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Anthropic is preparing one of the largest IPOs on record, asking investors to finance an unusually expensive race for artificial intelligence dominance.The Claude developer has confidentially filed for an initial public offering that could value it at more than $2 trillion, according to a prospectus reviewed by Reuters. The listing is now expected after the November US midterm elections.The filing offers the clearest look yet at the economics, dependencies and technological risks behind a company whose valuation has multiplied alongside demand for generative AI.It also presents prospective shareholders with an unusual proposition: Anthropic is expanding at extraordinary speed, but doing…

Following a successful inaugural year of ingenuity and career building, NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology) has officially returned for a second season to bring university and college student innovation to the forefront of Earth technology development and deep-space exploration. Registration for the 2026–2027 challenge is open through Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, through the NASA STEM Gateway. Expanded for its second season with up to $500,000 in total prize funding, NASA’s ORBIT invites student teams to explore their boldest ideas and invent their brightest solutions. Through the competition, students must conduct targeted research, conceptualize early models, and…

Daniel Swain has made a name for himself studying the extremes of a warming planet. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, storms: if it’s a record breaker, Swain has probably studied it.  As a climate scientist at the California Institute for Water Resources of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources program, a division of the UC Office of the President, Swain has dedicated his life to understanding so-called “outlier events” and how climate change is super-charging them. Then, he explains them, and not just to fellow scientists. He devotes over 1,000 hours a year to climate communication for the public. …

For several hours last month, the fate of the Nigerien junta hung by a thread. At midnight between Aug. 28 and Aug. 29, hundreds of rebel soldiers stormed the capital, Niamey. The attack, which began as an outpouring of frustration over battlefield setbacks and poor welfare benefits, quickly morphed into an attempt to overthrow President Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in the West African state in a coup three years ago. After a 24-hour standoff between the mutineers and government forces, Africa Corps—a Russian paramilitary organization and successor of the now-defunct Wagner Group—came to the state’s aid by dispatching airborne…

What was claimed A video of NATO soldiers is being shared with claims that it is a new NATO promotional clip. Our verdict This isn’t the case. The video isn’t new. NATO actually posted it in summer 2024 to mark its 75th anniversary. A viral video featuring NATO soldiers is circulating online with the false claim that it is part of a new campaign from the military alliance.This is not the case. The video isn’t new.NATO originally posted the video on its social media channels in summer 2024 to mark the alliance’s 75th anniversary. The caption said the video was…

A man in Brooklyn, New York, died after his bag got caught between the doors of a subway train which then dragged him down.On Monday, a man was leaving a Manhattan-bound A train at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood when his shopping bag became caught between the subway’s doors.The man was subsequently dragged backward, pulled between train cars and on to the tracks, ABC7 reports, citing investigators.New York police, who received a 911 call about the accident at about 6.05pm ET on Monday, have identified the man as Yaw Boahene from Brooklyn.“Upon arrival, officers were informed that…

Russia was behind an arson attack on an Estonian defence company in the capital Tallinn last month, authorities say.Prime Minister Kristen Michal said the attack on Milrem Robotics – which supplies Ukraine with unmanned military vehicles – was ordered by Russian special services, but gave no details.Moscow has been accused of launching sabotage attacks in a number of Nato countries that have been helping Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.Russia denies such allegations and has been quick to reject the Estonian accusation, too. But EU countries have rushed to Estonia’s support, adding such…

Andy Burnham has promised a new “long-term” relationship with the EU in an emotional Labour conference speech in which he also confirmed the end of the pensions triple lock.In a deeply personal address, Burnham spoke through tears as he reflected on the death of his father just weeks ago, and used the experiences of his grandparents buying their own home, the cruelty of the care system and the pride of his family to set out how he wanted to take political risks to make fundamental change.In his first conference speech since becoming prime minister, Burnham promised to be unflinchingly honest,…

Almost every AI tool’s demo shows a user sparring with the assistant to book travel, as it seems to be the most frequent use case. The viral Instinct agent is no different, as it sees more than 50% of transactions on the platform for travel, the company’s founder, Noah Shinn, said in a recent podcast. In an interview with investor Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Shinn also mentioned that the invite-only platform is approaching a billion dollars in annual transactions. He didn’t specify what the calculation behind this rate is, though. “People who are not on Instinct use travel agencies (or sites) to…

Once a physical AI product is in the field, the compute problem changes shape. Fleet data starts arriving faster than a team can label it, every retraining cycle has to be validated before it ships to hardware, and the sim-to-real loop stops being a research exercise and becomes a release process. That is the stage the 2026 Nebius Physical AI Awards is built for: startups with a demonstrable product, meaningful traction, and a plan to scale. Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) runs the program with NVIDIA. Applications are open now and close October 25, 2026. Finalists and winners are announced in mid-November…