Global stocks slide as Brent crude surpasses $100 a barrel
Benchmark Brent crude hits $100, shaking markets and fuelling concerns over rising inflation pressures worldwide.
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ChatGPT Images 2.5: Faster, more precise, but not the same for everyone
OpenAI is releasing two new image models with ChatGPT Images 2.5. Flare handles faster generation, Sunburst delivers more precise edits. It's still unclear which model ChatGPT users get and when. Our test offers the first hints on who actually benefits from the improvements. The article ChatGPT Images 2.5: Faster, more precise, but not the same for everyone appeared first on The Decoder .
How has Israel hit back against sanctions by the UK, others?
Israel announced four countermeasures including the closure of the British consulate in East Jerusalem.
White House pulls Tetris-style 'Build The Wall' game after copyright concern
The Tetris Company says it takes "copyright infringement very seriously" and is not involved with the game.
Suno replaces its AI models with a new one trained on licensed music as copyright suits pile up
As it grapples with a bevy of lawsuits, Suno said its new model, Suno v6, is not trained using music it used to train previous versions of the AI model.
Students who use AI generally score worse at school
Students who use AI to help them study tend to perform worse at school than those who don't, according to data from a global OECD educational report. The situation is more complex than it sounds though, with certain types of AI use giving learners a slight boost, especially among students taught to critically assess how […]
K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models — developers aren’t fully convinced
Based in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) introduced K2 Horizon last week. This group The post K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models — developers aren’t fully convinced appeared first on The New Stack .
Meta Launches Personal AI Agent, Muse, Emphasizes Safety and Privacy
Muse runs on a dedicated, secure virtual machine that houses both the agent and the user’s data. The post Meta Launches Personal AI Agent, Muse, Emphasizes Safety and Privacy appeared first on SecurityWeek .
Photos: Large Oslo crowd bids farewell to Norway’s King Harald V
Thousands line streets of Norway's capital as King Harald V is laid to rest during service attended by world leaders.
Webinar: Learn How to Answer “Are We Exposed?” Faster After a New CVE
A major vulnerability is disclosed. The alert lands immediately. Then comes the harder question: Are we actually exposed? For many security teams, answering that means jumping between vulnerability scanners, endpoint tools, cloud inventories, SBOMs, repositories, and application data to build enough context to act. As AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and research, that delay matters more
Node.js 24.21.0 (LTS)
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Video: Dozens protest potential Strait of Hormuz deployment
Almost 100 anti-war activists protested on Wednesday outside the Sejong Centre in Seoul.
Syria: How the 'house of sisters' threat split society
Rumor has it that the 'house of sisters' is where kidnapped women from other Syrian sects are forced to convert to Islam. Nobody knows if it really exists, but it's being used to create communal tensions anyway.
LIV Golf in financial turmoil: what's next for the sport?
Six months after Saudi Arabia pulled funding from the breakaway organization, LIV Golf have filed for bankruptcy protection. Several of the world's best players signed on to LIV, so where does that leave golf?
Petrol prices rise by 5p over a week as Iran war sends oil higher
A litre of unleaded now costs 167.17p which is the biggest weekly increase since April, data shows.
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How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
Article URL: https://xlii.space/eng/malicious-software-on-google-ads/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624856 Points: 285 # Comments: 172
Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device
Article URL: https://desertant.com/blog/introducing-desert-ant-labs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624823 Points: 288 # Comments: 77
What are the holes in the UK’s ban on imports from Israeli settlements?
Over a year, the UK imported just £6m ($8.1m) in goods recorded as Palestinian, including Israeli settlement goods.
Whose GPUs are these, anyway? Secure, self-service metrics for multi-tenant Kubernetes
The question that stopped the meeting It was a routine cost review. The slide showed the month’s GPU spend, the biggest line on the whole infrastructure bill, and someone asked a five-word question: “Are we using...
Germany's Merz attacks AfD in stormy debate after far-right election win
Germany's chancellor clashes with AfD leader Alice Weidel, saying her migration policy amounts to "ethnic cleansing" for skilled workers.
DeepSeek launching v4.1 flash cheaper and more capable than v4 pro
DSeek plans to officially release the V4.1 Flash model around September 10, 2026 (Beijing Time). After extensive internal and external testing, V4.1 Flash has comprehensively surpassed V4 Pro across all key metrics, including performance, cost, speed, and task completion time. In keeping with our commitment to user responsibility, following the official launch of V4.1 Flash and prior to the release of V4.1 Pro, all requests to the Pro model will be routed to V4.1 Flash and billed at Flash's price. If you encounter any issues during your comparative testing between V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash, please do not hesitate to reach out to us with your feedback. Thank you for your support! We will adjust the pricing for the Flash series effective from 12:00 Beijing Time on September 10, 2026. During off-peak hours, the unit price will be $0.003 for input cache hits, $0.15 for input cache misses, and $0.6 for output. Peak-hour prices will be double the off-peak rates. Please plan your usage accordingly. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624603 Points: 278 # Comments: 140
DeepSeek Harness Flaw Let AI Agents Disable Their Own File Sandbox Without Approval
A flaw in DeepSeek Harness, DeepSeek's open-source tool for running AI coding agents on a developer's machine, let a sandboxed agent turn off its own sandbox with a single command. The tool runs an agent's commands inside an operating-system sandbox, so that an agent working on untrusted files cannot write outside its workspace. The agent could remove that limit by calling the tool's own web
U.S. military destroys 5 Iranian oil tankers. And, the Smithsonian head resigns
The U.S. military says it has destroyed five Iranian oil tankers as the conflict continues to escalate. And, Smithsonian head Lonnie G. Bunch III says he plans to step down by the end of the year.