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A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha has driven certain corners of the internet into a frenzy of speculation about who actually built it. The free model was released on OpenRouter on Thursday, where it was described as “a reasoning model designed for coding, sustained agentic work, and production workload.” On X, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison (whose company is acquiring OpenRouter) described Ox Alpha as “very impressive.” So who’s actually behind Ox Alpha? The OpenRouter listing described it as a “stealth model” and said it was “developed and operated by a third-party provider who has chosen to remain anonymous…

British citizens who were born abroad would be made to wait longer for social housing under proposals to be announced by Reform UK on Monday.Nigel Farage’s party will announce the policy at a press conference in London. Under the policy, people born in the UK and young married couples with children would be given priority for social housing.The party has previously said it would ban foreign nationals from social housing, meaning the new policy specifically prioritises Britons born in the UK over those born overseas.Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, said in a statement: “There are now 1.3 million people…

Wyndham Clark is your 2026 BMW Championship winner.Leading by five coming into Sunday, Clark struggled a bit early, allowing players like Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy to catch up and challenge him. He settled down on the back nine, however, finishing even on the day and 17-under overall. It’s his sixth PGA Tour win.Here’s a look back at the best shots and moments from Clark’s victory in St. Louis.

Big Brother Naija Season 11 housemate, Cassi, has been evicted from the reality show after receiving 5.27 per cent of the votes in the fourth week of the reality show. Cassi, whose real name is Ezenwoke Nwosu, was evicted during the live show on Sunday, hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. His exit makes him the fourth housemate to be evicted from the “Show Ya Sef” season, following the departures of Martins, Mercedes, and Kamsy. Neche also left the house voluntarily last week, shortly after Kamsy’s eviction. Cassi was among eight housemates placed on the eviction list during the week. The other…

Joe, 41, Trafford, Greater ManchesterOccupation Press officer at a universityVoting record Historically, under Jeremy Corbyn, Labour; is a Green member now but was planning to vote Labour in the mayoral electionAmuse bouche Long-distance cycle touring is Joe’s big thing: he has been all over Europe solo, staying with families, trying to speak the languages, embedding himself with local peopleKeith, 89, CheshireOccupation Retired – used to be a journalist, moved to Liverpool to edit a shipping newspaper and ended up owning itVoting record Keith normally votes Labour. There was one occasion when he voted Conservative, for Margaret ThatcherAmuse bouche Keith once went to…

Katrin is away this week; I’ll be your host. We’re going to start the week by looking at the trouble in the world’s breadbaskets.One of the most ominous facets of the war in Iran has been the effect on fertilizer prices. Thanks to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, they shot up at exactly the wrong time — during the spring planting season in the Northern Hemisphere. The consequences are still playing out, but they will come at a time when the world is already facing high food prices.Today, my colleague Somini Sengupta writes about that all-important staple: wheat.Instant…

The US president says he will impose ‘crushing measures’ on Tehran.After nearly six months of war on Iran, the US appears to be taking a different approach.President Donald Trump says Washington will carry out a “crushing economic operation”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAttempts to reach an agreement to end the war have stalled.Now, the US is calling on other countries to join what it calls the greatest coordinated economic isolation in history.For its part, Iran says that any countries joining the US campaign will be treated as enemies.What does this mean for the conflict?Presenter: James BaysGuests:Jamal Abdi –…

It’s Nvidia earnings week, which means investors will get their clearest read yet on the AI boom. Oh, and there’s also the not-so-small matter of the Fed’s influential confab at Jackson Hole and what it could signal about the future path of interest rates. Those are the biggest market-moving events of the week, but we’ll also get earnings from fellow Club names CrowdStrike and Salesforce — two software companies with diverging futures in the eyes of many investors. Another wrinkle for this week: the last-minute collapse of trade talks between the U.S. and Canada. The Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs…

It turns out that polar ice cores do contain large amounts of sulfur dating to 536, a distinct signal of a major eruption. But which volcano went off at the time remains a mystery. There is no known written record from anyone living close to the eruption—Iceland, where it may have occurred, was not yet populated. Large volcanic eruptions cool Earth’s climate by injecting tiny particles of sulfur high into the atmosphere, where they reflect a portion of incoming sunlight back into space for periods of months or years. The 1257 eruption of the Samalas volcano in Indonesia dwarfed others…

Israel is moving forward with its ‘E1’ plan. What is it and why could it threaten the future of a Palestinian state? Al Jazeera’s Lina Sirine explains.Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo