Americas News
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- Feb 27, 2026
Nearly two hours after President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was banning Anthropic products from the federal government, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took it one step further a...
Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 27, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance's merger agreement is now official. On Friday, the two companies announced plans to merge into a massive media company that will fold WBD's studio, linear...
Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic’s AI
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- Feb 27, 2026
On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, accusing Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, of attempting to "STRONG-ARM" the Pentagon and directing federal agencies to "IMMEDIATELY CE...
OpenAI says it shares Anthropic's 'red lines' over military AI use
- Business
- Shannon Bond
- Feb 27, 2026
- US
OpenAI's Sam Altman says he shares the "red lines" set by rival Anthropic restricting how the military uses AI models, amid Anthropic's escalating feud with the Pentagon.
President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems
- Business
- Shannon Bond
- Feb 27, 2026
- US
In a social media post calling the artificial intelligence lab a "A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY," President Trump ordered the federal government to stop using Anthropic's products.
The Trump phone sure looks a lot like this HTC handset
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Feb 27, 2026
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts, and have stopped getting a response. This week, thank...
CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 27, 2026
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, is getting a new acting director, as reported by ABC, less than a year after Madhu...
AI deepfakes are a train wreck and Samsung’s selling tickets
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- Feb 27, 2026
On Thursday morning, I attended a Q&A panel with four top Samsung smartphone executives. Until 2025, Samsung was the world's largest smartphone manufacturer, and by association, the world's largest ma...
FedEx promises to refund customers for ‘illegal’ tariffs
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 27, 2026
FedEx plans to pass along any refunds resulting from the Supreme Court's ruling that some of President Donald Trump's tariffs are "illegal." In a statement on its website, FedEx notes that while "no r...
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus gets a better interface and a 40 percent discount
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Feb 27, 2026
When Amazon first showed off its redesigned Fire TV OS at CES, we were impressed. It’s faster, better organized, and feels similar to Google’s top-notch TV interface. The update is now finally rolling...
Paramount and Warner Bros' deal is about merging studios, and a whole lot more
- Business
- David Folkenflik
- Feb 27, 2026
- US
The nearly $111 billion marriage would unite Paramount and Warner film studios, streamers and television properties — including CNN — under the control of the wealthy Ellison family.
AI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 27, 2026
Can AI firms set limits on how and where the military uses their models? Anthropic is in heated negotiations with the Pentagon after refusing to comply with new military contract terms that would requ...