Pay up or stop scraping: Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl
Cloudflare is now experimenting with tools that will allow content creators to charge a fee to AI crawlers to scrape their websites. In a blog
US Senate Republicans struggle to push Trump’s budget bill over finish line
As it stands, Republicans in the Senate are yet to convince key holdouts to support Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Spain and Portugal record hottest June ever as heatwave grips Europe
A number of European regions recorded their highest temperatures on the final day of June.
Guilty plea expected in 2022 murders of four Idaho students
Relatives of one victim posted on Facebook that the state had failed them by allowing a plea deal.
Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on central Russia
The attack on a factory in the city of Izhevsk was more than 1,000km (620 miles) from the border.
A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see
The system contains a sensor, chip and tiny AI model inspired by biological eyes and brains and uses a tenth of the energy of a
Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default
The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said, as it moves to protect original content online.
China Bans Some Portable Batteries From Flights as Safety Concerns Grow
Airlines and governments around the world have tightened restrictions on the devices after a series of accidents. The ban in China has caught some travelers
King Charles III made to wait for $60 million pay raise as Britons grapple with cost of living
King Charles III’s monarchy will not get a pay raise this year, but the Sovereign Grant will go up by around $60 million in the
LAPD tells officers to ‘keep the peace’ when called to ICE arrests, confrontations
The instructions were issued in recent days following numerous citizen reports of “attempted kidnappings,” when federal agents often wearing face coverings attempt to detain people.
Barcelona records hottest June in more than 100 years as blistering heat wave grips Europe
Barcelona recorded its hottest month of June since records started over a century ago, Spain’s national weather service said on Tuesday as Europe remained in
Philadelphia explosion kills 1, injures 2 and damages several homes
One person died and two others were injured after an explosion damaged several homes on Philadelphia’s north side early Sunday, according to authorities.
ChatGPT could pilot a spacecraft shockingly well, early tests find
In a recent contest, teams of researchers competed to see who could train an AI model to best pilot a spaceship. The results suggest that