European Union in limbo as Washington keeps it waiting on a trade agreement
The transatlantic trading partners could however reach a framework deal as soon as this week.
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Copper now costs way more in the U.S. than elsewhere. This could hit its economy hard
The huge discrepancy in U.S. prices compared to those elsewhere is expected to have a major economic impact.
Ukraine suffers heaviest attack as Trump criticises Putin
The US president reverses a suspension of weapons shipments to Kyiv and heavily criticises Russia’s Putin.
Temasek’s portfolio scales new peak even as divestments hit over 2-decade high
The Singapore state investment firm’s net portfolio value soared to 434 billion Singapore dollars ($324 billion) for its financial year…
Shares of Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica jump 5% on reported Meta stake in AI push
Meta and EssilorLuxottica first struck up a partnership in 2019, producing two generations of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
Microsoft Open-Sources GitHub Copilot Chat Extension for VS Code—Now Free for All Developers
Microsoft has officially open-sourced the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), placing a previously premium AI-powered…
Ex-Bangladesh leader authorised deadly crackdown, leaked audio suggests
Sheikh Hasina authorised lethal force against protesters, according to leaked audio verified by the BBC.
UK Exchange newsletter: All aboard? A new crisis looms over Britain’s troubled rail system
As Britain begins renationalizing its railways, there are real fears over one of the privatization era’s most successful innovations.
China’s producer prices fall 3.6% in June, biggest drop in nearly two years as deflation deepens
The deflation in producer prices came worse than the expected 3.2% drop in a Reuters poll, marking the biggest fall…
Hugging Face Releases SmolLM3: A 3B Long-Context, Multilingual Reasoning Model
Hugging Face just released SmolLM3, the latest version of its “Smol” language models, designed to deliver strong multilingual reasoning over…
Apple says COO Jeff Williams will retire from company later this year
Apple said Jeff Williams, the company’s COO, will take on a new role overseeing the company’s design team along with…
Jeff Bezos sells $666 million in Amazon stock as part of plan to unload 25 million shares
Bezos’ latest stock sale comes shortly after his $50 million high-profile wedding to Lauren Sanchez in Venice with a star-studded…
Accelerate AI development with Amazon Bedrock API keys
Today, we’re excited to announce a significant improvement to the developer experience of Amazon Bedrock: API keys. API keys provide…
Trump says he will impose 50% tariff on copper imports
President Donald Trump said he will impose a 50% tariff on copper imports, and suggested more steep sector-specific duties are…
Accelerating data science innovation: How Bayer Crop Science used AWS AI/ML services to build their next-generation MLOps service
The world’s population is expanding at a rapid rate. The growing global population requires innovative solutions to produce food, fiber,…
Global stock markets are calling Trump’s bluff on tariffs
Global markets shrugged off news of Trump’s latest tariffs, with both Asia-Pacific and Europe stocks staging a muted response Tuesday.
Hamas used sexual violence as part of ‘genocidal strategy’, Israeli experts say
The Dinah Project, an all-women group, lays out “a legal blueprint for prosecuting these crimes”, which Hamas has denied committing.
A Code Implementation for Designing Intelligent Multi-Agent Workflows with the BeeAI Framework
BeeAI FrameworkIn this tutorial, we explore the power and flexibility of the beeai-framework by building a fully functional multi-agent system…
Shein files for Hong Kong IPO in hopes of salvaging London listing: FT report
Shein previously filed to list in London around 18 months prior, but has struggled to receive regulatory approval.
Japan calls Trump’s latest tariff salvo ‘regrettable’ as nations scramble to deal with fresh deadline
Trump shared screenshots of letters detailing new tariff rates for over a dozen countries, allowing room for further negotiations before…
Anthropic Proposes Targeted Transparency Framework for Frontier AI Systems
As the development of large-scale AI systems accelerates, concerns about safety, oversight, and risk management are becoming increasingly critical. In…
Trump upbeat on Gaza ceasefire talks as he hosts Netanyahu
The two leaders’ meeting came with no sign of a breakthrough yet in the latest round of Israel-Hamas negotiations in…
How INRIX accelerates transportation planning with Amazon Bedrock
This post is co-written with Shashank Saraogi, Nat Gale, and Durran Kelly from INRIX. The complexity of modern traffic management…
Google AI Just Open-Sourced a MCP Toolbox to Let AI Agents Query Databases Safely and Efficiently
Google has released the MCP Toolbox for Databases, a new open-source module under its GenAI Toolbox aimed at simplifying the…
Trump announces 25% tariffs on South Korea and Japan
But Trump says US will start collecting the tariffs on 1 August – delaying his Liberation Day tariffs again.
Qwen3 family of reasoning models now available in Amazon Bedrock Marketplace and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Today, we are excited to announce that Qwen3, the latest generation of large language models (LLMs) in the Qwen family,…
How Radial Attention Cuts Costs in Video Diffusion by 4.4× Without Sacrificing Quality
Introduction to Video Diffusion Models and Computational Challenges Diffusion models have made impressive progress in generating high-quality, coherent videos, building…
Trump announces 25% tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea, starting Aug. 1
The United States will impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting Aug. 1, President Donald…
Better Code Merging with Less Compute: Meet Osmosis-Apply-1.7B from Osmosis AI
Osmosis AI has open-sourced Osmosis-Apply-1.7B, a fine-tuned variant of Qwen3-1.7B, designed to perform highly accurate and structured code merge tasks.…
The euro is soaring — and Trump’s policies could push it even higher
“Those who impose tariffs will be hurt first,” Greece’s central bank chief said over the weekend.
Mushroom murders and cancer lie: Nine weeks of evidence that gripped a courtroom
Erin Patterson’s conviction ends a monthslong trial full of dramatic allegations.
Tesla shares drop 7% in premarket trading after Elon Musk says he is launching a political party
Elon Musk said he would form a new political party called the “America Party”
ByteDance Just Released Trae Agent: An LLM-based Agent for General Purpose Software Engineering Tasks
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok and other global platforms, has officially released Trae Agent, a general-purpose software engineering…
Watch: Australia’s mushroom murder case… in under two minutes
Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill one other, after cooking them a…
Trump says countries aligning with BRICS policies will face additional 10% tariff
Trump confirmed that the U.S. will start delivering letters on Monday, detailing tariff rates and any agreements reached with various…
Getting Started with Agent Communication Protocol (ACP): Build a Weather Agent with Python
The Agent Communication Protocol (ACP) is an open standard designed to enable seamless communication between AI agents, applications, and humans.…
SynPref-40M and Skywork-Reward-V2: Scalable Human-AI Alignment for State-of-the-Art Reward Models
Understanding Limitations of Current Reward Models Although reward models play a crucial role in Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF),…
At least 78 dead and dozens missing in Texas floods as more rain looms
The death toll looks certain to rise as search-and-rescue teams brace for further storms.
New AI Method From Meta and NYU Boosts LLM Alignment Using Semi-Online Reinforcement Learning
Optimizing LLMs for Human Alignment Using Reinforcement Learning Large language models often require a further alignment phase to optimize them…
Bessent: Tariffs will ‘boomerang’ back to April levels by Aug. 1 for countries without deals
President Donald Trump in April announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs he had unveiled just days prior on virtually…
Texas flood victims: Girl ‘having time of her life’ and ‘heart and soul’ of camp
Eight-year-old Renee Smajstrla and “strong and powerful” camp director Jane Ragsdale were swept away.
Trade deadlines and oil drama set the stage for a crunch week in global markets
This is your weekly lookahead at the key global events that could move markets and shape policy.
What Is Context Engineering in AI? Techniques, Use Cases, and Why It Matters
Introduction: What is Context Engineering? Context engineering refers to the discipline of designing, organizing, and manipulating the context that is…
Chai Discovery Team Releases Chai-2: AI Model Achieves 16% Hit Rate in De Novo Antibody Design
TLDR: Chai Discovery Team introduces Chai-2, a multimodal AI model that enables zero-shot de novo antibody design. Achieving a 16%…
AbstRaL: Teaching LLMs Abstract Reasoning via Reinforcement to Boost Robustness on GSM Benchmarks
Recent research indicates that LLMs, particularly smaller ones, frequently struggle with robust reasoning. They tend to perform well on familiar…
Frantic search for survivors of Texas floods that killed 32, including 14 children
Some 27 children are missing from a girls’ summer camp on the banks of the river, say officials in Kerr…
Watch: Deadly Texas flooding causes destruction
Dozens of people are missing as flash floods sweep away mobile homes, vehicles and holiday cabins.
OPEC+ members agree larger-than-expected oil production hike in August
Eight OPEC+ producers agreed to lift crude output by 548,000 barrels per day in August, exceeding the anticipated 411,000 barrels…
Kyutai Releases 2B Parameter Streaming Text-to-Speech TTS with 220ms Latency and 2.5M Hours of Training
Kyutai, an open AI research lab, has released a groundbreaking streaming Text-to-Speech (TTS) model with ~2 billion parameters. Designed for…
Hamas says it delivered ‘positive response’ on Gaza ceasefire plan
The group said it was ready to begin negotiations immediately after Donald Trump said Israel had accepted conditions for a…