the daily brief

• President Trump threatened further strikes on Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, saying "we will be hitting them very hard" and that Tehran would eventually be forced to yield — washington post
• The UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre reported fresh attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, with one tanker crew describing a large explosion close to the vessel — cnn
• Qatar and Pakistan are urgently mediating to broker an arrangement between Iran and Oman that would let commercial traffic resume flowing through the Strait of Hormuz — britannica
• Ukrainian drones killed five people inside Russia and set fire to a Wildberries warehouse on August 2 — wikipedia)
• Türkiye's Statistical Institute is due to release July inflation figures today — haberler

• Anthropic's Frontier Red Team published an investigation into three real-world cybersecurity incidents surfaced through its threat-monitoring work — anthropic
• Anthropic laid out its position on open-weights models as debate over openness in frontier AI continues — anthropic
• Cognizant and Anthropic expanded their partnership to bring Claude to enterprise clients — anthropic
• Google made two new lightweight models, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Gemini 3.6 Flash, available via Google AI Studio — pricepertoken
• Anthropic donated another $20 million to Public First Action, part of its continuing policy and civic-engagement spending — anthropic

• Oil prices and bond yields climbed further as US-Iran hostilities continued into the weekend — marketscreener
• Markets head into the week of August 3–7 carrying Friday's rally, with earnings due from Costco, Airbnb and others; analysts see near-term upside but flag challenges ahead — cnbc
• Telix Pharmaceuticals raised its FY26 revenue forecast to above $1 billion after posting Q2 revenue of $247 million — marketscreener
• Major tech firms are increasingly treating cybersecurity as core strategy as AI agents become more prevalent across their products — marketscreener

• A four-month trial found just 75 minutes of brisk interval exercise a week delivered major health benefits for adults carrying excess fat around the waist — sciencedaily
• A review of more than 350 studies suggests eating less protein can improve metabolism, reduce inflammation and cellular damage, and activate pathways linked to longevity — sciencedaily
• GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may deliver strong health value, but covering them for every eligible patient could overwhelm insurance budgets — sciencedaily
• Ocean temperature patterns appear to act as a natural brake on the global spread of drought, keeping vast areas from drying out simultaneously — sciencedaily
• Cancer cells rely on genetic switches that keep growth genes running at full speed — activity intense enough to damage their own DNA, with repeated repairs sometimes seeding new mutations — sciencedaily
• Extreme heat hit 49°C in Cizre, Şırnak, with residents avoiding daytime outdoor activity as air conditioning systems struggled to keep up — haberler

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