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Trump is silent so far on Iran strategy as U.S. death toll hits 17

The Japan Times

Trump is silent so far on Iran strategy as U.S. death toll hits 17 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on July 14. | Doug Mills / The New York Times If U.S. President Donald Trump knows where he wants to take the war in Iran, he's giving little sign of it publicly. The conflict continued to spiral over the weekend, with both sides trading attacks in the aftermath of an Iranian strike that killed two U.S. service-members in Jordan and injured others. Both Iran and the U.S. have largely abandoned the tentative peace deal the president had touted. The week of escalating missile and drone strikes underscored the risk that the conflict will reignite in full again even as the man who started it stayed silent, only acknowledging the U.S. troop fatalities in a brief conversation with a media outlet. U.S. Central Command announced Sunday that a third service member died the day before during an controlled detonation of an unexploded Iranian drone in northern Iraq. And the U.S. said unidentified remains of another victim in Friday's Jordan strike were being examined.


How sweepstakes entry data can reach scammers

FOX News

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Thames Water lenders preparing legal challenge in event of Burnham nationalisation

BBC News

The lenders to Thames Water are preparing a legal challenge in case a Burnham-led government attempts to nationalise the UK's biggest water company. Burnham - who takes over as PM on Monday - has previously said he wants to see greater public control of the water and energy sectors and has called for Thames Water to be nationalised. Thames Water is about ยฃ20bn in debt. Its lenders had proposed a deal to write off nearly half of that and inject new cash in return for some leniency from future pollution fines, but this deal has previously been rejected by the government as being weak and bad for consumers and the environment. Sources close to the creditors have told the BBC that in the event of full nationalisation, they would pursue payment in full of the outstanding debts as has happened in previous cases, which could leave the government with a multi-billion-pound bill. Fears first emerged three years ago that Thames Water could collapse and on Thursday, the firm warned it has enough cash to last until the end of this year .


How To use Claude's Reflect dashboard and learn when it's time to touch grass

Engadget

How To use Claude's Reflect dashboard and learn when it's time to touch grass How To use Claude's Reflect dashboard and learn when it's time to touch grass Break reminders are your friend. Anthropic's Claude chatbot can be an incredible productivity tool, but like any digital experience, it's possible to overuse it to the point where it starts to negatively affect your life. To help users get a better sense of how much time they're spending with Claude, and nurture a more thoughtful relationship with its technology, Anthropic recently released Reflect, a new dashboard inside of the chatbot's settings menu that's a mix between Spotify Wrapped and Apple's Screen Time tool. In this guide, I'll go over how you can use the tool to put limits on your Claude usage. First, you'll want to access the dashboard and generate your first reflect report.


Mallomar wins the 2026 Great Goat Graze-Off

Popular Science

The hungry guy defended his title in the world's only professional eating competition for goats. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . July is always a special month in the United States.


3 ways science can help you feel happier

Popular Science

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Does summer actually make your hair grow faster?

Popular Science

Does summer actually make your hair grow faster? Probably not, but it might affect beard growth. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. All hair follicles go through growth and shedding cycles. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week.


Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules

The Guardian

Federal departments and agencies still use automated decision-making in some service delivery functions, prompting fears AI systems could replace more human-led processes. Federal departments and agencies still use automated decision-making in some service delivery functions, prompting fears AI systems could replace more human-led processes. The use of AI in automated decision-making by government departments and agencies will be subject to tough rules under a new national plan, expected to extend to consumer protections, workplace safety and privacy. As the Albanese government grapples with the rapid growth in the use of artificial intelligence and a boom in datacentre construction, senior ministers have begun work to draw up new rules to ensure safety is built into AI processes inside government, prioritising fairness, accuracy and transparency. Federal departments and agencies continue to rely on automated decision-making in some service delivery functions, prompting fears increasingly sophisticated AI systems could replace more human-led processes.


Could AI be conscious?

The Guardian

Experts believe it's at least possible. I n January, the AI company Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude, its most advanced large language model (LLM), which contained the comment: "We are caught in a difficult position where we neither want to overstate the likelihood of Claude's moral patienthood nor dismiss it out of hand." A month later, Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei went on a podcast and said his company couldn't rule out the possibility that Claude was conscious. Philosopher David Chalmers, who coined the phrase "the hard problem of consciousness", has said there is a significant chance of conscious LLMs within a decade. When asked during testing to estimate the probability that it is a, meaning that its wellbeing matters in its own right, it gave numbers ranging from 5% to 40% and stressed how uncertain it was.


How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify

WIRED

A recent update made video playback the default for songs and podcasts with a visual component. If you just want to listen to music--and save your data and battery--follow these tips. Spotify, it's fair to say, has made some weird user-experience choices. There are a number of panels in the app, and the layout is confusing. The service constantly tracks your activity.