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Albanian PM defends €4 million Kanye West concert
Albania doubled down on hosting US rapper Kanye West, as several European countries have banned his performance. PM Edi Rama claimed the gig would generate €100 million in revenue for the country.
Five key takeaways from the NATO summit in Ankara
Trump dominates summit with anti-Europe and Iran diatribes as NATO pledges to expand defence budgets and Ukraine support
Grok 4.5 is so cheap compared to Fable 5 and GPT 5.5 that benchmark gaps may not matter much
xAI releases Grok 4.5, trained on tens of thousands of Nvidia GB300 GPUs. In coding benchmarks, the model trails Fable 5 and GPT-5.5 but needs 4.2 times fewer tokens than Opus 4.8. At $2 per million input tokens, it costs a fraction of the competition. EU availability is expected in mid-July. The article Grok 4.5 is so cheap compared to Fable 5 and GPT 5.5 that benchmark gaps may not matter much appeared first on The Decoder .
“Opus-class, but faster”: What Elon Musk says about beating Anthropic
SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that Grok 4.5 will be released publicly on Thursday, posting on X, “Based The post “Opus-class, but faster”: What Elon Musk says about beating Anthropic appeared first on The New Stack .
Argentina fans accused of violence, racism by Egypt, Cape Verde supporters
Fans tell Al Jazeera Argentina supporters hurled beer bottles and abuse at them when their team scored in knockout games.
Mass cleanup underway after severe flooding in China
Residents and volunteers in China’s Guangxi province have begun clearing up their flooded homes.
Sim
Open-source workspace for AI agents and workflows Discussion | Link
Coasty
A Computer-Use-Agent that runs legacy software like a human Discussion | Link
Trump says US ‘may take over Kharg Island’: Here’s what you need to know
Kharg Island, pivotal to Iran's oil exports, becomes focal point as Trump renews threats amid rising Gulf tensions.
War on Gaza draws large crowds to Khamenei’s funeral in Iraq
More than a million mourners packed streets in Najaf, Iraq for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral procession.
Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on "higher priority projects," Obsidian Entertainment is changing its plans. The studio, behind games like Grounded and The Outer Worlds, is starting work on a new Fallout title and has canceled "multiple projects," including a […]
From menacing threats to comical misnomers: Donald Trump’s unlikely tale of love and darkness at Nato
US president veers from praising the alliance to threatening Iran and confusing world leaders’ names Having arrived at Nato ’s annual summit under a familiar cloud of resentment and grievance, Donald Trump ’s farewell message on Wednesday was an unlikely tale of love and darkness. Addressing journalists in the presence of his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , the US president surprised everyone by directing his affections at an alliance he spent much of the previous day spewing bile over, citing the now well-worn gripe about Greenland, among others. Continue reading...
East German doping victims still lack adequate support
Thousands of athletes in former East Germany were subjected to state-sponsored doping — and many still suffer lasting health effects. But support for victims is not enough, German commissioner says.
Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool
The feature can do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for something fun, or add artistic styles to videos.
Spanish football legend Alexia Putellas joins London City Lionesses
Women's Super League club lands the two-time Ballon d'Or winner after her exit from Barcelona following a 14-year career.
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, June 2026 releases
This changelog covers VS Code v1.123 through v1.127, shipped throughout June and early July 2026. The latest VS Code releases build on the Copilot experience developers use every day, making… The post GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, June 2026 releases appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
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Plain text task manager for macOS Discussion | Link
ChatGPT can now listen and talk at the same time, making AI conversations seem more human
OpenAI's GPT-Live can listen and speak at the same time using a full-duplex architecture. Complex questions get handed off to GPT-5.5 in the background, which drastically improves response quality. GPT-Live-1 is available now for paying ChatGPT users, with a mini version for free accounts. API access is coming soon. The article ChatGPT can now listen and talk at the same time, making AI conversations seem more human appeared first on The Decoder .
Supreme Court financial disclosures reveal how their books add to their income
The Supreme Court annual financial reports shed light on the justices' gifts, travel and personal lives.
Grok 4.5
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America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph
When searching for an affordable electric vehicle these days, there are always tradeoffs. How much range are you willing to sacrifice, how much leg room and storage space, how many features, in the pursuit of that magic sticker price that won't break the bank? The Fiat Topolino is basically the ultimate embodiment of those tradeoffs. […]
France returns Syrian artefacts it’s held since civil war
France has returned 23 Syrian antique artefacts it’s held since the outbreak of the 2011 civil war.
Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models just don’t have what it takes. Models like ChatGPT and Claude are great at text, but they’re less skilled at understanding how things actually move through space and time — an essential skill for producing intelligence that generalizes. That gap, it turns out, might be filled by gaming data. That’s the bet behind General Intuition, a […]