Meta's AI expansion: New Muse Image tool uses your public Instagram photos without notification - how to opt out

vor 3 Stunden - upday.com

Meta is accelerating its artificial intelligence push with a $9 billion data center in Canada and new Instagram features that are raising privacy concerns by using public profile photos without notification....weiterlesen »

Wait, what? Senator calls Mbappe 'brute' and 'chimpanzee' - then demands he apologize

vor 5 Stunden - upday.com

Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla has escalated her racist attack on French footballer Kylian Mbappe, refusing to back down despite international condemnation. During a Senate session on Wednesday, she...weiterlesen »

ChatGPT Work can now build websites, code projects, and plan trips with minimal prompts

vor 5 Stunden - upday.com

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, an AI agent that automates workplace tasks by gathering context across apps, files, and workflows. The tool can generate documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports,...weiterlesen »

Hofer renews its shop and launches new promotions

vor 7 Stunden - Volarberg Online

Hofer hat seinen Onlineshop umfassend überarbeitet. Hofer has fundamentally modernized its online shop. The discounter promises a more user-friendly platform, faster loading times, and more transparency...weiterlesen »

OpenAI lied about ChatGPT training data, 17 news outlets tell judge

vor 7 Stunden - upday.com

The New York Times, the Daily News, and 15 other news organizations have asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI for allegedly hiding and destroying evidence in a high-stakes copyright lawsuit....weiterlesen »

What Russia is planning against Poland - and why Warsaw is going public with the warning

vor 8 Stunden - upday.com

Poland has credible intelligence that Russia is planning new provocations, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned on Thursday. The public disclosure aims to deter Moscow from carrying out these actions,...weiterlesen »

The Traitors, Big Brother, Peaky Blinders now under one roof as mega-merger completes

vor 8 Stunden - upday.com

The world's largest independent TV production company has emerged after Banijay Entertainment and All3Media completed their $8 billion merger. The combined entity will be headquartered in London, marking...weiterlesen »

Putin rejects peace talks, 'dug in his heels' on seizing Donbas as drone strikes intensify

vor 8 Stunden - upday.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing proposals for peace talks with Ukraine and is likely to escalate the war in the coming months, Reuters reported, citing three sources close to the Kremlin....weiterlesen »

WhatsApp tests green dot for millions of users

vor 9 Stunden - Volarberg Online

WhatsApp arbeitet an einer auffälligen Änderung im Messenger. Ein grüner Punkt soll künftig anzeigen, ob ein Kontakt gerade aktiv ist. WhatsApp is currently testing a new display for the online status....weiterlesen »

England's quarter-final faces severe weather threat: 43°C heat and thunderstorms could delay match past midnight

vor 8 Stunden - upday.com

England's World Cup quarter-final against Norway faces potential disruption from severe weather conditions in Miami this weekend. FIFA has already delayed England's previous match by an hour due to similar...weiterlesen »

Russia indoctrinates 1.6 million Ukrainian children in occupied territories, OSCE finds

vor 8 Stunden - upday.com

Russia is subjecting approximately 1.6 million Ukrainian children in occupied territories to a systematic program of indoctrination and militarization that could constitute a crime against humanity, according...weiterlesen »

OpenAI Plays Catch-Up: ChatGPT Work Borrows Anthropic’s Cowork Blueprint

vor 6 Stunden - TrendingTopics.eu

Enough with answering (stupid) questions — from now on, it gets to work. With ChatGPT Work, OpenAI is turning its chatbot into an agent that takes action across apps, files, and the web: it gathers information,...weiterlesen »

England's World Cup quarter-final faces 43-degree heat and lightning threat in Miami

vor 9 Stunden - upday.com

England's World Cup quarter-final against Norway in Miami on Saturday faces potential disruption from extreme weather conditions. Temperatures are forecast to reach 34 degrees Celsius with humidity making...weiterlesen »

EU plans 2040 electrification target to cut gas imports by 70%

vor 11 Stunden - upday.com

The European Commission is preparing to set an electrification target for 2040, aiming to shift a significant portion of the bloc's energy consumption from oil and gas to electricity. The move is part...weiterlesen »

ECB becomes first major central bank to raise rates over energy shock

vor 11 Stunden - upday.com

The European Central Bank concluded in June that the energy shock hitting the eurozone had become too persistent to overlook, justifying its historic interest rate increase the previous month. According...weiterlesen »

Mbappé's anti-far-right team traveled on planes used to deport migrants

vor 11 Stunden - upday.com

The French national soccer team has used Global Crossing Airlines for travel during the World Cup, an airline that operates more than half of all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights....weiterlesen »

Meta Opens Muse Spark 1.1 to Developers — and Bets on Aggressive Pricing

vor 9 Stunden - TrendingTopics.eu

Meta updated its large language model Muse Spark on Thursday and is making it available to outside developers for the first time. The new Muse Spark 1.1 is available now as a public API preview for US...weiterlesen »

Grok 4.5: SpaceXAI startet günstiges KI-Coding-Modell

vor 12 Stunden - hardwareluxx.de

Werbung Während OpenAI mit ChatGPT 5.6 gerade sein neuestes Frontier-Modell ausrollt und Anthropic Fable 5 wieder jedem zur Verfügung gestellt werden darf, schaltet xAI/SpaceXAI Grok 4.5 für Grok Build,...weiterlesen »

SpaceXAI stellt KI-Modell Grok 4.5 vor – EU-Nutzer müssen warten

vor 13 Stunden - Heise Online

SpaceXAI hat mit Grok 4.5 ein neues KI-Flaggschiff vorgestellt, das besonders bei Coding-Aufgaben überzeugt. EU-Nutzer müssen sich jedoch bis Juli gedulden. Die Übernahme des Entwickler-Tools Cursor durch...weiterlesen »

36C peak hits Britain as third heatwave triggers red wildfire alerts and NHS strain

vor 13 Stunden - upday.com

Britain's third heatwave of 2026 hit its peak Thursday as temperatures climbed to 36C across parts of England, prompting red wildfire alerts and placing health services under sustained pressure. The Met...weiterlesen »

14 dead as Trump vows to hit Iran harder - threatens strategic oil terminal next

vor 13 Stunden - upday.com

The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran has collapsed after just 20 days, triggering a new cycle of military strikes that left at least 14 dead and sent oil prices surging. President Donald...weiterlesen »

75% of Europeans want kids off social media until platforms prove safety – EU recommendations July 13

vor 13 Stunden - upday.com

The European Union is moving towards restrictions on children's social media access, with an expert panel set to deliver recommendations on July 13. The EU is weighing multiple approaches, from feature-specific...weiterlesen »

OpenClaw Foundation Launches With OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Tencent as Sponsors

vor 11 Stunden - TrendingTopics.eu

“OpenAI hired me, not OpenClaw. The OpenClaw Foundation is independent, with sponsors rather than owners — and, for the first time, a full-time team keeping the claw alive and stable.” With these words,...weiterlesen »

Bonnie Tyler dies at 75 after complications from emergency surgery in Portugal

vor 15 Stunden - upday.com

Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has died at the age of 75 in a hospital in Portugal. Tyler, whose powerful, raspy voice made "Total Eclipse of the Heart" one of the most iconic ballads of the 1980s, passed away...weiterlesen »

Families with Children in Need of Care Need More Relief

vor 16 Stunden - Volarberg Online

Als einen “Lichtblick” bezeichnet die Mutter eines pflegebedürftigen Kindes die Einrichtung, in der ihr Sohn zwei Mal im Monat sein kann, damit sie ein wenig Kraft schöpfen kann. Caring for a child with...weiterlesen »

Franco-German EU leadership weakens as Le Pen and AfD reshape Europe's power axis

vor 17 Stunden - upday.com

The Franco-German partnership that has steered European Union policy for decades is losing its grip on EU leadership as right-wing political movements gain ground across the continent. Marine Le Pen's...weiterlesen »

450,000€ Won: Viennese Researcher Aims to Crack the Genetic "Black Box" of ME/CFS

vor 19 Stunden - Volarberg Online

Seit der Covid-Pandemie hat die schwere Multisystemerkrankung “ME/CFS” weitläufig an Bekanntheit zugelegt. Schätzungsweise rund 73.000 Menschen sind in Österreich betroffen. Um biologische Unterschiede...weiterlesen »

Wait, what? Your vet bill could drop as government forces price transparency

vor 18 Stunden - upday.com

The UK government has unveiled sweeping reforms to the veterinary sector, including a £21 cap on prescription fees and the creation of an independent regulator. The proposals aim to tackle rising costs...weiterlesen »

Blue Origin: Bezos‘ Space Company Raises $10 Billion Shortly After SpaceX’s IPO

vor 16 Stunden - TrendingTopics.eu

For the first time in its 26-year history, Blue Origin is opening up to external backers: According to matching reports by the New York Times and CNBC , Jeff Bezos’ space company is raising around $10...weiterlesen »

NATO builds AI 'Kill Web' along eastern border to strike Russian attacks in minutes

vor 19 Stunden - upday.com

NATO has built an artificial intelligence-powered network along its eastern border designed to detect and strike Russian attacks before they can advance. The alliance calls it a "Kill Web" - a tightly...weiterlesen »

Fed officials split 50/50 on rate hikes as AI boom fuels new inflation fears

vor 19 Stunden - upday.com

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged at its June meeting, but newly released minutes reveal deep divisions among officials over inflation's trajectory. The central bank's policy committee...weiterlesen »

WWF Sounds the Alarm: Austria's Rivers Are Drying Up

vor 20 Stunden - Volarberg Online

Die anhaltende Hitze zeigt deutliche Folgen: Laut WWF führen 85 Prozent der österreichischen Flüsse derzeit weniger Wasser als üblich. Auch die Grundwasserstände liegen vielerorts unter dem Durchschnitt....weiterlesen »

$2bn locked in London: Venezuela's interim leader asks King Charles to free earthquake funds

vor 19 Stunden - upday.com

Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez has appealed to King Charles III to release approximately 2 billion dollars worth of Venezuelan gold held at the Bank of England. The funds are intended to...weiterlesen »

Grok 4.5: Musks neue Waffe heißt Token-Effizienz & Europa schaut in die Röhre

vor 15 Stunden - Business-Punk

SpaceXAI startet nach Börsengang mit Grok 4.5 die Offensive gegen OpenAI und Anthropic. Token-Effizienz als Waffe, EU-Launch verschoben. Warum Musk ausgerechnet jetzt zündet. Elon Musk hat ein Timing-Problem...weiterlesen »

90 targets hit, 8 dead: Trump vows to strike Iran 20 times harder for every attack

vor 20 Stunden - upday.com

The United States has launched a fresh wave of airstrikes against Iran, hitting around 90 military targets overnight. Donald Trump declared that a fragile ceasefire between the two nations was over, marking...weiterlesen »

MiCA Licenses: Poland Didn’t Miss a Deadline; It Just Missed the Whole Crypto Market

vor 17 Stunden - TrendingTopics.eu

This week marked the end of MiCA’s transitional phase. However, much of Europe’s crypto industry will find it unremarkable, and that’s the point. For 26 of the 27 EU member states, 1 July 2026 was the...weiterlesen »

Erdogan hands NATO leaders engraved revolvers with live ammo at Ankara summit

vor 24 Stunden - upday.com

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan handed each NATO leader an engraved revolver with live ammunition at the alliance's summit in Ankara. The personalized weapons came with letters waiving Turkey's...weiterlesen »

What's happening this week - and why Thursday brings major events in global politics and sport

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Iran prepares to bury its late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday as global attention turns to a week packed with major political, sporting and economic events. Khamenei, who died on February...weiterlesen »

2,186-Euro Demand: Couple from Lower Austria Suspects Fraud

vor einem Tag - Volarberg Online

Ein Ehepaar aus Niederösterreich erhielt plötzlich Inkassoforderungen über mehr als 2.100 Euro aus Deutschland – obwohl es dort nach eigenen Angaben nie Geschäfte gemacht hat. Nach widersprüchlichen Auskünften...weiterlesen »

AI models now pose 'severe' systemic risk to European banks - ECB demands action

vor einem Tag - upday.com

The European Central Bank has ordered 110 major financial institutions to submit detailed action plans by October 31st to defend against AI-powered cyber threats that supervisory officials now classify...weiterlesen »

US ends Iran ceasefire with deadly strikes - eight soldiers killed, Tehran threatens the Strait of Hormuz

vor einem Tag - upday.com

The ceasefire between the United States and Iran collapsed this week as American forces launched intensified strikes on Iranian targets, killing eight soldiers and prompting threats from Tehran to close...weiterlesen »

Grand Decoration of Honour for Vienna's City Councillor Katarzyna Greco

vor einem Tag - Volarberg Online

Wiens Bürgermeister Michael Ludwig hat Stadträtin Katarzyna Greco mit dem Großen Ehrenzeichen für die Verdienste um die Republik Österreich ausgezeichnet. Gewürdigt wurden ihr langjähriges Engagement in...weiterlesen »

SpaceX: KI-Sparte startet mit Grok 4.5 erstes KI-Modell nach dem großen Börsengang

vor einem Tag - TrendingTopics.eu

Elon Musks umbenannte KI-Sparte SpaceXAI hat am Dienstag Grok 4.5 veröffentlicht – das erste Modell, das gemeinsam mit dem Coding-Startup Cursor entwickelt wurde. In der EU ist es noch nicht verfügbar....weiterlesen »

SpaceXAI and Cursor Launch Grok 4.5 – Not Yet in the EU

vor einem Tag - TrendingTopics.eu

Elon Musk’s rebranded AI unit SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5 on Tuesday – the first model developed jointly with the coding startup Cursor. It is not yet available in the EU. SpaceXAI, the AI division that...weiterlesen »

Paraguayan senator called Mbappé 'colonized Cameroonian' and compared him to chimpanzees - now France announces charges

vor einem Tag - upday.com

French footballer Kylian Mbappé and the French Football Federation have taken strong action against Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla after she posted racist remarks about the player following France's...weiterlesen »

What happens when Beckham becomes a homeless girl's inner voice - and U2 writes the soundtrack

vor einem Tag - upday.com

David Beckham and U2 have released a short film that tells the story of a young girl facing homelessness who finds hope through soccer. The 4-minute film "Street of Dreams" will air in condensed form during...weiterlesen »

Russia deploys Starlink jammers across 20km zones - Ukraine destroys first system

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Russia has intensified its electronic warfare efforts by deploying sophisticated jamming systems designed to disrupt Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet, which Ukraine relies on for its precision drone...weiterlesen »

First AI-powered ransomware attack detected - self-corrected coding errors in 31 seconds

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Cybersecurity researchers have identified the first ransomware attack where an artificial intelligence agent autonomously executed the entire technical operation. The attack, tracked as JadePuffer, marks...weiterlesen »

The childcare catch-22 keeping half of low-income kids out of nursery

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is pushing to extend free childcare to families receiving benefits, breaking with the current system that requires both parents to be working. The proposal addresses...weiterlesen »

230 workers die from heat stress every year - unions demand EU-wide protection laws

vor einem Tag - upday.com

European trade unions are demanding new laws to protect workers from deadly heat stress as this summer's sweltering temperatures continue to expose the dangers of working in extreme conditions. The unions...weiterlesen »

Study reveals AI bias: Claude cited Russian propaganda network 7 times as news source

vor einem Tag - upday.com

AI chatbots used by millions for news are citing Russian disinformation networks as legitimate sources and systematically favoring certain outlets over others, according to a new study that exposes critical...weiterlesen »

Killer robots on the battlefield? UN says life-and-death choices can't be left to machines

vor einem Tag - upday.com

UN Secretary General António Guterres has called for a worldwide ban on AI-powered weapons, describing their development as "morally repugnant." Speaking at the first-ever Global Dialogue on AI Governance...weiterlesen »

VW plans 100,000 job cuts as Chinese rivals force Europe's biggest auto crisis in decades

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Volkswagen is planning sweeping job cuts and factory closures that could eliminate up to 100,000 positions globally as Europe's largest automaker faces mounting pressure from Chinese rivals and shrinking...weiterlesen »

Wait, Meta can do what? AI tool grabs your Instagram pics to create synthetic images

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Meta has launched Muse Image, a new AI model that can automatically use photos from any public Instagram profile to generate images — and users must manually opt out to protect their photos. The tool,...weiterlesen »

White storks thrive on landfill junk food - but DNA damage appears at just one week old

vor einem Tag - upday.com

White storks across Europe are feeding on landfill waste like discarded steaks and meat scraps, gaining weight but suffering DNA damage as young as one week old. Researchers warn this "junk food" diet...weiterlesen »

$6.66 billion fuel bill in one month - why airlines are betting heavily on loyalty programs and premium cabins

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Airlines are fundamentally reshaping their business models to reduce dependence on volatile fuel costs, turning to loyalty programs and premium services as key profit drivers even as oil prices fluctuate...weiterlesen »

GPT-5.6 delayed for weeks over hacking fears - now approved for global release

vor einem Tag - upday.com

OpenAI will publicly launch its advanced artificial intelligence model GPT-5.6 on Thursday, the company announced Tuesday. The release comes after the U.S. Department of Commerce approved the broader rollout...weiterlesen »

80+ targets hit: US retaliates for Iran tanker attacks - oil sanctions reimposed

vor einem Tag - upday.com

The United States launched strikes against more than 80 targets in Iran overnight in retaliation for what it called Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister...weiterlesen »

Liquid AI: US AI Unicorn Enters the German Market via Partner Vago Solutions

vor einem Tag - TrendingTopics.eu

US company Liquid AI, one of the younger AI unicorns to emerge from the orbit of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is looking for a way into the German market. As its local partner, the...weiterlesen »

How to Stop Meta AI From Processing Your Instagram Content

vor einem Tag - TrendingTopics.eu

With the new Muse Image model, Instagram users can tag public profiles in AI prompts—allowing the creation of images using others’ photos, Reels, or audio. For public accounts, this reuse is enabled by...weiterlesen »

Vienna Energy Extends Affordable Electricity and Gas Prices

vor einem Tag - Volarberg Online

Wien Energie verlängert ihre vergünstigten Strom- und Gastarife bis Ende September 2026. Das Angebot gilt für Neu- und Bestandskunden und beinhaltet eine Preisgarantie von einem Jahr ab Vertragsabschluss....weiterlesen »

U2 is completely canceled on Sunday evening

vor einem Tag - Volarberg Online

Die U2 stellt am Sonntag, 12. Juli, bereits um 20 Uhr den Betrieb ein. Grund sind Arbeiten am Stellwerk. Die Wiener Linien richten einen Ersatzbus ein und verstärken mehrere U-Bahn-, Straßenbahn- und Buslinien....weiterlesen »

Muse Image: Meta’s New Image Generator Processes Public Instagram Images

vor einem Tag - TrendingTopics.eu

Meta has unveiled Muse Image, its first in-house AI image generation model. It competes with OpenAI and Google—but is sparking discussion primarily due to a feature that, by default, makes public Instagram...weiterlesen »

Crypto Tokens Are the Past, AI Tokens Are the Future

vor einem Tag - TrendingTopics.eu

Two technologies, one word: token. Yet behind the term lie two fundamentally opposed concepts – and anyone who dissects them technologically will understand why capital is currently shifting from one side...weiterlesen »

Six European teams reach World Cup quarterfinals as South America collapses

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Argentina stands alone as the last South American representative in the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals. This marks the continent's worst performance at this stage of the tournament since 2002, when only...weiterlesen »

20,000 deaths later, Europe abandons decades-long air conditioning resistance

vor einem Tag - upday.com

Europe's decades-long resistance to air conditioning is crumbling as a deadly heatwave drives unprecedented demand for cooling units. A late-June heatwave, possibly the most intense in modern European...weiterlesen »

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