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What can Indiana and Curt Cignetti do for an encore?
“Yeah, it’s pretty simple. I win. Google me.” With those eight words, declared minutes into his first press conference as the new head coach at Indiana, Curt Cignetti announced his vision for the…
The system that prevents me from burning out as a founder
Like many entrepreneurs, I’m wired to constantly operate at full throttle. Growing up, I played quarterback. From fifth grade through my senior year of college, my coaches gave me the same feedback: I…
The mathematics of balloon animals
Feedback is delighted to be pointed towards an old but still vital piece of research that presents “a general mathematical and algorithmic theory for balloon-twisting structures”
We must adapt to climate change while also tackling the root cause
The devastating wildfires in Europe demand urgent measures to make landscapes more resilient, but without action to reduce use of fossil fuels, the danger is only going to increase
Everyone’s afraid of mountain lions. The data says be afraid of deer instead.
A five-year study finds the big cats you avoid on trails are quietly preventing the collisions that actually kill people.
Cloudflare Announces Open-Source Cloudflare OS As AI 'Operating System'
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, an Apache 2.0-licensed platform that lets organizations build AI agents, apps, and workflows using curated company data and tools within isolated, governed…
The Best Part of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Was Off-Limits to Critics | Spoiler Review
Every time Marvel Studios begs critics to prioritize their precious spoilers, the art of film criticism suffers The post The Best Part of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Was Off-Limits to Critics |…
Samsung’s cheap Fitbit Air rival just leaked again, but we still have tons of unanswered questions
Details of the Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 wearable have leaked in FCC regulatory filings.
Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount
Apple’s most affordable laptop, the MacBook Neo, is available once again at its pre-price hike price. All four colors are currently discounted and available refurbished through the company, with the…
Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
We were pretty sure that Fenix Flexin's "Rubberz" was made using AI, but musician Medasin was confident that it was made using Treblo specifically.
Nominations for Business Insider's Rising Stars of Wall Street list are now open
Nominations are now open for Business Insider's 2026 Rising Stars of Wall Street list. Tell us about young finance hotshots we should know.
Apple’s memory crisis is a big red flag for tech
The memory crisis is getting worse for Apple, which is struggling to get enough memory chips together for its upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series smartphones . That’s according to tech journalist Tim Culpan . As he details it, Apple and its assembly partners are still attempting to secure sufficient quantities of memory, and though they’re…
Feds Say Rozier Friend Threatening Witnesses in NBA Gambling Case
Prosecutors say De'Niro Laster has been intimidating witnesses on social media.
Pokémon Company sued over secret bathroom cameras
A former TPC director of engineering is accused of recording people without their consent in places like Starbucks and Safeway as well
Campaign ridicule was the real winner of Michigan’s Democratic primary
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory was a clear win for anti-AIPAC Democrats — and ridicule.
EcoFlows portable power stations and solar bundles are up to 32% off right now
Now through Aug. 16, you can get up to 32% off DELTA power stations and solar bundles. Shop Amazon or the EcoFlow website.
Deck out your living room with $100 off the 50-inch TCL QM6K mini-LED TV
As of August 5, get $100 off the 50-inch TCL QM6K mini-LED TV at Amazon.
Surgeons enthuse about what a great bargain Apple Vision Pro is
A new study covering wearing an Apple Vision Pro during certain surgeries has concluded that it is superior to existing medical equipment, and is very much worth the relatively small cost.
Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Google is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis.
IBM's agentic AI platform is under active attack - patch now
A critical Langflow flaw allowing RCE on default deployments is being exploited, says the CISA
Is Spotify down for you? Here’s what’s going on
The outage is affecting users across the country.
TikTok and YouTube could fill a gap for musicians as space shrinks on late-night TV
When CBS ended The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earlier this year, it also shuttered the program’s robust music offerings—a blow for artists whose television platform was already dwindling.
Marvel Rivals is gearing up for season 9.5 with major Vanguard adjustments alongside a teaser for its next hero, The Hood
Close enough, welcome to Marvel Rivals Gun Devil from CSM.
EAs $55bn sale to Saudi-led group closes — $700 million in cuts on the horizon
The deal, which includes Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, takes EA private and loads the company with $18 billion in debt.
Caleb Williams went from viral embarrassment to perfect passes at Bears training camp
Caleb Williams’ accuracy was a point of contention last season despite his emergence into one of the NFL’s best playmakers. The Chicago Bears quarterback ranked just No.
Netanyahu says Trump is a ‘great friend’ but Israel will do ‘whatever it takes’ for security
Netanyahu says Trump is a ‘great friend’ but Israel will do ‘whatever it takes’ for security Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will do “whatever it takes” to…
‘Now, almost every image looks flat or cartoonish’: I saw Reddit arguing that Google’s AI image generator had got worse — so I ran my own comparison against ChatGPT
Following up on a Reddit conversation about AI image generators I investigate how Nano Banana 2 compares to ChatGPT at image generation.
Fuel prices in Russia's Krasnoyarsk jump 24 rubles after one-day drop coinciding with Putin visit
Gasoline prices in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk dropped sharply on Aug. 3, the day Vladimir Putin visited the city. The cost of gasoline then returned to previous levels after he left.
D-Wave shows off its new entry in quantum computing race
Company noted for building quantum annealers now also making gate-based hardware.
The 40 richest families in America, ranked
The richest families in America have reached billion-dollar fortunes in different ways — from publishing and cosmetics to retail and hotels.
Cloudflare launches Cloudflare OS: an open-source AI agentic workspace for the enterprise
Cloudflare Inc. today announced the launch of Cloudflare OS, an open-source artificial intelligence agentic workspace available through the browser, filled with custom shared micro-applications for…
How to Talk Like a Human in the AI Era
“For decades, communication coaches counseled clients to ruthlessly eliminate verbal tics and awkward pauses. In the age of AI, those imperfections add something vital,” writes Matt Abrahams.
Pokémon Developer Game Freak Promises Fixes 'Within a Week' To Its Big Budget RPG Beast of Reincarnation, Following Mixed Response at Launch
Game Freak has promised a series of quick fixes after a mixed response to the launch of its big budget RPG Beast of Reincarnation.
The MND Sheinbaum Index™ for June 2026: The president’s highest score to date
The MND Sheinbaum Index™ takes eight of the most important government performance indicators and scores each one against a consistent methodology.
Xbox Console Updates Adding New Capture and Achievement Features
Xbox has announced another set of new console features, which will begin rolling out to some users from today.
Apple’s Private Relay isn’t always hiding your IP address, researchers say
A flaw in WebKit leaks real IP addresses, and Apple is already looking into it.
Pakistan, Iran agree to keep border crossings open round the clock to boost trade
Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday agreed to further expand trade ties by keeping border crossings open round the clock, improving logistics and harmonising customs procedures.
The Trump administration has doled out $100 billion in tariff refunds, but Americans are suing U.S. companies for not seeing a penny of the returns
Customers of Five Below, Sony, and Nintendo have filed class action lawsuits demanding they receive refunds from the struck-down import taxes.
BravesVision Rollout Drags Braves Revenue Lower
Quarterly revenue and operating income fell for the MLB club.
Locked out of housing, Gen Z and Millennials are building wealth in the stock market instead as they reach record high $3.1 trillion in holdings
Experts warn brokerage accounts lack a mortgage's forced savings discipline and carry other risks
Going down a storm: Now astronauts are using iPhones in space – and getting some incredible photographs
Give an astronaut an iPhone, have him point it at a Super Typhoon on Earth and what do you get? One amazing image… The post Going down a storm: Now astronauts are using iPhones in space – and getting…
SuperCritical appoints Neal Froneman as chair
Neal Froneman was Sibanye-Stillwater's founder and former chief executive officer.
Copper price sets fresh US record as tariff-driven hoarding meets shrinking supply
Deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz may be days away, but the five-month closure and China's export ban have already cut deep into the sulphuric acid supplies that a big chunk of world copper output…
Amazon Knocks the LEGO Icons Transformers: Soundwave Set Down to a New All-Time Low Price
The LEGO Icons Transformers: Soundwave set has hit its lowest price yet at Amazon of $163.99. Don't miss out on the chance to save $26 on this build we called "a beautiful 80s dream come true."
Fields of Mistria 1.0 changes: What's new in the full release version?
Here's what you need to know about jumping in or starting over in Fields of Mistria
Judge casts doubt on future of WH Smith replacement TG Jones
Mr Justice Hildyard, who approved rescue plan in July, said turnaround plan came with ‘very considerable’ risks The judge who approved a rescue plan for the former WH Smith high street business – now…
Google says Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will take over many of Demis Hassabis' responsibilities as SVP; GOOG falls 3%+ (Bloomberg)
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is losing some of its most prominent AI veterans in a seismic overhaul that is casting doubt over leadership …
What Is 'Russia's Amazon' Wildberries and Why Is Ukraine Targeting It?
The strikes have drawn attention not only because of their reach inside Russia, but also because of Wildberries’ economic importance, its ties to the country’s financial sector, and the impact on…
Stunning fossil from Australian outback reveals pliosaur killed a sea monster that had just eaten a pterosaur
Using advanced neutron imaging, researchers scanning fossils from Queensland uncovered clues about the complex food chain of prehistoric Earth.
The surveillance system that helped Nigeria curb piracy wants to fight banditry
Falcon Eye, developed by Israeli defence company RTCom Defense, helped Nigeria fight piracy. It is now pushing to join the war on banditry
Restoring the silenced Friedreich's ataxia gene through unconventional means
Cells can switch off genes by tightly packaging DNA around proteins called histones. However, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that under certain conditions, this…
Startup Sapiom routes clients’ AI to lowest-cost tokens
As AI spending ramps up, businesses want fast pathways to the cheapest models.
McKinney defeats Thanedar in Michigan's 13th Congressional District primary
Donavan McKinney has defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan's 13th Congressional District, CBS News projects.
"Believable and consistent up close": What the dinosaurs of The Lost Wild share with Microsoft’s cancelled Everwild, according to the designer who worked on both
Former Rare design director Gary Napper has shared a little about what his forthcoming dinosaur survival project The Lost Wild shares with Rare's mysterious nature fable Everwild , which was cancelled…
Eli Roth Confirms ‘Ice Cream Man’ Contains Generative AI: ‘I Misspoke’
"AI was used in a very small portion of a few scenes in the film," the director reveals The post Eli Roth Confirms ‘Ice Cream Man’ Contains Generative AI: ‘I Misspoke’ appeared first on TheWrap .
Neuranics Lab is building a blood count machine that runs by fingerprick
The Delhi-based company has developed MorphX, a point-of-care platform that claims to return a full blood count in minutes without needing a trained technician.
Peptris is using AI to find drug candidates to shorten the time it takes for laboratory validation
The Bengaluru-based company builds models that generate molecules and predict how they will behave, and has licensed its lead candidate to a US developer.
'It's incredibly rare to see a moment like this in the ocean': Camera drone captures moment humpback whale gives birth off Australian coast
A camera drone captured extraordinarily rare footage of a humpback whale giving birth off the Australian coast.
UK maritime authority reports ‘loud explosion’ near ship southeast of Yemeni coast
UK maritime authority reports ‘loud explosion’ near ship southeast of Yemeni coast The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday that it has received a report of a “loud explosion” in close proximity to a vessel 95 nautical metres southeast of Yemen’s port city of Aden.