Eight skiers found dead after California avalanche
Fifteen skiers went missing on Tuesday following a massive avalanche in California’s Lake Tahoe region. One person remains missing but…
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Google DeepMind Releases Lyria 3: An Advanced Music Generation AI Model that Turns Photos and Text into Custom Tracks with Included Lyrics and Vocals
Google DeepMind is pushing the boundaries of generative AI again. This time, the focus is not on text or images.…
Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK
The US president says “it will be a blight on our great ally” if the islands are handed over to…
Evaluating AI agents: Real-world lessons from building agentic systems at Amazon
The generative AI industry has undergone a significant transformation from using large language model (LLM)-driven applications to agentic AI systems,…
Bitcoin May Gain If AI Job Losses Trigger Bank Stress, Hayes Says
Arthur Hayes has issued a stark market warning: he sees a growing split between his preferred risk gauge, Bitcoin, and…
‘Difficult’ Russia-Ukraine peace talks end without breakthrough
The second day of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia ended after just two hours.
Arm shares edge higher in premarket as Nvidia shakes up its AI bets
SEC filings showed Nvidia has exited its position in the British chip designer, which it once tried to buy for…
Google Introduces Jetpack Compose Glimmer: A New Spatial UI Framework Designed Specifically for the Next Generation of AI Glasses
Google is moving beyond the rectangular screen. For over 10 years, Google designers have explored how to build interfaces for…
US says ‘meaningful progress’ made as Ukraine talks enter second day
The US special envoy struck an optimistic note after the first day of talks in Geneva, but hopes for a…
Trump lauds Japan’s pledge to invest $36 billion in U.S. oil, gas and critical mineral projects
The commitment represents the first tranche of investments by Japan following a landmark trade deal between the two countries.
Cohere Releases Tiny Aya: A 3B-Parameter Small Language Model that Supports 70 Languages and Runs Locally Even on a Phone
Cohere AI Labs has released Tiny Aya, a family of small language models (SLMs) that redefines multilingual performance. While many…
‘A matter of national survival’: European governments on how they’re accelerating digital sovereignty as geopolitical tensions ramp up
The region’s reliance on U.S. systems has come under scrutiny as its relationship with the Donald Trump administration has become…
I would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria’s Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape
The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.
Japan exports growth surges to over 3-year high, up nearly 17% in January, as shipments to China surge
Value of exports to China, Japan’s largest trading partner, jumped 32%, after rising 5.6% in December.
Anthropic Releases Claude 4.6 Sonnet with 1 Million Token Context to Solve Complex Coding and Search for Developers
Anthropic is officially entering its ‘Thinking’ era. Today, the company announced Claude 4.6 Sonnet, a model designed to transform how…
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84
Tributes poured in from politicians who described Jackson as an agent of change and transformative leader.
Jesse Jackson: A life in pictures
A look back at the remarkable life of the US civil rights activist, who died on Tuesday aged 84.
How to Build an Advanced, Interactive Exploratory Data Analysis Workflow Using PyGWalker and Feature-Engineered Data
In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to move beyond static, code-heavy charts and build a genuinely interactive exploratory data analysis…
Police identify suspect in Rhode Island ice rink shooting
Two people were killed and three others were injured at a shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket.
Iran partially closes Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil chokepoint, as Tehran holds talks with U.S.
Iranian state media reported the partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday for military drills in the waterway.
India’s Adani to invest $100 billion in AI data centers over the next decade
The blockbuster investment comes as India pushes to gain a stronger foothold in the global artificial intelligence race.
Agoda Open Sources APIAgent to Convert Any REST pr GraphQL API into an MCP Server with Zero Code
Building AI agents is the new gold rush. But every developer knows the biggest bottleneck: getting the AI to actually…
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files ‘cover-up’ in BBC interview
“Get the files out. They are slow-walking it,” the former US secretary of state says. The White House says it…
Alibaba unveils Qwen3.5 as China’s chatbot race shifts to AI agents
Alibaba Group has released its newest AI model series, featuring new agentic capabilities, as competition in China’s AI space ramps…
How to Build Human-in-the-Loop Plan-and-Execute AI Agents with Explicit User Approval Using LangGraph and Streamlit
In this tutorial, we build a human-in-the-loop travel booking agent that treats the user as a teammate rather than a…
US build-up of warships and fighter jets tracked near Iran
BBC Verify has seen US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near Iran ahead of talks between the two countries
Alibaba Qwen Team Releases Qwen3.5-397B MoE Model with 17B Active Parameters and 1M Token Context for AI agents
Alibaba Cloud just updated the open-source landscape. Today, the Qwen team released Qwen3.5, the newest generation of their large language…
Supercharge regulated workloads with Claude Code and Amazon Bedrock
The release of Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region introduces a straightforward on-ramp for AI-assisted development…
Navalny’s mother says she always knew he was murdered after poison finding
On the second anniversary of his death, Lyudmila Navalnaya says her son did not “simply die in prison”.
China’s tech shock threatens the U.S. AI monopoly and is ‘just getting started’
“You could see easily a world where maybe most of the world’s population is running on a Chinese tech stack…
Bitcoin At $8,000? Michael Saylor Says Strategy Still Won’t Break
According to Strategy founder Michael Saylor, the company believes it could meet its obligations even if Bitcoin fell sharply, as…
‘It’s never too late’: Savannah Guthrie’s new plea for mother’s release as FBI analyses glove
The FBI says it recovered a DNA sample from the glove, which was found in a field a few miles…
Altman and Pichai among tech CEOs heading to India for major AI summit in a key market
India has a market of young, tech-forward consumers and a huge pool of talent which could be key to continued…
Google DeepMind Proposes New Framework for Intelligent AI Delegation to Secure the Emerging Agentic Web for Future Economies
The AI industry is currently obsessed with ‘agents’—autonomous programs that do more than just chat. However, most current multi-agent systems…
US attorney general criticised after saying all Epstein files have been released
Lawmakers, including those who wrote the law requiring their publication, argue the release is insufficient.
Japan’s economy avoids technical recession, but rebound misses expectations
Japan’s economy grew 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the previous three months, offering a modest rebound…
Moonshot AI Launches Kimi Claw: Native OpenClaw on Kimi.com with 5,000 Community Skills and 40GB Cloud Storage Now
Moonshot AI has officially brought the power of OpenClaw framework directly to the browser. The newly rebranded Kimi Claw is…
Ukraine’s ex-energy minister detained while attempting to leave country
His detention comes as he faces legal proceedings after being dismissed in a corruption scandal.
Some European policymakers welcome U.S. Secretary of State Rubio’s warm words, others remain cautious
Rubio’s comments at the Munich Security Conference struck a softer tone than Vice President JD Vance’s at last year’s event.
Meet ‘Kani-TTS-2’: A 400M Param Open Source Text-to-Speech Model that Runs in 3GB VRAM with Voice Cloning Support
The landscape of generative audio is shifting toward efficiency. A new open-source contender, Kani-TTS-2, has been released by the team…
Iran ready to discuss compromises to reach nuclear deal, minister tells BBC in Tehran
Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, tells the BBC’s Lyse Doucet that the ball was “in America’s court to prove…
Google AI Introduces the WebMCP to Enable Direct and Structured Website Interactions for New AI Agents
Google is officially turning Chrome into a playground for AI agents. For years, AI ‘browsers’ have relied on a messy…
Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny’s body, Foreign Office says.
How to Build a Self-Organizing Agent Memory System for Long-Term AI Reasoning
In this tutorial, we build a self-organizing memory system for an agent that goes beyond storing raw conversation history and…
Rubio says US and Europe ‘belong together’ despite tensions
The US Secretary of State reassures European leaders that the Trump administration backs the transatlantic alliance.
Ethereum Open Interest Plunges: Cooling Off Or Cracks Forming?
Ethereum climbed back above $2,000 after a softer-than-expected US CPI print, and the move has traders and analysts debating whether…
Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC: I felt crushed by horror – but I don’t feel anger
In an extensive interview with Newsnight, the woman at the heart of France’s biggest rape trial speaks about betrayal, healing…
U.S. and European interests are ‘intertwined’, Rubio says
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, the U.S. secretary of state stressed the importance of cooperation with Europe.
Europe has ‘failed’ in the face of Trump and Putin’s ‘wrecking ball’ politics, top security official says
The head of Europe’s biggest security forum said regional powers were “totally on the sidelines” of major discussions — but…
Customize AI agent browsing with proxies, profiles, and extensions in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser
AI agents that browse the web need more than basic page navigation. Our customers tell us they need agents that…