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Every night before bed, my son asks if we can go look at the night sky. When I ask him where he'd go if he could go anywhere, he always says the same thing: "The moon."I built Cards From Space so he c…

If I have a glass of water and a single chocolate bar to last me 48 hours what benefits do I get from consuming equal portions over the time period as opposed to consuming all at once? Is it purely p…

I’ve been working on washed curd cheeses for about a year now with real intention. The texture on this one is spot on. Just melts in your mouth. …

I didn’t realize how cooked my attention span was until I tried to focus for 20 minutes.The other day I sat down to do something small. Nothing major just a task I'd been putting off for a while. I to…

I don't rent cars often and didn't really care what car I got. I tried to save a few bucks and selected the mystery option and I was saddled with a 15mpg Goliath. The clerk said everyone wants the ga…

NASA mission to save a falling space telescope is ready to launch.

The crash reportedly happened on an airstrip near the western coast of France on June 19.

Once you remove lockscreen ads and toggle on book covers, here's what else you can do to customize your Kindle's screensaver.

Car buyers love Android Auto. Automakers? Not so much.

CMF by Nothing won't be able to release a follow-up to the Phone Pro 2 this year.

Steam Next Fest demos, a Virtual Boy-inspired shooter and other new indie games worth checking out.

The short answer is: sometimes, but it's complicated.

Norway will reportedly ban young kids from using AI in schools.

Bobby Prince, composer for Doom and other classic shooters, has died.

Not everyone wants a screen on their wrist.

Toy Story 5 introduces a tablet as a villain, but it's also smart enough to realize tech isn't always bad. Parents just need to step up.

Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic has to find a new studio after Amazon dropped it.

The engineers who spoke negatively about AI data centers at Seattle city hearings accuse Amazon of threatening their jobs over their testimonies.

UK attorney general Richard Hermer told his staff his office was quitting X, according to The Guardian and The Observer.

In an update, Valve says it may not ship some Steam Controller orders until next year.

With 416 horsepower, a 31-inch 8K screen and Dolby Atmos, Benz's electric "Grand Limousine" might just make minivans cool.

On to the next one.

Rivian is being sued over the self-driving capabilities of its early vehicles, or lack thereof.

Instagram carousels can now be up to 20 slides with 20 unique captions.

You don't have to have a Pixel Watch to use Google Wallet. Here's how to set it up on your Galaxy Watch.

Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.

While it's not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking at.

French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.

For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.

Go's IPO — Japan's biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country's languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital req

What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gor

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way t

Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.

Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.

There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.

Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.

Deductive AI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago.

Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.

The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be composed of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.

OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.

TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said.

Plaintiffs in the class -action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles.

About 47% of singles look negatively at the use of AI in dating -- but many dating app users are open to AI helping with profile punch-ups and conversation starters.

AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company.

NEW YORK—Telling everyone to count down as she turned to her colleague, actress Lea Michele reportedly showed off her ability to make her co-star cry on command Friday. “Watch, I’ll make his distress

SAN JOSE, CA—Grimacing as he delved deeper into the article, local man Carter Lee reportedly found himself souring on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Monday after reading the “Controversies” se

CHICAGO—Telling staff never to click on any suspicious communications with blurred purple images, McDonald’s officials reportedly warned corporate employees Friday to beware any emails from senders pu

After more than a decade of planning, the Barack Obama Presidential Center will open on June 19, 2026, in Chicago’s Jackson Park, offering access to communal gathering spaces, an urban park, and histo

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A flesh-eating fly known as New World screwworm has been found in livestock in Texas. Here’s everything you need to know about the parasitic pest. Q: What is our government doing about screwworm? A: T

President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to jumpstart the manufacture of munitions, an attempt to replenish weapon stockpiles that have been severely depleted in America’s war with Iran. Wha

JD Vance has commissioned a custom chicken coop to be installed at the official Vice Presidential residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory, where he will personally attend to the birds. What do you thi

ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE—Claiming their failure to help America would now leave the nations incredibly vulnerable to the danger of shotgun carousels, President Donald Trump warned the G7 summit this we

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View Transitions are of unique help in applying an animation to an element even when you are literally removing it from the DOM.

If you’re on Bluesky (like this site is!), you’re using atproto. Standard.site is, as best I understand it, a userland agreed-upon schema for what certain stuff looks like on the protocol, like a “pub

There are some real advantages to variable scope and evaluation scope that you get with @function in CSS.

This has been a long time coming, and I could not be more excited it’s finally here. And I know exactly who to thank for it. Our customers have been telling us to do this for a while now: Probably don

Using our 3, 2, 1 state system, we can make popovers animate on "the way in" and "the way out" just like we did with dialogs in Part 1.

Each pseudo element plays a distinct role in how the view transition animates. The browser does most of the heavy lifting though, which makes it a little hard to see what’s actually happening under th

Aaron T. Grogg has a nice page chock full of examples of UI, which used to be the sort of thing that we’d use JavaScript for, but can now be done in HTML & CSS. No hate: I have nothing against JS, but

Here's a brand new approach to creating staggered animations in CSS using a single progress value, allowing for smooth linkage to various inputs like scrolling. By utilizing a mathematical formula, it

Using @counter-style for tricky visual effects like word rotation and obfuscation.

If you’ve ever built your own client-side navigation that properly respects updating URLs, you’ve probably used history.pushState() a bunch, and it’s a bunch of work getting it robust and right. I thi

Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz as Israel tests MOU with Lebanon strikes.

For several weeks, a wave of protests has erupted over President Rodrigo Paz’s austerity measures.

Israeli strike kills children in Gaza despite ceasefire claims

Public outrage in Israel mounts over MoU, with many feeling betrayed by the US in its deal with Iran

Critics say Cepeda, a soft-spoken senator, became a 'hero to the left' after he took on a right-wing president in court.

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Comments escalate a row between the once-close leaders that has emerged during the conflict with Iran.

Iran warns of ‘reciprocal action’ if US doesn’t honour MOU commitments.

More than 80 people received treatment after the crash and 28 remain in hospital.

Begona Gomez is accused of using her position as the prime minister's wife ⁠to secure work contracts.

Iran's rival political camps are locking horns over a memorandum of understanding with the US.

In Lubra, Nepal’s last Bon village, climate-driven floods are destroying homes and land, endangering ancient traditions.

UK foreign secretary slams Israeli minister's inflammatory remarks amid regional tensions and fragile ceasefire.

The move comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was stripped of Poland's top honour.

Spain face Saudi Arabia in need of a win to take control of Group H. Can they rediscover their attacking edge?

Giving concessions for renewable projects to foreign corporations will not help solve the country’s energy crisis.

An Israeli court has convicted seven men over the 2021 lynching of Sa’id Moussa, ending a five-year trial.

Ghana has been hosting a conference to advance the UN resolution declaring slavery the ‘gravest crime against humanity.'

Israel has stepped up attacks on parts of southern Lebanon, including Nabatieh, since midnight on Friday.

Eva Maria Michelmann's brother says she had been held in the Syrian city of Raqqa since January.

In cricket-obsessed India, a women’s World Cup win and a glitzy new league are transforming the lives of female players.

Experts hope the 'extra animosity' towards Team Melli will subside as the US-Iran agreement comes into being.

This is what Morocco’s fans are saying after winning their first match at the 2026 World Cup.

Families of suspected Ebola patients in DR Congo stormed a quarantine centre, removing patients.

The precarious memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.

Iran’s military command said it had closed the waterway over the continued fighting in Lebanon. But the U.S. military said traffic continued to flow. Still, the next phase of talks between Washington

The governing Labour Party may oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer in favor of the more popular Andy Burnham — who will still face all the same challenges.

A South Korean island is reviving a long‑forgotten episode involving a French whaler as a wine festival, in an effort to stay relevant.

The U.S. envoy to Paris has emerged as the embodiment of combative diplomacy in the age of President Trump, riling the French establishment notably with his accusations of antisemitism.

President Trump’s interim agreement with Iran raises hopes for the calming of the world economy. But it leaves many details for future negotiations, putting the world on edge.

Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper, Vozinha, is keeping the archipelago nation’s hopes outsized after his performance against soccer giant Spain.

Iván Cepeda was caught off guard by a right-wing outsider and anti-leftist anger. He tells The Times he is not giving up.

President Trump endorsed Abelardo De La Espriella, the conservative presidential candidate in Sunday’s election who has strong U.S. ties.

The drone attack that sent plumes of smoke rising over Moscow intensified Ukrainian hopes of bringing the war to Russia.

At least one person was killed and dozens of others were injured in the crash near Bedford, England, the authorities said.

According to an unsigned statement from the State Department, the U.S. will phase out support for H.I.V. prevention and treatment in South Africa.

Andy Burnham, a Labour mayor, won a resounding majority in a special election on Thursday, making him eligible to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the country’s leadership.

President Trump said the Italian leader had “begged” him to take a photo together at the Group of 7 summit in France. The remarks come as their once-friendly relationship has frayed.

The princess published an essay Friday warning against a childhood “mediated by screens,” days after Britain announced a ban on social media for children under 16.

For the second time in two days, Lebanon was again at the center of whether the fragile U.S.-Iran deal would hold.

A preliminary U.S.-Iran deal took steps to reopen the vital waterway, but traffic remains erratic.

New York City’s temporary transformation by the Knicks’ resurgence offers a glimpse of a kinder, more connected world.

The doughnut and coffee chain has an elaborate system for raising prices and making sure loyal customers pay for their rewards.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, once seen as a secondary front to the American-Israeli war on Iran, has become one of the main obstacles to ending it.

Talks on a long-term peace deal were set to begin on Friday, but Iran pulled out, citing Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Hours later, diplomats say, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to halt fighting there.

Janice Nix was found guilty of manslaughter after her stepson told the police that she had forced his sister into a hot bath as a form of punishment in their home in South London.

Lisette Poole González, a photographer for The New York Times, talks with Jack Nicas, The Times’s Mexico City bureau chief, about photographing Havana at night amid an energy crisis.

Footage shows a Russian air defense missile traveling toward a fuel silo, which erupts in an explosion around the time of its arrival.

Mr. Stronach, 93, was found guilty of sexual assault and indecent assault in two cases and acquitted on three other charges.

The preliminary agreement, not yet a week old, has sown confusion: nixed Swiss signing ceremonies, rifts with Israel and Congress, and uncertainty over new talks.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei distanced himself from the agreement, putting responsibility for it on Iran’s president, and said it does not mean acceding to U.S. demands.

Unusually high temperatures are expected across parts of Western Europe into early next week, weather agencies said.

Is the Iran war an early sign of “superpower suicide"?

Ukrainian drone attacks have achieved breakthroughs, but only ballistic missiles can push Russia to reconsider its war objectives, military experts and officials say.

The central bank leader Elvira S. Nabiullina reappeared for a news conference after a gap that highlighted deep tensions in the country’s political and economic elite.

While Mr. Burnham’s leadership ambitions are clear, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated that he would fight any challenge.

Israel launched strikes across the country after Iran-backed Hezbollah said it had ambushed Israeli troops, leaving diplomats scrambling to prevent the deal from collapsing.

Politicians and officials in Mexico are using the country’s laws to intimidate critics and the media, forcing them into censorship and blunting scrutiny.

VP Eric Brandwine explains people aren't all that great, actually

Stop Killing Games campaign suffers setback as European Commission favors industry code of conduct over legal obligation

Missiles and radars also included in £752M aid package

Owners of affected iPhones can stop checking for patches now: the fix for this SecureROM bug comes in a new handset

Who needs compute-hungry multiplications when you can just add logarithms

More Rust, but more trouble with AI slop, too

Nearly 4,000 vehicles recalled for driving past closure warnings and between cones marking shut lanes

Allegations of fake routes are fake news, says Indian telco Jio

Hunting and fishing license incident catches 3M residents

Cost premium of using AWS indirectly via Vercel is mitigated by more efficient use of compute resources, CTO claims

File deletion dialog swaps recognizable names for internal gibberish

John Edwards says his position had become 'untenable' following investigation into conduct including inappropriate attempts at humor

Campaigners say tech is unable to reliably distinguish between kids and adults at the boundary where use is planned

Members aren't RIPE for a new charging scheme, though

San Francisco plays host to hosting company's Localhost conference

Tribunal rejects bid to strike blacklisting claims, with proceedings due to conclude shortly before GTA VI launches

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Data suggests firms are turning away from CEST as critics say it fails to reflect recent court rulings

Techie couldn’t help but be a little blunt when the support call came in – but has no regrets!

You might say the system packs two kilapixels of compute

The underlying technology is real...and borrowed from a partner the company failed to mention

Ed's note to Corey: Blink once if you're safe, twice if you're in danger

Soaring PC prices make alternatives to hardware refreshes interesting

Bird-branded AI will ride on Stonking Stingray

Aeolus mission promises better Martian weather models, assuming Relativity Space can get its Terran R off the ground

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PARTNER CONTENT: AI's cloud journey homeward bound: enterprises prefer private clouds for scaling AI workloads.

EXCLUSIVE 'Working as intended' for the win … again

Hybrid systems could bring efficiency gains at the edge, but conventional infrastructure isn't going anywhere fast

Plenty of new shiny in the service of improved usability

Sampling patients' breath may save lives and emergency room resources

Making software feel snappier when you only have 12 MB RAM

2.3 million people sit test chasing 100,000 places, and country already canceled it once this year

Better laptop sleep and Wi-Fi support make the beastie more portable-friendly, but getting beyond the shell remains a DIY job

Replacement deal now expected in mid-2029 as body says safe transition will take at least five years

The 2026 Home & Living Professional winner is Tin Can, a modern take on the landline designed specifically for kids—a screen-free, ad-free, text-free phone that operates on a fully private network whe

The 2026 Professional winner in the Apps & Platforms category is Future Fizz, from the team comprised of Yue Wu, Yijie Chen from Future Fizz. Future Fizz is an AI-powered career development app that h

The 2026 Built Environment Professional winner is Earth Court Case Study 001 (Sanctum) from Kindred Studio. Sanctum is the first in a series of unique "earth court" basketball courts designed and buil

Taking the 2026 Professional honors in the Consumer Technology category is KARRI Messenger, designed by Pentagram for KARRI. The KARRI Messenger is a child-friendly alternative to smartphones designed

The Professional Winner in the Emerging Technologies category this year is The Anemoia Device by Cyrus Clarke, Nomy Yu, Melo Chen, Yuen Zou, Hiroshi Ishii at the MIT Media Lab. The Anemoia Device is a

Taking the 2026 Professional honors in Branding & Identity is Cadence Brand Identity from View Source, with the design team comprised of Andrew Rutledge, Annie Chen, Dan Zafian, Edward Tsao and Marni

Taking the 2026 Professional honors in Lifestyle Accessories is The Essential Light by Full Lume from Vert Industrial Design House, with the design team comprised of Zachary Hanna, Neuti Seo, Andrew S

The 2026 Professional winner in the Interaction category is Netherlands Pavilion at World Expo 2025, designed by Tellart, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands and Netherlands Enterprise Ag

The 2026 Medical & Healthcare Professional winner is Medivis Surgical Navigation Platform from Medivis. This is an augmented reality-driven system that enables clinicians to "see the invisible" by ove

The 2026 Professional winner in the Packaging category is From Packaging to Sculpture: Luxury Reimagined, from s778 Heritage. This project transforms secondary packaging for a premium gin into a sculp

The 2026 Professional winner in the Visual Communication category is The James, a six minute promotional video for a new residential tower in Toronto, created by Frontier Design for Tricon Residential

The 2026 Transportation & Mobility Professional winner is Transcendent Mobility Bike (TM-B) from ALSO. The Transcendent Mobility Bike (TM-B) is ALSO’s debut e-bike—a product that emerged from a specia

Taking the 2026 Professional honors in Toys & Play is Geni from Geni Computers Inc. Geni is an AI storytelling toy that lets children construct stories the same way they build with blocks, using a sma

We're proud to announce the results of the 2026 Core77 Design Awards! The winning projects showcase an incredibly wide range of subjects, materials, technologies, processes and approaches. We truly ap

The 2026 Design for Social Impact Professional winner is Otter Newborn Warmer, a project by Design that Matters for MTTS Co. Ltd.. The design team included Timothy Prestero, Greg Dajer, Gerd Schmieta,

The forum has been around for a long time and I occasionally find old gems, I wonder what great insights etc. I've missed from the past.

Despite an increase in antisemitism and anti-Jewish feeling in the UK, adult conversions are on the riseFor Elizabeth Arif-Fear, there was no single moment when she realised she wanted to be Jewish. “

It took a long time for the actor to find her groove – then the smash TV spy thriller changed everything. She talks about getting advice from A-listers, speaking her mind, and why she’s switching to t

Andy Burnham is closing in on Downing Street after a big win in the Makerfield byelection. John Harris and John Domokos take a deep dive into a place where people's lives back up Burnham's insistence

Tournament has completed its first week and while the logistics have sometimes been challenging, the people and the football have been goodIt was quite a contrast touching down in sleepy Kansas City h

Some said Britain’s departure would bring down the union, but countries are still queueing to joinOn the night of 23 June 2016, a storm broke out over Brussels. Rain poured and lightning flashed over

Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds are experiencing after-hours boom as a result of more lenient rulesLondon has the earliest council-mandated bedtime of any other city in the UK as a result of policies

Guardian investigation also finds same areas experienced relative decline over same periodLeave-voting areas have seen faster relative growth in foreign workers since the Brexit referendum, a Guardian

Some Labour MPs still want former mayor to face ‘scrutiny’ of ideas through contested leadership raceAllies of Andy Burnham are increasingly confident of a coronation-style transfer of power after the

Unclear if threat has been carried out or if move will jeopardise talks with US scheduled for SundayIran has said it is closing the strait of Hormuz after waves of Israeli strikes in Lebanon in a move

East of England ambulance service says number of people listed as seriously injured has increased to 32Nine people are in a critical condition after the Bedford train crash that killed the driver of o

Arrests after explosion and caravan fires heighten controversy over number of people living in vehiclesJan Johnston was tucked up in the van she calls home when she was rocked by the explosion. “I hea

Suggestion that Scott Bessent so described a world leader included in Regime Change, by New York Times reportersScott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zel

⚽️ World Cup kick-off: 1pm ET/6pm BST/3am AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email JohnNetherlands: Verbruggen, Dumfries, van Dijk, van Hecke, van de Ven, Gravenberch, de Jong, Reijnde

Begoña Gómez has been ordered to surrender her passport as her husband, Pedro Sánchez, says the case is politically motivatedA judge in Spain has ruled that the wife of socialist prime minister Pedro

His vaunted renovation of the Washington attraction has resulted in an algae bloom and peeling paintDonald Trump has blamed “vandalism” for “real problems” at Washington’s reflecting pool after an alg

Serena Williams, Lewis Hamilton and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the stars benefiting from advances in sports science, equipment and facilitiesWhen 40-year-old Luka Modrić lined up for Croatia against

Does a thought-experiment about US ascendancy in the technology say as much about AI jitters as it does about the reality?It’s 2031 and the US and China are about to tear Europe into pieces.The US plo

We’re well into strawberry season now, but which punnets are the pick of the crop and which hit a sour note?• The best supermarket strawberry jams, tasted and ratedBack in 1994, I used to pick strawbe

We’ve already listed our writers’ all-timers, now Guardian readers get their say on the seminal director’s best blockbustersET is my favourite Spielberg film. It was the first I ever saw at the cinema

Twenty years ago I briefly became the victim of a viral pile-on – all because of a silly YouTube video. But I’m glad I had the chance to embarrass myself and move on. Are today’s teens so fortunate?As

Alex, 45, a product lead in tech, meets Ellie, 35, a TV producerWhat were you hoping for? To meet someone kind and have an enjoyable evening with someone I maybe wouldn’t ordinarily choose for myself.

National Highways agency uses virtual reality test to see if drivers are distracted by introduction of low-flying dronesI’m barrelling down the motorway at 70mph, swerving from lane to lane, with cars

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Pixar’s enduring animated favourites battle a rogue tablet, and Disney’s anxiety-inducing kitchen drama returns for a final seriesToy Story 5Out nowThe toys are back in town for a fifth instalment in

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Steve Coogan drops in on the lovably daft Northern Irish comedy, and the alt-pop superstar teases some relationship mysteries. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rat

Mauricio Pochettino had to do without his best player against Australia. But Ricardo Pepi helped the Americans build attacks in different waysOnce it was clear that Christian Pulisic’s calf could keep

The goalkeeper discusses being bullied by 35-year-olds in the English fifth tier, winning the Premier League and competition in the Spain squad“No, no, there’s someone else,” David Raya says, leaping

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!When Turkey changed to Türkiye in 2022, president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced it was because the new name was “the best representation and express

Yes there’s the party side, the buoyant side, one that makes friends everywhere it goes. But there’s the other side tooIn a disconcerting development, Americans have started wearing kilts. Some of the

Updates from the fourth day’s play at the OvalBen Stokes smashes 95 for Durham: county cricket live60th over: New Zealand 267-4 (Mitchell 37, Blundell 6) Blundell, who loves joining Mitchell to tormen

Prem final: Northampton 26-17 ExeterChiefs lead 17-14 with 15 to go before Saints comebackA fast and furious Prem season was never going to end with a dull whimper. And when the dust finally settled o

Latest updates from Saturday’s race cardGet in touch! Share your thoughts with Tony4.20 JERSEY STAKES previewThe familiar big field for the Jersey, and the familiar mix too of lightly-raced types that

Australia, 219-6, Netherlands, 121-3, Aus win by 98 runsCaptain suffers stiff back after long bus tripAustralia returned to the top of Group A, having beaten the Netherlands by 98 runs here in Southam

Former world No 4 backs best man at his wedding to reignite Raducanu and hopes to entice Jannik Sinner to join Team Europe at the O2“Tennis is in a good place, but I think it could be better,” says Ti

Apple last week unveiled five new apps, with four announced at WWDC 2026 alongside its upcoming fall software updates, one released in beta for developers, and one released independently by its subsid

As previously announced, Apple is moving forward with permanently closing three of its retail stores in the U.S. today, including a unionized location.The locations that are closing on the evening of

While Apple held out as many other smartphone and computer manufacturers raised prices in the face of massive increases in memory and storage costs, CEO Tim Cook has signaled that Apple will soon have

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we continue unpacking WWDC 2026 and take a closer look at iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and Apple's other new software updates coming this fall.Subscribe to

Alogic this week unveiled a new lineup of touchscreen displays that bring touch and stylus functionality to Macs, including the FOKUS interactive touchscreen series, the Aspekt Touch 27" monitor, and

According to the latest rumors, Apple is close to launching its next-generation iPad mini. So what should we expect from the successor to the iPad mini 7 that Apple released over 20 months ago. Read o

Amazon is soon to be back with its annual summertime Prime Day event, lasting for four days from June 23-26, one of the longest Prime Day events yet. As it does every year, Prime Day offers shoppers a

Apple today detailed why five Apple Watch models will miss out on watchOS 27 and the new Siri AI features that come with it.The Apple Watch Series 6, 7, 8, SE 2, and the original Apple Watch Ultra wil

Apple this week confirmed that price increases are coming across its lineup due to rising memory chip costs, and now The Wall Street Journal has published its own analysis estimating the iPhone 18 Pro

The Calendar and Reminders apps look about the same as they did in iOS 26, but there are a couple of useful new Apple Intelligence features that make both apps more intuitive.Natural Language for Cale

Apple today teamed up with Chart Data to share the top 20 most-streamed artists of all time. Chart Data says this is the first time that Apple has shared the all-time streaming list. Drake is the numb

watchOS 27 is the new version of watchOS that's coming to the Apple Watch this fall. It's a little light on features, but there are some useful new additions, including access to Siri AI.Subscribe to

Signify today announced two new Philips Hue devices to expand its Hue Entertainment lineup, debuting the Philips Hue Play Table Lamp and the Philips Hue Play Floor Lamp Large. There are also new candl

Apple today announced that developers in Brazil will be allowed to distribute iPhone apps through alternative app marketplaces on iOS, and accept payments through third-party platforms. In other words

Apple today announced that every part of Formula 1's 2026 Austrian Grand Prix (June 26-28) will be streamed live on the Apple TV streaming service for free.This article, "You Can Watch All of F1's 202

Security research firm Paradigm Shift today published details of a new BootROM vulnerability affecting Apple's A12 and A13 chips, along with a working proof-of-concept exploit named "usbliter8."The Bo

The upcoming iOS 27 update that Apple unveiled last week includes some new features and enhancements for Apple's Find My app on the iPhone.iOS 27 is currently available as a developer beta, with a pub

In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple has brought some meaningful updates to iPhone Mirroring besides a new app icon. Here's what's new.macOS 27 is currently in developer beta, with a public beta coming next

Apple has agreed to work with Intel to manufacture some of its chips in the United States, U.S. president Trump said on Thursday.Intel's stock rose 9 percent in premarket trading following Trump's com

We're only three months out from the launch of Apple's premium next-generation smartphone lineup, and while we're not expecting a sea change in terms of functionality, there are still several enhancem

After adding one to my home, here's why you might want a home battery, how they work, and what to look for, plus some installation tips.

We’ve trawled the depths of Amazon to find the best deals on gear we’ve tested.

I did the research and taste-testing to find the best greens powders worth your money. Bloom Nutrition’s Superfood Greens Powder is my tried-and-true pick.

The new Siri AI is conversational, omnipresent, and actually helpful.

Plus: Gay bars in San Francisco using face scanners, France quits Palantir, Apple plans to change its private email and more.

Researchers have demonstrated they can make coffee comparable to conventional espresso using ultrasonic waves. Because the process doesn’t need hot water, it consumes 75 percent less energy.

Years after initial tests, researchers are now racing to see if a vaccine developed in 2011 can help fight the current Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo.

We break down the current iPad lineup to help you figure out which of Apple’s tablets is best for you.

Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested multiroom mesh systems will get you online in no time.

Even after your movies end, these art televisions look stunning on any wall.

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After Andy Burnham’s by-election victory, support for the prime minister is evaporating, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

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A study published in Neuroscience by researchers at Spain's University of Zaragoza scanned the brains of 100 young adults and found structural differences in those who hold authoritarian beliefs — on

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