Apple raises trade-in prices for iPhones in China to spur demand in key market
Apple has faced falling market share and declining sales amid tougher competition from local rivals like Xiaomi and Huawei.
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BYD beats Tesla in European EV sales despite EU tariffs in ‘watershed moment,’ report says
BYD sold more pure battery electric vehicles than Tesla for the first time last month, a “watershed moment” for the…
Researchers from the National University of Singapore Introduce ‘Thinkless,’ an Adaptive Framework that Reduces Unnecessary Reasoning by up to 90% Using DeGRPO
The effectiveness of language models relies on their ability to simulate human-like step-by-step deduction. However, these reasoning sequences are resource-intensive…
Ship footage shared with BBC captures sound of Titan sub imploding
Support ship video shows the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush hearing the sound of the implosion.
China says U.S. dialogue to continue as China hints trade talks are advancing
Both sides agreed to maintain communication as bilateral trade talks progress.
Microsoft AI Introduces Magentic-UI: An Open-Source Agent Prototype that Works with People to Complete Complex Tasks that Require Multi-Step Planning and Browser Use
Modern web usage spans many digital interactions, from filling out forms and managing accounts to executing data queries and navigating…
Investors dump bonds globally as U.S. credit downgrade, Trump’s tax bill ignite fiscal worries
A global bonds selloff is accelerating on the heels of a U.S. Treasurys rout.
Investigating Israel’s strike on Gaza’s European Hospital
BBC Verify analysed footage, gathered witness testimony and spoke to munitions and legal experts to examine how one of Gaza’s…
Anthropic launches Claude 4, its most powerful AI model yet
Anthropic, the Amazon-backed OpenAI rival, on Thursday launched its most powerful group of AI models yet: Claude 4.
Beyond Aha Moments: Structuring Reasoning in Large Language Models
Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) like OpenAI’s o1 and o3, DeepSeek-R1, Grok 3.5, and Gemini 2.5 Pro have shown strong capabilities…
CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: Why Make-in-India isn’t a guaranteed success despite U.S. tariffs on China
India might just have work harder to attract investors, as the country will need to overcome multiple hurdles to become…
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4: A Technical Leap in Reasoning, Coding, and AI Agent Design
Anthropic has announced the release of its next-generation language models: Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. The update marks…
Optimize query responses with user feedback using Amazon Bedrock embedding and few-shot prompting
Improving response quality for user queries is essential for AI-driven applications, especially those focusing on user satisfaction. For example, an…
Boosting team productivity with Amazon Q Business Microsoft 365 integrations for Microsoft 365 Outlook and Word
Amazon Q Business, with its enterprise grade security, seamless integration with multiple diverse data sources, and sophisticated natural language understanding,…
U.S. Treasury yield spike has investors rethinking the rest of the world
Some investors are looking to diversify their fixed income allocation to other parts of the world.
UN says 90 lorry loads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing
The aid, including flour and baby food, was picked up three days after Israel eased an 11-week-long blockade.
Summer travel demand is soaring — but airlines are short on planes
A persistent global jet shortage means airlines are bracing for an uphill battle over what is typically the peak travel…
Hong Kong passes stablecoin bill as more governments recognize the digital asset
Hong Kong has passed a stablecoin bill to expand its cryptocurrency licensing regime as more governments recognize the digital asset.
Technology Innovation Institute TII Releases Falcon-H1: Hybrid Transformer-SSM Language Models for Scalable, Multilingual, and Long-Context Understanding
Addressing Architectural Trade-offs in Language Models As language models scale, balancing expressivity, efficiency, and adaptability becomes increasingly challenging. Transformer architectures…
Bitcoin hits new record high above $111,000 as rally marches on
Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000.
Suspect detained after Israeli embassy staff shot dead in US
The shooting unfolded as the victims were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.
This AI Paper Introduces MathCoder-VL and FigCodifier: Advancing Multimodal Mathematical Reasoning with Vision-to-Code Alignment
Multimodal mathematical reasoning enables machines to solve problems involving textual information and visual components like diagrams and figures. This requires…
Google DeepMind Releases Gemma 3n: A Compact, High-Efficiency Multimodal AI Model for Real-Time On-Device Use
Researchers are reimagining how models operate as demand skyrockets for faster, smarter, and more private AI on phones, tablets, and…
A Step-by-Step Implementation Tutorial for Building Modular AI Workflows Using Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 3.7 through API and LangGraph
In this tutorial, we provide a practical guide for implementing LangGraph, a streamlined, graph-based AI orchestration framework, integrated seamlessly with…
Emerging markets said to see the next bull run as the ‘sell U.S. narrative’ gains ground
Emerging markets are in the spotlight again as the “sell U.S.” narrative gained fresh momentum after Moody’s recent downgrade of…
Why OpenAI’s deal with iPhone designer Jony Ive should be a wake up call for Apple
Ive announced a $6.4 billion deal that will merge his io hardware firm with OpenAI. Ive will head up the…
Trump confronts South African president with claim of Afrikaners being ‘persecuted’
Cyril Ramaphosa responds that black people are likelier to be victims of violence in South Africa than white people.
Integrate Amazon Bedrock Agents with Slack
As companies increasingly adopt generative AI applications, AI agents capable of delivering tangible business value have emerged as a crucial…
Meta Researchers Introduced J1: A Reinforcement Learning Framework That Trains Language Models to Judge With Reasoned Consistency and Minimal Data
Large language models are now being used for evaluation and judgment tasks, extending beyond their traditional role of text generation.…
OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive’s AI devices startup for $6.4 billion
OpenAI said on Wednesday that it’s acquiring Jony Ive’s artificial intelligence devices startup io for about $6.4 billion.
Gaza health system ‘stretched beyond breaking point’, WHO warns
The UN agency says Israeli ground operations and evacuation orders are putting hospitals out of service or making them inaccessible.
Secure distributed logging in scalable multi-account deployments using Amazon Bedrock and LangChain
Data privacy is a critical issue for software companies that provide services in the data management space. If they want…
Bitcoin jumps to new all-time high, surpassing prior record in January
Bitcoin rose to a new all-time high on Wednesday, breaking its January record.
A ‘fundamental regime shift’ could be underway as investors rethink U.S. assets, ECB says
In its latest Financial Stability Review, the central bank discussed the recent spike in market volatility.
Xpeng shares rise, adding to 66% rally after the Chinese EV maker’s losses narrowed
Xpeng said it expects to deliver between 102,000 and 108,000 of its electric cars in the second quarter of this…
M&S cyberattack to wipe out nearly one-third of annual profits
A “highly sophisticated” cyberattack that left M&S food shelves bare and brought online sales to a standstill is set to…
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian strike on training exercise
Ukraine’s National Guard said the attack took place while the men were carrying out exercises at a firing range.
Sampling Without Data is Now Scalable: Meta AI Releases Adjoint Sampling for Reward-Driven Generative Modeling
Data Scarcity in Generative Modeling Generative models traditionally rely on large, high-quality datasets to produce samples that replicate the underlying…
Trump unveils plans for ‘Golden Dome’ defence system
An initial sum of $25bn (£18.7bn) has been earmarked in a new budget bill, although the final cost is expected…
UK inflation surges to hotter-than-expected 3.5% in April
The U.K.’s annual inflation rate hit 3.5% in April, coming in above analyst expectations, according to data released by the…
Step-by-Step Guide to Create an AI agent with Google ADK
Agent Development Kit (ADK) is an open-source Python framework that helps developers build, manage, and deploy multi-agent systems. It’s designed…
Google AI Releases MedGemma: An Open Suite of Models Trained for Performance on Medical Text and Image Comprehension
At Google I/O 2025, Google introduced MedGemma, an open suite of models designed for multimodal medical text and image comprehension.…
UN says no aid yet distributed in Gaza as international pressure on Israel mounts
Israel agreed on Sunday to lift an 11-week aid blockade on the Gaza Strip, where experts have warned of a…
Build a domain‐aware data preprocessing pipeline: A multi‐agent collaboration approach
Enterprises—especially in the insurance industry—face increasing challenges in processing vast amounts of unstructured data from diverse formats, including PDFs, spreadsheets,…
Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘buying time’ to stall truce talks
It follows Donald Trump saying Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” start negotiating, after a two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin.
Elon Musk confirms Tesla plan for robotaxis on Austin roads in June
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that robotaxis will be on the streets of Austin, Texas by next month.
Automating complex document processing: How Onity Group built an intelligent solution using Amazon Bedrock
In the mortgage servicing industry, efficient document processing can mean the difference between business growth and missed opportunities. This post…
Enhancing Language Model Generalization: Bridging the Gap Between In-Context Learning and Fine-Tuning
Language models (LMs) have great capabilities as in-context learners when pretrained on vast internet text corpora, allowing them to generalize…