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Society · The Guardian Society

‘We fought for a tougher sentence’: victims’ families’ fury over early release scheme

Partner of woman killed by dangerous driver among those who say they are devastated at killers leaving jail early When Calvin Buckley, whose pregnant partner was killed by a dangerous driver in 2023, secured a tougher sentence for the man who took her life, he felt some justice had been served. Now, under plans to release prisoners early to ease overcrowding, Adil Iqbal, who filmed himself speeding at 123mph before he crashed into 38-year-old Frankie Jules-Hough, may serve less time in prison than he would have under his original sentence. “He could actually serve less time than he originally was going to before we appealed,” Buckley said. “We’ve fought for a tougher sentence. What is the point of having an actual sentence if the government can just reduce that?” Continue reading...

Products & Consumer Tech · Business Wire

Collov Labs Launches NewEyes AI, an App That Turns Your Camera Into the Most Advanced Visual AI Agent - Business Wire

Collov Labs Launches NewEyes AI, an App That Turns Your Camera Into the Most Advanced Visual AI Agent    Business Wire

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

All of Winona Police Department's Flock cameras cut down and stolen

Article URL: https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/08/04/every-flock-camera-winona-minnesota-cut-down-stolen-coordinated-theft/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49171656 Points: 345 # Comments: 211

Cloud & Infrastructure · Metro State University

Understanding Cloud Computing: A Student’s Perspective - Metro State University

Understanding Cloud Computing: A Student’s Perspective    Metro State University

Developers & Open Source · ollama/ollama Releases

v0.32.6

What's Changed Qwen3.5 is faster on Apple GPUs: the MLX engine now uses the model's MTP head for speculative decoding automatically /v1/chat/completions streaming now matches OpenAI's wire format: role only on the first chunk, finish_reason on its own chunk, and usage in a separate chunk with stream_options.include_usage . Truncated OpenAI responses now report finish_reason: "length" instead of "tool_calls" . ollama run kimi-k3 now offers kimi-k3:cloud for cloud-only models that publish no default tag, instead of failing. TUI fixes: pipe-delimited prose no longer renders as a table, Enter accepts the highlighted @ file completion, and /prompt scrolling is no longer laggy. Experimental image generation has been temporarily removed. Continue using 0.32.5 for image generation support Updated the MLX and llama.cpp engines. Full Changelog : v0.32.5...v0.32.6-rc0

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Scrimba Explain

Ask any question, get a video back instantly Discussion | Link

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 2)

Many companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. The post Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 2) appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · Deutsche Welle

South Sudan: How climate change can result in toxic water

Years of flooding have resulted in disastrous water pollution in South Sudan's main oil region. As communities, scientists and health workers scramble for solutions, the long-term impacts of the crisis is yet to emerge.

World · Deutsche Welle

Middle East: Hezbollah condemns latest Israel-Lebanon talks

Hezbollah and Lebanon's government traded verbal blows amid the latest round of talks with Israel in Italy. And the Trump administration is touting progress in talks with Iran, despite no word from Tehran. DW has more.

Products & Consumer Tech · Zimperium

Zimperium Deep Insights Cuts Mobile Incident Investigation Time From Weeks to Minutes - Zimperium

Zimperium Deep Insights Cuts Mobile Incident Investigation Time From Weeks to Minutes    Zimperium

AI · The Decoder

Google moves billions in Anthropic chip risk off its balance sheet

Google is working with Broadcom, Apollo, Blackstone, and Morgan Stanley on a multibillion-dollar financing structure that supplies Anthropic with AI chips and data centers while keeping most of the risk off Google's balance sheet. The setup leaves roughly $200 billion in contracts dependent on Anthropic's continued growth and ability to make its lease payments. The article Google moves billions in Anthropic chip risk off its balance sheet appeared first on The Decoder .

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Rethinking AI Security: Why CASB and DLP Need an Interaction-Aware Layer

Build your strategy around answering these questions to ensure employees use AI productively while keeping sensitive data, IP, and agent behavior within the boundaries set for safe AI use. The post Rethinking AI Security: Why CASB and DLP Need an Interaction-Aware Layer appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · Al Jazeera

Photos: Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts, forcing evacuations

Guatemala raises alert as Fuego volcano erupts, spewing ash and forcing village evacuations.

World · Al Jazeera

War on Iran: Trump says Iran has one ‘last chance’

US President Donald Trump says Iran has ‘one last chance’ to make a deal, but Tehran is in no hurry to take it.

World · BBC Europe

Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack

Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.

Business · CNBC Technology

Jim Cramer weighs the next move after massive rallies in two tech stocks

The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

Developers & Open Source · JetBrains Blog

dotInsights | August 2026

Did you know? Ever wondered why C# uses the semicolon to terminate a statement? Obviously it comes from the C/C++ heritage it shares with other languages like Java, but where did C get it from? That would be Algol, where the semicolon was used to separate statements. But why the semicolon? In natural language grammar, […]

Developers & Open Source · GitHub Changelog

Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Spark on github.com

Beginning August 4, 2026, GitHub Spark no longer accepts new users or allows the creation of new apps. Existing users can continue to access GitHub Spark until August 31, 2026… The post Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Spark on github.com appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

AI · TechCrunch AI

Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership

Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and covers product. The paid tool will let fans create AI-generated covers and remixes of participating artists’ music while ensuring artists opt in, receive credit, and are compensated.

AI · TechCrunch AI

Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits

Tech companies and developers have been scouring the U.S. for places to build data centers, and they’ve been drawn to Texas’ loose regulations and seemingly abundant power supply. But even Texas can be pushed to the brink.

Society · Tech Xplore

All 50 states have introduced bills to regulate digital media for kids. A new database tracks them - Tech Xplore

All 50 states have introduced bills to regulate digital media for kids. A new database tracks them    Tech Xplore

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Texas says data centers must pass an audit before connecting to the grid

Texas announced new a audit on data centers that could slow approval for new facilities seeking to connect to the state energy grid. Governor Greg Abbott (R) on Monday directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to verify and audit new data center proposals, writing that […]

World · BBC Middle East

Trump says Iran will be 'hit very hard' if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Wispr Flow Notetaker

Meeting notes that get the details right. Discussion | Link