Why Google Voice is your secret business weapon
All right, quiz time: In a single sentence, can you tell me exactly what Google Voice does? It’s a question even the most giddy Google-appreciating geeks struggle to answer succinctly — and for…
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LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year
Despite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending. Instead, it’s challenging engineers to make every GPU count.
GTA 6 download codes will expire 170 days after launch in Japan
Grand Theft Auto 6 download codes will expire in Japan on May 8, 2027. Read more
How African family businesses are growing their wealth
Sandeep Main, KPMG One Africa head of private enterprise, explains the shift in African wealth priorities.
Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race
The Democratic candidate for governor says he would make Iowa the second state to drop private Medicaid management companies, which he calls “a disaster.”
From Hormuz to the Black Sea: Maritime battlefields are shaping ‘a new world order’
Attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea and Black Sea are pushing shipowners to reroute cargo and rethink global trade risks.
These psychedelic images reveal what your weather app isn’t telling you
Equipped with some fancy technologies, Grist goes on a journey across Portland, Oregon, to chart the nuances — and inequalities — of urban heat.
Xbox revenue plunges $1.7bn, with hardware dropping 29% YoY
Microsoft has published its latest financial results, with Xbox revenue down 7% for the full year and 10% in the fourth quarter. Read more
Landslide Exposure in the United States
A new study provides a fascinating insight into the patterns of landslide exposure in the United States. The increased focus in recent years on the socio-economic aspects of landslides has been welcome. This area of understanding has lagged behind that for other hazards, possibly in part because of the lack on interest from the insurance…
Forty interesting facts about Australia
Australia was the richest country on earth, per capita, for decades. After the 1850s gold rush, up until the 1890s depression, Australia had the highest per capita income in the world.
Dichotomy between extracellular signatures of active dendritic chemical synapses and gap junctions
Local field potentials (LFPs) are compound signals that represent the dynamic flow of information across the brain, which have been historically associated with chemical synaptic inputs.
Job insecurity is chipping away at me and my cohort. Is it us, or the state of the economy?
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01843-8 The career market is difficult to navigate — and academic achievements feel like they’re no longer enough, says Daniella Watson.
Fauci invokes 5th Amendment right during GOP-led hearing on COVID origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's COVID response, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right before a Senate committee on Wednesday. The hearing, chaired by Republican Sen.
GBM agrees to buy Lomiko Metals to add Quebec graphite project
Global Battery Materials will acquire Lomiko Metals in an $11M all-share deal, gaining Quebec’s La Loutre graphite project as shares surge.
5 Recent Dementia Research Advances — From Blood Tests and Lithium to Lifestyle Changes
Learn more about these 5 recent dementia breakthroughs that highlight possible interventions, diagnosis methods, and treatments.
Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims
Comcast, accused of negligence, says lawsuit mischaracterized alleged events.
Trey Mullinax suspended 6 months for violating PGA Tour Anti-Doping policy
The PGA Tour announced on Wednesday that Trey Mullinax has been suspended for 6 months for violating the Tour’s Anti-Doping policy. Here is their official statement.
Bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing debris
The extreme conditions of atomic bomb explosions create “uncontrolled microexperiments” that, in Hiroshima, forged a never-before-seen metallic alloy
Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning
Musk defends Grok, says Minnesota's nudifying app ban is unconstitutional.
Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies
Companies are making sure we have a surplus of options for building qubits.
🏃 Fitness Tracker Privacy Fails | EFFector 38.14
Watches, bands, and rings—if you want to digitally monitor your fitness, more companies than ever are selling devices to do it.
Tame Dependabot: Group your updates, slow the cadence, keep security fast
Dependabot keeps your dependencies current, but its defaults can flood your repository with pull requests. Here's how grouping updates, slowing the cadence, and keeping security fixes fast cut the…
Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
The tools themselves are new and their capabilities are in constant flux. If your kitchen knife kept changing shape, weight, and edge, you’d have to relearn it every time; that’s a hard tool to build…
Berry-picking Finns flock to forests amid sales boom
Trading site Tori.fi has already seen many more berry sale listings than last year, with blueberry sales on track to reach a record high.
Long-Lived Vulnerability in Microsoft Secure Boot
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has had a serious vulnerability for most of its existence. An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections…
- Long-lived vulnerability in Microsoft Secure Boot discovered.
- 11 firmware images, including one from 2013, bypass protection.
- Microsoft failed to revoke signed shims despite flaws.
British defence startup Agon creating virtual battlefields to combat drone attacks launches, raising $30M
A British defence startup founded by a former Anduril director, which is building virtual battlefields where AI-powered autonomous weapons practice fighting, has today launched, supported by $30m in…
Kinematic Trees raises £585K to scale nature-inspired robotics software
UK-based robotics software startupKinematic Trees has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate thedevelopment of its robot-agnostic software platform and expand its commercialand engineering…
From CUDA to MLX: How K-Search Brings Decades of Kernel Expertise to Apple Silicon
Figure 1: CUDA-to-MLX optimization translation map. CUDA optimization knowledge can be translated into architecture-native MLX strategies rather than copied instruction-for-instruction.
Quantum computing company Zuriq to scale tech amid $25.5m raise
The round builds on the company’s $4.2m pre-seed round in 2025 and will be used to scale and grow the organisation’s quantum ambitions. 5m raise
"We are a very different company to Palantir,” says “discreet” French replacement
The managing director of the little-known French startup thrown into the spotlight when it was chosen by France’s domestic intelligence services to replace controversial US data analytics giant…
Brits urged to avoid dangerous plug adaptors this summer - what to watch out for
Campaign group Electrical Safety First has urged those "heading abroad this summer to think before they buy".
San Francisco: Don’t Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing
The concept of “surveillance pricing” is just one part of a much larger problem and business model: corporations maximizing their profits by invading our privacy.
Laboratoria’s Mariana Costa Empowers Women in Tech
In shaping her career, Peru native Mariana Costa has asked herself a question: What can I do to make life better for women in Latin America? The answer she landed on was training them for tech jobs. Mariana Costa Employer Laboratoria Title Co-founder and president Alma Maters London School of Economics; Columbia Such positions pay well…
Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?
Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused on reports that the system photographs patrons as they enter venues and questions about whether those images are used for facial…
'I Would Never Do This To You:' Protesting Flock, Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials
“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.”
Disrupting supply chain attacks on npm and GitHub Actions
Explore the changes we've shipped across npm and GitHub Actions over the past few months to disrupt supply chain attack techniques and limit their impact.
Celebrating 5 years of Jetpack Compose
Posted by Rebecca Franks, Developer Relations Engineer, Nick Butcher, Product Manager, Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, Android Today, we officially celebrate five years since the release of…
5 ways AI Mode in Search helps you enjoy the real world
It might sound counterintuitive, but Search's AI tools can actually help you make the most of your time offline whether you want to book concert tickets or find the perf…
A robot is tested with a view to enhancing security on CERN’s sites
Since 22 July 2026, CERN’s Security Service has been testing an autonomous robot designed to reinforce security monitoring on the Meyrin and Prévessin sites.
Computer Security: One click to many
More senior colleagues might still recall the regular “clicking” campaigns that were intended to raise security awareness within the Organization among staff and users.
Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix
Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to excel at his projects. But lately, he’s been coming straight home to work on his job application for the chipmaker’s South Korean rival SK Hynix, sharing tips with his coworkers on…
Resolve the work-ready versus role-ready tension
Stop separating training from the workplace. Scarce IT skills should be built within the environments that need them.
5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech
Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.
The harness is all you need (mostly)
A practical GitHub Copilot workflow for prototyping, planning, implementing, and reviewing software without chasing every new AI tool.
Why AI-Driven Cognitive Systems Are Redefining Radar and Electronic Warfare
An overview of how mode-agile threats challenge static library radar/EW systems, and how AI/ML cognitive architectures enable adaptive, real-time countermeasures.
Nvidia in talks for record-breaking AI financing safety net for OpenAI data center
Nvidia is in discussions to provide a massive financial backstop for OpenAI, paving the way for the construction of the largest data center in history.
Oxygen of NIS 1B for hi-tech: Who will receive state aid and who will be left out?
The government is expanding its coffers and injecting NIS 1 billion into start-ups whose operating horizon shrank due to the strengthening of the shekel against the dollar.
How R8 made Kotlin Coroutines on Android 2x faster
Posted by Andrei Shikov, Senior Software Engineer, Android Toolkit and Jonathan Starup, Software Engineer, R8 Team Starting from AGP 9.2.0, R8 optimizes most Atomic*FieldUpdater calls into Unsafe…
Microsoft seeks Supreme Court lifeline in pre-owned license battle
£270M ValueLicensing case remains mostly paused while Redmond pursues permission to appeal
Manager showed off his DOS prowess – with a command that wiped data
Never believe a suit who says they're handy with tech
Honor Magic V6 review: sleek foldable phone lacking a bit of polish
Super-premium Android has top performance, long battery life and good cameras, but is let down by software Honor’s svelte Android phone-tablet has been given a glow-up for its sixth version, offering…
RBI’s pipeline for hackers now starts at IIT Kanpur. It isn’t where they want to end up
The post RBI’s pipeline for hackers now starts at IIT Kanpur. It isn’t where they want to end up appeared first on The Ken .
NVIDIA Harnesses Vera CPU to Speed Up Design of Next-Generation CPUs and GPUs
The complexity of modern chip design continues to grow as engineering teams work to develop increasingly sophisticated CPUs, GPUs and AI systems.
Welfare Ministry and Sheba to establish $25 million innovation arm
The ARC Welfare initiative aims to streamline the work of more than 120,000 employees, address heavy workloads, and commercialize patents developed within the system.
The Solution to the Power Grid's Woes Might Just Be Sitting in Your Driveway
More electric vehicles are becoming capable of providing backup power at a time when the US is increasingly in need of more electrons.
Saudi Arabia records 216 Mbps mobile internet speed
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Internet speeds in Saudi Arabia continued to reach advanced levels, supported by the expansion of digital infrastructure, according to the fifth edition of the Saudi Internet…
Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape makers are using them to sidestep US regulations.