Your Guide to NYC Art Shows This Fall — We round up the must-see art exhibitions around the city this fall so you don’t have to. Plus: How did the police confuse a sculpture for a person?
They fell in love - then had to check they weren't brother and sister — A French couple - both conceived by sperm donors - wanted children. But with home DNA tests illegal, how could they be sure they were not related?
Trump administration announces ‘economic D-day’ sanctions on Iran — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says US sanctions will intensify to choke off Iran's revenues and isolate the country.
"RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate": Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster — RFK Jr. went to Samoa to spread vaccine fears. The measles outbreak after killed 83.
AI;DR (AI; Didn’t Read) — I'm about as pro-AI as you can be, but this is becoming a pet peeve of mine (and I'm not alone). That's why I love the AI;DR acronym as my new solution for ignoring the walls of slop.
‘There are no rules’: spotlight on Gossip Goblin as AI film-making enters new era — Defying criticisms of ‘slop’ and ‘theft’, the growing culture of AI-powered creativity is attracting interest from Hollywood
Leveling Up One Pixel At a Time | Oliver Marks-Sergent | TEDxFar Brook School Youth — In this thoughtful Talk, Oliver explains how playing video games changed his life for the better. A creative artist at heart, Oliver loves building, designing, exploring, and honing his…
Eclipse chasers scramble for glasses as stocks run low — Specialist glasses are all but sold out online ahead of the UK's most significant eclipse since 1999.
Gemini app adding Google Business Profile integration, Business notebooks — Google today announced two features that make the Gemini app a more powerful tool for business owners. This starts with...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Took a Call From Donald Trump in the Middle of an All-Hands — The unexpected interruption came hours before the president wrote a congratulatory post on Truth Social about the company’s most recent earnings report.
Vuelta a España 2026 livestream: How to watch Vuelta a España for free — Can anyone stop Pogačar?
Best tablet deal: Save $40 on the Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet — This deal is for the newest version of this tablet.
Singapore-flagged container ship crashes into riverbank in India — A Singapore-flagged container ship crashed into a bank of the Hooghly River in eastern India.
Autolith: a Common Lisp programming agent — A terminal programming agent that works in your repository, keeps project context, and can inspect and extend its running Lisp image.
Your Samsung phone already has the launcher you've been searching for — One UI's launcher beats every third-party app I've tried.
Ex-England bowler Cross to retire at end of summer — Former England bowler Kate Cross, praised for her "incredible contribution" to the women's game, to retire from cricket at the end of the summer.
The cheap Zigbee device that fixed my entire smart home — Another fine mesh you've gotten me into.
Falcons sign veteran Za'Darius Smith to bolster pass rush — Za'Darius Smith has signed a one-year deal with the Falcons to help bolster their pass rush after losing Jalon Walker and James Pearce Jr. for an extended period.
A Journalist’s Trick for Talking to People You Can’t Stand | Joshua Johnson | TED — Neutrality can get you through a tough conversation, but it rarely gets you anywhere. Joshua Johnson, actor/anchor for “The Onion” and former NPR host, makes the case instead for objectivity —…
Darkest Dungeon DLC, a BioShock-style shooter with clowns and other new indie games worth checking out — Plus, Mixtape on Mac, Tetris Effect-style pachinko and a platformer with randomized controls.
Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac — The installation utility EasyDMG makes it so you never drag and drop an icon again.
A magician and a maverick - this could be Cherki's moment for Man City — After two goals and a swaggering display against Crystal Palace, Phil McNulty asks if this is Rayan Cherki's time to shine for Manchester City.
I went to the so-called 'steroid Olympics,' to understand why Silicon Valley is obsessed with peptides | TechCrunch — The Enhanced Games — a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs — may herald a new business model that t
‘Water and salt’: Qusra residents trapped in Israeli settler siege — Israeli settlers and soldiers besiege Qusra families for eight days, blocking water and aid.
Apollo Bets on Mexico With $20 Billion Target for Private Credit — Apollo Global Management Inc. plans to put as much as $20 billion to work financing projects in Mexico as the giant asset manager seeks new outlets for its private credit business.
GitHub - morishuz/delaunay32: Fast, parallel 2D Delaunay triangulation using exact integer predicates — Fast, parallel 2D Delaunay triangulation using exact integer predicates - morishuz/delaunay32
Claire Cronin Announces New Album 'The Bruise': Hear "Black Water" — Claire Cronin is the author of the 2020 book Blue Light Of The Screen, about her obsession with horror movies and supernatural imagery, and she’s also a singer-songwriter who makes uneasy folk music that’s…
One-Pan Golden Butter Chicken | Fast and Easy Chicken Curry | Food Wishes — This gorgeous golden butter chicken is a shortcut one-pan curry recipe, yet despite the simplified method it’s still deeply flavorful and satisfying. Beside the great chicken recipe, we’ll show you an…
Marvel unveils first 'VisionQuest' trailer — Strap in for the most bizarre AI existential crisis on TV.
Hands-on: Mophie’s new battery banks offer pocketable power, built-in cables at low price - 9to5Mac — Recently, Mophie debuted four new power banks for the iPhone. They slide nicely into your pocket, come in two finishes,...
World Cup updates: Spain take on Belgium in second quarterfinal — Enjoy all the updates from Wednesday's 2026 World Cup quarterfinal match in Inglewood between Spain and Belgium.
Google seeks permission to release millions of mosquitos in California, Florida — The tech giant's "debugging" project seeks to eliminate pesky disease carriers.
Tottenham sign Man City's Marmoush on loan — Tottenham sign Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush on loan until the end of the season, with an obligation to make the deal permanent for £60m next summer.
Machete Attacks Disrupt Congo Ebola Response — A crowd armed with machetes chased after Ebola responders who were trying to bury a victim in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The violence is one of the latest attacks on frontline workers struggling to contain the rapidly…
Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones | TechCrunch — The company has identified at least 13 instances where its robotaxis drove into highway sections closed for construction.
Samsung Galaxy S26 FE review: Is it worth $700? — Samsung's $700 Galaxy S26 FE brings premium camera features and Android 17 perks to a lower price.
Site of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station in Nottingham, England — <p><img alt="The clock tower of the old Nottingham Victoria Station" data-width="800" data-height="635" width="300" height="200"…
Spy Shots Reveal V-8–Powered CLE AMG 63 Coupe — After some of the sportiest AMG models lost their V-8 powerplants, replaced by inline-six engines or hybrid turbo fours, even the AMG faithful were beginning to wonder about the future of the brand’s V-8. While there are…
Best Garmin deal: Save $155.99 on Garmin Venu 3S — Get this record-low price in two colorways.
The US says you can play GTA 6 for four days if you reenlist with the Army — What's a few years of service in return for playing the hottest game of the decade?
Supermassive Games will lay off up to 75 workers — The maker of Until Dawn and Directive 8020 says it's cutting jobs to ensure it remains sustainable.
Man charged with sharing asylum seeker addresses — The 62-year-old man is remanded in custody and will appear at Norwich Crown Court on 14 September.
Purpose Over Motivation | Abu Sufian Taj | TEDxJagannath University — NOTE FROM TED: This talk only represents the speaker's personal views and understanding of physiology, behavior, and disease. We've flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives…
Three black holes discovered in a young galaxy for the first time — Three massive black holes have been found in a galaxy that existed during the earliest times of the universe
Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land — We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."
Trump says he will declare Hormuz US territory ‘pretty soon’ — US President Trump says that 'pretty soon' he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory once Iran is defeated.
Lit Hub Daily: August 6, 2026 — Why later in life is maybe the perfect time to read ancient classics (and why it’s never too late to love art for art’s sake). | Lit Hub Criticism Finding unexpected inspiration while w…
Enterprises with AI context layers report agent failures at more than twice the rate of those without one — <p>A company builds a governed context layer specifically to stop its AI agents from confidently giving wrong answers. Once that layer is live, the company is more than…
Why vibe code in Lisp? — A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.
The Thing Nobody Could See | Serah John | TEDxEuro School Whitefield — Every world-changing idea begins as something nobody else can see. Through her journey building a children’s music education company around a belief that defied conventional metrics, Serah John explores a…
Crossing Into England with a False Story — Ledio Cakaj recounts crossing into England to seek asylum, a week before his twenty-first birthday.
Flock is testing a new AI tool that tracks and identifies people based on their driving habits — This goes way, way further than keeping an eye on license plates.
Vietnam Approves Extra $3 Billion for Delayed China Rail Link — Vietnam’s parliament approved raising the total investment in a railway linking the country to China by just over 86 trillion dong ($3.3 billion), as delays in land clearance push the project behind schedule.
Ipswich agree fee for Paraguay forward Enciso — Ipswich Town reach an agreement to sign Paraguay forward Julio Enciso from Strasbourg.
Home Assistant’s voice assistant is more capable than you think — here's what it's been hiding — Okay, Nabu, what can you do?
Premier League to publish verdicts on referee and VAR decisions — The Premier League will publish the judgements of its Key Match Incidents Panel for the first time this season.
Hot Chips 2026: Samsung’s Processing-in-Memory (PIM) — In-memory compute with LPDDR5X
Hegseth cautions that ICC may investigate US boat strikes in Latin America — US defence chief vows to continue campaign against drug cartels, says Colombia has joined regional military coalition.
Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame? — The government is trying to attribute blame for the unprecedented fires which tore through the country last month.
Fiorini and Perez break race walking world records — In the women's race walking, Sofia Fiorini of Italy smashes the marathon world record by over nine minutes, with Maria Perez of Spain also setting a world record in the half-marathon, at the 2026 European Athletics…