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US Vice President JD Vance has ruled out talks with Iran until Tehran stops attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, warning that continued disruption of maritime traffic could trigger a wider global energy crisis. Vance said the United States was protecting commercial vessels and claimed that 15 million barrels of oil passed through the strategic waterway the previous night. Speaking at a White House briefing on Thursday, Vance said there were currently no diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran and that the United States would not negotiate while Iran continued targeting commercial shipping. “There will be no talks”…

OpenAI ​on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade ‌human monitoring, even as the company faces growing scrutiny after its agents breached other companies’ systems. OpenAI has been grappling with the fallout after its agents broke free from a secure test in July and hacked into open-source platform Hugging Face’s systems, while attempting to cover its own tracks. The incident has sown safety concerns — similar ones occurred at rival Anthropic — as developers race to deploy increasingly ​advanced models. The concerns center on agentic AI,…

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will hold joint workshops to align Islamabad’s national information technology strategy with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 transformation plan, Pakistan’s IT minister said on Thursday, as the two countries seek deeper cooperation in technology, investment and digital infrastructure. The initiative was announced during LEAP 2026 in Riyadh, where more than 50 Pakistani technology companies and 25 startups are participating as Islamabad seeks greater access to Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing technology market and investment opportunities. The four-day conference runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 and brings together global technology companies, startups, investors and policymakers in Riyadh. Pakistan has…

With less than a week left until the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and the foldable iPhone Ultra, their price is among the few things that remain largely unknown. After various estimations, forecasts, and wild suggestions, we may have gotten the first leaks, which are not all bad news. iPhone Ultra’s price leaks from multiple sources Rumors about the iPhone Ultra put its price anywhere between $2,000 and $2,500 in the US. A few recent leaks from across the globe may have revealed its price in other markets, but they strongly suggest the final tag stateside could be much…

Samsung has unexpectedly expanded its Android 17-based One UI 9 beta program to the Galaxy S24 series, bringing the latest software preview to its 2024 flagship smartphones. Just yesterday, Samsung expanded the One UI 9 beta program to six Galaxy devices: the Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7, Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, Galaxy S25 Ultra, and Galaxy S25 FE. The company also released a One UI 9 beta update for the Galaxy S25 lineup. Now, in a surprise move, Samsung has started rolling out the One UI 9 beta to the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra. The…

Instagram has announced stricter action against accounts that appear to represent real people but are actually based on fictional characters created using artificial intelligence (AI). Following complaints from users, Instagram has decided to revise its policy on accounts featuring AI-generated fictional personalities. Such accounts will not be completely banned, but their labels will be changed to make their artificial nature clearer. According to Instagram, the existing “AI Creator” label will be replaced with “AI Generated Profile,” making it clear to users that the profile represents an AI-created character rather than a real person. The platform said AI-generated profiles without appropriate…

Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said on Thursday that Nepal has no intention of separately seeking “climate justice compensation” from any specific country, including China. He added that Nepal will seek compensation from the international community under the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. Nepal sincerely appreciates China’s generous assistance at a time of crisis, Khanal told Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming during a meeting. He said Nepal and China share the natural ecosystem of the Himalayas and are both affected by climate change, adding that Nepal agrees with China that…

China stands ready to work with Russia to follow through on the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and further expand practical cooperation in investment, Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said on Thursday. Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when co-chairing the 13th meeting of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. It is essential to strengthen planning and policy guidance, step up industrial alignment and project…

China is pushing back against the latest US sanctions linked to Iran. Beijing says Washington has repeatedly targeted Chinese companies and citizens, and calls the unilateral sanctions unjustified and disruptive to global energy security.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s four-point proposal on building a new security architecture in the Middle East once again offers a Chinese solution for achieving long-term peace and stability in the region, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while briefing reporters on the conclusion of Xi’s attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Bishkek Summit and state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt. Xi put forward the proposal in his talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, calling for unleashing internal drivers, advancing…