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For Trump, the Iran War Is Stuck Between Combat and Genuine Peace

The war has deteriorated over the past six months into Mr. Trump’s own version of a “forever war,” with no clear goals and no end in sight.

How Key Oil Stockpiles Dwindled During the War in Iran

Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott explains how oil reserves helped prevent an oil shock caused by the war in Iran from getting even worse — and how low those reserves are now.

These Tanks Can Hold 90 Million Barrels of Oil. They Have Just 22 Million.

Oil companies and governments are consuming their once vast stockpiles as Iran and the United States continue to struggle for control over the Strait of Hormuz.

97-year-old woman rescued after Nepali floods looked like 'a warrior'

A 97-year-old woman, Guna Maya Bohara, survived the flash floods and was rescued using an excavator.

What we know about the 33 British nationals missing in Nepal

Among those reported missing after deadly floods are a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.

Man dies and at least six injured after sign falls at Christian festival

A 41-year-old man died at the Big Church Festival near Steyning in West Sussex, police say.

Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced

Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell

Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory

• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

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EduRiskX: A Neuro-Symbolic Framework with F-Logic Reasoning for Early Academic Risk Prediction

arXiv:2608.26107v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Predicting students' academic risk in online education is crucial for enabling timely interventions that can improve retention and learning outcomes. H

Standalone LLM and a Pre-specified Agentic Pipeline for Explaining ICU Mortality Predictions: a Feasibility Study on the eICU Demo Dataset

arXiv:2608.26109v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine-learning models can predict ICU mortality accurately, but feature-attribution methods alone rarely provide the clinical narrative needed for be

Large Models for Battery Prognostics and Health Management: A Review and Future Roadmap

arXiv:2608.26111v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Battery Prognostics and Health Management (BPHM) is critical for ensuring the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of batteries across electric

SLM-Conditioned Hierarchical Relation Routing for Labeled Property Graph Learning

arXiv:2608.26132v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Labeled property graphs combine relational structure with heterogeneous textual and categorical properties attached to both nodes and relationships. Co

NeuronFuzz: Safety Neuron Guided Fuzzing for LLM Safety Evaluation

arXiv:2608.26222v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Safety evaluation is critical for assessing whether aligned Large Language Models (LLMs) remain robust against jailbreak attacks. Existing automated te

Pruning Binarized Neural Networks: A Dedicated Framework and Globally Weighted Algorithms

arXiv:2608.26233v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Extreme compression of deep neural networks, up to full binarization, dramatically reduces memory footprint and arithmetic complexity, facilitating dep

As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts — Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng — debated regulation, open source access, and how America can compete as China advances in Asia.

Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs

Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.

Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.

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Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana

The longtime far-right operator and troll, a UK citizen, is being held in ICE custody pending his removal from the United States.

Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China

Fraudsters are exploiting enterprise chat apps like Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money, fueling a wave of complaints.

Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart

“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.

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全球首款阔直板探索计划：华为 Pura X View 新品有奖体验

继创新形态的阔折叠手机取得了市场的广泛好评后，华为延续阔屏设计，带来全球首款阔直板旗舰HUAWEIPuraXView。HUAWEIPuraXView薄至6.68mm，轻至201g，拥有7000mAh超 ...查看全文

科技爱好者周刊（第 410 期）：你需要知道的 AI 三种机制

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

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科技爱好者周刊（第 409 期）：程序员的职业未来

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

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科技爱好者周刊（第 408 期）：你需要知道的 AI 缓存知识

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Bessent attacks Warren over yen intervention query, offers ‘Foreign Exchange for Dummies’ lesson

Treasury has not disclosed how much yen it bought, the execution rate or the current value of the position, despite Warren’s requests for details.

Corn and wheat prices jump to highest prices in more than three years

Corn and wheat futures have surged to their highest levels in more than three years. But the reasons for these recent rallies are notably different.

Stock traders warm up to Warsh as volatility index touches year-to-date low

The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), which measures the price of 30-day options on the S&P 500 Index, fell to as low as 14.1.

Henkel: Finding Upside Is Becoming Harder (Rating Downgrade)

IREN: AI Pivot Continues

The Argument PennyMac Won May Barely Matter

Stock Market Falls After Hawkish Warsh Speech; Nvidia Reverses, Jobs Report Due

The stock market, including the Dow Jones index, fell after a hawkish speech from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. Nvidia stock skidded. The latest jobs report looms.

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Trump Plans Nuclear-Powered Mars Mission, Announces Space Academy

President Trump on Friday signed an order to establish a space version of West Point, and a nuclear-powered Mars mission.

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Dow Jones Futures: Microsoft, Titans Mask Market Weakness. Here's What To Do.

Microsoft and other titans lifted the major indexes for the week, masking declines for small caps and many sectors as yields jump.

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A bartender shares the 5 red flags she always looks for at a bar

From sticky counters to batch cocktails, here are some red flags to look out for that could indicate you're at a bad bar, according to a bartender.

A former Twitter lawyer is testing a new mode of content moderation — and if he can get away with calling it Twitter

Stephen Coates' startup, Operation Bluebird, launched Twitter.now and will allow users to decide individually how their feed will be moderated.

I quit my job at 22 to flip houses. I'm making money, but I wouldn't do it again.

A young Canadian quit his job to be a real estate investor flipping homes in the US. Knowing what he knows now about the business, he wouldn't do it again.

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc

下一层抽象：从UX角度思考Agentic OS的样貌

DuckDB v2.0 重磅预览：从嵌入式数据库迈向分布式架构

圆桌讨论：研究型人才培养与数据库未来发展方向

上海医药中报利润冰火反差背后，巨头转型遇现实考题丨看财报

公司处在结构调整的关键阶段。

豆包工作的办公棋局：飞书与豆包的合流

豆包工作要打造一种AI时代的生产关系。

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Import AI 470: No rights for machines; automating environment generation with SPADE; and building better GPU kernels with Hawkeye

Differential acceleration of cyber, math, and AI

Import AI 469: Science AI; RSI simulator; and Zuck's technological pessimism

The new frontier of AI is developing capable autonomous researchers

Import AI 468: 23 RSI ideas; PostTrainBench+; and how trust and transparency interplay with AI racing

Which galaxy will you choose?

AI Weekly Issue #525: Nvidia may buy into Perplexity above $30B before Wednesday's earnings

The Information reports that Nvidia is discussing an equity investment in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion. Perplexity's annualized revenue has reportedly passed $750 million, up from less

AI Weekly Issue #524: What AI models are actually coming in the next six months?

If you use AI at work, the tools you rely on could change again before February. OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, several Chinese labs, and a group of world-model startups are all preparing or rumored

AI Weekly Issue #523: AI ethics is nobody's job now. The labs prefer it that way.

Who is actually accountable for ethics inside a frontier AI lab? This year four of them answered, mostly by removing the people and structures that held them to it. Below is who left, what each compan

Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.

An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.

Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets

There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.

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