BBC News

  1. More than half of England in drought, Environment Agency declares
  2. Burnham doesn't rule out tax rises to fix social care
  3. Moment police officers set foot in 'horror scene' funeral home
  4. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers
  5. France fire crews face searing heat in battle to contain flames
  6. Saudi Arabia's dilemma as it tries to stay out of US-Iran war
  7. Police to take no further action against Polanski over guillotine re-post
  8. Some tech shares are plunging - what does that mean for the AI revolution?
  9. Anthony Fauci refuses to answer questions during tense US Senate hearing about Covid origins
  10. Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina
  11. Peppa Pig owners win copyright battle against 'impostor' Wolfoo
  12. BBC cancels Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live at the Apollo due to budget cuts
  13. Is World Cup sell-off plan a step too far by Infantino?
  14. Pictures show scale of drought across England as rivers dry up
  15. The athlete who has never held her Olympic medal

Hacker News

  1. Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac
  2. Superlogical
  3. Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice
  4. KOReader
  5. Handbook.md shows that long policy documents do not reliably govern agents
  6. Anatomy of a frontier-lab agent intrusion
  7. Document-borne AI worms can self-propagate through Copilot for Word
  8. Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results
  9. A.I. companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands
  10. PgDog (YC P25) Is Hiring
  11. The Rust on ESP Book
  12. Darktable
  13. Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used
  14. Launch HN: Tokenless (YC S26) – Automatic model switching to save money
  15. Self-hosting Kimi K3: 20% more hardware cost, 20% better task resolution

r/Reddit Frontpage

  1. ▶Official video from the Romanian Police
  2. ‘Not standard’ for Taylor Farms to ask White House to delay cyclospora recall, ex-FDA head says
  3. Slavery is still legal in certain forms in the US. Louisiana State Penitentiary, 2011.
  4. ▶Emergency landing on the beach.
  5. US residents furious at plan to seize and destroy their homes for AI data centers
  6. ▶My little sister taught our dog this trick! This is what he does when we say “Fancy”
  7. TIL the largest manumission (voluntary freeing of slaves) in U.S. history was carried out by Robert Carter III who, influenced by his Baptist beliefs, gradually…
  8. ▶Japan Earthquake 2026
  9. Japan's population falls below 120 million for first time in 42 years as birth crisis deepens
  10. me irl
  11. Neymar retires from the Brazil national team. "My story is over."
  12. A kid ran a mile every day for 30 days for his best friend battling cancer. What started as a £1,000 goal turned into over £50,000 raised
  13. We are just better
  14. ▶F1 track marshal caught having the time of his life breakdancing during the race weekend.
  15. Scientists Uncover Hundreds of Hidden Structures Beneath The Amazon. "The scale of the archaeological record suggests that many other regions across Amazonia ma…

Lobsters

  1. AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making
  2. It doesn’t matter whether “Matz is nice”
  3. Overengineered calculator: Zig + QBE
  4. PostgreSQL MVCC: tradeoffs compared to other engines
  5. Inside Zig's Incremental Compilation
  6. Why Rocq is better than Lean for program verification
  7. Some notes about Anthropic’s new results
  8. User Interfaces of the Demo Scene
  9. Writing Toy Software Is A Joy (2025)
  10. GNU Hyperbole Implicit Buttons: Build your Hyperverse
  11. Manganin: tools matter
  12. A field day for Gleam’s language server | Gleam v.1.18.0 release
  13. State of multi-player Wayland
  14. basebrowserproject
  15. The Dark Night of Mathematics

Slashdot

  1. DoorDash Is Building Its Own Drone Delivery Business
  2. Russia Charges Telegram Founder Durov With Facilitating Terrorism
  3. OpenAI's Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
  4. More Than 30 Minnesota Water Systems Targeted In Cyberattack
  5. Your Brain Can Rewire Itself To Allow True Multitasking
  6. Trump Administration Bans New Chinese Humanoid Robots
  7. Workplaces Look For Cheaper AI As 'Tokenmaxxing' Fades As a Corporate Fad
  8. Apple Retires iPhone Upgrade Program For Klarna-Backed Leases
  9. AI-Found Bugs Aren't Proving Any Easier to Exploit Despite the Hype
  10. eBay Reaches $56 Million Settlement With E-Commerce Newsletter Writers It Terrorized In 2019
  11. Anthropic AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms
  12. Judge Blocks First State Law That Would Have Banned Prediction Markets
  13. DEF CON Bans Meta-Style 'Pervert Glasses'
  14. GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search
  15. Review Roundup: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

  1. The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI
  2. Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Era
  3. Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs
  4. When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread
  5. No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life
  6. From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
  7. Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion
  8. Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas
  9. Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrations
  10. Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface
  11. Why Accessibility Is An Operational Capability, Not A Feature
  12. Snapshots Of Summer (July 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  13. Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
  14. The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity
  15. The Benefits Of Cognitive Inclusion In UX Research

The Onion

  1. Rogue AI Agent Autonomously Carries Out Cyberattack
  2. Taylor Swift Sues Ella Langley For Bangs Infringement
  3. NASA Requires Astronauts In Training To Drop To 25 Pounds To Simulate Weight On Moon
  4. Adult Man Genuinely Inspired By AI Video Of Lion Wearing Rolex
  5. Grave Concerns
  6. LeBron James: ‘I Will Never Forget My Los Angeles Roots’
  7. Ryan Gosling Joins MCU To Take On Role Of Stan Lee Cameos
  8. ‘We’ll Keep It Down,’ Man Says To Neighbor Before Going Back To Playing ‘DDR’ Alone In Apartment
  9. Pharmaceutical Ad Urges Viewers To Fight Doctors Who Say Drug Not Right For Them
  10. Travis Kelce Begs Andy Reid To Sign Friendly Extraterrestrial He Met In Woods
  11. Tanning: Myth Vs. Fact
  12. Brad Pitt Drops Last Name In Solidarity With Family

WIRED

  1. It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models
  2. Tropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe
  3. X Says Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Risks Interfering With Foreign Law
  4. Festival Must-Haves, Field-Tested at Lost Lands and Electric Forest
  5. The 15 Best Pool Accessories to Upgrade Your Summer (2026)
  6. Love It or Hate It, the Ferrari Luce Is a Thrilling Drive
  7. 23 WIRED-Approved Gifts for Frequent Travelers (2026)
  8. Mac Mini Availability: Long Waits and Higher Prices
  9. Apple Upgrade Isn’t the Best Way to Buy an iPhone
  10. Best Ethernet Switches: Fast, Reliable, and Secure
  11. More Typos, Fewer Em Dashes: Writers Are Creating an Anti-AI ‘Literary Counterculture’
  12. How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back from the Dead
  13. Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books
  14. NASA’s New 3D Model Shows the Earth Is a Lumpy Mess
  15. ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

Core77

  1. Meet Fusion Forward Competition Juror Michelle Lee, Partner at IDEO San Francisco
  2. Roof Racks That Automatically Lift and Lower the Load For You
  3. Combining Computational Design with Wicker
  4. Unitree's Impressive Off-Road Dog-Bot/Pack Mule
  5. Sonic's Focus on the UX of Pencil Cases
  6. Chinese Autonomous Buses are Spreading Around the World
  7. Luxury Furniture, or ID Student Project?
  8. The Dutch Community Where People Live on Strips of Land in a Lake
  9. A Gate with an Elegant Integrated Latch
  10. Flatbike's Accessories Let You Fold Your Bike Flat for Storage
  11. Core77 Weekly Roundup (7-20-26 to 7-24-26)
  12. DreamDomes' Elegant, Weather-Resistant Dome-Shaped Event Tents
  13. Michael Hilgers' Multifunctional Side Table
  14. Leatherman's Experimental Ratcheting Bit Driver
  15. Light is Bringing Back the Flip Phone

MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories

  1. Galaxy Z Fold8 Review: What Samsung's New Foldable Tells Us About the iPhone Ultra
  2. AirPods Pro 3 Still Available for Best Price Since Prime Day at $199.99
  3. Gemini for Mac Adds System-Wide Voice Dictation and Screen-Aware Commands
  4. iOS 27 Lets You Hide the Messages Button Everyone Hits by Mistake
  5. Best Buy's Back to School Sale Brings Big Savings on AirPods, MacBooks, Headphones, and More
  6. Apple Wallet Support Coming to Manchester's Bee Card
  7. Apple Upgrade: Is Leasing Your Next iPhone Worth It?
  8. iPhone Driver's Licenses May Soon Expand to Another US State
  9. WhatsApp Rolls Out Web Calling, Call Transfer Across Devices, and More
  10. OpenAI's First Devices: Speaker, Smartphone, and More
  11. iOS 27: All the New Phone and FaceTime Features
  12. Apple Upgrade: 20 Things to Know Before Leasing an iPhone, iPad, or Mac
  13. 'Granola' Launches on Apple Watch
  14. AppleCare+ Changes Introduced in Canada
  15. Apple Shares 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 Trailer

Ars Technica - All content

  1. Google begins global rollout of age verification API in Google Play
  2. Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning
  3. Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies
  4. Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year
  5. Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them
  6. New AMD Linux patch boosts low-end gaming performance on Steam Deck
  7. Gaming and IRL worlds collide in Jumanji: Open World trailer
  8. What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages?
  9. Google's SynthID watermark is hard to break, but it doesn't solve AI disinformation
  10. Elon Musk finally launches X Money. What could possibly go wrong?
  11. Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9
  12. Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
  13. College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
  14. We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face
  15. eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign

Boing Boing

  1. Trump's participation trophy heads to the Big Apple
  2. English professor, fired for assigning "political" short story, sues South Florida State College
  3. Todd Blanche tells Epstein survivors to "get to the point"
  4. Jeff Hays will play Princess Donut in the Dungeon Crawler Carl adaptation
  5. Metal fan defecates in moshpit, others vomit
  6. Two marketers gave the Chicago Handshake its bitter modern recipe
  7. Grandpa Pudding Brains is asked four times where Venezuela's $13 billion went
  8. Jordan Klepper uncovers MAGA's deepest fear
  9. The longest-running solo comic by a woman was one epic rant
  10. A king's court meeting dropped 60 nobles into a cesspit in 1184
  11. EXPOSED: Your identity sells for less than $1
  12. Your PC upgrade checklist starts here: Windows 11 Pro and Office 2021 for one $33 payment
  13. Three lighthouse keepers vanished and left the clock unwound
  14. New England needed candles at noon and nobody knew why
  15. Toast really does land butter-side down, and physics explains why

Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews

  1. Google teases the Pixel 11 Pro and hints at a new camera bar feature
  2. Runna's new coaching feature will adjust your workout based on local heat and humidity
  3. Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world
  4. You can stream local TV channels for free — here's how
  5. X and an advertising trade group settle a legal dispute over an alleged 'boycott'
  6. Pokémon Pokopia's first DLC comes to Switch 2 on August 5
  7. Is there any benefit to restarting your phone regularly?
  8. DoorDash unveils its own drone delivery service after FAA approval
  9. Google will let Mac users talk to Gemini simply by pressing the 'fn' key
  10. Netflix edges past the BBC in latest UK audience survey
  11. Are remote car starters still worth it in 2026?
  12. Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: A repairable notebook at the top of the class
  13. Rare, fully-functional Nintendo Famicombox retro consoles were discovered in a Japanese love hotel
  14. Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini
  15. OpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services

www.theregister.com - Articles

  1. Closed models refuse to help researcher swat Linux bug
  2. Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos
  3. Moscow slaps Telegram founder on wanted list, Durov responds with one-finger salute
  4. MinIO pitches persistent memory for agents with work to finish
  5. The VMware deadline that could reshape your IT strategy
  6. NASA Swift rescue mission spins into trouble during commissioning
  7. Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers suspected in attacks on Minnesota water systems
  8. AI storage boom is keeping Seagate's hard drives spinning
  9. Microsoft faces competition probe over Copilot subscription price hike
  10. AI insiders ask Uncle Sam to help slow the race they started
  11. After rewriting SQLite in Rust, Turso turns its sights on Postgres
  12. Back of the NetApp: Latest exec signing scores $34M compensation package
  13. NHS England rapped over inaccurate Palantir patient data disclosure
  14. AI digs through 3,700 accounts of dreams and waking life, finds method in the madness
  15. Burnham's spanner in the works leaves UK government tech scattered across Whitehall

The Next Web

  1. AI agents don’t log in like people. That problem just sold for $1bn.
  2. xAI says the First Amendment protects the right to build ‘nudify’ tools
  3. BuzzFeed bet on AI to save it. It just cut another third of its staff.
  4. Runlayer showed Rippling its source code. A Rippling insider called the result ‘a 1 to 1 copy.’
  5. Anthropic is alone in every AI policy fight. It’s winning anyway.
  6. Shein’s app runs on the tricks the FTC calls ‘dark patterns.’ Now the FTC is investigating.
  7. The AI boom needs power and rockets. Trump just exempted both from environmental law.
  8. Apple hit $5tn by refusing to play the AI game everyone else is losing
  9. eBay sent them a bloody pig mask. Now it owes $56m, and no NDA.
  10. The AI coding fight just moved from the model to the harness

Lifehacker

  1. 10 Hacks Every Even Realities G2 Smart Glasses User Should Know
  2. This Ultra-Thin QLED TV Is 45% Off Right Now
  3. What's New on Netflix in August 2026
  4. How to Stop Scammers From Showing You Ads on Your Android After Every Phone Call
  5. How to Make Sure Your Claude Chats Don't Get Shared Publicly (Again)
  6. You Can Now Let Gemini 'See' Your Mac's Display for Free
  7. This 55-Inch Samsung Mini LED TV Is $160 Off Right Now
  8. The Most Aesthetic Portable Speaker I Own Is $50 Off Right Now
  9. You Can Save $100 on the New AirPods Max 2 Right Now
  10. This 16-Inch Lenovo ThinkPad Is More Than 40% Off Right Now
  11. The Best Gifts for Someone Building the Ultimate Home Gym
  12. Five Hacks Every Ultrahuman Ring User Should Know
  13. Scammers Are Impersonating Spotify to Steal Your Credit Card Info
  14. 10 Shows Like 'Tell Me Lies' You Should Watch Next
  15. Seven Ways to Make Your Email Aliases Even More Secure

NYT > World News

  1. Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate
  2. Iran War Live Updates: New Strikes Engulf More Countries in Conflict
  3. After Large Earthquake, Japan ‘Races Against Time’ to Reach People Trapped
  4. Russia Charges Telegram’s Founder Pavel Durov With Facilitating Terrorism
  5. Some Jordanians Dare to Speak Out Against U.S. Troop Presence
  6. Israel Strikes Mosque in Gaza City
  7. Wildfires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead
  8. BTS Won’t Enter Music From Comeback Album for Grammy Awards
  9. With Little Electricity in Cuba, He Uses a Giant Battery to Throw Parties
  10. Some Northern Ireland Loyalists Embrace an Anti-Immigrant Ideology
  11. Amid Myanmar’s Civil War, the Rich Seek Parties and ‘Positive Vibes Only’
  12. Canada’s Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: More Energy Deals With Europe
  13. Moroccan Man’s Death While Restrained by Police Reverberates Across Italy
  14. What to Know About Iraq’s Militias
  15. Saudi Arabia’s Strikes in Iraq Mark Entry Into U.S.-Iran War.

The Verge

  1. What’s the catch with the Apple Upgrade program?
  2. OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots
  3. The US government just banned Roombas
  4. Full school day cellphone bans are more popular than ever
  5. The Ferrari Luce has at least 500 fans
  6. Remarkable’s refurbished bundle is an awesome deal that’s over $350 off
  7. DoorDash is going airborne with new drone delivery division
  8. The Nothing Ear 3A look great… and sound good enough
  9. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 feels like the future
  10. Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning

DEV Community

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  3. Every Session Starts From Zero. I Kept Forgetting That.
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  5. Internet & Networking Explained, The Foundation Every DevOps Engineer Should Know.
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  8. AI Worms in Word: How Document-Borne Threats Self-Propagate
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Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

  1. Dr Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth at Covid hearing
  2. US Fed holds interest rates steady citing ‘elevated’ inflation
  3. Libya electricity blackout protests expose country’s failing grid
  4. Fire erupts on ships at Egypt’s Damietta port
  5. Japan earthquake leaves widespread destruction
  6. South Korea’s stock market plunges as AI-driven boom fades
  7. Iran pushes back against US as regional attacks heat up
  8. Democrat senators ask US SEC to probe Trump Media’s fast feed sale
  9. Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in heated COVID-19 Senate hearing
  10. Fuel prices soar on back of Iran war, leaving Yemeni labourers with no work
  11. Is the world at risk of another energy shock?
  12. Ex-FIFA chief Blatter blasts plan to sell stake in World Cup to investors
  13. Trump says US to deliver ‘beating’ to Iran after bases again targeted
  14. Why Saudi Arabia holds the key to Palestinian statehood
  15. Indian student in Russia says he’s been wrongly charged over Bihar protests

The Guardian

  1. Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who believes that | Polly Toynbee
  2. Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret review – the tales of abuse are utterly disturbing
  3. Braiding used to be low maintenance and budget-friendly. What happened?
  4. ‘Saltburn are the Argentina of local cricket’: victims and neighbours on the ‘Clicky Ponting’ scandal
  5. Infantino tries to cash in on World Cup: is football’s soul for sale? - The Latest
  6. Tony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir
  7. Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
  8. Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought
  9. We must fix social care before allowing assisted dying, says Burnham
  10. US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn
  11. Norwegian teenager guilty of travelling to UK to carry out contract killing
  12. TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance
  13. Prince Harry and co-claimants face huge legal bill due to insurance shortfall
  14. Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Argentina over Falklands banner and final chaos
  15. BTS boycott Grammys after introduction of new Asian pop prize