Defense tech startup Covenant on Wednesday announced the opening of a 105,000-square-foot factory in Dallas to accelerate lower-cost missile manufacturing for the U.S. military. The startup, which is coming out of stealth and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Lux, 8VC, Aleph and Lightspeed, also announced $250 million in funding over three…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a good story starts with a good first line. In TODAYโs โCold Open,โ authors tease their buzzy upcoming release by revealing and explaining its first line, paragraph or page. Alice Hoffman, author of the โPractical Magicโ series, is back with another book about witches, but theyโre not the…
The British consulate in east Jerusalem on September 8, 2026. Ahmad Gharabli | Afp | Getty Images The U.K. has defended its decision to impose new sanctions on certain Israeli goods, following backlash that saw London told to close its consulate in Jerusalem within a month. Britain’s foreign secretary Ed Miliband announced on Tuesday that…
London โ A lead researcher at Anthropic, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence firms, said Wednesday that he believes there is a more than 10% chance AI “could kill all humans” within the next decade.ย “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next…
Americaโs favorite clock-counting controversy ticks on as the Mid-American Conference lodges an official appeal.
XPeng’s humanoid robot IRON is on display during the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Auto Show on May 31, 2026 in Shenzhen, Guangdong province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chinese companies rushed into electric cars a decade ago, and now they are expanding into humanoid robots as the…
โTake It From Meโ is a TODAY.com series where experts use their wisdom to explain trends or make recommendations within their fields. In this latest installment, โDancing With the Starsโ pro Mark Ballas breaks down celebrities with dance backgrounds competing on the show. Every year after a new โDancing With the Starsโ cast is announced,…
A Boeing 747 (top) belonging to the Iranian Mahan Air airline is photographed at Mehrabad Airport in western Tehran, Iran, on October 16, 2024. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned 27 Iranian airlines and a handful of other entities as part of its ongoing effort to isolate Iran’s…
The league lost its Saudi backers earlier this year and star players now stand as LIVโs biggest creditors.
Authorities in France were seeking two thieves Tuesday who broke into the Renoir Museumย in the French Riviera and stole two works by the 19th century Impressionist master, the local mayor said. Surveillance cameras caught the two perpetrators entering the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer early Tuesday morning and making off with four paintings, the town’s mayor,…