Alibaba’s small, open source Qwen3.5-9B beats OpenAI’s gpt-oss-120B and can run on standard laptops

Despite political turmoil in the U.S. AI sector, in China, the AI advances are continuing apace without a hitch. Earlier today, e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Qwen Team of AI researchers, focused primarily on developing and releasing to the world a growing family of powerful and capable Qwen open source language and multimodal AI models, unveiled its…

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‘Draft Barron Trump’ website and memes tap into a very real anxiety in the wake of U.S. military action in Iran

As conflict escalates in the Middle East, Google searches for “military draft” are on the rise. Over the weekend, a new website popped up that opens with a striking manifesto: “America is strong because its leaders are strong. President Trump proves that every day. Naturally, his son Barron is more than ready to defend the…

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Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude. Here’s how to make the switch

Many users are switching to Claude following a string of controversies surrounding ChatGPT and its parent company, OpenAI.  The tipping point came after Anthropic, the company behind Claude, refused to allow the Department of Defense to use its AI models for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. In response, President Trump ordered all federal…

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How one CEO’s counter-cultural movement became Yondr

Graham Dugoni’s concerns about smartphone usage spawned Yondr, with partners including Dave Chappelle, Bruno Mars, and Madonna. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of…

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Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India — but not alone

As persistent spam complaints have clouded Google’s Rich Communication Services (RCS) push in India, the company is turning to deeper carrier integration to bolster protections on the platform. On Sunday, Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator with over 463 million subscribers, said it had partnered with Google to integrate the carrier’s network-level spam filtering into…

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