Migrants await asylum in Ceuta amid hunger and thirst

Migrants rushed to receive water and beverages in Ceuta, Spain, where many have spent days on a beach awaiting asylum.

Will Israel withdraw from Gaza if Hamas disarms?

Israel says it has doubts about the Palestinian group laying down its weapons.

El-Sayed, Stevens face off in Michigan Democratic Senate primary

Voters in the US state of Michigan will cast ballots in a Democratic Senate primary that could reshape the party.

Hundreds of migrant minors stranded in Ceuta after border crisis

Spanish law mandates protection for unaccompanied minors, but many in Ceuta lack food and shelter.

Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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The studio behind Pokémon struggles to find its voice in Beast of Reincarnation

You have to imagine that the team at Game Freak is bursting with ideas. The studio puts out new mainline Pokémon adventures with a machinelike precision. But ev...

AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big

AWS now allows vibe coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It's another step towards decoupling apps from models.

The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases

The risk of more debris hitting the moon is on the rise as the space race heats up.

Survivors reach port after deadly Indonesia ferry fire

Survivors reach port after deadly Indonesia ferry fire

Clergy members arrested while protesting at Senate office

Clergy members were arrested while protesting the Iran war and voting rights concerns at the Senate office.

Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated

OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally...

Trump says talks with Iran are ‘last chance’ to forge a deal

US President Donald Trump said Iran has a "last chance" to reach a nuclear agreement.

DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models

DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.

Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model

The orbiting observatory in minifigure scale.

Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip

OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.

An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

Top scores increased by 5x.

Bomb disposal underway in Le Porge after wildfires unearth WWII shells

Bomb disposal operations are continuing in Le Porge, France, to enable residents to return to the village.

Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report

Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.

Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?

Apple’s long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. But after years of delays, the launch lands in an AI landscape w...

US announces first two deaths from cyclospora outbreak

Authorities in the Midwestern state of Michigan say that two people who died had underlying conditions.

Can Netanyahu survive Israel’s most consequential election?

Israelis head to the polls in October for the country's first election since the war on Gaza began.

Israel top court hears challenge to UNRWA ban

Israel's highest court heard a constitutional challenge to legislation banning UNRWA's operations in Israel.

Drone slams into Russian beach, killing at least 7 people

Video shows the moment a drone struck a crowded beach near the Russian Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik.

Outernet turns your saved posts into real-world adventures

Founded by the creators of viral offline events like San Francisco’s citywide scavenger hunt Pursuit, Outernet's app helps users save places and events they dis...

WhatsApp says it is is fixing an issue that disabled several accounts

Meta says it’s restoring access to WhatsApp accounts that were mistakenly flagged and placed “under review” after users reported being unexpectedly locked out o...

Republicans say they will back Blanche after US Justice Department order

Two Republican senators say they will end their opposition after order cancelling controversial $1.8bn fund.

Behind the glamour of the West End, theatre workers are pushing for better conditions

It’s easy to assume that the theatre is a world of glitz and glamour. A place where performers have their names in lights and live lives of luxury. But many the...

Trump blasts ‘duplicitous’ Iran after Tehran denies it is in talks with the US

Trump demands "Total Surrender" amid escalating naval blockade in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Your Fitbit data can now connect directly to Apple Health

Google is rolling out an update that will finally allow you to connect your Fitbit workouts, steps, vitals, and other data to Apple Health, as reported earlier ...

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics

Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June.