Bank of England chief sees downward interest rate trend as UK hunts for growth
Economists expect policymakers to cut rates by 25 basis points at the next gathering in August, a move that would…
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Two dead in Italy as heatwave scorches much of Europe
A number of European regions recorded their highest temperatures on the final day of June.
Euro zone inflation edges higher, hitting ECB’s 2% target in June
The closely watched services inflation print picked up to 3.3% in June, however.
European Central Bank’s latest rate cycle is ‘done,’ chief economist says
“We do think the last cycle is done, bringing inflation down from the peak of 10[%], back to 2%, that…
Trump global aid cuts risk 14 million deaths in five years, report says
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
China’s June factory activity unexpectedly expands, private survey shows
The private survey appeared to diverge from the country’s official PMI report, which showed manufacturing activity contracted for a third…
Building Advanced Multi-Agent AI Workflows by Leveraging AutoGen and Semantic Kernel
In this tutorial, we walk you through the seamless integration of AutoGen and Semantic Kernel with Google’s Gemini Flash model.…
TabArena: Benchmarking Tabular Machine Learning with Reproducibility and Ensembling at Scale
Understanding the Importance of Benchmarking in Tabular ML Machine learning on tabular data focuses on building models that learn patterns…
Musk shreds Trump’s tax bill as ‘DEBT SLAVERY,’ vows to unseat Republicans who back it
Musk’s latest tirade came as the voting is underway in the Senate on dozens of amendments to the massive Trump-backed…
Build and deploy AI inference workflows with new enhancements to the Amazon SageMaker Python SDK
Amazon SageMaker Inference has been a popular tool for deploying advanced machine learning (ML) and generative AI models at scale.…
Meta shares hit all-time high as Mark Zuckerberg goes on AI hiring blitz
Meta shares hit a record high on Monday, underscoring investor interest in the company’s new AI superintelligence group.
White House says it expects more countries will drop digital services taxes after Canada backs down
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett’s comments came just over a week before the Trump administration’s steep tariffs are set…
Context extraction from image files in Amazon Q Business using LLMs
To effectively convey complex information, organizations increasingly rely on visual documentation through diagrams, charts, and technical illustrations. Although text documents…
U.S. stocks are at record highs, but the outlook for the world’s largest economy is no clearer
Economic modeling is “very difficult” right now because “things are changing constantly,” Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic told CNBC’s “Squawk…
German inflation unexpectedly falls to 2% in June, hitting ECB’s target
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected a reading of 2.2% in the twelve months to June.
Hundreds of families displaced by wave of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, Palestinians say
At least five people were reported killed in the overnight attacks, as fears of an intensified ground offensive grow.
UK autos spared under U.S. tariff cut but steel still in question
Britain was the first country in the world to make a deal with the White House after U.S. President Donald…
MDM-Prime: A generalized Masked Diffusion Models (MDMs) Framework that Enables Partially Unmasked Tokens during Sampling
Introduction to MDMs and Their Inefficiencies Masked Diffusion Models (MDMs) are powerful tools for generating discrete data, such as text…
University of Michigan Researchers Propose G-ACT: A Scalable Machine Learning Framework to Steer Programming Language Bias in LLMs
LLMs and the Need for Scientific Code Control LLMs have rapidly evolved into complex natural language processors, enabling the development…
Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax after Trump cuts off U.S. trade talks
The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he will be “terminating ALL discussions on…
China’s manufacturing activity contracts for a third month amid deflation woes
Chinese manufacturers have been grappling with a deepening price war, exacerbated by higher tariffs that dwarfed its U.S-bound exports.
US must rule out more strikes before new talks, Iranian minister tells BBC
Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the Trump administration has “not made their position clear” on further attacks.
A Coding Guide to Build a Functional Data Analysis Workflow Using Lilac for Transforming, Filtering, and Exporting Structured Insights
In this tutorial, we demonstrate a fully functional and modular data analysis pipeline using the Lilac library, without relying on…
UC San Diego Researchers Introduced Dex1B: A Billion-Scale Dataset for Dexterous Hand Manipulation in Robotics
Challenges in Dexterous Hand Manipulation Data Collection Creating large-scale data for dexterous hand manipulation remains a major challenge in robotics.…
Israel orders evacuations in northern Gaza as Trump pushes for ceasefire
At least 86 people were killed as the result of Israeli attacks in the 24 hours before midday Sunday, the…
China’s biggest public AI drop since DeepSeek, Baidu’s open source Ernie, is about to hit the market
Chinese internet search giant Baidu will open source its Ernie gen AI large language model as soon as this week,…
Build Custom AI Tools for Your AI Agents that Combine Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis
The ability to build custom tools is critical for building customizable AI Agents. In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to…
Iran could start enriching uranium for bomb within months, UN nuclear chief says
Rafael Grossi’s claim contradicts President Trump, who insists Iran’s nuclear capabilities have been “totally obliterated”.
France is betting Eutelsat can become Europe’s answer to Starlink — but experts aren’t convinced
France views Eutelsat as a strategic asset in the EU’s push for technological sovereignty. But can it really compete with…
Thousands party at Budapest Pride in clear message to Orban
A giant crowd throngs the Hungarian capital, championing LGBT rights and defying PM Viktor Orban.
Deep inside U.S. economy, more sticker prices start going up due to tariffs, and inventory is headed down
Across U.S. distribution networks, inside retail and manufacturing warehouses, there’s a widespread move to adjust prices higher due to tariffs.
Tesla says it made its first driverless delivery of a new car to a customer
Tesla shared a video showing its first driverless delivery of a car to a customer.
Tencent Open Sources Hunyuan-A13B: A 13B Active Parameter MoE Model with Dual-Mode Reasoning and 256K Context
Tencent’s Hunyuan team has introduced Hunyuan-A13B, a new open-source large language model built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture. While…
Getting started with Gemini Command Line Interface (CLI)
Google recently released the Gemini CLI, a powerful command-line tool designed to supercharge developer workflows with AI. Whether you’re working…
Trump on a high after ‘tremendous’ wins at home and abroad
The US president’s week began with an angry outburst but ended with him celebrating four major political victories.
At 20 years old, Reddit is defending its data and fighting AI with AI
After two decades, Reddit faces the emergence of AI chatbots that threaten to inhale its vast swaths of data and…
Iran holds state funeral for military leaders killed in Israel conflict
Military leaders and nuclear scientists are being buried days after a ceasefire came into effect.
Alibaba Qwen Team Releases Qwen-VLo: A Unified Multimodal Understanding and Generation Model
The Alibaba Qwen team has introduced Qwen-VLo, a new addition to its Qwen model family, designed to unify multimodal understanding…
Supreme Court ruling expands Trump’s power – and he intends to use it
The US’ top court limited the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions, making it easier for Trump to carry…
Getting Started with MLFlow for LLM Evaluation
MLflow is a powerful open-source platform for managing the machine learning lifecycle. While it’s traditionally used for tracking model experiments,…
Supreme Court curbs judges’ power to block Trump’s orders in birthright citizenship case
Because of the ruling to limit injunctions, Trump’s birthright citizenship order will be able to take effect, 30 days after…
Unbabel Introduces TOWER+: A Unified Framework for High-Fidelity Translation and Instruction-Following in Multilingual LLMs
Large language models have driven progress in machine translation, leveraging massive training corpora to translate dozens of languages and dialects…
Trump ends all U.S. trade talks with Canada over digital services tax
Trump’s announcement on Truth Social accused Canada of “copying the European Union” with the “egregious” tax.
AWS costs estimation using Amazon Q CLI and AWS Cost Analysis MCP
Managing and optimizing AWS infrastructure costs is a critical challenge for organizations of all sizes. Traditional cost analysis approaches often…
Germany tells Apple, Google to block DeepSeek as the Chinese AI app faces rising pressure in Europe
This is not DeepSeek’s first run-in with regulators in Europe, following run-ins with Italian and Irish authorities.
Chinese battery giant and Tesla supplier CATL is expanding globally: Here’s why it matters
China’s CATL is intensifying its global expansion efforts on the back of a blockbuster public offering.
Tehran is coming back to life, but its residents are deeply shaken
As Iran’s capital resumes its old rhythms, the BBC’s Lyse Doucet meets locals who wonder if peace will last.
Polaris-4B and Polaris-7B: Post-Training Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Math and Logic Reasoning
The Rising Need for Scalable Reasoning Models in Machine Intelligence Advanced reasoning models are at the frontier of machine intelligence,…
GURU: A Reinforcement Learning Framework that Bridges LLM Reasoning Across Six Domains
Limitations of Reinforcement Learning in Narrow Reasoning Domains Reinforcement Learning RL has demonstrated strong potential to enhance the reasoning capabilities…
China, U.S. agree on implementing Geneva consensus, building on London framework, Beijing says
The statement came after U.S. President Donald Trump said that both sides had signed a trade deal, without providing further…