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Anthropic has been selected to build government AI assistant capabilities to modernise how citizens interact with complex state services.For both public and private sector technology leaders, the integration of LLMs into customer-facing platforms often stalls at the proof-of-concept stage. The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) aims to bypass this common hurdle by operationalising its February 2025 Memorandum of Understanding with Anthropic.The joint project, announced today, prioritises the deployment of agentic AI systems that are designed to actively guide users through processes rather than simply retrieving static information.The decision to move beyond standard chatbot interfaces addresses a friction…

If approved by Senate, France will be the second country to impose such a ban after Australia, which barred social media for children below 16 years.The lower house of the French Parliament has voted in favour of banning children aged below 15 years from ‍social media, ‍amid growing concerns about online bullying and mental health risks.In a session late on Monday night, the National Assembly legislators approved the bill by a vote of 130 to 21. The legislation will now go to the Senate before a final vote in the lower house.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn a…

Big retailers are committing more heavily to agentic AI-led commerce, and accepting some loss of customer proximity and data control in the process. As reported by Retail Dive, the opening weeks of 2026 have seen Etsy, Target and Walmart push product ranges onto third-party AI platforms, forming new partnerships with Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s Copilot, after last year’s collaborations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. These let consumers purchase goods inside the AI’s conversation interface. Amazon and Walmart have been investing in their own consumer-facing AI assistants, Rufus and Sparky respectively to change how shoppers interact with their brands. Agentic AI is beginning…

Brazil’s President Lula criticises US actions in Venezuela, calling the capture of Maduro an unacceptable line against regional stability.Published On 26 Jan 202626 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share‍Brazilian ‍President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has held a ⁠phone call ​with his US ‍counterpart Donald Trump and agreed ‍to ⁠visit Washington soon, the Brazilian government said in a statement.The two leaders on Monday discussed several issues during the 50-minute call, including the situation in Venezuela, Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” for Gaza, and the fight against organised crime.“Lula and Trump ​exchanged ‌views on the situation in Venezuela, and…

For many organisations, the AI debate has moved on from whether to adopt the technology to a harder question: why do the results feel uneven? New tools are in place, pilots are running, and budgets are rising, yet clear AI returns remain elusive. According to Cloudflare’s 2026 App Innovation Report, the difference often has less to do with AI itself and more to do with the state of the applications underneath it.The report, based on a survey of more than 2,300 senior leaders in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas, points to application modernisation as the clearest divider between organisations seeing…

The Seattle Seahawks have defeated the Los Angeles Rams in a high-scoring shootout to set up a Super Bowl rematch with the New England Patriots.In Seattle, Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold outduelled Rams counterpart Matthew Stafford in a 31-27 thriller on Sunday to clinch the NFC championship, which doubles as an NFL playoffs semifinal.The victory sends Seattle into a repeat of their epic 2015 Super Bowl against the Patriots, who prevailed in a blizzard-hit 10-7 AFC championship victory over the Denver Broncos earlier on Sunday.The Seahawks’ win marked the latest milestone in what has been a fairytale campaign for Darnold, who…

Minnesota’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, has demanded that US President Donald Trump pull “untrained” federal immigration agents out of the state after the fatal shooting of a demonstrator in Minneapolis, the second such killing in the city amid an ongoing immigration crackdown.As calls mounted for an independent investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, Walz posed a question directly to Trump during a news briefing on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“What’s the plan, Donald Trump? What is the plan?” Walz asked.“What do we need to do to get these federal agents out of…

Since May 2024, an Israeli law has banned the news network, citing a threat to national security, an allegation Al Jazeera denies.Published On 25 Jan 202625 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIsrael has extended its ban on Al Jazeera Media Network’s operations and the closure of its offices in the country by another 90 days.The order, signed by Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karahi and announced on Sunday, also prohibits broadcasting and internet companies, and YouTube from providing services to the network inside Israel.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn May 2024, at the height of Israel’s genocidal…

Published On 25 Jan 202625 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareClashes have erupted between police and opposition protesters in Albania’s capital over alleged corruption in the Socialist Party government, with the demonstrators demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation.The protest, led by opposition leader and former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, drew thousands of people to a rally on Saturday evening in front of Tirana’s main government building.Berisha, who heads the right-wing Democratic Party, urged the crowd to “unite to overthrow this government and to put in place a technical government to prepare early, free and fair elections”.Tensions escalated when…

Published On 25 Jan 202625 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareFrom pro-Palestine protests in Ireland and jubilant celebrations in Dakar following Senegal’s African Cup of Nations football victory to demonstrations supporting the abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and United States President Donald Trump’s signing ceremony for his Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland, as tensions soar back in the US state of Minnesota over another deadly shooting by a federal agent, here is a look at the week in photos.