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Iran has 'lost complete control' of Strait of Hormuz', US claims

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Iran had “lost complete control” of the Strait of Hormuz, saying oil flows through the waterway had returned to near prewar levels. “The Strait of Hormuz is open. There’s almost as much oil flowing out now as there was before this conflict began.

AI

Cisco brings collaborative agents and Claude into Webex chats

Cisco is adding AI agents to Webex group chats so colleagues can assign them work and share the results, part of a wider revamp of the Webex app. Announced at the WebexOne conference Wednesday, users will soon be able to @mention agents in Webex “spaces” to help schedule meetings, take notes, and track tasks.

Science

The first stand-alone nuclear clock is ticking in Vienna

For decades, researchers around the world have been working toward this goal—and now major advances are following in rapid succession. Vienna is now home to the world's first nuclear clock that stabilizes itself, as atomic clocks typically do.

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