Surprisingly large number of people may have marker for tick-linked meat allergy

There's still a slew of questions about why some people develop alpha-gal syndrome.

Venezuela buries earthquake victims as death toll reaches 3,535

Mass burials have begun at La Esperanza Cemetery in Venezuela's La Guaira

Mbappé stands up to racist attack from Paraguayan senator

The fallout from the France v Paraguay clash did not end with the final whistle, as the 2026 World Cup round of 16 match turned into a political and diplomatic ...

Pro-Palestine MEP Rima Hassan arrives at trial for ‘glorifying terrorism’

‘No one is safe anymore.’ This is what French MEP Rima Hassan told a crowd as she arrived at her trial in Paris.

Prolonged hospitalisation of US Republican Mitch McConnell raises questions

The senator has been hospitalised since June 14 with few details released, raising questions over his return to work.

SCOTUS lets Texas enforce app store law that Big Tech calls "censorship regime"

Texas win at 5th Circuit left in place as attempts to overturn age law continue.

Canadian province sues OpenAI over alleged ChatGPT-linked shooting warnings

Lawsuit claims OpenAI ignored calls to alert authorities about violent ChatGPT prompts tied to mass shooting suspect.

Trump lashes out at NATO as first day of summit wraps in Turkiye

Leaders have gathered in Ankara for a two-day summit slated to cover defence spending and the Russia-Ukraine war.

Why the rise of open source AI isn’t hurting Anthropic … yet

Open-source models’ success isn’t coming at the expense of frontier labs. Instead, they each seem to capture two phases of the same life-cycle.

Microsoft joins AI cost-cutting trend by relying more on its own models

Microsoft is the latest Silicon Valley giant to cut back on its AI spending.

Deadly landslide buries tunnel construction site in India

At least five people were killed after a massive landslide buried a tunnel construction site in Kerala

Meta’s glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light

Even so, the privacy LED light is still hard to see. It’s on in this photo. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amid public backlash over its smart gl...

Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs

As much as 50 percent of some teams affected by reductions, and more could be coming.

Intelligence watchdog finds MI5 knew agent was abusive far-right misogynist

MI5 was fully aware that an agent it employed was a far-right misogynist abuser who was obsessed with violence. The office of the investigatory powers commissio...

What was the VAR controversy in the second half of Argentina vs Egypt?

A disallowed goal by VAR, a string of yellow cards for Egypt, and contrasting emotions from both captains capped the match.

Hasbro and Scooby Doo team up for one of the goofiest Transformers yet

Hasbro and Scooby Doo team up for one of the goofiest Transformers yet.

Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images

Discord has acknowledged that a bug in its AI moderation system mistakenly banned more than 8,000 users over the past two months, after harmless images—includin...

“Overturn this” — Belgian football team mocks Trump and US

The Belgian football team has ‘cooked’ Donald Trump and the US on social media. Trump and craven FIFA president Gianni Infantino had scandalised the sporting wo...

Trump criticises NATO allies over Iran conflict support

US President Donald Trump criticised NATO allies for refusing to back the United States during its conflict with Iran.

Google's Pixel 11 launch event is set for August 12, with possible price increases

Google's new phones could feature glowing LEDs and higher price tags.

Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff

Amid shakeups at Xbox, Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff.

Government urged to legislate on maximum working temperature amid third heatwave

Pressure on the UK government to set a maximum working temperature is mounting as a third heatwave hits Britain, with ministers now apparently considering legis...

The FCC wants to make easier for ISPs to hide junk fees

The FCC is set to defang rules around ISP junk fee reporting.

Israeli general-turned-Elbit executive brags about mass targeting of Palestinians

Israeli general and Elbit Systems executive Miki Edelstein has bragged that Elbit technology was used to track hundreds of thousands of targets in Gaza and Leba...

‘They brought me here to kill me’ says Gaza doctor in Israeli prison

‘They brought me here to kill me’ says Gaza doctor in Israeli prison

France’s Marine Le Pen must wear ankle tag after appeal ruling

A French appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing European Parliament funds.

Google’s Pixel event is set for August 12

Google's upcoming event in August will introduce new Pixel devices.

Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app

The Y Combinator-backed company started a vibe-coding platform and later built an agent-creation product.

Argentina stage stunning late comeback to beat Egypt in World Cup last 16

‌Holders Argentina survive huge scare to earn a 3-2 win ⁠over Egypt and reach the World Cup quarterfinals.

Here's what the CE mark means on your electronics

Know when and why the CE mark appear on a label.