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Teachers need help with AI. A union is offering training – with $23m in funding from big tech
The American Federation of Teachers, a major US labour union with around 1.8 million members, has launched a National Academy for AI Instruction to train educators on using artificial intelligence in the classroom. The $23m programme, funded entirely by Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic, aims to train 400,000 teachers over five years, but has proved controversial:…
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U.S. missile stockpiles dwindle. And, FDA weighs approval of flu shots with mRNA tech
The US Army has nearly run down its stockpile of long-range precision missiles, including Precision Strike Missiles and ATACMS, amid its ongoing conflict with Iran, NPR reports. These weapons allow strikes from hundreds of miles away, reducing risk to pilots, but replenishing them can take years, raising concerns about America’s preparedness for future conflicts and…
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Ticketmaster acquires ticketing platform RED UTS in Uruguay entry
Live Nation’s Ticketmaster has entered Uruguay by launching a local site and agreeing to acquire RED UTS, one of the country’s leading ticketing platforms. The deal, which went live on Monday (3 August), is the latest in a string of Latin American acquisitions by Live Nation over the past year, as the company builds out…
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Beyoncé Shares ‘MORNING DEW’ Remix Pack; JAŸ-Z Features
Beyoncé has released a four-track remix pack for ‘MORNING DEW’ via her Parkwood label, marking her first new music since 2024’s ‘COWBOY CARTER’. The release ties into the 20th anniversary reissue of her second studio album ‘B’Day’, originally released on 4 September 2006, and continues a rollout that began on 4 July with a 60-day…
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El-Sayed holds edge over Stevens in surprisingly close election
In today’s issue: ▪ Michigan Senate primary down to the wire ▪ Ethics panel investigating Miller ▪ Blanche vows to roll back abortion access ▪ Abbott orders AI data center audit The heated Democratic primary for an open Michigan Senate was not the blowout that some polls predicted, underscoring the divide within the party. Progressive…
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Transfer ‘shark’ De Zerbi hopes to drag Spurs up from depths
Roberto de Zerbi has said he wants to build Tottenham back into a top side after guiding them to Premier League survival at the end of a torrid 2025-26 season. The Italian took charge with Spurs facing relegation, describing a broken dressing room after his first game, a defeat at Sunderland, but he kept the…
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Count Binface and the serious political message behind the UK’s ‘joke’ candidates
Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his Clacton seat and trigger a by-election, amid scrutiny of his personal finances, has drawn no candidates from any other major party, leaving Count Binface, a costumed “intergalactic space warrior,” as his most prominent challenger among a record 34 contenders. Reform UK MP Danny Kruger dismissed the situation in the…
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Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague
The Trump administration has finalised a voluntary framework for testing advanced AI models for cybersecurity risks, but it explicitly excludes open-source models, which can be freely downloaded and inspected. Axios reports the guidelines even state they cannot be used to restrict open models once released. The framework follows a June executive order requiring AI firms…
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Bruce Springsteen shares that wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa is in cancer remission after eight years
Bruce Springsteen has revealed that his wife and E Street Band bandmate Patti Scialfa is now in remission after living with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, for more than eight years. He shared the news in a video message during a fundraiser for the Pan-Mass Challenge bike ride, which supports Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,…
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Tech companies rack up debt, risks to fund AI ambitions
Major technology companies are taking on massive amounts of debt to fund their lofty AI ambitions, casting a shadow over investors’ once endless well of enthusiasm for AI-related stocks and sending jitters through the market. Tech firms like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon have committed hundreds of billions of dollars toward building infrastructure to power…