‘We have more work to do’, says Canada negotiator as US trade deadline looms
Negotiations to finalise a deal between the US and Canada are going down to the wire ahead of a Friday night deadline.
Month: August 2026
TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected “vast amounts of data” on millions of users under the
These bookshops let Chinese readers question their country – now the doors are closing
For some mainlanders, Hong Kong’s independent bookstores are a window into a different, freer world.
Modi spent years building his strong image – why is he making Gen Z reels now?
Narendra Modi’s new, more casual online persona is drawing attention from young Indians – but also plenty of scepticism.
‘Addled’ Trump viciously mocked after flub: ‘Bond market also two weeks away from a nuke?’
President Tweety McTreason’s threat to use military intervention to handle the troubled bond markets is baffling his online critics. On Friday, a reporter asked Trump
Jim Acosta pinpoints jarring moment nearly everyone skipped over in Trump-Cohen interview
While the political world gawked at Michael Cohen’s on-air reunion with Tweety McTreason, Jim Acosta zeroed in on a moment he said slipped under the
OpenAI adds an AI safety layer to detect misuse without retaining enterprise data
OpenAI is adding a new safety capability that allows enterprises to detect misuse of its AI systems across multiple interactions without retaining prompts or responses
Webb Opens Treasure Chest
This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing
‘Huge Breakthrough’ in the Math of Imbalance
One does not need a doctorate in mathematics to split 12 eager trivia buffs into two competitive teams. But consider that each person arrives with
4 super smart shifts proving privacy is software’s new killer feature
For the longest time, the tech industry’s unofficial motto was “if the product is free, you are the product.” Most of us just accepted it.
Anthropic will give defenders what its strongest model finds, but not the model itself
Anthropic has made Claude Mythos 5 available for code scanning in Claude Security and is integrating it into partners’ defensive products, with users receiving outputs
TikTok settles with US Justice Department for $400m over child privacy laws
TikTok and the US government settled to resolve allegations that the app violated children’s online privacy laws.
Mexico Governor Ruben Rocha returns to office despite US criminal charges
The governor, who leads the state of Sinaloa, has been accused by the Trump administration of partnering with a cartel.
One killed, three wounded in sword attack at Swedish high school
One person has been killed and three others wounded in an attack by a sword-wielding man at a Swedish high school.