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Google makes Gemini's personalized image generation free for all US users
TL;DR Gemini’s Nano Banana image generation, which creates AI images from your Google data, is now free for all eligible US users instead…
Susan Darwin
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Navy to build drone-equipped warships instead of replacing ageing destroyers
Plans to replace ageing warships will be scrapped in favour of building at least six new modern "hybrid" vessels equipped to deploy drones…
Business
Baidu's chip unit Kunlunxin is targeting a $50 billion Hong Kong IPO and asked investors to buy its semiconductors
TL;DR Baidu’s Kunlunxin targets a $50B Hong Kong IPO and asked investors to commit to buying its chips, blurring the line between…
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Thunderstorms delay hundreds of Heathrow and Gatwick flights
Meanwhile, Easyjet passenger Will Poole told the BBC he had cancelled his holiday to the Greek island of Skiathos after his flight from…
Business
Cloudflare's engineering headcount surged 45% after it cut 1,100 jobs, and its CEO has a framework for who survives AI
TL;DR Cloudflare’s engineering team grew 45% even after mass layoffs, as CEO Prince says AI kills “measurer” roles while builders and…
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Dark Waters
Past ties drag corporate lawyer Rob into conflict with a company he usually assists. Source link
Business
Ford rehired 350 engineers to fix what its AI systems got wrong
TL;DR Ford rehired 350 engineers after AI failed to replicate veteran expertise, then hit No 1 in JD Power quality for the first time in…
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Crocodile attack: Hospital probe after boy's records accessed
A hospital has launched an investigation after the medical details of a child seriously injured in a crocodile pit were accessed by up to…
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The hidden cost of complacency and Jay Roland’s mission against corporate America’s technical debt crisis
Corporate America is hemorrhaging money through inefficient IT business processes, and Jay Roland, founder of Varex Solutions, believes…
Culture
Championship fixtures: Relegated Burnley and West Ham to meet on opening weekend
Relegated Burnley and West Ham will meet on the opening weekend of the Championship season on Sunday, 16 August. The Clarets, whose bid to…
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Anthropic accuses Alibaba of running largest distillation campaign against Claude
TL;DR Anthropic accused Alibaba’s Qwen lab of using 25,000 fake accounts for nearly 29 million Claude exchanges, the biggest such campaign…
Culture
World Cup 2026: England's Reece James and Declan Rice to have fitness assessed
England will assess the fitness of Reece James and Declan Rice before their final World Cup group game against Panama. Rice, 27, limped…
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UN says it will evacuate sailors stranded in Strait of Hormuz, as Rubio warns against tolls
The UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the Gulf because…
Business
ByteDance unveils Seedance 2.5, a 30-second native 4K AI video model that accepts 50 reference inputs
TL;DR ByteDance announced Seedance 2.5 at its Beijing conference, generating 30-second native 4K video from up to 50 multimodal reference…
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Ransom note claimed Nancy Guthrie died after abduction
The note from the possible kidnappers reportedly stated that they did not mean for her to die and included an apology to the family.…
Business
Lovable CEO says Europe's AI startups have a confidence problem, not a talent problem
TL;DR Lovable CEO Anton Osika says Europe’s AI gap is about confidence, not talent, as his Stockholm startup hits $500M ARR. Lovable CEO…
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Lush! Gavin and Stacey superfans buy Uncle Bryn's house
A couple from Banbury buy the Barry house which Rob Brydon's character called home through the show. Source link
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Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds
TL;DR Kapwing found 59% of TikTok videos shown to new accounts are AI slop, three times YouTube’s rate, with kids’ content the worst-hit…
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Three men die in White City building fire
The men were rescued from the single-storey building but died soon after, London Fire Brigade said. Source link
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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies at 69 in plane crash near La Baule
TL;DR Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986 and led gaming peripherals maker Guillemot Corp, has died at 69 in a plane crash in…
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BBC sees destroyed villages in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon
The BBC has been given rare access to the part of southern Lebanon that is under Israeli occupation, as part of a humanitarian convoy of…
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PM under pressure from Labour MPs and ministers to set timetable for exit
The BBC has been told that the transport secretary is among those advising Starmer to set out a timetable. Source link
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UK's top data and AI regulator quits in a historic first
The UK’s top data and AI regulator has resigned. It is the first time it has ever happened. John Edwards stepped down as information…
Business
UK weather: Amber heat health alerts in place as temperatures set to soar above 30C
Amber heat health alerts are issued when high temperatures are likely to have a significant impact on health and social care services.…