Per Al Jazeera, talks between Lebanon and Israel in Rome have ended.

CNBC reports Apple has held preliminary talks with AI startup PrismML to assess model-compression tech that would let large AI models run on iPhones without cloud compute. PrismML says it can reduce model memory footprint 10–15x, enabling a 27 billion-parameter model to run on iPhone 15 and later, with 6–8x faster response and 3–6x lower energy use. If validated at scale, Apple could shift more Siri and generative-AI functions on‑device, improving latency, privacy, offline use and cutting cloud costs; real-world impacts on battery life, stability and long-term performance remain untested.

China's National Bureau of Statistics deputy director Mao Shengyong said at a State Council Information Office briefing that investment in emerging sectors sustained momentum in 1H, with notable increases in new energy, artificial intelligence and integrated circuits. New-type infrastructure spending is benefiting long-term growth: planning and construction of the “six networks” has accelerated, traditional and new infrastructure are proceeding in tandem, and investment in computing power networks and next‑generation communications has risen quickly, supporting digital transformation. Targeted spending to shore up livelihoods is focused on combining physical and human-capital investment and advancing agricultural and rural modernization. Mao said scope to expand effective investment remains wide: China’s per-capita capital stock is still well below developed markets, leaving room for investment—notably in traditional industry upgrading, emerging and future industries, elderly- and child-care services, primary healthcare, higher-quality education capacity and rural revitalization.