Puig Reports First-Half Revenue Growth After Estée Lauder Talks End
The Spanish beauty company reported first-half revenue growth on strong demand for makeup from Charlotte Tilbury.
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Stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app
Learn how I modernized an old codebase of mine using stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app. The post Stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app appeared first…
I Used Every AI Cheating App and Detector and Came to One Conclusion
Can AI judge human work from robot slop, or is every AI-detection tool out there completely worthless?
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Pixel 11 series leaks with seemingly official renders, includes all-matte Pixel 11 Pro [Gallery]
Fresh off some leaks showcasing the Pixel 11 Pro Fold in official-looking renders , we’re getting new looks at all three of Google’s non-folding Pixel 11 models in seemingly all of this year’s color…
Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font
ShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protecting
American Red Cross declares second-ever national blood supply crisis
Donations to top US provider have dropped to four-year summer low with less than a day’s supply of type O positive The American Red Cross has declared the second-ever national blood supply crisis…
Battery Storage Startup Antora Closes $550M Series C In One Of Year’s Largest Cleantech Rounds
Amid soaring energy demand from AI data centers, Antora says it will use its new capital to speed up deployment of “large-scale” projects across the country.
I compared these popular sleep earbuds to my Oura Ring 5 - the results surprised me
The Ozlo Sleepbuds 2 improve on what made me fall in love with the first generation, but they're not perfect.
The cost and burden of avoiding ‘forever chemicals’ should not fall on parents | Letter
Kendal Archer says it is the government’s responsibility to legislate and big agriculture’s responsibility not to cover our food in chemicals I read your article ( ‘Forever chemicals’ linked to gut…
RuneScape: Dragonwilds revamps the agility skill and gives you Wipeout style courses to test your mettle on
Skills in RuneScape have always tickled me because of the sheer variety on display, and this extends to Dragonwilds too. There's magic, but then there's woodcutting. You've got prayer, and also fishing. And of course you've got runecrafting, or agility.
The Odyssey of the Stone Age Maltese
New research points to a seafaring people who ranged far and wide The post The Odyssey of the Stone Age Maltese appeared first on Nautilus .
Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents
Computer-use AI agents struggle with multi-step workflows like email and customer support. Echoverse trains agents in realistic environments rather than simply providing more training tasks, helping them improve as the tasks, tests, and environments evolve.
Google wants to update Chrome without a full browser restart
Google today is out with a lengthy post describing the role of AI and LLMs in Chrome security.
Mastercard spent decades training its fraud system to see bots as thieves. Now bots are the ones doing the buying.
Every time a Mastercard gets tapped, the network has less than a tenth of a second to judge how likely the purchase is to be fraudulent. It made that call across 175 billion transactions last year.
Hundreds of jobs to go at Jaguar Land Rover
The car giant says it expects fewer than 300 people will lose their jobs.
‘You’re not wanted’: Philly teens who feel unwelcome downtown call for more ‘third spaces’ during summer
Earlier this year, 17-year-old Riyaz Brown-Cheeseboro walked into Center City’s Fashion District mall to do some afternoon shopping. She was by herself and minding her own business, she said, but mall security still escorted her out. “They asked me for an ID, they walked me away, and I didn’t…
Highlights from the first-ever Neural Genetics and Epigenetics Gordon Research Conference
The meeting’s organizers recap the science to watch.
Certinia pushes Veda deeper into AI-native services: theCUBE Research analysis
AI-native services are shifting the value of artificial intelligence beyond individual productivity and into stronger project-team outcomes.
Researchers find ‘priority zones’ for yellow fever vaccination of golden lion tamarins
After a two-hour drive from the airport in Rio de Janeiro, you reach a special park dedicated to a special animal in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.
Unitree to launch IPO next week as US-China robotics rivalry intensifies
Unitree Robotics will launch its initial public offering (IPO) in Shanghai next week, the firm announced late on Thursday, as China’s robotics start-ups race to go public amid an intense rivalry with…
Qualcomm shows Apple’s modem transition is almost complete
Apple may be moving faster than expected in its modem development work, and Qualcomm’s latest comments suggest that shift is already reshaping the iPhone supply chain.
Thimbleweed Park 2 is "not really a sequel, not really a prequel," but it is in development and due out in 2028
Hark! I bring word of some good news for those of you with an appetite for adventure games with tasty pixel art. You may remember that Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert was working on a game that was…
EvoLib: Turning experience into evolving knowledge
LLMs do not get smarter just by remembering more. EvoLib turns experience into evolving knowledge, taking reusable skills and insights that help models learn and adapt across tasks long after…
Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust
Three approaches to the issue of quantum results that can't be verified classically.
Binance Alpha GRVT Airdrop: Deposit GRVT and Share $20K Worth of Rewards
Binance Wallet is excited to launch the Binance Alpha GRVT Deposit Campaign! During the Promotion Period, deposit GRVT tokens by following the campaign rules to share exclusive token rewards.
Copper price jumps on tightening supply, mining stocks rally
Codelco's new chairman sees "no possibility" of the state giant returning to past output levels, just as nearby contracts flip to a rare premium over later deliveries.
The ELT's Spectrograph Could Sniff Out Biosignatures on Other Worlds
Before any major telescope commissioning, there are dozens of papers that attempt to define what we can expect from it. We’re starting to see some come through for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which hopefully will get a more imaginative name when the 39m behemoth is officially commissioned in Chile in the 2030s.
How Water Flows Toward Cities During Hurricanes
Topography is a key factor exacerbating compound flooding, while coastal wetlands help protect cities.
It’s time we recognize the roles of rangers — and prioritize their safety (commentary)
It is always a tragedy when a ranger is injured in the line of duty. Sadly, it is a story we have come to know all too well: brave men and women head into the field each day, and on occasion, whether…
Distant Oceans May Help Predict Malaria Risk in Malawi
A new study finds that ocean temperatures thousands of kilometers away shape soil moisture in Malawi, offering a potential tool for forecasting malaria outbreaks months in advance.
Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action
The general public often underestimate support for climate action, while overestimating the real-world actions taken by other people to address… The post Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not…
Your trusted knowledge layer: Introducing Stack Internal's new platform experience
Introducing new Stack Internal capabilities as part of our upcoming platform experience. Our latest release turns your existing foundation of knowledge into enterprise memory that your people, teams…
Japan joins flagship EU R&D programme Horizon Europe
The bloc began engaging with Japan over a potential membership in 2024. Read more: Japan joins flagship EU R&D programme Horizon Europe
Post-Exit Founders on What Makes a Brand Worth Buying
This week, Daniela Morosini chats with post-exit founders about the unwritten rules strategics play by, and dives into the start of earnings season.
Your most powerful Necron unit in Dawn of War 4 is a sentient shard of a dead star god, and boy does he hate you
In Dawn of War 4, each faction can field a massive endgame unit that basically dwarfs everything else on the battlefield.
Introducing Gemini Robotics ER 2
Gemini Robotics ER 2 is a step change in video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration for robotic applications.
Canada Goose Beats Revenue Estimates as Demand Holds Up
The outerwear brand beat expectations for first-quarter revenue, but new US tariffs on Canadian could affect future earnings.
Inside an AI TikTok Shop Slop Factory That Shills Supplements Recalled By the FDA
How a company called Rosabella used AI content to market its supplements: "If you’re trying to sell health products to a 50-year-old, well, make your avatar 50 years old."
How attack path mapping helps AI security agents prioritize risk
Security teams have spent years chasing alerts in isolation while attackers move fluidly across cloud, identity and device boundaries.
Cisco-Backed Startup Eliyan Raises $145M at $1B Valuation to Fix AI’s Data Bottleneck
Everyone’s watching chip speed. Almost nobody’s watching what happens between the chips and that’s exactly where the industry is losing the most performance. In dense AI clusters, GPUs typically run The post Cisco-Backed Startup Eliyan Raises $145M at $1B Valuation to Fix AI’s Data Bottleneck appeared first on Ventureburn .
Why AI systems need to be robust in safety-critical environments
UL’s Prof Martin Hayes on his systems theory research, why ‘pi-shaped’ graduates are the future of engineering, and the importance of patience. Read more: Why AI systems need to be robust in safety-critical environments
Protopia and Rafay deliver multi-tenancy for shared GPU AI factories
Enterprise AI infrastructure providers are turning to multi-tenancy paired with upstream data protection to convert idle GPU capacity into secure, token-metered services that enterprises will actually…
US economic growth sees surprise slowdown in second quarter
The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the three months to June, down from 2.1% seen in the previous quarter.
‘It’s a peptide wild west’: how RFK Jr is clearing way for a market of untested drugs
A century ago, compounding pharmacies helped people get bespoke drugs. Now these less-regulated businesses are fueling the peptide boom Robert F Kennedy Jr is sitting stiffly in Joe Rogan’s podcast…
Analyst data: Assassin's Creed Odyssey experiences surge in daily active users following Christopher Nolan film
Following the release of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey film on July 17, daily active users of Assassin's Creed Odyssey increased significantly across all platforms. Read more
Expanding the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease beyond maternal behaviors
by Alice Rhiannon Lee, Daniel B. Hawcutt, Jennifer K. Quint, Ian P. Sinha Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) research has long emphasized maternal pregnancy behaviors as key…
Digital bike ID startup Bikekey secures TÖNNJES investment
Danish digital bike registry Bikekey has secured a strategic investment from German company TÖNNJES , and will use the partnership to take digital bike registration into new markets worldwide.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $1 Billion To Advance Commercial Fusion Power
Funding Strengthens Commercial Fusion Ambitions Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises $1 billion to make fusion power real Boston, United States, Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises $1 billion in new…
China’s smart-vacuum giants swept up in US robot ban, hitting top options for Americans
The fallout from Washington’s fresh import ban on foreign robots appears poised to disrupt the American living room, threatening to lock out market-dominating Chinese smart vacuums.
STAT+: Rising oil prices can boost the cost of some medicines. One expert says it’s time to lower reliance on fossil fuels
Unitaid found the rising price of oil could boost the cost of a widely used HIV medicine it reviewed in a detailed analysis.
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, libtiff, libXfont2, nodejs:22, nodejs:24, and rest), Debian (expat and nss), Fedora (libssh, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli…
- Multiple Linux distributions released security updates on Thursday
- Updates addressed vulnerabilities in packages like gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free and libtiff
- Aimed at improving security and stability of affected software
Irish Premier League contingent concentrated at 7 clubs
With the dust barely settled on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it's time to look ahead to the upcoming Premier League season, and in particular the Irish talent that will be on show.
Best in Class: Stream PC Games and Study on the Same Laptop With GeForce NOW
Back to school means balancing assignments, deadlines and downtime. GeForce NOW makes it easy to have it all. With cloud gaming, everyday laptops used for class can also become GeForce RTX-powered…
Latigo Reports Positive Phase IIb Data for Non-Opioid Acute Pain Candidate
LTG-001 achieved the primary endpoint of the Phase IIb LTG-001-010 trial (NCT07102459) by achieving better-than-placebo scores in the time-weighted sum of the pain-intensity difference (SPID) over the…
A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada’s Fastest Fiber Networks
In February 2024, a young man lay somewhere on the frozen shore of James Bay, Canada, surrounded by snow and darkness, succumbing to hypothermia.
Comedian Margaret Cho meets the person she used to be
Born in the U.S. and taken to Korea after her father’s deportation, comedian Margaret Cho grew up between cultures, experienced sexual assault at a young age, and came of age in her parents’ gay…
Ebola outbreak nears milestone, while a vaccine remains months away
Medicaid work rules, FTC sues Hims, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Ant Group spin-offs pursue independent growth with strategic capital moves
The three independent spin-offs of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group are accelerating their capital-raising efforts, forging distinct financial paths after gaining operational autonomy in 2024.
Highland Europe closes €1.1B Fund VI to back European technology scaleups
Growth-stage venture capital firm Highland Europe hasclosed a €1.1 billion sixth fund to continue investing in European technologyscaleups.Headquartered in London and Geneva, Highland…
How a Healthy Work Culture Helps Trauma Survivors
Donna Grethen/Ikon Images Over the past few decades, there has been burgeoning interest in how leaders and organizations can support employees in the aftermath of traumatic events.1 But there is…
"I learnt a tonne about enamel pin manufacturing" – Brigador developer Stellar Jockeys on the secrets of selling video game merchandise
Since the indie boom of the 2010s, one piece of advice commonly given to smaller studios has been the value of merchandise. Read more