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World · Al Jazeera

Iran war live: Trump says he views Strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’

US president says Iran 'would love to make a deal, but they’re not ready to make the right deal in my opinion'.

World · Al Jazeera

Myanmar military bombing kills 14 at Buddhist monastery, opposition reports

More than 100 people were in the monastery for a religious retreat, according to a local resident.

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."

World · Deutsche Welle

TikTok agrees to pay $400m to settle US children's privacy case

The US Justice Department sued TikTok in 2024 over allegations that it violated children's online privacy laws. The settlement is believed to be one of the largest ever over the issue.

Developers & Open Source · vercel/next.js Releases

v16.4.0-canary.1

Misc Changes docs: fix parallelRouteKey parameter name in useSelectedLayoutSegment(s): #97710 Turbopack: Avoid cloning paths in fs watcher if the path is already in a map: #97655 Remove generated error codes: #97687 [PPF] Instant validation for unstable_navigation(): #97309 Turbopack: trace graceful-fs calls: #97694 Migrate some async blocks to async closures: #97666 turbo-tasks: add scope_unbounded, a scoped execution primitive that allows more work to be discovered: #95974 test: make app-document-import-order more robust: #97682 Add a Turbopack error for missing root layouts: #97639 Improve Partial Prefetching adoption checks: #97637 test: stabilize poisoned proxy error overlay: #97609 docs: correct the upper stale bound for App Shell exclusion in cacheLife: #97653 docs: Adapters entry page lists its children pages twice: #97677 [PPF] unstable_prefetch(): #97622 [PPF] Scaffold unstable_prefetch(): #97618 docs: clarify beforeInteractive placement for root layouts: #97643 fix(turbopack): give eager import.meta.glob values the ESM namespace: #96559 Credits Huge thanks to @marcoshernanz , @bgw , @devjiwonchoi , @lubieowoce , @mischnic , @lukesandberg , @DavidIlie , @aurorascharff , @sokra , and @icyJoseph for helping!

Cloud & Infrastructure · Cloudflare Blog

Say it once: introducing Bot Preference Sync

Cloudflare's new Bot Preference Sync automatically aligns your robots.txt file with your AI bot policies for Search, Agent, and Training. Easily manage which bots access your content without maintaining static files.

Cloud & Infrastructure · Cloudflare Blog

Say it once: introducing Bot Preference Sync

Cloudflare's new Bot Preference Sync automatically aligns your robots.txt file with your AI bot policies for Search, Agent, and Training. Easily manage which bots access your content without maintaining static files.

World · Al Jazeera

US debt tops $40 trillion, Americans left with the bill

The US national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion for the first time in history, and it’s growing fast.

World · Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s Imran Khan back to prison after evaluation at hospital

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was sent back to prison after being transferred for a medical evaluation.

AI · TechCrunch AI

Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.

AI · TechCrunch AI

Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf

Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.

Society · NPR Technology

A battle over 'Italian brainrot' could shape who owns AI art

A legal battle over what looks like a cartoon stick could help set the rules over whether creators can claim ownership of their AI-generated characters.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US

I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC's drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa - a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller wings that transform it into a drone - has already stopped taking US orders just three days after its Indiegogo debut, and may be forced to abandon shipping […]

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit

The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without notifying parents or obtaining consent and did not delete the accounts […]

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours

Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying.

Developers & Open Source · ollama/ollama Releases

v0.33.0

What's Changed mlx: fix mac assumptions on linux/windows by @dhiltgen in #17898 mlx update by @dhiltgen in #17886 lint fixes by @dhiltgen in #17897 app: add claude desktop app by @ParthSareen in #17899 app: polish onboarding layout and disable zoom by @hoyyeva in #17885 launch: fall back to npx for DeepSeek Harness by @ParthSareen in #17758 mlxrunner: make prefix cache restore points survive cancelled and resumed prefills by @jessegross in #17901 app: add Connect your apps experience by @hoyyeva in #17900 app: claude model management by @ParthSareen in #17915 Full Changelog : v0.32.15...v0.33.0-rc0

Business · CNBC Technology

Anthropic IPO filing will show AI backlash as a risk factor, sources say

Anthropic is poised to debut on the stock market at a time when the public is increasingly upset about data centers and is fearful about AI taking jobs.

World · Al Jazeera

TikTok settles with US Justice Department for $400m over child privacy laws

TikTok and the US government settled to resolve allegations that the app violated children's online privacy laws.

Society · BBC Technology

TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13.

World · Al Jazeera

Mexico Governor Ruben Rocha returns to office despite US criminal charges

The governor, who leads the state of Sinaloa, has been accused by the Trump administration of partnering with a cartel.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Over one million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button

LinkedIn actually announced a "Seems like AI slop" button on July 30th, and the company says that a lot of people have already used it. According to a Thursday post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, "over a million people" have clicked on the button, which is accessible from the three dots menu on a […]

World · Al Jazeera

One killed, three wounded in sword attack at Swedish high school

One person has been killed and three others wounded in an attack by a sword-wielding man at a Swedish high school.

World · Al Jazeera

Arsenal rout Coventry 3-0 to begin Premier League title defence in style

Kai Havertz struck early, Bukayo Saka doubled the lead, before Martin Odegaard netted after the break.

World · Al Jazeera

Global Sumud Flotilla joins Albania’s anti-resort protest

Three boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived in Albania’s Vlore on Friday to support the “Flamingo Revolution"