The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a group of eight states have announced a proposed settlement with big ad agencies that will prevent them from working together to avoid certain platforms like X based on their political viewpoints. In a complaint, the FTC argues that ad agencies violated antitrust rules by agreeing to a common…
Derided at home and abroad, Germany’s spooks are about to get sweeping new powers Source link
Launchbury came through Harlequins’ academy before moving to Wasps at the start of his career. He went on to make 170 appearances and captain the side over a 12-year period, before the club folded in 2023. After a brief spell playing in Japan for Toyota Verblitz he returned to the Prem with Harlequins. On the…
Classic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring the announced Criterion Collection’s July slate. From the legendary late auteur David Lynch, the poignant drama “The Elephant Man” drops with a new 4K restoration of the late director’s Oscar-nominated portrait of John Merrick (John Hurt) and…
NEWS AND VIEWS 15 April 2026 A large language model that is trained using AI outputs can inherit undesirable behaviours, even if they are not directly referenced in the training data. Source link
In brief Frontier AI models blew up betting on real-world football markets. They knew the right strategy—but failed to execute it. A simple 1990s model was able to best most of them. General Reasoning just gave frontier AI its worst report card yet. Eight top models, including Claude, Grok, Gemini, and GPT-5.4, were each given…
The dismissal of Brazil’s top labor inspector has landed the leftist government of President Lula, a former union leader, in an awkward spot. Source link
Thom Tillis, an influential Republican senator on the committee which oversees nominations for the Federal Reserve chair, has threatened to block Warsh’s confirmation. If Warsh is not confirmed before Powell’s term expires, he plans to stay on temporarily in the post. Source link
Ikea’s popular Varmblixt lamp just got a smart home glow-up. The delightfully bulbous light now features color-changing, dimming, and smart home control. I tested the new smart lamp in my daughter’s room and found it made a great bedside lamp and added a fun touch of ambiance to her space. While she’s rarely a fan…
James Fransham, our data correspondent, wonders why cars are driving Brits mad Source link