Senator demands Senate probe into Trump Jr's financial ties with Russian oligarch

Senator John Curtis has called for a formal Senate investigation into Donald Trump Jr's financial connections with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev. The demand follows concerns over potential corruption linked to Kremlev's lavish wedding celebration, at which Trump Jr was reportedly present. Curtis aims to ensure that Trump Jr's foreign business dealings receive fair and thorough scrutiny. The call comes at a politically sensitive time, with midterm elections on the horizon.

Developer Shares How Cloning Websites Sharpened Frontend HTML and CSS Skills

A beginner frontend developer built a website clone as a practice project to strengthen their HTML and CSS abilities. The exercise involved recreating an existing website's design and layout without any intent to copy or republish the original work. Key skills practiced included semantic HTML, Flexbox, CSS Grid, responsive design with media queries, and building navigation components. The developer followed a structured workflow: analyzing the layout, building the HTML structure, applying CSS styling, and optimizing for mobile screens. The project resulted in a stronger grasp of page layouts, CSS positioning, and writing cleaner, more reusable code.

Saudi Arabia Sought US Airstrikes on Houthis But Washington Declined

Saudi Arabia has repeatedly requested the United States to conduct airstrikes against Houthi forces, according to a source familiar with the talks. Washington has declined these requests, leaving Riyadh to deal with the growing Houthi threat largely without American military support. This development is especially consequential for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has long depended on the US as Saudi Arabia's primary security guarantor. The refusal signals a notable shift in the depth of American military backing for its Gulf ally.

Asian Games: India wins maiden soft tennis medal

Wife cut off husband from parents; HC grants divorce

How Much VRAM You Actually Need to Run a 70B Parameter LLM Locally

Running a 70-billion-parameter large language model locally requires far more GPU memory than most consumer hardware offers, with raw FP16 weights alone demanding around 140 GB of VRAM. Quantization techniques reduce this significantly — a 4-bit quantized 70B model needs roughly 35 GB — making it feasible on high-end workstation GPUs or multi-GPU setups. However, advertised quantization levels can be misleading, as formats vary in overhead and metadata, meaning actual memory usage often exceeds theoretical minimums. CPU offloading allows models larger than available VRAM to run by storing some layers in system RAM, but this comes at a steep performance cost due to lower memory bandwidth. Experts recommend prioritising the highest-quality quantization that fits comfortably within available hardware, rather than simply chasing the smallest possible model size.

AI Agent Demo Shows Browser-Native Workflow Using MCP and TypeScript

Developer Sylwia Laskowska shared insights from her presentation at AGNTCon Europe on September 21. Her talk explored the concept of AI agents that operate entirely within the browser, eliminating the need to switch between external tools or environments. The demo showcased a browser-native AI agent built using TypeScript and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Laskowska's session highlighted practical approaches to keeping AI workflows self-contained within a single browser context. The presentation drew significant engagement from the developer community, garnering 97 reactions on DEV Community.

Army Soldier Beaten to Death in Mizoram Road Rage Incident While on Leave

A 29-year-old Indian Army soldier, Zakaria Lalhriattluanga, was killed in a road rage attack in Mizoram while returning home on vacation. He was travelling with a friend in a truck from the airport to his village in New Builum when the incident occurred. The soldier was beaten to death, making the case a serious law and order concern in the region. Authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the fatal altercation.

Structured Debugging, Not Longer Prompts, Fixed an AI Image Generation Problem

A developer spent several days attempting to generate a consistent graphite-pencil cartoon from a single photo, finding that repeatedly expanding the prompt made outputs less stable rather than more accurate. The key breakthrough came from adopting a disciplined debugging loop: freezing one input, logging the exact prompt and image list sent to the model, changing only one variable at a time, and describing pixel-level changes before touching any text. Common failure patterns identified included unintended faces appearing from reference images, exaggeration parameters conflicting across prompt sentences, and descriptive metaphors being interpreted as drawing instructions. The developer ultimately split responsibilities between the vision model and the image model, keeping the image prompt short and precise while controlling style through a single text line instead of attached sample images. The core lesson was that changing both the prompt and the image simultaneously makes outputs incomparable, so isolating variables is more productive than writing cleverer instructions.

NZ coach eager to test teen sensation Sooryavanshi on bouncy home pitches

New Zealand head coach Rob Walter has expressed keen interest in seeing how young Indian batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi handles the demanding conditions in New Zealand. The ongoing T20I series marks Sooryavanshi's first exposure to the country's characteristically bouncy pitches. Walter believes that putting players under pressure is an essential part of their development at the international level. The series also represents New Zealand's return to T20I cricket following their defeat in the recent World Cup final.

Compute Marketplaces Pay for Uptime, Not Correctness — A Critical Gap Explained

A technical analysis argues that every major GPU compute marketplace today — including Akash, Hyperbolic, io.net, and x402 — settles payments based on provider liveness or reputation rather than cryptographic proof that a job was executed correctly. In these systems, a dishonest provider can return stale, cached, or random outputs and still receive full payment as long as their server remains online. The author draws a contrast with atomic swaps like HTLCs, where settlement is tied directly to a cryptographic proof embedded in the protocol itself. Emerging hardware features, such as NVIDIA's Device Identity Key on H100 and H200 GPUs, may offer a path toward attestation-based settlement that verifies workload integrity. The piece frames this not as a flaw in any individual platform's design, but as a fundamental, unsolved problem across the entire decentralized compute industry.

US and Iran resume nuclear talks after months-long break amid tensions

The United States and Iran have held their first direct talks since June, marking a resumption of diplomatic engagement after a prolonged pause. The negotiations come after a ceasefire between the two sides broke down earlier this year. Following the collapse of that ceasefire, both countries exchanged fire on multiple occasions. The renewed dialogue takes place against a backdrop of heightened tensions, including recent threatening rhetoric from the Trump administration toward Iran.

IAF to incorporate Operation Sindoor lessons in Tarang Shakti drills at Jodhpur

The Indian Air Force will host the multinational air exercise Tarang Shakti at its Jodhpur base from September 26 to October 11. Around 40 countries are expected to participate in the drills. A key objective of this year's exercise is to embed tactical and operational lessons drawn from Operation Sindoor into training scenarios. The drills will cover a range of air operations featuring advanced aircraft and live combat simulations.

Mirabai Chanu Claims First Asian Games Medal with Silver in 49kg Weightlifting

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won her maiden Asian Games medal, securing silver in the 49kg category. She recorded a total lift of 198kg, comprising 87kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk. The achievement marks a significant milestone for Chanu, who had previously been denied a medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. On that occasion, an injury had forced her to abort her final clean and jerk attempt, leaving her in fourth place.

Trump and Xi to Meet Amid Underlying Tensions Over AI Competition

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold a summit, with both sides projecting a desire for a cordial encounter. Despite the diplomatic pageantry, deep tensions over the global artificial intelligence race continue to simmer beneath the surface. Trump signalled his preference for a smooth meeting by referencing China only once during his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. The carefully managed optics of the summit are expected to mask rather than resolve the fundamental rivalry between the two nations in emerging technologies.

Why Companies Calling Digital Forensics Too Late Are Losing Critical Breach Evidence

Digital forensic services investigate cyberattacks, malware, communications, mobile devices, and cloud environments, but their effectiveness depends heavily on how quickly they are engaged. A common mistake organisations make is allowing IT teams to reboot servers and patch systems before forensic experts are called in, which destroys volatile evidence such as RAM contents, attacker credentials, and log files. By the time insurance carriers request a forensic report — often days after an incident is discovered — critical data needed to establish the attack timeline, scope, and threat actor identity may already be gone. The average data breach cost reached $4.88 million in 2024, with organisations taking an average of 330 days total to identify and contain breaches. Maintaining a proper chain of custody from the moment an incident is detected is essential, as any lapse in evidence documentation can undermine legal proceedings and insurance claims.

S&P Global Raises India's GDP Growth Forecast to 7% for Current Fiscal Year

S&P Global Ratings has upgraded its GDP growth projection for India to 7% for the current fiscal year. The revision was published as part of the agency's Economic Activity for Asia Pacific report. The report also estimates that consumer inflation in India will average 5.1% in FY27. The upward revision reflects S&P's improved outlook on India's economic performance in the region.

Ex-NSE chief gets relief in phone tapping case

New Hampshire man returns magazine 132 years late, avoids $12,055 fine

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