Iran-backed hackers breach FBI director Kash Patel’s personal emails
A hacker group shares Patel’s purported resume and photos – information, the FBI says, is “historical in nature”.
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An Implementation of IWE’s Context Bridge as an AI-Powered Knowledge Graph with Agentic RAG, OpenAI Function Calling, and Graph Traversal
In this tutorial, we implement IWE: an open-source, Rust-powered personal knowledge management system that treats markdown notes as a navigable…
UN human rights chief calls on US to conclude probe into Iran school strike
The strike – which killed at least 168 people, mostly children – “evoked a visceral horror”, Volker Türk said.
openJiuwen Community Releases ‘JiuwenClaw’: A Self Evolving AI Agent for Task Management
Over the past year, AI agents have evolved from merely answering questions to attempting to get real tasks done. However,…
Gulf markets are splintering as the Iran war continues. Here’s what to know
Investors are grappling with sharp divergence across the Gulf’s markets, as the Iran conflict drives asset volatility in the region.
‘My daughter is under the rubble’: Inside Tehran as civilian toll of strikes rises
One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been…
Panic buying prompts PM to reassure Australians over fuel supply
Anthony Albanese says nation’s supply remains “secure” amid reports of panic buying and shortages.
Oil prices rise as Trump says Iran let 10 tankers through Strait of Hormuz as a ‘present’
Oil prices traded higher after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran had allowed 10 oil tankers to pass through the…
‘Not unlike tariffs’: Iran war threatens to deepen Asia private equity’s worst fundraising slump in a decade
The Middle East war has introduced a new layer of uncertainty for Asia-focused private equity managers already navigating a multiyear…
Meta Releases TRIBE v2: A Brain Encoding Model That Predicts fMRI Responses Across Video, Audio, and Text Stimuli
Neuroscience has long been a field of divide and conquer. Researchers typically map specific cognitive functions to isolated brain regions—like…
Google Releases Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: A Real-Time Multimodal Voice Model for Low-Latency Audio, Video, and Tool Use for AI Agents
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live in preview for developers through the Gemini Live API in Google AI Studio.…
China industrial profits surge 15% to start year, but oil price shock threatens outlook
Soaring energy prices are expected to impact China’s economy less than most other countries, due to its massive oil reserves…
Run Generative AI inference with Amazon Bedrock in Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
Kia ora! Customers in New Zealand have been asking for access to foundation models (FMs) on Amazon Bedrock from their…
A Coding Implementation to Run Qwen3.5 Reasoning Models Distilled with Claude-Style Thinking Using GGUF and 4-Bit Quantization
In this tutorial, we work directly with Qwen3.5 models distilled with Claude-style reasoning and set up a Colab pipeline that…
Zelensky visits Saudi Arabia after offering Ukraine’s drone expertise
There is renewed urgency for Ukraine to get a drone deal done, as the US increasingly focuses on Iran.
Rationing power and diluting petrol – how African countries are coping with effects of Iran war
The disruption in oil supplies has caused shortages and concerns in several African countries.
Building age-responsive, context-aware AI with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
As you deploy generative AI applications to diverse user groups, you might face a significant challenge that impacts user safety…
Trump says Iran let 10 oil ships through Strait of Hormuz as ‘present’ to U.S.
Trump said the U.S has “very substantial talks going on with respect to Iran,” though Tehran has denied that direct…
Cohere AI Releases Cohere Transcribe: A SOTA Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Model Powering Enterprise Speech Intelligence
In the landscape of enterprise AI, the bridge between unstructured audio and actionable text has often been a bottleneck of…
Prepare for turbulence – how a prolonged Middle East conflict could reshape how we fly
The Gulf’s hub airports made long-distance travel cheaper – but now their future looks unclear.
Iran war will spare no major economy, says OECD — but the UK is more vulnerable than others
The U.K. is predicted to be worse hit by the Iran war than its developed market counterparts, the OECD said…
What comes next? Three attack scenarios as U.S. sends thousands more troops to Middle East
One of Iran’s top lawmakers has said that they were anticipating a potential ground invasion of one its islands.
Who wants what and why from US-Iran peace talks?
There is indirect contact and channels between the two sides – but a deal may still be a long way…
Iran war is a ‘catastrophe,’ G7 ministers warn — but there’s little they can do to stop it
European leaders and ministers issue warnings about the impact and potential consequences of the Iran war
Tencent AI Open Sources Covo-Audio: A 7B Speech Language Model and Inference Pipeline for Real-Time Audio Conversations and Reasoning
Tencent AI Lab has released Covo-Audio, a 7B-parameter end-to-end Large Audio Language Model (LALM). The model is designed to unify…
Trump wants to squeeze Iran into peace talks with more troops — but it may backfire, analysts say
Trump’s threats to ramp up military presence may be to pressure Iran to negotiate but the battle may be harder…
How to Build a Vision-Guided Web AI Agent with MolmoWeb-4B Using Multimodal Reasoning and Action Prediction
In this tutorial, we explore MolmoWeb, Ai2’s open multimodal web agent that understands and interacts with websites directly from screenshots,…
Unlocking video insights at scale with Amazon Bedrock multimodal models
Video content is now everywhere, from security surveillance and media production to social platforms and enterprise communications. However, extracting meaningful…
Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
The verdict marks the end of a five-week trial on the addictive nature of social media platforms.
Reinforcement fine-tuning on Amazon Bedrock with OpenAI-Compatible APIs: a technical walkthrough
In December 2025, we announced the availability of Reinforcement fine-tuning (RFT) on Amazon Bedrock starting with support for Nova models.…
‘There’s no safety anymore’: Palestinians warn of expanding West Bank settler violence
There has been a surge of attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages across the occupied territory since the start…
Iran won’t accept U.S. effort at ceasefire in war, state media reports
President Donald Trump has claimed the United States and Iran are “in negotiations now.” But the Islamic Republic denies any…
Oil falls over 5% as Iran signals safe passage for ‘non-hostile’ ships through Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices fell after Donald Trump that Washington and Tehran are “in negotiations right now” and indicated Iran is keen…
NVIDIA AI Introduces PivotRL: A New AI Framework Achieving High Agentic Accuracy With 4x Fewer Rollout Turns Efficiently
Post-training Large Language Models (LLMs) for long-horizon agentic tasks—such as software engineering, web browsing, and complex tool use—presents a persistent…
‘He liked the fear in our eyes’, Epstein survivors tell BBC
In an interview with BBC Newsnight, five women abused by the disgraced financier describe the impact of their shared ordeal.
Google Introduces TurboQuant: A New Compression Algorithm that Reduces LLM Key-Value Cache Memory by 6x and Delivers Up to 8x Speedup, All with Zero Accuracy Loss
The scaling of Large Language Models (LLMs) is increasingly constrained by memory communication overhead between High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and SRAM.…
U.S. sent Iran 15-point plan to end war, report says; Trump says ‘in negotiations right now’
“Operation Epic Fury continues unabated” to achieve President Donald Trump’s military objectives, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Oil at $150 will trigger global recession, says boss of financial giant BlackRock
Larry Fink says if oil prices stay high for a sustained period it will have “profound implications” for the world…
Paged Attention in Large Language Models LLMs
When running LLMs at scale, the real limitation is GPU memory rather than compute, mainly because each request requires a…
Deploy SageMaker AI inference endpoints with set GPU capacity using training plans
Deploying large language models (LLMs) for inference requires reliable GPU capacity, especially during critical evaluation periods, limited-duration production testing, or…
A Coding Implementation to Design Self-Evolving Skill Engine with OpenSpace for Skill Learning, Token Efficiency, and Collective Intelligence
In this tutorial, we explore OpenSpace, a self-evolving skill engine developed by HKUDS that makes AI agents smarter, more cost-efficient,…
Pakistan offers to facilitate U.S.-Iran war talks as Trump and Tehran give mixed signals
Trump said top U.S. negotiators and their Iranian counterparts have been engaged in “very, very strong talks,” but Tehran has…
Accelerating custom entity recognition with Claude tool use in Amazon Bedrock
Businesses across industries face a common challenge: how to efficiently extract valuable information from vast amounts of unstructured data. Traditional…
Iran war shows norms of international conflicts have been upended
US threats against energy infrastructure, and Iran’s retaliation on its Gulf neighbours, signal a clear change.
Israel says it will take control of large buffer zone in southern Lebanon
Thousands of displaced Lebanese residents will not be allowed to return home until northern Israel is safe, he says.
Stagflation alarm bells ring in the euro zone as energy crunch hits the global economy
Economists warn stagflation — high inflation and stalling growth — is facing the region because of the Iran war.
Oil rises with Brent climbing back above $100 as optimism fades over Iran war de-escalation
Oil prices traded higher on Tuesday, with international benchmark Brent crude climbing back above $100 per barrel.
Puig stock soars 15% after Estée Lauder confirms takeover talks with Charlotte Tilbury maker
Shares of Puig Brands soared as much as 15% Tuesday after beauty peer Estée Lauder confirmed it is in talks…
Gold sinks deeper into bear market territory as sell-off extends
Gold extended its slide, deepening its grip in bear market territory as investors continued to unwind positions and a strong…