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Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores

"Mummified remains sold online exhibit signs of biodeterioration, yet sellers provide no safety guidance."

World · Deutsche Welle

DR Congo peace roadmap: Will the fighting finally end?

A new roadmap sets out the conditions toward peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). But disagreements over M23 rebels, Rwanda's role and security concerns remain, and could still derail the process.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Einfall

Capture fugitive thoughts + route them to where they belong Discussion | Link

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback

Robotaxis are expanding. So is the fight over the rules governing them. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal earlier this year that would have opened the door to driverless robotaxis outside New York City after taxi drivers, unions, and state lawmakers opposed it. Six months later, commercial driverless service remains illegal in […]

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China

Nvidia worker indicted after Jensen Huang scolded Supermicro for AI server smuggling.

World · The Guardian World

Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses

Spokesperson for Duke of Sussex says he remains an ‘active and avid supporter’ of African Parks’ mission The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African wildlife charity that had been at the centre of a human rights controversy. Prince Harry’s spokesperson confirmed he was no longer a trustee of African Parks , which admitted last year that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in the Republic of the Congo. Continue reading...

World · Al Jazeera

Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott convicted of child sex abuse

The 49-year-old was found to have subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse.

World · The Guardian Ukraine

Burnham’s visit to Kyiv marks a renewal of badly needed support for Ukraine

As well as immediate military help and diplomatic backing the prime minister could be useful in dealing with the US Since moving into Downing Street in July, Andy Burnham – a foreign policy neophyte – has expressed strong support for Ukraine. But on Monday he saw the bitter human cost of the war up close for the first time, visiting Kyiv during his first international trip as prime minister. The occasion was the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave awards to the families of fallen soldiers. Relatives wept, hugging Ukraine’s president. Photos of young men in their prime were shown on a giant screen. Continue reading...

World · Deutsche Welle

DR Congo peace roadmap: Can it end the fighting?

A new roadmap sets out the conditions toward peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). But disagreements over M23 rebels, Rwanda's role, and security concerns remain, and could still derail the process.

World · Al Jazeera

Israeli strike on Gaza shelter extends casualty list

More than 1,200 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.

Notable Blogs · Simon Willison

llm-anthropic 0.27

Release: llm-anthropic 0.27 This release of the Anthropic plugin for LLM mainly provides compatibility with the recently released anthropic v1.0.0 Python library, which switches from httpx to httpx2 . OpenAI made the same change in their v3.0.0 release two weeks ago. Anthropic provide this migration guide for upgrading to 1.0, so I prompted Fable 5 in Claude Code with: Upgrade to anthropic>=1 - read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python/refs/heads/main/MIGRATION.md and get the tests passing Here's the resulting PR . Tags: python , httpx , llm , anthropic , claude

World · Al Jazeera

Nathan Cofnas on whether he feels responsible for Jason Arday’s death

Nathan Cofnas, who accused Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has addressed Arday’s death.

Cloud & Infrastructure · AWS News Blog

AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026)

During my time at AWS, I have always looked for opportunities to work with students. I have delivered over 50 talks at universities across the region, and watching the potential in the room is always a strong motivator. It reminds me of why I do this work, and that the students I meet today may […]

World · Al Jazeera

England drop fast bowler Bryden Carse amid investigation into club incident

The 31-year-old Durham bowler will not play against Pakistan in the upcoming second Test match.

World · Al Jazeera

What to expect as Iran braces for new US economic measures amid war

Tehran may count on links with China and others to weather the storm, but average Iranian people will bear the brunt.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance

Article URL: https://larsfaye.com/articles/ai-coding-will-prevent-expertise Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421554 Points: 346 # Comments: 370

World · Al Jazeera

Trump slams Canada with new 50 percent auto tariffs for 2027

Trump said tariffs on Canadian auto and steel will double to 50 percent from January 1.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

The Witcher 4 developers target a 2028 release

CD Projekt Red is aiming to launch The Witcher 4 sometime in 2028, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski says in a new video. CD Projekt Red has been working on its next mainline Witcher title for years and has shown videos of it, but now the studio is providing a target release window for when the […]

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

IPFS Maintainers Winding Down

Article URL: https://ipshipyard.com/blog/2026-the-end-of-ipfs-at-shipyard/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421489 Points: 217 # Comments: 92

World · The Guardian Ukraine

Burnham hands secret missile technology to Ukraine – The Latest

Andy Burnham is making his first foreign visit as prime minister to Ukraine, marking the country’s independence day. Burnham will use the trip to announce that the UK government will declassify information about missiles to help Ukraine build its own. Lucy Hough speaks to senior international correspondent Luke Harding – watch on YouTube Luke’s new book Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest is out on Thursday Continue reading...

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

ChatGPT Ad Library

See every ad running inside ChatGPT Discussion | Link

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Retro Y2K Theme

Customize any website with a vintage 90s & Y2K retro theme Discussion | Link

AI · The Decoder

Alibaba's Wan3.0 generates AI videos up to 30 seconds long from text, images, and documents

Alibaba's video generation model Wan3.0 creates clips up to 30 seconds long from text, PDFs, and PowerPoint files. A 30-second 1080p clip costs $6. Alibaba's quarterly profit dropped 75 percent year-over-year as the company ramps up AI spending. The article Alibaba's Wan3.0 generates AI videos up to 30 seconds long from text, images, and documents appeared first on The Decoder .

World · Deutsche Welle

The new Bundesliga season is here, but has the glow gone?

Another Bundesliga season arrives, but are the golden years of Germany's top football league already over, and what can it do to change its course?