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US men’s hockey team visit White House as some players with Minnesota ties stay away

  • Donald Trump invited team after Olympic gold

  • Women’s team chose to skip event

The victorious US Olympic men’s ice hockey team visited the White House on Tuesday, although there were several notable absences.

Donald Trump invited the team to celebrate in Washington DC after they beat Canada in a dramatic Olympic final on Sunday. He also invited the US women’s team, who declined citing “timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments”.

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Citizen scientists discover a Great Barrier Reef coral giant ‘like a rolling meadow’

Volunteer group Citizens of the Reef made the find as part of the Great Reef Census

Citizen scientists have discovered what they believe is one of the largest coral colonies ever documented on the Great Barrier Reef.

The coral spans approximately 111 metres in maximum length and covers an estimated area of 3,973 sq m – about half the size of a soccer field.

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Newcastle finish off Qarabag in rapid time to set up Chelsea or Barcelona tie

Eddie Howe adores motivational slogans and the Newcastle manager’s current favourite is: “One Brain.” The idea is to inspire his team to play with the sort of synchronicity that stems from a collective mindset and united purpose.

For a while here it seemed to be working a treat with Newcastle’s intelligence – both joint and individual – threatening to further humiliate Qarabag. But then, with a last-16 tie against either Barcelona or Chelsea assured, home concentration began wandering a little. Commendably, the Azerbaijani title holders fought back with Gurban Gurbanov’s side, and, in particular, their Colombian forward Camilo Durán, showing they can play a bit too. If the concession of nine goals over two legs is never ideal, Qarabag at least exited the Champions League on something of a minor high.

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US military leaders meet with Anthropic to argue against Claude safeguards

Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield

US military leaders including Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, met with executives from the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic on Tuesday to hash out a dispute over what the government will be able to do with the company’s powerful AI model. Hegseth gave Dario Amodei, the Anthropic CEO, until the end of the day Friday to agree to the department’s terms or face penalties, Axios reported.

Anthropic, which presents itself as the most safety-forward of the leading AI companies, has been mired in weeks of disagreement with the Pentagon over how the military is allowed to use its large language model, Claude. US defense officials have pushed for unfettered access to Claude’s capabilities, while Anthropic has reportedly resisted allowing its product to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems that can use AI to kill people without human input. The Department of Defense (DoD) has integrated Claude into its operations, but has threatened to sever the relationship over what its top brass perceives as roadblocks erected by Anthropic.

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Biting the hand that feeds IT — Enterprise Technology News and Analysis

AI has gotten good at finding bugs, not so good at swatting them

Discovery is getting cheaper. Validation and patching aren’t

What good is finding a hole if you can't fix it? Anthropic last week talked up Claude Code's improved ability to find software vulnerabilities and propose patches. But security researchers say that's not enough.…

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There’s something timeless about trains.
The rhythm. The anticipation. The feeling of moving forward.

In Byron Bay, even the rails run on sunlight.
A solar-powered train gliding through green landscapes under dramatic skies — old soul, new energy.

I captured these moments with my Insta360 Ace Pro 2, chasing contrast, texture, and perspective.
Color. Black and white. Movement. Stillness.

Empty seats waiting for stories.
Tracks stretching toward somewhere unknown.

Photography isn’t just about what you see.
It’s about what you feel when you press the shutter.

This camera will soon travel with me across different landscapes.
Different tracks.
Same curiosity. Same discipline. Same hunger to document the journey.

Because every great path begins long before the destination.

Life The Battlefield. 🚆🌅🔥

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There’s something timeless about trains.
The rhythm. The anticipation. The feeling of moving forward.

In Byron Bay, even the rails run on sunlight.
A solar-powered train gliding through green landscapes under dramatic skies — old soul, new energy.

I captured these moments with my Insta360 Ace Pro 2, chasing contrast, texture, and perspective.
Color. Black and white. Movement. Stillness.

Empty seats waiting for stories.
Tracks stretching toward somewhere unknown.

Photography isn’t just about what you see.
It’s about what you feel when you press the shutter.

This camera will soon travel with me across different landscapes.
Different tracks.
Same curiosity. Same discipline. Same hunger to document the journey.

Because every great path begins long before the destination.

Life The Battlefield. 🚆🌅🔥

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CrowdStrike Says Attackers Are Moving Through Networks in Under 30 Minutes

An anonymous reader shares a report: Cyberattacks reached victims faster and came from a wider range of threat groups than ever last year, CrowdStrike said in its annual global threat report released Tuesday, adding that cybercriminals and nation-states increasingly relied on predictable tactics to evade detection by exploiting trusted systems.

The average breakout time -- how long it took financially-motivated attackers to move from initial intrusion to other network systems -- dropped to 29 minutes in 2025, a 65% increase in speed from the year prior. "The fastest breakout time a year ago was 51 seconds. This year it's 27 seconds," Adam Meyers, head of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, told CyberScoop. Defenders are falling behind because attackers are refining their techniques, using social engineering to access high-privilege systems faster and move through victims' cloud infrastructure undetected.

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