Israeli ex-generals urge Trump to push Netanyahu on ‘settler terror’; Ukraine’s Zelenskyy set to meet Trump as Iran and Ukraine wars...
News and markets
- Global headlines: Israeli ex-generals urge Trump to push Netanyahu on ‘settler terror’ (Settler violence in the occupied West Bank endangers Israel’s future, 550 former officials tell Trump); Ukraine’s Zelenskyy set to meet Trump as Iran and Ukraine wars converge (The US Senate will vote Tuesday on Russian sanctions, days after Ukraine attacked an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea); and US warns hundreds of Boeing jets may require seat safety inspections (US regulator warns of Boeing 737 MAX seat safety concerns, calls for inspection of 453 US-registered jets).
- Markets leaned lower, with 6 of 7 tracked indexes down; Nikkei 225 down 3.87% was the largest move.
- Benchmarks tracked: S&P 500, NASDAQ Composite, Euronext 100 Index, and Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS plus 3 more indexes.
Hacker News and Product Hunt
- Hacker News: Our position on open-weights models (Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on open-weights models); Using an open model feels surprisingly good (matthewsaltz.com: Using an open model feels surprisingly good); and A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier models on catalog review (Why the companies winning in the AI age own their intelligence: a task-trained open source model vs the frontier, with every number...).
- Product Hunt features Artifacts by Databox (Ask your AI Analyst and get back a ready-to-share report), Rivault (Approve AI agent data access with Face ID), and iMessage Hermes on a Raspberry Pi (An always-on AI agent that lives in your home).
Global Headlines
Top stories across selected outlets, presented in a fast daily brief format.
Israeli ex-generals urge Trump to push Netanyahu on ‘settler terror’
Settler violence in the occupied West Bank endangers Israel’s future, 550 former officials tell Trump.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy set to meet Trump as Iran and Ukraine wars converge
The US Senate will vote Tuesday on Russian sanctions, days after Ukraine attacked an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.
US warns hundreds of Boeing jets may require seat safety inspections
US regulator warns of Boeing 737 MAX seat safety concerns, calls for inspection of 453 US-registered jets.
How telehealth is helping close the healthcare gap in rural Zimbabwe
Virtual consultations are replacing hours of travel, bringing affordable healthcare closer to rural Zimbabweans.
Johnson & Johnson offers $5.5bn to settle talc cancer lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $5.5bn to settle nearly 70,000 US lawsuits over talc-based baby powder cancer claims.
Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes. Here's what they tell us
Sen. Rand Paul has released a tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci is set to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday on the origins of the coronavirus.
Platner energized Maine's Democrats. Jackson's challenge will be to keep them engaged
Democrats have a new candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine: Troy Jackson. In one of the country's most closely-watched races, he'll have less than 100 days to make his case.
Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.
Inside Joe Manchin's new quest to elect more Independents to Congress
The former West Virginia senator was a lifelong Democrat before deciding to register as an independent two years ago. He now wants to create similar pathways for other politicians in both parties.
The 'cockroach' in the machine: How Gen Z is rattling South Asia's elites
South Asia's leaders have long boasted about their demographic dividend. But the region's young people are turning it into a political reckoning.
New Jersey gets a taste of Greater Bay Area culture
Across the Hudson River from Midtown Manhattan, shoppers at American Dream, the largest shopping and entertainment complex on the East Coast of the United States, paused on Sunday afternoon to watch rhythmic yingge dancers, roaring lion dances and classical Cantonese opera performances, as the sights and sounds of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area transformed the sprawling mall into a vibrant showcase of Chinese culture.
Stronger efforts urged in heritage protection
Stronger international collaboration is needed to protect the world's cultural and natural heritage as climate change and armed conflicts pose unprecedented threats to heritage sites, officials and experts said during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee.
China asks US to remove unilateral tariffs
China has urged the United States to revoke all relevant unilateral tariff measures and address bilateral trade concerns through dialogue and consultation after Washington imposed an additional tariff of 12.5 percent on Chinese goods under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.
China calls on US to stop threatening sanctions against AI firms
China urged the United States on Monday to stop politicizing technology and trade issues after some senior US officials reportedly said they were considering investigating and sanctioning Chinese artificial intelligence companies over alleged model distillation, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Kenya eyes Chinese investment to accelerate clean energy transition
Kenya is seeking to attract Chinese investment in the local manufacturing of clean energy equipment as it accelerates its transition to renewable energy and positions itself as East Africa's green manufacturing hub.
Rahul Gandhi praises youth who went viral after Preamble recital at Jantar Mantar
Rahul Gandhi commends youth icon Mohammad Irfan for his inspiring Preamble recital and advocacy for education and workers' rights.
Petition in Supreme Court seeks ban on pellet guns
Supreme Court petition seeks to ban pellet guns and secure compensation for victims injured during state action on July 20 protest.
Maharashtra TET paper leak: Close aide of alleged kingpin arrested
Maharashtra Police arrest close aide of TET paper leak kingpin, marking a significant development in the ongoing investigation.
Akhilesh alleges students abducted by U.P. police in Prayagraj, authorities refute claim
Akhilesh Yadav claims students were abducted by U.P. police in Prayagraj, but authorities deny the allegations and report arrests.
RAF fired pellet gun at protesters on the directions of a Delhi Police officer, document shows
Document reveals RAF used pellet guns on protesters in Delhi, contradicting police claims and raising concerns over excessive force.
Gold slips as firm dollar weighs; focus turns to Fed meeting
Reuters: Gold slips as firm dollar weighs; focus turns to Fed meeting.
FAA says seats on hundreds of Boeing 737 MAX jets may need inspections
Reuters: FAA says seats on hundreds of Boeing 737 MAX jets may need inspections.
Asian chip stocks slide as China competition fears rattle AI trade
Reuters: Asian chip stocks slide as China competition fears rattle AI trade.
Dollar hits one-month high on lingering chances of Fed hike
Reuters: Dollar hits one-month high on lingering chances of Fed hike.
Judge blocks Minnesota's first-in-nation prediction markets ban
Reuters: Judge blocks Minnesota's first-in-nation prediction markets ban.
Market Snapshot
Latest completed sessions across the selected benchmark indexes.
| Index | Region | Session Date | Value | Change | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S&P 500 | US | 2026-07-28 | 7413.18 | 1.20 (0.02%) | Up |
NASDAQ Composite | US | 2026-07-28 | 24932.08 | -43.74 (-0.18%) | Down |
Euronext 100 Index | Europe | 2026-07-28 | 1905.04 | -16.28 (-0.85%) | Down |
Public Joint-Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS | Europe | 2026-07-28 | 85.20 | -0.11 (-0.13%) | Down |
HANG SENG INDEX | Asia | 2026-07-28 | 25178.21 | -28.97 (-0.11%) | Down |
Nikkei 225 | Asia | 2026-07-28 | 62418.95 | -2512.24 (-3.87%) | Down |
S&P BSE SENSEX | India | 2026-07-28 | 76835.47 | -0.31 (-0.00%) | Down |
Hacker News
Ten notable links from the last day in the Hacker News ecosystem.
Using an open model feels surprisingly good
matthewsaltz.com: Using an open model feels surprisingly good.
A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier models on catalog review
Why the companies winning in the AI age own their intelligence: a task-trained open source model vs the frontier, with every number published.
Benchmarking Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench
Contribute to humanlayer/advanced-context-engineering-for-coding-agents development by creating an account on GitHub.
Astronauts describe persistent 'observer' sensation after 6 month missions
Astronauts returning from long ISS rotations consistently describe a half-step-outside-themselves sensation that flight surgeons recognize as part of the post-mission readjustment curve — a perceptual cost of spending six months in a body that had to learn a different world.
Why do we think we understand the world more than we actually do?
The illusion of explanatory depth (IOED) describes our belief that we understand more about the world than we actually do.
Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat
US residential proxies are the bane of the internet. They’re the major source of social media manipulation and spam. A residential proxy runs someone else’s traffic through a real home internet connection, so it looks like a normal person on Comcast or AT&T. Almost no one intentionally runs one on behalf of bad actors, they’ve been tricked or hacked. Usually it’s one of a few things: A free VPN app reselling your bandwidth. A proxy SDK buried in some free game. Malware on a computer, router, or smart TV. LG recently moved to ban proxy apps from its smart TVs after researchers found that over 42% of its apps could covertly turn your TV into a proxy.
EYG: A Programming Language for Humans
The rationale and resulting feature set of the EYG programming language.
C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
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Source Notes
Generation details, data coverage, and any partial-source warnings for this edition.
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