BBC News

  1. Firefighters struggle to contain Madrid wildfires, as more than 140,000 evacuated in France and Spain
  2. Law student is charged over intercepted bomb in car
  3. Watch moment of explosion as huge fire breaks out in Essex
  4. Zelensky tries to fix crisis over removal of defence minister and counts the cost
  5. 'I just wanted them to survive': Couple tell of attempt to save drowning girl and mum
  6. Andy Burnham's first week pledges - how much do they add up to?
  7. Heatwave reveals lost archaeological sites across Wales
  8. Horror injury overshadows gymnastics silver at Commonwealths
  9. Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
  10. Wildfire burning one month on is 'the size of a small town'
  11. Officers hurt as police boat hits Westminster Bridge
  12. ICC top prosecutor removed over sexual misconduct allegations
  13. ADHD has rewired the workplace. This is what it means for bosses and workers
  14. Claudia Winkleman's chat show ended after one series - can anyone replace Graham Norton?
  15. Five ways to make the most of the summer holidays with kids

Hacker News

  1. Claude Opus 5
  2. Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY actually scales
  3. Opus 5 is currently #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Leaderboard
  4. SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]
  5. Show HN: I simulated closing the Strait of Hormuz on real oil trade data
  6. My security camera shipped a GitHub admin token in its login page
  7. India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on debut launch
  8. AIs don't do what you want. This is bad
  9. Designing an Ethernet Switch ASIC
  10. Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against overregulating open-weight models
  11. An old patent inspired the new "Y-zipper", a three-sided fastener
  12. If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?
  13. Fil-C: Garbage In, Memory Safety Out [video]
  14. Kimi K3 exploited the latest Redis server
  15. Marimo now runs in PyCharm

r/Reddit Frontpage

  1. It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History
  2. TIL that the hyper-friendly nature of domestic dogs is caused by the exact same genetic mutation that causes Williams-Beuren syndrome in humans—a rare condition…
  3. The AI system that made this poster literally thinks a Hamburger has ham
  4. Sony's Nightmare Month Gets Worse as PlayStation Network Goes Down — Leaving Fans Unable to Play Digital Games Just Weeks After Killing Disc Controversy Erupted
  5. ▶The absolute logistics of crossing the street with toddlers in Asia. They even bring out a safety rope for 20 kids.
  6. Damn why the hate for conservative men
  7. Como becomes the first club to ban headers in their youth academy following guidance from Raphael Varane. Varane says: "This pathway reduces unnecessary contact…
  8. [motorsportcom] When George Russell brought up changing a 20-year braking habit, Lando Norris kept it real.
  9. Central Florida sheriff suspends Flock cameras after scandal involving detective
  10. Wait WHAT?!
  11. whenYourValidationLogicHatesRealPeople
  12. London Mayor: 'I will act to enforce arrest warrant against Netanyahu'
  13. ▶Imagine carving this from a single piece
  14. ▶AOC tells Mitch McConnell to provide a health update or resign
  15. ▶Look Lois! No hands!!

Lobsters

  1. Don't take the black pill
  2. Making GIFs from 35mm film photography
  3. Delightful integration tests in Rust
  4. git rebase -i is not that scary
  5. FreeBSD ports frozen after someone commits the entire 150MB Linux Copilot binary
  6. Systems and Delays (2026)
  7. What are you doing this weekend?
  8. Open Weights and American AI Leadership
  9. Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY Actually Scales
  10. You should selfhost your mail (in 2026)
  11. Watching Go's new garbage collector move through the heap
  12. Everyone Should Know SIMD
  13. The case for MUDs in modern times
  14. Chrome registers a global shortcut for Gemini popup window
  15. Justif: Knuth-Plass justification and microtypography for the web

Slashdot

  1. Paramount Agrees to Postpone Warner Bros. Merger Until June 2027
  2. US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a 'Duress' Password During Border Search
  3. Roku Raises Prices of Streaming Devices By Up To 60%
  4. Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta Warn Against 'Premature Restrictions' of Open-Weight Models
  5. Anthropic's New Opus 5 Model Rivals Fable 5 For Half the Price
  6. John C. Dvorak, an Early and Influential Technology Journalist, Dies At 80
  7. Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal For AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter
  8. Astronomers May Have Discovered First Moon Outside Our Solar System
  9. Humans Can Learn To Echolocate In Just 10 Weeks, and It Rewires the Brain
  10. World's First Wave Power Generator Receives Certification For Regular Use
  11. Google Adds Selfie Video As a Log-In Option
  12. Oracle Signs 10-Year Software Contract With Pentagon Worth Up To $7 Billion
  13. Microsoft Responds to LG Monitors Installing McAfee Ads On Windows
  14. EU Fines Google $1 Billion For Breaking Digital Antitrust Regulations
  15. Amazon Is Bringing Games to Prime Video

Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

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

The Onion

  1. Tourist Disappointed To Leave Scotland Without Seeing Single Fat Bastard
  2. One-Week Sober Man Thought All Problems Would Be Fixed By Now
  3. Dugout Floor Covered In Spat-Out Clamshells
  4. Bestselling Beach Reads
  5. Tips For Karaoke
  6. Who’s Bad?
  7. Everyone In Oval Office Meeting Currently In Some Stage Of Stroke
  8. Mamdani Urges Feds To Arrest Netanyahu
  9. The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Zendaya
  10. Law Roach Asks Store Associate If She Has Tom Holland In Different Size
  11. Study: Majority Of Americans Would Benefit From Decreased Phone Use During Sex
  12. New Geneva Convention Allows Use Of Child Soldiers With Signed Permission Slip

WIRED

  1. One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires
  2. Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
  3. The 2026 El Niño Is on Track to Be the Strongest on Record
  4. China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm
  5. Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI
  6. Best Window Air Conditioners of 2026: Midea, Zafro, GE
  7. BenQ TK705STi 4K Projector Review: A Midrange Pick for Gamers
  8. What Is Entropy, Really?
  9. Some of Our Favorite Brain-Boosting Toys for Kids of All Ages
  10. Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
  11. Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere
  12. Kagi Brings Back Old-School Search, One Human-Made Website at a Time
  13. Trump Endorsed the MyPillow Guy as Minnesota Governor. The State GOP Isn’t Buying It
  14. European Researchers Say Big Tech Is Blocking Access to Their Data
  15. An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides

Core77

  1. Core77 Weekly Roundup (7-20-26 to 7-24-26)
  2. DreamDomes' Elegant, Weather-Resistant Dome-Shaped Event Tents
  3. Michael Hilgers' Multifunctional Side Table
  4. Leatherman's Experimental Ratcheting Bit Driver
  5. Light is Bringing Back the Flip Phone
  6. Humanscale Revives a Niels Diffrient Design for a Hybrid Work/Lounge Chair
  7. DeFF's Diminutive Premium Pen
  8. A Security Camera Designed to Indicate When It's Not Watching (You)
  9. AIM's Deconstructed Kitchen Faucet
  10. John Meng's Found-Object Cigar Ashtray
  11. An Apple Vision Pro Seating Station at a Parisian Opera House
  12. Announcing <i>Fusion Forward: Design for Home</i>, a New Competition from Core77 and Autodesk Fusion
  13. Clever Design for a Stud Finder Combines Low and Hi Tech
  14. Wooden Rings, as Jewelry—and Hinges
  15. The Cordalock: A Four-Way Bike Lock

MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories

  1. iOS 27: All the New iCloud Features
  2. Trump Vows to Reverse EU Fines Against Apple and Other Tech Companies, Threatens Tariffs
  3. Anthropic's New Claude Opus 5 Nearly Matches Flagship Fable 5 at Half the Cost
  4. The MacRumors Show: Can OpenAI Really Beat the iPhone?
  5. macOS 27 Beta Reworks Mail's Compose Window Around Siri AI
  6. Siri Settlement Approved: Apple to Pay Owners of Some iPhone Models
  7. Lawsuit Filed After Apple's A12 and A13 Chips Hit With New Unpatchable Exploit
  8. Meta Launches Free 'Facebook Verified' Badge to Confirm Real Users
  9. Fire Reported Near Apple Park
  10. Claude Voice Mode Gains Opus and Sonnet Model Support
  11. WhatsApp Rolls Out Redesigned Message Bubbles for iOS
  12. Apple Seeking 20% OLED Panel Price Cut for iPhone 18 Pro Max
  13. 10 iOS 27 Performance Improvements You'll Actually Notice
  14. iPhone Driver's Licenses May Soon Expand to New State
  15. ChatGPT's Apple Health Integration Now Rolling Out to U.S. Users

Ars Technica - All content

  1. Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
  2. Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial
  3. Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech
  4. Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap
  5. Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent
  6. RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
  7. Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters
  8. European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region
  9. Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
  10. This is the world's most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
  11. Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck
  12. AI firms want more data centers; Trump's EPA may give neighbors less say
  13. Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings
  14. Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
  15. FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified

Boing Boing

  1. Grandpa Pudding Brains cites pageant experience as Venezuela expertise
  2. Taylor Farms explosive diarrhea recall spreads
  3. No more ads? Get speedy, secure, and seamless connectivity with this VPN for 94% off
  4. Online nihilist networks targeted in international crackdown
  5. Amiga Freeware Archive
  6. Blade Runner 2099 trailer
  7. Astronomers may have detected an exomoon
  8. Design proposals for European banknotes
  9. This $20 PDF editor keeps your files off the cloud and on your device (MSRP $50)
  10. A chemist invented a fake Frenchman to justify capital L for liters
  11. Britain's £36 million peanut farm harvested less than it planted
  12. What if the whole planet ran on a single clock?
  13. For centuries people have watched glowing orbs drift through storms
  14. To ace a hacking test, AI broke out and hacked a real company
  15. Coyote vs. ACME returns from tax writeoff hell with new trailer

Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews

  1. Meta has pulled out of a renewable energy initiative as it relies more on natural gas for data centers
  2. SpaceX's 13th Starship flight test launches with Starlink's next-gen satellites
  3. Trump threatens EU with new tariffs in response to Google fine
  4. Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. merger into 2027
  5. Midjourney is buying horoscope app Co-Star, which users will surely be thrilled about
  6. Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099 now has a trailer and release date of November 25
  7. IMAX vs IMAX 70mm: The difference between these two cinema formats
  8. Boox teases the incredibly tiny Picco ereader
  9. PlayStation Network experienced a massive outage
  10. Anthropic says Opus 5 can nearly match its top-performing model for half the price
  11. Avatar: Seven Havens finally has a trailer and a release date of October 9
  12. Your phone may not be as waterproof as you think — here's why IP68 can be misleading
  13. The Anbernic RG SP looks like an awesome update to one of the most iconic Game Boys of all time
  14. The new Lola x Miffy digital camera is extremely cute and ships with a themed wrist charm
  15. Which of your old cables are actually worth keeping?

www.theregister.com - Articles

  1. Anthropic debuts Opus 5 at half the price of its Fable sibling
  2. Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
  3. AMD vibe codes its way past the CUDA moat with ROCm.AI
  4. Europol flags 4,340 'horrific' URLs linked to The Com
  5. Tech leaders issue letter to train Uncle Sam about value of open weight AI
  6. Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo
  7. ChatGPT wants access to your health records so it can be a better not-doctor
  8. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with ZTE to deepen cooperation in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI)
  9. Flock cameras go up in flames as cops hunt suspected firebugs
  10. Veterans Affairs signs $1.6B deal for an army of Salesforce AI agents
  11. SpaceX to try its luck again with Starship Flight 13 after engines and weather say no
  12. Uncle Sam tells overseas cybercrooks their visas are canceled
  13. LG kills McAfee pop-up after Windows boss steps in
  14. EU telcos ask: Huawei going to afford to replace Chinese equipment?
  15. Fujitsu joins £14.9B UK framework despite public sector bid freeze

The Next Web

  1. Remote worker with anxiety wins discrimination case after employer refused to let her turn off her camera
  2. Two Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading after buying Rivian stock before the joint venture they helped build was announced
  3. Claude Opus 5 matches Fable on coding at half the price, and Anthropic says it is the most aligned model it has ever shipped
  4. Tesla’s self-driving software is selling faster than ever, and it still needs a human driver
  5. 10 Platforms for AI Visibility and Link Building in 2026
  6. Dead internet theory becomes measurable fact as AI agents flood the web
  7. Intel Q2 earnings double estimates as AI data centre revenue surges 59 percent
  8. SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears
  9. Amazon just shut its AGI Lab, and quit a race it never led
  10. Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn

Lifehacker

  1. Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
  2. I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
  3. Instagram Is Starting to Crack Down on Creepy Smart Glasses Videos
  4. Why Athletes Need Sugar and Carbs in Their Diet
  5. Now Boox Is Making a Tiny E-Reader Too
  6. These Noise-Canceling 'Nothing' Earbuds Are on Sale for $129 Right Now
  7. ChatGPT Health Is Rolling Out to Everyone, but I Don’t Trust It
  8. This LG OLED Gaming Monitor Is Just $379 Right Now
  9. This Compact Eufy Robot Vacuum/Mop Combo Is $210 Off Right Now
  10. It Just Got a Lot Cheaper to Try Gemini Spark, Google's AI Agent
  11. You Can Now Verify Your Facebook Account With a Video Selfie
  12. A New Garmin Update Will Give You This Popular Feature for Free on the Cirqa Band
  13. Preorders for the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 Come With a Free $100 Gift Card
  14. 10 Hacks Every AirTag User Should Know
  15. These Are the Best Deals on Laptops, Monitors, and PC Accessories Right Now

NYT > World News

  1. Iran War Live Updates: Trump Meets With Cabinet Over Whether to Intensify Iran Strikes
  2. Phones in Hand, India’s Young Protesters Blast Through Modi’s Media Control
  3. Venezuela’s Earthquakes Show Wealth Divide, Even in Death
  4. In Kyrgyzstan, Girls Compete at Kok-Boru, a Game Like Polo
  5. Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Blows With Missiles and Drones
  6. ‘We’re Trapped in Hell’: Iranians Say Life Is Put On Hold by Months of War
  7. India’s Student Protesters Win Some Concessions From Government
  8. 6 Killed in West Bank Shooting, Officials Say, Among the Deadliest in Months
  9. Bangladesh’s President Resigns Amid Uncertainty Over Ex-Leader’s Plans
  10. Wildfires in France and Spain Drive Tens of Thousands From Their Homes
  11. Japanese Militant in Tel Aviv Airport Attack Dies in Lebanon at 78
  12. Argentines Facing Surge of Criticism After World Cup Loss Have Something to Say
  13. As Canada Opens Gordie Howe International Bridge, Americans Are Told to Stay Home
  14. Faced With Heat and Wildfires, France Turns to Spain to Learn How to Cope
  15. Karim Khan Is Ousted as I.C.C. Chief Prosecutor Over Sexual Misconduct

The Verge

  1. After backlash, Meta pauses plan to ‘rate limit’ its smart glasses
  2. Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses
  3. Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that&#8217;s bad news for everyone
  4. Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star
  5. DJI camera clone company Xtra is halting and refunding all preorders
  6. Nothing confirms layoffs, but calls market exit rumors &#8216;fake news&#8217;
  7. Roku raises streaming hardware prices by up to $50
  8. Blade Runner 2099’s moody dystopia streams on Amazon in November
  9. You can’t ignore Google Zero anymore
  10. Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities

DEV Community

  1. Claude Opus 5: beats Fable 5 at half the price — and 'awakens' in its own system card
  2. Stop Guessing Your Macros: Building an Autonomous AI Health Agent with AutoGen and HealthKit
  3. Cross-Harness Tool Parity: Write One Custom MCP Tool, Deploy It Everywhere
  4. Improving Alerting on Host Resource Pressure in Hermes Memory Installer
  5. You Might Not Need Kafka: Building a Job Queue with PostgreSQL
  6. How to Configure keyVaultReferenceIdentity in Azure App Service?
  7. Automating a Daily Morning Health Check for Your Claude Code Setup with launchd
  8. My LLM drift tracker flagged four regressions this week. All four were wrong.
  9. 24 Days of Coding: An 86-Hour Roadmap from Truck Driver to Web Engineer
  10. How HTTPS Actually Works: TLS, Certificates, and Encryption
  11. I built a memory layer that works across Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor — and rendered it as a 3D brain
  12. How to Contribute to an Open-Source AI Trading Bot

Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

  1. Which matches and tournaments can football fans watch after the World Cup?
  2. IOC rejects human rights group’s complaint against Trump ally Infantino
  3. China, Philippine coastguard vessels clash in South China Sea
  4. Paramount agrees to pause Warner Bros deal while court case plays out
  5. Iran’s Abbas Araghchi vows ‘we fear no one’
  6. Fury dominates Wach in Thailand boxing bout ahead of Joshua showdown
  7. Spanish police accuse tractor driver of sparking wildfire as blazes spread
  8. UNESCO places occupied West Bank, Lebanon sites on endangered heritage list
  9. US small businesses challenge Trump’s new forced labour tariffs
  10. Israeli settlers escalate attacks on Palestinians near Nablus
  11. Venezuela to exit International Criminal Court, accusing it of ‘bias’
  12. Saudi Arabia strikes Houthi-held Hodeidah, Yemeni group says
  13. Canada marks Gordie Howe bridge opening without US after trade war deepens
  14. Who is Afrah al-Zouba, Yemen’s first female foreign minister?
  15. Wildfire survivors tell of narrow escape as Spain declares emergency

The Guardian

  1. ‘Future generations will curse us for its loss’: can nothing save Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh’s masterpiece?
  2. Scoff at cheaper bus fares and No 10 North if you like, but Andy Burnham knows what he’s doing | Jonathan Freedland
  3. ‘It’s generations of decline’: can Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping?
  4. Prince William? David Cameron? JD Vance? Celebrities brace – and Staines celebrates – ahead of new Ali G film
  5. Feeling lost without the World Cup? Six ways to survive the weekend
  6. 13 surprising reasons you’re always dog tired – and what to do about it
  7. More than 200,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain
  8. Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution
  9. Karim Khan ousted as prosecutor of international criminal court
  10. Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules
  11. Law student charged after military-grade bomb intercepted near Irish border
  12. ‘Let’s try this again’: rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is under way – US politics live
  13. US expands Iran attacks as Trump warns Tehran and Houthis over Red Sea strikes
  14. Singer D4vd had impregnated teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing
  15. Parts of England under heat alert with 30C temperatures possible