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Meta has sparked blowback from privacy advocates for allowing its new AI image maker to generate photos of users with public profiles by default.Users of Meta’s Muse Image AI tool, released Tuesday, can tag public Instagram profiles and generate pictures that pull from faces of people featured in these social media posts. Instagram users aren’t notified when their posts are integrated into what the company describes as its “most advanced image generation model yet”.The easiest and most comprehensive solution for those worried about their photos being sucked into Muse Image is to switch public Instagram accounts to private.“It’s a blunt…

Douala, Cameroon – Mama Regina’s home sits wedged between the vast container port of Douala and the city’s sprawling slums. Cargo ships come and go. Trucks rumble past carrying timber, cocoa and oil towards the Atlantic. Inside her home, time barely moves.On the wall hangs a portrait of her son, Moses.“So handsome,” she whispers, almost to herself.His smile belongs to another life.Grief arrives in waves. Like the Atlantic beyond Douala’s port, it retreats just long enough to let her breathe before returning with the same relentless force. Whether beneath a grey sky swollen with rain that never comes or beneath…

In a massive experiment, biologists are shooting thousands of aggressive barred owls—hoping to create a spotted owl “safe zone”

Kylian Mbappe scores his eighth goal of this World Cup to make up for an earlier penalty miss with Ousmane Dembele adding a second as France prove too good for Morocco and move into the semi-finals.MATCH REPORT: France 2-0 MoroccoAvailable to UK users only.

The live-action “Naruto” movie is launching a worldwide casting search to find its three leading actors. The adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto’s classic manga is backed by Lionsgate. The casting search will fill the roles of Team 7: Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. Additional casting for supporting roles will follow. Destin Daniel Cretton, the filmmaker behind Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” and the upcoming “Spider-Man: Brand New Day, is writing and directing the project. “Kishimoto-sensei’s stories have inspired generations of fans around the world, and it’s an honor to bring his world and characters to the big screen in live action for the very first time,”…

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has disclosed that he is suing Al Jazeera in the United Kingdom over what he described as the selective editing of his interview on the broadcaster’s ‘Head to Head’ programme hosted by Mehdi Hasan. Speaking on The Morayo Show, aired on MAP Studios on Thursday, Mr Bwala said he instructed his lawyers in England to institute legal proceedings after the broadcaster declined his request to issue a public apology despite apologising to him privately. According to the presidential aide, only about 49 minutes of his 90-minute interview were eventually…

Alliance with One Nation ‘not our plan’, Angus Taylor saysThe opposition leader, Angus Taylor, said the Coalition doesn’t believe Pauline Hanson’s One Nation can be the party of government, describing it as a “one-person show”.Taylor spoke to ABC News Breakfast, saying the opposition was focused on getting rid of the Labor government, but wasn’t interested in “some kind of coalition or alliance” with One Nation. He said: double quotation markWe are working to get rid of the Labor government, that’s our focus. Our focus isn’t on some kind of coalition or alliance. Our focus is on getting rid of a…

Asian stocks looked poised to gain on Friday after a resurgence in giant chipmakers drove a rebound on Wall Street. Oil opened lower in early Friday trading.

OpenAI unveiled its newest family of models on Thursday, introducing a new set of heavyweight programs into an increasingly crowded field of AI offerings. GPT-5.6 comes in three variants: Sol (considered its workhorse), Terra (a more intermediate option), and Luna (its budget friendly option). These models expand what users can do across a variety of fields — with the company promising powerful capabilities in enterprise work, coding, and even scientific research. CEO Sam Altman has promised that his company’s newest models are orders of magnitude more efficient and cost-effective than previous versions, recently telling CNBC that Sol is 54% more…

Explosions rocked the Syrian capital on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron visited the city.Published On 9 Jul 20269 Jul 2026Syrian authorities have arrested a cell responsible for “terrorist bombings” that struck the capital, Damascus, two days ago, the interior minister says.Two explosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron visited the city.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The cell responsible for the terrorist bombings that targeted Damascus two days ago is now in our custody,” ⁠Syrian Minister ⁠of Interior Anas Khattab said on Thursday in a statement carried by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).He said authorities…