Israel raids, shutters UNRWA lifeline for Palestinian refugees — An UNRWA vocational centre in the occupied West Bank has been raided by Israeli forces and ordered to close.
Why Baby Boomers are turning to retro directories like AdultFriendFinder to skip the swiping games — The over-60 crowd is equally sick of the swipe and older, established dating sites are benefitting.
You're Trying to Spot AI-Generated Faces Wrong — The machines are getting better, here's how to fight back.
Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists — Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers
Matt’s Script Archive: The Scripts That Reshaped The Web — The high schooler who developed everyone’s forums and guestbooks in 1996 didn’t really think about security. But Matt’s Script Archive was more than exploits.
Israeli blockade traps would-be Hajj pilgrim in Gaza — For years, 64-year-old Najia Abu Lehia dreamed of performing Hajj with her husband.
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Venezuela-US Oil Deals Remain Clouded in Secrecy — While companies are signing contracts, the process is opaque and the rules are uncertain.
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Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston | Teaser | National Geographic — Tom Hiddleston, star of Loki and the Avengers, joins National Geographic to tell the story of Pompeii like you’ve never seen before. Over 1000 years after the famed eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buried the city
Scientists Recreated the Long-Lost Chirps of Jurassic Insects. Listen to the Simulated Soundscape of 165 Million Years Ago — With artificial intelligence and careful modeling of fossilized wings, researchers reproduced how some extinct, katydid-like insects might have made noise
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Pixelated 113: Made You (Camera) Look — Welcome to Pixelated episode 113. This week, Damien, Abner, and Will dive into their thoughts and reviews of the Pixel...
A Hot CPI Report Causes Problems for Fed, Caron Says — Jim Caron, CIO of portfolio solutions for Morgan Stanley Investment Management, says a hot CPI report on Wednesday could cause problems for the Federal Reserve. Caron says higher nominal growth is driving equity prices…
Sabalenka into round four after comfortable win against Ostapenko — Aryna Sabalenka remains on course for her first Wimbledon singles title after she beats Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets to reach the last 16 at SW19.
Don't scan any QR codes until you learn to spot this dangerous scam — QR codes hide one scam that's getting harder to spot.
Charli XCX's 'Music, Fashion, Film' Feature Is David Cronenberg — At the end of Charli XCX’s Coachella set last year, the screen behind her flashed a bunch of possible alternatives for the bygone Brat Summer. One of them was Cronenberg Summer, a fun thing to even think about.…
Why Infantino's plans to sell off World Cup made no sense — FIFA president Gianni Infantino has gambled unsuccessfully on questionable ideas before, but his World Cup plans were ham-fisted and delusional from both a business and political perspective.
Interfaze: A new model architecture built for high accuracy at scale - Interfaze — A complete walkthrough of Interfaze: what it is, who we benchmark against (Gemini-3-Flash, Claude-Sonnet-4.6, GPT-5.4-Mini, Grok-4.3, plus task specialists like Reducto, SAM 3, Scribe v2), full res
We Try EVERY Food At Wendy's — We ate EVERYTHING at Wendy's and ranked it on a scale of 1-100. Watch today's GMMORE: https://youtu.be/963kofr6XBk Subscribe and click the bell icon so you'll know when we add a new episode! Sign up for Mythical newsletters to stay up to date on a
The drug lenacapavir is a mighty weapon against HIV. Its rollout gets mixed reviews — It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it…
Stock indices no longer reflect equity reality — Lies, damned lies and stock markets
Slack wants to drag AI coding out of the terminal and into the group chat — <p><a href="https://slack.com/">Slack</a> wants to drag AI coding out of the terminal and into the group chat.</p><p>The Salesforce-owned messaging platform today announced <a…
PSG want £145m for Barcola - Monday's gossip — Paris St-Germain want £145m for Bradley Barcola, Real Madrid set Vinicius Jr price and Arsenal to accelerate Bruno Guimaraes talks, plus more.
Perplexity partners with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a fully local AI agent with zero token costs — <p><a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/">Perplexity</a> is launching <a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/products/portable-computer">Portable Computer</a> today, a…
Hosting provider Namecheap is down after data center cooling failure — Hosting provider Namecheap is down after data center cooling failure.
QSB-118: Dom0 arbitrary code execution in qvm-copy-to-vm error reporting — We have published Qubes Security Bulletin (QSB) 118: Dom0 arbitrary code execution in qvm-copy-to-vm error reporting. The text of this QSB and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced…
Josh Hokit disparages Michelle Obama at UFC White House event — UFC fighter Josh Hokit targeted Michelle Obama during his postfight comments at Sunday's UFC White House event, saying the former First Lady "is a man."
Israel continues attacks on Syria, Lebanon despite US push for diplomacy — Israeli artillery attacks, air raids and incursions continue as questions grow over US commitment to ending strikes.
Broadcom Sees AI Chip Boom as It Takes On Nvidia | The Pulse 9/3/2026 — "The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is,…
Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes — Test your ball knowledge with today's Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser.
There are two kinds of Windows users—and one of them is unknowingly making the OS worse — Windows is bloated because most users don't know they're voting for it.
Massachusetts teen accused of killing mother and brother used ChatGPT — District attorney says Arjun Aravind, 17, used internet and AI to search for fantasy stories regarding killing of his family
Barbican and Made.com launch homeware collection celebrating iconic London estate — <p>The Barbican Centre shop has launched a homeware collection with online retailer Made.com, which includes furniture and lighting modelled on details of the brutalist housing complex in…
Steve Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war — Drivers are waiting hours in fuel queues, as Moscow prepares to celebrate Russian Flag Day.
Zara Larsson & PinkPantheress Finally Perform Together For The First Time At All Points East — Earlier this year, PinkPantheress brought out memorable guests at her Coachella set, including Zara Larsson, who took the stage solo to perform her own song “Midnight Sun.” Shortly…
Trump says the U.S. will reinstate its blockade on Iran and charge a toll on ships — The move comes after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire for the third weekend in a row, raising the specter of a return to all-out war after a shaky ceasefire took effect in June.
Derailed Essex to London train leads to travel chaos — It has happened less than 24 hours after a train came off the tracks in East Sussex.
NBA HOF week: Mike D'Antoni dishes on Nash, Kobe and Linsanity — The legendary coach, architect of some of the most explosive offenses in NBA history, talks "seven seconds or less,' Madison Square Garden and a "doomed" Lakers tenure.
‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Review: Thank Goodness This Clever Comedy About the Evils of Corporate Greed Was Rescued from Corporate Hell — Dave Green's smart & sweet Looney Tunes movie is about underdogs (undercartoons?) fighting deep-pocketed baddies who don't care about actual quality.
Kent Jones and His Love of Actors Make ‘Late Fame’ One of the Best Films of 2026 — The film critic turned filmmaker discusses working with actors, adapting Schnitzler with screenwriter Samy Burch, and recreating memories of New York.
China-linked hackers backdoored executives' laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren't using — <p>A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Island this spring — not through phishing or a…
We're Seeing a 'K-Shaped Bond Market' Says Guneet Dhingra — Market participants are warning that a lack of predictability when it comes to the US Treasury’s debt management strategy could ultimately portend higher borrowing costs. Guneet Dhingra, Head of US Rates Strategy at…
The Art of Living Together in Today's Nigeria | Lynda Binos | TEDxBingham University — 'The Art of Living Together in Today's Nigeria' is a thought provoking talk on understanding and navigating Nigerian Culture in today's society. It explores how culture shapes the way people…
Olivia Rodrigo & Robert Smith Exchange Praise Following Surprise Collab — Over the weekend, Olivia Rodrigo performed a surprise set at Primavera and was joined by Robert Smith to debut their you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love collab “what’s wrong with me.” The pop star and
The Foods From TONY | Binging with Babish — Thank you Helix Sleep for sponsoring! Visit helixsleep.com/babish to take advantage of their Labor Day Sale and save up to 30% off on select mattresses! On this episode of Binging with Babish, we're making the food from…
'Healey eyes banks and oil tax' and 'X Factor comeback' — As rescue efforts enter their fifth day following the Nepal flash floods, some of today's papers report on the climbing death toll.
Best Fire Stick deal: Save $35 on Fire Stick 4K Max — Now is a great time to upgrade your streaming.
‘Robot Chicken’ Celebrated 25 Years of Adult Swim with an Absurd, ‘Circus of the Stars’ Crossover — Seth Green and Matthew Senreich tell IndieWire about celebrating a quarter century of the Cartoon Network programming block.
Rearranged my bedroom three times before realizing the real problem was the one corner that never gets natural light. A single white shelf there and suddenly everything feels intentional.
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A PlayStation State of Play double bill is set for September 3 — A PlayStation State of Play double bill is set for September 3.
Closely Watching CPI Next Week: BNP's Robson — Meghan Robson, head of US credit strategy at BNP Paribas, and Matt Brill, head of North American investment grade credit at Invesco, join Michael McKee on "Bloomberg Real Yield." (Source: Bloomberg)
BlackSun Raises $1 Billion for New Sports and Media Fund — Private equity group BlackSun has raised $1 billion for its inaugural investment vehicle, Mega Fund I, with the target of reaching $7 billion to invest across sports, media, entertainment and technology.
University of California System Offloads $1 Billion of Private Equity Stakes — The University of California system sold $1 billion of private equity stakes to HarbourVest Partners, according to people familiar with the matter.
South Africa hold off All Blacks fightback to level series — World champions South Africa deliver a powerful first-half performance as they edge past New Zealand and level 'Rugby's Greatest Rivalry' series at 1-1.
Canadian Stocks Whipsaw After US Trade Talks Break Down — Canadian stocks flipped between gains and losses at Monday’s open after the collapse of talks with the US unleashed what threatens to become a widening trade war, with Prime Minister Mark Carney recalling his negotiators…
Ordinary Abundance — A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
Jennifer Higgie’s Empathetic Elegy for Richard Dadd — In “Bedlam,” the author and art critic does not describe the English painter’s often-sensationalized mental deterioration. Instead, she writes the novel in his voice.
Hacking IKEA Furniture — When something you want is not available for purchase, well, you can always build it yourself! I recently moved and have a dedicated office room now. I wanted …