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US-China trade tensions threaten tech partnershipsAs both the US and China accuse each other of violating the 90-day trade truce agreed upon in May, tech partnership between the world’s top two economies is falling apart brick by brickFile photo of Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Source: AP.

Amazon building ‘humanoid park’ to test delivery robots for packages: ReportAmazon is reportedly developing AI software for humanoid robots that could one day replace human delivery workers, according to The Information. A testing facility called a “humanoid park” is being built at its San Francisco office to trial the technology.Packages are transported on a conveyor belt at the Amazon warehouse, busy on Prime Day, in Melville, New York, U.S. File image/ Reuters

US team in India for trade talks, govt scans Trump’s tariff concessions to other countriesAs a US delegation arrives in New Delhi to negotiate a bilateral trade deal, India is observing the concessions Washington made to other nations, to make the best out of the deal negotiations.The US court order temporarily grants India more flexibility in handling US demands during ongoing negotiations. Representational image/PTI

‘Wanted to make flying robots, not…’: Developer upset as Ukraine uses his open-source code to make deadly dronesA 20-year-old open-source code powered Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web that destroyed a third of Russian bombers that were hidden miles away from Ukraine. The creators of the code expressed surprise over the matterUkraine’s Security Chief Briefs President Zelenskyy on Operation Spider’s Web. Image: X/@ZelenskyyUa

Ministers will this week unveil a revamp of the Whitehall investment hub that they hope will secure hundreds of billions of capital flows into the UK in the coming years.

AI models may report users’ misconduct, raising ethical concernsResearchers observed that when Anthropic’s Claude 4 Opus model detected usage for “egregiously immoral” activities, given instructions to act boldly and access to external tools, it proactively contacted media and regulators, or even tried locking users out of critical systemsArtificial intelligence models have not only snitched on their users when given the opportunity, but also lied to them and refused to follow explicit instructions in the interest of self-preservations. Representational image: Reuters

The Post Office is considering selling assets or taking on new borrowings to help deliver an ambition to boost sub-postmasters’ pay by £120m this year, its chairman has said.

A leisure chain which aims to capitalise on Britons’ enthusiasm for ‘competitive socialising’ has secured a multimillion-pound funding injection to accelerate its growth.

Schroders has stepped back from a key financial sector taskforce led by the London Stock Exchange, even as the asset manager’s chair joins the board of the bourse’s parent company.

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