What could a US ground invasion of Iran look like?
Donald Trump has refused to rule out sending US troops into Iran as fighting resumes and US strikes continue.
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Kalshi says it caught Trump’s teleprompter operator insider trading
Kalshi users betting on what President Donald Trump would say during his speeches were reportedly up against tough competition: the president's teleprompter operator. ABC News reports that federal investigators believe Gabriel Perez - Trump's teleprompter operator since 2016 - used inside information to make bets on Kalshi, a major prediction market platform that allows users […]
Iran condemns ‘barbaric’ US attack near children’s cancer hospital
Iran accuses US of 'cowardly war crime' as doctor says blast was 'so close' they thought the hospital was struck.
Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos
Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.
Fact check: Claims linking statins to dementia are false
Viral posts claim that a drug widely used to lower cholesterol is contributing to a dementia epidemic. DW Fact Check examined the scientific evidence.
Political crisis and protests in Ukraine as Zelenskyy defends sacking defence minister
President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leaders Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has defended his decision to dismiss the country’s popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov , and confirmed reports that relations had broken down between the ministry and the country’s top army leadership. Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, Zelenskyy said there had been a “challenging dialogue” between Fedorov – widely seen as a reformist and moderniser – and the military’s commander in chief, Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi. Continue reading...
Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app
Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.
WHO: Ebola spreading faster than ever recorded in DR Congo
The World Health Organization warns the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is spreading faster than any previous outbreak.
REST API endpoints for Visual Studio Subscription management
GitHub Enterprise Cloud admins can now use the following REST API endpoints to programmatically manage Visual Studio Subscription (VSS) assignments: GET /enterprises/{enterprise}/visual-studio-subscriptions: Returns all VSS assignments for an enterprise, including… The post REST API endpoints for Visual Studio Subscription management appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
We've seen helium baked off a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere
If the large, rocky planet is losing helium, then we can infer what is left behind.
Xcode 27 runner image now in public preview
You can now build and test your Apple applications against Xcode 27 on GitHub-hosted macOS runners. This is now available in public preview. With early access to the latest Xcode… The post Xcode 27 runner image now in public preview appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state
New York Governor Kathy Hochul might have just signed a moratorium on new AI data centers in the state, but she's not against using the technology herself. During an interview with Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast, Hochul said that her team is using "AI to analyze every single rule, regulation, [and] policy" to check for outdated […]
Ecovacs’ self-cleaning Deebot X11 has hit a new low price
Sometimes it feels like keeping your floors clean is one of those never-ending chores, which is why it's nice to have a versatile robot vacuum take it off your hands. The Ecovacs Deebot X11 robovac / mop hybrid is designed to do just that, and it's now $699 ($400 off) at Amazon and directly from […]
In Syria’s Jobar, locals struggle to rebuild their destroyed homes
Jobar was held by rebels for much of Syria's 13-year war but was destroyed by repeated government assaults.
Quoting Thibault Sottiaux
On file deletions. We’ve investigated a handful of reports where GPT-5.6 unexpectedly deleted files. What we have found is that this most commonly occurs when: Full access mode is enabled and codex is run without sandboxing protections, including without auto review being enabled The model attempts to override the $HOME env var to define a temporary directory. The model makes an honest mistake and mistakenly deletes $HOME instead. — Thibault Sottiaux , describing a pretty gnarly Codex bug Tags: codex , coding-agents , generative-ai , ai , llms
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Amnesty UK self-reports to watchdog after calling JK Rowling women’s centre ‘anti-rights’
Beira’s Place in Edinburgh, founded by the author, says claim was ‘deeply offensive’ as it considers legal action Amnesty International UK has referred itself to the charity regulator over a report it published that described a sexual violence support centre founded by JK Rowling as “anti-rights”. The UK branch of the global human rights charity listed Beira’s Place in Edinburgh among more than 100 organisations it said were part of an anti-rights movement. Continue reading...
Italy: Ex-highway head sentenced to 12 years for deadly bridge collapse
The collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa in 2018 killed 43. The court found the former Italian highway CEO guilty of neglecting maintenance despite prior warnings and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.
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Why Orthodox Jews are opposing the new daylight saving bill in Congress
Orthodox Jewish organizations say the bill, if passed, would force morning prayer services to start after 9 a.m. in some parts of the country, making observant Jews late for work and school.
Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43
The ex-head of Italy's motorway operator Giovanni Castellucci was handed a 12-year term over the 2018 bridge collapse.
Google rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook and opens its search app to third-party integration
Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and integrating the tool more deeply into its ecosystem. A new feature gives each notebook its own cloud computer that can write and run code, initially for AI Ultra and Workspace customers. Separately, Google Search is getting app connections. The article Google rebrands NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook and opens its search app to third-party integration appeared first on The Decoder .
US approves nearly $2bn in weapons sale to Saudi Arabia
The sale intends to bolster Saudi air defence systems as the kingdom risks escalation with the Iran-backed Houthis.
From the Captain’s Chair: Mohammad-Ali A’râbi
In this edition of From the Captain’s Chair, we’re interviewing Mohammad-Ali A'râbi, author, public speaker, and software engineer.