Independent benchmark puts GPT-6.1 Sol near Astra at lower task cost
Artificial Analysis says the updated model improved across its intelligence and coding indexes while retaining the previous Sol model's headline token prices.
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An Se-young retains Asian Games badminton title with commanding final win
The South Korean world number one defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-9 to become the first woman to claim two Asian Games singles crowns.
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Tokyo records 34 consecutive rainy days, the longest streak since 1886
Japan's weather agency says the capital surpassed a 2019 record as September rainfall approached three times its usual level.
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US home hosting has fallen sharply over five decades, new polling suggests
A replicated social-life survey indicates that monthly hosting has dropped from 42% of American adults in 1975 to 12% in 2026.
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London rail facial-recognition trial scanned 500,000 people without an arrest
A six-month British Transport Police pilot produced one watchlist alert, which was a false match, after £320,786 in equipment and staffing costs.
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PostHog releases Jeeves reasoning model and training recipe for calibrated decisions
The open-source project combines a Qwen3.5-9B base, reinforcement learning and a diffusion drafter to improve performance on public decision-model benchmarks.
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Early macOS 27 testing exposes interface bugs and system crashes
A developer’s hands-on review of Golden Gate documents menu-bar failures, broken controls and unfinished interface elements despite Apple’s refinement-focused release.
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ConanCenter adds a simpler route for C++ libraries in Godot
A new godot-cpp package aims to reduce repetitive cross-platform build work for developers connecting native C++ libraries to Godot projects.
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Washington op-ed urges liability, privacy and licensing rules for AI
A Seattle Times opinion essay proposes three state-level measures aimed at shifting responsibility for AI harms toward developers and deployers.
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LIVE COVERAGELondon rail facial-recognition trial scanned 500,000 people without an arrest
A six-month British Transport Police pilot produced one watchlist alert, which was a false match, after £320,786 in equipment and staffing costs.
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Delhi plans six-week construction ban to curb winter smog
The Indian capital will halt construction from December 10 to January 20 and introduce staggered office hours, traffic restrictions and higher parking fees.
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Japan's central bank tightens again while import costs threaten inflation rebound
A quarter-point move set the benchmark at 1.25%, with policymakers watching the yen and expensive energy even as the latest core inflation reading eased.
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Sony fires Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton after an internal investigation
Sony says the longtime Wheel of Fortune announcer was terminated effective immediately after a probe into unspecified allegations, following an earlier suspension from the show.
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