Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump's nominee for CDC director, faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages, and new layers of political review.
AI is a fast-growing business expense. Some companies are cutting costs by switching to cheaper Chinese AI models.
At least three people killed and three others wounded in Russian strikes on Odesa, city's military administrator says.
Less than a month after signing an MoU as a step towards peace, the US reinstates a naval blockade on Iranian ports.
Indonesia's status as an emerging economy could be downgraded over populist President Prabowo Subianto's huge spending projects. Will the man who promised to deliver 8% growth rein in his ambitions?
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Since early June, OpenAI's coding tool Codex encrypts the instructions a main agent passes to its subagents. Developers can no longer track how tasks get delegated internally. For the larger GPT-5.6 variants Sol and Terra, the encryption is mandatory. The article OpenAI's Codex now encrypts instructions between AI agents, leaving developers blind to internal delegation appeared first on The Decoder .
Latest match highlights, reaction and previews from the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.
Hamas is planning to transfer control of Gaza's civilian administration to Palestinian technocrats as part of the fragile US ceasefire. How is that affecting the daily lives of people living in Gaza?
A landmark free trade agreement allows zero-duty market access for nearly 99% of India's exports to the UK. Meanwhile, US senators have proposed a new bill to impose 100% tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases.
ASML on Wednesday raised its guidance for a second time this year as its customers continue to ramp up their production capacity of AI chips.
Members of the pro-Ukraine “coalition of the willing” this week reasserted their desire for such a force after a cessation of hostilities Meanwhile, the Kremlin has rejected Lithuanian president’s warnings about a potential Russian attack on critical infrastructure ( 10:06 ) , dismissing them as “horror stories” intended to “prepare public for further militarisation.” Reuters reported that the Kremlin said these comments were merely a “pretext for further deployment of Nato military infrastructure to Baltic states.” Continue reading...
Former and current Meta employees are suing the company in a California federal court over AI-driven mass layoffs. Meta allegedly used internal AI systems to generate the layoff lists when it cut 8,000 workers, disproportionately targeting employees with disabilities or on parental leave. The article Meta employees sue over layoffs they say were driven by discriminatory AI selection systems appeared first on The Decoder .
Oil prices rise as the US renews a blockade on Iranian ports and carries out a wave of air strikes.
Lindsey Graham’s sister sworn in to fill his US Senate seat
Despite returning to profit after hiking bills 40%, the deeply troubled company is far from out of the woods.
France’s free-scoring World Cup run ends in 2-0 loss to Spain, denting Mbappe’s hopes of a third final.
Public exploit code targeting the Firefox flaws exists, but no in-the-wild exploitation has been observed. The post Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh Chrome 150, Firefox 152 Updates appeared first on SecurityWeek .
SpaceX's latest residential dish - the Starlink V5 - is now available in "select areas." It's notably smaller and lighter than the V4 dish with improved power efficiency. It'll be available in more places as SpaceX ramps up production to meet global demand. The company notes that Starlink V5 is not intended for in-motion use […]
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Indian petrol stations now only offer fuel with 20 percent ethanol blended in. But the rushed move triggers criticism.
After a masterclass against France in the semifinals, Spain are just one win from winning their second World Cup.
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Hassan Khalil Almukayed is among at least 15 Palestinian doctors from Gaza currently in Israeli detention.