What’s the Asian Games accommodation crisis, and where will athletes stay? — In a cost-cutting move, Japan decided against setting up a dedicated athletes' village but now faces a backlash.
Can robots teach you how to live? | Lakshay Sharma | TEDxPenn — Robots can't act until someone writes down what they should optimize for, something humans have never managed to do for happiness. Drawing on work hunting for Planet Nine, launching rockets, building off-road…
Brazil Banks Poach Hedge-Fund Stars as Industry Boom Goes Bust — Arminio Fraga, one of Brazil’s most-famous hedge-fund investors, spread the word earlier this month that he was turning his funds over to the country’s fourth-biggest bank. Brazil’s double-digit interest rates…
Gold Miner Cadillac, Backers Raise C$385 Million in Canada IPO — Cadillac Mines Corp. and some of its backers raised C$385 million ($273 million) in an upsized initial public offering, adding to the mining-driven rebound of listing activity in Canada.
NYT Pips hints, answers for August 23, 2026 — Stuck on Easy, Medium, or Hard? We have everything you need right here.
Jets rule out RB Hall, WR Mitchell, TE Taylor, LG Parham vs. Bears — Running back Breece Hall, wide receiver Adonai Mitchell, tight end Mason Taylor and left guard Dylan Parham were ruled out Friday for the Jets' road game against the Bears.
map of every backcountry site in the US with elevation, water source, and how many people actually go there. nice for picking somewhere quiet.
Lady’s Well in Holystone, England — <p><img alt="The cross in the pool" data-width="3000" data-height="4000" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/_z--Qw0-oZuoLS44g_wGLumfCxTDtkXqBVAhhiF5jOY/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZX…
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra review: The apex Android tablet — Starting at $1,400, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra is super expensive. But that's the price you'll have to pay for the best Android tablet.
Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve | TechCrunch — Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley.
Why do camping tents have that weird reflective strip on the rain fly — and why does it actually matter at night? 🏕️ Found the breakdown with diagrams.
LIVE: Elche vs Barcelona – La Liga — Follow updates as Barcelona kick off their La Liga campaign - including the build-up, analysis and live text commentary.
NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base - NASA — NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to advance our knowledge of the Moon and help pave the way for building humanity’s
'SNL' host Shane Gillis drops the F-bomb in this Dr. Seuss skit — That'll cost some money, buddy.
someone mapped out every maintained fire tower in the US you can actually climb, with the ones that still have someone living in them during fire season 🗺️ 🔥
Snap will show off its AR Specs at a September 16 event — The company is promising the first in-depth look at the $2,195 glasses.
Alabama holds second primary Tuesday, leading to confusion, concerns about low turnout — After Alabama redrew its congressional maps in May, voters in several districts saw their primaries pushed to August. Now, it's time to vote and there are concerns confusion will dampen…
Ruiz and Gavi's reward for World Cup win... 150kg of tomatoes — Spain's Fabian Ruiz and Gavi receive their body weight in tomatoes when they return to their hometown Los Palacios y Villafranca.
been doing yoga for two years, def could touch my toes by now, turns out i was just bending my knees the whole time
attended yoga for the breathing, stayed because my mind got so quiet I forgot what I was worried about 🧘♀️✨
Narwal Freo 20 robot vacuum has a flagship-tier mop for hundreds of dollars less — The robot vacuum scene has heavily focused on improving mopping tech in recent years and, right now, the flagship models...
fx - Tiny, open, native coding agent — Tiny, open, native coding agent. A minimal CLI written in Zig, optimized for research and embeddability as part of larger systems.
Modern email can be built from borrowed parts | Andros Fenollosa — Let's design the successor to email on top of HTTP, fixing the design flaws SMTP has been dragging along for 40 years. Piece by piece. The goal is not
The Productivity Mirage — What I once thought about programming productivity was wrong
Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions — Alexa Plus will soon plug into Canva, Priceline, Lyft, and more.
Apple Releases watchOS 26.6 With Security Updates — Apple today released watchOS 26.6, the sixth update to the watchOS 26 operating system that came out in September. watchOS 26.6 comes over two months after Apple released watchOS 26.5. watchOS 26.6 can be downloaded for free…
The Future Belongs To The Weird — the gospel for those out of distribution
Google's Pixel Watch 5 takes notes from the Fitbit Air in latest leak — Google's Pixel Watch 5 is set to copy a key element from the Fitbit Air in the latest leak around the upcoming smartwatch.
Israeli settlers set fire to heavy machinery at West Bank quarry — Israeli settlers entered a stone quarry in Wadi Al-Rakheem near Hebron overnight and set fire to heavy machinery
What does the Meta settlement mean for the UK? Five things we learned — Other social media firms are yet to respond, while the debate from campaigners is far from over.
The journey of building The Bhopal Film Festival (TBFF) | Shashank Khare | TEDxCareer College — The heart of my talk is the journey of building The Bhopal Film Festival (TBFF) from an idea into a platform that empowers storytellers, filmmakers, and creative voices from across…
Stop trusting GitHub—your homelab can host Git for free — GitHub alternatives are fine, but self-hosting gives you real control
Young Workers Move to Appalachia for Affordable Housing, Lower Costs — Tucked into a remote corner of Tennessee, Johnson City had typically counted on a trickle each year of newcomers attracted by the verdant Appalachian foothills, affordability and East Tennessee State…
Briefly Noted Book Reviews — “Talking Classics,” “The Cruelty of Nice Folks,” “Glyph,” and “A Real Animal.”
Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7 — Samsung's new foldables are slimmer, faster, and more expensive.
Who can you really trust? | Enzo Simpson | TEDxRoyal Tunbridge Wells Youth — In May 2026, after months of preparation, students from across Tunbridge Wells delivered their very own TEDx talk. With support from teachers, each student researched, scripted, rehearsed and presented…
iOS 27 preview: Long-awaited Siri AI is practical but plain — With the iOS 27 public beta available to download, is it worth testing the waters?
The 12 Best Anime to Watch if You Think You Hate Anime — Japan’s strongest media export makes a solid case for your attention span. Here’s what to watch.
Ukraine reinforces Donetsk as it seeks to disrupt Russia’s weapons flow — After repeated disappointments over US Patriots, Kyiv switches to attacking Russia using European weapons.
A yoga teacher explained that the hardest poses aren't about flexibility—they're about whether you're willing to feel uncomfortable without immediately trying to fix it.
bought all the fancy camping gear and realized halfway through the trip that the one thing keeping me comfortable was a $12 sleeping pad from walmart while my $300 tent has a broken zipper! 🏕️😤
Between Worlds — Arthur Jaffa at the New Museum, Teresa Margolles at MoMA PS1, the story of an unsung Black architect, and our art tarotscope for the fall.
A Political Awakening in Arab America — A Midwestern Muslim family’s story of immigration, assimilation, and how one year changed the life of its youngest son.
The Atlas Obscura Guide to Halloween Travel — <p>There is a version of Halloween tourism that involves a man in a rubber mask jumping out from behind a plywood wall. It has its pleasures. It is not this.</p> <p>The places below are real. The things that happened in them are…
Apple TV Still Down for Some Users Following Apple Services Outage — Apple TV appears to be unavailable for some users, following a recent outage of Apple Services that began on September 30. The original outage took down the App Store, Apple Fitness+, Apple Music, and several…
A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway. | Filip Roséen - refp.se — I've written more shell scripts than I can count, but I still stumble upon tricks that honestly blow my mind far too often than I care to admit. Latest thing that blew my head clean off? The shell colon.
this guy built a whole taxonomy of yoga poses by studying movement patterns across 200+ years of photographs, it's weirdly systematic
Swiss police report five killed in Dutch tour bus crash — Bus carrying 45 Dutch tourists overturned and landed in a construction zone near an Alpine village.
Underwater Camera Captures a Fish Walking Backward for the First Time — This fish can 'moonwalk.'
Watched someone set up a tent in the dark for the first time. They had the poles going vertical instead of diagonal. I didn't stop them until they were basically building a canvas prison.
A yoga teacher explained that most people's tight hips aren't actually tight — they're just scared. Spent the last week noticing which poses make me hold my breath and it's genuinely changed everything 🧘♀️
Do Less Achieve More: The 80/20 Rule | Misbah Faiz | TEDxFAST Peshawar — In this talk, Dr. Misbah Faiz breaks down the power of the 80/20 principle—how 20% of your focused effort can create 80% of your impact. Drawing from her journey as the founder of Khawateen Rozgar and her…
Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is 'for everyone'? | TechCrunch — Watch as Equity unpacks Meta’s Glimmer release and “AI for everyone” vision, the rising costs of AI data centers, Joby’s defense push, and a $250M acquisition that collapsed into allegations of fraud.
Why is Uber pulling out of some African markets? — Uber’s exits from Nigeria and Uganda highlight the growing challenges of making ride-hailing work in Africa.
Sky's Carrington tossed after hard foul on Fever's Cunningham — The Sky's DiJonai Carrington was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected Saturday after a hard foul across the face and neck area of Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.
Map that shows every campground in North America with user photos and actual conditions reported that day. No ratings inflation, just what people actually found.
Clark holds off McIlroy for BMW Championship win — Watch highlights from the final round of the BMW Championship in Missouri as Wyndham Clark wins by three shots after a battel with Rory McIlroy.
iPhone 18 Pro Features Smaller Dynamic Island With Support for Three Live Activities — The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max feature a smaller Dynamic Island, with support for up to three simultaneous Live Activities. Until now, the Dynamic Island has only supported a maximum…
Live updates: USA takes on Peru in first post-World Cup match — In their first match since the 2026 World Cup, the United States take on Peru in a friendly in Orlando, Florida.
Setting type like a printed page — Fluid scales, balanced headings, drop caps, optical sizing, hanging punctuation. The browser now ships most of a typesetter's toolkit in pure CSS, switched off by default until you ask for it.