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Dead internet theory becomes measurable fact as AI agents flood the web

Dead internet theory becomes measurable fact as AI agents flood the web

Bots now outnumber humans on the internet for the first time in the web’s history. Cloudflare, the security firm that sits in front of millions of websites, says automated traffic crossed the 50 percent threshold in June and now accounts…

Right-wing populist politics is 'extremely anti-women', warns Anna Funder

Right-wing populist politics is 'extremely anti-women', warns Anna Funder

The award-winning author, who burst onto the literary scene with her debut, Stasiland, in 2003, discusses writing, AI and the rise of fascism.

India's 'unserious' gen Z are protesting with grit and humour

India's 'unserious' gen Z are protesting with grit and humour

Across the country's protest hotspots, India's gen Z are using meme culture as part of their hopes to bring the country into a new dawn.

Trump threatens EU with tariff probe over Google, tech fines

Deutsche Welle

Trump threatens EU with tariff probe over Google, tech fines

US President Donald Trump has said he will initiate a tariff investigation against the EU in response to fines against US tech companies. He cited the latest case that Google lost on Thursday, as well as others.

Deutsche Welle

TASS

US, UK plan to convene international conference on Strait of Hormuz — media

The date and agenda are still under discussion

TASS

Trump vows to investigate EU over fining of US tech companies

BBC

Trump vows to investigate EU over fining of US tech companies

The US president says fines against Google, as well as Apple, Meta and Amazon, should be "entirely reversed."

BBC

IMAX vs IMAX 70mm: The difference between these two cinema formats

Engadget

IMAX vs IMAX 70mm: The difference between these two cinema formats

The different IMAX filming and projection formats have a dramatic impact on the theater viewing experience.

Engadget

Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing

Hate the Copilot key in Windows 11? It looks like Microsoft's bringing in the option to remap it to do nothing

A new option for the Copilot key has been spotted in testing Windows 11 users are getting the ability to remap it to 'Do nothing' This comes on top of work already underway to redefine the key to Right Ctrl or the context menu Microsoft's…

Nvidia reveals deep dive into what makes Vera CPU tick

Nvidia reveals deep dive into what makes Vera CPU tick

Nvidia's Olympus core architecture prioritizes single-thread IPC over frequency, using a 10-wide decode front end, deep out-of-order mid-core, and a graph prefetcher tuned for agentic AI's branch-heavy, pointer-heavy workloads Vera trades…

Trump says EU to pay ‘very big price’ for Google fine

Straits Times

Trump says EU to pay ‘very big price’ for Google fine

The European Commission on July 23 fined Google €890 million (S$1.3 billion) for breaching its Digital Markets Act.

Straits Times

Intel Q2 earnings double estimates as AI data centre revenue surges 59 percent

Intel Q2 earnings double estimates as AI data centre revenue surges 59 percent

Intel posted second-quarter 2026 revenue of more than $16 billion, a 25 percent jump from a year earlier and the company’s fastest growth since late 2011. Adjusted earnings per share came in at 42 cents, double the 21-cent consensus…

EU to pay ‘very big price’ for Google fine, says Trump

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