Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks

But Anthropic urges caution as “research preview” safeguards “aren’t absolute.”

by Kyle Orland

Anthropic is joining the increasingly crowded field of companies with AI agents that can take direct control of your local computer desktop. The company has announced that Claude Code (and its more casual user-oriented Claude Cowork) can now “point, click, and navigate what’s on your screen” to “open files, use the browser, and run dev tools automatically” when necessary to complete tasks…

US deploys third aircraft carrier to Middle East amid preperations for Iran invasion

The USS George H.W. Bush, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, departed Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on Tuesday alongside its accompanying warships

by ynet

The United States is deploying another aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, potentially bringing the total number of carriers in the region to three, according to officials cited by The Wall Street Journal…

Apple Forces iPhone Users To Prove Age With ID Or Lose Unrestricted Internet Access

UK law requires internet users to confirm they are an adult by providing a credit card or scanning their ID, otherwise, they are forced to accept automatic web content filters that restrict access.

by Modernity

UK law requires internet users to confirm they are an adult by providing a credit card or scanning their ID, otherwise, they are forced to accept automatic web content filters that restrict access. 35 million Brits who have spent thousands on Apple iPhones are affected. The director of Big Brother Watch said: “Apple has crossed the Rubicon with this software update which is more like ransomware, holding customers hostage to ID demands that are invasive, exclusionary and unnecessary…

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Iran says it will target Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others.

by Matt Novak

Iran’s military issued a new threat to 18 U.S. companies in the Middle East on Tuesday, pledging to strike “espionage entities” associated with the “warmongering government of the United States,” according to Iranian state media…

Technate, Ohio: How Leslie Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein Built The Silicon Heartland

Ohio has become the new destination for Big Tech data centers and AI infrastructure.

by Mark Goodwin and by Whitney Webb

Early last year, shortly after Donald Trump took office for his second term, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy announced he was departing the recently-formed Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E) after reports of conflict with the department’s co-head, Elon Musk. Ramaswamy joined Fox News to clarify these rumors, and to tease his next endeavor –– holding public office. Ramaswamy noted Musk’s approach was “a technology approach,” whereas his was “focused more on a constitutional law, legislative-based approach.” He furthered, “when you’re talking about a constitutional revival, it’s not just done through the federal government, it’s done through federalism, where states also lead the way.” Despite their differences, Ramaswamy importantly remarked that they were both “on the same page” and that their attempts “in saving the country” required them to “divide and conquer…

Welfare doesn’t pull people out of poverty – economic growth and freedom do

Before the rapid expansion of the welfare state, most people were earning their way out of poverty.

by Rhoda Wilson

Before the rapid expansion of the welfare state, most people were earning their way out of poverty. Across the world, economic growth driven by liberalisation helped pull almost one billion people out of extreme poverty from 1990 to 2010.

In the USA, “The most powerful anti-poverty programme had no enrolment forms, caseworkers or spending bills. It was a growing economy that helped millions of people earn their way to a better life,” Tyler Turman writes.

As Americans Go Broke, the US Empire Goes Full-on Bread and Circus

Washington is masking the reality of a crumbling economy and neoconservative war drums with UFC spectacles, direct-to-phone propaganda, and the ultimate vanity play: putting a politician’s signature o

by Matt Agorist

Hello, fellow free thinkers. Here is another weekly rant from yours truly. Watching the overt gaslighting and shameless self-promotion from the Trump administration — while Americans are being crushed — could be depressing and cause one to be black-pilled. But that Nihilism garbage is for the weak…

What is ‘Bimbofication?’ Cross-dressing fetish goes viral after intimate photos of Kristi Noem’s husband Bryon are revealed

It started with a shocker: recent reporting revealed that former DHS secretary Kristi Noem’s husband allegedly led a secret life of adult roleplay.

by Marissa Matozzo

It started with a shocker: recent reporting revealed that former DHS secretary Kristi Noem’s husband allegedly led a secret life of adult roleplay.

Bryon Noem’s particular fetish appears to be what’s known as “bimbofication.” But what is bimbofication — and how does it differ from more well-known kinks, like cross-dressing…?

Israeli major ‘made $160,000 in Polymarket bet using classified information on Israeli bombing campaign in Iran’

An Israeli air force major is accused of raking in more than $160,000 by betting on the timing of Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran using classified military information.

by OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

An Israeli air force major is accused of raking in more than $160,000 by betting on the timing of Israel‘s bombing campaign against Iran using classified military information.

The reservist officer allegedly tipped off a civilian accomplice about the launch of the strikes, allowing the pair to place winning bets on the Polymarket prediction site ahead of the operation…

The Best “Go Paid” Deal on Substack! You Get REAL Stuff!!

Go paid at the $5 a month level, and we will send you both the PDF and e-Pub versions of Etienne’s new book: To See the Cage Is to Leave It - 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many and a coupon code for 10% off anything in the https://artofliberty.org/store/.

Go paid at the $50 a year level, and we will send you a free paperback edition of Etienne’s new book: To See the Cage Is to Leave It - 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many OR “Government” - The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! OR a 64GB Liberator flash drive if you live in the US. If you are international, we will give you a $10 credit towards shipping if you agree to pay the remainder.

Support us at the $250 Founding Member Level and get a signed high-resolution hardcover of “Government” - The Biggest Scam in History... Exposed! + Liberator flash drive + a signed high-resolution hardcover of Etienne’s new book: To See the Cage Is to Leave It - 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many + everything else in our “Everything Bundle” of the best in voluntaryist thought delivered domestically. International pays shipping. Our only option for signed copies besides catching Etienne @ an event.