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Queen Elizabeth’s official biographer to access her ‘personal papers’ as identity is revealed

Queen Elizabeth’s official biographer to access her ‘personal papers’ as identity is revealed

Published by Daniella Wilson

The name of Queen Elizabeth’s official biographer was announced on Sunday, and she will have access to a wealth of personal and official papers. Anna Keay, a British historian, has been named as the late monarch’s official biographer and will be able to talk to members of the royal family and the late Queen’s friends and household when researching the book. She will have access to her personal and official papers held in the Royal Archives. The announcement comes after it was reported last weekend that King Charles wanted a female author for the task, and the broadcaster and academic was in talks for the role.  © Getty ImagesThe Queen’s official biographer has been named Royal fans will eagerly await the release of the late Queen’s official biography, as books of this nature sometimes reveal unexpected facts or details about the subject’s life and shed light on important periods.  Inside the appointment  Previously, William Shawcross’s official biography of the Queen Mother revealed she believed Edward VIII was “bemused with love” at the time of his …

China steps out of the shadows in Iran war – Access Asia

China steps out of the shadows in Iran war – Access Asia

Published by Sam Flores

China’s President Xi Jinping has broken a six-week silence about the war in Iran, vowing to take a “constructive” role in efforts to end the conflict. Beijing is wary of being drawn into a war it took no part in, and faces a delicate balancing act between its long-term partnership with Iran and its strategic interests in the Middle East and beyond. Yuka Royer speaks with Ja Ian Chong, a political scientist at the National University of Singapore, about what’s behind Beijing’s calculations.  Also on the show: India has embarked on a costly and long-overdue project to update its official population count. The year-long census involves multiple phases, with millions of officials carrying out door-to-door surveys. Last tallied in 2011, the new nationwide survey could redefine welfare programmes and redraw political representations in the world’s most populous nation.  Finally, one of Bollywood’s most iconic voices, singer Asha Bhosle, has passed away at the age of 92. Celebrated for mixing traditional, religious and Western melodies in her songs, Bhosle dominated the Indian music industry for over …

Chicago Public School Students Automatically Granted Library Access, and More Library News

Chicago Public School Students Automatically Granted Library Access, and More Library News

Published by José Betancourt

It’s another week and another roundup of updates to keep you at the top of your library game. We’ve got a pair of big updates on the Institution of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) legal fight, a great partnership between Chicago’s public libraries and public schools, the best April new releases, an author who has finally revealed the true identity behind their pseudonym, and more. Let’s dive in. Source link

OpenAI debuts GPT-Rosalind, a new limited access model for life sciences, and broader Codex plugin on Github

OpenAI debuts GPT-Rosalind, a new limited access model for life sciences, and broader Codex plugin on Github

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The journey from a laboratory hypothesis to a pharmacy shelf is one of the most grueling marathons in modern industry, typically spanning 10 to 15 years and billions of dollars in investment. Progress is often stymied not just by the inherent mysteries of biology, but by the “fragmented and difficult to scale” workflows that force researchers to manually pivot between the actual experimental design equipment, software, and databases. But OpenAI is releasing a new specialized model GPT-Rosalind specifically to speed up this process and make it more efficient, easier, and ideally, more productive. Named after the pioneering chemist Rosalind Franklin, whose work was vital to the discovery of DNA’s structure (and was often overlooked for her male colleagues James Watson and Francis Crick), this new frontier reasoning model is purpose-built to act as a specialized intelligence layer for life sciences research. By shifting AI’s role from a general-purpose assistant to a domain-specific “reasoning” partner, OpenAI is signaling a long-term commitment to biological and chemical discovery. What GPT-Rosalind offers GPT-Rosalind isn’t just about faster text generation; …

White House to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos access, Bloomberg News reports

White House to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos access, Bloomberg News reports

Published by Sam Flores

April 16 : The U.S. government is planning to make a version of Anthropic’s frontier AI model Mythos available to major federal agencies amid concerns that the tool could sharply increase cybersecurity risk, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Announced on April 7, Mythos is being deployed as part of Anthropic’s “Project Glasswing,” a controlled initiative as part of which select organizations are permitted to use the unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model for defensive cybersecurity purposes. Mythos has found “thousands” of major vulnerabilities in operating systems, web browsers and other software. Its capabilities to code at a high level have given it a potentially unprecedented ability to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities and devise ways to exploit them, experts said. Gregory Barbaccia, federal chief information officer at the White House Office of Management and Budget, told Cabinet department officials in an email on Tuesday that the OMB was setting up protections to allow their agencies to begin using Mythos, according to Bloomberg News. “We’re working closely with model providers, other industry partners, and the intelligence community to ensure …

EuroHPC Federation Platform launched to simplify European supercomputing access

EuroHPC Federation Platform launched to simplify European supercomputing access

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Designed as a unified gateway, the platform changes how researchers, businesses, and public sector organisations interact with EuroHPC systems, removing long-standing barriers to entry and collaboration. At its core, the EuroHPC Federation Platform introduces a single access point for multiple operational EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) systems. Users can now log in through a harmonised authentication and authorisation infrastructure, replacing the need to navigate separate credentials and processes across different supercomputing centres. Anders Jensen, Executive Director of the EuroHPC JU, commented: “The first release of the platform marks the beginning of the journey toward a more connected and integrated European supercomputing ecosystem, empowering Europe’s scientific, industrial, and academic communities and strengthening Europe’s capacity for innovation.” Tackling fragmentation across Europe’s HPC landscape Europe’s supercomputing infrastructure is made up of world-class systems distributed across various centres, each with its own tools and procedures. These differences extend to critical functions such as authentication, resource allocation, job scheduling, and software provisioning. While this diversity reflects regional expertise, it has historically complicated access and limited seamless collaboration across borders. The EuroHPC …

Two thirds of underage Australians still have access to social media despite ban, new research suggests | Science, Climate & Tech News

Two thirds of underage Australians still have access to social media despite ban, new research suggests | Science, Climate & Tech News

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More than 60% of underage Australians are still using social media despite the country’s world-first ban introduced four months ago, new research suggests.  In the first major study of its kind since the ban came into force, 12 to 15-year-olds in the country were found to still be using restricted platforms. Three in five who had accounts on restricted platforms before December, including TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, still had access to one or more of their accounts. The research suggests 53% of child users on TikTok, 53% on YouTube and 52% of Instagram users were still able to access accounts on the platform. Sky News has contacted the platforms for comment. You need javascript enabled to view this content Enable javascript to share Share How Australian teens are coping with social media ban The research was conducted online between 12 March and 31 March and commissioned by the Molly Rose Foundation (MRF), which has spoken out against a proposed similar ban in the UK, and YouthInsight, which has access to Australia’s largest online youth panel. …

Blocked access to Christian holy site is a symptom of a larger problem

Blocked access to Christian holy site is a symptom of a larger problem

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — On Palm Sunday last month, Israel blocked the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with the official guardian of the church and two priests, from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest sites for Christianity. The incident, which drew international condemnation, marked the first time in centuries that officials from the Roman Catholic Church were prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the church, which holds the tomb where Christians believe Jesus rose on Easter. Israel said it blocked their entrance for security reasons due to the Iran war and later apologized. But the incident, described as a “grave precedent,” is not novel in a city that has witnessed a spike in anti-Christian attacks in recent years. The following day, (March 30), the Jerusalem-based Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue released its 2025 annual report on attacks against Christians in East Jerusalem and Israel. The report highlights a 40% spike in documented cases of attacks on Christians in 2025, compared to 2024. The report from the inter-religious Rossing organization documents …

Sportradar faces antitrust lawsuit by Altenar over alleged blocking of betting data access

Sportradar faces antitrust lawsuit by Altenar over alleged blocking of betting data access

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A fresh federal lawsuit is putting a spotlight on how control of sports data can shape competition in the booming US betting industry. Altenar Technologies Limited has filed suit in New Jersey against Sportradar Group AG and Sportradar AG, arguing the company used its grip on official league data to keep competitors out. The complaint, which has been reviewed by ReadWrite, brings up the issue of access to real-time “official league data,” described as “the essential input for businesses like Altenar that sell turnkey sports betting technology platforms.” NEW: Lawsuit alleges sports data giant Sportradar blocked rival Altenar Technologies from US #betting market, citing monopoly over live league data and antitrust violations @RWW pic.twitter.com/ud5ytUvxXu — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) April 7, 2026 Altenar says it has relied on Sportradar for years in overseas markets, paying more than $6 million annually for data feeds. But when the company tried to enter the US after nationwide legalization in 2018, it says that access was cut off. The company claims Sportradar had previously indicated US rights would be available …

As abortion access shrinks, could urgent care centers help? : NPR

As abortion access shrinks, could urgent care centers help? : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Marquette Medical Urgent Care in Michigan started offering medication abortion to patients last summer. The physician who owns the urgent care started the service after Planned Parenthood closed a clinic, leaving the remote Upper Peninsula without in-person options for abortion care. Kate Wells/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Kate Wells/KFF Health News Providing abortions was the last thing Shawn Brown thought she’d be doing when she opened an urgent care clinic in Marquette, a small port town on the remote shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. But she also wasn’t expecting the Planned Parenthood in Marquette to shut down last spring. Roughly 1,100 patients relied on that clinic each year for cancer screenings, IUD insertions, and medication abortions. Now the area has no other in-person resource for abortions. “It’s a 500-mile stretch of no access,” Brown said. So the doctor, who describes herself as “individually pro-life,” added medication abortions to Marquette Medical Urgent Care’s already busy practice, which treats a steady flow of kids with the flu, college students with migraines, and tourists with skiing …