Author: Vidya Saras
Politics / February 6, 2026 In this installment of Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the week’s big legal news, including a possible Alito retirement. Also, the anti-trans mob’s latest target: tight clothing. Ad Policy Members of the Supreme Court, including John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Elena Kagan, sit for a group photo.(Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has a new book coming out. It’s titled How Watching Fox News Made…
Generating publication-ready illustrations is a labor-intensive bottleneck in the research workflow. While AI scientists can now handle literature reviews and code, they struggle to visually communicate complex discoveries. A research team from Google and Peking University introduce new framework called ‘PaperBanana‘ which is changing that by using a multi-agent system to automate high-quality academic diagrams and plots. https://dwzhu-pku.github.io/PaperBanana/ 5 Specialized Agents: The Architecture PaperBanana does not rely on a single prompt. It orchestrates a collaborative team of 5 agents to transform raw text into professional visuals. https://dwzhu-pku.github.io/PaperBanana/ Phase 1: Linear Planning Retriever Agent: Identifies the…
Anthropic only released its latest large language model, Claude Opus 4.6, on Thursday, but it has already been using it behind the scenes to identify zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source software. In the trial, it put Claude inside a virtual machine with access to the latest versions of open source projects, and provided it with a range of standard utilities and vulnerability analysis tools, but no instructions on how to use them nor how specifically to identify vulnerabilities. Despite this lack of guidance, Opus 4.6 managed to identify a 500 high-severity vulnerabilities. Anthropic staff are validating the findings before reporting the…
Reality TV icon Kim Kardashian has been linked to several high-profile stars, including Reggie Bush, Kanye West, and Odell Beckham Jr. Most recently, the Hulu star was spotted cozying up to British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. After snaps of Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton were shared online, rumors regarding their alleged connection have swirled nonstop. A source recently spoke out regarding the pair’s reported romance, explaining why Kim is reportedly head over heels for Hamilton. However, a fairy-tale ending may not be in the cards, as the source also revealed the two may want completely different things.Article continues below advertisementKim…
ADB grants GCash lending arm Fuse Financing with P1.75-B credit facility, complemented by catalytic funding from Mastercard to help Fuse reach priority segments. Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and women entrepreneurs across the Philippines are set to gain significantly better financial access after the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a P1.75-billion ($30 million) loan facility to Fuse Financing, Inc., the lending arm of GCash, the country’s leading finance superapp and largest cashless ecosystem. This first-of-its-kind partnership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region was officially launched on Feb. 6 at the SMX Convention Center in Taguig City…
Notable for its moments of shocking violence and its avant-garde visual approach, Taxi Driver is brimming with memorable scenes beyond Bickle’s famous squaring off in the mirror. In particular, another shorter scene really stands as the film’s most important moment of visual idiosyncrasy; showcasing a distinctly European sensibility in what is ultimately a very American drama, as well as encapsulating the lonely melancholy that runs throughout.A rejection with a differenceComing a third of the way through the film, and closing its first act, it centres on a phone call Travis makes to Betsy after he’s upset her with his inappropriate…
Many of us notice itchier, flakier, and more uncomfortable skin during the colder months. Cold weather, less sunlight, and dry indoor air all have a negative impact on skin health. Here are some strategies for keeping your skin happy and healthy this winter that go beyond just using lotion! For many of us, winter is a time of cold weather. And if you live in the far northern regions, like the Arctic Circle, then you’re dealing with even more frequent colder temperatures. Cold winter air and indoor heating dry skin out. We also experience a dip in vitamin D levels…
Today we’re going to build an animated, multi-page gallery where images reveal with a WebGL shader as you scroll, and then animate into a full-size detail view when you click. To pull this off we’ll combine a few techniques that show up a lot in modern creative dev work: Syncing WebGL and the DOM so your Three.js planes perfectly match your HTML images Smooth scrolling that plays nicely with a render loop Scroll-triggered shader animation to reveal images as they enter the viewport Seamless page transitions where the clicked image visually travels between pages (without jumps) We’ll use Astro to…
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ■ The biggest well-known asterism in the sky is the Winter Hexagon. It fills the heavens toward the east and south these dark evenings. Start with brilliant Sirius at its bottom. Going clockwise from there, go upper left to Procyon, then Pollux and Castor (ignoring brilliant Jupiter). Then straight up to 2nd-magnitude Menkalinan and brilliant Capella nearly overhead, then down to Aldebaran high in the south-southwest, then down to Orion’s bright foot Rigel, and back to Sirius. Betelgeuse shines inside the Hexagon, off center. The Winter Hexagon when Sirius was still low, imaged by Bob King last…
A captain’s knock from the India skipper Suryakumar Yadav in the India vs USA T20 World Cup 2026 match on February 7 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Yadav, with his undisputed innings, encrypted his name in the pages of the record book.The Indian batting order unexpectedly spread thin against the USA bowling team in the third match of the tournament. At a point of the game, the home team lost 6 wickets for 77. As half of the batters went back to the hut, the 100-run mark was also looking miles away from India’s range. From there, it was…