BBC News

  1. Trump scraps threat of 20% fee on Hormuz cargo as US prepares to resume blockade of Iran ports
  2. UK wasted £10bn on PPE that left NHS staff poorly protected, Covid inquiry finds
  3. Scott Mills was highest-paid BBC star before sacking
  4. Wildfires burn in parts of UK as fire chiefs warn of extreme pressure
  5. Tyrannosaurus rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold
  6. Probe into claims Southport victims' NHS records accessed
  7. Writer E Jean Carroll receives $5m in damages from Trump over sexual abuse and defamation case
  8. 'If we die, we die together': Wife of man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal
  9. MPs expected to approve long-delayed Hillsborough Law
  10. Government failing Farage over security, says Jenrick
  11. Who will win the World Cup? The view from the semi-finalists' countries
  12. Lamine Yamal v Mbappe: La Liga stars set for semi-final showdown
  13. He walked for 47% of the World Cup - the evolution of Messi
  14. Increased security for England and Argentina tie
  15. Andy Serkis defends lack of diversity in Lord of the Rings cast

Hacker News

  1. Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK
  2. The Tower Keeps Rising
  3. Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)
  4. Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works
  5. Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
  6. How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing
  7. Kontigo (YC S24) Is Hiring (Head of Security)
  8. S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB – only one notch above junk level
  9. Launch HN: Agnost AI (YC S26) – Extract user feedback from agent conversations
  10. Beautiful Type Erasure with C++26 Reflection
  11. A tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology
  12. The zero-cost fallacy: open-source software in the agentic era
  13. Paxos Made Simple (2001)[pdf]
  14. Show HN: Juggler – an open-source GUI coding agent, by the creator of JUCE
  15. Show HN: I RL-trained an agent that trains models with RL (for –$1.3k)

r/Reddit Frontpage

  1. My cat likes to stand on my lap while I'm on calls and leaves these cute little pressure paw prints on my leg
  2. Some of the new guidelines that have been introduced by The European Broadcasting Union in partnership with European Athletics to prevent women athletes from be…
  3. Microsoft Deletes Users 25 Year Old Account With Thousands Spent On Games And His Sons Baby Pictures After It Was Hacked
  4. A majority of Americans now support seizing wealth from AI industry
  5. ‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
  6. Every Monday morning
  7. TIL Michael Jackson’s high pitched wasn’t his natural voice, his natural voice was deeper than the one he presented in public
  8. ▶Four Canadair planes scoop up water from the Seine before heading back to fight the fire in Fontainebleau.
  9. Folarin Balogun on the controversial overturning of his red card: "I knew it was going to cause a lot of controversy. I could almost see some nerves within my t…
  10. signOfStroke
  11. 3 Women have driven an F1 car in 2026!
  12. Turning Rejections into Success
  13. ▶If Nintendo hires me….
  14. Sucks to be us I guess.
  15. FBI Offering $15K Reward For Information About Newborn Found Dead at Electric Forest

Lobsters

  1. Just Let Me Write Digits
  2. Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
  3. 6× faster binary search: from compiled code to mechanical sympathy
  4. lobste.rs is now running on SQLite
  5. Job queues are deceptively tricky
  6. The git history command deserves more attention
  7. Human Emacs
  8. git-absorb: git commit --fixup, but automatic
  9. Too many words about DIDs
  10. Estimating the heights of New Yorkers from their scuff marks
  11. Hating AI in 2026
  12. whatcable: macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
  13. Quadrupling code performance with a "useless" if
  14. How my images are dithered
  15. Collection of clock designs

Slashdot

  1. IBM Stock Collapses After a Grave Warning About AI
  2. New York Becomes First State To Impose Data Center Moratorium
  3. StubHub, CEO Hit With 'Deceptive Practices' Class Action Over Mass Scalping
  4. Indian Scientists Produce Most Detailed 3D Atlas of the Human Brainstem
  5. Scientists Find Sugar Deep In Our Galaxy
  6. Over 200 Economists Say 'We Must Act Now' On AI's Economic Impact
  7. Microsoft Promises To Fix Search With Major Windows 11 Overhaul
  8. US Government Warns That Russia State Hackers Are Coming After Your Router
  9. German Firm Files For Insolvency After Cybercriminals Shut Down Production For 6 Weeks
  10. States Sue to Block Paramount-Warner Bros Merger, Defying DOJ
  11. Apple Reportedly Agreed to Intel Chips To Avoid White House Tariffs
  12. Cloudflare Precursor Watches Your Mouse and Keyboard To Decide If You Are Human
  13. Social Media Limits Are Coming For Teens Across Europe
  14. Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting On Social Media
  15. China, Russia and Others Seek To Inflame Debate Over AI Data Centers

Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

  1. From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
  2. Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion
  3. Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas
  4. Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrations
  5. Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface
  6. Why Accessibility Is An Operational Capability, Not A Feature
  7. Snapshots Of Summer (July 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  8. Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
  9. The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity
  10. The Benefits Of Cognitive Inclusion In UX Research
  11. How To Make Your Design System AI-Ready
  12. June Is For Exploring (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  13. Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With `contrast-color()`
  14. Your Prototype Is Not Being Honest With Your Users (And Here’s How To Fix It)
  15. Four Levels Of Customer Understanding

The Onion

  1. Christopher Nolan Recalls Building Fully Practical Tom Holland For ‘The Odyssey’ 
  2. Newborn Baby Can Already Tell Parents’ Genetics Not Going To Do Him Any Favors
  3. Geologist Reunited With Beloved Rock He Studied 20 Years Ago
  4. Kash Patel Calls For Public’s Help Using Computer
  5. All Things Musk Pass
  6. Tim Wallace
  7. Sara Lee Farm CEO Uploads Consciousness Into Loaf Of Bread
  8. Lindsey Graham’s Will Orders Estate To Start War With Azerbaijan
  9. Paramedics Praised For Being Too Late To Save Lindsey Graham
  10. ‘Time To Become Immortal,’ Announces RFK Jr., Exposing Perineum Atop Solar Tower
  11. Nation’s Alcoholics Spontaneously Share List Of Places Where It’s Okay To Drink
  12. Adam Silver Acknowledges Declining Ratings May Have Something To Do With How He Looks

WIRED

  1. How To Watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup Semifinals: France vs Spain
  2. YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps
  3. New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium
  4. Plex Keeps Getting Worse. Is Jellyfin a Decent Replacement?
  5. Best RGB TVs (2026): My Picks After Testing the Hottest TVs
  6. 9 Tips to Get More Out of Google Chat
  7. Oura Ring 5 Review: Still the Smart Ring to Beat
  8. This German Man Is on a Quest to Cut the Perfect Slice of Bread
  9. This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone
  10. The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT
  11. Sotheby’s Big T. Rex Auction Raises Concerns Hype and Wealth Are Upending Science
  12. DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How
  13. The US Approves Launch of Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night
  14. Hotels.com Coupon Codes for July 2026
  15. Bose Promo Code: 40% Off for July 2026

Core77

  1. Decibel's Circular-Material 3D Printed Chair
  2. Furniture for Committed Book Lovers
  3. Designs for Modular Homes that Disappear Into the Ground During Natural Disasters
  4. A Candle-Powered Sculptural Light
  5. How to Unlock and Start Your Car When the Key Fob Battery is Dead
  6. Rethinking Cheapie Inline Lamp Switches
  7. Core77 Weekly Roundup (7-6-26 to 7-10-26)
  8. From Germany, Double-Swing Screen Doors
  9. A Wearable Hands-Free Action Camera with Live Previewing
  10. Asteria: A Modern, Minimalist Take on the Chandelier
  11. Lihit Lab's Folding Clipboard
  12. Kimchi-Specific Design for Food Storage Container Allows for Manual Off-Gassing
  13. Industrial Designer Guillaume Bloget's Sleek Aluminum and Cork Kayak
  14. The TiNexus Compact Ratchet Driver Kit
  15. The Radical Tetra Folding Bicycle

MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories

  1. Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition Coming to Apple Arcade
  2. Amazon Takes $30 Off AirPods 4 Models This Week
  3. Factories Now Ready for iPhone 20's Glass Redesign, Leaker Claims
  4. Upcoming OLED iPad Mini Allegedly Uses 60Hz 8.4-Inch Display Panel
  5. iPhone 17 Pricing Helped Apple Buck China's Q2 Smartphone Decline
  6. WhatsApp Beta Reveals iCloud Backup Alternative for iPhone
  7. Google Chrome's Gemini AI Features Roll Out to UK Users
  8. iOS 27 Public Beta Is Here: 10 New Features Worth Testing
  9. iOS 26.6 Will Warn You About Malicious iMessages
  10. First macOS Golden Gate Public Beta Now Available
  11. iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Now Available to Public Beta Testers
  12. tvOS 27 and watchOS 27 Now Available to Public Beta Testers
  13. Apple Seeds Fifth iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 Betas to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
  14. Fifth macOS Tahoe 26.6 Beta Now Available for Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
  15. Apple Releases Fifth watchOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6 and visionOS 26.6 Betas

Ars Technica - All content

  1. New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
  2. Probe into explosive diarrheal cases points to Taco Bell and bad lettuce
  3. Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol
  4. SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week
  5. US continues to shun Ebola-infected citizens; second American sent to Germany
  6. The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
  7. Ukrainian drone strikes forced Russia to stop shipping in vital sea corridor
  8. California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers
  9. Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets
  10. Solution to Feynman's reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to "silly sprinklers"
  11. States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin
  12. Tom Cruise is utterly transformed in Digger trailer
  13. Apple and Samsung benefit as memory shortage pushes smartphone shipments to historic lows
  14. Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution
  15. Hackers quickly prove that Neo Geo Doom ports are not "impossible"

Boing Boing

  1. The smartest business decision you can make? Optimizing your operating system for 92% off
  2. The only curse on Venice's cursed island is us
  3. A paranoid dictator built 750,000 bunkers no one ever used except for sex
  4. Houses built for one purpose: to make the neighbors miserable
  5. The billion-dimensional map hidden inside every AI model
  6. Smearing yogurt on your windows can cool a house by 6 degrees
  7. Chipotle Mexican Grill actually opening a restaurant in Mexico
  8. This refurbished Dell Latitude laptop is just $250 with Windows 11 Pro
  9. A tick bite can make you allergic to meat, and cases are climbing
  10. The hoaxter who claimed he could fit a whole movie in one kilobyte
  11. She fell out of the sky on Christmas Eve. The jungle was only the beginning.
  12. Sherpa left for dead on Everest tells his story
  13. CDs are back because streaming made music feel disposable
  14. A sugar used in fake tan was found floating in deep space
  15. The humble bicycle is still hiding a physics mystery

Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews

  1. California's MyFirstEV provides a $3,500 instant rebate to first-time buyers
  2. An Apple Arcade version of Madden NFL 27 will arrive on August 7
  3. Google Images is getting a makeover for its 25th anniversary
  4. Leaked Google Pixel Watch 5 images show four different color options
  5. If you're still on a single monitor, this is the best workflow upgrade you can make
  6. What's the difference between active noise canceling and passive?
  7. 'Talk to Spotify' lets you create playlists and learn about songs with voice commands
  8. New York enacts first US ban on data center construction
  9. X's algorithm will finally prioritize replies from people you already follow
  10. Google bought all of a major solar farm's output to offset its dirty data center emissions
  11. Hisense's E Ink phone has a full-color LCD you can snap on the back
  12. Google brings Gemini in Chrome to UK users
  13. Please let this hot pink Pixel 11 leak be real
  14. Microsoft is making the Windows Search Box more streamlined and useful
  15. Public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27 and more Apple platforms are now available

www.theregister.com - Articles

  1. DeepMind bigbrain calls for America to set AI standards before it's too late
  2. Welsh Doxbin admin jailed for egging on swatters from behind a screen
  3. Microsoft rolls out Windows Search updates and they're... quite good
  4. RISC-V firmware project wants every board booting from the same hymn sheet
  5. IBM's mainframe sales get mugged by AI hardware panic, stock loses more than a quarter of its value
  6. Sun sets on Vulcan Centaur as NASA moves SunRISE to SpaceX Falcon Heavy
  7. Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole
  8. Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud
  9. 'The bots are alive!' Jailbroken Gemini spun up new C2 server for Russian fraudster in just 6 minutes
  10. Hands off our VPNs, privacy groups tell UK ministers
  11. Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites
  12. Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly
  13. India's crewed space mission is ready for splashdown, but not launch
  14. How do you solve a problem like Capita?
  15. Ministers arm under-16s social media ban with least surprising study of the year

The Next Web

  1. Kalshi builds a forward curve for computing power as exchanges race to turn GPUs into a tradable commodity
  2. Dimon says AI already eliminated 30 to 40 percent of jobs in some JPMorgan divisions
  3. India’s Udaan secures $160 million in new funding as it races to fix its balance sheet before an IPO
  4. Demis Hassabis wants a Wall Street-style referee for AI, with the power to hit pause
  5. Britain’s flagship AI data centre can’t get the power to switch on
  6. Medical AI was meant to help. This week it replaced nurses and dodged its own checks
  7. Microsoft promised to be carbon negative. Its emissions just jumped 25%
  8. Uber lost the self-driving race. Now it wants to write the rules
  9. Meta is pushing brands onto its AI ad tools. The results are a mess
  10. Pasqal’s SPAC filings reveal a $2bn French quantum bet, and a French kill switch

Lifehacker

  1. 10 Shows Like 'I Will Find You' You Should Watch Next
  2. Google Images Is Celebrating Turning 25 With Two New Features, and One of Them Is Actually Pretty Useful
  3. Microsoft Is Finally Fixing Windows Search
  4. 'Claude Reflect' Is Like Spotify Wrapped for Your AI Chat History
  5. Disable These Gboard Settings to Protect Your Privacy
  6. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Why Ditto AI Might Be the New Tinder
  7. Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
  8. How to Install the New macOS 27 Beta
  9. You Can Install the iOS 27 Public Beta Now, but You Probably Shouldn't
  10. One of Asus’ Best 4K OLED Gaming Monitors Is Back to Its Lowest Price Yet
  11. Garmin's Most Basic GPS Running Watch Is $70 Off Right Now
  12. These Bose Ultra Open Earbuds Are $100 Off Right Now
  13. The Best Amazfit Watches for Every Kind of Person
  14. Here's How Clear Whey Powder Compares to the Regular Kind
  15. This Free Mac App Can Explain Why Your USB-C Cable Is Charging So Slowly

NYT > World News

  1. Ann Widdecombe Was Killed in ‘Targeted Attack,’ UK Police Say
  2. U.S. and Iran Reignite War Over Strait of Hormuz
  3. Deportations by India Cause Tension Along Border with Bangladesh
  4. China Purges Top Official Over Corruption and Sex Charges
  5. Europe, Flexing Muscle in Ukraine, Is Still on Sidelines in Iran
  6. In Bangkok Bar Blaze, Signs of Fatal Lapses Repeated Across the World
  7. A Heated Rivalry Over Bull Mascots Is Dividing a Brazilian Town
  8. Ukraine Wants to Make Its Own Antimissile System, Not Just Patriots
  9. Lebanese Hold Fast to Their Land Despite Threat of Long Israeli Occupation
  10. U.K. to Change Law to Allow Deportation of ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader
  11. Japan Builds Intelligence Agency It Hasn’t Had Since World War II
  12. The Next Phase in Ukraine’s War With Russia: The Battle for Minds
  13. A Robot Army Remakes Ground Warfare in Ukraine
  14. Residents of Spanish Towns Caught in Fierce Blazes Recount Harrowing Escapes
  15. India Condemns Deadly Iranian Strike on Commercial Ship

The Verge

  1. Philips Hue’s budget-friendly Essential starter kit has hit a new low price
  2. Plex is down
  3. Nintendo’s Switch 2 bundle that includes a game is $50 off
  4. Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs
  5. Boston Dynamics tries using ‘robot dogs’ for deliveries
  6. Sony delays its new PS5 fight stick
  7. Nomad’s high-end phone accessories are up to 30 percent off
  8. The OLED Xbox Ally X20 is so good, Asus will sell it solo
  9. The Google Images homepage will recommend photos even before you search
  10. Spotify is now an AI chatbot, too

DEV Community

  1. Transcribe Audio to Text Like a Developer: From File to Final Text
  2. How I built an interactive atlas of 767 train routes (React + MapLibre + open data)
  3. How to Transcribe Audio to Text: A Practical Workflow for Developers
  4. How I built a lightweight standalone behavioral anti-stealer to protect my Windows environment
  5. We stopped giving AI agents database passwords
  6. Como o brtech implementa anonimato de verdade: a arquitetura de privacidade por tras dos relatos
  7. Turla Upgrades Kazuar Backdoor Into Modular P2P Botnet
  8. Hi everyone! 👋 I'm on a journey to become a DevOps engineer, and my goal is to land my first DevOps role by this time next year. I'm committed to learning and growing every day. Any words of encouragement or advice would mean a lot. 🙏
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  10. AI Can Migrate Your COBOL to Java. It Can't Prove It Didn't Break Anything. We Built the Part That Does.
  11. You Don't Need Perfect Code - You Need a Safety Net That Talks Back
  12. Our server bill is $42/year. We serve 330 humans/day. Here's the breakdown

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

  1. Murder of UK politician Ann Widdecombe was ‘targeted attack’, police say
  2. World leaders travel to Qatar to honour Father Emir
  3. Mexico: Football Without Fear
  4. Mexico begins legal action in US over deaths of its citizens in ICE custody
  5. Israeli attack on north Gaza police station kills eight
  6. France vs Spain LIVE: FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal
  7. Jude Bellingham Station unveiled ahead of World Cup semi-final
  8. Leading Houthi threatens ‘siege’ on Saudi Arabia after Yemen airport attack
  9. How the late Father Emir transformed Qatar’s economy
  10. Even if the Iran war ends, the next fossil fuel shock is already on its way
  11. FIFA World Cup: Meet Ismail Elfath, referee for England-Argentina semifinal
  12. India summons Iranian diplomat over missile killing of seafarer
  13. Olympic funding questioned by nine EU nations over Russia readmission
  14. ‘Piracy’: Will Trump’s 20 percent Hormuz toll find takers?
  15. Russia-Ukraine war: What is Europe’s new ballistic missile shield plan?

The Guardian

  1. ‘We met and two minutes later we were kissing’ – how Gavin and Stacey became Britain’s most bang tidy TV couple
  2. World Cup and Ballon d’Or in reach as Harry Kane enters defining week of his career
  3. Kemi Badenoch zeros in on Tory MPs who believe in climate crisis – and those who don’t
  4. Trump forced to refund billions in tariffs - The Latest
  5. ‘Anti-ageing is anti-life’: why longevity culture is just ageism in a lab coat
  6. Jane Campion remembers Sam Neill: ‘He was radiating peace, beaming love’
  7. Ann Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation
  8. Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
  9. Trump drops threat of strait of Hormuz tolls, saying Gulf states agreed ‘massive’ US investment instead – Middle East crisis live
  10. MPs vote on Hillsborough amendment as Starmer and Burnham address Commons
  11. Keir Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive France’s Légion d’honneur
  12. France v Spain: World Cup 2026 semi-final – live
  13. Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
  14. UK man admits 32 sexual offences against allegedly drugged or sleeping partner
  15. ‘If we die, we die together’: wife of Ryanair passenger almost sucked through window speaks