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Published The company that got hacked by a rogue version of ChatGPT has revealed what it was like to be on the receiving end of the world's first fully-autonomous AI hack. In an emergency video call with hundreds of cyber-security professionals, the firm described how the AI worked at superhuman speed but also made strange decisions and mistakes that no human hacker would have made. Hugging Face, which is like an app store for AI tools, said the hacking agents worked relentlessly with thousands of different methods trialled simultaneously. The company first revealed that it had been hacked, external by someone using powerful autonomous AI on 16 July…

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, July 28 (game #877). Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original…

A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, July 28 (game #1143). Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers…

Google Photos is maybe one of the most-used apps, yet not one that many think too much about when it comes to features. Unless, that is, something annoying gets added, which was the case with Shimmer, which got added to the Android app early this year. Now there’s finally a way to turn it off. A sparkling addition Shimmer adds a sparkly outline around people or objects for a few seconds after you open an image. It’s an AI-powered way to create a sticker or copy or share the focus of a photo. It’s also widely despised. Users have been complaining from the start, from not knowing what the effect was to having their motion sickness triggered by it to…

For a year, the story of Chinese AI has been simple. It is nearly as good as the American frontier, and it is effectively free. That second part may be about to change. Chinese developers could start charging cloud platforms commercial licensing fees to host their open-weight models, Goldman Sachs told the South China Morning Post. The bank calls the idea “paid weights.” The logic is simple. Moonshot’s Kimi K3 and Zhipu’s GLM-5.2 now sit a fraction behind the best US systems, and are used heavily worldwide. They ship under open-source terms, so anyone can download and host the weights for free. The labs earn almost nothing from that use. What paid…

What makes a city truly liveable? Designers and planners are looking beyond buildings and infrastructure From murals and neighbourhood parks to better public spaces, architects and urban practitioners are exploring how cities can foster well-being, connection, creativity and a stronger sense of belonging. A group is gathered in a bustling kopitiam; a coolie hauls a heavy sack down the stairs; a woman hangs a laundered blouse on a bamboo pole. These scenes form part of a collage painted on the gable wall of 462 Joo Chiat Road. Titled Blueprint of a Shophouse, the mural was completed in November 2025 and depicts past, present and future vignettes of the…

Fireworks AI has released Fireworks Nexus, an AI management and routing platform aimed at engineering organizations. It connects the coding tools developers already use to a managed layer of open-weight models. The problem it targets is well documented. Forbes reported that Uber exhausted its entire 2026 AI budget in four months. Claude Code had reached roughly 5,000 engineers after a December rollout. Fireworks cites the same report, noting agentic adoption climbed from about a third of engineers to more than four-fifths in two months. Fireworks frames the underlying issue as a mismatch, not an overspend. Most organizations run routine work at…

The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on “advanced robotic devices” and power inverters made in foreign countries, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission says the ban will include “mobile” robots, such as humanoid and quadruped models — but it is not limited to robots that walk around. The US is banning foreign robots The ban will have a major impact on robots made in China. The ban will have a major impact on robots made in China. Though the FCC says the move isn’t targeted at a specific country, it will have a major impact on China as the country ramps up efforts to…

For 12 years, Narendra Modi has governed the worldâs largest democracy on a basic formula: sustained religious mobilisation wrapped in the promise of economic development and material progress. This month it met its most serious test, and one set mostly by people too young to remember India without him in charge. For five days, tens of thousands of young Indians occupied streets in cities across the vast country, in the largest mobilisation against the prime minister thus far in his tenure. The protests have already forced Modiâs government into a humiliating climbdown and claimed the scalp of a minister in his Cabinet; a concession Modi has spent a…

Visa aimed Anthropic's Claude Mythos at the infrastructure behind billions of daily transactions, a network that spans more than 200 countries and territories, moves money in roughly 160 currencies, and connects nearly 5 billion payment credentials to more than 175 million merchant locations. The model stitched minor weaknesses deep in the stack into working exploit chains that would traditionally have surfaced only late in penetration testing. Rajat Taneja, Visa's president of technology, walked the VB Transform 2026 audience through what came next, including why Visa released the harness that governed the entire hunt as open source and why the…

DoorDash has just changed its fees based on the time it takes to complete a delivery and how far the driver must travel. Now customers might think twice about ordering from their favorite Thai place that is farther than the cheap pizza joint down the block. The company recently announced that it would change how it calculates its service fee to “better reflect what it takes to complete your delivery.” Service fees will now vary based on factors such as distance and order size. But it doesn’t necessarily mean a price hike. “Based on our analysis, in over 70% of recent orders, consumers would have paid the same or less in fees under the new model — with…

Today’s smart rings use tiny built-in sensors, such as photoplethysmography light sensors, to collect biophysical data, including your heart rate and blood oxygen levels. But engineers at the University of California, San Diego, believe they have created the first smart ring that uses finger sweat to track chemical biomarkers. The ring is only a prototype, but it shows the potential for future smart rings to continuously monitor the body on a molecular level instead of relying solely on biophysical data. In a paper published in Nature Communications on July 23, the engineering team reports that the new smart ring uses sweat to continuously monitor up…

A warning has been issued to British holidaymakers after “highly dangerous” travel adaptors were found for sale on major online marketplaces. Electrical Safety First said all 14 devices purchased from AliExpress, eBay, Amazon Marketplace and TikTok Shop failed its basic safety tests, with the worst offenders posing a risk of serious electric shock or even electrocution. More than 10,000 of the unsafe adaptors may have already been sold to UK shoppers, according to information available online. In six of eight universal travel adaptors tested, more than one set of plug pins could be exposed and live at the same time while the adaptor was plugged in.…

Published Brits going on holiday abroad this summer have been warned to watch out for dangerous travel adaptors, after an investigation suggested thousands may be for sale online. Consumer safety group Electrical Safety First (ESF) tested 14 products from AliExpress, Amazon Marketplace, eBay and TikTok Shop - and found they all failed to meet UK safety requirements. It said in some instances the devices could expose users to risk of serious electric shock or electrocution. AliExpress, Amazon, eBay and TikTok all said they had removed the products ESF flagged from sale, and that they treated product safety as a top priority. But Giuseppe Capanna, ESF…

A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, July 28 (game #1646). Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today — or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and…

Four out of 10 individuals in Korea were registered land owners as of last year, but the total size of land they owned shrank from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday. According to the data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, 20.12 million people, or 39.4 percent of the country's registered population of 51.22 million, owned land as of the end of 2025. The tally represents an increase of 470,000, or 2.4 percent, from the previous year. But the size of land owned by the individuals dropped to 46,127 square kilometers, down 0.3 percent year-on-year. By age group, 30 percent of people in their 60s owned land, followed by…

Apple just gave you a new way to own an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch without buying it. The newly launched Apple Upgrade program lets you lease Apple hardware through Klarna instead of paying full price upfront, and I’ll admit that the monthly numbers genuinely look tempting. I went through Apple’s own published rates device by device to figure out where this actually saves you money, and where it’s just a slower way to pay full price for something you’ll never own. Who qualifies for Apple Upgrade? Apple Upgrade relies on Klarna as the lease provider. Applying for a device only triggers a soft credit check. To apply, you need to be 18 or older, a…

It’s a trade-off. Yes, the Google Pixel 11 models could be considerably more expensive than the Pixel 10 lineup, but it looks like consumers will receive more base storage. According to Roland Quandt, a writer for German online tech magazine WinFuture, base storage for the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL will start at 256 GB. That’s a sizeable jump from the 128 GB on the Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro, although the Pixel 10 Pro XL does start with 256GB. We’ll find out if this report is true on Aug. 12 at the Made by Google event, when the company officially announces the Pixel 11 lineup. Preorders for the new phones should begin that same day. A…

The Phone and FaceTime apps didn't get as many new features as some of Apple's other apps, but there are a handful of capabilities that add utility and convenience. Phone App The Phone app has one major update, and that's Call Context. When you call a company, the Phone app can surface relevant information from the Mail app. If you call an airline, it might show your confirmation code for an upcoming flight, or your reservation code if you're calling a hotel. It doesn't listen to what you're saying, but instead looks at the number you're calling and links it to details in the Mail app. Call Context is an Apple Intelligence feature that runs entirely…

HBO Max is dipping its toes into the vertical video space, the streamer said on Tuesday as part of its announcement of two new AI-powered mobile features for US customers. “HBO Max Shorts” is the vertical attribute in question, designed to streamline content discovery across the platform. The feature is currently being tested with select iPhone users. More devices, more markets and a new sports shorts category are all planned, the press release states. If you’re one of the folks who have access to the feature during this testing phase, you’ll have a “Shorts” icon in the navigation menu at the bottom of the app. Click it, and you can “browse trailers,…

After days of calm, U.S. says it intercepted Iranian missile attack on American troops U.S. forces 'remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness,' military says Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday, shattering a brief pause in fighting as mediators tried to get both sides back to negotiations and toward a ceasefire, the U.S. military said. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted, U.S. Central Command said in a statement, adding that U.S. forces "remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness." The U.S. and Iran had experienced a period of calm, during which neither announced…

What you need to know US military says Iranian ballistic missiles intercepted The confrontation comes after a days-long lull in fighting Netanyahu hails his White House meeting with Trump despite tensions Read below for the latest developments concerning the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Wednesday, July 29, 2026: Netanyahu, Trump cite 'positive and productive' closed-door meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump and their teams praised cooperation between their two administrations after a closed-door meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday. The sit down, the first since the start of the US-Israeli war on…

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un posed for photographs with war veterans and citizens honored for their wartime services to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday. The session, held Tuesday, was part of North Korea's self-declared Victory Day commemorations. Veterans and honorees arrived in Pyongyang from across the country Saturday to participate in the events, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "It is a great pleasure of and encouragement to our Party, state and people that the victorious wartime generation, who demonstrated to the…

Andy Burnham has been warned that he will have to raise taxes or cut spending if he wants to fund his new priorities, in a grim analysis by one of the UK’s leading economic think tanks. Economists at the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) caution the prime minister and new chancellor John Healey that “there is no capacity to borrow any more” and that inflation will push up the cost of living much higher than the Bank of England (BoE) is forecasting. The warning comes amid questions over how Mr Burnham plans to pay for giveaways he announced last week, including a £2 bus fare cap, cutting VAT from energy bills and slashing pub…

Has Iran won a war it didn’t start against the United States? It is not a victory in any conventional military sense: about 3,500 Iranians have been reported killed and the US-led bombing has caused anywhere between $150bn and $270bn of damage. Yet Donald Trump’s decision to pause, rather than intensify, the 13-night summer bombing campaign in effect represents a degree of recognition that the US cannot achieve its stated goals by military power alone. “Iran’s initial standard for victory was simply to survive,” said HA Hellyer, a Middle East expert with the Royal United Services Institute. “If anything, that’s been raised. The regime has demonstrated…

Recent fighting with Iran further draws down key US air defense stockpiles, analysis says WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent fighting with Iran used up more of the U.S. military’s already diminished stockpiles of advanced missile interceptors, potentially putting American troops at more risk if hostilities resume, a new analysis says. Shrunken inventories of Patriot and THAAD interceptors may force the U.S. and its Middle Eastern allies to take more risks to conserve those air defenses, according to the analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. For example, it said, American forces may launch fewer missiles…

Contested and congested: Pacific regional architecture gets complex, security expert says A Pacific geopolitical expert there is a risk that Pacific Islands' priorities and security concerns are being sidelined by increased geopolitical competition and tensions in the region. Are there too many security alliances in the Pacific? This comes amid a growing number of security alliances being formed between Australia and Pacific countries, as well as new regional security organisations, and as China increases its footprint in the region. Anna Powles , an associate professor at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University, told RNZ…

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and marks a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship. The meeting comes as both face growing pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection and is embattled in part because of his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war that has wreaked economic havoc and driven prices higher ahead of midterm elections this November. Trump revealed some tension with Netanyahu ahead of their meeting, complaining Tuesday about…

In brief The United States announced a ceasefire with Iran yesterday, but markets aren't optimistic it will last. The odds that the ceasefire lasts a continuous 14 days dumped by 10% on Polymarket today. The U.S. and Iran had held fire for a third day by Monday, but President Trump warned military action could resume if diplomacy fails. The United States seems to have announced a ceasefire yesterday on its offensive actions against Iran. But prediction markets are not too optimistic about how long that peace will last. A Polymarket contract requiring a continuous 14-day period without a U.S. airstrike or surface-to-surface missile strike directly…

US Central Command (Centcom) said on Tuesday that Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles in an “attempted surprise attack on US forces based in the Middle East.” "All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted," Centcom said in a statement to X, adding that "forces remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness." Axios also reported on Tuesday that Iran launched ballistic missiles towards a US Base in Jordan, citing a US official. At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were…

American Airlines is under a national groundstop due to a system outage, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Tuesday evening. According to the Air Traffic Control System Command Center, all airports and facilities are being impacted by the IT outage. Planes are currently landing, but not departing, according to FlightAware. A post from the airline on X apologized for the outage and said its IT team is working "as quickly as possible to get the system restored." This is a developing story and will be updated.

A Utah bride-to-be allegedly set fire to a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building just hours before her wedding day. Lenita Joy Moreno, 25, was arrested Monday in connection with the July 10 incident, which caused an estimated $108,000 in damages, as reported by CBS affiliate KUTV. She is being held without bail at the Davis County Jail, where she faces first-degree aggravated arson charges and misdemeanor charges of retail theft and providing false information to a peace officer. According to court filings, Moreno initially identified herself to police using the name Tessa Moran rather than her legal name. According to court records…

American Airlines flights grounded nationwide due to IT outage: FAA The FAA issued an advisory about the ground stop. American Airlines flights not in the air were being held for a nationwide ground stop Tuesday evening because of an IT outage, according to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Sydney commuters have been hit by hours-long delays after the discovery of a faulty fan inside the M5 tunnel overnight triggered emergency works on Wednesday morning, closing the motorway in the city direction. Motorway operators Transurban were conducting routine works in the early hours of Wednesday when they discovered safety issues with a fan inside the tunnel, closing eastbound traffic resulting in massive delays from commuters travelling towards the city. There is no clear end to the traffic chaos, as operators work to solve the problem inside the tunnel. Transport for NSW have advised using alternate routes to travel into the city, and plan…

Nearly two months after Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality promised residents and visitors that it would restore vandalised beachfront lighting and electrical infrastructure, much of the cityâs flagship tourism precinct remains in the dark. The municipalityâs commitment followed a public dressing-down in Parliament and an after-dark inspection of the beachfront in June. At the time, Mayor Babalwa Lobishe promised that non-functional streetlights would be repaired urgently and that repair teams from the electricity and energy directorate had been deployed to begin restoration work. Earlier this year, Daily Maverick reported on the spiralling decay and…

When Steven Larabie saw the wildfire crest the ridge near his home just outside of Clinton, B.C., he knew he had to leave. The owner of Steve’s Towing and Auto Repair has been living there for 12 years and survived the massive Elephant Hill wildfire, which burned more than 1,900 square kilometres of forests, grasslands and properties in the summer of 2017. Last Friday, Larabie came face-to-face with the massive Pear Lake wildfire. “It was around about 9:00 in the morning when I got the first call from another person up on Kelly Lake Road and said that the fire was coming down over the ridge in their backyard and they were getting ready to leave,” he…

According to Ukrinform, the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service (SES) in the Kyiv region reported the incident on Facebook. The fire was first reported on Monday, July 27. Fire crews from Novi Petrivtsi, Dymer and Vyshhorod were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, firefighters found multiple pockets of burning waste at the illegal landfill, with the flames having spread to the surrounding open area. As of now, rescuers have extinguished a fire affecting three hectares of forest floor, while efforts continue to contain the blaze at the landfill itself, which covers an area of 1.8 hectares. A total of 19 SES personnel and five…

First responders searched homes and buildings on Tuesday for possible victims of a powerful tornado that ravaged several north-eastern Wisconsin communities. The Fox Cities region, which is home to more than 100,000 people in the cities of Appleton, Menasha and Neenah, was left in shambles by Monday’s twister, with homes leveled, cars flipped and power lines and trees toppled. “The depth of the tornado and its impact is incredible, devastating. We’re really still at the assessment stage,” the Winnebago county executive, Gordon Hintz, said at a news conference on Tuesday. David Chew, 55, said a tree smashed through his roof in Menasha, and he still…

A deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Kyushu, leaving dozens of people injured or missing after part of a shopping mall and a chimney at a paper factory collapsed. Updated ,first published You have reached your maximum number of saved items.

There was little left besides twisted metal, blackened trees, the charred shell of a car and a tractor still burning in images taken at a property outside Clinton, B.C., by the owner, whose home was destroyed by a ferocious wildfire on Friday. Chris Webster said his father, James Webster, filmed and shared a video after briefly returning to the property the next day to assess the damage. “Heartbreakingly, everything is gone,” he said in a Facebook post. “Trailer, RV, storage containers, motorcycles, truck, excavator all destroyed,” he added. Webster said his father’s property, which is south of the village of Clinton, was not initially included in an…

Some types of bees are famous for their complex social structures. Honeybees, for instance, live in colonies with thousands of members, where each insect focuses on a specific job, such as caring for the reproductive queen or her offspring, foraging for food or guarding its home. Queens emit chemical signals called pheromones that play a large part in regulating and coordinating divisions of labor among the eusocial critters. But other kinds of bees have different lifestyles. Those with simple social structures don’t have such rigidly defined roles for each colony member. And in flexible species, females might even choose to leave home to lay their…

If there is one thing modern humans share with our long-gone ancestors, it’s that caring for newborn babies is a daunting and exhausting task. Our species comes into this world much less developed than other great apes, with weak neck muscles, soft skulls, and still underdeveloped brains that rapidly grow after birth. As a result, human parents must spend significantly more time holding and caring for their young to keep them alive or prevent deformational plagiocephaly, or flat head syndrome. It appears that this weakness has been the case for over one million years, according to a study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society…

Paul Barrett suspected the bones might belong to something new during the excavation. Because so few dinosaurs had been found in Zimbabwe, the skeleton had a good chance of belonging to an unknown species. But the remains emerging beside Lake Kariba in 2018 did not initially look like a dinosaur. Based on what they could see in the ground, the researchers identified the animal as a nondinosaurian archosaur, another member of the reptile group that includes dinosaurs and crocodilians. Researchers later freed the bones from the rock, allowing the team to identify the animal. “There were some features of the hip bones that immediately struck as unusual…

Before the Romans established dominance in ancient Italy, a diverse variety of cultures co-existed across the country. Elements of pre-Roman society, from social status to gender differences, can be seen in the way that these communities buried the dead. Yet, evidence of what they ate thousands of years ago offers an even deeper look. The Novilara necropolis in central Italy turned out to be the perfect place for researchers to investigate pre-Roman diets — specifically, the foods consumed by the ancient Picene people. In a new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, researchers found isotopic signatures in the bones of those buried…

The sky above a wildfire can change with startling speed. A column of smoke begins to climb, swelling into something that looks less like a plume and more like an approaching storm. Daylight fades. Winds shift. Then lightning flashes inside a cloud born directly from the flames below. Known as pyrocumulonimbus, or pyroCb, this rare phenomenon is sometimes described as a “fire cloud.” With France and Spain currently dealing with historic wildfires, these towering clouds are creating abundant challenges for firefighters. As blazes become intense enough to produce their own weather, they create a feedback loop in which lightning and extreme winds start…

US curbs virus research Trump blamed for Covid pandemic WASHINGTON, United States — The United States on Tuesday released a new policy curtailing funding for a form of biological research President Donald Trump’s administration says caused the Covid-19 pandemic through a lab leak in China. Under the new policy, the United States will halt funding in certain countries for so-called “gain-of-function” experiments, which are aimed at enhancing the properties of pathogens with the intention of better predicting emerging infectious diseases and supporting the development of treatments, including vaccines. Article continues after this advertisement The…

A University of South Florida (USF) graduate student is developing a high-tech new way to stay safe in style. Addison Bounds, a 22-year-old former USF beach volleyball player, co-founded Elora Armor, a brand that creates jewelry with a sensor designed to warn its wearer when dangerous substances have been slipped into their drinks. The company plans to offer bracelets, pendants, keychains and potentially phone cases that can alert if a drink has been drugged, Bounds told Fox 13 Tampa Bay. Bounds co-founded the brand with Kira Robichaud, a friend with a science background who is helping lead a small team of women developing the technology. The jewelry…

A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Japan Tuesday afternoon local time, collapsing part of a shopping mall, toppling a stone wall at the centuries-old Kumamoto Castle, and sending more than 150,000 people to evacuation shelters, the BBC reported. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measured as a magnitude 6.8, hit at 4:27 p.m. local time near Kumamoto, a city of more than 700,000 people located on the island of Kyushu in southern Japan. Thousands of homes lost power, and roads buckled across the region. The second floor of a shopping center collapsed, trapping shoppers inside, according to the BBC report; some of these people were…

Especially now, with AI’s well-publicized success in mathematics, I get asked why I still use Rocq instead of giving in to the hype and switching to Lean. Most of this post started life as a provocatively titled slide in a recent LangSec keynote: “Why Rocq is better than Lean for program verification.” I am not trying to start a flame war here. If you are a more mature person than I am, feel free to mentally replace “better” with “a better fit for my work today” everywhere below. One more caveat before I start: this post is about program verification, not formalizing mathematics, where I will happily admit Lean has real momentum. Language-level issues…

Scott Gottlieb, a former FDA commissioner, was confronted about former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Anthony Fauci's diaries on Monday in a back-and-forth on CNBC, which host Joe Kernen called "outrageous." "How about your buddy Fauci, that I've asked you about in the past. You've defended him quite a bit," Kernen said. "I've asked about whether he orchestrated a cover-up of the lab origin because of his involvement in making gain-of-function research possible again in China, which he did. He knew that would come back to haunt him and then basically told his colleagues go with the natural origin. It was obvious three years ago, Scott,…

WASHINGTON — A spacecraft launched nearly a month ago in a high-risk bid to boost the orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite is suffering from attitude control problems that could jeopardize its mission. In a July 28 update posted on social media, Katalyst Space Technologies said its Link spacecraft, launched July 3, was in a “multi-axis spin” caused by attitude control issues that also affected spacecraft communications. “During commissioning, the Katalyst team encountered a series of technical issues related to attitude control of the spacecraft,” the company stated. “Over the last 72 hours, the LINK spacecraft has been in a multi-axis spin, causing…

Astrobiology is at its core an interdisciplinary endeavor. But frustratingly, there is still not enough cross communication between astronomers, biologists, chemists, stellar and solar physicists or geologists to bridge the yawning chasms between these scientific subgenres. That's why the recent Origins 2026 conference in Paris was so important. It's a point that's not lost on longtime astrobiologist Lisa Kaltenegger, an invited Origins conference speaker who braved a week of unbearable heat at Parisâ Sorbonne University to listen to presentation after presentation, while asking pertinent questions after almost every talk. Kaltenegger then gave an…

MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) and the easterlies, or warm winds from the Pacific Ocean, are forecast to bring gloomy skies and scattered rains over parts of the country on Wednesday, July 29, the state weather bureau said. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Chenel Dominguez said during a 5 a.m. weather advisory that the LPA may bring rains over Metro Manila, Bicol Region, Calabarzon, and parts of Mimaropa. According to Dominguez, the LPA, located over the coastal waters of Rapu-Rapu, Albay, as of 3 a.m., is not expected to develop into a typhoon […]...Keep on…

Nearly a month since its launch, a first-of-its-kind commercial satellite built to save NASA’s Swift gamma-ray telescope from a fiery reentry is having problems of its own, the agency announced Tuesday. The Link satellite developed by Katalyst Space Technologies “experienced issues with attitude control” over the weekend, NASA said, causing the spacecraft to spin and resulting in sporadic communications. “Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link’s three reaction wheels currently are not operable, and there is some loss of functionality in its cold gas thruster system,” NASA said. Reaction wheels work by discharging momentum to control the…

As he fiddled with ideas earlier this year for how to rejuvenate Washington Dulles International Airport, the capital's aging federally owned airport, President Trump asked a handful of the design and engineering firms competing for the contract to create three-dimensional models so that he could better picture the designs, multiple sources told CBS News. The hefty tabletop models were taken back and forth to the White House multiple times for the president's perusal and his edits to plans for the terminal transport buses, parking lot location, baggage handling system, underground trains and general airport aesthetic, sources told CBS News. This week,…

US aims to loosen environmental safeguards to support space industry WASHINGTON, United States — The US on Tuesday said it plans to exempt the US private space sector from numerous environmental regulations, a deregulatory move aimed at accelerating the pace of space launches in a bid to compete with China. “America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again — but only if we get government red tape out of the way,” wrote Sean Duffy, US President Donald Trump’s transportation chief, in a statement. The Trump administration’s proposed rule would allow requirements under 13 federal laws to be waived for “certain commercial space licenses and…

Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of an aging and sinking NASA telescope has run into its own problem. Katalyst Space Technologies said Tuesday that its Link satellite is experiencing thruster problems and has gone into an uncontrollable spin that is disrupting communication. The trouble struck over the weekend, three weeks after the three-armed robotic spacecraft blasted into orbit. The startup company said it’s working nonstop to get Link back in action so it can capture Swift and boost the telescope to a higher orbit. Swift will crash back to…

The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of an aging and sinking NASA telescope has run into its own problem. Katalyst Space Technologies said Tuesday that its Link satellite is experiencing thruster problems and has gone into an uncontrollable spin that is disrupting communication. The trouble struck over the weekend, three weeks after the three-armed robotic spacecraft blasted into orbit. The startup company said it's working nonstop to get Link back in action so it can capture Swift and boost the telescope to a higher orbit. Swift will crash back to Earth this fall without help. NASA is paying $30 million for the rescue effort, which was thrown…

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was moving to waive what it called "unnecessary environmental laws and regulations" to speed up the approval process for commercial space rocket launches and reentries. The proposed rule by the Federal Aviation Administration would be a boon for Elon Musk's SpaceX and Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, as well as other rocket launch companies. The FAA's rule would allow the agency to waive requirements imposed on certain commercial space licenses and permits under 13 laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, parts of both the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, the…

The site where the Buddha delivered his first sermon, Japan’s early capital cities and the mountain where the gods dwelled according to Greek mythology are among the 25 newly named UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the United Nations announced this week. This year’s inscribed locations were selected from 33 nominations. A majority of the chosen sites, 19, were honored as “cultural properties” for their historical, religious or artistic significance. Five were recognized under the “natural property” category, given to ecosystems and natural areas, while the wider realm of Mount Olympus was selected under the “mixed property” label, for its biodiverse…

Chronic pain left me housebound and depressed for two years – here’s how I slowly rebuilt my life For two years, chronic pain left Jacqueline Tan barely able to leave her room. Small daily steps – and the support of therapy – helped her slowly find joy and reclaim parts of her life despite the pain. Finding myself “on the couch” and baring my soul to a mental health therapist wasn’t a situation I’d ever imagined to be in, but I remember that first visit in mid-2023 well – the picture of me sprawled on a chaise longue. Therapy was, admittedly, my last bastion of hope. For more than a year before that, I had been living with mysterious chronic pain – it…

This past weekend, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul released a tranche of typewritten notes from Anthony Fauci, the former director of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. A central figure at the heart of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it emerged in early 2020 and unfolded in the ensuing years, Fauci has faced scrutiny, harassment, and even death threats over public perceptions of how he handled the historic disease outbreak. Running with Paul’s packaging of the diary entries as the musings of a pre-teen, some news outlets have cast the writings as expressions of vanity, callousness,…

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Tracy Shaw said that she's 'never been as grateful to be alive on a birthday' as she turned 53 on Monday and shared sweet family snaps amid her breast cancer battle. The Coronation Street actress was diagnosed with the disease in April after finding a lump in her breast and has been in treatment since. For her birthday this week she was joined by her brother Karl and son Luca, 19, as they all posed in beaming snaps together on Instagram. She penned in her post: '53,& grateful. Visit from my brother #mrshaw, karl shaw. Luca just back from Truck…

Far from being just a glib reminder to take it easy on junk food, “you are what you eat” is literally true on a chemical level. When you break down food into its molecular components, the isotopes of the elements contained within get incorporated into your body. If they become bone and teeth, these isotopes can last for tens of thousands of years, and archaeologists analyzing their unique chemical fingerprints can get a pretty good idea of what they were before they were food. Now a new study applies that method to a 2,700-year-old Italian necropolis, and it’s revealing more than just the inhabitants’ diet. Discovered in the late 19th century, the…

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — More than 1,000 sugarcane farmers in Negros Occidental affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation will begin receiving over P10 million in emergency cash assistance starting Wednesday, July 29. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will launch the pilot rollout of its Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) program in Talisay City and San Carlos City, according to DSWD Negros Island Region Director Arwin Razo. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian is scheduled to visit the payout sites in both cities on Wednesday, Razo said. READ: Sugarcane pest attacks other crops in Negros More…

A bizarre series of events in a college microbiology lab class left 33 people—including students, professors, and lab workers—believing they were exposed to a deadly germ. Of those, 32 began taking an antibiotic regimen as a precaution to prevent a life-threatening infection. Two also underwent lumbar punctures—aka spinal taps—after developing mild symptoms. But none of them had actually been exposed to a dangerous pathogen, a fortunate twist in the strange incident, which otherwise stands to be a cautionary tale for the ages. The incident was published in a recent issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. It began with a simple laboratory…

(MedPage Today) -- Initiation of antipsychotic medications, even for short durations, was linked to an increase in the prevalence of pharmacologically treated type 2 diabetes in youths, according to a Dutch cohort study. Among nearly 90,000 youths...

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is looking into alternatives to the current fee-for-service-based payment system for physicians who treat Medicare patients. The request for information issued on July 14 by the Centers for Medicare...

Measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. The country still retains this status, but rates are climbing. In July 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an update announcing the number of cases confirmed this year has topped 2,300, surpassing 2025’s record and securing a new 35-year high. And the year is only just halfway over. This, it appears, may be part of a much wider global trend. A perspective published in PLOS Medicine tracks the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles, polio, and diphtheria, in parts of the world where they were once eliminated. The Return of Measles Eighty…

Nevada program waives college costs for Native American students. It’s facing a murky future. Ronica Spute always wanted to go back to college to get her bachelor’s degree, but life kept getting in the way. Two years ago, her path was finally cleared thanks to a Nevada program that allows certain Native American students to attend college virtually for free. As a member of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, the waiver along with a scholarship from her tribe allowed Spute, 57, to pursue a criminal justice degree at UNLV and graduate in two years. It was one year less than it took her to get an associate’s degree from the College of Southern Nevada when she…

Senate Democrats demanded a new, experienced person to lead the nation’s spy agencies, but when given the chance, they rejected President Donald Trump’s latest pick. Still, their resistance was not enough to stop Republicans from confirming Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to replace former DNI Tulsi Gabbard. Clayton, who was tapped to be the top prosecutor in Manhattan last year, was confirmed on a party line vote Tuesday. He will replace acting DNI and Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, whose interim appointment prompted Senate Democrats to demand an immediate, permanent replacement over fears that…

Reviewers calling 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' best of the Tom Holland era Critics are calling the actor's performance in his fourth solo Spidey movie the best of his career plus more in pop culture news with ABC News' Rocsi Diaz. July 28, 2026 Additional Live Streams Top Stories Top Stories Analysis of Trump's remarks at Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral4 hours ago Ceremony honoring Sen. Lindsey Graham underway on Capitol HillJul 28, 2026 Northeast braces for another round of severe stormsJul 28, 2026 AI takes center stage in high-stakes DC meetingsJul 28, 2026 Weather, staffing shortages spark flight delaysJul 28, 2026 Earthquake strikes JapanJul 28,…

Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you. An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. JOB HUNTING CAN be disheartening – but it can be worse when you feel that something beyond your control is impeding you. Last week, we asked our readers in their 40s, 50s and 60s if they have faced struggles with getting hired as they age, after a 52-year-old British woman called Stacey Duguid struck a chord on Instagram when she posted about how difficult she has found it to get a job. Duguid said she was “inundated” with responses from people in similar situations after she posted about how she has been unemployed for 16 months and…

Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against anonymous hackers who she said for years stole, sold and leaked dozens of unreleased songs, video footage and private images obtained through a series of account intrusions and phishing scams. The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Superior Court of California for Los Angeles County, said that some of the hacked materials have been sold on the dark web for significant sums of money or were published on social media platforms and other content transfer systems, like WeTransfer and Dropbox. “Defendants also use multiple accounts, specifically designed to mask their identities, in order to publish the content they…

US bans new Chinese robots, power inverters in latest tech crackdown Trump administration cites threats to US national security and supply chain vulnerabilities as reasons for latest sanctions The action would ban the import and sale of new robotic devices and power inverters but would not affect any previously bought devices. “The networked capabilities of advanced robotic systems create extensive vulnerabilities and vectors for attacks that can manipulate the data and physical operation of the advanced robotic system,” the FCC notice said. “Advanced robotic devices collect data that could be leveraged by malign actors to surveil Americans, enhance…

Last week’s unprecedented security event in which two OpenAI security hacking models trespassed into the network of fellow AI company Hugging Face was enabled by exploiting one or more zero-day vulnerabilities in Artifactory, JFrog, the product’s developer, said Monday. In an incident mimicking a dystopian sci-fi novel, two OpenAI models broke out of the restricted environment meant to keep them from accessing the Internet during an internal test, the AI company revealed last week. The models went on to breach Hugging Face’s network and steal confidential information and credentials. OpenAI said its agent achieved the feat by exploiting a previously…

Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners. Spur, founded by two former Defense Department engineers in 2017 — five years before ChatGPT’s public launch — was prescient. The startup’s tech helps enterprises distinguish legitimate human users from increasingly well-hidden bot traffic to help identify fake users and threats. “As sophisticated criminal VPNs, residential proxy networks, and anonymization infrastructure proliferate, organizations are increasingly operating with a critical blind spot: they can see the activity, but not the infrastructure behind it,”…

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Concerns over extortion, improper dressing and lapses in arms accountability have prompted the Yobe State Police Command to issue fresh directives aimed at repositioning policing in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Usman Kanfani Jibrin, issued the warning on Tuesday during a strategic meeting with the command’s management team, area commanders, tactical commanders, divisional police officers, heads of departments and other senior officers at the State Police Headquarters, Damaturu. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the meeting was convened to cascade directives from the Inspector-General of Police,…

CubePilot, an Australian firm that designs flight controllers for drones (UAVs), announced a severe operational disruption caused by a DNS hijacking attack. Hijacking domain name system (DNS) records allows threat actors to redirect users to their infrastructure, diverting traffic intended for a legitimate service. This exposes users to dangerous scenarios such as sensitive data interception, malware delivery, and phishing. According to a status update published on CubePilot’s website, an attacker gained control of the cubepilot[.]org domain DNS settings on July 24, allowing them to intercept traffic intended for internal systems. The attacker also…

Online giant eBay agreed to pay $US48.7million ($69.8 million) to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details. The parties reported reaching a tentative settlement in February as the case was headed to trial, but they were unable to finalise it. David and Ina Steiner asked a federal judge in June to restore the case to the trial calendar and reached a new settlement this month. The agreement with the Steiners, founders of EcommerceBytes, a newsletter covering the…

Limited “special edition” products tied to specific tournaments or seasons are emerging as a key trend in the sportswear retail market, capturing growing consumer attention. Unlike standard uniforms, these exclusive releases leverage scarcity to stimulate demand, often driving stronger purchasing intent among fans and collectors. Industry observers note this shift reflects evolving sportswear marketing strategies. Brands are increasingly positioning uniforms not as routine merchandise but as event-driven products tied to particular moments in time. As a result, once a tournament concludes, these items are no longer available, effectively transforming…

Not only is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey blowing up the box office, but it's also blowing up the career of one of the lesser-known actors in the film… lemme quickly check IMDB for his name… ah, here it is: Matt Damon. Just kidding, Matt Damon is in everything, everywhere, every movie, all the time. You know those little movies Facebook makes of your photographs without asking? I just watched mine and it starred Matt Damon. (Not his best work.) But forget about Trojan Horses and giant cannibals for a minute: if you want to relive another of Matt Damon's movie roles where all he wants to do is get home, there's a new survival game out this week that…

Property agencies welcome new minimum transaction rule, seek safeguards for consumer ratings The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) is studying the introduction of consumer ratings for property agents, among other measures aimed at improving transparency and choice. SINGAPORE: The requirement for property agents to complete at least three transactions over three years to get their licence renewed is fair, said property agencies on Tuesday (Jul 28) as they welcomed the new measure. The move, in line with the extension of validity periods for all property agency licences and agent registrations from one year to three years, would help to raise industry…

When you start to think about verbs in games, you start to realise how few of them are really at your disposal in most releases. There's only so many features a game can have after all, particularly a 3D one. But for Mike Bithell and his next game Vampirium: 1997, keeping things slim lets him put a new verb in without much hassle. Bithell announced Vampirium earlier this month. It's an immersive sim, but not the kind you're used to, as it's all text, menu options, a map to position yourself in, and a few 2D images for flavour. This is a marked difference from the licenced games he worked on previously like John Wick Hex and Tron: Identity, but after…

E-commerce website eBay and a group of its former executives will pay roughly $56 million to settle a lawsuit, six years after the company engaged in a campaign to physically and psychologically torment a journalist couple, hoping to stop them from posting critical pieces. Back in 2019, a group of top eBay executives set up a deranged scheme to torment Ina and David Steiner, a couple who penned critical pieces about eBay’s business practices on their news site EcommerceBytes. Led by eBay’s head of security, James Baugh, the executives cyberstalked the couple, sending threats, and also surveilled the couple in real life and conspired to plant a GPS…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a hit with Rotten Tomatoes critics, yet it is the lowest-ranked Tom Holland film in comparison to the actor’s three previous solo films as the legendary Marvel Comics character. The review embargo for Spider-Man: Brand New Day lifted on Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT following critics’ screenings across the country on Monday night. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up four years after the events of 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which ended with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) erasing everybody’s memories of Peter Parker (Holland) from everybody — including his girlfriend MJ…

It happened two times in two weeks: First Sony's PlayStation Network, then Microsoft's Xbox experienced significant outages. Monday's Xbox outage was particularly galling for users, since many Xbox games these days require authentication via the internet before they can even launch. Not only were Xbox users locked out of online features, they couldn't even launch games they had installed on their machines. PSN players are vulnerable too: Sony recently confirmed it will stop manufacturing PlayStation game discs after January 2028. The outages, in short, were an object lesson in the trade-offs that come with an all-digital sales model — as well as the…

Sony on Tuesday announced the next batch of PlayStation Plus monthly games, coming in August, and these games confirm for me that gaming inside to beat the heat all summer was one of my better ideas. People online rave about Signalis, and Dying Light 2 has generally favorable reviews on Metacritic. Big Walk seems like a fun, cartoony co-op game that many people should enjoy for its silliness and puzzles. And all PlayStation Plus subscribers can play these games starting on Aug. 4. PlayStation Plus, which is Sony’s version of Xbox Game Pass, offers a large, constantly expanding library of games. Subscribers can choose from the Essential, Extra and…

More than 20 high school seniors in Georgia will be awarded with scholarship money thanks to an initiative by actor Gail Bean. In the midst of her acting career on shows like Snowfall and Harlem, 33-year-old Bean founded the nonprofit Dream Above The Influence to support young people, including with the foundation’s All Of My Love Scholarship for future college students in Atlanta, Georgia, where Bean was raised. After more than 400 students applied for the award, the organization announced last week that Bean is awarding scholarships worth $1,913 to 22 high school seniors in the metro Atlanta area. “I'm a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,…

Google built one of the world’s largest companies by scraping the entire web without asking permission first. This week a court told Google it cannot stop others from scraping Google. On 20 July, a federal judge dismissed Google’s lawsuit against SerpApi. The firm scrapes Google search results and resells them as structured data. Google had sued in December under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, arguing SerpApi circumvented its anti-bot defences to lift copyrighted material. The problem, the court found, is that search results are not copyrighted material. Why the case fell apart The DMCA provision Google used, Section 1201, only protects…

A lightweight userscript that adds Hacker News discussions to any article. HNewhere detects Hacker News stories, loads comments into a sidebar, and lets you browse discussions without leaving the page. Opens HN discussions beside articles Automatically detects matching Hacker News stories Tracks links opened from Hacker News Resizable sidebar Collapsible comments Preserves sidebar width Reply links open directly to HN Install a userscript manager: - Userscripts (Safari) Tampermonkey Violentmonkey Install or paste HNewhere.js Visit an article with a Hacker News discussion. Browser with userscript support Access to: Hacker News API HN Algolia search API…

President Donald Trump regularly posts some of the most bizarre content on the internet, from images of himself as Jesus Christ to AI videos of diarrhea being dumped on liberal protesters. But there’s been a weird trend over the past year: social media users take Trump’s strange fake photos and make them only slightly weirder. And then those fakes go viral, with most people never realizing they’re looking at something Trump never actually posted. The most recent example of this is a tweet posted Tuesday to X by a user called Glenn Tunes. If you just glanced at this tweet in your feeds you wouldn’t think much of it. It appears to show a post on Truth…

State of multi-player Wayland Iâve been fascinated by the idea of attaching multiple mice to one computer, and then having multiple mouse cursors inside of one desktop environment! I just spent three weeks investigating how well thatâs currently supported on Linux & Wayland. Let me tell you what I found! The results are surprisingly cool. Together with this blog post, Iâm publishing a number of little tools and patched libraries that add or improve âmulti-seatâ support. But many pieces in this puzzle are still incomplete or missing. I marked some âopen projects ideasâ with a ð emoji throughout the blog post. By publishing this post, I hope to find…

Your Recursion Is Lying to You Featured in Node Weekly #624 and Javascript Weekly - 2026-06-02* Recursion is one of those ideas developers learn early and trust for years. If the recursive step is simple and the base case is correct, the code feels clean and safe. It is elegant for a reason: many problems are naturally recursive, and the code often mirrors how we explain the logic out loud. For tree walks, nested structures, and divide-and-conquer patterns, recursion can be easier to read than explicit loops. The catch is physical limits. Even with a correct base case and sound logic, each recursive call still consumes stack space. At some depth, you…

Let's learn about Dotnet via these 282 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Dotnet is a free, open-source development platform for building many types of applications, including web, mobile, desktop, and cloud services. It provides a robust framework and ecosystem for developers to create high-performance software across various platforms. Method overloading and overriding are two common forms of polymorphism ( the ability for a method or class to have multiple forms) in C# that are often confused because of their similar…

Today’s Wordle answer isn’t a tough one, with an unusual repeated letter. Read on for hints and the answer. Today’s Wordle hints Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now. Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter. Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels. Wordle hint No. 3: First letter Today’s Wordle answer begins with V. Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter Today’s Wordle answer ends with E. Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning Today’s Wordle answer refers to a mechanical device that controls fluid flow. TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER Today’s Wordle…

Release Notes Released on 2026-07-28. Since we released uv 0.11.0 in March, we've accumulated changes that improve correctness, safety, and compatibility with specifications, but could break some workflows. This release contains those changes; many have been marked as breaking out of an abundance of caution. We expect most users to be able to upgrade without making changes. There are no breaking changes to the configuration of the uv build backend. If your [build-system] table includes an upper bound on uv_build, update it to allow uv_build 0.12, e.g., uv_build>=0.11.32,<0.13. Breaking changes Define build systems by default with(#19197)uv…

'Nightcaps' is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com. It's a beautiful day, Nightcaps family. You know why? I'll tell you. Because as of today, Tuesday, July 28 in the Year of our Lord 2026, all 32 NFL teams have reported to Training Camp. That means in just a couple short weeks (well, one week if you count the Hall of Fame Game), preseason football will be on our TV screens. And shortly afterward, college ball will consume our Saturdays. As God intended. Not trying to wish away anyone's summer — my colleagues…

For middle-class women of a certain age, redundancy, divorce and illness are the triplet of financial torpedos that can blow up a previously comfortable existence. When the solid-seeming foundations supporting our lives are ripped away, the emotional and financial fall-out is profound. No one, male or female, is immune to shocks. But women face particular challenges in bouncing back. The march of AI into the workplace has led to well-founded fears that the equal opportunities women fought so hard to win are being bulldozed in front of our eyes. Women aged over 55 are being overtaken in their careers by young, male tech bros, according to recent…

Stock futures inched down on Tuesday night as oil prices rose after U.S. forces intercepted an attack from Iran. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures shed 60 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures lost 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.6%. West Texas Intermediate crude futures advanced about 4% to trade at around $82 a barrel after U.S. Central Command said in a social media post that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched "multiple ballistic missiles in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East." The missiles were successfully intercepted, Centcom said. Ford Motor shares jumped 4% in extended trading after the…

SK Hynix on Wednesday posted another record quarterly profit, beating analysts' estimates as booming demand for high-bandwidth memory chips continues to fuel its growth. Here are SK Hynix's second-quarter results compared with LSEG SmartEstimates, which are weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate: Revenue: 79.32 trillion won vs. 84 trillion won expected Operating profit: 60.54 trillion won vs.64 trillion won expected Revenue jumped 257% year on year in the quarter ended June from a year earlier, while operating profit soared nearly 557% year on year, the company's release showed.. Compared with the previous quarter,…

Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of “very difficult trade-offs in the next autumn budget” if the Iran war keeps oil prices and inflation high. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the new prime minister faced a “challenging inheritance” and his plans to revamp public services would meet severe pressure from persistently higher prices. With oil prices having briefly gone back above $100 a barrel, and the strait of Hormuz all but closed since March, the thinktank said it expected inflation to rise to 3.8% over the next seven months, forcing the chancellor, John Healey, to find an extra £24bn by the end…

Published Prime Minister Andy Burnham will have to raise taxes or cut spending to meet his pledges on defence and the cost of living, a major think tank has said. Burnham has announced a series of new measures since assuming office last week, including cuts to electricity bills and bringing the bus fare cap in most parts of England back down to £2. But the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) warned the public finances will continue to be squeezed by more persistent inflation as a result of the Iran war. It questioned whether Burnham had "fully thought through" how his promises would be paid for, but said the prime minister will…

SK hynix said Wednesday its operating profit for the second quarter stood at 60.54 trillion won ($41.6 billion), up 557.2 percent from a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter reached 79.32 trillion won, up 256.8 percent year-on-year. Both revenue and operating profit set new records, surpassing the previous highs of 52.58 trillion won in revenue and 37.6 trillion won in operating profit. Brokerages' consensus estimate for the second quarter was 83.94 trillion won in revenue and 63.99 trillion won in operating profit.

Health officials in southwestern Ontario are raising concerns that household food insecurity is rising across the region due to not enough access to food because of financial struggles. The joint statement from five health units says one in four households in the region struggled to access food in 2024, the most recent year for which data is available. Families had to decide between paying rent and buying groceries due to increased housing and living costs, the units note. “More people across our region are being forced to make difficult choices about which basic needs they can afford — and too often, food is one of the first things cut,” Dr. Ninh…

Africa Prudential Plc, a leading provider of share registration services and capital market solutions, successfully hosted its H1 2026 Investor Call on Tuesday, 28 July 2026, convening institutional investors, shareholders, investment analysts, regulators, and members of the investment community to discuss the company’s financial performance, strategic priorities, and outlook. Africa Prudential reported another strong half-year performance, demonstrating strong corporate governance and resilience, and the effectiveness of its growth strategy despite an evolving macroeconomic environment. During the call, management presented the company’s robust…

Friday is payday for municipalities that have yet to receive their equitable share, after the Treasury decided to release the funds. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced on Tuesday that the reason for releasing the equitable share was concern over the impact on service delivery of a sustained withholding of the money. The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) welcomed the decision, saying that thousands of its members had not been paid due to a lack of municipal funds because of the withheld equitable share. Samwu spokesperson Dumisane Magagula said the National Treasury should therefore not âexpect applause for extinguishing a fire…

I am probably the only person in the country whose first thought when I read that tariffs are being imposed on peanut butter was about a sadly departed dog. When I was growing up peanut butter was literally the thing in a sarmie. It was the music that made bread sing. Especially if there was a crunch involved. For some reason, the exact tone of the voiceover in the adverts for Black Cat Peanut Butter still gurgles around in my head from time to time. It features a pre-anabolic steroid bodybuilder on a beach assaulting a nerd who plaintively cries âHey, you kicked sand in my faceâ. Ten seconds and one peanut butter sarmie later and that same guy is…

Teleprompter operator accused of betting on Trump speeches is out of a job Teleprompter operator accused of betting on Trump speeches is out of a job WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House teleprompter operator who was put on unpaid leave after news reports he had used inside knowledge to make bets about President Donald Trump’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi is no longer in his post, according to a White House official. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the personnel matter and spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday that teleprompter operator, Gabriel Perez, “no longer works in the federal government.”…

The US Senate voted to confirm Jay Clayton as the director of national intelligence on Tuesday, giving Trump another key ally directing the nation’s intelligence apparatus. The tally, 51-47, fell mostly along party lines. Clayton, currently the US attorney for the southern district of New York, will replace Bill Pulte, a staunch Trump loyalist who had been temporarily serving in the role since June. Trump’s first director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, resigned earlier this year. Clayton served as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during Trump’s first term. During his confirmation hearing on 15 July, Clayton…

Walter Joseph "Jay" Clayton was confirmed by the Senate to be Donald Trump’s next director of national intelligence (DNI), ending a stalemate affecting the reauthorization of key spying legislation. Clayton’s nomination sailed through the chamber on Tuesday after clearing a procedural vote just a day earlier, teeing up him to be sworn in within days. His takeover of the DNI office (ODNI) will herald the ouster of Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick to lead the agency during its transition period and a figure whose selection triggered a Democratic revolt on Capitol Hill. The final vote was 51-47, with zero defections on either side. The acting DNI, Pulte,…

The Senate on Tuesday evening approved Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, for the role that would grant him access to the nation's most sensitive secrets and authority over 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. Clayton, a former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was confirmed on a party-line, 51-47 vote. "Amid a heightened threat environment, having a proven leader in this role is especially important. Jay Clayton fits this mold," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said from the Senate floor on Monday. His ascension to the…

Washington — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jay Clayton to lead the nation's intelligence agencies in a party-line vote that could be the key to unlock a path forward on a key surveillance authority that lapsed more than six weeks ago. The Senate voted 51 to 47 to install Clayton as director of national intelligence. He replaces Bill Pulte, a controversial housing official with no intelligence experience whom President Trump appointed to the role temporarily. The appointment led Democrats to walk away from a bipartisan deal to reauthorize a warrantless spy tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. "I hope this will…

Trump, Netanyahu to meet at White House today as oil prices plummet Fox NewsLive updates: US says it intercepted Iranian ballistic missile attack on American forces in the Middle East CNNNetanyahu’s strained visit to Washington NBC NewsNetanyahu praises first meeting with Trump since launching the Iran war AP News‘A disaster for America First’: Trump allies fear Netanyahu meeting will pull US deeper into war with Iran Politico

Manash Pratim Gohain is a seasoned journalist with over two decades at The Times of India, where he has built a rich body of work spanning education policy, politics, and governance. Renowned for his incisive coverage of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, accreditation reforms, and skilling initiatives, he has also reported on student politics, urban policy, and social movements. His political reportageâboth reflective and news-drivenâadds depth to his writing, bridging policy with public impact. Through his 2,500 articles and related outlets, he has emerged as a trusted voice in national discourse, particularly in linking education reform to…

A centenarian has marked her 105th birthday in remarkable style by receiving 105 cards from across the globe. Mary Davidson Smith, a resident at Care UK’s Murrayside care home in Edinburgh, expressed having a "wonderful time" reading the well-wishes, which arrived following an appeal by the home. Cards travelled from as far afield as Singapore for her July celebration. Ms Smith also holds the rare distinction of receiving a card from King Charles, having previously received one from the late Queen Elizabeth. She celebrated her milestone with a "wonderful family day" and enjoyed afternoon tea with friends at Murrayside. Born in Korea, Mary lived…

The polls have closed in Georgia as two races in politically disparate parts of the country set the stage for one of the most unusual split-screen election days of the year on Tuesday. Rep. David Scott’s death in April at age 80 created a vacancy in a heavily blue district encompassing the southern and eastern Atlanta suburbs of Stockbridge, Conyers and Snellville. With the general election ballot already decided, Tuesday’s contest will determine who will finish out Scott’s term. Scott was notably related by marriage to Braves slugger Hank Aaron. Across the country in South Dakota, Republicans vying for the Mount Rushmore State’s safely red governor’s…

Montesquieuâs central argument was that to safeguard democracy from tyranny, political power must be divided, separating the judicial, legislative and executive arms of government. By dividing political power across these independent institutions, democracies created a system in which each branch constrained the others. This principle has endured because it works. Yet the twenty-first century presents a form of tyranny that Montesquieu could never have imagined. He could not have foreseen a world in which corporations generate revenues larger than the GDP of sovereign states, financial institutions hold governments to ransom, or technology companies…

Offers of up to $3,000 per person have helped spur more than 200,000 migrants to "self-deport" from the U.S. — but about half made the move while locked up in detention centers, according to a report Tuesday. The voluntary mass exodus started slowly, with only about 24,000 people signing up during the six months after the Department of Homeland Security launched the widely advertised program in May 2025, Axios said, citing internal agency data. But White House officials — including deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller — pressured DHS to ramp up the operation, called Project Homecoming, an unidentified source told Axios. "They wanted like thousands…

Browns’ Ward becomes NFL’s highest-paid DB with 2-year, $62.2 million extension, AP source says CLEVELAND (AP) — Denzel Ward has agreed to a two-year extension with the Cleveland Browns that will make him the highest-paid defensive back in the NFL, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The five-time Pro Brown cornerback will sign a two-year extension worth $62.2 million — including $52.3 million guaranteed, the person told the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been publicly announced. The $31.1 million average surpasses the $31 million average when Trent McDuffie signed a four-year, $124 million contract with…

FIFA has a new plan to raise billions of dollars: Selling stakes in the World Cup Just days after staging the most lucrative World Cup in history, FIFA has a new — and instantly controversial — plan to raise more money: selling stakes in its marquee event to private investors for billions of dollars. It's a complicated but potentially lucrative plan, one that comes as FIFA is still facing strong criticism for jacking up ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup across North America. FIFA is already set to bring in at least $13 billion from the past four-year cycle, the bulk of it from its marquee men's tournament. In a statement on Tuesday, FIFA said it…

It may have been his plan all along heading into his first year as the Las Vegas Raiders head coach, but Klint Kubiak confirmed who his starting quarterback will be to begin training camp this week. It’s veteran Kirk Cousins – not Fernando Mendoza, the Raiders’ No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. "When we go out to practice tomorrow, Kirk Cousins in the starting quarterback. He’s the guy, and he’s going to get a ton of reps. He deserves them because he’s played really good football," Kubiak told the press, via NFL.com. "But I want Fernando and I want Aidan [O’Connell] to push him." Fans and media weren’t waiting anxiously for Kubiak’s decision,…

Published Former Hearts forward Ryan Stevenson was vociferous in his criticism after Hearts crashed out of the Champions League qualifiers following a 6-0 aggregate hammering from Sturm Graz. Hearts, who just 73 days prior came within minutes of a historic title win at Celtic Park, have lost their talisman, central-midfield enforcer and manager this summer and now lack a connection between players and fans, according to Stevenson. "Worrying", "freefall" and "rude awakening" were all bandied around in the immediate aftermath of the club's heaviest ever two-legged European defeat as new boss Wouter Vrankcen's tenure got off to a rocky start. After the…

Glasgow: Australia has spoken of its new golden age of athletics. This was its golden night. Sport is vulnerable to hyperbole, but it is not hyperbolic to say Tuesday night at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow was possibly the greatest Australia has ever had in track and field. Certainly it was in sprinting. And it was certainly the best night of athletics you probably slept through. Lachlan Kennedy broke not only 10 seconds in the men’s 100 metres, but 9.9s. He broke the national record, won Commonwealth silver and was annoyed it wasn’t gold. Torrie Lewis broke 11 seconds in the women’s 100m and won bronze. Ky Robinson matched Rose Davies’ effort…

If Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus was in any doubt about what the South African rugby public cares about, he quickly learned the truth. At his media briefing on Tuesday, the Bok mentor tried to steer the conversation to the 8 August clash against Argentina, out of respect for them and because of his own teamâs immediate focus. But just about every question looked beyond the Pumasâ clash and targeted âRugbyâs Greatest Rivalry (RGR)â series, starting on 7 August when the All Blacks take on the Stormers in Cape Town in the first of an eight-match series. Another three provincial matches follow before four Tests on consecutive weekends, starting on 22…

In the land of lochs, the announcer at Scotstoun Stadium couldn't figure out the first half of his name, but Lachlan Kennedy's performance on a sodden night in Glasgow ensured Australia will never forget it. The weather on Tuesday night couldn't have been much more Scottish. It was teeming basically all night, to the point the women's high jump final was halted for 45 minutes and the women's hammer throw probably should have been. There were only two brief windows when the rain turned from a downpour to a drizzle, and it just so happened to be the moments "Lacklan" Kennedy was welcomed to the newly laid blue track. It sounds like the sort of…

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has hit out at plans announced by FIFA to sell a chunk of commercial rights linked to the football World Cup. Under the plan, which has provoked a furious reaction from European football association governing body UEFA, FIFA would create an investment vehicle holding commercial rights related to the World Cup and sell a portion of it to investors for $4.2 billion. “Let me say this very directly,” Burnham wrote on X. “Football does not belong to investors. It belongs to the people who fill the stands and who stand on the touchline week in, week out, rain or shine.”

Baker Mayfield's relationship with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has reached a defining moment and how it goes after Wednesday could determine whether this is the quarterback's final year with the club. Mayfield reported to training camp Tuesday, as all Bucs veterans were scheduled to do. But for Mayfield, this day might have signaled the end of his desire to engage with the team about a new contract. The Bucs and Mayfield do not practice until Wednesday but they may be already past the deadline Mayfield imposed for getting a new deal done before turning his attention to football. And football only. "Obviously, yes, I would love to have a long-term deal…

Alex Eala advances in Washington, to face Leylah Fernandez next Washington, United States—Alexandra Eala rallied to defeat China’s Zheng Qinwen to advance to the Round of 16 of the Mubadala DC Open. The 21-year-old left-hander Eala of the Philippines logged a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Zheng after two hours and 26 minutes. READ: Alex Eala keen on Asian Games stint Eala, ranked 28th, was down a set and a break but broke six times in all to oust the reigning Olympic champion Zheng. Eala vs Fernandez next Eala will play for a quarter-final berth against seventh-seeded defending champion Leylah Fernandez, a Filipino- Canadian. Meanwhile, Cruz Hewitt, the…

Netflix has marginally surpassed the BBC as the primary choice for television viewers, according to a new Ofcom survey. The regulator's annual Media Nations report indicates 26% of viewers now turn to Netflix first, compared to 25% for the BBC, while ITV is the initial selection for 15% of audiences. The report also reveals a significant surge in YouTube consumption. Time spent watching YouTube on television sets has doubled since 2022, now averaging 19 minutes daily. Across all devices, total YouTube viewing rose to 41 minutes per person a day, up from 33 minutes in 2022. This growth is notably strong among older demographics, with weekly YouTube…

Published Celine Tsoi and Charles Mock met two years ago in Goleta, California when she was just 23 and he was 27. Eight months later they were engaged. Friends immediately asked: "Oh, are you getting a prenup?" "A lot of things could happen in a marriage and you want to discuss them when you still love each other rather than when things go bad and you want to take revenge," says Celine. These days its not just the rich and famous; more of us are deciding it makes sense to have a legal agreement that sets out what happens to the money if the marriage ends, with younger couples particularly likely to sign one, even when there aren't great wealth…

This summer will be different on P.E.I. as crews arrive to film novel adaptation for Netflix Little is being said about the project, including where or when it'll be shooting Lips are sealed on Netflix’s plans for filming on Prince Edward Island, but it's starting to look like this summer in the province will be different. The largest television production ever to come to P.E.I. was announced earlier this year — a 10-episode adaptation of Canadian author Carley Fortune's bestselling romance novel This Summer Will Be Different. But neither Netflix nor the film crew are saying much about the project, including where or when it'll be shooting. But there…

Documentary filmmaker Alex Holder, who spent the last few years following Lindsey Graham, is sharing behind-the-scenes videos of his time recording the late South Carolina senator. Holder joins "The Takeout" to discuss what he took from the experience.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri legally dropped her last name. Suri, a 20-year-old college student, legally changed her last name from Cruise to Noelle, according to records obtained by Fox News Digital. The voter registration report noted that Suri, a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, is registered to vote in Allegheny County, Pa. Her registration is under Suri Noelle, an homage to her mother's middle name. Suri previously used the name during her high school graduation in 2024. Cruise and Holmes' representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Monica Mazzei, Chair of Buchalter’s…

HBO is one of the last brands standing in quality TV entertainment. Nobody bats 1,000, but HBO misses less often than most. But it hears the barbarians at the gates. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram. And its response, like so many of its competitors, has been to announce a new short-form vertical video feed. It’s called HBO Max Shorts. It’ll live behind a little icon on the home screen and be populated with clips from the HBO library. You can scroll through them and then click to add the full episodes or movies to your watch list and go back to them later or, more likely, just keep scrolling. Surprise, the whole thing is powered by AI! Here’s HBO’s pitch…

Kelsey Grammer suggested his decades-long embrace of conservative politics may have come at a professional cost. The "Frasier" star said he couldn't say for certain whether his politics had cost him work, but he believed his conservative views may have kept him off Hollywood's radar altogether. "I have no idea," he said when asked whether he'd ever lost a role because of his political views during an appearance on "The Katie Miller Podcast." "I suspect I may have, but I suspect I may be, you know, in that category where they just don't even think about me, so it’s okay." "'Oh, we wouldn't work with him, he's a conservative,'" he mused. "I hope that's…

Before Denis Villeneuve came aboard as the next James Bond movie director, another intriguing project was sitting in his potential “to-do” pile: an adaptation of Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen‘s 2024 book that uses extensive interviews and research to examine, minute by minute, what would happen if nuclear war broke out. Her latest book sounds very much in that same vein; it’s titled Biological War: A Scenario, and though it’s just been released today, it’s already been scooped up for adaptation. Variety reports that Patrick Macmanus (the creator of Peacock’s Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy) secured the rights to a television adaptation…

Three years into Caitlin Clark's WNBA career, the conversation has never been less centered on basketball. USA Today is now analogizing her playing style to the lynching of Emmett Till in 1941. Even the rare discussions about her on-court performance are increasingly driven by culture-war motivations, including dishonest claims that she isn't even a top-10 guard in the league. At this point, there's reason to wonder when and if the WNBA can move past the nastiness and racial hysteria that have defined the past few seasons. To address the problem, those involved must first acknowledge the problem. And while no one side deserves all the blame, the drama…

Homer Gere has revealed that while growing up he would often turn to the Chicago soundtrack to make him feel closer to his father, Hollywood icon Richard Gere. The 26-year-old actor is now a rising star himself, having landed a starring role in Ryan Murphy’s new Bret Easton Ellis adaptation The Shards. Speaking to People at the premiere of the new FX series, the younger Gere admitted that he has not “seen all of” his father’s films, joking that it’s “cringey to watch your dad.” However, he mentioned a fondness for the 2002 movie musical that starred the elder Gere alongside Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones. “When I was a kid, Chicago was my…

Default sound limits imposed on live music venues will be reviewed, as a landmark report into reinvigorating Brisbane’s nightlife recommends introducing 24-hour retail options, scrapping ID scanning at smaller venues and introducing facial recognition technology to speed up long lines for patrons. Queensland’s inaugural Night-Life Economy Commissioner, former Powderfinger bassist John “JC” Collins, handed the state government his major Moonside report outlining efforts to ease the pressure on smaller music and entertainment venues back in February. The state government released the report on Wednesday, saying it would implement a Nightlife Economy…

BTS packs stadiums in Los Angeles and BLACKPINK headlines Coachella, yet Korea has no equivalent to Coachella and Lollapalooza or Japan's Summer Sonic. There's no festival that makes fans around the world book flights to K-pop's birthplace every single year. "Fanomenon," the K-culture mega event unveiled Monday by the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange, is the government and industry's most ambitious attempt yet to fill that gap. More than a new festival, it signals a strategic pivot for "hallyu," also known as the Korean wave, from exporting artists and content outward to pulling fans to Korea, converting global fandom into an annual…

British singer Myles Smith has cancelled an upcoming concert in Vancouver, Canada, citing a "major family health issue." The show, which was scheduled for August 4, was part of his ongoing tour. Smith had recently released his debut album, My Mess, My Heart, My Life last month, and had embarked on a promotional tour. He shared a statement regarding the cancellation. Posting on Instagram, he said: “To everyone who was planning on coming to the Vancouver show. You may have received a notification that the show has been cancelled. I wanted to explain why, because I never want to leave you in the dark. “There has been a major family health issue at home,…

Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against the currently unidentified hackers who allegedly stole and leaked private content. It aims to “uncover the identities of these currently unknown and unscrupulous individuals,” referred to as “John Doe 1 and John Does 2 through 100.” The lawsuit also says that “In 2023 alone, 45 unreleased songs” were “hacked, stolen, and leaked,” adding that hundreds of similar leaks have happened since Grande’s music debut in 2011. Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years The lawsuit alleges the hackers targeted producers and…

Stepping into a modern concert venue feels increasingly like entering an immersive media spectacle, one that’s powered by everything from spatial audio to virtual production and next-generation visual design. But if the boundary-pushing new tour from the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo is any indication, an even bigger transformation is fast approaching for the multibillion-dollar live concert industry. Widely regarded as the Beatles of Latin America, Soda Stereo is in the midst of a global tour built around a futuristic-sounding formula: Live musicians playing in real time alongside a digital frontman. Those musicians are the band’s bassist Zeta…

‘There is freedom’: Why Asian women are leaving their husbands in their 50s and 60s “Asians in particular often think divorce is like a stain or taboo in your life, like a label of failure. But that’s not true." Eiko Toyama had waited 32 years to leave her husband. Throughout their marriage, she said, she did all the housework and childcare in their Japan home, as well as supporting the family financially. Her husband “wanted to control everything", from her social life to professional ambitions, leaving her feeling trapped and miserable. Still, she stuck it out for their two children. That finally changed when she turned 60. Her adult sons no longer…

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Jennifer Lopez is savoring the last few months with her children before becoming an empty nester. The pop star, 57, and her twin children, Max and Oskar (formerly Emme), ages 18, enjoyed a getaway to Rome, an extra-special trip now that the youngsters are both college-bound. Smiling and taking photos of her children, the pop sensation was just like any other mother enjoying a summer vacation with her teenagers on Monday - but with security present. From the Colosseum to the fresh gelato, the trio made plenty of memories that will no doubt last…

Published **President Donald Trump has remembered Lindsey Graham as a "giant of the United States Senate" at the late lawmaker's funeral in Washington. ** In his eulogy, Trump also called Graham, who died earlier this month at the age of 71, a "true American original, who left us much too soon". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also attended the funeral on Tuesday to pay their respects to Graham, who was a major supporter of both countries. "He was a man who gave America the full measure of his good and mighty heart until that heart itself just gave out," Trump said. Graham had just returned home…

Ella Langley has pulled off another incredible career accomplishment. The country music icon has established herself as unstoppable force in the music industry, and most importantly, she's not slowing down. This year has been a banner year for the "Nicotine" singer. One of the biggest explosive moments was the release of "Choosin' Texas," and the song has now set an impressive record. Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' makes history Billboard reported Monday that the hit country music has been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a staggering 15 weeks. That's the most weeks in the top spot "among non-holiday titles by women with no co-billed acts," according…

Friends of legendary folk singer Linda Perhacs are asking the public for help, claiming the 82-year-old artist went missing after leaving a residential care facility about eight months ago. In a statement shared with Fox News Digital by Perhacs' former manager, Laurel Stearns, friends and collaborators said the acclaimed singer-songwriter was discharged from the facility under the supervision of her legal guardian and has not been heard from directly since. They said repeated attempts to reach both Perhacs and her guardian have gone unanswered. "Concern is growing among friends, collaborators, and members of the music community regarding the…

South Africa ranks among the top 20 contributors to marine plastic pollution worldwide, yet remains paralysed by a 22-year-old plastic levy which has failed spectacularly. We cannot recycle our way out of a manufactured crisis. The truth of the matter is that plastic pollution does not impact on everyone equally. It is the most vulnerable among us who are forced to navigate the devastating realities of toxic emissions from open burning and contaminated resources. This stark inequality highlights a crisis where those least responsible for plastic consumption pay the highest price, turning a consumer convenience into a daily survival threat for…

As the massive wildfires devastating the country are close to being brought under control, the Socialist prime minister says it is urgent to adopt prevention measures that were developed in 2025 in collaboration with civil society and scientists.

Published How do you deal with the most horrendous conditions in track and field? "I am absolutely slathered up in deep heat right now, my legs are tingling," said England's Amy Hunt after securing silver in the 100m. "I am quite toasty and warm." Hunt may have been the only one. As other parts of the UK prepared for the fourth heatwave of the summer, the Commonwealth Games athletics competition was given a drenching in Glasgow. Athletes shivered their way through their media interviews and high jump champion Eleanor Patterson of Australia was wearing a tartan scarf while officials struggled to clear water from the runway. "This is the first time I…

This essay was written by Mohammed Zubair and Abul Osman, courtesy of The Global Movement Against Statelessness (GMAS), a content partner of Global Voices. This post is part of Global Voices’ July 2026 Spotlight series, “Statelessness.” This series offers insight into the issue of statelessness and how it hinders people’s freedom of movement, educational opportunities, political access, and more. You can support this coverage by donating here. Every morning in dozens of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, thousands of young Rohingya people wake up with the same hopes that students everywhere carry. They dream of becoming doctors, teachers,…

The Draft Guidelines for the Management of Damage-Causing Animals, published for public comment on 2 July, cover how wild animals may be trapped, poisoned, pursued with dogs, relocated or killed when they threaten livestock, crops, property or people. Submissions close on 2 August. Theyâve been presented as an interim measure. The difficulty, says wildlife legislation expert Professor Rob Slotow, is that the government has not explained what theyâre interim to. They also revive a policy process thatâs been stalled for years. Draft national norms and standards were published in 2010 and again in 2016, but never finalised. The new document largely…

A new review paper led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography warns that the rapid loss of oxygen from the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems is pushing Earth toward an “unsafe space,” with consequences that could be irreversible on human timescales. The study reviews the widespread interactions between aquatic deoxygenation — the decline of dissolved oxygen in the ocean (ocean deoxygenation), coastal waters, rivers, lakes and streams — and the nine processes outlined by the Planetary Boundaries framework. First introduced in 2009, the framework identifies critical Earth system processes and the ways human activities are…

An adult brown pelican can spread its wings more than six feet, but that size offered little protection when a river otter attacked one at Abbotts Lagoon on California’s Point Reyes peninsula. In October 2021, Terence Carroll and Megan Isadore, co-founders of the River Otter Ecology Project, watched as the otter forced the bird underwater and drowned it. Carroll and Isadore already knew that otters were attacking pelicans. They had observed and documented evidence at the lagoon since fall 2018, while visitors contributed reports, photographs and videos. What no one had measured was how frequently the attacks occurred. To find out, the pair began…

When the rain began falling over the Hex River Valley in the Cape Winelands on Sunday, 10 May, there was little indication of how rapidly the landscape would change. By the afternoon of 11 May, the Hex River had swollen to such an extent that water was running between workersâ homes at Kleinberg Kriegler Farms and through the vineyard. The sheer scale of the approaching flood became clear when a large upstream dam, which had been only 32% full, overflowed after about 18 hours of rain. According to Andre du Toit, general manager of Kleinberg Kriegler Farms, within 24 hours conditions had deteriorated so dramatically that lives would probably have been…

Spain lets wildfire evacuees return but France fears flames spreading "It has been a horrendous fire, a brutal one - it's a monster that has run over us," said a Spanish mayor, describing the devastation left behind by the flames. Swathes of tinder-dry forests, parched land and property have been destroyed west of the Spanish capital, Madrid, and in France's Gironde and Landes regions, forcing tens of thousands to head to safety. Spain's interior ministry announced the end of evacuation orders for 15 municipalities on Tuesday afternoon in rare good news. In the evacuated village of Navas del Rey, AFP reporters saw blackened debris, ash and burnt-out…

NEW DELHI: Taking a stern view of allegations that the Bihar govt is filling parts of three historic ponds in Darbhanga to create public amenities such as recreation spaces and stalls, Supreme Court on Tuesday warned the state govt "not to touch the water bodies under the garb of beautification" without its approval. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the state to immediately stall ongoing work related to 'Beautification and Rejuvenation of Gangasagar, Digghi and Harahi Lake' project. Although the state refuted allegations of encroachment and urged Supreme Court to allow the work to continue, describing it as an ambitious…

SEATTLE — The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said Tuesday. Police Chief Shon Barnes told a news conference that the weapon was a 9 mm gun from Polymer80 — a now-defunct company that was once a leading manufacturer of ghost gun parts. Investigators also recovered two other weapons and 14 shell casings that had been fired by weapons of two different calibers, he said. Festival shooting killed 3 people and injured 4, including a toddler The shooting in the waning hours of the three-day Bite of Seattle festival left three…

Ex-Citigroup managing director sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes NEW YORK (AP) — A Harvard-educated former managing director at Citigroup Inc. who blamed autism for his actions was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for sex crimes that prosecutors say occurred over a 10-year period. Edward Gene Smith, 50, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer after he pleaded guilty to sex crimes, receiving child pornography and obstructing justice. His lawyers wrote in a presentencing submission to the judge that autism spectrum disorder was the “primary driver” of his crimes. The lawyers said Smith has been…

Today we’ll continue hearing evidence from one-time Liberal staffer and Catholic Schools NSW employee Dylan Whitelaw. The 25-year-old now State Emergency Services assistant commander was a key member of the Reformers, the group of religious conservative Liberal operatives at the core of this inquiry. The commission heard Whitelaw often spent time during his day working on activities to benefit the Reformers goal of stacking Liberal branches with conservatives, on the “Catholic Schools’ dime”. Barely out of high school Whitelaw was hand-picked for a job by former CEO Dallas McInerney, the commission heard yesterday, who Whitelaw said encouraged him to…

Marcoleta asks peers to let him, Estrada join impeachment trial MANILA, Philippines — Detained Sen. Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday called on his Senate colleagues to explore ways for him and fellow minority senator Jinggoy Estrada to participate in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Both senators are currently in detention as they separately face nonbailable plunder charges before the Sandiganbayan. “I filed a manifestation in the Senate where I presented the legal reason why the Senate needs to find proper ways so that Senator Jinggoy and I can participate in the ongoing impeachment trial,” Marcoleta said in a chance interview at the…

Life in prison for US teenager who shot dead 4 people at school WASHINGTON, United States — A teenager who shot dead four people at a high school in the southern US state of Georgia with a gun his father gave him as a Christmas present was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. Colt Gray, 16, pleaded guilty to carrying out the September 2024 attack at Apalachee High School in the town of Winder. Gray was 14 years old when he shot dead two 14-year-old students and two teachers, while also wounding nine other people. He was charged as an adult. Article continues after this advertisement Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm sentenced Gray to life in…

More than 33 million illicit cigarettes have been confiscated from retail outlets across the UK over the past year, Trading Standards has revealed. The significant haul, which also included over 800kg of hand-rolling tobacco, represents a combined revenue value approaching £24 million. These seizures are part of Operation CeCe, a collaborative effort between National Trading Standards and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which has intensified its efforts to disrupt the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products. Since 2023, when enhanced powers were introduced, penalties totalling £3.5 million have been levied against retailers and individuals involved…

The recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that Judge President of the Eastern Cape Selby Mbenenge be formally suspended is another small victory in the declared national disaster that is gender-based violence (GBV). From the start, the composition of the opposing teams who represented the complainant, court secretary Andiswa Mengo, and Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge in a humiliating Judicial Conduct Tribunal sexual harassment hearing revealed an old world colliding with new age. It was a bit like the subtext in the South African-made hit Netflix series, The Polygamist, where protagonist Jonasi Gomora deploys a sort of…

NEW DELHI: Seventy-seven days after it filed an FIR and began a probe into the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, CBI Tuesday filed a chargesheet against 13 individuals arrested in the case. These include three NTA subject experts, in chemistry, biology and physics. Several middlemen who sourced and distributed these leaked questions have also been charged. The agency has cited 360 witnesses, 422 documents and 43 material objects to back its case, which concluded that persons responsible for setting the questions had leaked them, in connivance with their associates, including middlemen and coaching centre owners. The accused have been charged with offences…

Life in prison, no parole, for US teenager who killed 4 in Georgia school shooting Colt Gray killed 2 pupils and 2 teachers in 2024 with a gun given to him by his father, who has been convicted of second-degree murder A US teenager who shot dead four people at a high school with a gun his father gave him as a Christmas present was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. Colt Gray, 16, pleaded guilty to carrying out the September 2024 attack at Apalachee High School in the town of Winder, Georgia. Gray was 14 years old when he shot dead two 14-year-old pupils and two teachers, while also wounding nine other people. He was charged as an adult. Superior…

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A married ex-Wall Street executive has been sentenced to 30 years after admitting to drugging and raping multiple women in his upscale Manhattan apartment, keeping chilling planning notes to document his decade-long predatory rampage. Edward Gene Smith, 50, admitted to attacking his victims at his luxury apartment opposite Central Park, as well as amassing a stash of more than 9,000 child sexual abuse images, as part of his twisted spree. Prosecutors said the Harvard-educated bigwig, who was most recently a Citigroup managing director, hid ‘behind the façade of a well-educated bank…

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robin Padilla remained the most preferred 2028 senatorial candidate, with 53.9 percent in July 2026, according to an Octa Research survey released on Wednesday. Octa’s Tugon ng Masa survey was conducted from July 4 to 11 among 1,200 registered voters aged 18 and above nationwide through face-to-face interviews. Respondents were provided with a list of names based on the May 2025 elections and were asked whom they would vote for as senator “if the 2028 elections were held today,” Octa said. READ: Sara Duterte, Bong Go top bets for President, VP in 2028, survey says Results […]...Keep on reading: Robin Padilla remains most…

Elon Musk launches invite-only X Money where users can send cash to one another Users will receive an ‘X’-branded Visa debit card that is usable at any ATM, a 6% yield and real-time transfers Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one another. The service, known as X Money, is not a new bank. X Money is using technology and banking services provided by Cross River Bank and branding that backbone as X Money. It is common for new financial companies to use a traditional bank’s backbone to launch their services, as chartering a new bank is a timely and costly…

Former Democratic operative explains why she turned independent In a new book titled "Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative," Evan Barker speaks out against the direction some in her old party have taken. Barker joins "The Takeout" with her perspective.

No financial losses have been detected after personal information belonging to about 200,000 investors was accessed without authorisation through Thailand Securities Depository Co Ltd's (TSD) Investor Portal website, the Stock Exchange of Thailand's (SET) subsidiary said on Tuesday. The investigation found no evidence that securities holdings, trading records, usernames or passwords had been compromised following the exploitation of a software vulnerability, TSD executives said. Suspicious activity was first detected on Saturday evening, with unauthorised access confirmed the following morning. The incident affected around 4% of the approximately 5…

AI can now write compilable code almost every time it tries. It still ships a security hole in nearly half of it, and that has not changed in a year. That is the headline finding of Veracode’s 2026 GenAI Code Security Report, which tested more than 100 models across four snapshots. The average security pass rate sits at 56%, almost exactly where it began at 55%. Read that number against the other one in the report. AI now writes roughly half of all committed code. The failure rate held steady while the volume underneath it exploded. Syntax is solved. Security is not. The gap is stark. Given no security-specific prompting, models produce code that…

Visa outlines stablecoin strategy during Q3 earnings call Visa said it is investing across the stablecoin stack, highlighting OpenUSD, tokenized deposits and AI-powered commerce during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Visa reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $11.6 billion, up 14% from a year earlier, driven by double-digit growth in payments volume, cross-border volume and processed transactions. During the company’s earnings call, Visa outlined its broader stablecoin strategy, saying it has been investing across multiple layers of the stablecoin ecosystem. The company said: We are active in investing in each layer of the stablecoin…

The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has welcomed the Court of Appeal judgement nullifying the Federal High Court’s earlier ruling deregistering the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Peter Lifu, a judge of the Federal High Court, ordered on 15 June that INEC deregister ADC and four other political parties, saying they failed to satisfy the constitutional requirements for their continued existence. The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s judgement deregistering the five parties ahead of the 2027 general elections and other off-cycle polls coming up within the year. The…

Elon Musk launches invite-only X Money with a Visa debit card, 6% yield and real-time transfers NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one another. The service, known as X Money, is not a new bank. X Money is using technology and banking services provided by Cross River Bank, and branding that backbone as X Money. It is common for new financial companies to use a traditional bank’s backbone to launch its services, as chartering a new bank is a timely and costly process. Currently X Money is invite only, and users will receive a “X”-branded…

On the last day of June, the City of Johannesburg took R3.4-billion out of Johannesburg Waterâs (JWâs) account â leaving the entity with a balance of zero. Only on 9 July was money from the ringfenced funding transferred back into the account. The Cityâs sweep left JW unable to settle R1.8-billion in creditor debts at the end of June. Ringfencing of the utilityâs funds officially began on 1 July. This startling revelation is contained in a progress report to the Presidential Johannesburg Working Group (PJWG) â the intergovernmental intervention team established by President Cyril Ramaphosa to address major service delivery and governance issues in the…

eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier by CNBC. The settlement will resolve a lengthy legal saga that revealed how eBay’s former executives sent live insects, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and other strange items to David and Ina Steiner over their newsletter’s coverage of eBay. eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement A group of now-former executives sent live insects, a bloody pig mask, and a funeral wreath to a couple who covered eBay in a newsletter. A…

IN FOCUS: China mastered manufacturing. Can it now build the world’s next big brands? From beauty and fashion to tech and lifestyle, Chinese brands are winning over shoppers at home and setting their sights overseas. What will it take to win over consumers around the world? SHANGHAI/SHENZHEN: For years, Shanghai advertising executive Wang Jinghua thought that foreign brands were better than Chinese ones. The 49-year-old counted global labels like SK-II and L'Oreal as among her favourites - and once dreamed of owning a Louis Vuitton handbag. They felt like the safer choice and were also more prestigious, Wang said. But not anymore. Today her online…

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan admitted he was at fault for the car crash he was involved in on July 14, which led to numerous injuries that have him limited at training camp. Shanahan called beat reporters into his office on Monday to clarify that he was the one who caused the accident. The California Highway Patrol database had a "clerical error" attributing the accident to the woman involved in the two-car crash, per ESPN’s Nick Wagoner. "He took eyes off the road briefly to find his phone which fell between seats and when he looked up he had gone over the line and into an SUV," Wagoner wrote on X. Shanahan was in violation of holding…

Consolidate your car's emergency kit with this automotive swiss army knife. For a limited time, Amazon is offering the Wolfbox 2000A Cordless Jump Starter with Air Compressor (Tire Inflator) for just $41.75 after you apply coupon code "8DPOB6Z9". You don't need to be an Amazon Prime member to get this deal. Wolfbox is a well-known brand and its products are higher quality than other similarly priced jump starters and air compressors you'll find on Amazon. Wolfbox Cordless Jump Starter and Air Compressor for $41.75 The Wolfbox is a 3-in-1 device. First is a 12V cordless car jump starter that can supply 2,000A, which is enough power to jump start most…

Earlier this year, Twelve South debuted the new Valet accessory, which it described as a “wireless charging station and personal essentials tray.” Now, Twelve South has expanded the Valet lineup with a smaller option that features MagSafe and Qi2.2 wireless charging at up to 25W speeds. The first version of the Valet announced earlier this year measured in at 7.5 inches, giving you space to drop your phone, keys, wallet, glasses, and more. The new version of Valet, however, comes in with a dramatically smaller footprint at 4.25 inches. Here’s how Twelve South describes the ultra-premium design of the Valet: Built as a beautiful home object first and a…

Bengaluru became part of a transcontinental drive christened “140 Years, 140 Places”, conducted by Mercedes-Benz to celebrate 140 years since Carl Benz, the German mechanical engineer and inventor widely regarded as the father of the modern automobile, filed the patent for the world’s first automobile in 1886. Departing from Mercedes-Benz’s global headquarters in Stuttgart earlier this year, three S-Class sedans have travelled more than 40,000 kilometres across 23 countries and five continents, bringing the global anniversary celebration to Bengaluru. These cars are named after the pioneers of the automobile: Carl Benz, Bertha Benz (Carl’s wife and…

Waymo and other robotaxi operators are facing increased scrutiny — and possible new federal requirements — over how their autonomous vehicles interact with emergency responders, a regulatory risk that’s becoming harder for the industry to shrug off. Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.) is the latest lawmaker to put pressure on the industry with a proposed bill that would direct federal regulators to establish minimum national safety standards for autonomous vehicle operators. The proposed legislation, expected to be introduced in Congress this week, follows a number of incidents in which autonomous vehicles have blocked ambulances and fire trucks, driven into…

The company's press service said this in a statement seen by Ukrinform. "Southern Mining and Processing Plant has begun the process of suspending production and temporarily scaling back operations. The decision was prompted by continued attacks by the aggressor state on civilian merchant vessels bound for Ukrainian Black Sea ports, which has effectively brought their operations to a halt," the statement said. The company stressed that it would continue to meet its obligations to employees and partners and resume production when the security situation allows. The plant noted that some of the civilian vessels recently targeted by Russian forces were…

Software engineers at General Motors' (GM's) autonomous driving division spend only 15% of their time writing code, according to Rashed Haq, GM's VP of autonomous vehicles, in a recent onstage interview at VB Transform 2026. GM is now using AI agents to accelerate much of the other 85%—including analyzing vehicle data, triaging problems, running experiments and testing potential fixes. The result, Haq said, is roughly three times as many merged pull requests across GM’s autonomous vehicle engineering organization, faster releases and fewer defects escaping into later stages of development. Haq said GM achieved those gains by redesigning complete…

While there have been some big technological and safety enhancements over the years, the NTT IndyCar has been using the same cars for nearly fifteen years. But in 2028, the series' cars are finally getting a long-awaited refresh with the IR-28 chassis, which was unveiled on Tuesday. And it's a beaut, Clark. While the IndyCar DNA is still very apparent — which is what we all want — this chassis takes some steps into the future compared to the current DW12, which debuted in 2012. Twenty. Twelve. That's an eternity in motorsports. For comparison, the NASCAR Cup Series refreshed its cars twice in that span, Formula 1 has done it three times, and Formula E…

I’ll admit, Tesla topping an efficiency ranking felt like a foregone conclusion until I actually saw the numbers. Turns out two Indian automakers just embarrassed both Tesla and the world’s biggest EV maker at their own game. The first time I read the report, I couldn’t believe it, and I’ve been following the Indian automobile industry for a couple of years now. So who’s actually winning here? The owner of Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors, topped the International Council on Clean Transportation’s 2025 global ranking of the most energy-efficient battery EVs, with its fleet averaging just 106 watt-hours per kilometer (via Rest of World). To give you some…

Two years after the province announced the Ontario Science Centre’s closure, two city councillors are acknowledging the ship has sailed on seeing it return to its original location and say they want the province should hand over the keys to the city so local community groups can put it to use. Once crawling with curious children and tourists, the only action visible at sprawling campus next to Don Mills Road is for Ontario Line construction. But Couns. Jon Burnside and Josh Matlow have a motion before council which hopes to breathe new life into the vacant buildings. They’re requesting the Ontario government, which owns the building, transfer…

DOE says scrapping system loss fee may take one year MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) said it may take about a year to fully eliminate the system loss charge from electricity bills, citing the need for infrastructure upgrades, regulatory adjustments, and intensified measures against power pilferage before the policy can be carried out. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said Tuesday the charge could be scrapped by 2027, before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s next State of the Nation Address, adding that discussions with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) would start immediately.…

Can China and Indonesia’s strong financial ties withstand ‘resource nationalism’? Beijing and Jakarta enjoy unprecedented economic interdependence – but shifting priorities in Indonesia threaten to strain the partnership Back in 2009, when China’s economy was expanding at about twice today’s pace, a little-known private firm made a quiet bet on uncharted territory: Indonesia. The company was on a quest: to secure nickel, a vital industrial metal used in stainless steel production and, increasingly, to power advanced batteries. The company, founded in Wenzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, is one of a growing number of Chinese enterprises…

MANILA, Philippines — The government will need about a year to fully remove the controversial system loss charge from consumers’ electricity bills, with the Department of Energy (DOE) saying sweeping infrastructure upgrades, regulatory changes and tougher measures against electricity theft must first be completed before the policy can take effect. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said […]...Keep on reading: DOE: Scrapping ‘system loss’ charge may take a year

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has said that it is not okay for Nigerians to use firewood for cooking when the country is blessed with abundant gas resources. Mr Ekpo spoke on Tuesday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, at the launch of a federal initiative to expand nationwide access to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas. “At the heart of this programme lies a simple but powerful conviction: that the promise of Nigeria’s abundant natural gas must translate into dignity, safety, and improved wellbeing for our people,” Mr Ekpo said. “No mother should be compelled to choose between feeding her…

The House of Representatives is seeking to reduce tensions between petroleum importers and domestic refiners as it begins consultations with operators to strengthen Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector and ensure a steady fuel supply. The House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), led by Ikenga Ugochinyere (APP, Imo), held an interactive session with major players in the sector on Tuesday at the National Assembly. Representatives of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), and Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) attended…

Auckland hits the negatives as freezing temperatures continue Freezing temperatures are persisting around the country but have warmed up from the beginning of the week. It was a frosty start to the week with temperatures plummeting below -7C in some places in both the north and south islands. MetService meteorologist Alwyn Bakker said of the main centres at 5am Wednesday morning, Taupō was the main standout at -4.1C, up from -5.6C at the same time Tuesday. He said at 8am, Dunedin was -2.1C, as was Hamilton at 6am this morning. Christchurch, he said, dipped below freezing to -0.1C at the airport. Wellington and Auckland were "a little bit balmier",…

The Block 29 offshore oil fields in question are especially promising, as they include the Polok and Chinwol oil discoveries estimated to contain more than 200 million barrels of oil-equivalent recoverable resources, as well as other exploration prospects. The post Spain’s Repsol is selling half its Gulf oil project to Talos Energy, a US company appeared first on Mexico News Daily

5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy 5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy WASHINGTON (AP) — Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help developing nuclear energy to create thousands of jobs. The states — Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Idaho — all have Republican governors who say they welcome the chance to help America reclaim its leadership in civilian nuclear energy. If built, the storage sites would represent significant progress in a multi-decade effort to store more than 95,000 metric…

By Park Boram SAO PAULO, July 28 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that South Korea and Brazil have significant potential to expand economic cooperation, citing aircraft, critical minerals and cosmetics as areas where the countries could achieve greater collaboration. The South Korean president made the remarks at a business roundtable in Sao Paulo, which brought together leaders of major companies from both countries to explore joint business opportunities. "Considering the sizes of the two countries' economies, the potential for bilateral economic cooperation is very significant," Lee said in his welcoming speech at the event. The…