Manhunt after shooting at Swiss rave kills woman, 22, and injures five
Five others in their twenties were injured after shots were fired at a techno event near Zurich.
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Swiss police report 'several victims' in Aarau shooting
The shooting reportedly happened outside a rave in the northern Swiss town of Aarau.
Swiss police report 'several victims' at shooting in Aarau
The shooting reportedly happened outside a rave in the northern Swiss town of Aarau.
People fleeing Sudan civil war face ‘dire and deteriorating’ conditions in refuge city
More traumatised civilians are arriving every day at ‘shockingly overcrowded’ El Obeid and camps on its outskirts Humanitarian conditions in the Sudanese city of El Obeid and two camps on its outskirts are dire and deteriorating, according to people on the ground, as civilians displaced by fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia continue to pour in from the surrounding countryside. The UN says more than 15,000 families have arrived since mid-July, joining more than 200,000 people who arrived in the first half of the year, according to government figures cited by Save the Children. Continue reading...
Hrgovic wins IBF world heavyweight boxing title as Itauma hospitalised
Filip Hrgovic is the first Croatian to become a world heavyweight boxing champion after beating Briton Moses Itauma.
Mapping Iran war’s strikes on Gulf energy – and what comes next for oil
US energy companies have reaped billions from rising oil price, but their assets in the region remain at risk.
US police officer pulls hair, throws punches during arrest in Arkansas
Footage shows an Arkansas state patrol officer pulling a passenger by his hair and punching him during an arrest.
Protests as India’s Hindu nationalists take centre stage in New York
Demonstrators rallied against a celebration in New York City that was hosting Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the RSS.
Air raids, conscripts and China: How Myanmar’s military is regaining ground
Rebel fighters in Myanmar lose key towns as conscription, relentless air raids and Chinese support bolster the military.
Sudanese repair roads by hand in Darfur to improve emergency access
Residents of Golo in Sudan’s central Darfur are clearing and repairing a rugged road by hand to help emergency vehicles.
Iceland votes against restarting EU membership talks
Broadcaster RUV reports that 52.8% of voters rejected the government's proposal to resume accession talks.
Venezuela says it retains ‘sovereignty’ following US oil deal
Under the deal, $19 from every barrel of oil sold to the US will flow to Caracas, interim President Rodriguez says.
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495372 Points: 507 # Comments: 225
US deports relative of Afghans who aided military to Africa
Afghan national granted protection in the US is one of dozens of people deported to war-torn Central African Republic.
Iceland EU referendum sees slim, early lead for 'yes' camp
The 'yes' camp won 51.2% of the vote in early counting, but election officials stressed that a more reliable result might not be ready until later on Sunday.
Icelanders vote on whether they want to join the EU
The final vote is expected to be extremely close, with ballot counting continuing through the night.
Bullet-riddled car on display in Berlin to remember Hind Rajab
A memorial display in Berlin has recreated the scene of the killing of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab.
Isolated by raging floodwaters, Nepal’s miracle home amid the devastation
Footage shows a house surrounded by raging floodwaters at the Nepal-Tibet border, with people trapped on rooftops.
Bug Blindness
Article URL: https://danluu.com/bug-blind/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494520 Points: 305 # Comments: 185
Turkiye, Somalia forces free cargo vessel hijacked by pirates
Somali authorities say 14 pirates were killed in the 10-day operation to free a Cameroon-flagged cargo vessel.
Online anti-Muslim backlash collides with different reality in South Africa
Online anti-Muslim rhetoric is growing, but life on the ground tells a more complicated story.
Introducing Hy4 Preview
Introducing Hy4 Preview New open weight text input (no vision) LLM from Chinese company Tencent today: 770B total parameters, 49B active parameters, 1M token context window, 1.56TB on Hugging Face . This is a big size increase from their previous Hy3 in July, which was 295B, 21B active, 256,000 context, 598GB. I recently started using model chat templates to better understand their capabilities. Here's Hy4's chat_template.jinja on Hugging Face, which includes this section: {% - if not reasoning_effort is defined %} {% - set reasoning_effort = 'high' %} {% - elif reasoning_effort not in [ 'high' , 'no_think' ] %} {% - if reasoning_effort is none %} {{- raise_exception('reasoning_effort error : None, should be no_think/high') }} {% - else %} {{- raise_exception('reasoning_effort error : ' + reasoning_effort + ', should be no_think/high') }} {% - endif %} {% - endif %} So it looks like there are just two reasoning effort levels: "high" (the default) and "no_think" (reason by disabled). I tried my "Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle" prompt with the default high reasoning via OpenRouter and got this : Quoting the reasoning trace: [...] Let's maybe add a helmet? It could improve riding theme, but may obscure head. Maybe a small cycling cap or helmet? The user didn't ask; can add red helmet? Might be cute. But pelican with big beak; a helmet might obscure. Better maybe no. Maybe add sunglasses? no. Maybe add water? no. It's interesting how the reasoning trace uses slightly truncated English, presumably because perfect grammar isn't useful or token efficient for hidden reasoning text. Tags: ai , generative-ai , llms , pelican-riding-a-bicycle , llm-reasoning , llm-release , ai-in-china
Spectacular fireworks over Damascus as ‘Syria Shines Again’
Footage shows fireworks lighting up Damascus as the Syrian capital hosts the Damascus International Fair.
Voting closes in Iceland’s knife-edge EU referendum
Iceland's leadership has promised to honour whatever the country's people decide.