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Evening StandardSearchGPT unveiled: OpenAI is launching a search engine to compete with Google
Here’s how you can sign up to be among the first to try the new AI-powered search tool
- Futurism
Elon Musk Is Now Using Your Tweets to Train His Weird AI. Here's How to Turn It Off.
At some point, X-formerly-Twitter auto-opted its users into sharing their data with Grok, owner Elon Musk's bizarre "anti-woke" chatbot — and the site didn't tell anyone about it, either. Flagged by Rolling Stone's Noah Shachtman, it remains unclear when X introduced this so-called "data sharing" change. Twitter has opted you into training Elon's weirdo A.I. […]
- Reuters
Bangladesh's internet shutdown isolates citizens, disrupts business
Md. Rakibul Ahsan was finishing a logo he had designed for a foreign client as the deadline fast approached. Just before he could hit send, Bangladesh's internet was shut down, stranding him and the rest of the country offline. Student-led protests against quotas for highly sought-after government jobs led to violent clashes that killed at least 147 people in Bangladesh this month.
- Engadget
OpenAI unveils SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine
The launch of SearchGPT comes amid growing competition in AI-powered search.
- Sky News
£7.7 million bounty offered in hunt for members of North Korea-backed hacking group
The UK, US and South Korea have accused a North Korea-backed cyber group of carrying out an online espionage campaign to steal military and nuclear secrets. The "Andariel" group has been compromising organisations around the globe as it attempts to get hold of sensitive and classified technical information and intellectual property data, according to the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The centre, along with the FBI in the US and South Korea's national intelligence service, have issued a joint warning and advisory note about Andariel's actions.
- Cosmo
Rosalía goes braless and *almost* frees the nip in a lace naked dress
Rosalía stepped out wearing a breathtaking naked dress at the Prelude to the Olympics in Paris. The design was a nude coloured see-through lace gown by Dior.
- HuffPost
‘I Approve This Message’: Kamala Harris Instantly Uses Trump’s Own Words Against Him
That didn’t take long.
- SETHLUI.COM
Ru Yi Yuan: Rude, stingy & unhygenic auntie has hour-long queue for vegetarian bee hoon
The post Ru Yi Yuan: Rude, stingy & unhygenic auntie has hour-long queue for vegetarian bee hoon appeared first on SETHLUI.com.
- BBC
Martial arts teen dies in Malaysia after infection
The 18-year-old travelled to Thailand to train in arts before falling severely ill.
- The Independent
Stranded Boeing astronauts are stuck on International Space Station, Nasa says in urgent update
The astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are still not able to come home, Nasa has said. Two astronauts went to the space station almost 50 days ago as part of a test of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks on Boeing‘s new Starliner capsule prompted Nasa and Boeing to keep them up longer.
- The Telegraph
Manchester United staff ‘shocked, upset and angry’ as long-serving academy coaches face cull
Manchester United’s academy staff have been left “shocked”, “upset” and in some cases “angry” at the news that several respected, long-serving coaches could lose their jobs in the cost-cutting drive at Old Trafford.
- The Independent
Police officer stood down after ‘truly shocking’ video shows man kicked in face at Manchester Airport
Hundreds of protesters chanted ‘shame on you’ at a protest at Manchester airport following the incident captured on camera
- Cosmo
JLo's plunging white swimsuit ticks off so many summer trends
Jennifer Lopez celebrated her 55th birthday wearing a Gooseberry Intimates plunging white one-piece. Shop her exact swimsuit plus more affordable look-a-likes.
- NextShark
Asian teen stomped on head during Bay Area basketball game
A police investigation is underway following a violent incident during a youth basketball game where a 13-year-old player stomped on an opponent's head, leading to a concussion. The game, held at the College of Alameda on Sunday, involved the Filipino American Tumakbo United team and Payton's Place team, both from the Bay Area. What happened: The now-viral video of the incident shows a scuffle over the ball, during which the Filipino boy falls to the ground before his 13-year-old opponent stomps on his head.
- SETHLUI.COM
Kiang Kiang Taiwan Teppanyaki: Ex-hotel chef from Taipei serves sizzling hotplate pasta with ribeye steak, basil pork & halibut
The post Kiang Kiang Taiwan Teppanyaki: Ex-hotel chef from Taipei serves sizzling hotplate pasta with ribeye steak, basil pork & halibut appeared first on SETHLUI.com.
- Hello!
Rita Ora just styled bedazzled latex lingerie with sheer tights
Rita Ora just made a case for latex lingerie while performing to 50 thousand people. See photos
- The Daily Beast
FBI Wants to Quiz Trump Over Truth About ‘Bullet’ Wound
FBI investigators have asked to interview Donald Trump as they determine whether a bullet or a piece of shrapnel hit the former president during an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.On Wednesday, while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that “there is some question about whether or not it was a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.”According to a Thursday report in The New York Times, citing the FBI and a federal law enforcem
- INSIDER
Trump picking JD Vance was a 'really bad decision' and he would have been better off with Nikki Haley, ex-Trump official says
Anthony Scaramucci said Trump made a "really bad decision" choosing JD Vance as his VP, although Trump has said that Vance is "doing a fantastic job."
- LA Times
Israel is spying on Hezbollah commanders — and killing them one by one
Israel has assassinated two dozen Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon since last fall amid an intelligence war employing cellphones, drones and fake rocks.
- NextShark
2 Sacramento children missing after mother found dead in her home
Four-year-old Athena Lee and her 2-year-old brother Mateo Lee are missing after their mother, 28-year-old Angelica Bravo, was found dead on July 8 in her north Sacramento home along Didcot Circle by the Sacramento Fire Department, who responded to a call for medical aid. The suspect: In their Endangered Missing Advisory for Athena and Mateo, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) named the missing children’s father, 38-year-old Camron Lee, as a suspect in their disappearance.