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OpenAI is relaunching Health in ChatGPT, the AI-powered feature that connects to Apple Health on iPhone. The relaunch comes with expanded access and a big step forward in results. OpenAI originally started piloting its ChatGPT Health feature in January. Early feedback reported lackluster results, however, which is probably why we haven’t heard about the feature in months. Today, OpenAI is reintroducing ChatGPT Health and expanding access beyond the initial wave of testers. “Health in ChatGPT is launching to U.S. users,” OpenAI says. “You can choose to securely connect Apple Health and supported medical records so ChatGPT can help you understand your…

AMD attacks the rack with Helios systems that rival Nvidia's Spec for spec, the House of Zen's first rack-scale AI compute platform is bigger and faster than Nvidia's Vera Rubin by nearly every metric, but that's only on paper Could Nvidia's days of datacenter dominance be threatened? With the launch of Helios, AMD’s first true rack-scale AI platform, the House of Zen is done playing catch up. The company claims the rack system is powered by the fastest AI accelerators on the market. And, at least on paper, the 72-GPU system is not only bigger and faster by nearly every metric than Nvidia’s existing Blackwell-based rack systems but Vera Rubin as well,…

AI is used in 68% of occupations representing 88% of US employment, from software developers to farmers, industrial engineers, and foresters. It’s not automating away those jobs but is helping workers do their jobs. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Some of the AI company founders and insiders, and AI promoters, were for a while spreading a lot of doom-and-gloom about AI resulting in total-job-destruction Armageddon as nearly all office jobs would soon be done by AI. But they have recently backed off. And the employment data are showing that actual layoffs in the US have been small, and many people who got laid off found a new job while still on…

Published A man who claims medical advice from ChatGPT "brought him to the brink of death" has sued OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot, and its founder Sam Altman. A lawsuit filed by Scott Winters, a 55-year-old pastor from Florida, claimed ChatGPT told him not to seek medical help after repeatedly asking about symptoms in the build-up to a near-fatal pulmonary embolism. Winters' lawyers alleged the platform "repeatedly and insistently misdiagnosed" him while drawing on previous discussions about religion to assure him he would recover. OpenAI's Drew Pusateri told the BBC's US news partner CBS News that "ChatGPT is not a doctor and should…

Runway no longer wants to be just another AI model company. It wants to become the infrastructure layer for generative media. On Thursday, the startup launched Runway Media Router through Runway Dev, its developer platform, released earlier this month, that provides API access to a growing roster of third-party image, video and audio models alongside Runway’s own. The Media Router is a tool that automatically selects the best image, video, or audio generation model for a request based on whether a developer prioritizes quality, speed or cost. While model routers have become increasingly common in the world of large language models, Runway says this is…

OpenAI said today it is making ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all U.S.-based users over 18 across all plans. The announcement comes a day after a Florida-based pastor sued the company for giving a near-fatal suggestion not to consult a doctor. The company started testing the feature through a dedicated hub earlier in January, allowing users to integrate data from other services and their personal information from services such as Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal. At that time, OpenAI said users were asking 230 million health-related queries each week. That number has now gone up to 300…

Primate Labs has released Geekbench 7, the latest version of its popular cross-platform benchmark. The update introduces new and improved workloads designed to better represent and measure the performance of the latest CPUs and GPUs across major platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux. Like previous versions, Geekbench 7 is available free of charge for personal use. Enthusiasts and IT professionals can also opt for Geekbench 7 Pro, which is available at a 20% discount until August 6. One of the biggest changes introduced with Geekbench 7 is how the multi-core benchmark behaves. It will now mirror real-world application behavior…

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to everyone in the US on Thursday, allowing more people to connect their medical records and health-tracking information to the chatbot. During a briefing, Ashley Alexander, OpenAI’s vice president of health product, says the company’s models “are now capable of reasoning at levels that are better than clinician level.” OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone The company claims its AI models can reason ‘better than clinician level.’ The company claims its AI models can reason ‘better than clinician level.’ When asked for more information about how the performance of OpenAI’s models…

More Than 100 Joan Miro Works Are Coming to Sao Paulo Culture Joan Miro, the Catalan painter and sculptor who died in 1983, is one of the towering figures of twentieth-century modern art, known for his playful shapes, bold colors and dreamlike imagery. Now a large slice of his work is coming to Brazil. The Exhibition Titled Miro: Mestre das Formas, the show opens on August 7 at the MAB FAAP in the Higienopolis district of Sao Paulo and runs until October 12. It gathers more than 100 original pieces spanning paintings, engravings, sculptures, tapestries, photographs and historical documents, a broad look at the artist’s range. Rare Loans From Spain…

The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it prepares to cut 1,300 jobs from its call centres. Centrica, the supplier’s FTSE 100 owner, plans to cut 800 jobs as the company carries out a “targeted deployment of AI tools”, on top of the 500 cutsit confirmed last month. The plan to reduce the supplier’s customer service teams in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leicester, Stockport and Leeds by 14% is expected to take place over two years, meaning some roles will be left unfilled after resignations, while the balance will come from redundancies. Trade unions have…

Garmin will make live heart rate data available for free to owners of its new Cirqa band, sports tech blogger Ray Maker reports, one of a few key features on the wearable that previously required a Garmin Connect+ subscription to access. The company launched the $200 Garmin Cirqa as a direct challenger to screenless fitness bands like the Whoop 5.0 and Fitbit Air and differentiated itself by offering even more smart features without requiring a subscription. After some feedback from reviewers who received the band early, the deal is apparently getting even sweeter. “Garmin will be making a change to Garmin Connect Mobile in the coming days, so you’ll…

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AMD is finally providing some details on its first Zen 6 CPU, which it has been teasing for over a year. The Epyc 9996 is a 256-core / 512-thread chip, packing AMD’s new Zen 6 architecture, and it’s the first to launch in what AMD describes as a “broad portfolio” for Venice. In addition to claiming significant performance advantages over the impending Nvidia Vera and Intel’s Xeon 6, AMD says it will continue to build out the Venice range with bespoke designs over the next year. “It’s not just a single processor,” said AMD’s Ravi Kuppuswany, corporate VP of compute and enterprise solutions.q “It’s a portfolio.” AMD says it has purpose-built solutions,…

On the hunt for a PC case that’s loaded with features and has a unique look? Amazon, Best Buy, and Corsair are selling the Corsair Frame 4500X RS for $119.99, a $70 discount from the usual price. The versatile case supports motherboards up to EATX, GPUs up to 460mm in length, and has a seamless panoramic glass window that wraps around its front and left side. The case includes three fans with reverse rotors mounted to its right side, letting the ARGB lighting shine into the case while they pull in air. Corsair’s PC case with a panoramic glass design is $70 off This discounted case sports a beautiful panoramic window and plenty of flexibility with your…

While you can go all out with a flagship phone that will cost $1,000 or more, the reality is that most people don't need that kind of hardware. Furthermore, midrange and budget phones have gotten a lot better over the years, delivering a lot more value than they used to. Although we can recommend a few phones, we think the Moto G Power will hit the sweet spot for most people. Not only does the phone look good, but it also offers good performance, excellent battery life, and a price that can't be ignored. While the MSRP of $300 is okay, the discounted price of $200 makes it much more alluring. It will get you through everything While we love the…

AMD’s Venice-X CPU is launching in the second half of 2027, the company revealed Thursday at its Advancing AI event. The CPU is built on the same Zen 6 microarchitecture as Venice SP7, which AMD says is now in production, but it comes with smaller core counts and leverages AMD’s 3D V-Cache to stack an unbelievable 1152 MB of L3 cache on the chip, all while offering 96 cores and clock speeds up to 5.15 GHz. We’ve previously heard teases of Venice-X, and AMD has released variants of its Epyc chips like this in the past, such as Milan-X and Genoa-X. But we never saw Turin-X, and we haven’t gotten any concrete details about Venice-X up to this point. Now,…

You might have asked Alexa to do plenty of dumb things over the years, but “figure out which of my washer’s 30 cycles actually means cold wash” might not have been one of them. Turns out, Amazon just built the toolkit that makes exactly that possible, and it’s rolling out across a genuinely huge list of brands today. So what’s actually changing for your smart home gadgets? Amazon’s launching a new AI-powered smart home developer toolkit that lets device makers plug their full feature set into Alexa+ instead of forcing you to dig through app menus yourself. Amazon says customers who upgrade to Alexa+ already boost their smart home engagement by nearly…

Drugmaker Cipla’s consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June declined 39% to ₹785.55 crore compared to the ₹1,291.61 crore in the corresponding period last year on the back of lower sales in the key North America market. The net profit came on a more than 2% increase in total revenue from operations to ₹7,119.28 crore (₹6,957.47 crore). Contributing to the revenue growth was a 12% increase in India business to ₹3,452 crore (₹3,070 crore). The U.S. business posted a revenue of ₹1,532 crore (₹1,933 crore). “We expect continued sequential growth in North America, supported by upcoming product pipeline,” MD and Global CEO Achin Gupta said. South…

Samsung will support the Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 with five years of updates The new wearables will receive Wear OS updates until 2031. Yesterday's Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event brought with it a host of new product announcements, including two new wearables. And if you're looking to pick up either the Galaxy Watch 9 or the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 smartwatch, you can be assured that Samsung will help it stay on your wrist for a long time. As spotted by 9to5 Google, Samsung's latest smartwatches will be the first to receive five years of Wear OS updates. Compared to something like a phone, which manufacturers perceive as a high-cost and often long-term…

Here's how Google fixed Chrome's most frustrating Android performance issue Jul 23, 2026 — 1:00 PM ET Google cut janky scrolling on Chrome for Android nearly in half between 2023 and 2026 by improving frame delivery consistency. Features like “Input Vizard” bypass Chrome’s busy main browser thread, sending touch input straight to the GPU compositor thread. New features like “Input prediction” and “Direct2Thread” ensure smooth rendering even if the OS lags in delivering touch data. Google is constantly tweaking Chrome for Android, whether it’s experimenting with Gemini in the navigation bar or making deep structural performance improvements. Today, the…

What you need to know Trump threatens 'major military punishment' after Houthi ship attacks US says Saudi nuclear deal depends on kingdom recognizing Israel UN secretary-general says situation in Middle East is 'out of control' A US-Iran ceasefire deal fell apart on July 8 Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea, say the tankers violated a naval blockade *Follow below for the latest developments on the US war with Iran and news from the wider Mideast on Thursday, July 23: * IAEA awaits US-Saudi nuclear deal verification request The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement that while it is aware of a planned US-Saudi…

The Republican-led US House of Representatives backed a resolution on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt military action against Iran unless he obtains Congress’ approval, but the Senate voted hours later to block a separate, similar measure. The House vote, the latest rebuke of Trump from Congress, was 214-208 in favour of the war powers resolution as four Republicans joined Democrats in voting for it. But the Senate voted 49 to 47 to block its own war powers measure within hours of the House vote. The House resolution, introduced by Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, directed Trump “to remove the use of United…

UNITED NATIONS, July 23. /TASS/. The Middle East is being drawn ever more deeply into an expanding conflict, and the situation in the region is getting out of control, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated. "It is teetering on the edge of [the] unimaginable. The region is being pulled into an ever-widening circle of confrontation. One crisis feeds another. One escalation triggers the next," he said, referring to the Middle East conflict during open debates of the UN Security Council on peaceful settlement. The head of the world organization added that "it is time to step back", noting that "there is no military solution to the…

Bab al-Mandeb Strait: another key oil shipping route under threat Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels have claimed attacks in the Red Sea on two Saudi oil tankers and say they will blockade the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a crucial passage into the Red Sea, as part of a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia. - Gateway to the Red Sea - Known as the "Gate of Tears" in Arabic, the Bab al-Mandeb strait sits at the southern tip of the Red Sea, connecting it with the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean. About 100 kilometres (62 miles) long and 30 kilometres (18 miles) wide at its narrowest, it separates Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula from Djibouti and Eritrea on the Horn…

The Nigerian military has cleared a Nigerien camel rearer who was earlier reported by a pro-military blog as a suspected Moroccan member of the Islamic State (ISIS), saying investigations found no evidence linking him to any terrorist group. In a statement issued on Thursday, the acting spokesperson for Operation Hadin Kai, Mohammed Goni, identified the man as Aboubakar Zein-Nur, also known as Houdairi, and said he was detained during military operations but has now been cleared after intelligence assessments and investigations. “Comprehensive intelligence assessments and other investigative processes did not establish that the individual has any…

When the ‘“department of government efficiency” was raging unchecked through the federal government in February 2025, the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered his subordinates to find cuts of 8% a year for the next five years, theoretically trimming a total of $340m from the Pentagon budget. The disclosure briefly sent Palantir and defense stocks tanking – though soon the plan evaporated, as if it never existed. Instead, Hegseth is now demanding a $454bn increase for 2027 military spending, to a total of almost $1.5tn, in what he describes as a “generational investment”. Adjusted for inflation, that would for the first time match – and even…

WASHINGTON, July 23. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump is currently exploring carrying out a massive offensive on Iran with strikes being harder than before, according to Axios. "I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it," he said According to Trump, Israel "would join in two minutes if I ask them to." However, he added that Washington does not "need anyone" for a new military operation. It is noted that Trump did not specify any deadline for a decision to return to a full-scale war with Iran. The United States and Israel started a war with Iran on February 28. In June,…

BELGOROD, July 23. /TASS/. Ukrainian drones have injured four civilians in the Belgorod region, the emergency headquarters said on Max messenger. "In the Belgorod district, in the settlement of Politotdelsky, an FPV drone hit a truck. A man in serious condition with multiple shrapnel wounds is being transported to hospital. In Belgorod, a UAV hit the territory of a commercial facility. A man received medical assistance on the spot, the victim refused proposed transportation to a hospital," it said. It also said that two more people - a man and a woman - with acupressure injuries sustained during a drone attack on a commercial facility in Belgorod were…

This is an entry from: Live: Jordanian army intercepts Iranian missiles, as fighting rages for 12th day Opinion: How Israel's dream of being the Middle East's trade hub is unravelling The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) has died at its Israeli end. Gulf states and their allies are now racing to build rival lines. In June, the Saudi and Turkish transport ministers signed memoranda to revive the Ottoman-era Hejaz railway as a corridor connecting their nations via Jordan and Syria - routed deliberately around Israel. And the UAE has opened talks on a trade route from the Syrian coast through Iraq to its own Gulf ports. And in July, DP…

Published Yemen's Houthi fighters claim to have attacked shipping in the Red Sea - a move that threatens to further escalate the already volatile situation in the Middle East. By forcing ships to turn back from the narrow Bab El Mandeb strait, they have threatened to choke off the main maritime route from Europe to Asia. It comes as US-Iran strikes continue and while a deal to develop Saudi Arabia's nuclear industry prompts fears of an arms race. So is the Middle East becoming more dangerous? So far, 2026 is sadly proving to be one of the more violent years for parts of the Middle East. For 12 consecutive nights, US Central Command (Centcom) has…

Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of Israeli Jews into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday, breaching the site’s decades-old status quo as he marked a Jewish day of mourning. The visit coincided with Tisha B’Av, the Jewish fasting day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples, which is being observed from Wednesday night through Thursday this year. AFP footage showed Ben Gvir and hundreds of fellow worshippers at the Al-Aqsa compound, including Jewish settlers who lined up from the early morning hours to enter the site, where many performed prayers. “Look at what’s happening here:…

An Enugu Air aircraft veered off the runway after landing at Benin airport on Thursday afternoon. The airline confirmed the incident in a statement, saying that all passengers and crew safely disembarked and that there were no injuries or casualties. “The aircraft has been secured and relevant aviation authorities have been notified in line with established procedures,” the statement said. “An assessment of the aircraft and the circumstances surrounding the occurrence is currently underway.” | | | |---| The airline said the incident would affect its operations, requiring adjustments to some flight schedules. “Passengers affected by any changes will be…

Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of Israeli Jews into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday, breaching the site’s decades-old status quo as he marked a Jewish day of mourning. The visit coincided with Tisha B’Av, the Jewish fasting day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples, which is being observed from Wednesday night through Thursday this year. AFP footage showed Ben Gvir and hundreds of fellow worshippers at the Al-Aqsa compound, including Jewish settlers who lined up from the early morning hours to enter the site, where many performed prayers. “Look at what’s happening here:…

A hiker’s recent berry-picking trip in the woods along the northern Polish-German border yielded more than a basket of fruit. After inspecting metal fragments found among the trees near the city of Świnoujście, historians say the area may hide further remains of an Allied airplane crash from World War II. “The very first inspection indicated that this was no random piece of scrap metal,” Wiktor Czeszewski at Poland’s Coastal Defense Museum told TVP World, the nation’s public broadcast news outlet. “The nature of the sheet metal, riveting, traces of aircraft structure, and spent ammunition indicate these are fragments of an aircraft.” Czeszewski’s team…

Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of Israeli Jews into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday, breaching the site’s decades-old status quo as he marked a Jewish day of mourning. The visit coincided with Tisha B’Av, the Jewish fasting day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples, which is being observed from Wednesday night through Thursday this year. AFP footage showed Ben Gvir and hundreds of fellow worshippers at the Al-Aqsa compound, including Jewish settlers who lined up from the early morning hours to enter the site, where many performed prayers. “Look at what’s happening here:…

Assam’s flood situation remained critical on Thursday (July 23, 2026) with over 6.43 lakh people affected in 10 districts, while incessant rains threatened to aggravate the situation as several major rivers were already in spate, according to an official report. Union Home Minister Amit Shah called up Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to enquire about the situation, and said an inter-ministerial Central team will visit the State within a day or two to assess the extent of damage in the deluge that left at least 41 people dead. Mr. Sarma said that 70 to 80 more people had been missing, and the toll was likely to increase. With waters from NEEPCO’s…

A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter after a crash in Miami that killed three girls from a sailing camp. Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, was piloting a 25-foot (8-meter) tugboat pushing a construction barge across Biscayne Bay on July 28, 2025, when the barge slammed into a sailboat carrying a camp counselor and five girls. The 108-foot-long (33-meter-long) barge was loaded with construction debris, bringing its total weight to about 149 gross tons. The vessel's forward view was obstructed by a deckhouse and crane, and no crewmember had been assigned to serve as a lookout, according to prosecutors. This prevented Lopez Insua from…

India's largest airline IndiGo has proposed a series of commitments, including setting up a crisis management group, creating a dedicated passenger grievance mechanism and temporarily handing over airport slots during major disruptions, in a bid to address anti-competitive concerns raised by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The commitments come as the airline faces a CCI investigation over alleged unfair business practices following the large-scale flight disruptions in December 2025 that affected more than three lakh passengers. Under the Competition Commission of India's commitment regulations, the watchdog has invited public comments on…

Captain pleads guilty in boat crash that killed 3 girls from Miami sailing camp MIAMI (AP) — A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to causing a deadly Miami collision that killed three girls from a sailing camp last summer. Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to seaman’s manslaughter, according to court records. The charge carries up to 10 years in federal prison, but prosecutors have recommended a year in prison followed by six months of home detention as part of a plea agreement. A judge will make the final decision. “Three children lost their lives in a tragedy that never should have happened,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern…

The wreckage of a Pan Am flight that plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Puerto Rico more than 70 years ago in an accident that shaped commercial aviation safety procedures has been found. Last month, explorers discovered the wreckage of Flight 526A that crashed off San Juan, Puerto Rico, in April 1952, on its way to New York City, using a sonar drone to locate the fuselage, which was lying 2,000 feet below the water’s surface. The plane, the Clipper Endeavor, which was roughly the same size as a Boeing 737, was carrying 69 passengers and crew when it made a hard landing on water after losing both engines less than 10 minutes after…

A 16-year-old student from Ontario, Canada has built a robotic sea turtle that swims on its own, dives to a set depth, and uses AI to spot microplastics floating in lakes and oceans. Evan Budz won a $50,000 scholarship for the project at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in May, taking home the Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes for Future Generations. The machine did not start out impressive. Budz's first prototype went straight to the bottom of his grandparents' backyard pool in Canada. He described it sinking like a brick, unable to swim or hold its depth. That was the summer of 2024, and it took roughly 2,000…

A Toronto mathematician known for making inspired leaps across subdisciplines to solve challenging problems in the domain of arithmetic geometry has won the Fields Medal, the profession’s highest accolade. Jacob Tsimerman, a 38-year-old professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto, shares the honour with three U.S.-based scholars: Yu Deng at the University of Chicago, John Pardon at New York’s Stony Brook University, and Hong Wang of New York University and France’s Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. Dr. Wang is only the third woman to receive the Fields Medal since it was first awarded in 1936, while Dr. Tsimerman is the first person…

The Duck Yacht dance floor is just one of the many small points of interest in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3. It can be found on Cluster's Duck Yacht, and it's a prime location to have a dance party with your friends. As part of a weekly highlights quest, you need to emote on the Duck Yacht dance floor, but as the yacht can move around during the season, it can be hard to keep track of its location. Here's where you can find the Duck Yacht dance floor in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3. Where to find the Duck Yacht dance floor in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 The Duck Yacht dance floor is at the back of the first floor on Cluster's yacht, which is not on…

The Union government has nominated Sirajudheen Ellathodi as a member of the Finance, Credit and MSME Support Committee constituted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for the formulation of the National Retail Trade Policy. A member of the Southern Railway Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) and sub-committee chairman of the Calicut Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Ellathodi will represent Kerala on the National Traders Welfare Board. He will be one of the seven experts from across the country in the committee, which will focus on strengthening financial support systems for small traders, traditional traders and MSME…

For thousands of years, brown trout have lived in the mountain lakes of southern Norway. But how they got there has been a mystery. After the thick sheet of ice covering the region retreated about 10,000 years ago, waterfalls and other barriers would have prevented the fish from reaching the bodies of water on their own. Now, archeologists have uncovered 7,000-year-old fish traps in one of the area’s mountain lakes, hinting that hunter-gatherers brought the brown trout. The findings, published in the journal Antiquity on July 20, represent the earliest known example of humans bringing fish to a new location. The discovery also challenges the notion…

Punjab National Bank (PNB) will establish a Quantum Finance Innovation Hub at the Amaravati Quantum Computing Centre in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh Quantum Mission. An MoU to this effect was signed in the presence of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and PNB Managing Director and CEO Ashok Chandra at the Secretariat on Thursday. With this partnership, PNB had become the first bank in India to join hands with a State government for setting up a dedicated Quantum Finance Innovation Hub focused on the banking sector. The proposed hub would work towards developing advanced technological solutions for the financial sector, with a focus on…

Gold jewellery found on board a wrecked Byzantine-era ship shows that one of the people on board was likely a high-ranking person, archaeologists say. The ship was discovered more than a decade ago off Croatia’s southern coast and has been subject to a years-long underwater excavation. Archaeologists announced the results of their studies for the first time on Thursday, saying that the shipwreck could date to the 7th or 8th century. The treasures on board showed that it was no ordinary merchant vessel, and it was probably carrying someone of high rank, along with their entourage, they said. Among the haul were gold coins dating to the Heraclius…

There are few pleasures greater than letting a piece of chocolate melt slowly on your tongue. Indeed, the proximity of chocolate’s melting point to our own body temperature is one of the reasons it is so widely appreciated. But this quality also makes it go soft and lose shape when temperatures rise, making it hard to store and transport in warm climates. To overcome this limitation, the food industry has developed several ways to make heat-resistant chocolate. But to understand how this works, we must first learn how chocolate is made – particularly the role that cocoa butter plays in its physical properties. Chocolate is made from the seeds of the…

PARIS, July 23. /TASS/. Russia is making every effort to preserve the ancient city of Tauric Chersonesus and its chora and does not recognize the UNESCO decision to grant it the status of endangered heritage, Russian Permanent Representative to the international organization Rinat Alyautdinov stated at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee, which is taking place in Busan, Republic of Korea. "The decision taken is yet another example of the politicization of the committee's work. Russia does not recognize the decisions taken," he said. The diplomat noted that the Russian side regularly sends reliable information on the state of preservation…

In 1954, looters found the mummified remains of a small boy. Soon, archaeologists took over and eventually concluded that the boy, about 8 years old, likely died of hypothermia during an Inca ceremony in the high Andes, about 17,716 feet (5,400 meters) above sea level. But things might have played out very differently than we believed. In addition to the boy, dubbed the Boy of Cerro El Plomo, researchers revisited two mummified girls, ages 9 and 18, from Cerro Esmeralda in the Atacama Desert, Chile. According to a recently published Science Advances paper on their findings, a comprehensive analysis overturns previous assumptions about how these Inca…

Last year, Lego revealed its first Star Trek set, a wonderfully detailed take on Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s USS Enterprise-D. As the franchise celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2026, the brickbuilder has another Trek set arriving very soon, with San Diego Comic-Con attendees getting the first glimpse last night at Lego’s booth. It’s the Star Trek: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) bridge, appropriately featuring 1,701 pieces. That includes, yes, four tribbles. Here’s the official description of the Lego Icons Star Trek: USS Enterprise NCC-1701 Bridge building set: “Recreate the transporter room and the bridge, complete with computer stations and a…

Canadian actor William Shatner and his daughter Melanie revealed that they both battled Stage 4 cancer at the same time several years ago. In an exclusive interview with People, the duo shared that they have both been cancer-free since 2024 after Shatner, 95, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in June 2023, and Melanie, 61, was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in July 2022. Malignant melanoma is a less common but highly dangerous skin cancer that starts in the melanocytes, or pigment-producing cells, in the outer layer of the skin, according to the Canadian Dermatology Association. The organization notes that malignant melanoma has one of…

A Cold War bunker offering 'beautiful views' over the English Channel has hit the market for £45,000. The estate agents selling the property in the coastal town of Folkestone, Kent, admit that it is 'not their average listing'. It is the last of 1,500 Royal Observation Corps Monitoring posts built during the Cold War era and 'remains in good structural condition', according to its listing. And the bunker also offers a gated driveway which can accommodate as many as six cars, making it 'an ideal place to pull up the motor home and enjoy the view'. The actual property is, however, only accessible via a ladder and none of its original fixtures and…

SpaceX is gearing up for the 13th test flight of its megarocket after an engine failure forced the company to abort its first try last week. Starship Version 3 (V3) is scheduled for liftoff on Thursday, July 23, during a 90-minute launch window that opens at 6:45 p.m. ET. The world’s largest and most powerful rocket ever built will launch from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. A live webcast of the test flight is set to begin around 30 minutes before liftoff, and you can tune in through the company’s website or through SpaceX’s X account. Watch Starship's thirteenth flight test — SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 16, 2026 You can also watch through…

Astronomers have found a new world so strange that they don’t even know what to call it. The object is in the “super weird” star system CD-35 2722 and might be the first moon seen outside of our own solar system. But astronomers say that it is so new that it is unlike anything we have seen before – among other things, the object does not orbit around a planet – and so it is not clear exactly what to call it. “We have a clear delineation between the planets and the Sun in the Solar System, so defining things like moons is simple,” said Alice Zurlo, who worked on the new study. “In the CD-35 2722 system, where we are blurring the lines between stars,…

Stars, planets, and moons are easy to define in the broad. Stars shine, planets orbit stars, and moons orbit planets. It seems simple enough, but as we've come to understand more about both our solar system and others, our simple definitions become less clear. The most famous example is the debate over whether Pluto is a planet. It does orbit the Sun, but so does the asteroid Ceres. Currently the official International Astronomical Union (IAU) decision is that Pluto is not a planet because it hasn't "cleared its orbital neighborhood." It's a decision that remains contentious in the astronomical community. It also raises other questions. Pluto has a…

Even as a few stations in Andhra Pradesh received light showers on July 22 and 23, they have had little impact on the overall deficit in the State, which has now climbed to 53.3%. According to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), except for SPSR Nellore district, all the other 27 districts have reported deficient rainfall as of July 23. Grim situation The situation is grim in the districts of Visakhapatnam, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema, East and West Godavari, Prakasam, Annamayya and YSR Kadapa, where the deficit percentages are between 60% and 76%, considered large deficient. The sharpest rainfall gap is seen in West Godavari district,…

Kiyapo now a TD, hits Luzon MANILA, Philippines — Kiyapo has developed into a tropical depression, bringing rains across Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said yesterday. Tropical cyclone wind signal No. 1 was raised in Batanes, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, the northern portion of Aurora, northern portion of Nueva Vizcaya, northern portion of Quirino and northern portion of Benguet. Orange rainfall warning, or 100 to 200 millimeters of rain, is raised in Abra and Ilocos Sur until tomorrow afternoon. The…

LOS ANGELES — Standing in the shadow of the space shuttle Endeavour, a group of retired NASA astronauts announced their plan to travel the country visiting colleges to try to inspire younger generations to get out and vote. This campaign comes as we lead up to the November midterm election. This past year, a group of retired NASA astronauts teamed up for a single cause: to defend the U.S. constitution. They banded together as part of a non-profit, non-partisan activist organization called Astronauts for America. So far, they have been speaking out, using their astronaut expertise, platforms, cultural relevance and role model status to speak out in…

CHOLPON-ATA /Kyrgyzstan/, July 23. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived on a visit to Kyrgyzstan, where on July 24 he will take part in a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. The ministers are expected to discuss current issues of the international and regional agenda, including the situation in the SCO space, ensuring security and stability, and sustainable growth in Eurasia. It is planned that Lavrov will hold a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event. The Russian minister arrived in Kyrgyzstan from the Philippines, where he took part in ASEAN-related…

A major pillar of cancer immunotherapy involves stimulating T cells, the specialized killers of the immune system, to attack tumors. But this strategy has been undermined by the tendency of T cells to tire out before finishing the job. When the cells reach the fatigued stage - called T cell exhaustion - these immune cells lose the ability to sustain the attack and keep cancer growth under control. This has been a significant problem with checkpoint inhibitor drugs, a type of immunotherapy that releases a brake on T cells to spur them into action. "A tragic part of T cell exhaustion is that the immunotherapy seems to be working for patients, and then…

Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. The outbreak included 72 people as of Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration has not yet identified which products are linked to the illnesses. Officials also have not said where the cases are located. The Associated Press has asked the FDA for more information. Federal officials earlier this week said they remained focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a separate, multistate outbreak. The company last week announced it was recalling iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico. Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that infects…

When it comes to organ donation, time is everything. As soon as an organ has been carefully removed from a donor’s body, it starts to deteriorate. Surgeons have a matter of hours to get it into a recipient. Leave it too long and the organ will become unusable. In most cases, organs will be kept on ice during that time, at around 4 °C (39 °F). They cannot be frozen—in previous attempts, ice has formed, causing all kinds of damage. Matthew Powell Palm at Texas A&M University and his colleagues have an alternative solution—a device that allows organs to be cooled to -4 °C (25 °F) without forming any ice. Now, in new research with pig organs, his team has…

Veteran Nigerian actress, Ngozi Nwosu, has begged the general public for financial assistance amid a battle with undisclosed illness. The actress made the plea in a video shared on her Instagram page on Thursday evening. Ngozi, who was seen lying on a hospital bed, stated that she urgently needs N30 million for three life-saving surgeries. Speaking about her secret battle with the undisclosed illness, she said, “I can’t keep quiet anymore.” While begging the public, including her colleagues, she said, “I have been hospitalized for three weeks. Please I need your help, don’t let me die. My fans, friends, family and colleagues, this was really hard for…

Explainer: RSV may not quite have the name recognition that influenza and Covid do, but it's actually causing more winter illness. New Zealand has some of the world's highest rates of serious illness caused by the virus, and health experts are calling for a national childhood vaccination programme to be instituted. The Public Health Communication Centre issued a briefing this week asking for the government to approve RSV vaccines being used in Australia and other countries, which it says will also relieve the enormous burden put on doctors and hospitals each winter. "It's an awful experience for families to see their children struggling to breathe,"…

Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. The outbreak included 72 people as of Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration has not yet identified which products are linked to the illnesses. Officials also have not said where the cases are located. The Associated Press has asked the FDA for more information. Federal officials earlier this week said they remained focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a separate, multistate outbreak. The company last week announced it was recalling iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico. Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that infects…

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Louise Minchin has revealed she is still recovering from frostbite after developing the condition during her Arctic ice bike ride challenge in March. The BBC presenter, 57, was forced to quit the gruelling challenge which saw her attempt to cycle 300 miles in Canada's remote Northwest Territories. Louise has now shared her concerns that she doesn't know what her 'long-term recovery' looks like on her toes, while revealing her fingers are now 'okay'. Writing in her newsletter, Louise said: 'To say things did not go to plan is an…

The number of measles cases in the U.S. just hit a 35-year high - with 2,295 cases reported nationwide in 2026. That’s nearly 200 more cases than the 2,126 tracked following an outbreak in 1991, according to new data from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and just above last year’s 2,289 total. The uptick is tied to vaccine hesitancy in certain communities that has allowed the life-threatening virus to circulate more widely, the school’s experts say. Infections can lead to brain swelling, pneumonia, fever, ear infections and a rash - but taking the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine can prevent illness. “High vaccination coverage has…

In a boost for greater clinical trial transparency, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is taking what consumer advocacy groups are calling unexpectedly “rapid action” to ensure that study results are made public as required by law. The move comes after a recent analysis found results for less than half of the studies registered in a key European database were reported within the required time frame and complete results were fully reported for only 42%. The researchers contended that overall compliance with legal reporting requirements was weak and regulatory oversight is lacking. This was the first analysis to examine the Clinical Trial Information…

Federal health officials have identified a new cyclospora outbreak stemming from an unspecified product, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The FDA said the source of the outbreak was "not yet identified." A spokesperson for the agency told CBS News that the FDA had initiated a traceback, which is when investigators follow the path of a potentially contaminated food product through the supply chain in an effort to identify the origins of a foodborne illness outbreak. "This is an active investigation," the spokesperson said. "We will provide updates as they become available." This is latest among several investigations the FDA has…

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said the nature of crimes changed over the years and some anti-social elements were creating unrest in society by making abusive and inflammatory comments on social media platforms. This tendency had to be curbed to ensure peace, and due emphasis laid on increasing the conviction rates by doing thorough investigations, he said, while stressing the need to restructure the policing system from time to time to achieve better outcomes. Participating in the ‘Future-Ready AP Police’ workshop here, Mr. Naidu said concerted efforts should be made to achieve the desired results, noting that Operation Sindoor was…

The U.S. government is warning that Iranian state-backed hackers are actively breaking in and disrupting industrial control systems at American water and energy providers. This new alert comes months after federal agencies warned of an escalation in hacking from Iranian actors amid the ongoing war. In an advisory updated Wednesday, the FBI, the NSA, the Department of Energy, and CISA said Iranian hackers were targeting programmable logic controllers on internet-connected operational networks, allowing them to manipulate data on their displays, causing outages and disruption. The Iranian hackers were initially discovered earlier this year to be…

A member of Vance’s Secret Service detail is being investigated over a suspected news leak WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of Vice President JD Vance ’s security detail is being investigated over allegations tied to a suspected news leak, the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday. Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesperson, said the security-team member faces an internal investigation and potential criminal inquiry over allegations involving compromised “operational and information security.” “While we will not comment on the specifics of this matter, one principle is unequivocal: any conduct that potentially threatens the safety of a protectee will not…

The Lieutenant Governor has extended the Delhi Police's power of preventive detention under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) till October 18, according to an official notification. In a statement, the Delhi Police said this was a "routine extension" of the power and it had been "interpreted out of context" in certain media reports that were claiming that the power had been granted to quell the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest. The CJP began its protest at Jantar Mantar on June 20 against the NEET paper leak and to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the issue. On Monday, tens of thousands tried to…

Documents show with a destructive storm bearing down on the South Island last October, some laptops in the Beehive bunker could not access the emergency management system. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says now that it didn't matter, that staff had other devices that did work. The problem has come to light in a review released under the Official Information Act of how NEMA was shifted from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) late last year. The reshuffle, costing just over its $2 million budget, was effective but done hastily over three months and a host of difficulties were…

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Environment and Forests K. Pawan Kalyan called for enhanced surveillance on the smuggling of red sanders by deploying drones and other latest technologies, and stringent action against those plundering the precious wood. He instructed that the kingpins be apprehended so that the illegal activity would come to a halt. Addressing a review meeting on the protection of red sanders at his camp office on Thursday, Mr. Kalyan ordered that efforts be made to retrieve the smuggled wood from wherever it was hidden in the country, and that the smuggling networks be dismantled down to their roots through a zero-tolerance…

Your smart TV may know far more about your viewing habits than you realize, even if you rarely use its smart features. In a new privacy explainer, Proton warns that many modern TVs quietly collect data about everything displayed on the screen and share it with manufacturers, advertisers, and analytics companies. The worrying part is that escaping this tracking is becoming increasingly difficult because many privacy controls are buried deep in settings or enabled by default. Proton argues that buying a smart TV today often means accepting a level of surveillance that most people never knowingly signed up for. How are smart TVs tracking what you watch?…

Google has a new way for you to sign in to your account and it’s about as personal as it can get. For those times when you can’t remember your password or two-factor authentication has failed, you can set up a selfie video. Selfie sign-In is a feature designed as a way for people to get into their Google accounts if they’re locked out or don’t have access to their usual phone or computer. Setting up the feature is very similar to engaging Face Unlock on your phone. You take an initial video of yourself turning your head in various directions for biometric recognition. Then if you’re locked out of your account and want to use selfie sign-In, you can…

According to Ukrinform, the SSU reported this. It has been established that the perpetrator was collaborating with the Russian Federal Security Service. Among the main targets the enemy had tasked him with reconnoitering were enterprises in the defense-industrial complex and logistics centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The SSU uncovered the enemy’s plan in advance and apprehended the suspect red-handed while he was conducting further reconnaissance near a strategic facility. The detainee turned out to be a local resident who had previously served time for drug-related crimes. Investigation data indicate that the man came to the attention of…

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Thursday said it had identified and blocked more than 400 Pakistani social media handles allegedly spreading misinformation and rumours amid the ongoing protests, urging people not to fall for fake content circulating online. Addressing the media, deputy commissioner of Police (DCP) Sumit Jha said the same social media accounts had also been active during Operation Sindoor and were now attempting to exploit the current situation to provoke people and distract students. "We have noticed that some attempts are being made to spread misinformation on social media. So far, more than 400 Pakistani social media handles have been…

The GeForce RTX 3090 may no longer be one of the best graphics cards. However, it can still compete with the top performers today with a little help from its younger sibling, the GeForce RTX 3050. Recently, a resourceful gaming enthusiast who goes by the name quziwuzzi explained on Reddit that they paired these two Ampere-based graphics cards and used Lossless Scaling technology to dramatically boost their combined performance, achieving up to 144 FPS at 4K (3840x2160) resolution. Lossless Scaling is a very powerful yet affordable tool on Steam that costs just $7 and brings AI upscaling and frame generation to the masses. What differentiates Lossless…

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) just got one step closer to acquiring Electronic Arts in a massive $55 billion deal. The European Commission approved the PIF's purchase of EA under the EU Merger Regulation, arguing that it doesn't warrant competition concerns. The Commission justified its decision as follows: The transaction relates primarily to the production and distribution of video games for mobile devices, PCs and consoles, as well as the organisation and commercialisation of video game competitions, commonly referred to as electronic sports events. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition…

Less than six months after the release of the survival horror shooter Crisol: Theater of Idols, developer Vermila Studios appears to be in trouble. The studio has not officially closed, as one former employee had claimed, but CEO David Carrasco confirmed that employees have been let go and that a full shutdown "is a feasible possibility." Vermila's reported closure was initially shared on X by game designer Raúl Pernía Alejandro, who said (via auto-translation) that "Vermila Studios has initiated a redundancy procedure that has ultimately led to the studio's closure and the departure of the entire team." Several hours after that message was posted,…

For pop culturistas who follow the massive annual barrage of news out of the Comic-Con International trade expo — popularly known as San Diego Comic-Con, or SDCC — there's a lot to keep up with. This year's Comic-Con promises to be a big one, with reveals from the worlds of Marvel, DC, The Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and Avatar: The Last Airbender, among dozens of other pop-culture fandoms. Marvel is showing up in earnest with its big Hall H panel, which promises a look at what's next from Marvel Studios. That probably means a look ahead at Avengers: Doomsday, WandaVision sequel VisionQuest, and possibly even a Marvel Cinematic Unvierse "Phase Zero"…

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Four years ago, a developer called Jean Nguyen shared a short video on Dwitter of a spinosaurus pulling off a sick combo with Cloud Strife's Buster Sword. This, of course, blew up, but it wasn't actually a game, just some animation work from the dev. And then, somewhere along the line, Nguyen decided to make it into an actual game. It's now called Dinoblade, it's out today, and it is jank and over top in exactly the right ways, and genuinely a rip roaring time. The whole concept is deliciously silly. Some kind of cataclysmic event took place, and now dinosaurs all fight each other using various bladed weapons. You, still a spinosaurus, seemingly forge…

In a new message on X, "The Everything App," FromSoftware has revealed the final names and stats of the two additional classes coming in Elden Ring's $5 Tarnished Edition DLC. The Idus Knight looks sick as ever, while the Heavy Knight appears to have gotten the gentlest, most tender of nerfs since we saw their stats leak from a Tarnished Edition playtest last year. The Heavy Knight will start at level 10, as opposed to eight in the playtest, with their two extra levels shaking out as a plus one to their Faith and Mind stats. Hardly ruinous, and I think HK will still be a new top pick for a very specific niche of builds (Hulk smash), but the change…

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero was released in October 2024 and has received plenty of new characters over the course of its first year. However, fans clamored for more beyond just additional characters, like new game modes and costumes. At the end of July, they'll get their wish, when the Super Limit-Breaking Neo DLC gets released, adding new attacks and stages in addition to a massive number of new characters. Announced back in April, the Neo DLC will bring more than 30 characters to the game, the first new ones since last fall's final Dragon Ball Daima character pack. We already knew fan-favorites like Pikkon, Super 17, and Super Saiyan Bardock were on…

Friday’s tips Merveilleux Lapin (Ascot, 16.05) – 1pt each-way @ 7/1 Sky Bet Mr Writer (Ascot, 16.40) – 1pt win @ 7/2- Bet365 Vaguely Royal (York, 18.05) – 1pt each-way @ SP Dicko The Legend (York, 19.15) – 1pts each-way @ SP There’s plenty of interest across several racecards on Friday and horse racing correspondent Jonathan Doidge has come up with some selections at both Ascot and York using the best odds from betting sites. Sodexo Live! Handicap (16.05, Ascot) A few of those involved have been a selection at one time or another in the past couple of seasons but now I’m siding with one for the first time in MERVEILLEUX LAPIN. There’s no doubt it’s a…

When games use digital rights management — or anti-piracy software — the justification is usually that publishers want to protect a game's profits. If anyone could pirate a video game easily, why would they bother purchasing it? Without DRM, the thinking goes, a game played by millions could turn out to be a financial failure. Now, an unlikely cozy Steam game is challenging those assumptions. Burgie's Cozy Kitchen is an early-access incremental idler where players must serve fast food to a coterie of animals. The game went viral earlier in 2026, after developer HeyNau revealed a piracy mode where customers trolled the player by refusing to pay the…

The Ministry of Minority Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) that more than 6.17 lakh Waqf properties have been successfully validated and approved on the UMEED Central Portal-2025 as part of the government’s ongoing initiative to digitise and streamline Waqf property records. Responding to an unstarred question raised by All India Trinamool Congress MP Sajda Ahmed, Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that 7,99,978 Waqf properties had been initiated for uploading to the UMEED portal as of July 17, 2026. According to the Ministry, 6,17,102 properties have been validated and approved, while 91,623 properties remain at…

Duda launches new AI tools to help agencies build complex sites New tools include vibe coding, a custom widget generator, and brief-driven website creation The new releases build on Duda's existing stack of AI tools for agencies Duda, a dedicated website-building platform for agencies, has rolled out new AI tools that aim to combine the speed and ease of AI website building with the enterprise-grade security, predictability, and customization requirements of professional agencies. In a press release shared with TechRadar Pro, Duda shared details on the new tools and features that include vibe coding, a custom widget editor, and brief-driven site…

The Pulse: Quitting Spotify Podcasts over reliability Also: Chinese open models match closed ones from Anthropic and OpenAI, AWS’s “heart-attack” billing error, and more The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it with me. Today, we cover: Moving my video podcast off Spotify due to constant reliability issues.Spotify’s podcast platform has become chronically unreliable since the company’s leadership started boasting about high AI adoption. But competitors haven’t had similar issues, and so I have offboarded from Spotify. Will Kimi K3 trigger US…

Scott Winters says he trusted ChatGPT with his health, and it nearly cost him his life. The 55-year-old Florida pastor is suing OpenAI in San Francisco. He alleges the chatbot gave him dangerously wrong medical advice and talked him out of seeking care. Weeks later, a pulmonary embolism brought him, in his words, “to the brink of death.” According to the complaint, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, Winters spent months asking ChatGPT about worsening symptoms. The bot then ran on OpenAI’s GPT-4o model. Instead of urging him to see a doctor, he claims, it played down the danger. When he described a tenderness in his groin, it called this “very…

Lactose-free food lovers rejoice! Beloved cream cheese brand Philadelphia is launching its first-ever lactose-free version of its signature spread for U.S. customers. Philadelphia Lactose Free cream cheese is “made with real dairy,” featuring “the same fresh milk and real cream as the original” to create an almost identical taste compared to the original. The brand said in a press release that the product tastes so similar to the original that it can be used “as a one-to-one swap for the original cream cheese,” in everything from bagels and sandwiches to cheesecakes. “Philadelphia Lactose Free uses a lactase enzyme to help make the product easier to…

As workers push for better work-life balance and four-day workweeks, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is moving in the opposite direction. The 65-year-old leader set off a firestorm on social media when she shared her plans for Sea Day—a public holiday when many Japanese citizens head to the beach. “Today’s holiday felt like such a true blessing—finally getting a full five hours of sleep for the first time in ages,” Takaichi wrote on X in a post that’s garnered over 35 million views. “Ever since taking office as prime minister, zero-to-three hours has been the norm.” For Takaichi, the lack of sleep and working “from early morning until late at…

I used to buy into the generic developer hype: "gRPC is 10x faster than HTTP, it just has some configuration overhead." While technically true on paper, running a comprehensive stress test on my own system revealed a much more pragmatic reality. When building my Architecture-Boilerplate headsntails (Golang-based infrastructure which, in its current state, serves as a plug-and-play Feature Flag Service and is able to scale up to SaaS out of the box), our public endpoint validates every incoming request against a cart rate-limiter service. Originally, this intranet communication ran over standard HTTP. Recognizing this as a potential bottleneck, I set…

The AI industry has a mood problem, and Mark Zuckerberg thinks he can sell the cure. On Thursday, Meta’s chief executive posted a sunny vision of the AI future, and wrapped it in a marketing campaign. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said Meta “has always believed in giving people the power to share, connect, and shape your world,” Axios reported. The video ad that came with it was blunter. “Some people will have you believe AI will make us less connected … We couldn’t disagree more,” it says. “Call us optimists, call us dreamers … we’re betting on people.” The interesting words there are “some people.” Zuckerberg never names them. He does not have to.…

// React · Linux · TypeScript · GLib · Rust The React framework for Linux Write declarative React apps like you're used to. Ship native Linux apps, with first-class GTK4 and Adwaita support. import {GtkApplication, GtkApplicationWindow, GtkLabel,} from "@gtkx/jsx/gtk";import { createRoot } from "@gtkx/react"; const App = () => (<GtkApplication><GtkApplicationWindow title="My App"><GtkLabel>Hello from GTKX 👋</GtkLabel></GtkApplicationWindow></GtkApplication>); createRoot().render(<App />);``npm create gtkx@rcBuilt on the GNOME stack and standard web tooling GObject GTK4 Adwaita GNOME React TypeScript Vite Rust Why GTKX Native. Declarative. Typed. GTK4…

~/install One command 1. Run it. The installer detects your platform, checks the download against the published SHA256SUMS, puts the binary in ~/.whetuu/bin, and adds two lines to the config of the shell you actually use. Running it twice changes nothing. $ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL | sh macOS and Linux · read the script · tarballs and checksums 2. Open a new shell. That is the whole install. Would rather edit your own dotfiles? Run it with WHETUU_NO_MODIFY=1 and it prints the two lines instead of writing them. whetuu init <shell> prints them too, along with the file they belong in. Uninstalling is rm -rf ~/.whetuu plus those lines. You…

Brent oil shot to more than $100 per barrel on Thursday, its highest level since May, extending a five-day rally after attacks on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea heightened concerns over global oil supply disruptions. Houthi rebels in Yemen have widened the conflict by targeting vessels carrying Saudi oil in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, after declaring a naval blockade on Saudi shipments, raising the prospect of disruptions at another key oil transit chokepoint alongside the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, sharp drops for two of Wall Street's most influential companies, Alphabet and Tesla, yanked the U.S. stock market lower. The S&P 500 sank…

Investors are increasingly preparing for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates as oil prices climb. Fed funds futures are pricing in a roughly 82% likelihood that the central bank lifts borrowing costs at its September policy meeting, according to CME's FedWatch tool. A week ago, those odds sat below 53%. The central bank is still broadly expected to keep rates unchanged at the current 3.50% to 3.75% at its gathering next week. But even then, there's a growing minority planning for an increase: Fed funds futures trading indicates a nearly 38% probability of a quarter percentage point hike, up from less than 12% a week ago. Brent, the global crude…

BRUSSELS — The European Union knew its €890 million fine against Google risked poking the bear in Washington. And the timing couldn’t be worse. President Donald Trump, who’s lashed out at previous EU fines against U.S. tech companies, is in the final hours of deciding a new regime of tariffs, expected when a temporary 10 percent levy is due to expire Friday. That hastily imposed global tax on imports was imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down Trump's “Liberation Day” global tariffs in February. The fear in Europe is that Thursday’s fine — the highest-ever imposed for violation of the EU’s signature Digital Markets Act that regulates…

The Ukrainian attacks on the sprawling Russian warehouses produced stark images, with massive pillars of black smoke rising above fires that raged at facilities for Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer and its equivalent of Amazon. Kyiv’s drones first hit the sites over the weekend in Elektrostal, just east of Moscow, and in the Tambov region, killing eight people and injuring scores more. Two more Wildberries warehouses -– in the southern Krasnodar and Stavropol regions -– were attacked and set ablaze early Wednesday. One person was killed, and 14 others were hurt. The strikes are a part of Kyiv’s aerial campaign inside Russia, aiming…

Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday (July 23, 2026) proposed a revamp of the Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) framework for the securities market, including shifting the responsibility of dispute resolution from ODR institutions to Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs), to make the system more efficient and investor-friendly. Under the proposal, stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations (MIIs) will operate the technology-driven online conciliation and arbitration platform, besides handling the empanelment and appointment of conciliators and arbitrators. SEBI said it received feedback from MIIs,…

Tokyo Metropolitan Government workers are trading ties and button-ups for T-shirts and shorts under a new relaxed dress code policy aimed at combating stifling temperatures — but the shift has birthed the term “leg hair harassment,” a phrase coined to highlight what some say are double standards around workplace appearance. The change is part of the “Tokyo Cool Biz” campaign, which aims to save energy by reducing the need for air conditioning and includes a rule allowing the city’s government workers to wear shorts to the office. According to BBC and New York Times reports, some say the policy — even though it applies to men and women — is unfair…

Here are some of the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alphabet — The Google parent fell 6% after it increased its capital expenditures outlook for the year to bolster its artificial intelligence capabilities. Alphabet expects to spend between $195 billion and $205 billion in 2026, up from a previous guidance of as much as $190 billion. Amazon , Microsoft — Both hyperscalers slid after Alphabet lifted its outlook for capital expenditures and investors grew worried about spending around artificial intelligence. Amazon shares slid 4%, while Microsoft lost more than 2%. Honeywell Technologies — The industrials giant popped 5% after raising…

If you took Karoline Leavitt’s words at face value, you’d be a deeply confused, extremely alarmed person. For one thing, you’d believe that “literal self-proclaimed communists” are “winning elections” and “claiming to be the new leadership” of the Democratic Party. This fact, the White House press secretary told the room gravely on Thursday, could end up making America look very much like the “failed state” of Cuba. It’s not exactly unusual for Republicans to call Democrats communists, but it is interesting how the words “literal” and “self-proclaimed” have now lost all their meaning in MAGAland. It’s interesting, too, that the left-of-center…

Donald Trump’s administration will unveil the latest stage of his aggressive trade policy on Thursday, the White House has said, amid reports the US president is preparing a fresh wave of sweeping tariffs. Trump’s tariffs policy suffered a damaging blow in February when the US supreme court ruled that many of those tariffs were illegal. While the US replaced those tariffs with a 10% tariff regime on much of the world, these are due to expire on Friday. Asked about Trump’s plan on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, would announce next steps “later today”. “I don’t want to get ahead…

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Since June, there have been major rifts in the Trinamool Congress and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). Twenty MPs from the Trinamool rebelled to merge with the National Citizens Party of India, a Tripura-based, registered, and unrecognised political party. On June 19, 2026, six MPs from the Shiv Sena (UBT) defected to the Eknath Shinde camp of Shiv Sena. As a result, and amid the Opposition’s claims of these “illegal” and “unconstitutional” switches, the National Democratic Alliance’s strength in the Lok Sabha swelled by 26 seats. The two graphics below show these 26 MPs, from the Trinamool and Shiv Sena (UBT), who joined the NCPI and Shiv…

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the conferment of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank on 68 lawyers called to the Bar in Nigeria. The LPPC, chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere‑Ekun, approved the elevation during the committee’s 174th plenary session on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by Kabir Akanbi, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, on Thursday, in Abuja. The inauguration of the 68 successful applicants is scheduled for Monday, 12 October. The CJN usually swears in new SANs during the ceremony marking the commencement of the Supreme…

Hundreds of students, parents, working professionals and activists affiliated to various organisations gathered at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Thursday (July 23) in support of the ongoing protest led by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leak and fast undertaken by climate and education activist Sonam Wangchuk. While the protest was organised by Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (DSS), several organisations including All India Students Association (AISA), All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO), political parties including Aam Aadmi…

Florida Republican Representative Kat Cammack says she “wouldn’t feel comfortable” with her daughter working on Capitol Hill due to the “culture of creepiness” — an issue that has taken center stage due to a recent push within Congress to ban relationships between members and House staffers. A bipartisan House task force on sexual misconduct is weighing whether to recommend banning romantic relationships between lawmakers and staffers as part of an effort to reduce harassment on Capitol Hill. “Listen, if you’re looking for love, I suggest you look elsewhere,” Cammack, 38, told MeidasTouch Tuesday on Capitol Hill. “Maybe join, I don’t know, what are…

The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is referring Jack Smith to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution, escalating Donald Trump’s war with the man who investigated his attempts to overturn election results and keep classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s Justice Department, now led by the president’s former criminal defense attorney, will ultimately decide whether to open an investigation into Smith, who Trump has publicly demanded be thrown in jail. But the referral from Rep. Jim Jordan appears to rest on a flimsy premise. Smith is accused of misleading members of Congress during his testimony about the special…

There was a rowdy session at the House of Representatives on Thursday when the Minority Caucus staged a walkout from the chamber in protest over the passage of the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police. The caucus accused the House leadership of violating constitutional provisions and the chamber’s Standing Orders. The Minority Leader, Fredrick Agbedi, alongside other caucus leaders, while speaking to reporters, insisted that their action was not borne out of opposition to state police but against what they described as the abuse of parliamentary procedures. According to Agbedi, the Speaker, while presiding as Chairman of the…

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday announced that 17 metro stations across the national capital will remain closed for entry and exit from 7.30am on Friday until further instructions, citing "security reasons". The latest advisory marks the third consecutive day of metro disruptions in central Delhi amid the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party ( CJP)-led protest at Jantar Mantar. In a post on X, the DMRC said interchange facilities would continue to remain available at Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House and Central Secretariat despite the closures. The stations that will remain closed are: Lok Kalyan Marg Rajiv Chowk Patel Chowk…

The freeze on delimitation of parliamentary constituencies should continue, and women’s reservation should be implemented immediately after being delinked from delimitation and the Census, former Madras High Court judge D. Hariparanthaman (retd.) said on Thursday (July 23, 2026). Releasing the book, The Delimitation Debate: The Union and its Units, published by The Hindu Group at its headquarters in Chennai, the former judge cautioned that an increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats would hamper meaningful deliberations in the House. “The problem of raising the numbers is that deliberations cannot take place,” he said. Besides, if the increase is…

Israel says Saudi recognition would be 'historic' for regional peace "Saudi Arabia's joining of the Abraham Accords would be a historic leap forward for peace in the Middle East," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the US announced a civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia. JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday (Jul 23) that Saudi recognition of Israel would be a significant step towards peace in the Middle East. The United States and Saudi Arabia announced a landmark deal the previous day to establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom, which US President Donald Trump said would be…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has been invited to participate in the BRICS summit that will be held here on September 12 and 13, according to Shama Obaid, Bangladeshi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Rahman has received an invitation from the Indian government to be a guest at the BRICS summit, Ms. Obaid told journalists in Dhaka on Thursday (July 23, 2026). This is the first BRICS summit to be held after Mr. Rahman came to power in February, following a landslide victory for his Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the general election held after nearly 15 months of an interim government in Dhaka. Mr. Rahman’s first two foreign trips…

Charlie Woods’ run at the U.S. Junior Amateur came to a frustrating end Wednesday after a spectator’s camera click disrupted a crucial playoff shot, costing the 17-year-old golfer a chance to advance to match play. The son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods was competing at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he entered a sudden-death playoff with 13 other players battling for the final two spots in the tournament’s match-play round. Woods finished stroke play Tuesday tied for 63rd after shooting rounds of 76 and 70 across two courses for a 5-over total. But on the first playoff hole Wednesday, Woods tried to reach the…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke out in support of Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham on Thursday after Cunningham spoke out publicly in support of protecting women's sports from transgender athletes. "Men should not be playing in women's sports. It's completely ludicrous that anyone could support that," Leavitt told reporters. "It's even more ludicrous that you do have Sophie Cunningham, a female athlete herself, very accomplished in her own right, coming forth and speaking that truth that men should(n't) play in women's sports. The backlash she is receiving from Democrats and left-wing figures across the country is astonishing.…

Published Elliot Anderson was the schoolboy footballer so good his teachers discussed placing a bet on him playing for England. The bet was never made - but Thomas Tuchel put huge trust in Anderson at the World Cup, and Manchester City are doing the same by signing him for a club record £116m from Nottingham Forest. Anderson, who began his football journey on the playing fields of Tyneside, is one that painfully got away from Newcastle United but is still revered and respected in his home city as the "quiet and self-effacing" local boy made good. Magpies boss Eddie Howe called Anderson's £35m sale to Nottingham Forest in July 2024 "the most…

Considering it will no doubt be hanging in the United Center rafters at some point, I think most people assumed that the last time a Chicago Blackhawks No. 88 sweater would hit the ice was in Patrick Kane's final game before getting traded to the New York Rangers in 2023. Wrong. On Thursday, the Blackhawks announced that Kane, who won three Stanley Cups in Chicago and is the top American-born scorer in NHL history, is returning to the team on a two-year, $16 million deal. It's a great deal for Kane. According to Puckpedia, his previous contracts with Detroit were all one-year deals, the biggest being worth $4 million. His new AAV is double that. Of…

Qatar 2022: a World Cup that exposed football’s politics, power struggles and double standards. Was the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 judged by different standards from other tournaments, before or since? When FIFA announced the decision, it made history — and triggered one of the fiercest controversies in modern sport. Allegations of corruption, political influence, worker abuse, cultural bias and media double standards followed the tournament for more than a decade. Through interviews with FIFA insiders, journalists, academics, activists, migrant workers and Qatari officials, A Game of Double Standards investigates how Qatar 2022 became a global…

Published Arsenal are set to make a £70m offer for Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes. Brazil international Guimaraes is a priority target for the Gunners, with the midfielder keen to join the Premier League champions. Newcastle are aware of the 28-year-old's preference to join Arsenal this summer. Talks over a potential move for Guimaraes are ongoing and are believed to have accelerated in recent days, though it remains to be seen if Arsenal's £70m offer will meet Newcastle's valuation. Arsenal are determined to strengthen their squad with high quality players this summer as they look to build on last season's title. The north London side were…

Panthers OLB Nic Scourton carted off the field with right knee injury on Day 1 of training camp CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers second-year outside linebacker Nic Scourton was carted off the practice field with a right knee injury during the first day of training camp on Thursday. Panthers head coach Dave Canales said he does not know the extent of the injury. He said Scourton will have an MRI exam. “I don’t want to speculate,” Canales said. “I’m hoping for the best.” Scourton, a second-round draft pick in 2024 out of Texas A&M, went down on a wet field late in practice during team drills. Players immediately gathered around him on one knee.…

"Italian Exotics" is the third Festival Playlist series in Forza Horizon 6, and it brings the charm and history of the Italian automobile industry to its roads. This seasonal event is divided into four seasons, and it features different playlists of activities for a limited time. While each playlist lasts for seven days, the entire series runs for four weeks. As you complete the weekly and daily challenges part of the Series 3 playlist, you can earn wheelspins, cosmetics, credits, and even more cars. Every week, the races and rewards change and to help you know exactly what to do, here are all the "Italian Exotics" Series 3 playlist challenges and…

Former ESPN star Trey Wingo wants to set the record straight. Former NFL linebacker and ex-ESPN analyst Emmanuel Acho claimed that Ryan Clark built ESPN’s "NFL Live" into the "juggernaut" it is today, and Wingo was not having any of it. "Ryan Clark built NFL Live into the juggernaut it is today (along with Rutledge, Mina, and Spears), he didn’t ideate NFL Live, there’s a difference," Acho posted. Wingo, who hosted "NFL Live" for 15 years, from 2003 to 2018, clapped back at Acho’s claim that Clark built the show by posting a graphic showing its ratings over the years, which he said disproved Acho’s claim. The graphic, which was based on numbers that…

Thousands of outraged supporters from Argentina are demanding a replay of the FIFA World Cup Final, citing what they perceive as a “corrupt” officiating performance. Argentina lost 1-0 to Spain in extra time during the tournament in New Jersey on Sunday. Ferran Torres’ goal was pivotal for the dominant Spanish team, which consistently pressured the Argentine goal throughout the match. The defending champions, Argentina, were unable to record a single shot on target during regulation time and were reduced to ten players after Enzo Fernández received a red card in the 93rd minute. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez was kept under constant pressure before…

The Odyssey fever is real — and global. While Christopher Nolan's Greek epic shattered box office records for the director and became one of the biggest R-rated openings ever worldwide, its impact is stretching well beyond theaters, as another Trojan War movie is suddenly climbing streaming charts around the world. According to FlixPatrol data, Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 epic Troy has become a major streaming hit across HBO Max and other non-U.S. streaming platforms in the wake of The Odyssey. Brad Pitt's swords-and-sandals blockbuster has surged up European and Latin American charts in particular, where viewers seem eager for another trip to Ancient…

Law & Order is set to welcome a new senior detective to the force — while waving goodbye to another. Reid Scott, who has played Senior Detective Vincent Riley for three seasons, is set to leave the long-running police procedural. The 48-year-old Veep and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star reportedly had one year left on his contract, but Deadline reports that he made the decision to exit early due to his family living in California while the show shoots in New York. Scott is set to be replaced by James Badge Dale, who will star as a new Senior Detective. Dale, also 48, is best known for film roles including *13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi. * He…

Comedic actor and producer Eline Van der Velden, better known as the creator of the , insists the robot-actor is a job creator, not the job killer critics fear she will be. Norwood, who was introduced to the world in July 2025, is back in the spotlight as she — or it — is poised to make her big-screen debut in "Misaligned," a feature film from Particle6, Van der Velden's production company. Rather than destroying jobs, Norwood has allowed her to hire more staff, Van der Velden told CBS News. Since she leaned into AI, her studio has expanded her small team sixfold by hiring actors, creative producers and writers, pushing her employee base to roughly 40…

If you grew up playing Street Fighter, there’s a good chance you imagined what it would be like to take the characters out of the arcade and into your home, creating your own battles in real life. With the new live-action Street Fighter movie just months away, Hasbro is making that fantasy into a reality, but the toys may have given away a little something in the process. At San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro revealed the first looks at toys of Ryu (Andrew Koji), Ken (Noah Centineo), Chun-Li (Callina Liang), and Akuma (Roman Reigns). And, if you just want to see those and not be spoiled, here are some images. Now, on the back of the box is a list of other…

The trailer has arrived for Liam Neeson's upcoming CIA film, "The Fix." Basic info: Plot: "The Fix" follows a group of war-torn CIA operators mentored by "Larry" (Liam Neeson) and led by "Tucker" (Zachary Levi) who, after their mission in Afghanistan goes tragically wrong, enter the heart of Tehran to earn redemption by pulling off a daring rescue. Cast: Liam Neeson, Zachary Levi, Annet Mahendru and Grant Harvey Director: Guy Moshe Release date: Sept. 11, 2026 Trailer released for Liam Neeson's new CIA movie 'The Fix' There's nothing that gets the blood pumping like a great CIA film. The world of black ops secrets and espionage is such a fun genre.…

The new strategy that Amazon gaming exec Jeff Gattis talked to The Verge about last month is getting clearer now that Prime Video has added a new Games tab on Fire TV devices. With Prime Gaming, Amazon Game Studios, and Luna now combined into one organization, it’s aiming at the more casual audience of people already using Prime Video to stream movies, TV shows, and sports, instead of trying to compete directly with “core” gamers playing MMOs and shooters. Amazon puts Luna cloud-streamed games like Fallout 4 inside Prime Video Now Prime Video has a games section, with Amazon’s cloud gaming platform Luna built in to let you start playing right away.…

Later this month, the next MCU Spider-Man movie, Brand New Day, is arriving in theaters. But following the ending of the last one, No Way Home, Peter Parker has been completely erased from the minds of (almost) everyone on Earth. But does that also mean pictures of Peter are gone, too? Or anytime he was mentioned in print? Well, according to the director, the answers to those questions are uh… well.. uh…I don’t know. In a new interview with IndieWire, Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton talked about working with Peter Parker actor Tom Holland and how he got a chance to make this movie following the cancellation of his planned…

It's a great day to be a fan of the 2008 animated sensation Star Wars: The Clone Wars — particularly if you're fond of some of its most beloved voice actors. Ahead of the San Diego Comic-Con Saturday panel, "Bringing Star Wars Zero Company to Life," video game developer Bit Reactor and Lucasfilm Games have come together to reveal the cast for their upcoming single-player, turn-based tactics game, Star Wars Zero Company. Set during the prequel era during the height of the Clone Wars, Zero Company follows Hawks, a former Galactic Republic officer who leads a misfit band of professionals for hire — including characters like a clone trooper, a Mandalorian…

Apple today announced that "The Morning Show" will return to Apple TV for a fifth and final season at some point in 2027. "The Morning Show" was one of the first shows available on Apple TV when the streaming service launched in 2019, with an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Duplass, and others set to return for the final season of the workplace-oriented drama.

A new trailer for Zach Cregger's- Resident Evil- film has just been released The full-length trailer offers a deeper look at the story, setting, and main character Bryan It also features several references and easter eggs related to the video game series A new trailer for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil film has been released, and it's filled with easter eggs referring the beloved video game series. The first teaser for the upcoming adaptation already had me sold, but the latest full-length official trailer has convinced me that it could be as good as Cregger's other horror flicks, Weapons and Barbarian. "In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan…

Qobuz overhauls its music player and adds real-time lyrics These additions make it an even better Spotify alternative Qobuz just overhauled its music player and added some long-requested features. First and foremost, the app now displays real-time lyrics. This has been a sticking point for some, as most other major platforms have offered this service for years. The lyrics scroll "line by line" alongside translations. The interface has been completely redesigned, with inspiration pulled from "the colors and visual aesthetics of album artwork." The updated miniplayer always stays on the screen as users navigate, offering playback control while poking…

As Duane Betts traveled into the recording studio each day to work on his sophomore album, a sign would catch his attention. The roadside marker welcomed him to Isle Of Hope, the neighborhood in Savannah, Georgia, where he and his band cut a new collection of songs. The name stuck with Betts. Eventually, it took on a new meaning. “What it means to me is just giving you that sanctuary — a place to escape from all the noise in the world, which is really what music is about,” said Betts, the 48-year-old son of late Allman Brothers Band co-founder Dickey Betts. He continued, “When people go to concerts, my father always used to say that we just want to…

Future is back at No. 1 on many of Billboard’s albums charts this week with a new winning album. The hip-hop superstar’s latest set, The Real Me, conquers multiple rankings thanks in large part to a massive first-week streaming sum, as its 22 songs racked up more than 120 million plays on streaming platforms in only seven days. At this point in his career, every new leader helps Future advance on some historic list, as he has collected champions at a pace few musicians have matched at any point. The Real Me brings him back to the summit of the ranking devoted exclusively to streaming activity in America, and in the process, he breaks a tie with two of…

Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you. An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. PETER THIEL’S DIALOG is suing Powerscourt Hotel in Co Wicklow over the cancellation of a planned, invite-only conference. The case has been lodged before the High Court’s commercial division, which hears disputes involving more than €1 million. Legal proceedings were initiated on Monday by Stonebrick LLC Trading as Dialog, with Powerscourt Hotel and Powerscourt Estate listed as the defendants. Thiel has a net worth of around $27 billion (€23.7 billion) and co-founded PayPal and Palantir. He also founded Dialog, which is an invite-only…

Want to win free tickets to Camp Bestival this year? Read on to find out how! Taking place this year between Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August at Lulworth Castle on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, the weekend festival will welcome major acts including Bastille, Self Esteem, Fatboy Slim, and Billy Ocean. In addition to its diverse music offering, Camp Bestival delivers a family-friendly festival experience packed with activities such as yoga, book-focused events, and live podcasts. As exclusive news partner for the second consecutive year, The Independent will be bringing readers behind-the-scenes coverage, updates and interviews, as well as ticket…

São Paulo Nightlife Tonight — July 23, 2026 São Paulo · Nightlife Tonight, São Paulo’s Thursday pulse beats strongest in Vila Madalena, where live samba bars warm up the evening, while the downtown Centro district pulls the late-night crowd to multi-floor clubs and thumping electronic basements. The perfect circuit is a roda de samba followed by a rooftop or a dark club, all glued together with friendly bar crawls and Uber rides. What’s On Tonight Weekly live samba & MPB night (artist announced same-day on Instagram) — at Bar Caju, 21:00. The quintessential São Paulo Thursday warm-up: brilliant live Brazilian music in an unpretentious, expat-friendly…

Adele Cardin·July 23, 2026 · 07:00 BRT·15 min read Rio de Janeiro · Nightlife If You Only Go to One Place Rio Scenarium If you only have one night in Rio, make it this one. It’s the city’s most spectacular live music venue, a multi-floor antique-filled fever dream in Lapa that perfectly bottles the spirit of a Carioca night out. Expect live samba and MPB in a setting that feels like a film set, drawing a brilliant mix of locals and travellers who all dress up a little. It’s the safest, most dazzling introduction to the city’s nightlife for a newcomer. Tonight at a Glance —Rio Scenarium (Lapa) The unmissable samba spectacle in a historic mansion; book…

Post Malone managed one of the boldest musical pivots of all time. After first breaking out as a hip-hop musician and then scoring pop and rock hits, he released F-1 Trillion, his first country collection, in the summer of 2024. The project became a huge success, returning him to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, producing another Billboard Hot 100 leader with the Morgan Wallen collaboration “I Had Some Help” and earning the superstar several Grammy nominations. Malone has been discussing his next era for months by now. He announced a project titled The Eternal Buzz, which he hopes to release in 2026, and at one point he indicated that it may be a double…

Pioneering, multi-talented singer and songwriter Zoë Modiga left Cape Town audiences stunned during the launch of her fourth studio album The Vault. Written and self-produced by Modiga, the album is an experimental masterpiece offering a dynamic blend of songs. The tour is named "Did I Do My Thing?" and is based on one of the songs from the 17-track album. The Homecoming Centre was abuzz with Modiga weaving songs from across her catalogue, along with some of her favourite artists like mam' Busi Mhlongo. The music was soothing, genre-defying and beautiful. The songs are well-balanced, neither heavily relying on her voice nor hiding behind sound and…

Shania Twain has extremely high praise for Ella Langley. As our readers are aware, Langley has been experiencing a meteoric rise in the music industry that has been nothing short of insane to watch. The "Nicotine" and "Dandelion" singer is the undisputed face of women in country music. She dominates the charts, racks up awards and has built a following so loyal that it's borderline hard to believe. Now, one of the true female trailblazers in country music is pouring a ton of praise on Langley. Shania Twain pours praise on Ella Langley. Shania Twain was an unstoppable force in country music going from breaking through in the 1990s. She paved the way…

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman's family sues his widow 6 years after his death Boseman's brothers ask court to remove Taylor Simone Ledward as administrator of his estate Chadwick Boseman's family is petitioning a Los Angeles court to remove his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, as administrator of his estate. In a statement released July 23 to People magazine, Boseman's brothers Derrick and Kevin Boseman said, "for years, our parents have sought clarity regarding matters connected to the estate of our brother ... including his intellectual property and legacy." Chadwick Boseman, known for his portrayal of King T'Challa in Black Panther and acclaimed…

Policy Alert, in partnership with We The People, has launched the Nigeria Forest and Climate Journalism Fellowship, an initiative designed to strengthen investigative reporting on forest conservation, climate change and environmental accountability in Nigeria. The fellowship was unveiled on Thursday in Calabar, Cross River State, at the fourth Multi-Stakeholder Conference on Deforestation, an annual forum that brings together government institutions, civil society organisations, forest-dependent communities, researchers, journalists and development partners to discuss solutions to Nigeria’s deforestation crisis. In a press release shared with PREMIUM…

The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 23, 2026) permitted the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) Authority to process around 400 pending applications for the establishment of non-polluting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) within the ecologically sensitive area surrounding the Taj Mahal. The TTZ, spanning nearly 10,400 sq. km. across the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras and Etah in Uttar Pradesh, and Bharatpur in Rajasthan, was created pursuant to the Supreme Court’s directions to protect the mausoleum from environmental pollution. In October 2024, the top court had placed a moratorium on the TTZ Authority’s approval of new industrial…

Major U.S. stock indexes tumbled on Thursday as investors began to price in the consequences of a renewed and prolonged conflict in the Middle East. While the U.S. has conducted strikes against Iran 12 nights in a row — sending both oil prices and Treasury yields higher — domestic equities had mostly brushed off the idea of the war between the two countries heating up again, staying flat while oil jumped. That changed on Thursday, though, when Brent Crude futures jumped above $100 per barrel and the 10-year Treasury yield broke through 4.7%, hitting its highest level since January 2025, after reports of attacks against tankers off the coast of Saudi…

Five Groups Fight for Argentina’s Biggest Gas Distributor Business Metrogas delivers natural gas to homes and businesses across Buenos Aires and beyond, making it the largest distributor in a country where gas heats most households. Its controlling shareholder, the state oil company YPF, wants out, part of a strategy to concentrate its capital on the Vaca Muerta shale boom. Inside the Metrogas Sale YPF is offloading a 70% stake that could fetch around US$560 million, within a total company valuation close to US$800 million. Nine initial bids were whittled down to five groups that advanced to due diligence and binding offers, coordinated by Citibank.…

Raizen Seals Brazil’s Biggest-Ever Out-of-Court Debt Deal Markets Raizen is a joint venture between Brazil’s Cosan and the oil major Shell. It is one of the world’s largest producers of sugar and ethanol and Brazil’s second-biggest fuel distributor, running the Shell-branded service stations across the country. Like many capital-heavy companies, it borrowed heavily to grow. Then Brazil’s steep interest rates turned that debt into a burden, forcing a reckoning. What an Extrajudicial Recovery Is Brazil offers two main routes for a company in debt trouble. A judicial recovery is court-supervised, public and heavy, similar to a US Chapter 11. An…

More than 450 people received hospital treatment for heat-related issues in a single day in Tokyo — the highest number since records began 16 years ago, emergency services said on Thursday (July 23, 2026). The figure was released as Japan sweltered in a heatwave that has killed at least 14 people over the past week. Also Read | Europe’s early heat wave led to rise in deaths, may have killed over 10,000 A total of 453 people had hospital treatment for heat-related issues on Wednesday (July 22), the most since records began in 2010, the Tokyo Fire Department said. Emergency callouts were also at the highest level since at least 1963. "We are urging…

The Forest department will implement an integrated sustainable development project at the Canolly Plot in the Nilambur north forest division, Forest and Wildlife Minister Shibu Baby John has said. The project will be prepared using the Forest department funds and the MLA fund of Aryadan Shoukath, following a review of the site’s potential by the Minister, officials, and elected representatives. The Minister said work on the suspension bridge across the Chaliyar, connecting the two parts of the Canolly Plot, would be expedited. The bridge was destroyed in the 2019 floods. Though Steel Industries Kerala Limited (SILK) was assigned reconstruction work in…

A software employee staged a protest outside the Tech Mahindra campus in Dundigal on Thursday, alleging that she was arbitrarily terminated after availing three days of sick leave to care for her ailing daughter. The employee, identified as Bhavana, claimed she had been working with the firm for about four-and-a-half months when her services were terminated without prior notice or any valid reason. According to her, she had requested leave to look after her daughter but was instead removed from her job. Bhavana further alleged that the management had earlier harassed her while she was on a 14-day medical leave following a fall on the company premises.…

Retail has a technology problem: Venture capital investors are not putting enough money into solving retail’s technology problems. The gap matters a lot now because AI is creating new opportunities to improve profitability in other industries. But the investment ecosystem treats retail as a forgotten stepchild and software tools and the retail industry has fallen behind in the capital available to it. Retail Has A Funding Problem The Innovation Advisory Committee of the National Retail Federation framed the issue plainly: retail tech venture funding is in the range of $300 million, compared with tens of billions annually for fintech, healthcare and…

New details revealed in court documents filed by witnesses contradict the official account of the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man shot dead by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Houston on July 7. In their handwritten statements, two of the three passengers who were in the van Salgado Araujo was driving describe in detail how it was impossible for the agent who fired to have felt threatened because he was never in front of the vehicle. “[It’s] impossible to say that they were going to get run over. That’s a lie — no officer was behind nor in front — they were on the sides,” wrote José Trinidad Rojas…

Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you. An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. FOUR YEARS AFTER being stabbed on an amphitheatre stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him. The prize-winning author recalled feeling what he thought was a punch under his chin, not realising at first that he was being stabbed. Then “I was on the stage, lying down, with an enormous pool of blood all around me”, Rushdie testified. “It was an enormous and expansive lake of blood.” A Buffalo federal court jury watched Rushdie fixedly…

A Rhode Island lawmaker who previously referred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as "Nazi Gestapo thugs" said "your day of reckoning will come mother------" in a charged social media post aimed at the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. State Rep. Enrique Sanchez, a Democrat, directed his anger at ICE in a Wednesday post on X decrying its enforcement tactics: "Fighting and dealing with ICE since last year has f----- me up in the head after trying to protect and defend hundreds and hundreds of our community members in Providence and across Rhode Island. Your day of…

MINSK, July 23. /TASS/. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has announced that Minsk has provided Warsaw with evidence of preparations for a terrorist attack on Polish territory. In a statement shared via their Telegram channel, the Ministry explained that, as part of their ongoing cooperation to combat crime, a meeting was held today at the Belarusian Foreign Ministry with Polish Charge d'Affaires Krzysztof Ozanna. During the meeting, Belarusian law enforcement and security agencies presented evidence indicating that an individual residing in Poland - who was convicted in Belarus under several articles of the Criminal Code and has recently been stripped…

As Alex Murdaugh awaits a new trial in the murders of his wife and son, the disgraced former attorney is facing a separate seven-figure problem. Murdaugh owes more than $1.6 million in unpaid South Carolina taxes, penalties and interest, ranking him among the state’s biggest individual tax delinquents, according to newly published records. The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) listed "Murdaugh, Richard" as owing $1,630,201.02 in its latest quarterly report of top delinquent taxpayers, published July 16. The debt is the fourth-largest attributed to an individual on the state’s current list. The agency said it publishes the names and…

Political parties are being urged to go back to hate crime and hate speech recommendations laid out by the inquiry into the Christchurch terrorist attacks. The Law Commission released the final report from its review on hate crime laws this week, calling for a strengthening of the system rather than new offences. But Federation of Islamic Associations (FIANZ) spokesperson Abdur Razzaq told RNZ that although the Law Commission had done a thorough job, it was far too constrained by its terms of reference, which kept hate speech as well as anything not already considered an offence out of scope. "The Law Commission had an excellent engagement process, I…

A nun who was taken into immigration custody after being arrested while walking to Mass in her habit last month in Texas pleaded Thursday for people to have the chance to be heard before being taken into custody, saying she was speaking out to help others. “There are many others in this same situation, people who have been given some form of protection under our laws, who have followed every rule asked of them, and who still live with uncertainty,” Sister Leticia Ugboaja, who is from Nigeria, said at a news conference. Ugboaja was released several hours after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on June 28 while walking…

In commemoration of the 2026 World Day Against Human Trafficking, the Ogun State Government in collaboration with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, ICMPD, has embarked on an awareness campaign to sensitise the general public about the inherent danger of human trafficking and the need to embrace safe means of migration. DAILY POST reports that the public sensitization and road walk aimed at informing the public about the danger of not being properly guided before embarking on any international journey. Chairman of the State Task Force on Human Trafficking who also doubles as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,…

Minnesota man gets 2 life sentences for killing Democratic lawmaker and her husband CNNVance Boelter sentenced to life for shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers, their spouses USA TodayLive: Judge gives Vance Boelter two life sentences plus 40 years for lawmaker attacks Star TribuneLive updates: Vance Boelter to be sentenced for MN lawmakers shootings FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. PaulVance Boelter to be sentenced for Minnesota lawmaker shootings MPR News

Published Prime Minister Andy Burnham is pausing an early release scheme for some prisoners in England and Wales. His decision comes after the widow of PC Andrew Harper described the possibility of his killers being freed early as "deplorable". Under the new Sentencing Act set to come into force in September, some 6,000 criminals were due to be released at varying stages - the aim being to ease overcrowding. The prime minister has said that "no prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review and done everything we can to minimise risk to the public." His move now raises questions about how the scheme might operate.…

A new semiconductor firm, TYLsemi (pronounced Tile Semi), publicly revealed itself this month, alongside $43 million in early-stage funding and an ambitious plan to simplify the development of custom processors for AI infrastructure. Dozens of contract chip designers can develop custom processors of different complexity. However, only a few companies can offer custom silicon design services using standard chiplets to speed up and derisk the development cycle. TYLsemi is aiming to join their ranks. We spoke to their founders to find out how the nascent business might pull it off. Emerging from stealth Rather than compete solely as another custom ASIC…

In brief Ten cows at Fazenda Engenho Velho in Imbituva, Paraná, backed a R$100,000 CPR-F loan registered on B3. This is the first tokenized livestock collateral formally accepted on Brazil's stock exchange. Each cow was given a unique blockchain ID, generated from AI-sensor collar data collected by Cowmed, eliminating the need for in-person farm inspections and the steep discounts banks apply to livestock collateral. Ten cows on a dairy farm in Paraná, Brazil, just became the first livestock collateral formally registered on the country's stock exchange. The deal—backed by blockchain-tracked animals wearing AI-powered sensor collars—is a real-world…

The Kerala University Syndicate on Thursday (July 23, 2026) revoked its earlier decision to establish a ₹2-crore sculpture park at the Karyavattom campus. The sculpture park, proposed in the university’s 2025-26 budget by the previous Left-dominant Syndicate, was expected to feature statues of eminent personalities including Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Socrates, and Rabindranath Tagore. The park was planned on both sides of the main entrance to the campus. The Syndicate, chaired by Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal, decided to utilise the earmarked funds for creating a garden on the campus and enhancing student amenities. The Syndicate also…

Wall Street is banking heavily on exchange-traded funds that give investors artificial intelligence exposure, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The firm's "Guide to ETFs," which came out this month, finds it's a top five theme by assets under management — even as volatility hit the group in the second quarter. "Many [themes] are morphing towards AI and the ecosystem surrounding AI," Jon Maier, the firm's chief ETF strategist, told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week. Maier, who led the insights team that published the report, also highlighted an overlapping relationship between AI-themed ETFs and infrastructure. "It's all kind of feeding into the AI…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, media experts, among other prominent Nigerians, on Thursday, paid glowing tributes to the Lateef Jakande, the first civilian governor of Lagos State and pioneer president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). They spoke at the 4th Lateef Jakande Memorial Lecture 2026 in Lagos, tagged, “The Media, INEC, Voters and Path to Credible Elections.” The NGE organised the event in recognition of Mr Jakande’s legacies in governance and journalism. Mr Jakande, a journalist turned politician who governed Lagos State between 1 October 1979 and 31 December 1983, died at 91 on 11 February 2021. | | | |---| Mr Sanwo-Olu, represented by…

Here’s why the CLARITY Act’s ethics deal may be so hard to reach Both parties say they want US crypto market structure legislation, but a dispute over ethics rules and who enforces them is becoming the bill’s biggest obstacle. The long-awaited US Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) has hit another snag. This time, it’s not software developers or the turf war between federal regulators at stake, but the thornier question of ethics — ironic, given many politicians’ demonstrable disdain for them. After months of negotiations and what Coinbase’s chief executive Brian Armstrong called “thousands of hours of work on both sides,” disagreement over a…

BTC treasury firm Empery Digital invests $20M in AI data center developer Cardinal Data Power The investment marks Empery’s latest push into AI infrastructure as the company shifts capital away from its Bitcoin treasury strategy. Empery Digital said it invested $20 million in Cardinal Data Power, acquiring an approximately 8% stake in the private developer of powered data center campuses. The investment was part of Cardinal Data Power’s approximately $70 million Series A financing and will support development of a 750-megawatt data center campus in West Texas. The project is expected to deliver its first power in 2027, expand to about 1 gigawatt by…

Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., accused progressive Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of making "deeply sexist attacks" against female opponents during a Wednesday interview, citing his criticism of Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as voters prepare for the state's Aug. 4 primary. "There is a uniquely sexist bent to the things that he has said about women," Scholten told anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's "The Lead." "He said that Congresswoman Stevens couldn’t string two sentences together, that, you know, she was sort of an empty vessel." Scholten, who endorsed Stevens in the race to replace retiring Sen. Gary…

Key Facts —The quarter. Cemex, the Mexican building-materials giant, lifted second-quarter sales 12% to about US$4.1 billion, with growth in all four of its regions. —The cash flow. Operating cash flow (EBITDA) hit a record US$1.02 billion, up 24% year on year. —The profit. Net income rose 9% to about US$347 million. —The upgrade. Cemex raised its 2026 EBITDA-growth guidance to 16–17%, from an earlier “high single digit.” —The engine. Management credited its “Cutting Edge” restructuring program and broad-based demand across regions. Cemex just handed investors a reason to cheer. In its Cemex second quarter report, the cement maker posted record cash…

This might sound like a mistake but I can assure you it isn’t. We live in a world where such operational mistakes, especially in the airline industry, do not happen unless it’s on purpose. So this is not a mistake but a risk taken by the airline to maximize profit. In more fancy terms, this is a statistically predictable trade-off and it is based on data science (or pure math). This was a decision based on probability and math to potentially gain some extra millions. In this article, we will get to the bottom of this and learn a lot of valuable concepts around probability, distributions, and expected value (highly important subjects for data…

In an earnings call yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk did his best to paint a positive portrait of the company’s robotaxi program. New cities are being added, more miles are being driven, and more people are experiencing Tesla’s unsupervised vehicles. Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality Mileage is flat, the number of vehicles are shrinking, and safety is an open question. Mileage is flat, the number of vehicles are shrinking, and safety is an open question. But Musk’s typical bullishness seemed to be absent from the call, as the occasional trillionaire sought to temper expectations about the program’s future. “We’re going as fast as…

Honda Motor on Thursday confirmed a next-generation model of its Ridgeline pickup truck will be produced in the U.S. following a temporary production stoppage later this year. The future of the midsize pickup truck has been in flux amid reports that there could be a production pause coming due to the vehicle not meeting California emissions regulations. The Japanese automaker on Thursday said there will be a temporary production stoppage for the pickup truck later this year at the Alabama plant that produces the vehicle, with assembly returning to the facility within two years, likely in 2028. "The goal is to continue to serve those customers who've…

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has received 5-star safety rating in both Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) and Child Occupant Protection (COP) for its upcoming vehicle New Brezza, under the Bharat New Car Assessment Program (Bharat NCAP). The model is slated to launch on July 24, 2026. It is equipped with several safety features including blind spot warning with lane change alert, rear cross traffic alert, front parking sensors, tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), emergency stop signal, safe exit warning, amongst others. Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India said, “Brezza has been India’s highest selling compact SUV since 2016 and…

Tesla’s budding “Robotaxi” network drove fewer miles for paying customers in the second quarter than it did in the first, according to a chart the company released on Wednesday. The quarter-over-quarter decline runs counter to Tesla’s rhetoric and actions in the past year. Tesla has staked much of its future on the idea of a massive, low-cost, cash-generating Robotaxi fleet — or going “balls to the wall for autonomy,” as CEO Elon Musk framed it in 2024. The quarterly step-down in Robotaxi miles also comes amid weakening profits in Tesla’s core businesses, which underperformed Wall Street’s expectations, according to figures released Wednesday. Tesla’s…

See more This is Money on Google - save us as a Preferred Source If you like your cars like your coffee - hot, strong but with a tasty dash of invigorating cream - then Vauxhall's new Mokka GSE may be just the job. This exciting new all-electric hot hatch - the GSE stands for Grand Sport Electric - is inspired by motorsport, and there's even a specially tweaked rally version of it racing competitively. And they're all fabulous fun on hot wheels, as I discovered on my last new car launch at the Daily Mail and This is Money. My final stint involved driving the 'civilian' version of the Mokka GSE both on the road and on track. Location for my spirited…

The Italian Exotics Dealership in Forza Horizon 6 is a brand-new location added with the start of the aptly named Italian Exotics Festival Playlist. Here, you can find an ever-changing roster of three supercars from Italian manufacturers, including some rare exotics that are usually exclusive to wheelspins. If you're wondering exactly where to find the Italian Exotics Dealership location in Forza Horizon 6, or you just want to know a little more about it, here are the details. Where to find the Italian Exotics Dealership location in Forza Horizon 6 The Italian Exotics Dealership can be found northeast of the stadium at the far west of the Forza…

While PC builders, enthusiasts, and gamers are some of the most heavily affected by the AI-driven memory chip shortage, experts have also been warning that this will eventually hit the automotive sector. It seems that their fears have come true, as Nikkei Asia reports that two major automakers are increasing their prices precisely for this reason. General Motors said that it expects new vehicle prices to increase by 0.3% this year, changing its previous projection of vehicle costs to remain the same or even slightly more affordable. On the other side of the world, Chinese automotive giant BYD has also raised the prices of the driver assistance…

Apple Maps will power navigation in Ford's upcoming slate of EVs The car manufacturer is planning a big push into electric vehicles. Apple Maps will be the official navigation system for upcoming Ford electric vehicles. The software will be directly integrated into the car manufacturer's Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform, which will power future EVs. This is possible thanks to Apple's new MapKit for Automotive SDK, which simplifies the integration process. Apple says this partnership will "deliver a beautiful and easy-to-use navigation experience" that will be pumped "directly to the vehicle's displays." That certainly sounds handy. The…

Does charging your phone in your car waste gas? The short answer is no, not really. Do you regularly leave home with a heavily drained phone? If you're a motorist, there's a good chance you're regularly charging said device in your car. That leads to a problem you may not know about: phone chargers technically consume fuel. Just how much gas is your smartphone guzzling each time you plug it into your car's charger? The actual impact on your vehicle's mileage is tiny. Still, in an era of skyrocketing gas prices, it all adds up. If you're particularly cost-focused, there are definitely cheaper and more effective ways to power your phone than hooking it…

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The investigation into Kaylee Hottle's death has ruled out alcohol impairment as a potential cause for the car crash that killed the 18-year-old actress on Tuesday. The deaf film star, 18, was a passenger in a 1995 Honda Accord that veered off the road and slammed into a ditch in Maryland, with speed playing a factor according to local law enforcement. After Hottle's cause of death was revealed to be from 'multiple blunt force injuries' - the Frederick County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Thursday the unnamed 19-year-old driver was not impaired…

READ MORE: White House source reveals fears of a MAJOR defense vulnerability that few people are tracking See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Donald Trump said Thursday he was near to a decision on a massive escalation of attacks on Iran as oil hit its highest price in two months and Tehran-backed Houthi rebels opened a new front in the Red Sea. 'I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before,' the President told Axios. 'I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it.' Trump added that Iran wanted a deal but had not yet felt 'enough pain' to properly negotiate. He did not say when he would finalize his…

FIRST ON FOX: Sean McCann, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, has taken at least $57,600 in contributions from energy groups while supporting Green New Deal policies that were projected to increase utility costs, records show. McCann’s record on energy is resurfacing as he wages an uphill campaign to unseat Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., and raises questions about his approach to federal energy policy. McCann first served as the Kalamazoo city commissioner from 1999 to 2008. He would then go on to serve in the Michigan House from 2011 to 2015 and in the Michigan Senate from 2019 to 2023. During his time in the…

The widening conflict in the Middle East has pushed the price of benchmark Brent crude past $100 for the first time since May, the highest in nearly two months. Oil prices increased for a fifth day on Thursday after Yemen’s Houthis said they struck Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea amid escalating violence between Iran and the United States. Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4How shipping insurance rates are rising, as Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb shut down - list 2 of 4Yemen faces a new challenge amid prospects of confrontation - list 3 of 4Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on two Saudi oil tankers - list 4 of 4Iran, Gulf hit as Hormuz, Bab…

Congress on Thursday split on advancing a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to abandon his war with Iran, as the conflict escalates into a deadly new phase and oil tops $100 a barrel. The moves were the first vote since Trump informed Congress that he restarted the war with Iran following the breakdown of peace negotiations. The conflict's revival after weeks of a shaky ceasefire comes just months before the U.S. midterm elections. It threatens to scramble the majority Republicans' plan to maintain their razor-thin majorities. The Senate on Thursday voted 47-49 to kill a joint resolution under the War Powers Act to…

Perth’s cheapest petrol station chain is suing its landlords, alleging they tried to kick the business out of five sites around the state. Burk Fuel has lodged a writ in WA’s Supreme Court against five corporate entities who leased sites to the cheap fuel carrier, alleging in one instance the landlord swooped into one of its petrol stations in Arthur River in May and terminated its lease. Burk Fuel was registered as a business in 2021 and has slowly expanded across the state, often undercutting its nearest competitors by anywhere between 15 and 30 cents on the litre. The company alleged one of the landlords “failed in accordance with the lease for the…

BRUSSELS, July 23. /TASS/. The new European Union’s restrictions against Russia will exacerbate its socio-economic problems, while Moscow will give them an effective and adequate response, an official at the Russian mission to the EU told TASS. "There is no doubt that the announced restrictions will lead to a further aggravation of the already difficult socio-economic problems of the European Union, largely caused by the rejection of this association of Russian energy, the multibillion-dollar costs of backing the Kiev regime, and all this against the background of the destabilization of global energy markets due to the Middle East conflict escalation.…

More than 120 British-based millionaires have made a public appeal to the UK’s new prime minister Andy Burnham to tax them more for a “better Britain”. A letter published by Patriotic Millionaires UK on Thursday urged higher taxes on “the very richest whose income is derived from the wealth they hold”, and not those “who get up and go to work for their income every day”. The announcement comes six months after nearly 400 millionaires joined Patriotic Millionaires US in demanding higher taxes to curb growing inequality as leaders met at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The movement, founded in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, continues to…

European Union countries on Thursday (July 23, 2026) agreed a new, watered-down round of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war after weeks of haggling, freezing the level of an oil price cap. The package — the 21st by the EU since Moscow's 2022 invasion — was held up by a raft of objections by member states to various proposed elements. "Our 21st sanctions package targets the sectors with the highest impact: energy, financial services, crypto, and trade," European Council head Antonio Costa posted on social media. "Our support for Ukraine and for a just and sustainable peace remains unwavering." Diplomats said the final hurdle was overcome after…

India is planning to build two additional commercial-cum-strategic petroleum reserve facilities (SPR) under a public-private partnership (PPP) model at an estimated project cost of ₹14,527 crore as part of strengthening its energy security. The viability gap funding (VGF), -- a government assistance provided to make essential, economically beneficial infrastructure projects commercially feasible -- has been capped at 60% of the total project cost, Suresh Gopi, Minister of State for Union Petroleum Ministry stated in response to a query at the Lok Sabha. “For development of SPR facilities under Phase-II, a PPP model is envisaged with a total project…

The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark price for oil, breached US$100 a barrel on Thursday as the U.S. war on Iran dragged on for nearly five months. As of 11 a.m. eastern on Thursday, Brent crude prices were around US$100.60 per barrel, as conflict in the Red Sea between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi rebels in Yemen drove oil tanker traffic in the crucial Bab el-Mandeb strait down. This came as the Strait of Hormuz remained closed to vessels and the U.S. and Iran intensified their strikes. Gas prices in Canada hit a monthly high on Thursday, with gas costing an average of $1.77 per litre across the country. Get breaking National news This was…