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Society · NPR Top Stories

Mangione pleads guilty in federal court, leaving fate of state trial uncertain

Mangione has pleaded guilty to stalking charges in connection with the death of Brian Thompson, a health care executive. A separate judge will decide the future of Mangione's state trial.

World · Al Jazeera

Top French court upholds assisted dying law, rejects teen social media ban

The decisions mark both a victory and a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who had championed both policies.

World · Deutsche Welle

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in Brian Thompson death

The plea resolves the remaining federal charges tied to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and could affect a separate New York state case.

Developers & Open Source · langchain-ai/langchain Releases

langchain-openai==1.5.1

Changes since langchain-openai==1.5.0 release(openai): 1.5.1 ( #39653 ) fix(openai): preserve streamed encrypted reasoning ( #39635 ) chore(infra): support langsmith gateway in CI ( #39651 )

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play

Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play.

Business · CNBC Technology

OpenAI talent exodus raises 'huge red flag' ahead of IPO

OpenAI's C-suite turnover gives investors another reason for concern as the company pushes toward a mammoth IPO.

AI · TechCrunch AI

Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?

Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s […]

World · Al Jazeera

Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Mangione admits to shooting Brian Thompson in federal court, still faces separate state charges.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Google is making private AI practical with homomorphic encryption

Article URL: https://blog.google/security/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300314 Points: 227 # Comments: 141

World · Al Jazeera

Zambia suspends vote counting in election citing violence

Zambia's electoral commission on Friday suspended vote counting nationwide.

World · Al Jazeera

‘The party of the Cubans’: How Republicans courted a key South Florida vote

Polls suggest Cuban American voters in Florida remain largely Republican, despite frustration over immigration.

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

GLM-5.3 didn’t change the base model — where did its coding gains come from?

Z.ai released GLM-5.3 on Friday, a coding and agent model built from the same base model as GLM-5.2. Developers can The post GLM-5.3 didn’t change the base model — where did its coding gains come from? appeared first on The New Stack .

World · Deutsche Welle

Germany news: Car industry hemorrhaging jobs

The country's famed auto sector is losing jobs faster than any industrial branch in the economy, official statistics show. Meanwhile, farmers say drought conditions could affect this year's harvest. DW has more.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Qwen3.8-27B

Article URL: https://twitter.com/alibaba_qwen/status/2088280182356611304 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299684 Points: 296 # Comments: 3

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Qwen 3.8 27B

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299605 Points: 359 # Comments: 262

World · Al Jazeera

Ahmed al-Sharaa: A New Vision for Syria

An exclusive interview with the man who became president of Syria in 2025 about his vision for his country’s future.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

2025 GOTY Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is down to $33

For RPG fans who dig Persona-style turn-based action and who are pursuing games with original stories and fantastic tunes, look no further than Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This praise might come off sounding weird, but I really like that Sandfall Interactive’s breakout hit isn’t overly long compared to RPGs it was inspired by. It’s worth […]

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.

World · Al Jazeera

Kushner to visit Israel after Netanyahu rejects Gaza Board of Peace plan

Visit to address Israeli opposition to plan for Hamas to disarm, Israel to withdraw from Gaza, board official says.

Society · NPR Top Stories

We learned 5 important things about the economy this week

From inflation, to credit card debt, to who's actually doing the spending: These are key takeaways from this week in economic news.

Developers & Open Source · ollama/ollama Releases

v0.32.12

Qwen 3.8 - 27B model support This release adds the support of Qwen 3.8 27B. For Apple Silicon devices, Ollama has in particular optimized for maximum performance and output quality suitable for repeated tasks and coding agents. Qwen 3.8 model page: https://ollama.com/library/qwen3.8 Qwen3.8 delivers substantial gains across coding, professional work, research, and long-horizon agentic tasks.

Society · NPR Top Stories

The Taliban has taken a terrible toll on the education of girls -- and boys as well

Saturday marks the 5th anniversary of the current Taliban rule in Aghanistan. They've had a devastating impact on girls' education. A lesser told story is their impact on the education of boys.

World · Deutsche Welle

France: Top court blocks social media ban for children

Denying access to platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and YouTube for under-15s would infringe upon freedom of expression, the Constitutional Council has said.

World · Deutsche Welle

Eco wins: A Dutch gym for crops, a climate-ready city and a beaver comeback

Dutch crops hit the "climate gym," a German city is constructing for more extreme weather, and beavers are restoring rivers across Europe. This week's eco wins are all about building for a changing climate.