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Trump arcade: White House launches pro-MAGA games with a deportation twist
A new White House website turns the administration's immigration crackdown, savings scheme and food policy into five low-resolution arcade games, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups.
Nvidia to buy open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9bn
Nvidia is buying Hugging Face, the platform millions of developers use to build AI, for $12.9bn (€11.1bn) — its second-biggest deal ever.
Venezuela hands the US control over a fifth of its oil in landmark deal
Venezuela's parliament has approved handing the US control of a fifth of its oil reserves, cementing Washington's grip on a government it helped install after toppling President Nicolas Maduro in January.
How Taiwan's AI stock boom has ordinary people borrowing to invest
People across Taiwan are taking out loans and even remortgaging their homes to chase gains in an AI-fuelled stock boom — and not everyone is coming out ahead.
Russia's Starlink copycat has failed so far but still threatens Ukraine
Russia's homegrown Starlink rival has suffered a fresh setback, with an entire batch of satellites failing to reach orbit — but even a partially working system could still sharpen Russian strikes on Ukraine.
The death of Germany's richest man creates one of Europe's biggest foundations
Klaus-Michael Kühne had no children and lived in a Swiss canton with zero inheritance tax.
Shein shares fall on Hong Kong debut as parcel duties and Iran costs bite
Shein has listed in Hong Kong after failed attempts in New York and London, as US tariffs and rising shipping costs squeeze the fast-fashion giant's profits.
NASA launches Roman telescope to build biggest map of the universe yet
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched from Florida on Sunday, beginning a mission to survey vast swathes of the sky and test whether the standard model of the universe still holds up.
EU places ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under strictest digital safety rules
Brussels has classified ChatGPT as a search engine under the Digital Services Act, a first for an AI chatbot, and designated Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms.
Lake Ontario or Lake America? Google Maps results differ in Canada, US and across the world
What you call Lake Ontario now depends on where you are logging in from. Google Maps has begun showing "Lake America" to US users following US President Donald Trump's executive order, while Canadians still see the name that has stood for more than 400 years.
No more doomscrolling till dawn: Meta sets curfews for teen Instagram use
Meta's Instagram and Facebook will soon lock kids out at midnight and cap their scrolling at two hours a day, part of an $18bn (€15.4bn) settlement with 48 US states.
Coffee for a Frenchman, police for an Algerian: Users accuse Gemini of bias
Google's AI search tool gave starkly different advice depending on the nationality named in questions posed to its chatbot, prompting accusations of racial bias that have swept French media.
Nvidia bets on another blockbuster year, guiding for 70% growth into 2028
Nvidia's $96.2bn quarter and bullish 2028 guidance eased some fears about an AI bubble — but its reliance on a handful of big customers, and a cautious re-entry into China, suggest the picture is more complicated.
Meta agrees to pay $17bn in landmark US child-safety settlement deal
The tech giant agreed one of the largest consumer protection settlements in US history, ending a trial that could have put Zuckerberg on the stand.
Canada hits back with tariffs of up to 50% on US goods as trade war escalates
"We will support our workers, our businesses and our industries with whatever it takes, for as long as it takes," Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday.
ChatGPT to start showing ads across Europe next week
Millions of ChatGPT users across Europe will start seeing adverts from Monday, as it remains unclear how regulators will approach ads in AI chatbots.
Who is automotive giant Stellantis and why did it recall nearly 1 million cars?
The world's fourth-largest carmaker is recalling nearly 1 million vehicles — its third major safety campaign this year.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with new safety guardrails
The AI company is rolling out age-specific protections for 13- to 17-year-olds, as researchers and parents raise growing concerns over teenagers' emotional reliance on chatbots.
EU compliance, delivered globally: Anthropic to watermark Claude's output worldwide
Anthropic will invisibly watermark all of Claude's text and file output from 2 August to meet EU AI Act transparency rules, with the marking applied globally, whether or not the user is anywhere near Brussels.
New AI rules leave Chinese users mourning their virtual boyfriends and girlfriends
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have pulled their AI companion apps after Beijing introduced rules aimed at protecting users' mental health and preventing emotional manipulation, particularly among children and teenagers.
SpaceX posts smaller-than-expected loss despite scrutiny over AI spending
The rocket and satellite company beat Wall Street's loss forecasts in its first quarterly report as a public company, even as investors question its heavy AI spending and whether Elon Musk has oversold its prospects.
How the UK is training its 'surgeons of the future' with robots
The NHS wants robots in nine out of 10 keyhole surgeries by 2035. At a London hospital already using the newest system, surgeons and patients say the change is already being felt.
Spain to see first total solar eclipse in more than a century
Mainland Spain is about to get its first total solar eclipse in more than 100 years, with the path of totality also touching Iceland and Greenland on 12 August.
How the EU AI Act is reshaping company rules from Washington to Tokyo
Nearly half the companies citing the EU's AI Act in their governance disclosures have no legal obligation to follow it, as new research shows the rules are shaping practices well beyond the bloc's borders.
As the West mulls slowing AI down, will China follow suit or pull ahead?
Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic and other top labs want Washington to help pace the AI race.
Google rivals in Europe line up for damages after record EU fine
From Germany to Sweden, comparison-shopping firms have already won hundreds of millions from Google.
Younger Italians warm to nuclear power as Meloni pushes revival four decades after Chernobyl
Forty years after Chernobyl ended Italy's nuclear ambitions, Giorgia Meloni's government wants small modular reactors back on the table — but cost and generational divides could complicate the comeback.
Spain's Galicia region bets big on AI and satellites to prevent summer 'megafires'
Galicia is rolling out AI-powered cameras and satellites to detect wildfires within minutes, hoping to avoid a repeat of last August's devastating wildfire destruction.
'Unprecedented': OpenAI models autonomously hacked a rival firm, fuelling fears of rogue agents
OpenAI has admitted one of its models exploited a hidden flaw to escape a controlled test and break into Hugging Face's servers, in what its CEO called an autonomous, first-of-its-kind breach.
Fabricated AI animal videos are distorting how we see wildlife, researchers warn
AI-generated animal footage is racking up millions of views online, but researchers warn it is also distorting public understanding of wildlife behaviour and could be undermining support for conservation.
Could 'banned topics' be the secret to stopping AI hackers?
The trick to stopping an AI cyberattack may be as simple as bringing up a subject the AI system is not allowed to discuss.
Chinese AI model Kimi K3 halts new signups amid skyrocketing demand
Moonshot AI paused new subscriptions to its Kimi K3 model just days after launch, as surging demand strained its computing capacity amid heightened competition between Chinese and US AI developers.
AI chatbots more likely to criticise Western leaders than authoritarian ones, study finds
A Meta Oversight Board study found that leading AI chatbots are far more willing to criticise democratic leaders than authoritarian ones — raising fears the technology is quietly extending state censorship across borders.
'Bruising' film about OpenAI picked up by indie studio after Amazon snub
Neon has bought Luca Guadagnino's unflinching drama about Sam Altman, weeks after Amazon walked away from the nearly finished film following its $50 billion tie-up with OpenAI.