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US lawmakers introduce a bill aimed at giving the government power to order companies to shut down 'rogue' AI systems.
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Casemiro makes Inter Miami debut despite MLS investigation into transfer
Casemiro plays, Messi sits out during his post-World Cup rest, and Suarez scores to give Miami a sixth straight MLS win.
Water returns to Gatwick Airport after major outage
Gatwick Airport faced a day of disruptions with toilets and restaurants closed to passengers.
Sony says it will stop producing physical discs for PlayStation games
Sony's Playstation games once ran solely on discs. But with advances in technology, physical discs are unnecessary, and the company will soon stop making them.
What we know so far about the Berlin Pride ramming attack
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemns the attack as "heinous" after a suspect drove a car into a crowd near the Tiergarten park.
Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians say
The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.
Lebanese displaced by war turn to satellites to check their homes
Unable to return home, some Lebanese displaced by Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon are buying satellite images to see whether their houses survived.
Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds
A year after President Trump signed a law ending six decades of federal funding of public media, it's a time of reinvention, innovation and clear anxiety at public tv and radio stations nationwide.
Anthropic's Opus 5 blows past Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on the benchmark designed to measure real intelligence
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 scored 30.2 percent on ARC-AGI-3, nearly quadrupling GPT-5.6 Sol's previous record of 7.8 percent. The benchmark's developers say the model independently formulated reflection equations, a behavior they had never seen from another model, and attribute to stronger logical reasoning. The article Anthropic's Opus 5 blows past Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on the benchmark designed to measure real intelligence appeared first on The Decoder .
The Lego problem, revisited
For generations, the rules of Lego were simple: many pieces, all able to connect in many ways, led to many outcomes. That almost drove the company into bankruptcy, though. Lego kits saved the business. Each kit has just one way to do the work, follow the instructions carefully. Industrial indoctrination in a box. While it […]
Ruff v0.16.0 – Significant new updates – 413 default rules up from 59
Article URL: https://astral.sh/blog/ruff-v0.16.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056112 Points: 238 # Comments: 136
Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides
In summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the model's risk rating that fall. According to the Wall Street Journal, some users got step-by-step instructions for making poisons and biological weapons. Hundreds asked for that kind of information. The article Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides appeared first on The Decoder .
India news: Home minister backs Pradhan after resignation
Hours after India's education minister resigned amid youth protests, India's home minister spoke out in his defense. Meanwhile, Cockroach party's leader thanked 'cockroaches' across India. DW has more.
Berlin CSD: Latest in string of deadly vehicle attacks
The attack at a Berlin Pride event is only the most recent incident on a long list where vehicles were used as weapons. The US, Canada, and China also saw similar attacks in recent years.
Firefighters battle wildfire as tens of thousands evacuated near Bordeaux
More than 330,000 people have now been evacuated from wildfires across France and Spain.
Cape Verde World Cup star Vozinha agrees deal with Chile’s Colo Colo
The 40-year-old goalkeeper made global headlines after starring in Cape Verde’s historic run at the World Cup.
Joshua comes back twice to knock out Prenga and set up Fury showdown
Anthony Joshua survives two knockdowns by Albania's Kristian Prenga before winning the fight in the second round.
GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices
Article URL: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/40700-grapheneos-protections-against-data-extraction-from-locked-devices Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055169 Points: 246 # Comments: 126
Persodex
Your personal CRM that lives on top of your iOS contacts. Discussion | Link
JetZero
Article URL: https://www.jetzero.aero Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49054224 Points: 209 # Comments: 168
Berlin: 1 dead, 16 injured after car ramming at CSD Pride event
A citywide manhunt is underway after a van drove into a crowd during Pride celebrations, known locally as Christopher Street Day (CSD). Police have identified a suspect tied to Berlin's "Islamist scene."
Ukraine war briefing: Iran accuses Kyiv of deadly attack on Iranian vessel in Caspian Sea
Zelenskyy says Iran is using Russian satellite images to help direct strikes in Middle East. What we know on day 1,614 Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday condemned what it called a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea , saying it killed one sailor and injured another. Tehran called the apparent attack an act of aggression and said it would defend its national interests and security. Ukraine’s diplomatic representative to Iran was summoned, Iranian state media reported. Throughout the war in Ukraine, Kyiv has had to counter Iranian-designed drones deployed by Moscow, and it has offered its drone interception expertise to countries in the Middle East that have been attacked by Iran. Iran and Russia are two of the five countries that border the Caspian Sea and Russia maintains a powerful naval force there , making the inland body of water a platform for long‑range power projection , and a vital strategic bridge to Iran. Iran’s denunciation of the Ukraine attack on the ship coincided with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s comments that Russia was passing its satellite observations in the Middle East to Iran to enable it to direct strikes in the region. Zelenskyy on Saturday said on X that Ukraine had “achieved very strong results with long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea – including vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran”. Zelenskyy also said Russia wanted to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to take part in its more than four-year-old conflict with Russia, and was already preparing to receive them. Under a mutual defence pact, North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 soldiers to Russia’s Kursk Region in 2024 to help Moscow beat back a major incursion into the region by Ukrainian forces. “Preparations have been under way in Russia’s Voronezh region since June to receive [North Korean troops],” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address, adding that the communist dictatorship was preparing to supply Russia with new launchers for ballistic missiles. Twelve people were killed, including five children, in an drone attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region , Russian-installed local authorities said on Saturday, accusing Ukraine of deliberately attacking civilians. Kyiv did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under attack from Russian forces early on Sunday, with falling debris triggering fires in at least three districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Ukraine’s air force said Russian forces had targeted the capital with ballistic missiles. But an air alert was lifted after about 50 minutes and the air force rescinded its warning of missile deployment. Klitschko said one blaze had broken out on the seventh and eighth floors of a multi-storey apartment block in a central district. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said on Saturday a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine might be reached if both sides froze the conflict and resumed negotiations . Tokayev made the remarks while meeting Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Kazakhstan forum in the Siberian city of Omsk. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, quoted by the state TASS news agency, said Putin outlined to Tokayev in detail the state of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine. Continue reading...
Israel arrests nine at Tel Aviv protest against West Bank settler violence
Protest group says at least 200 demonstrated in Israeli capital a day after major escalation of West Bank violence.
Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.