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Sneaker Brands Are Taking Collaborations to a New Level
Kith's new collaboration with Salomon on the XT-Evo is the latest example of the way footwear companies are leveraging influential outside partners to help them debut their newest shoes or even…
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been
The mayor of New York City has assembled a crew of Silicon Valley and United States Digital Service veterans to overhaul city services with better software.
Chinese company Landspace targets Aug. 10 for historic rocket launch and landing attempt
The Chinese commercial launch company Landspace is set for its second attempt to catch an orbital rocket. Liftoff, and landing, are targeted for next Monday (Aug. 10).
Sign at Reflecting Pool Takes Aim at 'Previous Administrations'
The sign blames "years of neglect by previous administrations," in the latest Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool update.
Typhoon Dolphin: Hongkongers stuck in Okinawa prepare for low supplies, power cuts
Hong Kong holidaymakers in Okinawa on Friday contended with depleted supermarket shelves, potential power cuts and violent weather as Typhoon Dolphin shut the Japanese island’s main airport and…
US stock exchanges: Wall Street starts stronger on Friday
The US job market surprisingly shrunk in July. This news is causing euphoria among investors. This is because in the US, the job market has a direct impact on the Fed's interest rate policy.
I tested one of the coolest-looking drip coffee makers in the world — and it's not just a pretty face
The Smeg Retro Coffee Maker brews clean, delicious coffee with a single press of a button, and looks delightfully cool while doing so, too.
U.S. appeals court blocks Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project
The appeals court placed its ruling on hold for 14 days to allow the Trump administration to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Domestic, foreign investors show interest in Fesco privatisation: privatisation commission
ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission (PC) on Friday said it had received a strong response from domestic and international investors for the privatisation of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco). The commission said it had received 12 expressions of interest (EOIs) from prospective investors seeking to acquire a 51pc to 100pc…
Crypto’s infrastructure era arrives, with AI agents poised to reshape demand
Crypto companies are trying to build a second growth engine by turning agents into the next wave of users.
Saudi Arabia's last major oil route comes under Houthi pressure
Saudi Arabia's last major oil route comes under Houthi pressure Submitted by Gaspard Rouffin on Thu, 08/06/2026 - 16:28 Attacks on Saudi ships have had a limited impact so far, but an escalation…
City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Meetings for 'Public Safety'
A small town in Kansas took its city meetings virtual and ended public comment after city leaders received a wave of death threats.
Family and advocacy groups fear jailed former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman may be near death in Russian prison
The family of former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who is serving a sentence in a prison colony in the Russian city of Voronezh, fears he may be near death, according to an Aug. 6 report by Reuters .
ShinyHunters called cancer diagnostics biz and tricked staffers into giving them access. Now they've dumped 10.9M email addresses
Cancer diagnostics breach spills personal and health info as extortion crew says healthcare giant ‘should’ve paid the ransom’
60% of Ukrainians oppose ceding Donbas to Russia, but same share back freezing war with security guarantees, poll shows
According to the poll results, 33% of respondents said they would be willing to give up territory in eastern Ukraine, including Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey sign mutual defence agreement
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a mutual defence pact on Friday that would treat any act of aggression on one of the three nations as an attack on all of them, the allies said in a joint statement. However, it did not specify if the agreement would bind them to any particular military action in each other's defence.
AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature
What could possibly go wrong? The post AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature appeared first on Futurism .
Trump’s slapdash Reflecting Pool renovations stand in stark contrast to years of deliberation and engineering ingenuity that went into its creation
The construction of the pool reflected a national ambition to build something unifying and enduring. The rushed renovation and political fallout of 2026 reveal how much that civic vision has changed.
Warehouse Management Systems: The Secret Software Powering e-Commerce
For many industries, making a large sequence of decisions in succession can be one of the most complicated yet vital components of ensuring daily operations function as intended. The e-commerce industry is no exception, as retailers have to make dozens, if not hundreds, of choices between the point at which a sale was made and […]
William Orbit, Madonna and Blur Producer, Dead at 69
The Torch Song and Bassomatic musician produced the entirety of Madonna's Ray of Light and Blur's 13. William Orbit, Madonna and Blur Producer, Dead at 69 Eddie Fu
A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol
AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.
The BBC shouldn’t push Londoners to accept antisocial phone behaviour
Life is already hard enough. The public don’t need commentators telling them that playing music out loud on public transport is a kind of performance art, writes Matt Kenyon A few years back, I was…
Leak spills the beans on the Sony WH-1000XM4 revival
Sony is reportedly resurrecting the classic noise-canceling headphones under a new name.
Meet The 14 D2C Brands From The Inaugural D2CX Runway Cohort
After growing into a $65 Bn market, India’s D2C ecosystem is entering its next phase of evolution. While new brands…
The Best Horror Movies of 2026 (So Far)
From "Faces of Death" to "Obsession," these movies are scary good The post The Best Horror Movies of 2026 (So Far) appeared first on TheWrap .
Residents resume protest against poultry waste rendering unit at Ambayathode in Kerala’s Kozhikode
Residents say they will never allow waste-laden lorries to the factory premises again nor will they permit the factory management to resume operations ignoring public protest
The humble Wii Nunchuck has been turned into a video editing tool because it's 'one of the most ergonomic things ever made'
What a wonderfully geeky way to edit.
Kerala welfare pensions: CAG had flagged problems in direct-to-home payments three years ago
Finance Department data also show Kerala has been spending crores of rupees every year on incentives paid to individuals who distribute the pensions to homes under DTH via the PACS route
Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism
Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.
CREDAI Tirupati Property Expo opens with over 2,000 properties on display
Three-day expo features residential projects priced from ₹40 lakh to ₹4 crore, with 56 stalls, home loan assistance from leading banks and organisers expecting 4,000 visitors and around 300 bookings
NGEx to spin out South American exploration company
It will spin out its Valle Ancho project into a new company to focus on advancing Lunahuasi and Los Helados.
How SpaceX’s most-feared trading day turned into a 6% rally
"These are not people waiting to get their first dollar back," a former SpaceX employee told Fortune. "We've had chances over the past 10 years."
From mountain peaks to microclimates, new maps bring satellite big data down to Earth
Zooming from her office, Michigan State University researcher Kelly Kapsar showed satellite images from across the United States.
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says he’s ‘definitely pro’ wearing shorts into the office as Gen Z gets slammed for dressing inappropriately for work
While Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says he’s ‘pro’ wearing shorts in the office, 42% of workers disagree—and even one Gen Zer says ‘it feels so wrong.'
A banana byproduct transforms farm waste into profits in Bangladesh
Bananas make up 20% of all fruit crops grown in Bangladesh, and the country has begun to unlock the hidden potential of the plant’s agricultural byproducts.
This Russian VPN has been accused of breaching its no-log policy — here's what we know
SplitVPN has been accused of breaching its no-log policy, allegedly leaking 58 million connection logs. While SplitVPN claims the allegations are fabricated, the incident exposes the limits of no-log…
DOJ accuses Duke law school of favoring Black applicants over white and Asian ones
“Using ‘diversity’ essay questions to identify preferred races for admission is still illegal discrimination based on race," said Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ.
Abu Dhabi Police warn drivers against stopping in middle of road
Abu Dhabi Police have issued a renewed safety warning over the dangers of drivers stopping suddenly in the middle of the road.
Argentine industrialists fire back at Caputo over criticism of manufacturing decline
The Economy Minister said the sector was already in crisis despite energy subsidies and Argentines having ‘overpaid like fools’ La entrada Argentine industrialists fire back at Caputo over criticism…
Democrats have a working-class voter problem that progressives like Abdul El-Sayed are still struggling to solve
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
Airtable joins Evernote, Brightcove, WeTransfer and AOL in Bending Spoons portfolio
Bending Spoons has snapped up Airtable to add to its portfolio of software companies, alongside AOL, Evernote, WeTransfer, Brightcove and Vimeo Airtable made its name as a builder of low/no code…
Dragon Ball Super Beerus Could Get October Release Date, History Suggests
Dragon Ball announced it will have a booth at NYCC this October, hinting that the Beerus anime could premiere around then, like Daima did in 2024.
Dana Gas denies it breached gas deal with authorities in Kurdistan region
Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, who operate gasfields in Iraq's Kurdistan region, denied accusations they breached an agreement with regional authorities by supplying gas to Iraq’s Electricity…
Qatar condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia
Qatar condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia The Qatar ministry of foreign affairs has released a statement saying it rejects the targeting of civilians and affirms its solidarity with measures being…
Apple Captures 65% of Global Premium Smartphone Market
Apple captured 65% of the global premium smartphone market in the first half of 2026, as the wider premium segment's share of overall smartphone sales climbed to a record 29%. That's according to Counterpoint Research's Handset Model Sales Tracker , which tracks smartphones with a wholesale average selling price of $600 or more.
Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police
Some protesters brought a guillotine to public consultation for a potential data center in Salem, Oregon. Even though this was displayed outside the venue, it was a confrontation between the data center's representatives and some of the community members that led the latter to leave early.
Block the Merger Coalition Says Paramount’s Concessions to Win UK Approval Lend Credibility to US Antitrust Case
"The Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is a dangerous consolidation that will harm film, entertainment and independent press in markets around the world," the group writes The post Block the Merger Coalition Says Paramount’s Concessions to Win UK Approval Lend Credibility to US Antitrust Case appeared first on TheWrap .
Poor data has become enterprise AI's weakest link
Scaling AI successfully depends less on better models and more on stronger data foundations.
Solar Eclipse 2026: Heres what North America will see, when it will happen
Solar eclipse 2026: When is it, how to see it in North America
5 free apps became more useful after I started sharing my PC
Sharing a family computer changed how I choose useful apps.
Serial sex offender guilty of murdering two women and raping third
Simon Levy was a serial sex offender who was being monitored by the Metropolitan Police.
Ends with a bang: Why lightning stopped stalking the Strait of Malacca
A bolt from the blue that never strikes the same place twice: Lightning is the proverbial placeholder for the unpredictable. Nature’s light show erupts whenever and wherever positive and negative charges within a storm cloud collide with sufficient force. But if lightning is truly place-agnostic, why does it have a thing for cargo ships?
Chip startup Olix raises $312M, Mobilise launches investment arm, and a deep dive into July funding
This week, we tracked more than 35 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion and 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.If email is more your thing, you can alwa...
Construction Update: From ashes to Assembly as Parliament targets 2027 return
Five years after a devastating fire, Parliament says its rebuilt National Assembly will be ready to host the 2027 State of the Nation Address.
EXCLUSIVE: Another UCT leadership crisis: 34 complaints, secret findings and a VC in court
A new leadership row unfolding at the University of Cape Town has seen Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela taking the UCT Council to court over investigations into his conduct.
Google Photos won’t let you search for your weed pictures, even if cannabis is legal
Overzealous guardrails prevent Gemini-powered Ask Photos and even classic search from returning results for cannabis.
NASA’s IXPE Studies Magnetar
Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) conducted more than 140 hours of observations of the magnetar 1E 1547-5408, shown in this Aug. 5, 2026, artist’s concept, between March and April 2025.
Shares of this digital medical platform jumped more than 100% overnight. Here’s why
The company is seeing huge profitability potential and a larger addressable market as a result of AI search.