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- Oil surges back above $100 a barrel as diesel climbs to a record $5.94 per gallon
Gas jumped 7 cents overnight and is now more than $1 above last year as attacks in the Middle East threaten already strained oil supplies.
- ‘They definitely understood the moment’: Mysterious family gifts $50 million to Americares—adding to the list of individuals plugging funding holes
Experts say high net-worth donors cannot save every program from the sweeping funding cuts from US spending, but it still helps—according to University at Albany professor Susan Appe.
- ‘There’s a lot at stake’: Macron calls for an ‘independent’ Europe in space as SpaceX skips the Paris summit
The Iris2 constellation is intended to secure communications as Europe confront the strategic risks of depending on American companies
- Sabrina Carpenter’s Biggest Hits Return Together
Sabrina Carpenter scores multiple U.K. comebacks this week, as “Espresso” returns to the Official Physical Singles ranking and “Manchild” reenters the Official Singles chart.
- Inside Life Documenting Ground Zero Days After 9/11: 'Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things'
Former FEMA external affairs officer Jason Pack joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss his experience documenting Ground Zero in the days directly after 9/11.
Technology
- Apple's iPhone 18 Pro adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip
There's also a new thermal management system, reducing overheating.
- Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
UN-backed Equal Earth map has educational value but won’t alter navigation apps.
- Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"
"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!"
- Prime Video releases full trailer for Mike Flanagan's Carrie
"All I ever wanted was to go to school."
- Google's AI genome system evaluates every possible one-base change
Most one-base changes to the human genome do nothing, but a few are significant.
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