ByteDance and Alibaba kill custom AI companions as China’s new rules bite
ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba’s Qwen, two of China’s biggest consumer AI apps, are disabling their customised agent features, the South China Morning Post reports. The move
India orders Meta to remove Instagram ads promoting child abuse material
India’s IT ministry has ordered Meta to immediately disable all Instagram advertisements and content promoting child sexual exploitation and abuse material, according to The Week. The
America at 250: Democracy’s greatest experiment?
Chris Hedges reflects on 250 years of US independence – the nation’s ideals, contradictions, and what it has become.
Russia says Ukraine rejects local ceasefire in dispute over Kostiantynivka
Russia says its forces have taken the city of Kostiantynivka in Donestk, Ukraine denies that.
Sons of Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei attend funeral, but Mojtaba is absent
Massive crowds gathered in Tehran to mourn Khamenei’s death, with chants calling for revenge against the US and Israel.
Eight rescued from seaplane that made ‘hard landing’ in Manhattan river
Eight people were removed from the Kodiak 100 seaplane by fire department units and two had minor injures.
Watch: Lyse Doucet on emotion and politics at Tehran funeral of former supreme leader
The BBC’s chief international correspondent reports from Tehran where funeral events are taking place in honour of Iran’s former leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Emotion and politics merge in Tehran at funeral of former supreme leader
The BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet is in Tehran, where funeral events are taking place in honour of Iran’s former leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump thanks Fifa for overturning USA striker’s ban
Folarin Balogun is available to play for the United States in their World Cup last-16 tie against Belgium after his one-game ban is suspended by
Trump promotes blistering rebuke of GOP Senate ‘sloth’ as his agenda stalls
As President Tweety McTreason’s controversial voter identification bill continues to stall in the Senate, the president took to social media Sunday to promote an op-ed
‘Boomer slop:’ report reveals MAGA outrage over Trump’s firework display
President Tweety McTreason’s MAGA base is furious that they faced storms, extreme heat, shoving crowds and armed guards as their leader appeared to sleep, according
US control of frontier AI hangs over NATO’s Ankara summit
Tweety McTreason arrives at next week’s NATO summit in Ankara holding unusual leverage, because the US decides which allies get access to the world’s most
Citi boss Jane Fraser says 2 AI races will decide banking’s future
Citigroup chief executive Jane Fraser says the financial sector is running two AI races at once, she told the South China Morning Post. The first is
Syria delays first session of transitional parliament without explanation
The transitional parliament aims to draft a new elections law during its 30-month term.