Trump Says Ratcliffe’s Trip to Russia Is Part of ‘Semi-Routine’ Engagement

War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy Summary The Iran war is "very close to over" with authorities in Tehran eager to agree a peace deal, Trump says, adding: "We've beaten them militarily." AP/Bloomberg reporting the two sides have an "in principle agreement" to pursue further diplomacy; however, this is batted down as 'unconfirmed' by Tehran & a US official. The Pentagon is sending thousands of additional troops into the Middle East in coming days: WaPo Trump claims China "very happy" the US is...

Meta's AI Would Like To Keep You Posting After You're Dead Ever since social media became a fixture of daily life, an uncomfortable question has lingered: what should happen to someone’s account after they die? Leave it frozen in time? Hand it to family members as a memorial? Or quietly let it fade into the algorithm? A few years ago, Meta Platforms explored a far more ambitious possibility, according to Futurism. In 2023, the company received a patent describing how a large language model could be trained on a user’s past posts...

Russia launched a massive missile and drone bombardment on Kyiv on Thursday, which the Russian Foreign Ministry described as the “largest attack” on the Ukrainian capital, and said was a response to Ukrainian drone attacks that have killed civilians inside Russia. According to Ukrainian officials, the Russian bombardment killed at least 21 civilians in Kyiv […]