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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Feb. 28.
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OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to deploy its models in the agency's network, company chief Sam Altman has revealed on X. In his post, he said two of OpenAI's most important safety principles are "prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems." Altman claimed the company put those principles in its agreement with the agency, which he called by the government's preferred name of Department of War (DoW), and that it had agreed to honor them.
The agency has closed the deal with OpenAI, shortly after President Donald Trump ordered all government agencies to stop using Claude and any other Anthropic services. If you'll recall, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously threatened to label Anthropic "supply chain risk" if it continues refusing to remove the guardrails on its AI, which are preventing the technology to be used for mass surveillance against Americans and in fully autonomous weapons.
It's unclear why the government agreed to team up with OpenAI if its models also have the same guardrails, but Altman said it's asking the government to offer the same terms to all the AI companies it works with. Jeremy Lewin, the Senior Official Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, said on X that DoW "references certain existing legal authorities and includes certain mutually agreed upon safety mechanisms" in its contracts. Both OpenAI and xAI, which had also previously signed a
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The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.
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 Starting on Monday, we're going to get our first major product announcements of 2026. Apple CEO Tim Cook teased a "big week ahead" with an "Apple Launch" hashtag, plus Apple has media events scheduled in New York, Shanghai, and London on Wednesday, March 4. We're expecting the iPhone 17e, an all-new low-cost MacBook, and minor refreshes to the Mac and iPad lines.
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle No. 523, for Saturday, Feb. 28.
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 With a similar screen size and easy, one-handed grip, the iPad mini has always been the Apple device that overlaps most with dedicated e-readers. Now, amid rumors pointing to an OLED display for the next generation, could the ?iPad mini? finally replace devices such as the Kindle and Kobo?
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That's up from 700 million users in September last year and more than doubled from where it was last year.
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Spectrum is the largest internet provider in the US after the acquisition.
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Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for Feb. 28, No. 1,715.
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The Trump administration wanted the Department of Defense to be able to use Claude for "any lawful purpose."
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NASA wants its Space Launch System rocket to stop requiring yearslong launch delays.
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Anthropic says it would be "legally unsound" for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.
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The company's new flagship smart ring stores more data, too. But that doesn't really help Americans.
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 The first camper kit developed specially for Kia's tiny, modular electric PV5 van hit the market just a couple weeks ago, and now we have the world's first pop-up PV5 production camper van. British converter Sussex Campervans aims to make the
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The feature is available to both free users and Premium subscribers. Wuthering Heights is reaching the heights on both the US and UK charts.
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 Most drone engineers pick a lane. You build for speed, or you build for range. Luke and Mike Bell, the father-and-son team from South Africa already famous for pushing electric quadcopters to velocities that seemed positively absurd, appear to be building for both.
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A pair of reading glasses can help reduce eye strain and boost your reading pleasure. Here are our favorite places to get yours.
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The Federal Communications Commission has given the go ahead for two of the US' biggest cable providers, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, to merge. Charter announced its intention to acquire Cox for $34.5 billion in May 2025, with specific plans to inherit Cox's managed IT, commercial fiber and cloud businesses, while folding the company's residential cable service into a subsidiary.
"By approving this deal, the FCC ensures big wins for Americans," FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a statement. "This deal means that jobs are coming back to America that had been shipped overseas. It means that modern, high-speed networks will get built out in more communities across rural America. And it means that customers will get access to lower priced plans. On top of this, the deal enshrines protections against DEI discrimination."
The FCC claims that Charter plans to invest "billions" to upgrade its network following the closure of the deal, leading to "faster broadband and lower prices." The company's "Rural Construction Initiative" will also extend those improvements to rural states lacking in consistent internet service, a project the FCC was heavily invested in during the Biden administration, but has been pulling back from since President Donald Trump
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Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery are officially merging. The studio paid Netflix the $2.8 billion termination fee it was owed for breaking its original deal to buy Warner Bros. earlier today, and the historic film studio has now formally accepted Paramount's offer.
Along with the deal, which values Warner Bros. Discovery at $31 per share, Paramount is making several commitments to assuage the fears of regulators and the entertainment community. Those include a guarantee that the new company will produce 30 theatrical films annually, that theatrical releases will have a minimum 45-day window in theaters before they're brought to video on demand (something Netflix ultimately also agreed to) and that deal itself will close by Q3 2026.
This turnaround in Paramount's fortunes has happened quickly. Warner Bros. Discovery announced that Paramount's offer was superior to Netflix's on Thursday, and not long after the
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President Trump made a dramatic intervention in the dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon over use of AI for autonomous weapons or surveillance.
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NEW RESOURCES Radio Prague International: New online database maps Prague's art monuments and architecture. "The freely accessible website, called Art Monuments / Architectural Manual, brings together hundreds of buildings and landmarks across […]
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After Netflix dropped out of the race to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount is poised for victory—but it's not there yet.
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 For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone 17 and an anti-reflective Fresh Coat screen protector from Astropad to go along with it.
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This 12-week training program is the sign you're looking for to sign up for a Hyrox this year.
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NEW RESOURCES Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: Sweetfont. From the page description: "Sweetfont helps you find the perfect Google Font by exploring axes like playfulness, elegance, and warmth on interactive XY pads." […]
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 If there's one thing that stops people using their smart rings over the long term, it's the battery life. After all, they're so unobtrusive, it's easy to forget to drop it on the charging plate every few days. It doesn't take long for your pricey gadget to become little more than a very expensive piece of jewelry. It's one of many maladies Ultrahuman is looking to address with the advent of its new Pro, a smart ring boasting up to 15 days of battery life. It even ships with a fancy battery case, which itself includes enough power to last it 45 days, making it easier to keep re-charged on the go.
Ultrahuman Ring Pro hasn't just got a far bigger battery, it's been re-engineered from the ground up. The company's Bhuvan Srinivasan explained the older hardware had been pushed to its limit, especially in terms of the data it could process. Consequently, the Pro is equipped with a dual core processor with on-device machine learning to better crunch the numbers your body is throwing out. Its memory has also been increased, holding up to 250 days of data before it needs to sync with your smartphone. As well as improvements to durability, the new ring is also easier to cut apart in the hopefully rare event your finger, or its battery, begins to swell.
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The Aktiia Hilo Blood Pressure Monitor is the first cuffless monitor to be cleared by the FDA. It's discreet, highly accurate, and simple to use
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Proposals before the FCC involve mirrors that could bathe entire cities in sunlight and, from SpaceX, a million satellites to serve as data centers.
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Apple is taking a different approach with its latest event, as new product announcements could happen all week long.
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Perplexity Computer launches with 19 specialized AI models working in parallel to build apps, dashboards, research, and more from a single prompt.
The post Perplexity Wants to Replace Your Computer With 19 AIs appeared first on eWEEK.
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The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.
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 Xiaomi will introduce a new software update at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) that will reportedly improve connectivity between its own devices and Apple products.
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AI-generating malware, deep fake identity spoofing, and state-sponsored ransomware are just a few of the latest methods that attackers are using to bypass traditional cybersecurity tools. Ritesh Agrawal, CEO of cybersecurity startup Airgap Networks, noticed that many of the attacks that compromise enterprise networks fail to penetrate telco and service provider networks.
"Even though they're deploying the same routers, switches, and firewalls, there's something fundamentally different about telco networks that shields them from many threats to enterprise LANs," Argawal said. Agrawal has 20 years of experience with cybersecurity, enterprise networking, and cloud computing, most of that time spent with Juniper Networks focusing on telco and large enterprise clients.
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