Anthropic can lastly begin chopping checks to a bunch of authors and ebook publishers that sued the AI lab over copyright infringement. A federal decide gave remaining approval Monday of Anthropic’s landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a category motion copyright lawsuit, Reuters reported. Decide William Alsup of the U.S. District Court docket for the Northern…
As lawmakers in the US Senate are likely to vote soon on the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, representatives from advocacy organizations and companies are providing details of closed-door negotiations over the bill, which is expected to be the most comprehensive piece of legislation affecting the crypto industry. In a Monday CNBC interview, Coinbase…
Now that Cole Perfetti has secured his long-term financial future by signing his first big-ticket contract, the Winnipeg Jets forward understands the real work is just beginning. The 24-year-old spoke publicly Monday for the first time since inking a five-year, US$30-million extension last week. The contract — a significant raise from the US$3.25 million he…
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni arrived in Islamabad for an official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation and discussing regional security, amid heightened tensions in the Middle East. Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi welcomed Momeni at the airport, where Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam and Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry…
Chris Fall, the director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has resigned, the agency confirmed to multiple news outlets. He was appointed just three months ago after the last appointee, Collin Burns, left in less than a week, The Washington Post reported at the time. Burns was reportedly “pushed out” of the…
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Transit performed under intense pressure, there weren’t any security incidents, and thousands of tourists had a favourable view of the city, enough for Toronto officials to call its FIFA World Cup hosting duties a success, even with several data points remaining unavailable. More than a dozen civic and provincial employees from Toronto Fire to Metrolinx…
The UAE’s non-oil trade increased by 13.1% year over year to 1.94 trillion dirhams ($527 billion) during the first six months of 2026, according to newly released figures. This marks the first time the country’s non-oil trade has approached the 2 trillion-dirham mark in a six-month period. According to WAM, the trade value was 39.6%…
Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab has released Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS, a production-oriented text-to-speech (TTS) system. The model ships in two variants from the same lineage. Flash targets real-time interaction. Plus targets high-quality generation. Both are delivered as hosted models through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, not as downloadable weights. The release focuses on four things developers hit in production: broader…
The cryptocurrency market has shown a minor resurgence today (July 20), yet the best-performing asset (from the top 100 club) isn’t Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), but Pump.fun’s native token, PUMP. Meanwhile, some believe this may not be just a temporary price spike but the beginning of a much more substantial rally. What comes next?…
