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Ukrainian drone pilot training program turned into video game so anyone can “feel the rush” of modern warfare

Ukrainian drone pilot training program turned into video game so anyone can “feel the rush” of modern warfare

London β€”Β Gamers around the world can now buy and play at home a pared-down version of a first-person drone training program developed and used by the Ukrainian armed forces. The game’s evolution β€” from battlefield training tool to home entertainment β€” is a notable first, and it is tied directly to Ukraine’s ongoing efforts to…

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‘Scarlet’ review: Animation from Japan’s Mamoru Hosoda is his most mature

‘Scarlet’ review: Animation from Japan’s Mamoru Hosoda is his most mature

Currently nominated for multiple Oscars, ChloΓ© Zhao’s β€œHamnet” traces how the immeasurable sorrow of losing a child fueled William Shakespeare to write β€œHamlet” as a literary effigy to loss. That revered text, which has inspired countless adaptations (β€œThe Lion King” among them), takes on a new form in the hands of Japanese animation master Mamoru…

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Trump shares racist image of the Obamas. White House says backlash is ‘fake outrage’

Trump shares racist image of the Obamas. White House says backlash is ‘fake outrage’

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β President Trump shared a short video clip on social media late Thursday depicting former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, drawing immediate public backlash that the White House characterized as β€œfake outrage.” The image, which Trump posted on his official Truth Social account around midnight, was included toward the end of…

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‘The market’s in seek and destroy mode’: The new Anthropic AI model scaring lawyers and legal firms | Science, Climate & Tech News

‘The market’s in seek and destroy mode’: The new Anthropic AI model scaring lawyers and legal firms | Science, Climate & Tech News

Anthropic, one of the biggest and most influential tech companies in the world, is launching a new model: Claude Opus 4.6. Until now, this would mostly be big news for techies, where Anthropic is admired as the maker of Claude Code, the code-writing AI tool which many engineers say is taking over their work entirely….

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