Columbus residents are facing worsening air quality as the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued another statewide air quality advisory, with conditions expected to deteriorate into Friday. The advisory covers central Ohio, including the Columbus metro area, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to affect air across the state, according to recent reports from The Columbus…

European Union regulators have ordered Google to give rival AI assistant apps the same system-level access on Android that Google’s own Gemini receives, a move that would require changes to how AI tools can integrate with the operating system across Europe. The directive targets Android functionality that allows an assistant to work more deeply with…

Chinese startup Moonshot AI has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model under its Kimi brand that the company says performs competitively with leading systems from U.S. rivals including OpenAI and Anthropic. The model, referred to in recent coverage as Kimi and Kimi K3, was presented by Moonshot as a major step forward for the Beijing-based…

Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s orbit have escalated their rhetorical attacks on the political left, casting it as a threat to public order and national security and urging allies to confront what they describe as left-wing “political terrorism.” The push has been led by prominent Trump officials and advisers in a series of public…

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China must play a leading role in artificial intelligence, laying out a vision for the country to push ahead in AI development while urging broader cooperation on the technology’s future. Xi made the remarks in a major speech focused on AI, according to multiple published reports. In those accounts, he…

A man was arrested after allegedly entering an unauthorized area at NBC’s “Today” show studio in New York and confronting host Craig Melvin, according to multiple published reports. The intruder allegedly lunged at Melvin and yelled a racial slur before being taken into custody. The incident was reported as a security breach at the program’s…

Stocks slipped in Friday trading while oil prices climbed and remained on track for a weekly gain, as renewed hostilities in the Gulf raised concerns in global markets, according to Reuters. The pullback in equities was broad, with investors weighing the potential economic and corporate fallout from higher energy costs and the risk of further…

SpaceX called off a Starship test flight attempt after encountering an engine-start problem during the countdown, scrubbing the launch when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite as planned. The scrub involved Starship, SpaceX’s next-generation, fully reusable rocket system being developed for missions to orbit and beyond. Multiple outlets described the attempt as Starship…

The United States has targeted Iranian bridges in an effort to disrupt key supply routes used by the Iranian regime, according to recent reports. The action centers on transportation infrastructure inside Iran, with particular attention on bridges that serve as connective chokepoints for moving goods and matériel. One report described U.S. strikes aimed at bridges…

President Trump is scheduled to deliver a rare evening address to the nation tonight focused on election security, with several outlets reporting he is expected to center his remarks on allegations about the 2020 presidential election. The speech is being carried live by some news organizations, while other major TV networks are directing viewers to…

Netflix reported second-quarter results that were largely in line with expectations, but the company’s shares fell after hours after it issued a lower revenue outlook for the third quarter. The streaming giant posted a quarterly earnings-per-share result that topped expectations while revenue came in below estimates, according to published reports of the release. Investors focused…

Google Vids, Google’s workplace video creation app, has added AI avatars that let users put a digital version of themselves into videos, expanding the product’s tools for generating and presenting content. The new feature allows people to “star” in their own videos through an AI avatar option built into Google Vids. The capability is aimed…