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Anthropic rolls out a computer use feature for Claude Cowork and the Claude Code desktop app, in research preview on macOS for Pro and Max subscribers  —  The developer is boosting Claude's agentic capabilities in an apparent effort to compete with platforms like OpenClaw.

Approximately 950 non-tenure track faculty at New York University walked off the job on Monday, after their union and the university failed to reach agreement on raises and better job security. Contract Faculty United-UAW began their strike at 11 a.m. Monday, as students were just returning from spring break. The union had agreed to extend […]

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British star Paapa Essidu is finally responding to the racist backlash he's received since signing on to portray this classic Harry Potter anti-hero.

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A Trump-appointed federal judge in New York’s Southern District denied a City Council staffer’s request for release from immigration detention Monday, ruling his pending Temporary Protected Status didn’t shield him from arrest and deportation. Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, a personnel services data analyst for the City Council, has been in ICE detention since mid-January, when […]

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The MTA outlined plans Monday to keep the extension of the Second Avenue Subway to East Harlem on track — even as it battles the Trump administration in federal court over funding for the $7 billion project. The transit authority’s board will vote Wednesday to award the third of four contracts for the planned three-station […]

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