Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has signed an agreement to allow the military to use its model, Grok, in classified systems, a Defense official confirmed to Axios.
Why it matters: Up to now, Anthropic's Claude has been the only model available in the systems on which the military's most sensitive intelligence work, weapons development and battlefield operations take place. But the Pentagon is threatening Anthropic in a dispute over safeguards and may soon need a replacement.
The shopping center along the NY-347/25A corridor outside Port Jefferson is getting a makeover — including a new Whole Foods — and a new name.
Here's the deal: Regency Centers, a national retail developer, acquired the former Mount Sinai Shopping Center in January and is redeveloping it as Crystal Brook Corner, a cohesive daily-needs destination.
Why it matters: Survival tactics of the past few years — higher prices and delivery expansion — are losing effectiveness, leading operators to reset the math.
The punches keep coming for Novo Nordisk in its bout with Eli Lilly for weight-loss drug supremacy.
Why it matters: Novo was the early GLP-1 leader — so dominant that its diabetes drug Ozempic became shorthand for the class — but Lilly has pulled ahead in what has quickly become one of pharma's richest battlegrounds.
President Trump on Sunday threatened Netflix, suggesting it would "pay the consequences" if it didn't "immediately" fire Susan Rice, who served as ambassador to the United Nations under the Obama administration.
State of play: The comments come weeks after the president said he decided he shouldn't be involved in the deal to sell Warner Bros. Discovery and that "The Justice Department will handle it."
Over the three days since the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump tariffs, there's been plenty of confusion. But here's one certainty amid the noise.
The hill to Shein's IPO is just as steep as it was a year ago.
Mexican security forces killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the country's most-wanted drug lord, following information from the U.S. that assisted in Sunday's operation, the Trump administration and Mexico's defense ministry said.
Why it matters: President Trump has for months pressed Mexican officials to target drug cartels and the U.S. had offered a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest of Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," who led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) — a designated terrorist organization in the United States.
Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" — the biggest album release in music history — sold 1.6 million vinyl copies in the U.S. last year, representing over 3% of all units sold, per industry data firm Luminate.
Why it matters: Swift helped as U.S. vinyl sales rose for the 19th straight year in 2025.
