✈️ Durov Faces Life in Prison in Russia

Russia's FSB has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activity. The charge carries a sentence of eight years to life.

The accusation is that Telegram doesn't delete the chats, channels, and bots used to coordinate terrorist attacks. The FSB says it will place Durov on an international wanted list.

🤩 This Goat-Skulled Centaur Robot Is Built for Disasters

California startup Satyress has built "Threehalves," a 7-foot teleoperated centaur robot designed for wildfires and collapsed buildings.

It features a quadruped base for stability, a humanoid torso, and quick-swap tools like chainsaws instead of hands.

🐳 DeepSeek Updates V4 Flash

Compared with the Preview, the release version has improved significantly in agentic tasks and coding. According to benchmarks, it now outperforms GLM-5.2 and even the flagship DeepSeek V4 Pro, while retaining the same architecture and parameter count. The API has also been fully adapted for use with the Codex agent.

In the Artificial Analysis ranking, it is now just one point behind GLM-5.2 and GPT-5.6 Luna, and on par with Gemini 3.6 Flash.

🧡 A24's Elden Ring Movie Has Wrapped Up Filming

A member of the film's crew shared the news on social media, but the post was later deleted—possibly because the announcement was made ahead of schedule.

Production on the adaptation began in spring 2026. Around the same time, Bandai Namco announced that the film is scheduled to premiere on March 3, 2028.

Do you play Soulslike games?

❤️ — Yes, of course!
🔥 — No, I value my sanity

💰 iPhone 18 Pro could cost $300 more

The starting price of the iPhone 18 Pro could increase by around $250-300 to $1,349-1,399, according to analyst Jeff Pu. The Wall Street Journal previously published a similar forecast.

The price could increase due to higher costs for memory, the new camera system, and the processor.

➡️ Apple could keep prices unchanged by accepting lower margins. However, that seems unlikely: component costs continue to rise, and Apple is not inclined to reduce its own profits.

Would you buy a more expensive iPhone?

❤️ — Yes, it's worth it
🔥 — No, it's too expensive

🛰 A Redditor Created a Flight Radar for Smartwatches

The app displays nearby airplanes and helicopters in real time. You can view detailed information about each aircraft, including its altitude, speed, registration, and destination.

➡️ Available for Wear OS on Google Play and for Garmin watches here.

⚡️ Lightning Kills Footballer During Match in Thailand

A lightning strike killed 24-year-old Yala footballer Sofwan Awae during a match in Thailand's Narathiwat province.

The incident occurred during heavy rain, and despite attempts by teammates and medical workers to revive him, he could not be saved. Nine other people were injured and taken to hospital.

💻 Anthropic Will Teach Claude to Design AI Chips

Anthropic is looking for a researcher with chip design experience to work on RL training of AI for processor design. Essentially, they will have to pass their own expertise on to Claude.

The AI will be trained to write code describing a chip's circuit, find flaws in it, and pick the optimal physical layout of the die.

💡 This will likely come in handy for the startup as it builds its own AI accelerator. In June, Clive Chan, one of the leading AI chip engineers, left OpenAI for Anthropic.

The company has also recently posted a Silicon Engineer opening. An in-house Anthropic team will handle the entire processor design chain, including design and testing—and Claude will be directly involved in the process.

💰 In July, Anthropic was in talks with Samsung about manufacturing a custom chip on a 2-nanometer process and asked SK Hynix for supplies to make its own semiconductors. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the company had signed deals with both Korean firms, without providing further details.

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⛔️ OpenAI Bans Accounts Linked to Cambodia Scam Network

OpenAI has disrupted a Cambodia-based criminal network that used ChatGPT to support investment fraud, romance scams, gambling schemes, and fake law enforcement messages. The company reported the operation on July 31, saying it targeted people in several countries, including India.

The investigation began after a tip from WhatsApp. OpenAI then banned a coordinated group of accounts believed to be operating from Poipet, in Banteay Meanchey province. The city has often been linked to online scam compounds and human trafficking.

💬 OpenAI Makes GPT-5.6 Lun Free and Unlimited

OpenAI has announced that GPT-5.6 Luna will become the default model for Free and Go-tier ChatGPT users, who will also receive unlimited text conversations.

The rollout begins this week, while a new "Think" button is set to arrive during the week of August 10. OpenAI says ChatGPT now reaches 1 billion people each week.

Do you have ChatGPT subscription?

❤️ — Yes, of course!
🔥 — No, free is enough for me

🎓 Denmark Brings Back Oral Defense to Curb AI Cheating

From this school year, Danish upper secondary students will have to defend their major written SSO assignment out loud. The paper is written at home, and until now it was graded on the text alone.

Education Minister Magnus Heunicke announced the change. He says schools need to act now so that AI does not erode students' competences, their command of the subject and, not least, their ability to think for themselves.

Should AI Be Banned in Schools?

❤️ — Yes, AI is replacing teachers
🔥 — No, students should be taught how to use AI