When the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan five years ago, thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. troops were brought here to rebuild their lives. But now, some fear the U.S. may want to send them back.
Australia close Day Three of the first Test against Bangladesh on 161-4, trailing the record-chasing tourists by 67.
World Athletics' president says political influence in sport must be kept in check with LA Olympics on horizon.
Speaking on India's Independence Day, PM Modi announced free online coaching for competitive exams and AI training for 10 million youths, weeks after protests over alleged exam paper leaks and recruitment irregularities.
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings as well as causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes.
Russia has added another German body to its list of "undesirable organizations." A techno parade in Berlin is to take place under high security after last month's deadly attack on a Pride march. DW has more.
Figures disclosed by 33 NHS trusts show temperatures on wards during July rose above 28C limit set by NHS England Hospitals in England have recorded temperatures of almost 42C this summer, with surgeries being cancelled because operating theatres’ cooling units stopped working in the intense heat. The Northern Care Alliance NHS foundation trust, which runs four hospitals in Greater Manchester, recorded a temperature of 41.8C during last month’s heatwave – 14C above the recommended safe maximum. Some patients are also cancelling their own surgery because it is too hot for them to travel. Hospitals and GP surgeries are offering frail elderly patients appointments at the start and end of the day, when it is less hot, to make it easier for them to attend. Ambulance services are struggling to keep some medications at the right temperature because it gets so hot in the back of their vehicles. NHS ambulance trusts have relaxed their usual dress code rules to help crews stay cooler, for example by wearing shorts rather than trousers Continue reading...
A plaintiff in Connecticut embedded invisible prompt injections in court filings, formatted in 3-point white text on a white background, to manipulate a potential AI review system. Judge Spader compared the attempt to secretly tampering with a jury and revoked the plaintiff's electronic filing privileges. The court stressed that Connecticut doesn't use AI to review filings, but the intent alone was enough to warrant sanctions. The article Plaintiff hid invisible AI instructions in court filings to secretly influence automated review appeared first on The Decoder .
His family said they were "in shock" to have lost him, adding a "campaign of misinformation" had been too much.
Mikel Arteta, who ended Arsenal's 22-year wait for a Premier League title, says contract negotiations will be resolved.
World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has unveiled a simulation engine that trains robot controllers entirely in virtual environments. From a single real-world task, the system generates thousands of controlled variations. The trained models then ran for one hour each on five different robot platforms without human intervention. How well the results hold up in more complex everyday situations remains to be seen. The article World Labs turns one real-world robot task into thousands of simulated variations for training appeared first on The Decoder .
Andrew Giuliani, son of ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, tells critics of FIFA's Gianni Infantino 'it's just politics'.
A search and rescue operation is under way to find survivors in Flores, an island in eastern Indonesia.
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War.
Greenhouses and rented plots are lifelines for Gaza's farmers, helping them grow crops despite the extensive destruction
A new research paper frames AI adoption as a "tragedy of the cognitive commons." Every company that cuts entry-level jobs benefits individually, but the collective expertise of entire professions erodes. The consequences may not become visible until 2030 to 2045, when today's missing junior talent should have become tomorrow's experienced workforce. The article The "tragedy of the cognitive commons" explains how rational AI adoption could destroy entire professions' expertise appeared first on The Decoder .
Conservative authority says site is not safe for vulnerable people charity serves or general public Westminster council is making it “impossible” for soup kitchens to operate by complaining about the “crowds of vulnerable people” who turn up to be fed, a charity has said. Steven Stuart, who founded Friends of Essex & London Homeless (FOELH) with his wife, Cheryl, a decade ago, said constant complaints from the council could force the soup kitchen to shut down. Continue reading...
Moonshot AI's PerceptionBench tests how well multimodal AI models can actually "see," separate from logical reasoning. No frontier model reaches 60 percent accuracy, and GPT-5.6 Sol leads by a narrow margin. Many supposed reasoning errors actually happen as early as the image-reading stage. The article New benchmark confirms AI models still perform poorly at visual perception appeared first on The Decoder .
Displaced by Sudan’s war, Sahra now leads a refugee school where education offers children safety and hope.
Corporation was told of claims by Christopher Berry-Dee that he had clothing, which was lost while in its possession The BBC was warned by two whistleblowers that a British true crime author was claiming to have obtained the missing clothes of a child murder victim that the broadcaster had lost. The Guardian has established that the office of the former head of the BBC and the corporation’s whistleblowing unit were both informed that Christopher Berry-Dee, the UK’s most successful true crime author, had told people he had obtained the clothes of Karen Hadaway, who was murdered in 1986. Continue reading...
Morocco has added barbed wire and more police near Spain’s Ceuta enclave after online calls for another mass crossing.
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least five people.
FM Abbas Araghchi says Iran is working with Oman on routes, but Hormuz shipping depends on US meeting conditions.