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World · Deutsche Welle

Emmanuel Macron visits Syria, 18 months after Assad's fall

The French president landed in Damascus on Monday evening. He's the first EU leader to visit the country since Bashar Assad's sudden downfall and the rise of former militant turned President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

World · Deutsche Welle

Austrian court convicts 2 former Syrian officials of abuse

A Vienna court has convicted two former Syrian security officials, including the former intelligence chief in Raqqa, for offenses including torture and sexual assault against opponents of Bashar Assad's regime.

World · Al Jazeera

Nigeria sees no sign that anti-immigrant violence is waning in South Africa

South Africa's government has been accused of not doing enough to tackle xenophobic attacks.

AI · TechCrunch AI

You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI.

World · Al Jazeera

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez concedes Peru vote to Keiko Fujimori

Announcement comes days after Peru's electoral agency certified right-wing Fujimori as winner in razor-thin race.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps

Article URL: https://www.comaps.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928 Points: 517 # Comments: 105

AI · The Decoder

Cloudflare replaces its blanket AI bot block with granular controls for search, training, and agent crawlers

Cloudflare is giving all customers granular AI bot controls. Site owners can now manage Search, Training, and Agent bots separately instead of blocking them all at once. Starting September 15, 2026, Training and Agent bots will be blocked by default on ad-supported pages. The article Cloudflare replaces its blanket AI bot block with granular controls for search, training, and agent crawlers appeared first on The Decoder .

World · BBC Middle East

Israeli police officer filmed throwing stun grenade into car in West Bank

Israel's police force says the officer acted "not in accordance with procedure" and that it has opened an investigation.

Society · The Guardian Society

Consultant doctors in England vote for NHS strikes over pay and working week

Year-long mandate for action prompts fears of fresh disruption after resident doctors recently ended dispute Consultant doctors in England have voted for strikes over the next 12 months in pursuit of higher pay and a shorter working week, prompting fears of renewed disruption in the NHS. Consultants, who earn an average of £152,000, want ministers to agree a multi-year pay deal to address what they say is the 25% fall in the value of their salaries since 2008-09. Continue reading...

World · Al Jazeera

Ebola death toll in DR Congo surpasses 500

Nation’s 17th Ebola epidemic is fuelled by the Bundibugyo virus, with no existing vaccine or approved treatment options.

World · Al Jazeera

Trump rings in new ‘Trump Account’ investment accounts for children

US President Donald Trump rang the opening bells of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to welcome 'Trump Accounts'.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

America’s greatest idea is still under threat

The United States of America recently turned 250 years old. What a spectacle! The fireworks were amazing, and millions of proud people celebrated across the nation - even around the world. France lit up the Eiffel Tower; Japan had fireworks. French fighter jets flew above New York City with trails of red, white, and blue […]

AI · TechCrunch AI

Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Iran-Linked Hackers Use New Cavern C2 Framework to Target Israeli Organizations

An Iranian hacking group affiliated with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been wielding a previously undocumented modular command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Cavern (aka Cav3rn) targeting Israeli organizations. The activity, which has primarily singled out IT providers and government sectors, has been attributed to a threat cluster tracked by Check Point Research

Developers & Open Source · Hugging Face Blog

LeRobot v0.6.0: Imagine, Evaluate, Improve

Hugging Face Blog published: LeRobot v0.6.0: Imagine, Evaluate, Improve

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Getting Claude Code to grunt in Caveman-speak might not save as many tokens as you think

Developers are paying closer attention to how much their AI coding tools cost them to run, and for good reason. The post Getting Claude Code to grunt in Caveman-speak might not save as many tokens as you think appeared first on The New Stack .

World · Al Jazeera

Iran reappoints a familiar face to powerful post during Khamenei funeral

The judiciary chief has emphasised the need to avenge Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and prosecute foreign 'aggressors'.

AI · The Decoder

Zhipu AI launches ZCode to challenge Claude Code and OpenAI Codex at a fraction of the cost

Zhipu AI is bringing GLM-5.2 to its ZCode development environment, pitching the model's long-context capabilities for complex coding tasks. New customers get a free five-day trial with up to 5 million tokens per day, and subscribers receive about 1.5 times more token quota through July 2026. The article Zhipu AI launches ZCode to challenge Claude Code and OpenAI Codex at a fraction of the cost appeared first on The Decoder .

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

OpenWrt One – Open Hardware Router

Article URL: https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808482 Points: 558 # Comments: 220

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

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The feedback layer for anything you build with AI. Discussion | Link

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Why most AI projects fail: It’s infrastructure and people

AI trash-talkers love to rip on the technology for failing to produce meaningful business results, often pointing to studies like The post Why most AI projects fail: It’s infrastructure and people appeared first on The New Stack .

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

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Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Animos App

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AI · The Decoder

Tencent releases Hy3 open-source model that allegedly matches models up to five times its active size

Tencent has released Hy3, an open-source language model with 295 billion parameters built on a mixture-of-experts architecture. Only 21 billion parameters are active at any given time. Tencent says Hy3 matches models two to five times its size while cutting its hallucination rate in half to 5.4 percent. The article Tencent releases Hy3 open-source model that allegedly matches models up to five times its active size appeared first on The Decoder .