Tech
- OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pre-training team
Pre-training is responsible for the large-scale training runs that give Claude its core knowledge and capabilities, according to the company. It's also one of the most expensive, compute-intensive phases of building a frontier model.
- The minimalist Light Phone teams up with Andrew Yang’s Noble Mobile, which pays you to stop doomscrolling
"The Light Phone is designed to be used as little as possible," founder Joe Hollier told TechCrunch.
Health
- Measles Vaccinations Declining Throughout U.S.
Title: Measles Vaccinations Declining Throughout U.S.Category: Health NewsCreated: 6/3/2025 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/3/2025 12:00:00 AM
- Vape Package Warnings Can Deter Use, But Current Rules Are Lacking
Title: Vape Package Warnings Can Deter Use, But Current Rules Are LackingCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/3/2025 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/3/2025 12:00:00 AM
Politics
- Greens leader Larissa Waters on holding the Labor government to account — Australian Politics podcast
The new leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Larissa Waters from Queensland talks about her vision for the party, the challenges of a shifting political landscape, and why she believes this is a moment for bold reformsLabor must rewrite current environment laws which ‘facilitate development’, says Larissa Waters Continue reading...
- Minister ridicules Reform claims Labour is ‘terrified’ of party – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereBritain will continue to supply intelligence to Ukraine, though the more limited capabilities on offer from London and other European countries will make it difficult to replace the flow halted from the US earlier this week.The UK will also continue to supply its analysis of the raw data, sources said on Thursday, though in line with normal intelligence practice it will not simply pass on US information obtained via long-established sharing arrangements between the two countries. Continue reading...
Money
- Trump Accounts have a 'tax-advantaged' alternative, CFP says — yet few families are capitalizing
Trump Accounts, which launch this summer, will offer another tax-deferred savings option for families. But experts say 529 plans are more tax advantageous.
- New bipartisan bill would let retirees use their 401(k) to make direct charitable donations
Under current law, qualified charitable distributions — which are available to people age 70 1/2 — can only be made from individual retirement accounts.