Far-right fitness clubs mask extremist recruitment, experts warn

Al Jazeera's Nils Adler reports on how far-right 'Active Clubs' use fitness and camaraderie to recruit young white men.

Your table awaits: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to be seen by thousands

Not everyone needs a keynote slot to make noise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Sometimes the best way to meet investors, customers, and partners is by exhibiting d...

Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure s...

Trump’s Americas? The CIA has set up a new Cuba taskforce

Trump’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has set up a new Cuba task force. Its aim, it seems probable, is the overthrow of the ‘communist’ state just 90 miles ...

Trump signs new executive orders seeking to limit US birthright citizenship

The US president's latest effort comes after Supreme Court ruled against his push to reinterpret constitutional right.

Vogue just gave another nod of approval to the tech world

Vogue World is coming to San Francisco next year — perhaps another indication that tech bros are now part of the fashion zeitgeist.

Toronto police arrest two in US Consulate shooting investigation

Suspects recruited via encrypted app and offered money for violent acts, Toronto police reveal after arrests.

US is exploiting Venezuela’s disaster to cement its colonial stranglehold

The Donald Trump regime was already getting its way in oil-rich Venezuela after illegally abducting its president in January. But two devastating earthquakes on...

US diplomat Rubio targets Cuban military officials, companies in sanctions

US says the five entities and eight individuals sanctioned help Cuba acquire military equipment from Russia and China.

Fire engulfs earthquake housing site in Turkiye

A fire broke out at a workers' accommodation camp at a construction site for earthquake housing in Hatay, Turkiye.

WHO chief: Ebola outbreak in DRC spreading at ‘unprecedented rate’

The world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has killed 1,751 people in DR Congo.

How fragile is Lebanon’s uneasy peace?

Israel goes on the attack after the first soldiers are killed since ceasefire began two months ago.

US Senator McConnell says he’s been discharged from rehabilitation centre

Republican senator has not been seen in public since mid-June, sparking criticism of transparency over his condition.

X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge

Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.

Prominent academic Jason Arday is a victim of vile racism — he also copied other people’s work

Yesterday, 5 August, Professor Jason Arday resigned from his Sociology post at University of Cambridge and Jesus College. When he took the job back in 2023, he ...

Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music

Suno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."

Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude

Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.

Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents

The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI models can do.

Israeli settler charged over Palestinian activist’s killing

Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler with “reckless manslaughter” in the killing of prominent Palestinian activist

As Indian authorities use pellet guns again, Kashmiri survivors still await justice

In India, debates over the use of pellet guns on protesters have opened space for Kashmiris who have endured wounds from them since 2010. Scroll India wrote tha...

Deadly explosion on minibus near Damascus

Two people were killed and 13 injured when an explosion ripped through a minibus in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus.

Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims

Groups of hackers are breaking into large U.S. financial firms to steal sensitive data and extort victims, Google’s security researchers report.

Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech.

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people with no criminal convictions, including children, which end u...

US ends cap on local TV station owners amid concerns of media consolidation

Critics say the 39 percent cap was a safeguard against excessive concentration of media ownership in the US.

China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US

Researchers linked the latest malicious activity to a Chinese company, after one of the spyware's operators placed an order with KFC using their real name and o...

Vinicius Jr extends Real Madrid deal to 2032, ending transfer speculation

The 26-year-old Brazil international had been linked with a move to English champions Arsenal.

Israeli attacks wound eight in Lebanon despite Rome talks

Israel launches strikes on southern Lebanon's Tyre as third day of the seventh round of US-brokered talks concludes.

Trump wants $10 billion from BBC but says asking for his finances is ‘disproportionate’

In the latest twist in Trump’s defamation case against the BBC, the president’s legal team has filed an emergency motion to block the BBC from accessing his fin...

Sudan war threatens ancient Meroe pyramids

Sudan’s ongoing war is endangering the ancient Meroe pyramids, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.