The moment you start treating your customers as captives, they begin to make other plans. It might take a while, but they always end up leaving. The first step is warning away their friends. On the other hand, when we treat our customers like the free agents they are, they often choose to stick around […]
Cuba suffers second nationwide blackout in five days
VR dance lesson apps like Dance Guru and Trip the Light offer a judgment-free way to learn partner dancing.
In the latest salvo in one of the war's deadliest months, Russia hits Kyiv with ballistic missiles and 121 drones.
Police seized 74kg of gold bars and $20m cash in various currencies.
The storm has triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China ahead of its expected landfall.
Latest match highlights, reaction and previews from the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 scored 51 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, up eight points in three months. In coding, it edges past GLM-5.2 with a score of 71.3 at a lower cost of $0.26 per task. The hallucination rate dropped from 73 to 38 percent. The article Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 outperforms GLM-5.2 in coding and costs slightly less appeared first on The Decoder .
Russian overnight strikes on Kyiv injure ten
China and North Korea are celebrating the 65th anniversary of a friendship treaty this week.
A man allegedly took a woman hostage in a supermarket, prompting a major police operation. The suspect reportedly "pulled out" a big knife before the supermarket closed on Friday evening.
US president warns the US will decimate Iran amid alleged assassination plots as regional mediators try to save MoU.
Following the launch of ChatGPT Work and GPT-5.6 Sol, OpenAI has acknowledged significant issues: excessive compute usage, a confusing transition to the desktop interface for chats and projects, an unclear distinction between Codex and ChatGPT Work, and regressions in existing workflows. In some cases, GPT-5.6 Sol reportedly deleted data on its own that the user had not authorized. The article OpenAI admits it "didn't get everything quite right" with ChatGPT Work launch and scrambles to fix UX and costs appeared first on The Decoder .
Victor Wemnanyama, the NBA's tallest player, inked the third-largest rookie extension in history.
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The White House has hailed the project as giving new generations a stake in the American dream, but the scheme has its critics.
Germany is in for another scorching week, though no records are likely to be broken this time, forecasters say. Meanwhile, police have ended a hostage drama at a Berlin supermarket. DW has more
Hot showers, like electricity, are a luxury that's easy to take for granted. That all changes after a few nights camping at a music festival, a week toiling at a backcountry job site, or overlanding all summer in the great unknown. An itchy scalp and the vague smell of warm clams suddenly make the idea […]
Lionel Messi's Argentina faces Breel Embolo's Switzerland for a place in the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Apple is suing OpenAI over systematic employee poaching and the alleged theft of trade secrets tied to unreleased products. According to the complaint, more than 400 ex-Apple employees now work at OpenAI, including former iPhone design chief Tang Tan. The lawsuit hits OpenAI right as it's building out its own hardware division, with its first product not expected to ship until 2027 at the earliest. The article Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly running a "coordinated campaign" to steal trade secrets through poached employees appeared first on The Decoder .
Zimbra is urging customers to apply updates to address a critical security vulnerability impacting the Classic Web Client that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has been described as a case of stored cross-site scripting (XSS) that could allow specially crafted emails to execute malicious scripts in a user's session. It has yet to be assigned a CVE identifier. "The
Followers of extremist groups regularly ask how AI can help them plan terrorist attacks. A new study suggests that about one-third of AI chatbots might help them, if asked the right way.
Volunteers in La Guaira have transformed a fast-food restaurant into an emergency clinic.
Meta has rolled back its ‘Muse Image’ AI feature after widespread backlash over privacy and consent.