Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch Skye, an iPhone app still in private testing, wants to change how people interact with AI on their smartphones. And even before it’s launched, it’s already attracted interest online and from investors and “tens of thousands” of users, according to its creator — a sign that consumers might want a more AI-aware iPhone....

Congress Could Require EV Drivers to Pay $130 a Year for Road MaintenanceAmericans who drive electric vehicles may be asked to pay $130 to $150 a year in extra registration fees in order to help the federal government pay for interstate highway maintenance. Those with plug-in hybrids would pay $35 to $50 if the provision in a broader infrastructure bill earns the approval of Congress. It...

Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work ArXiv, a widely used open repository for preprint research, is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers. Although papers are posted to the site before they are peer-reviewed, arXiv (pronounced “archive”) has become one of the main ways that research circulates...

US sanctions Rwanda's army for violating Trump-brokered DR Congo peace dealUS sanctions Rwanda's military and top commanders over fighting in DR CongoEmery Makumeno,BBC Africa, Kinshasa,Alfred Lasteck,BBC AfricaandWycliffe MuiaAFP via Getty ImagesThe US accuses Rwanda's army of training, arming and fighting alongside the M23 rebelsThe US has imposed sanctions ‌on the Rwandan army and four of...

Somali World Cup referee denied U.S. entry, hailed as hero at home A World Cup dream denied — Somali referee Omar Artan receives a hero's welcome at home after being blocked from entering the United States and taking part in the World Cup.