France's Debt Spiral: Tax Hikes Mask A Looming Crisis

President Donald Trump said that the US was taking a low-profile approach to negotiations with Iran.  “We are low-keying it. We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money.” Trump told Axios on Sunday. “It will work out. It always works out. […]

Anthropic Removes "Scary" Secret Claude Tracker After Developer Stumbles Across It Anthropic has removed hidden detection code from its Claude Code tool after a developer reverse-engineered the binary and exposed how the company was subtly monitoring users in China. The code, which Anthropic described as an experiment launched in March, used a form of prompt steganography to signal information about a user's environment back to Anthropic's servers. It was designed to help detect unauthorized resellers and attempts by other organizations to distill Claude's capabilities into their own models. How The Detection Worked The...

In response to US sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector, several Middle Eastern states have suspended flights operated by Iranian airlines. However, Beijing has not adopted the American sanctions, and flights to China continue.  On Wednesday, a US deadline for foreign companies to stop doing business with 27 sanctioned Iranian airlines expired, and flights to Qatar, […]