Iran and the United States agreed to continue negotiations regarding Tehran's nuclear program after holding indirect talks in Oman on Friday, according to Euronews. The discussions, mediated by Oman, took place despite ongoing tensions, including the Islamic Republic's violent crackdown on recent protests.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff led their respective delegations in Muscat, but did not meet face-to-face, Euronews reported. The talks were described as taking place in "a very positive atmosphere," with arguments exchanged and views shared. The specific details of the discussions and any potential breakthroughs were not immediately available.
Meanwhile, in other news, defense attorneys for Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, convicted in December of assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross, are seeking access to investigative files related to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, according to Wired. Ross, the ICE agent, shot and killed Good during a targeted operation in Minneapolis last month. Attorneys for Muñoz-Guatemala asked a federal judge on Friday to order prosecutors to turn over training records and investigative files related to the case, Wired reported.
In the realm of technology, Anthropic researchers utilized sixteen instances of the company's Claude Opus 4.6 AI model to create a new C compiler, Ars Technica reported. The project involved the AI agents working together on a shared codebase with minimal supervision. Over two weeks and nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions, costing approximately $20,000 in API fees, the AI model agents reportedly produced a 10,000-line compiler.
Also, the 2026 Olympic Winter Games began today, with reports of a scandal involving male ski jumpers injecting their penises with fillers to gain a flight advantage, according to Ars Technica. The rumor suggests that a larger bulge on a required 3D body scan could earn jumpers extra centimeters of material in their jumpsuits, potentially increasing their surface area for gliding. A 2025 study suggested that every 2 cm of extra fabric in a ski jumpsuit could increase jump distance.
Finally, The Verge reported on the ongoing development of the "Trump Phone," with executives providing an exclusive first look at the T1 Phone. The final design is expected to lose the T1 logo.
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