Why federal judge ruled First Amendment protects certain AI-generated child sex abuse material
Judge John Z. Lee said he was bound by precedent, citing two U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1969 and 2002.
Thailand halted more data centres than it has running
Thailand has stopped construction on 49 data centres, which is more than it currently has running. Anuchit Nguyen reported the suspension for Bloomberg on Friday
EU tech chief says AI guardrails are coming to the US anyway
Henna Virkkunen told Axios at the G20 innovation ministerial that the US and the EU keep arriving at similar AI protections, Europe by regulating in
US envoys meet Putin: What’s behind latest diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war?
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin and headed to Kyiv as part of Trump’s new efforts to broker agreement.
Bosnian Serbs strengthen ties with Israel amid tensions
Opening of Israeli commerce office deepens ties between Republika Srpska and Israel.
Nepal rescuers search hydropower tunnels for survivors
Rescue teams are searching for survivors trapped inside tunnels at Nepal’s Chilime hydropower plant.
US envoys hold talks with Zelensky in Kyiv after meeting Putin
Steve Witkoff tells reporters the US team felt “encouraged” by what he called a “substantive” and important discussion.
Dozens feared trapped in collapsed building in Delhi
As many as 50 people are thought to have been inside the five-storey hostel when it came down.
Talking Shop with Summer House’s Carl Radke
Bravo Summer House star and Soft Bar owner Carl Radke shares his marathon training essentials. Plus, snacks he swears by for road trips from NYC
U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv after peace talks in Moscow
President Tweety McTreason’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, a day after they met with Russia’s Vladimir
OpenAI’s AGI number came from a harness, not the model
OpenAI declared the AGI era on the strength of a 99.9% score. Run the same model through the benchmark’s own software, and it scores 62.7%.
Console makers say buyers are owed nothing from their tariff refunds
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have all moved to dismiss class actions arguing they should pass US tariff refunds back to console buyers, saying customers paid
Jovic moved to tears after beating ‘incredible’ friend Eala in US Open epic
Iva Jovic outlasted the fellow young tennis sensation from the Philippines, Alex Eala, in an epic three-hour showdown.
Can you guess the real size of each country on the new world map?
Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.