Anthropic supply chain risk, says Pentagon: company says it will sue5 March 2026 (LINK)

— BBC: The Pentagon's designation is the first time a US company has been labelled a supply chain risk, which means the government considers Anthropic not secure enough for it to use. It has led Anthropic, which has refused to give defence agencies unfettered access to its AI tools over concerns of mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, to move towards challenging the decision in court.


Texas lawmaker Tony Gonzales ends re-election bid after finally admitting to affair with ex-staffer who later died by suicide5 March 2026 (LINK)


Partner of sitting Labour MP among three arrested on suspicion of spying for China4 March 2026 (LINK)

— Detectives from counter-terrorism policing London, which is leading the investigation, arrested a 39-year-old man in London, a 68-year-old man in Powys, Wales, and a 43-year-old man in Pontyclun, Wales. The police have not identified the men, who remain in custody. In a Commons statement, Dan Jarvis, the security minister, confirmed that the arrests related to China, while saying he could give no further details so as not to risk the police investigation.


Sea levels are higher than we thought, and the implications are huge: researchers reviewed hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, finding that about 90% underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot (30 centimeters), according to study published in the journal Nature4 March 2026 (LINK)

— It's a far more frequent problem in the Global South, the Pacific and Southeast Asia, and less so in Europe and along Atlantic coasts. The cause is a mismatch between the way sea and land altitudes are measured, said study co-author Philip Minderhoud, a hydrogeology professor at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands.


HMPV, virus with no vaccine or treatment, on the rise1 March 2026 (LINK)