Z.ai launched GLM-5.2, a powerful open-source AI model trained on Huawei Ascend chips, showing strong performance on benchmarks like FrontierSWE and SWE-bench Pro. The model boasts a 1 million-token context window and an MIT license, with competitive API pricing and potential for local deployment.
World shares saw mixed performance Thursday after the US and Iran signed an initial agreement to end hostilities, with Japan and South Korea's benchmarks hitting record highs. The deal includes Iran diluting uranium and waiving sanctions, allowing free oil sales. US futures rose, while oil prices fell.
US Vice President JD Vance and several Republican senators voiced skepticism about a newly reached agreement with Iran, citing a lack of specifics and demanding more information before it is finalized. The deal reportedly involves reopening the Strait of Hormuz and financial incentives for Iran.
Indian equity benchmarks closed lower on Thursday, impacted by weak global cues, rising crude oil prices, Middle East geopolitical tensions, and selling in IT stocks. The BSE Sensex fell 0.20% and the NSE Nifty declined 0.23%.
Global crude prices surged over 2% as Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all vessels following new US strikes. Brent crude hit $95.40 and WTI reached $92.63.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup trophy's raw gold value has surged to $713,000, a 157% increase from 2022, driven by a historic rally in gold prices. The trophy, made of 4.93kg of pure gold, reflects broader commodity market trends and investor demand for safe-haven assets.
Bitcoin fell to ~$63,316 after a brief rally, as renewed Israel-Iran conflict triggered a risk-off market, surging energy prices and dragging equity markets down, highlighting crypto's vulnerability to geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures.
Indian stock markets, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, fell over 1% due to heightened US-Iran tensions, rising crude oil prices near $97/barrel, and FII outflows. Market cap dropped by Rs 3 lakh crore.
Virat Kohli achieved a new milestone in men's T20 cricket, becoming the batter involved in the most 50+ partnerships with 211. He surpassed Alex Hales during an IPL 2026 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
OKX is launching regulated perpetual futures linked to ICE's Brent and WTI oil benchmarks for traders outside the U.S., intensifying competition with decentralized platforms like Hyperliquid. The move aims to bridge traditional and digital markets amidst ongoing investigations into suspicious oil bets.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and crypto exchange OKX are partnering to launch trading of oil-linked perpetual futures based on ICE's Brent and WTI crude benchmarks. The products will be available in licensed jurisdictions and target retail traders.
Oil prices rose Friday as uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks and fears of Strait of Hormuz supply disruptions supported the market. Brent crude hit $104.96 and WTI $98.08, though both were set for weekly declines.
Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor is currently available for $279.99 at Amazon, an all-time low. The CPU, which competes with AMD's Ryzen 9000-series, also includes a promotional offer for a free copy of Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight until July 31st.
Young batting sensations Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi are electrifying the IPL with their aggressive T20 style. Sooryavanshi, the youngest IPL centurion, and Arya, known for his rapid centuries, are leading a new generation of fearless batsmen, dominating powerplay overs and setting new benchmarks for strike rates and quick-fire fifties.
Young batting sensations Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi are electrifying the IPL with their aggressive T20 style. Sooryavanshi, the youngest IPL centurion, and Arya, known for his rapid centuries, are leading a new generation of fearless batsmen, dominating powerplay overs and setting new benchmarks for strike rates and quick-fire fifties.
NIST's CAISI evaluated DeepSeek V4 Pro using private benchmarks and a cost-comparison filter that excluded every US model except GPT-5.4 mini. Critics call the methodology convenient.
Australian men's 4x100m relay team equalled the national record with 37.87 seconds to finish third in their heat and reach the final at the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. The quartet of Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Rohan Browning also secured Australia's spot at the 2027 World Championships in Beijing. Two other Australian records fell on day one, with the men's 4x400m team clocking 2:57.30 and the mixed 4x400m team running 3:12.20.
Mistral AI released Mistral Medium 3.5, a 128-billion-parameter model with agentic features, on April 29. The Paris-based lab faces criticism for pricing ($1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens) that exceeds open-source competitors like Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 while scoring lower on benchmarks. Despite backlash, Mistral positions itself as the only non-Chinese open-weight model with enterprise appeal for European GDPR compliance and self-hosting.
Ethereum layer-2 network MegaETH will unlock its native MEGA token over time, and reward it to users, as key benchmarks are met.
US House Committee on Appropriations unveiled a draft bill requiring the State Department to deliver a comprehensive report on China's AI development within 180 days of the FY2027 appropriations bill's enactment. The report would identify Chinese companies that are 'specific AI leaders' and compare US and Chinese approaches to AI safety, ethical considerations, and security risks.
As the race with China over artificial intelligence intensifies, US lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled a draft bill that would, for the first time, require the State Department to deliver a detailed assessment of Beijing’s artificial intelligence ambitions, including identifying “specific AI leaders”. The State Department should provide Congress with a comprehensive report on China’s AI development, including its “progress using independent, publicly available benchmarks to achieve autonomous...
DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost "closed the gap" with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.
OpenAI positioniert GPT-5.5 als agentisches Arbeitsmodell mit Bestwerten beim Coding. Doch bei den Benchmarks fehlen teils Vergleiche zur Konkurrenz.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reports the country has reached 1,882 exaflops in AI computing power—over 6,000 times higher than recorded in the Top500 global supercomputer ranking. When adjusted to Top500 standards, China's capacity falls to 120-230 exaflops, still far above publicly known levels. China has stopped submitting its most powerful systems to global rankings amid US export controls and geopolitical tensions.
