Can a humanitarian disaster be averted in Somalia?
The UN warns of another hunger crisis, with starvation threatening millions.
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Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging
Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.
Pope Leo urges the world to ‘help begin reconstruction’ of Gaza
Pope Leo XIV is appealing to authorities around the world to support the people of Gaza who are ‘still suffering'.
Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says
Renters say hidden Zillow listings make it harder to afford living in New York City.
Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz fires economy minister amid unrest
Jose Gabriel Espinoza removed from post days after he was censured by the legislature amid tumult over economic reform.
Spline rebuilt its entire 3D editor. Then it handed the keys to Claude Code.
Spline released V2 on Thursday, a complete rebuild of its 3D editor that enables external coding agents to work directly The post Spline rebuilt its entire 3D editor. Then it handed the keys to Claude Code. appeared first on The New Stack .
US Supreme Court allows Trump’s ballroom project to continue for now
The Trump administration has argued the $400m White House ballroom is needed for national security purposes.
Sweden: One killed in school sword attack
Police have said they have arrested an individual who stabbed several people, killing one person, with a sword at a high school in central Sweden.
Rust Glancer: Rust LSP using 100x less RAM
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Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Siri
Apple is laying off staff on the Siri and the Vision Pro teams, according to Bloomberg. The cuts include "largely shutting down" a Vision Pro gaming team and "reducing the size" of the team that makes Vision Pro immersive content, the publication says. More than 200 jobs were cut. Apple said in a statement to […]
Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero
Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.
Trump waives ‘out-of-quota’ beef tariffs for 90 days to lower prices
The president did not mention with whom he made the deal or where the imported ground beef is coming from.
Anthropic puts its most powerful model Claude Mythos 5 to work for cyber defense
Anthropic is now running its security scanner Claude Security on Claude Mythos 5. The tool scans codebases for vulnerabilities, provides severity ratings with CWE classifications, and suggests patches. Anthropic is also plugging Mythos 5 into partner security products protecting critical infrastructure. The article Anthropic puts its most powerful model Claude Mythos 5 to work for cyber defense appeared first on The Decoder .
Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels
The private Android-based OS will expand beyond Pixels next year.
Tesla recalls 3 million vehicles in China over doorhandle safety, driver monitoring
Tesla will voluntarily recall about 3 million of its vehicles in China to address doorhandle safety concerns and deficient driver monitoring systems.
US court slashes Alex Jones fines for Sandy Hook school shooting case
Court cuts Infowars founder's penalty for false claims that school shooting was a 'hoax' from $50m to $1.5m.
Libya rivals test a new path towards unity, 15 years after Gadaffi downfall
Fifteen years since Tripoli fell, Libyan parties are finally working towards unity.
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'Masha and the Bear': Ukraine sanctions Russian cartoon
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the hit Russian children's cartoon "Masha and the Bear," a step towards banning it. The culture minister called the show propaganda. Russia said the move showed Kyiv's "ugly nature."
Anthropic brings Mythos 5 to its Claude Security vulnerability scanner
Earlier this year, Anthropic launched Claude Security, an enterprise tool that helps development teams scan their codebase for security vulnerabilities The post Anthropic brings Mythos 5 to its Claude Security vulnerability scanner appeared first on The New Stack .
Deepseek releases experimental Flash vision model that rivals Opus 4.8 on agent benchmarks
Deepseek has released V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, an experimental multimodal model that adds image understanding to V4-Flash's text capabilities. On the company's own multimodal agent benchmarks, it approaches Opus 4.8 and sometimes beats it. The article Deepseek releases experimental Flash vision model that rivals Opus 4.8 on agent benchmarks appeared first on The Decoder .
Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers
Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year.
Secret tunnel becomes museum for Syria chemical attack and siege of Ghouta
A Ghouta tunnel used during Assad’s siege is now a museum, 13 years after government forces’ deadly sarin gas attack.