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Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

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World · Al Jazeera

Britain’s likely PM says will work to ‘stop the suffering’ in Gaza

Andy Burnham took to social media to apologise for the Labour Party’s initial stance on Israeli attacks in Gaza.

AI · TechCrunch AI

OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

OpenAI's new family of models will continue to power Microsoft's suite of workplace and productivity apps.

World · Al Jazeera

China expands anti-sanctions toolkit, raising risks for foreign firms

Beijing is rolling out measures to expand its ability to hit back at US and EU sanctions and export controls.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year

Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft's carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, totalling 34 million metric tons "without select interventions." Microsoft says this was "driven primarily by the expansion of our […]

AI · OpenAI News

Getting started with ChatGPT

Learn how to use ChatGPT, start your first conversation, and discover simple ways to write, brainstorm, and solve problems with AI.

Developers & Open Source · Hugging Face Blog

Profiling in PyTorch (Part 3): Attention is all you profile

Hugging Face Blog published: Profiling in PyTorch (Part 3): Attention is all you profile

World · Al Jazeera

Iran war live: New attacks on Iran as US says talks still on

Washington official says US not behind the latest strikes and that technical talks with Iran continue.

Developers & Open Source · vercel/next.js Releases

v16.3.0-canary.82

Misc Changes [turbopack] Compile service workers registered from pages router pages: #95583 [turbopack] Output service workers to /_next/static/ : #95554 Reduce the size of OperationVc from 8 bytes to 4: #95614 Upgrade React from df4bd1b4-20260708 to 5123b063-20260708 : #95642 Add attribute rendering benchmark: #95621 docs(opengraph-image): load assets at module scope to keep route static under Cache Components: #95246 Convert agent-041's blocking-data check to the agentic LLM judge: #95630 Upgrade React from 12a4baec-20260707 to df4bd1b4-20260708 : #95612 Make the agent-rules block verifiable and self-upgrading: #95467 Refresh outdated agent-rules blocks on next dev and codemod upgrade: #95470 [ci] Split up large instant-validation tests: #95627 [ci] Split up large rsc-build-errors development test: #95624 [ci] split up large cache-components-errors tests: #95623 docs: update MCP guides for the thin next-devtools-mcp: #94859 Normalize and validate expire and revalidate values to handle Infinity and surface mistakes early: #95493 [ci] Bump PR stats job timeout to 35 minutes: #95592 Credits Huge thanks to @sampoder , @lukesandberg , @vercel-release-bot , @timneutkens , @aurorascharff , @gaojude , @bgw , and @gaearon for helping!

AI · TechCrunch AI

Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s No. 2 role

OpenAI's No. 2 executive, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role after her medical leave proved longer than expected — a leadership vacuum that comes at a tricky time as the company eyes a possible IPO and races to catch Anthropic in the enterprise market.

World · Al Jazeera

Venezuela earthquakes toll rises to 3,889 as risk of disease grows

The United Nations launched an appeal for roughly $300 million to assist survivors of Venezuela's earthquakes

World · Al Jazeera

New Mexico accuses US Justice Department of impeding Epstein investigation

State Attorney General Raul Torrez accused the Trump administration of withholding records, harming his investigation.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness

OpenAI's Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company's AGI chief and is transitioning to being a "part-time advisor," she said on X. The news follows Simo's original announcement in April that she would take a few weeks of medical leave due to a neuroimmune condition, shortly after she had taken on the […]

World · BBC Middle East

Huge crowds in Mashhad as Iran's late supreme leader is buried

Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.

Society · The Guardian Society

Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children

Ministers consider bringing e-cigarette laws in line with tobacco as data shows 20% of teenagers have tried vaping Vapes could be sold in plain packaging as part of a range of proposals to stop them being marketed to children. The UK-wide plans also include limiting device colours to white, black or grey, and keeping vapes out of sight in shops, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. Continue reading...

Society · BBC Technology

Pressure builds on Europe's biggest port to be greener

A lawsuit demands that the Port of Rotterdam moves faster to cut its dependence on fossil fuel firms.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Netflix reportedly considers adding always-on channels

Netflix is thinking about adding always-on channels that would stream specific shows and movies, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move sounds like a Netflix version of always-on services like Pluto TV and Tubi, except the big hook for those is that they're free - because of the ads you have to watch. Netflix […]

World · Al Jazeera

Waiting for Moses: Africa’s sons in Russia’s war

Russia's war in Ukraine is leaving African families to count the cost.

World · Al Jazeera

Mbappe and Dembele net as France beat Morocco to reach World Cup semifinal

France beat Morocco 2-0 in quarterfinals at FIFA World Cup 2026 and will meet Spain or Belgium next.

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Flores Hobbits' eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past

If Homo floresiensis wasn't a fire-using hunter, its origins could be different than we thought.

AI · TechCrunch AI

OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

OpenAI's latest family of models promises improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.1 — its first paid AI model

Meta on Thursday rolled out Muse Spark 1.1, a major update to its AI platform, just three months after launching The post Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.1 — its first paid AI model appeared first on The New Stack .

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Why American ambulance rides are so expensive

Article URL: https://davidoks.blog/p/why-american-ambulance-rides-are Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853091 Points: 285 # Comments: 409

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise

Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works.