The Guardian - US ⚽ All the latest updates as the quarter-finals continue⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email usEmma Hayes says England need to be wary of Norway’s collective strength and unity rather than just focus on you know who. Continue reading...
The Geek Games TECH NEWS – The international PC market shrank by a surprisingly large margin in just one year, though there is still room for growth in the x86-based machine segment. Memory shortages and continuous price increases have plagued the PC segment,...
The Geek Games Although job postings do not confirm it, they imply that the Japanese company still intends to implement this feature. The Nintendo Switch 2 does not support Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), which is critical, when docked, even though pre-launch...
The Guardian - US The former England midfielder is everywhere at this World Cup, having reached a popularity in the US other Brits have rarely achievedWatch US television for any length of time and the endless spume of adverts will eventually separate into three...
The Guardian - US As they slim down, UK and US users of GLP-1 jabs and pills are changing their spending habits – and their wardrobesTell us: what does the new weight-loss pill mean for you?“I’m now at a point where I’m going to buy even more clothes,” says Hayley...
The Guardian - US The fourth in a special series of World Cup 2026-themed collages made for the Guardian by the celebrated satirist Continue reading...
The Guardian - US Heatwaves have long been part of the Tour but temperatures now are pushing the riders to limit of human enduranceThe Tour de France and the heat of the midday sun are old bedfellows, going back long before an era when the biggest catastrophe of the...
The Guardian - US With some still unable to accept humanity’s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptionsSome people – and media organisations – still have difficulty connecting the heatwaves currently gripping much of the world and...
Polygon From long-awaited sequels to ambitious originals, here's everything announced at Anime Expo 2026 that anime fans should know about.
The Geek Games The remake of Ubisoft’s 2013 game was released this week, and it was expected that Sony’s mid-generation console upgrade would take the lead. On paper, the PlayStation 5 Pro is the most powerful console on the market. However, it has fallen short...
The Geek Games Microsoft’s recent move has set off a series of changes at its studios that will be talked about for a long time (and we’ll be covering it…). Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is reportedly making a major effort to support Bethesda Game Studios’ highly...
New York Times - World The American works for a humanitarian organization in Congo, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The Guardian - US The 26-year-old man is no longer part of the investigation, Devon and Cornwall police sayA 26-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of the murder of the former MP Ann Widdecombe has been released from custody and is no longer part of the...
The Guardian - US Reports of falling sperm counts and testosterone levels have fuelled fears over chemicals, pollution and modern lifestyles. But how much do scientists agree on what is affecting male fertility?The world is unwittingly walking into a male...
New York Times - World A deal ended the Trump administration’s blocking of a new bridge that will ease congestion at the busiest trade corridor between the United States and Canada.
9to5 Mac Intel in the U.S. is expected to make at least some upcoming Mac and iPhone chips for Apple. That recent development may have been the key to a major tariff exemption on semiconductors Apple received almost a year ago.
The Guardian - US Child who ate smuggled-in homemade sandwich kicks off latest skirmish over private resortsAs lunchtime approaches at Il Tirreno, a private beach club in Montalto di Castro on the Lazio coast, Beatrice Bordo, sitting in the shade of a blue umbrella,...
The Guardian - US Leapfrogging the roofs of lorries, slipping in and out of different personae to evade capture, The Queen’s Gambit star is audacious in this reluctant last stand dramaThis is a story about a girl named Lucky. Early morning, she wakes up – knock,...
Polygon Our guide lists all of the quest steps for Pokémon Go's "A Thunderous Discovery" Special Research that rewards Zeraora.
Polygon Here's everything you need to know about Pokémon Go Fest: Global 2026's rotating habitats, raid schedule, and bonuses.
Polygon Should you pick Mega Mewtwo X or Mega Mewtwo Y in Pokémon Go Fest: Global's 2026 Timed Research? We explain in our guide.
The Geek Games Analysts are calling the gamers protesting Sony’s strategic decision “lions in a cage.” But what is the real story? PlayStation’s decision to stop producing game discs in 2028 without informing its partners will go down as one of the Japanese...
The Geek Games Although Obsidian Entertainment is likely focusing on Fallout: New Vegas 2, the team reportedly hasn’t given up on developing new intellectual property (IP). Last November, Chris Avellone, the highly regarded RPG game designer and former Obsidian...
Hack-A-Day After previously fixing an overly bright picture from a Voodoo graphics card with a simple resistor on one of the RAMDAC’s pins to correct its faulty internal Vref, [Bits und …read more
The Geek Games Epic Games’ technology has claimed yet another victim. Now, we’re hearing that id Software’s engine is essentially finished. Microsoft’s Xbox division is expected to lay off 3,200 employees over the course of a year, which will significantly...
New York Times - World For out-of-work factory workers in Kunshan, a region made rich by electronics manufacturing, a park is the only place to go.
Mashable How to watch Nations Championship for free. Live stream Fiji vs. England in the 2026 Nations Championship for free.
Mashable Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.
New York Times - World U.S. forces hit more than 170 targets, including air defense systems, drone and missile storage sites, and military speedboats.
Daring Fireball “Yeah, who’s this?” “You know who this is.” “Yes I do, yes I do. I sent a guy to deliver the package ... he didn’t call. Is everything alright?” “Tell you what. Forget the money.” ★
Daring Fireball Drew Pusateri, director of communications at OpenAI, on Twitter/X (or XCancel): Our statement in response to this suit: We have no interest in other companies’ trade secrets. We remain focused on building innovative technology that empowers...
Jalopinik With so many colors available in Crayola's repertoire, we were hoping for a bit more variety, but these choices certainly add some life to the gray pickup.
Daring Fireball Alex Heath, on Threads: At WWDC, Apple execs I met with were ice-cold when I asked about their OpenAI partnership. Now we know why: Apple just sued OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to consumer hardware (Apple and OAI...
Daring Fireball The AP: Fellow passengers pulled back a man who was partially sucked out of a dislodged airplane window on Friday, a few minutes after takeoff on a flight from northern Greece to Germany. The plane subsequently returned to the airport in...
Daring Fireball Frank Landymore, writing for Futurism: Look past its gaudiness, though, and you’ll notice some things that’re a little off in the finer details. The talons are horribly deformed and shaped differently from each other. The entire legs are...
Daring Fireball Some historical follow-up regarding just-click-it launching and apps as tiled buttons with a uniform square shape. Back in the System 7 era in the 1990s, Apple sold (sold!) a product called At Ease (via Nathan Lineback’s venerable GUI...
Daring Fireball Cryan.com: The “View as Buttons” option was a distinctive feature of the Macintosh OS 9 Finder. It allowed users to view the contents of a folder as clickable buttons, each representing a file or application. This view was particularly useful...
Hack-A-Day We’re not exactly sure how old [SnailMail] is, but he’s probably a member of Generation Alpha considering that to our wizened eyes the lad looks only slightly older than a …read more
Mashable Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.
Mashable The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
Mashable The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.
Mashable Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.
Mashable Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1848 on July 11 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.
Daring Fireball Another bit of follow-up on squircle jail on MacOS. The most-asked question in my inbox from readers is this: Is mandating the squircle a concession to the much-rumored upcoming touchscreen MacBooks? No. The visible shape and appearance of an app...
BBC - Innovation Meta's release this week of an AI feature that let people alter Instagram content drew swift blowback.
New York Times - World Friday’s visit to King Charles and Queen Camilla signaled a détente in relations with Prince Harry and his wife, who stepped down from royal duties and moved to the United States in 2020.
Engadget Meta has deactivated the Muse Image capability to create AI deepfakes of any public Instagram account you @-mention.
Techcrunch Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a CISA...
InVerse A slew of clever stuff that boasts a low price tag and they’re all weird enough to garner a double-take.
BBC - Innovation Adrienne Murray has rare access to Microsoft's Quantum Lab in Denmark.
Digital Tends US users can now ask YouTube conversational questions to find videos for specific situations, ideas, and activities.
Daring Fireball Zac Hall, writing at 9to5Mac about OpenAI’s sprawling product announcements today: To summarize today’s desktop app changes: The existing ChatGPT app is now ChatGPT Classic. Codex is now the new ChatGPT desktop app. It still looks like Codex...
Daring Fireball What gave Tim Cook’s privacy letter heft in 2014 wasn’t just the clarity of its plain language, but the fact that you didn’t have to take his word for it that the ads Apple showed you respected your privacy, because Apple didn’t show you ads in 2014.
Techcrunch Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually...
The Takeout Many people believe that homemade popcorn is always better than the bagged stuff, but this particular popcorn from Dollar Tree is shockingly good.
BBC - Innovation The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the much-anticipated pirate game which has been remade from the ground up.
Techcrunch "Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way," the company said in a blog post. "We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's...
Polygon Here's everything new on streaming this weekend, including Backrooms, Faces of Death, The Furious, Amores Perros, and more.
Digital Tends Meta launched then pulled a feature letting anyone generate AI images of public Instagram users who were opted in by default.
Jalopinik So-called 'blue laws' ban dealers in certain states from selling cars -- or other goods -- on a Sunday, but which 13 U.S. states still enforce such rules?
New York Times - World The crash occurred as the country celebrated its independence from Britain.
MacRumors Two of Apple's retail stores in the U.S. will be relocating later this month, although they will only be a short distance from their existing locations. Apple Renaissance at Colony Park Apple Queens Center in Elmhurst, New York is moving to a...
Ars Technica Reinforcement learning uses error information to adjust control algorithms.
Hack-A-Day Having a pump in a remote location where you aren’t constantly monitoring it is a common scenario, which can be unfortunate when said pump runs into problems like a dry …read more
9to5 Mac OpenAI has issued a formal statement in response to Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of trade secret theft. Read it below.
Digital Tends Apple's foldable iPhone Ultra is expected to carry a 4,883mAh two-cell battery, placing it between the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Pixel 10 Pro Fold in raw capacity.
BBC - Innovation Apple said in a Friday lawsuit that OpenAI’s nascent hardware business is “rotten to its core.”
Ars Technica More police and firefighters use drones to catch and deter illegal fireworks.
9to5 Mac Meta AI joined the image generation space this week. However, it did so with a controversial default setting that users found upsetting.
MacRumors Apple's Mail app is getting some useful updates in iOS 27, with Apple making big improvements to search and introducing new AI features. Search iOS 27 has an overhauled search system that extends to the Mail app. Instead of surfacing...
New York Times - World An installation honoring the artist, Wim T. Schippers, features a 270-square-foot hexagon spread on the floor of a museum in Rotterdam.
Digital Tends Santa Monica Studio has confirmed that God of War Laufey will be released on a physical disc, offering welcome news for collectors amid growing concerns over digital-only game releases.
Digital Tends A 7,100mAh battery, MagSafe-style magnetic charging, and a 7,000-nit QHD+ LTPO display make it genuinely impressive, and genuinely unavailable to US buyers.
Kotaku Everyone, please stop calling me Jabba the Hutt, okay? I spent like $80 on this thing
InVerse With its finale episode, 'Star City' seems like this part of the 'For All Mankind' story is over.
Mashable VoiceType is a new dictation app with 99% accuracy on sale for $40.
Techcrunch Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is "all in" on the unconventional social media platform.
Ars Technica "Clearly, they admire the work that's being done by SpaceX and are trying to replicate it."
Engadget The lawsuit also names io Products, the hardware company led by Jony Ive.
Digital Tends Anthropic has added an in-app browser to Claude Code on desktop, allowing the AI coding assistant to browse websites, read documentation, and interact with web pages directly inside the app.
Kotaku "Valve loves it when Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 throw customizable genitals at you in the first five minutes, but of course I can't, because I actually have something to say about genitals!"
Apple Insider In what will be a blockbuster suit, Apple is suing OpenAI, alleging that two ex-employees, one of whom was Apple's previous Vice President of Product Design for iPhone and Apple Watch, maintained an ongoing and successful effort in stealing...
New York Times - World The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.
New York Times - World The police said they had arrested a 26-year-old British man after Ann Widdecombe, a 78-year-old former lawmaker, was found dead with serious injuries on Thursday.
BBC - Europe The parents of the boy - who has not been named - said their son will be "missed beyond words".
Digital Tends Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging the company orchestrated a campaign to steal confidential product information through former employees as both companies race to build next-generation AI hardware.
Gizmodo There's also a Cinnamoroll-themed gaming chair, keyboard, mouse, and mouse pad.
Engadget The rule revives a proposed FTC protection that was abandoned last year.
Gizmodo The new X6 360 camera has leaked.
Kotaku The publisher claims content is not locked behind the paid add-ons
Techcrunch Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI's senior leadership, including a longtime former employee.
InVerse 'Evil Dead Burn' is the latest installment in the 'Evil Dead' franchise, directed by Sébastien Vaniček and starring Souheila Yacoub as a woman whose in-laws are possessed by Deadites.
How To Geek A city built to burn, a creepy crime born on the internet, and the woman behind the '90s break-up album that defined break-up albums.
Lifehacker Get the most out of your speaker and connected devices.
New York Times - World A 61-year-old man was being treated for friction burns after a window was damaged during a flight from Greece to Germany. The flight was operated by the Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air.
Polygon Grand Theft Auto Online players will soon get new DLC with the Kortz Center Heist, Rockstar Games' new art thief update.
Kotaku Stop fucking things up just to shove more ads and algorithm nonsense into my face
How To Geek A 100% fresh Western crime series, The Wings of Death hit Netflix, and a viral comedian gets his first special.
Lifehacker So far the improvements are mainly aesthetic, and I'm enjoying the case that buzzes and sings to me.
9to5 Mac Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI today, accusing the company of trade secret theft. Specifically, Apple alleges that its former employees have stolen trade secrets “for the benefit of OpenAI.” “This case is about Apple’s former employees...