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Watch: Small Earthquake Registered After IDF Blows Up Largest-Ever Hezbollah Tunnel The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday destroyed a major Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon on Tuesday evening, minutes after issuing an unusual warning that the blast would be heard across wide areas. The tunnel is being described in regional media as the largest one ever discovered thus far in the war in southern Lebanon. Israeli N12 News reporter Amit Segal has written that "the force of the explosion caused a small earthquake to be felt along the northern border."...

Wall Street Keeps Testing AI Traders, But Most Are Still Underperforming Recent trading competitions suggest large language models are still unreliable portfolio managers, according to Bloomberg. Tests involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI have often delivered underwhelming results: many lost money, traded excessively, and made erratic decisions despite receiving identical prompts. In several cases, models appeared unable to stick to coherent strategies for more than a few trading sessions. Bloomberg writes that one of the clearest examples came from Alpha Arena, a competition created by startup Nof1. Eight models were...

Education Department Probes Stanford Over Alleged Racial Discrimination Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has initiated an investigation into Stanford University to determine whether one of its programs is racially discriminatory and violates Title VI. Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, and color in educational programs that receive financial assistance from the federal government. At...