Washington State is expanding its men’s hoops footprint this season. The Cougars are moving their Jan. 4 game against Oregon State from Pullman to Spokane.
Thursday briefing: Inside Labour’s ambitious rethink of the national curriculum
In today’s newsletter: After decades of political tinkering, a new review of England’s national curriculum promises change without chaos – but can it really add without overwhelming?Good morning. I’m Martin Belam, and this is my first time in your inb…
North Korea accuses US of ‘wicked’ hostility over cybercrime sanctions
US Treasury accuses Pyongyang of stealing $3bn in digital assets for its nuclear weapons programme over three years.
UAE debuts VR reconstruction of Makkah and Madina from the Prophet’s era, rendered in amazing detail
A new virtual reality experience at the Sharjah International Book Fair allows visitors to step back 1,400 years and explore Makkah and Madina during the Prophet Muhammad’s era. Developed by Ana Al Madina, it recreates streets, markets, homes, and spir…
Sony unveils the Fair Human-Centric Image Benchmark dataset to test the fairness of computer vision models, saying it was compiled in a fair and ethical manner (Thomas Claburn/The Register)
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Sony unveils the Fair Human-Centric Image Benchmark dataset to test the fairness of computer vision models, saying it was compiled in a fair and ethical manner — Images in the test dataset were all sou…
Prismatic gives AI agents the guardrails and structure they need to operate reliably in production
Prismatic announced its MCP flow server for production-ready AI integrations. The new offering enables companies to transform fragile AI toolchains into reliable, deterministic workflows that can securely power mission-critical applications. AI agents …
Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks
The deployment comes following a surge of bear attacks in Japan’s northern Akita prefecture.
COP30 host Brazil to suffer 33% GDP growth hit from climate change
Brazil has seen a 460 per cent increase in climate-related disasters since the 1990s, with 92 per cent of municipalities affected by events like floods, droughts, and storms.
‘I was torn apart, dying’: Rom Braslavski says captors sexually assaulted, tortured him – The Times of Israel
‘I was torn apart, dying’: Rom Braslavski says captors sexually assaulted, tortured him The Times of IsraelRom Braslavski: Newly freed Israeli hostage says he was sexually assaulted in captivity CNNFBI names 3rd Michigan man charg…
Lakers, Doncic win fifth straight, defeat Spurs without Reaves, James
LA Lakers, playing without injured Austin Reaves and LeBron James, move to 7-2 on the season after San Antonio victory.