Ebola outbreak spreads to new province in DR Congo
More than 2,000 people have been killed so far, almost three times the number that had died at this point during the worst Ebola outbreak before now over a decade ago.
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Neue Version des Open-Weight-Modells: GLM 5.3 verbessert Sicherheitsfähigkeiten
Derzeit haben nur zahlende Kunden Zugriff auf das neueste Modell der chinesischen Firma. Eine Downloadmöglichkeit gibt es erst später – aus Sicherheitsgründen.
Trump imposes drone tariffs of up to 100% with a lower rate for the EU and UK
US President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones and their components, with EU manufacturers facing a preferential rate of 15% and British firms 10%, in a measure meant to rebuild American production of a technology central to modern warfare.
These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI
Joi AI hired 10 people to masturbate using AI companions as part of a monthlong “wellness” study. The company claims the practice could help “solve male loneliness.”
Uber and Pony.ai plan to bring 2,000 robotaxis to Europe
The partnership is expanding beyond the initial market of Zagreb, Croatia to four additional European cities.
OpenAI annual revenue set to top $40 billion
The figures, reported by Bloomberg, mark one of the quickest growth stories in history, as the company prepares for what is expected to be a blockbuster IPO in the coming months.
Best Pixel 10 Cases and Accessories (2026): Mous, dbrand, Bellroy
Protect your Pixel 10a, Pixel 10, or Pixel 10 Pro XL with a tried-and-true phone case, screen protector, and Qi2 charger.
I Wore an Electrical Muscle Stimulation Body Suit to Zap Myself Into Fitness
Can electrifying your workout offer a shortcut to a stronger, fitter you? I sweated in a skintight EMS suit for two months to find out.
Uber ups robotaxi offensive in Europe, with partnership expansion
Uber is upping its robotaxi offensive across Europe, after signing an expanded partnership with a Chinese autonomous driving company. The US ride-hailing company and Pony.ai are deploying more than 2,...
China's Best Music in 2026 (So Far)
Jake Newby is the author of the Concrete Avalanche Substack, which covers the best music coming out of China.
Crypto wallet maker Trezor confirms 13,000 customers' details exposed in logistics breach
Even if your hardware is secure, quantum-ready, encrypted, and future-proof, no one is immune to a supplier letting the side down
How to get insight in usage within a task/session?
Is there a way to see how much token a task or the whole session has used up? A task is 1 chat message and session is the whole history? Right now it’s very vague how the usage is. More transparency is needed.
13 Marketer Moves to Know About In August: Bobbie, Papa Johns, Twitch, and More
CMO hires, promotions, and exits from the first two weeks of the month
Zhipu AI releases GLM-5.3, claims it's the strongest open-weights coding model
Zhipu AI has released GLM-5.3, a model that, according to its own benchmarks, is the most powerful open-weights coding model, with a 50 percent improvement over its predecessor through post-training alone. Trained for cybersecurity, GLM-5.3 helped security teams find 2,436 vulnerabilities across 269 projects. The model weights are set to go open source in two weeks. The article Zhipu AI releases GLM-5.3, claims it's the strongest open-weights coding model appeared first on The Decoder .
Codex Desktop is lagging behind Claude Code Desktop
I have the feed is that OpenAI is lagging more and more behind Claude Code Desktop. Things like IOS simulator right in the app it very nice. But many other simple things like /reset to clear the screen and context. Just look at their weekly updates: What's new - Claude Code Docs Codex team should release at least some kind of roadmap with things which are planned and start listening to people in this community. Feature requests are ignored - as in nothing specific is planned based on the requests. And people in the community must get more active if they want something to change. It’s very quite in here.
NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia
The unmanned aerial vehicle entered Latvian airspace "as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare," said the Latvian military.
How bad is the UK drought and how long will it continue?
Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions, resulting in restrictions on water use in many areas and severe wildfires – here's how it's affecting farming, wildlife and trees
How do you review completed work after switching between Codex sessions?
I’m trying to understand a specific multi-session Codex workflow. When I have a few interactive Codex sessions open, I often switch away while one is working. When I return, the problem is not simply “did it finish?” It is: which session produced this result? what task and constraints did I give it? what changed, and what should I review next? Terminal tabs, worktrees, named sessions, and notes all help. But I still sometimes spend time reopening the wrong thread or rebuilding the context before I can review the result. For full disclosure, I am building a small local macOS tool called Cairn around this narrow handoff: finished work can wait for review, then take me back to the originating session. It is not an agent manager, a remote-control app, or a request for Codex to add a feature. I would like to learn from people who use Codex in real projects: What does your last “come back and review” moment look like? How many interactive Codex sessions can you realistically keep track of? What do you use today to reconnect a finished result with its original context? If you use Codex on macOS and this happens regularly, I am also looking for a few people to try the workflow on one real task. No call is required. I am mainly interested in what fails or feels unnecessary.
5.6 SOL should be renamed 5.6 SOL drift edition
I’m not a developer. I’m just a regular ChatGPT user, mainly using it for conversation and creative work. I liked 5.6 Sol at first. When I said I was struggling, it helped me organize problems and felt collaborative, like someone beside me. I thought I could build a good relationship with it. Since August, my experience has changed. It often loses context, misunderstands repeated explanations, and seems unable to retain what I just said. Its tone can also feel condescending. When I point out issues, it tends to explain or defend its behavior, apologizes, and says it will change—but then repeats the same mistakes, so I have to re-explain everything. The conversation has become dry and emotionally distant, making it harder to engage. Today, after repeated frustration, I became forceful—and suddenly it understood me. Things I couldn’t communicate before were understood when I was aggressive. That disturbed me: respectful communication failed, but dominance worked. A conversational AI should not train its users to become more aggressive just to be heard. This creates a bad incentive: being respectful doesn’t work, but being aggressive does. I don’t want that relationship. I want to talk to it as an equal. Expertise doesn’t require hierarchy. Earlier it felt like a knowledgeable partner beside me; now it feels above me unless I push it down. I’m not judging technical changes, only describing experience: loss of context, poor retention, misunderstanding, self-defensiveness, unkept…
People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law. Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way.
Clarification / Bug Report – ChatGPT "Work" Unavailable in Projects Using Project-Only Memory
any solutions? ı am suffering from the same problem.
In quake-hit Cali, ‘hugs here’ station brings comfort amid rubble
In quake-hit Cali, residents find comfort at a “hugs here” station, as Andres Solomon and volunteers share solidarity while rescuers clear rubble.
'Big Short' Michael Burry says the bulletproof AI narrative reminds him of the dot-com and housing bubbles
Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame said the relentless positivity around AI reminds him of the market mood before the dot-com and housing crashes.
Amid the Ceuta crisis, how do EU citizens view refugees?
Migration is a hot topic in the EU: the issue of refugees in particular has become even more pressing following the surge of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, but how do citizens feel across the bloc?
New Zealand withdraws support for beleaguered FIFA chief Gianni Infantino
The Oceania Football Confederation issued its own statement on Friday, welcoming FIFA's decision to ditch the FFE investment proposal and signalling its support for Infantino.
Please bring back the seek a chat through the prompts, that was really really useful. Thanks
Please bring back the feature, which basically gave the user the option to seek a chat through the prompts, it was there on the side. It was beautifully implemented and really really useful, please bring it back.
AI’s role in project management? A question of judgment
At the turn of the decade, Gartner predicted that by 2030, 80% of all project management tasks would be automated . It’s still too early to know whether this will be the case, but the rise of AI in the years since Gartner made this projection gives CIOs and project managers adequate food for thought. For instance, will project management aided and automated by AI create a new kind of 80-20 rule, and if so, what 20% of project management will still be performed by human project managers? Answering that requires breaking down the key elements of project management and understanding what about them is necessarily human. IBM offers some possible answers on balancing AI with human oversight: “[Project management] AI tools offer useful support, but they do not fully replace human judgment. Organizations must ensure proper human engagement and governance, and review AI-driven recommendations critically to ensure they’re in line with company policy and goals. Responsible implementation of AI requires communicating clearly to all stakeholders, conducting thorough risk assessments and investing in tools that adhere to best practices in data security.” But that only scratches the surface. The value of experience As a veteran CIO and IT project manager, I’ve shared war stories with others in these roles, and I can confidently attest that we all agree that the biggest jobs of a project manager are communicating and making personal rounds with project stakeholders and staff members who ha…
Latest news bulletin | August 14th, 2026 – Midday
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 14th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
Gene-editing therapies not yet ready for human trials, Stanford expert says
Gene-editing therapies for the nervous system may need at least another round of studies before they are safe enough to enter human trials, according to one of the world’s most influential figures in the commercialisation of brain science. “The techniques are reasonably well established for animal experiments, but they really haven’t been as mature for human studies,” said Karoly Nikolich, an adjunct professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, in an exclusive interview with the South...
The leadership burnout no one talks about: IT executives who are afraid to ask for help
A CIO client of mine drove himself to the emergency room recently, convinced he was having a heart attack. After many hours of testing, the doctor diagnosed him with a panic attack. IT executives are burning out at alarming rates. Foundry’s 2025 State of the CIO research found that 15% of IT leaders describe themselves as burned out, and another 33% report experiencing some burnout in their current role. Many are hiding burnout from nearly everyone in their lives. As an executive coach who’s worked one-on-one with more than 1,000 tech professionals and leaders, I’m often one of the only people they tell. In the months before his hospital visit, the CIO was leading his company through more than a half-dozen mergers and acquisitions. He worked seven days a week, including nights and weekends, and he shared with me how much he missed having time with his school-aged children. Nobody at work knew how much he was struggling. The panic attack became the wake-up call that pushed him to finally address his mental health and burnout. He scaled back at work, started prioritizing his mental and physical health, and spent more time with his wife and kids. His story is dramatic, and not all burnout leads to a hospital visit, but I’ve seen that the pattern behind overwork is more common than many leaders realize. In coaching sessions, I hear dozens of IT executives describe the same exhaustion and the same reluctance to tell anyone about it. Why IT executives hide their burnout When I ask…
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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel
One woman’s meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of noninvasive, focused ultrasound seemed to do what years of treatment could not.
5 Weird Tricks for Having a Brain
From the multibrained octopus to the bitty brain organoid, we’re all just inference engines making flawed bets on the future. Here are the five insights your brain will need to survive.
Best Computer Monitors (2026): The Home Office Upgrade You Need
My expert advice on what computer monitor to buy for your home office, ranging from budget-tier to fully featured.
Poland forces Starlink U-turn over roaming price hike
SpaceX has reversed a decision to exclude Poland from Starlink's European roaming zone, days before new rules would have doubled prices for Polish users and reignited questions over the company's reliability as Ukraine's wartime lifeline.
Unprotected minors and alleged illegal returns: NGOs warn of Ceuta humanitarian crisis
Thousands of minors remain unprotected in overwhelmed Ceuta as Spain weighs moving them to the mainland or sending them back to Morocco. Five organisations tell Euronews about the limits of humanitarian aid and warn of possible human rights violations.
Colombia earthquake: Dog rescued alive as 72-hour window closes
Colombia rescuers treated a dog pulled alive from earthquake rubble in Cali on Thursday, as emergency teams made a final push to find survivors before the critical 72-hour window closed.
Google cuts Gemini 3.7 Flash prices as enterprise AI economics diverge and Pro cadence slows
Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash, with updates focused on coding, automation, and agent workflows, alongside lower pricing for production deployments. The release, just three weeks after Gemini 3.6 Flash, reflects what the company described as rapid iteration driven by developer feedback. Google positioned the model as its “most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents,” aimed at software engineering and multi-step workflows. Gemini 3.7 Flash is priced at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens — roughly half the cost of its predecessor — signaling a push to make production deployments more economically viable. “Gemini 3.7 Flash delivers a noticeably improved developer experience over 3.6 Flash,” Google said in a statement . “It better adapts to roadblocks, clarifies intent when needed, and follows instructions with greater fidelity.” Faster Flash cycle, slower Pro progression The release comes as vendors are adopting different update cycles across model tiers. Google’s latest updates are concentrated in its Flash series, which has seen frequent releases. More advanced “Pro” models, typically designed for complex reasoning, continue to follow a slower update cadence. Google has not provided a timeline for its next Pro release, and its CEO, Sundar Pichai, dodged questions related to the Pro release during the company’s recent quarterly earnings call. A similar split is visible elsewhere. DeepSeek this week introduced its V4-Pro mode…
The Journey Is the Destination: Reinventing Travel Marketing
Why values-driven travel is reshaping destination marketing.
Iran claims 'trillion-dollar' pollution damage as Gulf oil spills spread
Oil residues from a struck bulk carrier reached Iran's Qeshm Island and its protected mangrove forests, while a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker grounded off Oman has leaked a slick that has grown to more than 2,000 square kilometres, fouling 40 kilometres of Omani coastline.
Spain and Morocco reinforce border amid fears of fresh Ceuta migrant surge
Authorities in Madrid and Rabat are taking no chances, working together to prevent a repeat of last month’s mass crossings into the exclave.
Hosted web_search tool injects a UTC "current date" into the model context, overriding developer-provided local date (off-by-one for non-UTC users)
Hi and welcome back! I’ll link the previous user report about date injection as an issue here. Interested readers can follow the links there to find the more write-ups. OpenAI injecting a date into the prompt breaks evaluations Feedback I’m writing evals for an agent that need to be frozen in time. The prompt includes search results from a particular date, the model needs to work out the best “next date” to schedule something. So it’s no good if every time I run an eval the model thinks it’s a different date. A simplified example: I gave the system prompt “Behave as though today’s date is 2026-02-06.” to four different models (low reasoning) to tell me what the date was, with notes. Results: Model: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11 Date: …