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Qwen Image 2.1 brings 7B text-to-image generation and editing
Qwen released Image 2.1, a unified text-to-image and image-editing model with a 7B visual generation component, native RGBA output, multi-reference editing, and native 2K generation. The official repository also documents Day-0 integrations and a research-only license that limits commercial use without a separate agreement.
Spain ordered blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors without a court ruling
A Spanish intellectual property commission ordered ISPs to block several Archive.today domains and mirrors, according to reporting that describes the process as a regulator complaint rather than a judge's ruling. The episode is a compact case study in how national copyright enforcement can reach web archiving tools, and why archivists, libraries, and readers treat public web archives as part of the record rather than as ordinary content hosts.