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The Galaxy Tab S12 Plus has stopped by the Bureau of Indian Standards for certification.

The tablet was also spotted on the Safety Korea database.

The listing in the Safety Korea database includes a live image of the tablet.

The latest entries into the Galaxy Tab series are on the way. Samsung will be expanding the lineup with the Galaxy Tab S12 Plus and Ultra later this year. As the company continues its progress on both tablets, the Plus has recently been spotted on a couple of certification databases. One of those listings also gives us our first look at the upcoming tablet.

Starting with the Bureau of Indian Standards (via 91mobiles ), the Galaxy Tab S12 Plus appeared with the model numbers SM-X840 and SM-X846B. The former refers to the Wi-Fi model, while the latter is for the 5G variant. This information isn’t new, as these model numbers were revealed earlier this year when the tablet was spotted on the GSMA IMEI database. However, this latest appearance serves as an indicator that the tablet is getting closer to launch.

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The U.S. Embassy in Jordan on Thursday warned Americans about “missiles, drones, or rockets …in Jordanian airspace.” The warning came as the U.S. and Iran reportedly exchanged fire amid resumed hostilities that have entered a third day. This latest round of fighting was touched off Tuesday when Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Iranian officials declared that the shaky ceasefire agreed to on April 8 was over.

“Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately,” the U.S. Embassy in Jordan cautioned this morning. “Remain indoors and pay attention to local announcements and alerts. The U.S. Embassy in Jordan will continue to review the situation and provide additional information as needed.”

Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Jordan – July 9, 2026

Location: Jordan, countrywide

Event: Reports indicate missiles, drones, or rockets are in Jordanian airspace. Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately. Remain indoors and pay attention to local announcements and… pic.twitter.com/QOpNpKLXTA

— U.S. Embassy Amman (@USEmbassyJordan) July 9, 2026

The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) General Command said the country’s air defense systems “intercepted and shot down eight missiles launched from Iran toward Jordanian territory on Thursday. The interception operations resulted in the fall of missile debris, but no casualties or property damage were reported.”

“JAF is closely monitoring regional developments and remains at the highest level of operational readiness to safeguard the Kingdom’s airspace and defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the command added. “JAF will not allow any party to violate Jordanian airspace under any circumstances.”

Armed Forces Intercept, Shoot Down 8 Iranian Missiles Bound for Jordan https://t.co/eNiTJMTBLL pic.twitter.com/KEGuwl6P6w

— Jordan News Agency (Petra)-English News (@PetranewsEN) July 9, 2026

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-connected Tasnim media outlet claimed “that multiple explosions occurred at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan,” and that “Iranian forces also targeted American ships stationed off the coast of Bahrain with cruise missiles.” However, no visual proof of that has emerged. U.S. Central Command declined to provide any new operational details.

Muwaffaq Salti, as we have previously reported , has come under attack numerous times. The air base has long been a major regional hub for U.S. operations, and is being very actively utilized in the current conflict. It hosts the greatest concentration of U.S. tactical aircraft in the region, and thus is an extremely important target, where even one ballistic missile landing on an apron could destroy multiple prized fighter aircraft and take the lives of U.S. service members.

Scenes from IRGC Navy and Aerospace retaliatory strikes on Thursday answering the American terrorist army's aggression and disloyalty. pic.twitter.com/qwKo0SkLE2

— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) July 9, 2026

Iranian officials also claimed the U.S. carried out new strikes in southern Iran, including on the perimeter of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

“According to the deputy governor of Bushehr Province, a U.S. projectile hit the perimeter area of the facility, which had already been hit several times during the current conflict prior to the April 8 ceasefire,” the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday .

Iranian state media: A U.S. projectile struck the vicinity of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. pic.twitter.com/lPRClSNFz7

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) July 9, 2026

Iran reports that a few minutes ago, additional explosions were heard near the Bushehr nuclear power plant. https://t.co/zVJczmOpb5

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) July 9, 2026

Today’s attacks follow a series of strikes carried out on Wednesday by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The U.S. attacked scores of targets across Iran after President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that “we’ll probably hit them hard again tonight.”

“U.S. forces struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran’s coastline,” the command said in a statement on X. “The latest strikes follow successful execution of offensive strikes in Iran the night before.”

CENTCOM RELEASES THE HIGHLIGHT REEL

U.S. Central Command says American forces completed another round of strikes against Iran on July 8, hitting approximately 90 Iranian military targets along the coastline.

Targets included air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets,… pic.twitter.com/y2HiEMNWdy

— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) July 9, 2026

Iran, however, claims the attacks took place further inland, including on a railway bridge for a line linking the cities of Tehran and Mashhad, where former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is scheduled to be laid to rest. He was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. The official Iranian IRIB media outlet claimed on X that the bridge attack interrupted rail service.

Passengers on the Tehran-Mashhad train, stranded due to the U.S. striking the railway, are chanting: "Iranians do not accept humiliation, even at the cost of their own lives."

pic.twitter.com/9NhlUQqidr

— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) July 9, 2026

There were also unconfirmed reports from official Iranian media , an independent media outlet and eyewitnesses that another bridge in that region was attacked. The Agh Tekeh Khan Bridge in Iran’s northern Golestan province is a key link in a railway line running to Central Asia and ultimately Russia and China. The line has reportedly been an important means of trade between Iran, China and Russia during the now paused U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports.

Eyewitness video shows damage to the Aq Taqeh Khan railway bridge in Iran’s northern Golestan province following overnight US strikes. The bridge is a key trade link connecting Tehran with its strategic partners, China and Russia. #US #Iran pic.twitter.com/0k5y50w79V

— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 9, 2026

More pictures of destroyed Aq Tekeh Khan Bridge on Iran-Turkmenistan Railway Line. pic.twitter.com/02XKyCR4vG

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 9, 2026

According to local reports, several enemy projectiles have struck the "Aq-Tekeh Khan" bridge on the railway line in the western area of Aq Qala, Golestan province. pic.twitter.com/eMO5todo2i

— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) July 8, 2026

Where all this leaves the ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Iran remains unclear. As we have frequently noted , the two sides signed a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 17. The MoU provided a 60-day extension of the ceasefire to iron out an agreement to end fighting throughout the region, including Lebanon, prevent Iran from seeking nuclear weapons, end U.S. sanctions and resume the flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz among other points.

Control over the Strait has proven to be the biggest flashpoint, as evidenced by the aforementioned flare-up of fighting sparked by Iranian attacks on shipping there.

As we mentioned earlier in this story, both sides have declared the ceasefire over.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One yesterday after departing the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump claimed Iran still wants a peaceful solution.

“They called a little while ago,” the president proclaimed. “They want to make a deal so badly — I just don’t know if they’re worthy of making a deal. I don’t know that they’re going to honor the deal. That’s the problem.”

. @POTUS on Iran: "They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly — I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem." pic.twitter.com/jQTENvyRGM

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 9, 2026

Given all this, the future of diplomacy is an open question.

Contact the author: howard@twz.com

The post Renewed Attacks Between U.S. And Iran Stretch Into Third Day appeared first on TWZ .

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Denza reveals tri-motor, four-seat Z supercar at 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

1,582 hp output gets it to 62 mph in 1.96 seconds, battery fills 10-97% in just 9 mins.

Denza confirms Spider, Coupe, Racing trims with a 1,973+ hp hardcore version to come.

Electric supercars have a habit of producing ridiculous power and acceleration numbers, but are usually accompanied by a ridiculous price. Denza wants to change that with the Z, which outsprints a 911 Turbo S to 62 mph (100 kmh) and makes double the power, while costing less than a mid-range GTS.

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Unveiled today at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, BYD-owned Denza’s Z costs from £142,900 (about €167,400 / $191,400 at current rates) in coupe form in the UK, where a 911 Carrera 4 GTS costs £145,900 (€170,900 / $195,400). The open-top Spider starts at £159,900 (€187,300 / $214,100), and the track-focused Racing version costs £172,900 (€202,500 / $231,500), which compares with £199,500 (€233,700 / $267,100) for the new 911 Turbo S.

Denza hasn’t confirmed home-market numbers, but local estimates put Chinese pricing at around ¥400,000 to ¥500,000 ($58,600-73,200), a fraction of the British ask and a sign of what shipping, tariffs, and selling far from Shenzhen do to the sticker.

Three Motors, One Platform

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All three versions of the Z ride on Denza’s new e3 Sports Car Platform and use the same triple-motor setup. One motor drives the front axle while two independently power the rear wheels, producing a combined 1,582 hp (1,604 PS / 1,180 kW) and 915 lb-ft (1,240 Nm) of torque.

More: Denza’s 1,139-HP Wagon Will Now Drift Any Shape You Draw On The Screen

The Coupe reaches 62 mph in 2.25 seconds (Porsche claims 2.5 seconds for the 701 hp / 711 PS Turbo S), while the Racing cuts that to just 1.96 seconds with optional semi-slick tyres and boosts the top speed from 186 mph (300 km/h) to 217 mph (350 km/h).

Building Up To An EV Record Attempt

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A fourth model, the Z Special Edition, which Denza says is a Nurburgring natural, makes over 1,973 hp (2,000 PS / 1,471 kW), and hits 62 mph in less than 1.7 seconds. But the automaker is saving more details about that one for later, presumably when it takes a crack at the Ring EV record.

Every Z packs a 76 kWh second-generation Blade Battery that supports BYD Group’s latest FLASH Charging technology. On BYD’s new 1,500 kW chargers, Denza claims the battery can jump from 10 to 70 percent in just five minutes, or reach 97 percent in only nine. That’s close to petrol tank-filling territory, though it’ll be a while before those chargers are commonplace outside China, even if their rollout has been confirmed for Europe.

Range varies from 236 WLTP miles (380 km) for the Racing to 254 miles (409 km) for the basic Coupe, which at 2,230 kg (4,916 lbs) is actually 20 kg (44 lbs) lighter. The 2,300 kg (5,070 lbs) Spider claims 248 miles (399 km) between fills.

Denza didn’t leave the chassis out of the fun, adding magnetorheological dampers, carbon-ceramic brakes, torque vectoring and even a compass turn function that lets the car pivot around its front axle. And the long 2,780 mm (109.5 inches) wheelbase (a 911 ’s is 2,450 mm / 96.5 inches) means that while it looks like a traditional supercar, it’s actually got space for four, though the rears do look tiny.

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Supercar With Massage Seats

The cabin sounds lavish in typical tech-heavy Chinese EV fashion, with massage seats, a Devialet audio system, ambient lighting, a 12.8-inch Google-equipped infotainment system, and a digital rear-view mirror all fitted as standard. There’s also a configurable virtual engine soundtrack plus dedicated Boost and Track modes.

On paper, it all sounds great, but as Porsche and Rimac know, Western buyers of luxury and high-end performance machinery generally aren’t interested in electric cars. They tend to want combustion power, which is why Porsche recently asserted that it no longer had plans to make an electric 911 . But this package looks strong enough to persuade a few to at least take a look at what’s on offer.

Denza

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Using a quantum computer alongside a supercomputer, scientists have developed a breakthrough pathway for modeling the physics inside a fusion reactor. The world-first experiment could help clear a path to developing clean, abundant nuclear power and solving the global energy crisis, the researchers said.

Using hybrid quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) methods, scientists with IBM and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have blueprinted how to make tritium, an extremely rare isotope of hydrogen that's critical to the fusion process.

Although their research — uploaded June 29 to the preprint server arXiv — has not been peer-reviewed, the researchers say it's the first time that different kinds of computing elements have come together to propose the most effective way to create this material.

Fusion reactors are experimental power sources that create energy by fusing atomic nuclei. The heat produced in the subsequent nuclear reaction is then harnessed as energy. This method produces no carbon byproducts or long-lived radioactive waste, making it one of the cleanest potential forms of mass energy production.

It's projected that, at scale, a single fusion reactor could produce about 4 million times as much energy as a coal-burning facility and around four times the amount of energy as a modern nuclear fission reactor.

Current attempts at building a viable fusion reactor have resulted in numerous laboratory experiments that prove the technology works, with magnetic confinement reactors, such as tokamaks, widely considered the front-runner . But many engineering challenges remain before the first commercial reactors could come online.

Turning seawater into fuel

The base fuel for nuclear fusion reactors is a hydrogen isotope called deuterium, which is commonly found in seawater. It's estimated that there are 33 grams of deuterium in every cubic meter of seawater.

But deuterium is only half of the equation. Nuclear fusion also requires tritium — a heavier hydrogen isotope — and the fusion released from just 1 gram (0.04 ounces) of deuterium-tritium fuel equals the energy from about 2,400 gallons (9,100 liters) of oil, according to the U.S. Department of Energy .

Unfortunately, tritium, a radioactive isotope, is extremely rare; only 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of it is produced on Earth each year, and its 12-year half-life makes it difficult to use in nuclear power plants.

Instead, scientists must painstakingly produce tritium in nuclear reactors by bombarding lithium atoms with neutrons. It's then superheated and bound with powerful magnets into a whirling ring of plasma within a tokamak, a special fusion chamber designed to shape and heat plasma using magnetic fields.

A diagram showing the process of nuclear fusion. (Image credit: Designua | Shutterstock) Scientists add more deuterium and then bash the tritium and deuterium together, causing them to fuse into helium. The force of this reaction creates heat that's converted into energy.

The current bottleneck lies in creating enough tritium to sustain fusion long enough to produce energy. But modeling the particle physics and chemical reactions involved in the tritium-creation process has proved beyond the capabilities of classical supercomputers.

In the new study, however, scientists say they have addressed this bottleneck by simulating nine molecular configurations of a liquid salt that contains fluorine, lithium and beryllium (FLiBe) — one of the leading candidate materials for extracting tritium.

This is the first time quantum computers have been used to model reactions inside a fusion reactor. If perfected, FLiBe could provide a near-limitless source of fuel for nuclear fusion reactors, they said, but the chemistry involved is incredibly complex.

Demystifying complex chemistry

A "blanket of molten salt" made of FLiBe is wrapped around the nuclear reaction inside a fusion reactor, IBM researchers told Live Science. This provides both a fuel source and a thermal shield for the device.

To create enough tritium, the researchers had to calculate the physics involved while a process called "neutron bombardment" constantly altered the blanket's chemistry. Designing a salt that holds up under competing demands and keeps releasing tritium is a key problem in building this kind of reactor.

"If tritium grabs onto fluorine in the salt, it forms tritium fluoride, which is corrosive and stubborn to remove," the researchers explained. "If it binds to another tritium atom to form a gas, it bubbles out on its own. Predicting which way the reaction goes means modeling the interaction between tritium and the salt with high precision and accuracy that is challenging for classical methods."

Because no ordinary computer can perform the necessary calculations, the team used a combination of AI running on the Frontier supercomputer at ORNL, alongside quantum computing algorithms running on an IBM Quantum Heron quantum processing unit (QPU) in New York. The resulting workflow demonstrated a proof of concept for offloading complex chemistry computations to a quantum computer.

That workflow relied on a technique called wave-function-based embedding, which fragments the calculation into easier-to-calculate clusters, the scientists said in the study. They used classical computers to solve the smaller clusters and passed off the more difficult chunks to a quantum computer. The classical computers then stitched the molecule back together.

This is a method that study co-author Kenneth Merz , a biochemist and principal investigator at Cleveland Clinic Research, pioneered in previous research. Earlier this year, in collaboration with IBM and the Japanese national research institute RIKEN, he used quantum computers to calculate the structure of a 12,635-atom protein .

Fusing quantum and AI

In the new study, the researchers tested their model against known molecular configurations that were already solved by a nonhybrid classical system and determined that the accuracy was maintained with the addition of quantum computations.

This proof of concept should serve as a direct pathway for scaling the models used to predict tritium production within fusion reactors, potentially solving what may be the biggest hurdle to large-scale fusion energy production.

The broader workflow the scientists outlined in a technical blog post involved three stages. First, AI agents proposed and screened many candidate salts from the ORNL database, and for each candidate, calculations estimated various qualities in the tritium breeding process, including how much fuel the salt would make under neutron bombardment.

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The most promising salts then went to a supercomputer, which modeled them atom by atom, using the density functional theory (DFT) process to approximate how a molecule's electrons would arrange themselves. These are expensive simulations, so the scientists used "AI stand-ins" trained to reproduce the physics to run them fast enough to be useful. The third stage brought in the quantum computer to figure out where the tritium would bind, which is a shortcoming for DFT.

In the future, the research team will model larger molten-salt systems and study more molecular configurations before evaluating whether AI can slash the time it will take to find a promising molten-salt material.

The wider aim, the scientists told Live Science, is to build a reliable computational pathway for fusion-materials discovery that can help researchers predict how well a blanket material breeds tritium, whether that tritium can be recovered, and how the material may perform in the extreme environment of a fusion reactor.

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Bosses are seemingly confused that mass AI in favor of human workers isn't always a success

AI operating costs are often higher than expected

However some firms are happy to adapt and refocus where needed

Bosses are being left confused at the high cost of moving to AI-centric models, with many seemingly baffled that replacing human workers with agents isn't instantly saving them huge amounts of money, new research has claimed.

A new KPMG report found nearly a third of business leaders reported some difficulties with getting to grips with AI operating costs in their organizations.

The news comes as several major AI providers, including the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI, have moved some services toward usage-based billing, rather than flat-rate subscriptions, in recent months.

Making AI effective

The report saw KPMG survey 2,145 senior leaders across 20 countries, finding 29% were struggling to understand the rise in operating costs as they looked to scale AI across their business, with a similar proportion also highlighting a limited understanding of AI costs and economics as a major challenge to deploying AI agents.

"As usage-based pricing models become more common, many organizations are still building the capabilities required to forecast, monitor, and manage AI spending effectively," KPMG said.

When things do go wrong, the report highlighted how leaders were often unclear who should take responsibility, particularly in the case of hallucinations or errors by AI models.

It noted that why having human leadership be accountable is important, "governance ultimately succeeds or fails through day-to-day operating practices."

"Organizations need clear rules for when employees can intervene, who owns AI-related costs, how AI outputs are reviewed and what happens when systems fail. While most organizations report having at least some governance mechanisms in place, relatively few describe these practices as fully embedded," the report said.

When costs have outweighed the expected value, the report found a surprising amount of contrition from its participants, with nearly half of organizations saying they had rephased AI deployments in that case.

"These actions do not signal reduced confidence in AI," the report warned. "Rather, they suggest a growing willingness to evaluate where AI creates meaningful value and where it does not. Organizations appear increasingly focused on concentrating investment where expected returns are strongest."

"We’re seeing a clear divide between organizations with leadership accountability at the top and those without," added Steve Chase, KPMG Global Head of AI and Digital Innovation, KPMG International.

"These companies are seeing materially better results across the board such as greater confidence, higher value realization and established ROI."