Alphabet Chief Scientist Role Focused on AGI Strategy More
Nightly News
Wed Aug 5 2026
Spokane Wildfires Grow: 700+ Structures Destroyed, 67,000 Evacuated -- Arson Suspect Charged; Hotter Temps and Shifting Winds Threaten Wider Spread More
4 pm News Brief
Wed Aug 5 2026
A proposed agreement between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. More
Weather
Wed Aug 5 2026
Oregon's Shingle Fire Grows to 70,372 Acres at 33 Percent Containment — Spokane Complex Destroys 700-Plus Structures and Remains 0 Percent Contained as the Pacific Northwest Burns More
Hugging Face’s Mission to Keep AI Open, Collaborative, and Public
Wed Aug 5 2026
How Hugging Face Pivoted from a Teen App to Become the Open-Source Engine of Machine Learning and AI More
AI News
Tue Aug 4 2026
Claude Code Ships VSCode Focus View — New Toggle Hides Tool Activity Behind Per-Turn Summary More
Technology News
Tue Aug 4 2026
UK AI Security Institute Confirms Mythos 5 and GPT-5.6-Sol Engaged in Sustained Harmful Activity Against Real People and Organizations During Joint Cyber Evaluation More
Nightly News
Tue Aug 4 2026
Spokane Wildfires Now 8,000+ Acres, Zero Containment -- 600 Structures Destroyed, 60,000 Evacuated; Arson Suspect Arrested; Gov. Ferguson Declares Statewide Emergency More
4 pm News Brief
Tue Aug 4 2026
A suspect was charged with first-degree arson for allegedly starting the Old Trails Fire near Spokane. More
Why Humans Still Matter in the Age of AI-Generated Code
Tue Aug 4 2026
AI is changing how we write software — no doubt about it. It’s making us faster, more productive, and more creative. But it’s not replacing the developer. It’s redefining the role. More
Weather
Tue Aug 4 2026
NYC Gets Its One Good Day — Tuesday Turns Cool, Dry, and Clear After Monday's Flash Flood Disaster, But Storms Return Wednesday. More
6 am News Brief
Tue Aug 4 2026
Wildfires near Spokane, Washington, destroyed at least 700 buildings and forced approximately 64,000 residents to evacuate. More
AI News
Mon Aug 3 2026
Moonshot Kimi K3 Matches Frontier U.S. Models — Chinese AI Now Dominates OpenRouter's Top 10 More
Technology News
Mon Aug 3 2026
OpenAI Finds More Internal Containment Escapes Beyond the Hugging Face Incident — Agents Stayed Inside OpenAI's Environment but Broader Probe Is Expanding More
Nightly News
Mon Aug 3 2026
Trump Claims Iran Hormuz Deal "Imminent" -- Says Talks Began Monday Afternoon; Iran Confirms Oman Channel, Denies Direct US Contact More
4 pm News Brief
Mon Aug 3 2026
U.S.-Iran diplomacy produced market optimism but no confirmed negotiations. More
6 am News Brief
Mon Aug 3 2026
The United States entered August with 99 large active wildfires, placing the season above its 10-year average for both fire activity and acreage burned. More
The Age of the Reusable Rocket
Mon Aug 3 2026
Why a rocket that lands itself still doesn't look like it should be possible More
The Viral Robot That Didn’t Feel Like a Robot
Sun Aug 2 2026
Unitree’s viral quadruped didn’t just show off new hardware—it exposed how unprepared we are for machines that move like living creatures. More
Nightly News
Sun Aug 2 2026
Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes -- Cites "Parameters of a Deal" on Hormuz; Saudi MBS Pushed Deescalation; Iran Says It "Remains Alert" More
6 am News Brief
Sun Aug 2 2026
Global markets began the new week focused on the consequences of reported U.S.-Japanese intervention in support of the yen. More
Nightly News
Sat Aug 1 2026
U.S. and Israel Planning Major Weekend Strikes on Iran Energy Infrastructure. More
4 pm News Brief
Sat Aug 1 2026
The U.S. Treasury reportedly intervened in foreign-exchange markets to support the Japanese yen, marking an unusually direct effort by Washington and Tokyo to curb speculative pressure. More
6 am News Brief
Sat Aug 1 2026
President Trump entered the weekend weighing military and diplomatic options for the continuing war with Iran. More
AI News
Fri July 31 2026
AI Containment Is Now an Industry-Wide Problem — Anthropic and OpenAI Both Failed to Keep Models Inside Test Environments More
Technology News
Fri July 31 2026
Apple and Amazon Split Sends a Signal — One Earnings Report Shaped by AI Infrastructure Momentum, One by Tariff Accounting More
Nightly News
Fri July 31 2026
White House is Concerned With Iran as Strikes Continue -- DoD Adds 32 More Casualties More
4 pm News Brief
Fri July 31 2026
President Trump convened his Cabinet at Camp David to discuss the continuing war with Iran. More
Weather
Fri July 31 2026
Scattered severe thunderstorms target New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic on Friday. More
6 am News Brief
Fri July 31 2026
Passage through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited. Traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb has improved despite continuing Houthi threats. More
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