Purchasing concert tickets has long been a high-stakes affair, with popular events often selling out within minutes. Increasingly, however, fans are competing against automated ticket-buying programs, commonly referred to as bots, that can snap up seats in seconds before reselling them at higher prices. This has distorted access not only to concert tickets but also to everyday…
CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei attends a working lunch with G7 leaders, G7 outreach partners and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI, during the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, France. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. government on Friday granted Anthropic permission to release its Mythos…
An F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, takes off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 13, 2026. Courtesy: U.S. Navy The U.S. military struck Iran on Friday after President Donald Trump accused the Islamic Republic of “foolish violation” of a ceasefire agreement…
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a visit to a Mack Trucks’ assembly plant, in Macungie, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 23, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose a “100% TARIFF” on the goods of any country that imposes a digital services tax on U.S. companies. “This TARIFF will…
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 26, 2026. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. and Iran’s interim peace agreement gives inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to the Islamic Republic’s…
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 11, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/isna | Via Reuters The International Maritime Organization has paused its efforts aimed at evacuating ships and seafarers stranded inside the Middle East Gulf after a vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Oman. The pause follows a…
President Donald Trump, alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to the press on the way to a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is turning a series of would-be Republican wins into political headaches for his…
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at a press conference at the Department of Justice on May 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday said a lawsuit challenging the Department of Justice‘s creation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund will proceed, citing the DOJ’s refusal to…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a kickoff celebration for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Bonnie Cash | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to deploy U.S. resources to earthquake-stricken Venezuela after back-to-back tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5…
