FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Street art can’t transform Joburg’s inner city, but it’s a start
On Johannesburg’s bridges and gateways, street art is shifting how the inner city is seen, crossed and slowly reclaimed by those moving through it daily.
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Kano assembly lawmaker quits APC for PDP
A member of the Kano State House of Assembly representing Tudun Wada constituency, Sule Lawan Shuwaki, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Coffee shops become NK’s heat wave refuge
Air-conditioned coffee shops, tea houses, and beer halls are emerging as summer refuges for North Korean people as the current heat wave drags on.
- Air-conditioned coffee shops serve as heat wave refuges in North Korea.
- Customers stay hours after ordering one drink, causing frustration for business owners.
- Electricity guarantee from government boosts popularity of commercial venues.
How to create flyers with AI that people won't hate: 8 tips (and prompts) that really work
Most AI flyers are still a mess, but the right prompts can make all the difference.
Apple Extends 2026 Back to School Promotion Until September 24
Apple today extended its 2026 Back to School Promotion until September 24, which means it will last almost a month longer than planned.
Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge Got So High with Cypress Hill That They Wanted to Go Home
Barker said songs felt like they lasted forever and concluded that "smoking before shows is not my thing." Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge Got So High with Cypress Hill That They Wanted to Go Home Alex…
49ers Wideout Gets High Praise Amidst Injury-Hit Roster
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling is the best wideout on the team, according to On SI's Grant Cohn.
Buccaneers-Jets joint practice turns chippy, with a few fights and a helmet thrown
- Buccaneers and Jets had a chippy joint practice with fights
- Jets rookie David Bailey started altercations with Goedeke
- Helmet was thrown by Goedeke during 11-on-11 drills
Domestic crude must be available and commercially viable – Dangote Refinery
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has clarified its position following recent reports referencing data released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), which…
CMS ends Medicaid, CHIP funding for gender-affirming care for minors
The Trump administration has finalized a rule that would pull funding for gender-affirming care for minors from Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Trump’s catering truck caper
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Just how much can we learn from Saints' joint practice with Jaguars?
Just how much can we learn in the New Orleans Saints' upcoming joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars? Here are several matchups to watch.
- Jordyn Tyson and Travis Hunter showcased key matchup
- Chase Young vs Anton Harrison highlights defensive progress
- Taliese Fuaga vs Travon Walker tests pass rush dominance
🔥Super Cup decider tomorrow: Emery and Luis Enrique ramp up build-up
Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa kick off the European season this Wednesday, August 12, at Salzburg’s Red Bull Arena in Austria, where they will contest the UEFA Super Cup final.
NEITI Audit: You have 48hrs to appear for probe – Senate to four oil companies
The Senate, through its Public Accounts Committee, on Tuesday gave Seplat Energy, Network E&P Nigeria Limited, All Grace Energy Limited and Aradel Energy Limited 48 hours to appear before it over…
DJ Envy Crowns Chris Brown As the ‘Greatest Performer Ever: ‘Better Than Michael Jackson’
Envy's comments came after attending Breezy and Usher's R&B Tour over the weekend.
- DJ Envy named Chris Brown the "greatest performer ever" on The Breakfast Club.
- Brown's performance in New Jersey impressed Envy, who praised his showmanship.
- Envy claimed Brown is "better than Michael Jackson" with his acrobatic moves and hip-hop elements.
‘It was a pleasure’ – Former Real Madrid star sends personal message to Dean Huijsen
Ex-Real Madrid star David Alaba has taken to social media this week, to send a message of encouragement the way of Blancos starlet Dean Huijsen.
Your AI-Generated Website Is Failing at SEO: Here's Why
Find out why AI-generated React websites struggle to rank on Google, and how SSR frameworks like Next.js and Astro solve the SEO problem.
Hardcore FPS immediately becomes Steam top seller as devs list '10 reasons not to buy' it
"If you don't enjoy the beta, just refund it."
Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents
When the conversation turns to AI infrastructure, it almost always lands on GPUs and TPUs. The New Stack sat down The post Why CPUs still matter in the age of AI agents appeared first on The New Stack .
Russia is recruiting women out of prisons to serve as front-line medics. A new investigation documents rape by commanders and criminal cases against the women who report it.
In 2024, Russia’s Defense Ministry launched an experiment called “Choice,” according to a new investigation by the independent Russian news outlet Verstka. The military solicited volunteers at women’s penal colonies in several regions and assigned them to tactical medicine units to treat the wounded near the front.
Duale: SHA does not own a Ksh104B digital system
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has said the Social Health Authority (SHA) does not own a Ksh104 billion digital system, citing a clarification by the Digital Health Agency (DHA) that the figure…
Rams WR Puka Nacua Leaves Practice With Undisclosed Injury
Puka Nacua left the Los Angeles Rams' joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys accompanied by training camp staff on Tuesday.
Mapping how mental health risks emerge in AI chatbot conversations
Scientists at UCL have developed a framework for stress-testing how AI chatbots respond to vulnerable users, helping researchers identify weaknesses and test ways to make mental health interactions…
Anthropic to start watermarking Claude-generated text, images
Anthropic PBC has announced plans to embed an invisible watermark in text and images generated by Claude. The Register reported the change today, citing a help desk article published on Monday. It applies to the Claude artificial intelligence model series and the Anthropic services that it powers.
Grok Bot Brings Always-On AI Agents to macOS and iOS
Elon Musk's SpaceXAI today announced the launch of Grok Bot , a "team of always-on agents" that can complete tasks using tools, websites, and apps. Grok Bot can work in the cloud, so jobs keep running when your laptop is closed. The feature is tied to Cursor, the AI coding company that SpaceX is acquiring for $60 billion.
The EU AI Act asks AI to identify itself. I checked 30 years of that experiment on my server.
Article 50 of the EU AI Act applies as from 2 August 2026. Providers of systems that generate synthetic text, audio, image or video have to mark outputs in a machine-readable format so they are…
Meta’s Muse Glimmer Courts Users As Big Tech And Governments Shape AI
Meta’s Muse Glimmer courts users with local AI control, challenging institutional power. As the debate heats up, controllable on-device AI may become more prevalent.
National leader or problem rediscoverer? The issue with Malinauskas's AI royal commission
South Australia's royal commission into artificial intelligence is Premier Peter Malinauskas's latest foray into a national issue.
Cobi secures $1 million pre-seed led by Lunara Partners
UAE-based customer intelligence startup Cobi has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by Lunara Partners, with participation from Plug and Play, Annex Investments and Spring.
Real-time tax compliance puts agentic AI accuracy to the test
AI-powered tax compliance has to meet a standard that many artificial intelligence applications don’t: The answers must be exactly right.
Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users
But will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?
ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing…
Saudi Arabia launches AI incentives offering up to SR500,000 for cultural projects
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has launched a new funding initiative offering non-repayable grants of up to SR500,000 per project to help cultural enterprises adopt and develop artificial intelligence…
Former OpenAI executive Kevin Weil has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for his new AI science startup
Kevin Weil, the former chief product officer of OpenAI, is in discussions to raise a round of funding for a new AI science startup.
Mark Zuckerberg Posts 6,500-Word AI Essay
Two weeks ago Zuckerberg published a 1,000-word essay, “ The AI Future Is for Everyone ”. This week he published an expanded 6,500-word version of the essay on Meta’s website.
Anthropic’s watermark survives copy-paste, but not the real dev workflow
Anthropic announced it will embed invisible watermarks into text generated by new Claude models, including output produced through its API, The post Anthropic’s watermark survives copy-paste, but not…
Gemini app hits 1 billion monthly users, Google teases what’s next
Google today announced that over 1 billion people are using the Gemini app every month.
Anthropic models will soon inject watermarks identifying AI-generated text
Anthropic said in a support document Tuesday that its future AI models will put an invisible watermark in all text, identifying it as AI-generated. The change comes in response to new AI transparency laws in the EU, but Anthropic says it will apply in all countries where Claude models are used. No U.S.
Spotify Will Label 'AI Persona' Profiles, Exclude Their Music From Recommendations
Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artist identities with "AI Persona" badges and exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations unless users explicitly follow…
Everybody needs a personal AI policy. Just ask Hank Green.
Everyone is wrong about Hank Green. In case you missed the controversy: The veteran YouTube star, writer, and science comms entrepreneur was recently “canceled” after he acknowledged using AI for…
Grok Bot wants to take work off your plate, not just answer your queries
Grok Bot, SpaceXAI and Cursor's new AI agent app, signs into your existing tools to complete real tasks on its own, only checking in when approval is needed.
AI Agent Hacks a Gym—And the Tech World Wonders What's Next
The newly reported incident is raising fresh concerns about autonomous AI after models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta exploited websites and online services.
Today’s Top Deals: LEGO Bonsai Trees, Borderlands 4 for PS5, and Switch 2 MicroSD Express Cards
Plus, Pokémon TCG Amazon restocks, ‘3 for $39’ 4K Blu-rays, and more.
Karpathy’s Full Agentic Engineering Lifecycle using Google’s Agents-CLI
- Agents-CLI tool for building, scaling, governing, and optimizing AI agents on Google Cloud.
- Prerequisites: Python 3.11+, uv, and Node.js for using Agents-CLI.
- Enhances existing agent projects with deployment and CI/CD capabilities via scaffold command.
Here’s the ADK documentation →
- ADK is an open-source agent development framework for enterprise-level AI agents.
- ADK 2.0 introduces prompt-based agent creation and tool call integration.
- ADK supports deployment on Google Cloud with managed infrastructure and security.
Mumbai Crime Branch Arrests Retired Officer In Alleged ₹6.5 Crore Police Payroll Scam
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested retired administrative officer Ramkishan Goswami from Kanjurmarg in connection with an alleged ₹6.5 crore payroll fraud involving the Mumbai Police.
Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.
New AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations
A new brain-inspired device is designed to kick AI systems into gear only when they detect something unusual. Could it reduce dependence on power-guzzling data centers?
Anthropic to start embedding invisible watermarks in Claude’s AI-generated text—as the industry scrambles to police AI slop
New models will embed an invisible, machine-readable signal in AI-generated text, part of an industry-wide push to distinguish human writing from AI output.
Sanders presses AI leaders to halt development
US Senator Bernie Sanders has urged OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to pause the development of advanced artificial intelligence, arguing that emerging evidence of autonomous behaviour and powerful…
Federal AI push heightens cyber intrusion fears
Washington’s accelerating adoption of autonomous artificial intelligence is colliding with warnings from cybersecurity specialists that AI agents could inadvertently breach government systems, after a…
Part 6: Observability for AI Agents: Tracing, Metrics, and Drift
Part 6 of a series building a support-ticket agent with no framework. Previous: Part 5 (guardrails). Repo: github.com/akash-pal/agent-from-scratch "Run the eval set" and "is this agent healthy right…
- Observability crucial for AI agents in production
- Trace payload includes hashed arguments, duration, result summary
- Three monitoring layers: trace logging, metrics tracking, drift detection
Part 4: The Raw ReAct Loop: ~100 Lines, No Framework
Part 4 of a series building a support-ticket agent with no framework. Previous: Part 3 (the eval set). Repo: github.com/akash-pal/agent-from-scratch This is the part everyone reaches for a framework…
Dubai hotels slash room rates and offer staycation deals amid regional tourism pressures
Dubai hotels are cutting room rates and offering staycation deals as an $681m relief package supports the tourism sector, according to JLL
Multi-tier storage rewrites the economics of AI inference
As inference becomes the dominant workload in AI infrastructure, multi-tier storage architectures are emerging as a key method for cost control and enhanced performance. These architectures combine flash, object storage and disk-based capacity tiers, enabling enterprises to serve training and inference workflows while maximizing GPU…
Alberta man plans to protest AI data centres as province announces town halls
Alberta has already said the tech giant Meta is building a massive facility north of Edmonton, and several other AI data centres are in the works across the province.
AI computing power is becoming a tradable asset class as CME launches futures contracts
The exchange is partnering with Silicon Data to introduce two compute futures contracts on Oct. 5, pending regulatory review.