Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 1 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute In Brief Posted: 6:48 AM PST · March 1, 2026 Image Credits:Maxwell Zeff Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. As first reported by CNBC, Claude has been rising to the...

'There's a Lot of Restraint': How 'Toy Story 5' Balances New Technology With NostalgiaPixar's technology has advanced so much since Toy Story debuted in 1995 that, for Toy Story 5, the filmmakers purposely held back to preserve the franchise's visual style. "There's a lot of restraint," producer Lindsey Collins told me during an interview at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville,...

EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violenceEPAIsraeli settlers set fire to two vehicles and a Bedouin tent south of Nablus in one attack last monthThe twenty-seven foreign ministers of the European Union approved new sanctions on Monday on Israeli settlers over rising violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.There has been a surge in attacks by settlers since...

Pentagon restrictions on press violate First Amendment, judge rulesGetty ImagesA federal judge has blocked the Department of Defense's policy on how journalists access the Pentagon, finding that it violates the First and Fifth Amendments of the US Constitution.District Judge Paul L Friedman ruled in favour of The New York Times, which had sued the department after it enacted strict controls...

These Are the Whitening Toothpastes Dentists Recommend to Their PatientsIf you want to whiten your teeth at home, you might start with a teeth-whitening kit or whitening toothpaste. However, it's important to have realistic expectations about what you can achieve. As dentist Dr. Sandip Sachar explains, "It should be noted that while whitening toothpastes can help remove surface stains and...