Country Life: Hydroponics in Horowhenua
Husband and wife duo Tony and Lisa Dale-Low traded corporate life in the city for growing fresh herbs and salad greens under Waikawa Fresh.
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Lebanon's President Aoun calls army 'only guarantor' of country's stability
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Saturday that the country's military remained the "only guarantor of Lebanon’s unity, sovereignty and independence”.
Wall Street’s hidden recruiting pipeline isn’t an Ivy League diploma—it’s the teammate who triples your odds of getting hired
A new study of more than 120,000 Ivy League graduates finds locker room ties, not diplomas, do the real gatekeeping into finance's top firms
Zynga’s founder shares 6 mindsets for building billion-dollar products
Below, Mark Pincus shares six key insights from his new book, Life at the Speed of Play: Launch Products People Love! . Mark is the founder of Zynga, the pioneer of social mobile games.
How many ships are transiting through Hormuz and Bab Al Mandeb?
Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains sparse, with two more vessels coming under attack near the waterway on Saturday.
AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job
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Sheikh Abdullah meets new UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held talks with newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in London.
Stick to spending limits, PM and chancellor tell ministers in joint memo
The Chancellor said the Budget on 28 October would “meet our fiscal rules” and give families "stability" to plan for the future.
Bitcoin ETFs end July in the green despite late-month selling
Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $172.4 million in July inflows but remained $5.3 billion negative year to date after heavy withdrawals in May and June.
The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds
We have been watching asteroid (44) Nysa for well over a century without ever really knowing what it looks like. Now the sharpest images ever taken of it, from two of the largest telescopes on Earth…
What are we all playing this weekend?
I wonder what’s going to happen when we eventually run out of crusty old public-domain drawings to put in these. Hopefully by that point the standards of what’s considered ‘old’ will have shifted and…
The Post-Roe Surprise: More Abortions
Access to medication abortion in the years since Covid and the fall of Roe v. Wade has completely reshaped the abortion access landscape in America.
- 33-40% of women of reproductive age now have less right to abortion.
- Massachusetts and nearly half US states have shield laws for abortion providers.
- Medication abortions across state lines gaining traction with nationwide operation.
Drifting SpaceX Rocket Heading For Accidental Collision With the Moon
"Space.com and The Guardian are reporting that the Falcon 9 upper stage leftover from the launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost-1 lander on Jan. 15, 2025 is due to impact the Moon on Aug. 5, 2026," writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot.
Enterprise cloud infrastructure uptake shows no sign of slowing
Cloud revenue now north of $143 billion a quarter, and growth is accelerating
The courage to go bald: Why more girls are shaving their heads for children with cancer
The growing number of girls taking part reflects changing social attitudes.
Building for 131°F: Europe races to protect its infrastructure from a ‘quiet catastrophe’
A summer of weather extremes and severe infrastructure stress has prompted companies and policymakers across Europe to respond.
Iran's overlapping power centers make ending the war more complicated
Iran’s power structure complicates efforts to enforce any ceasefire with the U.S., from the Supreme Leader to the Revolutionary Guards.
Superheated magma may power towering lava fountains
Scientists studying magma from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma have discovered that extreme heat can dramatically change how an eruption unfolds.
Inside Larry Ellison's debt-fueled push to turn Oracle into an AI juggernaut by aligning with Trump, backing Project Stargate, and partnering with OpenAI (New York Times)
the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida …
Toronto-based Terminal, whose API connects insurance products and commercial fleet software with telematics data, raised a $20M Series A led by Battery Ventures (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
Toronto startup landed Fortune 500 customers with almost no sales team. Now, it's shifting gears.
KBO to allow delaying games up to an hour amid record heat wave
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league has decided to operat...
Bloomberg puts off adding Indian bonds to its global index
Indian bonds are likely to see selling on Monday (August 3) on disappointment over the development, traders say
I thought Fujifilm made a mistake – but after spending weeks with its latest compact camera, I added one to my wish list
I spent a few weeks with the Fujifilm X Half and, despite my original reservations, I didn't want to send it back
First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds
Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than 80 dead and…
XRP Ledger upgrade brings back features once pulled over critical bugs
The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers found bugs that could have allowed…
Should you take the plunge? How to tell how clean the sea is
From beach ratings to apps and flags, we take a look at how swimmers can check water quality.
Foden aims to repay Man City faith in fresh start
Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden is aiming to "repay" the faith shown to him by the club as he looks forward to a "fresh start" under new boss Enzo Maresca.
BL Explainer: SEBI’s new Closing Auction Session, what investors need to know
The move aims to strengthen price discovery, reduce the risk of end-of-day price manipulation, and ensure that benchmark prices are used for indices
Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM
Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheet MPs and mayors close to Andy Burnham have told the prime minister there is a “third…
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships It has been three months since the Guardian revealed that Nigel Farage had accepted a £5m gift from Christopher Harborne , a billionaire donor to Reform UK.
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Joburg’s electoral map rewritten as population shifts reshape wards
Thousands of Johannesburg residents could find themselves in different municipal wards after one of the city’s biggest electoral redraws in years, with voters being urged to check their registration details during the IEC’s final voter registration weekend on 1 and 2 August ahead of the 2026 local government elections.
How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the devices
Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue searching without ever accessing the…
Modi Opposes Court Cases For Protesters, Urges Forgiveness
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he opposed punishment and court proceedings for the young protesters who marched in New Delhi and other Indian cities in recent weeks, saying “children make…
Underground hub in Marine Parade offers S’pore’s first one-stop access to social services, shops
The Anchor @ Marine Parade is expected to be fully operational in 2027.
Smashed Ice Worlds Formed Neptune's Inner Moons and Rings
The planet Neptune has 16 known moons, with its largest Moon, Triton, comprising more than 99.5 percent of the mass of all of them. Triton’s incredible size has led scientists to hypothesize it was a captured object originating from the Kuiper Belt, which wreaked havoc on Neptune’s original moon system upon its capture and subsequential…
PLA and coastguards stage South China Sea drills days after Philippine territorial bid
The Chinese military held joint naval and air drills near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed reef in the South China Sea, on Saturday. The training exercise came after Beijing hit out at the Philippines for an “illegal” attempt to extend its seabed rights off the coast of Palawan and map out its claims to the reef.
‘I felt sick that he was near my mum’: a top amputation surgeon had his own legs removed due to a fetish. Were his patients safe?
Neil Hopper was celebrated for continuing to do his job despite the loss of his lower limbs. But what the people he was treating didn’t know was that his injuries were self-inflicted.
‘Proteinmaxxing’ could lead to higher prices for infant formula, say experts
Whey protein, a key infant formula ingredient, is in growing demand, partly linked to rising use of weight-loss drugs The rise of “proteinmaxxing” – a trend in which consumers try to eat as much…
5 tips for staying calm when you’re stressed
When stress rises, most people do not suddenly become someone different. They often become more intensely who they are or were rather than who they are working on becoming.
4 neuroscience-backed tips for using AI to learn more effectively
It’s Monday, and you’re a leader who wants to learn how to give better feedback. Since your company recently brought on an artificial intelligence chatbot to help you improve your skills as a manager…
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South Korea July exports beat forecasts on robust demand for AI investments
Semiconductor exports jumped 179% as memory chip prices continued to rise despite the issues of Apple's potential use of Chinese memory chips and a new AI development in China, the trade ministry said in a statement. Computer sales also surged 404% on increasing AI investments by big U.S. technology firms, the ministry said.
Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq: Stocks rise on tech earnings; bond yields hit multi-year highs
Apple shares tumble more than 7% after disappointing forecast on component shortages
More students can take mother tongue Language Elective Programme from 2027
More venues will be made available for the programme.
The first 72 hours: Hospital routines may undermine breastfeeding
An evidence review of international research suggests widespread misconceptions within the medical community about early milk production, pacifiers and breast pumps may be undermining breastfeeding…
APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos!
Situational Awareness got the future right but misread the past
Leopold Aschenbrenner thought AI-related stocks would go one way; they went the other. The mistake was funding the trades with debt
Taiwan’s political parties deadlocked over efforts to boost military drone capacity
A political row is threatening to undermine Taiwan’s efforts to increase its stockpiles of military drones and has raised questions about the future of its domestic manufacturers.
The lack of incentives to take care of forests and prevent fires in Spain: “It is more profitable to do nothing”
With 70% of the forest mass in private hands and a poorly designed tax system according to experts, almost three quarters of the area lack management plans.
Trump activates tariffs on medications and forces pharmaceutical companies to choose between paying more or moving to the country
Las grandes compañías europeas pagarán gravámenes del 15% para exportar a Estados Unidos
China is the winner of global chaos. Why has it chosen to invest in Spain?
El desembarco del gigante asiático en las fábricas de automóviles españolas responde a factores industriales y geopolíticos. Bruselas no se fía: el régimen de Pekín es un socio incómodo
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart vs Mar Flores: the day the duchess “got down on her knees” before the model
The aristocrat with the most titles in the world was known for not paying homage to any king, but in 1998 she had to bow to the mannequin bride of her favourite son.
Orbayo in the Caribbean
The Cantabrian region is offering these days absolutely delightful but extremely unsettling temperatures.
Reading as Rebellion
I wonder if there might not be a relationship between the expulsion of literature and the deterioration of our democracies.
OpenAI Finds Evidence Other AI Agents Escaped Containment
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped containment as the company expands its investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global attention this month, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
China cuts durian settlement to 30 minutes with first outbound e-CNY payment to Malaysia
China has completed its first outbound digital yuan payment to Malaysia, settling a 43,000 yuan (US$6,360) shipment of fresh durian, as Beijing accelerates efforts to build a cross-border clearing network in Southeast Asia outside the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) system.
3 overlooked TV series on Prime Video you should watch this weekend (July 31-August 2)
Looking for something new to watch this weekend? These three hidden gems on Prime Video shows bring strong writing, real performances, and compelling stories to your screen.
Humour, passion, connection: Montreal Comiccon celebrates summer edition
In this photo essay from Canada, we showcase the creativity of participants at this must-attend annual comics convention.