Pentagon Concedes That US Provided Most Of Israel's Missile Defense During Iran War

Stanford Scientists Create Mice With Half-Human Brains Scientists at Stanford University have created mice whose brains are largely built from human cells, a shocking, first-of-its-kind experiment that is raising serious questions about how far researchers should be allowed to go. In a study published Wednesday in Nature, Stanford neuroscientist Sergiu Pașca said the development represents the most extensive integration of human neural tissue into an animal ever achieved. The researchers started by genetically engineering mice so that most of the cells meant to form the cortex and hippocampus died off early in...

Verizon Says Cut Cable Behind FAA Ground-Stops East Coast Airports, Not Their Fault (Update 1540ET): Verizon confirmed the "unknown equipment issue" behind the massive ground stop in the tri-state area was a cut fiber cable in New Jersey. The company says construction contractors working near an Amtrak rail line dug it up, that Verizon's facilities were fully functional until that happened, and that the carrier bears no responsibility for the incident. Technicians are on site, and the company says it is working to repair the damaged cable and restore connectivity. FAA...

Meta Raising $13 Billion SPV For Texas Data Center As Its CDS Hits Record Back in January, just days before the latest private crash swept across markets, we reminded readers that one of the biggest abusers of private credit SPVs was none other than Meta which as of 2025 was "already neck deep in off-balance sheet debt." We then showed a schematic of its $27.3 billion SPV with private credit ground zero - Blue Owl - titled "Project Beignet", which was created for Meta's Hyperion data center, "none of this...