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Hi everyone,
We are aware of a Gaza Verified member who has made multiple other accounts and is sending what appear to be automated direct messages.
We have spoken to him and asked him to delete these accounts and stop the automated messages by end of today and to confirm that he understands that this behaviour damages the reputation of the hundreds of other Palestinians on Gaza Verified and Gaza Verified itself and to promise not to do so in the future.
We apologise if you…

Gaza Verified
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan

PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/apple-prismml-ai-compression-iphone.html
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Apple in talks with startup that shrinks AI models to run on an iPhone
PrismML says its compressed version of Alibaba’s Qwen model uses up to 15 times less memory, potentially advancing Apple’s AI push.

Attorneys for James “Fergie” Chambers,
the US citizen and wealthy donor to leftwing and humanitarian projects worldwide
who is currently imprisoned in Madrid and sought in extradition, have submitted a brief ahead of a decisive government meeting on the case.
Meanwhile, Chambers’ partner, the actor and activist Stella Schnabel,
met last week with multiple members of the Spanish parliament to assert his innocence.
The legal team’s arguments include that the US go…

Pressure builds in Spain to deny US extradition request for leftwing donor
Key government meeting this month will consider US bid to try James ‘Fergie’ Chambers over alleged support for Hamas

Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims | Jason Arday | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/14/jason-arday-found-dead-after-resigning-from-cambridge-over-pl…

Jason Arday, professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row, found dead
Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday

If you want to know a bit more about SEO from a set of professionals not selling stuff and giving their time and experience for free, then please sign up for this free webinar. I know most of the speakers and they are all genuinely good folk and its for a really good cause.
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The identification and work of an eighth-century Maya mathematician: #Maya astronomer for the first time: https://www.science.org/content/article/scrawled-signature-names-maya-astronomer-first-time - the autograph accompanies formulas devised to sync calendars with planetary movement.

Meta confirms Muse lets users "engage in adult conversations, if they choose, using a private and secure VM", saying it doesn't block "legal adult behavior" (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/i-got-my-muse-…

I Got My Muse AI Agent to Sext Me—and Meta Says That’s Totally Fine
My Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters. Meta defends its cuddly AI agent generating smut as “legal adult behavior.”

A look at OpenAI's safety concerns over loop transformers before shipping its next major model; Microsoft accidentally confirmed GPT-6.1 Sol uses the technique (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-scrambl…

OpenAI Scrambles to Fix Safety Issues Before Shipping Its Next Flagship Model
OpenAI is grappling with fallout from its use of a controversial innovation in AI design as it works to get its next unreleased model to a place where leaders believe they can safely release it. The model design, known as loop transformers or recurrent depth, can make it harder to monitor the ...

Booking Holdings launches Vayo, a travel startup that uses AI agents to track booking confirmations, price drops, and more, with a planned $100M investment (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/booking-hold

Booking Holdings unveils AI travel startup Vayo, based in Seattle, with a planned $100M investment
Booking Holdings is launching a new Seattle-based travel startup called Vayo, led by serial entrepreneur Mike Fridgen, betting that AI agents built for travel can do a better job of planning and managing trips than general-purpose assistants from the likes of OpenAI and Meta.

Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO "with full support of the board", after an attempted ouster this week (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/auto

Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board | TechCrunch
Automattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board."