AI Companies Are Buying—And Destroying—Antique Books. Here’s Why.

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Authors, archivists, historians and bibliophiles have launched an online war against tech giants and artificial intelligence developers after an increasing mountain of evidence shows they’re buying rare and antique books en masse and feeding them to large language models—only to slice off their spines and destroy the original print copies in the process.

Netanyahu party campaign billboard likens Mamdani to leaders of Iran and Hezbollah

Benjamin Netanyahu’s party has compared the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to the leaders of Iran and Hezbollah on a campaign billboard.

The billboard in central Tel Aviv depicts Mamdani alongside the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and the chief of the militant group Hezbollah, Naim Qassem.

Google is paying millions of dollars for troves of old Spirit Airlines data. Here's why.

Google's next big AI model could end up using troves of old data from Spirit Airlines.

Google successfully bid $10 million for troves of corporate data from Spirit Airlines, the budget airline that went under earlier this year, according to Chapter 11 bankruptcy court filings. A spokesperson from Google told Business Insider that this data from Spirit Airlines "can be helpful in improving our products and AI models."

Luigi Mangione’s State Murder Trial Postponed After Federal Plea

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Luigi Mangione will not go to trial in state court next month as previously scheduled, a New York judge ruled Monday, postponing the trial after he separately pleaded guilty in federal court—which his lawyers argue means his state charges should now be thrown out.

Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave is Officially Unplayable for Millions of Gamers

We're less than a month out from Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave's release date on Switch 2, and if you read that sentence, you'll realize it's the end of an era for Nintendo and Intelligent Systems' storied strategy game series. It might seem slightly unusual based on Nintendo's release patterns, though it's entirely keeping with how the company viewed Fire Emblem when the series was at its high points.

CNN Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister to Host Pre-Emmy Interview Series (TV News Roundup)

CNN correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister is set to host a special pre-Emmy interview series airing exclusively on CNN.

“Coming Up” will see Wagmeister sit down with Emmy nominees to discuss the stories behind the performances and achievements across their careers in television.

Harry Brook on missing out on England Test captaincy and the Wellington incident: ‘The decision to make Root captain was the right one’

Harry Brook says he does not know whether the Wellington incident ahead of the Ashes cost him the England captaincy, but believes appointing Joe Root was the “right decision”.

The 26-year-old was made white-ball captain last April and promoted to vice-captain of the Test team in September.

Zambia elections: Top opposition figures arrested days after presidential vote

Security forces in Zambia have seized weapons and arrested 11 people, including senior opposition figures, allegedly involved in an insurrection plot, the government has said.

The leading opposition candidate in last Thursday's presidential election, Brian Mundubile, was also found at the scene of the raid in the capital, Lusaka, according to the country's top civil servant Patrick Kangwa.

'Blade Runner 2099' Creator Officially Reveals Whether Harrison Ford Is in Her Prime Video Show

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Published Aug 17, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT

'I feel like as a Blade Runner fan, I would want to know'

Blade Runner 2099 showrunner reveals whether Harrison Ford is in the sequel series

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Blade Runner will always be synonymous with Harrison Ford. The A-list actor starred in Ridley Scott's original 1982 cyberpunk classic, and plays a significant role in Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sequel, Blade Runner 2049. So with a new series, Blade Runner 2099, set to expand the franchise canon with an eight-episode miniseries later this year, the biggest question most fans have is simply: Will Harrison Ford show up again?

French PM booed on visit to wildfire-affected region as EU sends assistance to Belgium and Spain – Europe live

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EU sends assistance to Belgium and Spain as they battle wildfires

The European Commission has deployed assistance to Belgium and Spain as part of the bloc’s civil protection mechanism.