Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books

Parents are getting fed up with garbled bedtime stories that feature characters based on actual photos of their children.

NASA’s New 3D Model Shows the Earth Is a Lumpy Mess

We like to think of our home as a nice, smooth sphere. But mapping the Earth’s gravitational field provides a different view of the planet.

Irish government disgraces itself with refusal of Gaza study visas

In a move that is as farcical as it is shameful, Irish immigration authorities have refused large numbers of study visas for students from Gaza seeking to enrol...

DoorDash is going airborne with new drone delivery division

A Wing drone carrying a DoorDash delivery. The food delivery app company says it will build its own drones going forward. | Image: Google DoorDash is launching ...

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state over...

Farage ridiculed for complaining Burnham is ignoring him

On 7 July, Nigel Farage stepped down as an MP. As a consequence of this, he was no longer an MP, and could no longer perform the duties of a Member of Parliamen...

The unelected lobbyists dictating the Burnham administration

Andy Burnham may have set up “No. 10 North” in record time, but he has also brought in a team of unelected officials to run the show at Downing Street. “Hope No...

US and Saudi Arabia strike ‘Iran-aligned’ groups in Iraq

The US and Saudi Arabia launched joint air strikes on Iraq, targeting ‘Iran-aligned’ groups.

The Nothing Ear 3A deliver great, but sometimes buggy, performance for the price

Nothing has had a strong visual identity since the Ear 1 were released in 2021 for $99 and challenged the notion that a highly featured headset requires a high ...

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like the future

A short king. Is this the future of foldable phones? Samsung clearly thinks so. The company has given its new wide foldable the "Z Fold 8" name, positioning th...

Jayden Seales takes five wickets as West Indies beat Pakistan in first Test

West Indies take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series after Jayden Seales dominates with the ball on day 4 in Trinidad.

Iran and Oman swap proposals to manage Strait of Hormuz: What we know

Iran is proposing a deal that would see it have significantly more control than Oman.

Will Germany bring back mandatory military conscription next year?

A voluntary recruitment drive has only drawn 500 people so far this year, with many more eager to opt out.

Why is Uganda experiencing a food crisis?

At least 19 people have died of starvation in the country and 1.5 million are at risk of malnutrition, experts warn.

Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning

Artists whose work has been co-opted by AI are taking to court. | Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge When The Atlantic published a searchable dataset of works used ...

Russian industrial sites on fire after Ukrainian drone attacks

Russia's top online retailer Wildberries says it has evacuated warehouses in Ryazan.

OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face

The AI agent that escaped from OpenAI and hacked developer platform Hugging Face attacked other companies as well, OpenAI revealed on Tuesday. The update substa...

IPL’s business value rockets to $20bn as India cricket league soars

Indian Premier League cements its place as cricket's number one T20 competition with an 11% rise in value this year.

India’s youth have broken Modi’s spell

At Jantar Mantar, satire and defiance punctured the prime minister’s aura of invulnerability.

We’re running out of reasons to ignore AI safety

Earlier this month, OpenAI gave several of its AI models a task: complete a test designed to measure their cybersecurity capabilities. It put the systems in a s...

Xbox outage shouldn’t have affected games on disc, Microsoft confirms

After the recent Xbox outage even blocked people from playing offline disc-based console games, Microsoft is trying to soothe concerns that you don't truly own ...

Why Netanyahu didn’t want a Zelenskyy moment with Trump

Diplomats Jeffrey Feltman and Michael Ratney

Iran attacks US bases in Middle East as Trump meets Netanyahu

Iran has also struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and rejected Oman’s proposal on managing the waterway.

China puts the ‘squeeze’ on Taiwan with new maritime patrols

New law enforcement operations could quickly escalate into a blockade of Taiwan, say analysts.

Latest images of damage as death toll from Japan’s Kyushu quake rises

The death toll from Japan’s Kyushu island quake rises to 13.

Protesters storm hotel, heckle Netanyahu in Washington DC

Activists protested at a hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was having dinner in Washington, DC.

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Trump meets Netanyahu for a record seventh White House visit

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House for the first time since launching the war on Iran.

Haitians living in fear as Temporary Protected Status ends in the US

New York’s Haitian community is living in limbo and fear after Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was terminated Monday.