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All Things AI AI is easy to use, but not quite as easy as just barking “Alexa! Make me an e-commerce site.” And, no, adding “DON’T HALLUCINATE” to the instruction loop won’t help. More to the point, optimal AI results favor the well-fortified agent, according to speakers from IBM, Meta, and Netflix – among others – at the All Things AI conference in Durham, North Carolina. The more you want AI to do your bidding, the more preparatory chores you’ll need to do, they advised. Numerous talks evoked the Jevons Paradox, where the more efficient a resource becomes, the more…

The Trump administration is, once again, going all in on the development of the Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter while seeking only a fraction of its funding for the Navy’s future combat jet.The record-breaking $1.5 trillion 2027 defense spending request, released Friday, includes around $5 billion to develop the F-47, all from baseline discretionary funding. Just $140 million—$72 million of which is from a proposed reconciliation bill—is requested for the Navy’s own next-generation fighter, dubbed F/A-XX.“The Administration is sending a clear message to the nation’s adversaries by aggressively moving forward with the F-47 sixth-generation fighter: that the U.S. military will secure…

The Trump administration is once again pursuing deep spending cuts for most federal agencies. The White House’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal, released Friday, would cut discretionary spending at 10 Cabinet-level agencies and increase the discretionary budgets for the remaining five. Overall, the Trump administration is proposing a 10% cut to nondefense discretionary spending — a $73 billion reduction. The White House says it would prioritize programs for veterans, seniors and law enforcement, and target “woke, weaponized and wasteful programs.” A Republican-controlled Congress rejected most of the Trump administration’s plans for deep spending cuts in a comprehensive spending plan for fiscal…

House Armed Services Committee Washington, DC, April 3, 2026 Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, (R-MS), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Representative Mike Rogers, (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement praising President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal year 2027: “President Trump’s budget release marks a historic $1.5 trillion defense budget proposal, fulfilling his promise to the American people to deliver peace through strength and restore the United States as a manufacturing power. This funding will ensure our military remains the most advanced in the world, supporting…

Iran Press TV Friday, 03 April 2026 10:37 PM By Press TV Website Staff Thirty-five days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, launched on February 28 with the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and some top-ranking commanders, the military aggression continues to target civilian, medical and academic infrastructure across the country. US-Israeli airstrikes on Friday hit a wide range of sites nationwide, including Tabriz, Khorramshahr, Qom, and multiple locations in the capital Tehran. Explosions were also reported in southern Shiraz and central Isfahan provinces, while air defenses were activated in eastern and northeastern…

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts launched for the moon with prior assistance from a U.S. Space Force unit responsible for all East Coast space launch operations.Personnel in Space Launch Delta 45, located at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida, aided the Artemis II mission even before the launch began, according to a Thursday Space Force release, by analyzing payloads, launch vehicles and their trajectories to cross-match them with “hazard zones.”The zones, which include land, sea and air, are required to guarantee that no person or vehicle is within a certain distance from the pad, per the release. To ensure a safe…

Tomyamkoong Bhumjaithai is riding a two-fight winning streak into the biggest night of his career. The 21-year-old PK Saenchai Muaythaigym fighter headlines ONE Friday Fights 149 on April 3 against Moldovan debutant Bejenuta Maximus in flyweight Muay Thai, live from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Tomyamkoong’s promotional journey started with adversity. Two consecutive losses forced him to go back to the drawing board and overhaul his game before he found his footing. The rebuild paid off with a pair of wins, the latest a devastating one-punch knockout of Watcharaphon Singha Mawynn that announced him as a genuine contract threat. Now…

Iran Press TV Friday, 03 April 2026 8:23 PM By Press TV Website Staff Iranian armed forces and resistance groups across the region continue to carry out retaliatory military operations against the United States and the Israeli regime. On Friday, April 3, 2026, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army conducted multiple operations as part of Operation True Promise 4, which was launched immediately after the US-Israeli coalition carried out an unprovoked act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28. Iranian armed forces have so far carried out 92 waves of missile and…

The lightweight division is heating up again. On May 9, 2026, Grant “KGD” Dawson and Mateusz “Rebeasty” Rębecki will square off at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, as part of UFC 328. The matchup pits two tested grapplers and fan favorites against one another, both looking to make a statement in the stacked 155-pound class. Grant Dawson vs. Mateusz Rębecki Dawson (23-3-1, UFC 11-2-1) enters the bout representing American Top Team, where he’s built a reputation for relentless pressure and suffocating ground control. The 32-year-old Nebraskan has notched wins over Damir Ismagulov, Jared Gordon, and Carlos Diego Ferreira,…

Women’s strawweight contender Tabatha Ricci (12-3) takes on third-ranked former title challenger Virna Jandiroba (22-4) in the UFC Vegas 115 co-main event on Saturday and believes a win could earn her a title shot.”I feel every fight is the biggest fight of my career so far,” Ricci said during the UFC Vegas 115 Media Day. “That’s what I want. I’m going to go vicious as I can. Try to get my best performance of the night and get my challenge for the belt.”Ricci will enter the UFC Vegas 115 co-main event at Meta Apex ranked No. 7 in the division…