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Explosion injures 13 in Taiwan
Explosion injures 13 in Taiwan
Volcanoes that made history
Enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe.
Israel’s war on Gaza forces Palestinians to rely on ‘Stone Age’ toilets
The displaced in Gaza are struggling to find safe, discreet and sanitary toilets amid health crisis.
Mourinho decries alleged bullying of Vinicius in Real’s win at Espanyol
'Vinicius is no saint, but what they're doing to him was too much,' Mourinho said after Real's first match of La Liga.
Syria foreign minister says door open for diplomacy with Israel
Asaad al-Shaibani urges Israel to seize 'historic opportunity' for diplomacy.
Russia withdraws ambassador to UK as Kremlin raises pressure over Ukraine support
Embassy in London says Andrey Kelin left last month after seven years in diplomatic post Russia has withdrawn its ambassador to the UK, it has emerged, as the Kremlin continues to try to put pressure on Britain over its support for Ukraine. Andrey Kelin left last month after seven years in the diplomatic post, according to the Russian embassy in London. Continue reading...
Ukraine: Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections
The Ukrainian president says wartime elections, as called for by the ex-defense minister, could "split Ukraine." He also said Russia was planning to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops after September polls there.
CrossCountry cancels 'almost all' UK services after power cut
Customers say the disruption to virtually all UK CrossCountry services is the "worst case scenario".
I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes
Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/qwen-3-8-27b-reverse-engineering-job-frontier-model/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407507 Points: 159 # Comments: 80
AI is becoming AI's biggest customer as agentic token usage jumps 14x on OpenRouter
AI agents have consumed more tokens than humans on OpenRouter since February 6, 2025. Agentic usage has grown 14x since then, while human usage is up just 2.8x. Nearly 70 percent of agent token consumption comes from cheap cached prompts, though, so actual costs are rising far more slowly than the raw numbers suggest. The article AI is becoming AI's biggest customer as agentic token usage jumps 14x on OpenRouter appeared first on The Decoder .
Finland tried to end homelessness. What can we learn from its runaway success – and recent failures?
The Housing First policy led to the number of homeless people in Finland dropping by half. Those with firsthand experience explain why it worked At 3.30am, Vello Senkel awoke to a knock on his door. Standing on his doorstep were his neighbours with an urgent request: “Do you have salt? We want to boil macaroni.” He acquiesced, but it turned out that salt wasn’t the only ingredient they were missing: “And do you also have macaroni?” His warm face, framed by jaw-length white hair, is at once charmed and outraged as he recounts the interaction while smoking a cigarette outside his apartment building the following morning. Senkel, whose nickname is Velho (Finnish for wizard), is known for his proficiency in the kitchen. In his apartment, where he lives alongside 77 other formerly homeless people in a Helsinki suburb, he shows me his fully stocked freezer. From his neatly organised fridge he pulls out the jars of pickled cabbage and shrimp salad he has prepared to take to a friend’s house for lunch later. Continue reading...
How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stopped
The priorities are clear: reach every affected area, protect frontline workers, and turn commitments into action.
Israeli air strike near Gaza refugee camp kills one person and injures two
Israeli air attack near Gaza's Maghazi camp kills one person and injures two others.
Is the US seeing a turning point in obesity rates?
Obesity rates climbed in the US for years, but now there are signs this could be changing. Use of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy has increased rapidly — are they helping?
What is the 'political firewall' against Germany's far-right AfD?
Germany's centrist parties reject any cooperation with the Alternative for Germany (AfD), parts of which are classified as right-wing extremist. However, this policy is coming under increasing pressure.
37 injured as magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes eastern Japan
37 injured as magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes eastern Japan
Where water conflicts pose the biggest threat in 2026
Water-related conflicts have nearly quadrupled since 2020. As World Water Week 2026 begins, Al Jazeera unpacks the data.
Kazakhstan parliamentary vote to cement president's power
Candidates from seven state-approved parties are taking part in the election, while opposition parties have been banned. Central Asia's largest nation, Kazakhstan maintains a delicate balance between Russia and the West.
The Drucker drift
Peter Drucker argued that the purpose of a corporation is to serve the customer. It turns out that organizations that focus on this do well. Milton Friedman argued (mistakenly, in my view) that the corporation doesn’t need to care about customers, unless this helps increase the value of the company to shareholders. Corporations are a […]
AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues
Even if language models worked perfectly, they could make research worse, not better. A new theoretical study argues that because AI saves time, researchers' remaining hours become more valuable and get funneled into starting new projects instead of improving existing ones. In two out of three modeled scenarios, the quality of individual publications drops. The article AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues appeared first on The Decoder .
Body cam shows federal agent was 'unjustified' in Memphis shooting, attorney says
The family of Jonah Neal and their attorney were recently shown video from the day that Neal was shot by a federal agent while he experienced a mental health crisis.
Israeli wounded in occupied West Bank stabbing
Israeli forces launch wide search in Jordan Valley after a stabbing incident in the occupied West Bank village of al-Auja.
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