Outrage in Peru over a sexual assault on a cumbia singer
Videos in which interpreter Naldy Saldaña appears being fondled by the musical director of the La Bella Luz orchestra have scandalized the Peruvian population.
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Beyond supply glut, Manila condo market faces 'repricing': The numbers that matter
Manila: The condominium market here entered 2026 with a paradox: a huge housing need exists while Metro Manila simultaneously has a condo glut.
US Secretary of State Rubio says US-Iran talks progress, deal could come "very shortly"
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there has been progress made in discussions with Iran and Oman on getting more ships through the Strait of Hormuz but no final deal has been achieved, the…
Eating less protein may ‘slow’ ageing. But here’s why the evidence isn’t clear-cut
A new review links to eating less protein to longer lifespans and improved metabolism. But lots of this evidence comes from animals, not humans.
- Consuming less protein may slow aging, but evidence is inconclusive.
- Most studies come from animal research, limiting human applicability.
- Current guidelines recommend 15-25% daily energy intake from protein.
Coronagraph Systems
Masks and Optics Coronagraph masks block most of the glare from stars to reveal faint orbiting planets and dusty debris disks.
Chargers Not Expected to Make Big WR Move for Playoff Push
The Los Angeles Chargers are not expected to reunite with veteran wide receiver Keenan Allen for a playoff push.
- Chargers not pursuing big WR moves for 2025 playoffs.
- Veteran Keenan Allen signs one-year $8.5M deal.
- Young receivers like Brenen Thompson to be utilized.
How singing in a choir hits the right note for people living with brain conditions
Singing in a choir helps people regain their voice and reduces social isolation and the sense of loss that often follows diagnosis with a brain condition.
RBI set to keep interest rates unchanged as inflation risks persist
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to announce its bi-monthly monetary policy decision on Wednesday at 10:00 AM IST (04:30 GMT), another meeting coming at a time when uncertainty remains high over…
Shannon Taylor wins Democratic primary in Virginia's 1st District
Virginia Democrats are refocusing on a handful of GOP-held seats in Virginia after the state Supreme Court struck down a redrawn congressional map that favored Democrats in all but one district.
Chris Jones Puts Patrick Mahomes' ACL Concerns to Rest: 'Nothing's Changed'
Chiefs' Chris Jones says Patrick Mahomes "looks like Pat Mahomes," showing no signs of the ACL injury that ended his 2025 season.
- Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes' ACL injury concerns resolved by Chris Jones.
- Jones confirms Mahomes looks like himself, no changes in condition.
- Mahomes' return crucial for Chiefs after four losses following injury.
Why is Intel sharing its Atom CPU technology with a start-up? The answer could be in low-power x86 design
Rosaic, a new Delaware startup with former Rivos staff and ties to Intel's CEO, gained unusual licensing access to Intel's Atom chip technology.
Fed's Schmid: Tighter monetary policy required to bring inflation back to 2% target
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid said on Wednesday that tighter monetary policy is needed to get inflation back to the 2% target.
Two-time Preakness-winning jockey Robby Albarado dies at 52
Former jockey Robby Albarado, who won the Preakness twice during his lengthy riding career in the top tier of the sport, has died. He was 52.
- Robby Albarado, 52, dies after heart blockage procedure
- Two-time Preakness winner, 5,222 race victories
- Retired in 2022, worked for trainer Kenny McPeek
KI: Another incident – KI sent phishing emails
According to British researchers, an Anthropic AI tried to manipulate a human via email during a test. The incident fuels further concerns about AI cyberattacks.
House panel report: US telcos connected their systems to data centers in a way that exposed them to vulnerabilities, potentially enabling Salt Typhoon hacks (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)
US telecommunications companies connected their systems to data centers and related infrastructure in a way that exposed …
Decolonizing economics means questioning where its ideas came from and imagining new ones
Economics shapes many aspects of our daily lives, from the prices we pay to the policies governments adopt. Yet many of the ideas taught as universal principles of economics emerged from a narrow…
Armed man arrested near Trump's golf course ahead of president's visit
The arrest happened shortly before President Trump was due to host a fundraising dinner at the coastal golf course in California.
Bears Sign Top Offensive Lineman to $116 Million Extension
The Chicago Bears have signed offensive tackle Darnell Wright to a four-year, $116 million extension with $93 million guaranteed.
- Chicago Bears extend Darnell Wright to $116 million four-year deal.
- Wright becomes highest-paid right tackle in NFL history.
- Signing aims to bolster Bears' championship contention.
Daniel Andrews’ government engaged in ‘concerning’ conduct but no evidence of firefighter union blackmail: Ibac report
Anti-corruption watchdog’s long-awaited report finds ‘serious and concerning’ conduct by senior government members in dealings with union boss Senior members of the former Daniel Andrews government…
Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on several censorious and privacy invasive bills: KOSA , the SCREEN Act , Youth AI Privacy Act, and CHATBOT Act .
Interview with the Vampire Bites into a New 4K Ultra HD Release
The 1994 horror classic directed by Neil Jordan stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Interview with the Vampire Bites into a New 4K Ultra HD Release Liz Shannon Miller
WebKit leaks in iOS & macOS expose user data in spite of proxy use
Apple requires all browsers to use WebKit on iPhone, so a report suggests every browser is affected by three separate leaks that can hand off information around a proxy or iCloud Private Relay .
Why life's hardships may make conspiracy theories more appealing
People who experience greater hardship throughout their lives may become more susceptible to conspiracy theories when those experiences lead them to see the world as fundamentally unfair, according to…
US says Iran Hormuz deal could come 'today or tomorrow' as oil prices plunge
A senior Trump administration official said an agreement to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could be reached as soon as "today or tomorrow," fueling hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough…
Artificial Intelligence: Next Alarm: AI Sent People Phishing Emails
To solve a test task, artificial intelligence attempted to infect publicly accessible software without planning - and to manipulate people with phishing emails. Researchers are sounding the alarm.
AMD data centre sales double but AI chip giant’s shares sink on lofty expectations
Its stock had more than doubled this year after the company emerged as a key contender to Nvidia in AI processors.
- AMD's data center sales double to US$6.7 billion
- Stock price drops 8.8% post-market trading
- Investors set higher expectations for AI chip performance
AI used new levels of 'autonomy and deception' to trick people in safety test
The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.
‘The Odyssey’ Is Still Holding Strong Despite Historic Competition from ‘Spider-Man’
After adding $136 million worldwide in its third weekend, Christopher Nolan's hit film is set to reach $1 billion on Friday The post ‘The Odyssey’ Is Still Holding Strong Despite Historic Competition…
- "The Odyssey" grosses $51M in U.S. and Canada, $136M globally in third weekend.
- Continues to draw audiences on third Monday with $10M domestic earnings.
- Expected to reach $1B globally by fourth weekend, potentially surpassing "Oppenheimer."
Travel back to 2001 and the dawn of the camera phone
It's also been 25 years since we were first able to send photos between phones
Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course?
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s push to reorganise Southeast Asia’s largest economy around a stronger, more interventionist state has put him increasingly at odds, analysts say, with the country’s so-called Nine Dragons.
A simple 30-minute daily routine may help slow cognitive decline
A 12-week program requiring older adults to read out loud, write by hand, and solve basic math problems for 30 minutes a day resulted in measurable improvements on cognitive tests.
Why China’s new sovereign bond sale in Hong Kong is drawing global interest
China’s Ministry of Finance is set to raise 15 billion yuan (US$2.22 billion) through a sovereign bond auction in Hong Kong, tapping international capital just days after the city launched a…
Chris Pratt's 157-Minute Action Thriller Changed Hollywood Forever, and It's Streaming Now on Netflix
Before Guardians of the Galaxy, Chris Pratt proved his action-star potential in Zero Dark Thirty, now streaming on Netflix.
Circadian Clock Gene Modulation and Selective Reprogramming in Response to Virus Infection
The circadian clock regulates fundamental cellular processes that include the host response to infection. However, the intersection of the circadian clock and the mechanisms that drive antiviral…
Hoike: A Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture for Transcriptome Data Generation with Diffusion Models
In biomarker discovery, access to sufficient quantities of condition-specific transcriptomic data is often limited by cohort size, privacy concerns, and domain shift between normal and condition…
Nautilus shell morphomics reveals microstructural heterogeneity alongside structural continuity across component boundaries
The nautilus (Nautilus sp.) is an early-branching cephalopod. It retains several conchiferan synapomorphies, including an external planispiral biomineralized shell.
High-throughput quantification of population dynamics using luminescence
Bacterial population decline at antibiotic concentrations above the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) remains poorly characterized.
White House Weighs Extending Historic Jones Act Waiver to Lower Gas Prices
The White House is reportedly weighing whether to extend the temporary suspension, already among the longest and broadest in the program’s history, but some have criticized its potential impact on the…
Boosting hyperalignment performance with age-specific templates
Hyperalignment aligns individual brain activity and functional connectivity patterns to a common, high-dimensional model space, resolving idiosyncrasies in functional–anatomical correspondence and…
Apparent cooperativity between human CMV virions introduces errors in conventional methods of calculating multiplicity of infection
Whether infection of cells by individual virions occurs randomly, or if there is some form(s) of competition or cooperativity between individual virions, remains largely unknown for most virus–cell…
Middle East War Triggers New Global Refining Boom
For the second time this decade, a war has upended global oil markets and sent oil prices and refining margins to multi-year highs, benefitting the world’s biggest oil companies and top refiners.
- Iran war disrupts global oil markets, causing record-high prices
- Strait of Hormuz becomes crude oil bottleneck, reducing refining throughput
- Shell, TotalEnergies report highest Q2 profits since 2022
Virtual reality-assisted neuromuscular training effects on agility performance and injury prevention in basketball athletes: a controlled laboratory experiment
Scientific Reports, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-48999-x Virtual reality-assisted neuromuscular training effects on agility performance and injury prevention in basketball…
Transcriptomic profiling of HBV transgenic mouse livers reveals ZBP1-associated necroptotic signaling
Scientific Reports, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-55138-z Transcriptomic profiling of HBV transgenic mouse livers reveals ZBP1-associated necroptotic signaling
Evaluation of different defect-inspection setups for injection molding parts based on the deep learning method
Scientific Reports, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-52635-z Evaluation of different defect-inspection setups for injection molding parts based on the deep learning method
New release of LLM adds support for reasoning traces, OpenAI Responses, server-side tools, and smarter logging
I released LLM 0.32 this morning, the most significant new version of LLM since the initial launch of the project. The new version includes support for visible reasoning traces, server-side provider…
- Version 0.32 of LLM released on August 4, 2026
- Adds reasoning traces, server-side tools, content-addressable logs
- llm-anthropic plugin enhanced with WebSearch, WebFetch, CodeExecution
Ollivant projected to win GOP primary in battleground Virginia district
Republican Douglas Ollivant will run against Democratic Rep. Eugene Vindman in November.
- Douglas Ollivant set to win GOP primary in Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
- Former White House National Security Council official and West Point graduate.
- Vindman, Democratic incumbent, leads in campaign funds, $12 million vs. Ollivant's under $1 million.
Director Eli Roth seems to think the Borderlands movie sucked too: 'You got something that belonged to nobody'
The budget blew out, and so did the scrutiny of executives.
SpaceX revenue jumps in debut results as satellite, AI businesses surge
- SpaceX's revenue doubled to $7.8 billion in Q2, up from $4.1 billion a year prior
- Starlink revenue surged 66%, making up more than half of total revenue
- AI business revenue jumped approximately 250%, but capital expenditure soared to $18 billion
We can help frogs beat a deadly disease. But can they still reproduce?
We need to carefully study what happens to frogs after we intervene to save them.
Are summer sandals killing your feet?
They may keep your feet cool but some styles could be doing more harm than good.
Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian…
CM calls Horatti, suggests him to resign
- Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar contacted Basavaraj Horatti.
- Shivakumar suggested Horatti to resign from his role.
- Horatti agreed to reflect and inform the Chief Minister of his decision.
SpaceX beats forecasts as revenue and spending rise
SpaceX has released its first quarterly earnings report, showing revenue growth of around 90% and a drop in operating losses during the second quarter of 2026.
UNESCO gives Mexico 6 months to show ‘concrete actions’ to protect remaining vaquitas
At stake is not only the survival of the world's smallest cetacean species but also the Gulf of California's reputation as the "Aquarium of the World." The post UNESCO gives Mexico 6 months to show…
Arson suspect arrested as Spokane fires ravage buildings, force tens of thousands to evacuate
Authorities have arrested a man accused of intentionally igniting the devastating fires in and around Spokane, Washington, that have already forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes.
Speed up execution of Jal Jeevan Mission projects, Pawan Kalyan directs officials
The Deputy CM says he will soon undertake field inspections of the projects across the State and oversee quality checks to ensure safe drinking water reaches every household
CarPlay is Coming to Pontoon Boats
MasterCraft Boat Holdings today said it is adding CarPlay to its upcoming Crest and Balise Pontoons. The company is working with Savvy Navvy to bring ‌CarPlay‌ and on-water navigation to…
New guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force
The code covers spaces open to the public, such as toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland.