American Muslims are giving Texas barbecue a halal makeover
Even as anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions.
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Volcano eruption leaves 150,000 passengers stranded in Indonesia
More than 150,000 airline passengers are stranded after ash was detected in airspace near Jakarta following the eruptions.
Google brings AI music generation directly into the Gemini app with its new Lyria 3.5 model
Google has released its Lyria 3.5 music model in the Gemini app and via API. The model promises more expressive vocals and richer arrangements and is also available through Flow Music, AI Studio, and Google Vids. Google says it was trained only on licensed content. The article Google brings AI music generation directly into the Gemini app with its new Lyria 3.5 model appeared first on The Decoder .
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U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner land for talks in Kyiv after meeting Putin in Moscow
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as part of a renewed push for peace in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
LIVE: Everton vs Manchester United – Premier League
All our live updates as Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford look to fire during our text commentary stream coverage.
Meta's new real-time audio model is the foundation for AI assistants that never stop listening
Meta's Superintelligence Labs have released Muse Voice Transcribe, a real-time transcription model that processes speech in 80-millisecond chunks, tells speakers apart, and detects sentence boundaries. According to Artificial Analysis, it delivers the most accurate streaming transcription at the lowest price in the market. Meta sees the model as a building block for personal AI agents that listen in on real conversations through devices like its camera glasses. The article Meta's new real-time audio model is the foundation for AI assistants that never stop listening appeared first on The Decoder .
Israeli flags become the latest weapon of settlers in West Bank domination
Israel's visual colonisation aims to make Palestinians feel like guests in their own homeland.
Attackers Hijack MikroTik Routers Through Internet-Exposed SSH Without Authentication
Attackers are exploiting MikroTik routers with their Secure Shell (SSH) remote-access service, which is reachable from the internet, to gain full administrative control without authentication, according to CERT Polska's attack warning, published on September 5. Successful attacks date to at least September 2. The Hacker News’s September 6 review of the warning found no victim count or
Israeli air attacks on Lebanon kill at least four
Two women killed in an air attack on Arab Salim, and two people killed in strike on Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
You Don't Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules
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The lab, the factory and the dentist
At the lab, they don’t know the right answer. They are explorers and scientists. If you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough. The work at the lab requires mutual support, shared information and a commitment to the process of discovery. At the factory, the answer is known. It’s productivity that’s being pursued. Do it […]
QUIZ: Ugh, I'll do it later. How much do you know about procrastination?
Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this quiz. It's based on social scientist Itamar Shatz's new book, Solving Procrastination .
Councils in England and Wales accused of excessive fees to run outdoor classes
Report documents use of commercial licensing for free or donation-based exercise classes in parks and on beaches At 6am on the beach at Westgate-on-Sea in Kent, Angela Brier-Stephenson used to meet a small group of about 10 people for yoga. The class lasted 45 minutes and participants paid what they could. Continue reading...
An Alien Mind
Jakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination.
Stripping safety guardrails from open-weight AI models is now a turnkey commercial service
Abliteration.ai sells access to modified open-weight models with their trained safety mechanisms stripped out, currently based on Z.AI's GLM-5.3. The startup markets the service for offensive cybersecurity and red teaming, but journalists were able to generate malware instructions without much effort. Whether the benefits outweigh the risks remains an open question. The article Stripping safety guardrails from open-weight AI models is now a turnkey commercial service appeared first on The Decoder .
Whatever happened to kindness? Spoiler alert: Our readers prove it's alive and well
We asked readers to share stories about a moment of kindness involving a stranger. Here are some of their heartwarming anecdotes.
Israel bombards several towns in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army has blown up several villages in southern Lebanon in violation of a ceasefire agreement reached in June
Quoting Zach Kehs
If you continue to add floors and rooms to a building forever, it will collapse. Software faces no such constraint. The code can always get worse. There can always be a new layer of indirection or a reduction in performance. — Zach Kehs , There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get Tags: technical-debt
Four REVSTEALER-Linked Modules Disable Windows Update and Defender to Run a Crypto Miner
Elastic Security Labs has documented four previously unreported programs associated with REVSTEALER, an emerging Windows information stealer, that remain on an infected machine after the stealer deletes itself. One of them switches off Windows Update and Microsoft Defender before running a cryptocurrency miner. The company named the four programs ProManager, WinUpdate, SoftManager, and
Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
Inside OpenAI, coding agents are reshaping AI research. Explore early data on agent usage, experiment velocity, task complexity, and research acceleration.
Zverev and Gauff ease into US Open last 16 but Alex Eala falls to Jovic
Filipina Alex Eala lost a three-set thriller to American Iva Jovic, as Naomi Osaka overcame Elise Mertens to progress.
India news: Rahul Gandhi backs student protests in Maharashtra
Opposition Rahul Gandhi has said that students are "tormented" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress politician has demanded immediate action into the demands of Maharashtra student protesters. DW has more.
How climate change and food insecurity could fuel future conflicts
Climate change, conflict, and trade tensions are putting pressure on the global food system. New research suggests the biggest risk is not food shortages, but whether societies can peacefully adapt to change.