Trump drops a 24-hour-old vow to charge cargo ships for using the Strait as the US continues its battle to break Iran's hold on the waterway.

'The Hunt for Gollum,' directed by Andy Serkis, comes to theaters December 17, 2027.

Warsh called inflation "a tax on the American people" and outlined 5 task forces to reform how the Fed conducts monetary policy

Svetlana Grković told Serbian media that her husband is "seriously injured and in shock".

With great agency comes great risk.

The discovery sheds light on a Gaul settlement at a critical location, likely frequented by metalsmiths and slave traders.

SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositories, "including files it was told not to open and secrets deleted from history," significantly more data retention than similar tools like Claude Code.
The researchers say that as of Monday, their tests show SpaceXAI's servers returning a "disable_codebase_upload: true" flag, and the codebase upload "no longer fires." Elon Musk responded to the i …
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Les 8 buts de Messi et de Mbappé à ce jour et les 7 buts de Haaland constituent une grande première. Jamais dans l'histoire de la Coupe du monde trois joueurs n'avaient marqué au moins 7 buts lors de la même édition du tournoi - Crédits : Bryan Berlin / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 | Tasnim News Agency / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0 | Oliver Hasselluhn / iStock (montage Toute l'Europe) Tous les quatre ans, une bataille passionne les supporters de football : celle du classement des buteurs. À mesure que la compétition avance, chaque réalisation peut bouleverser la hiérarchie et rapprocher un joueur du prestigieux Soulier d'or, récompensant le meilleur buteur du tournoi. Le tenant du titre se nomme...

From immune function and blood pressure to brain scans and life expectancy, here is what researchers have found about the ways friendship shapes the body

Control of the waterway has become a key point of contention between the US and Iran, as a ceasefire deal falters.

“A total of 2,899 teenagers ages 13-19 died in motor vehicle crashes in 2024. This is 67% fewer than in 1975.” From Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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'The Conjuring: First Communion' hits theaters in 2027.

From high-altitude cold snaps to mobile money that outpaces the West, these 25 realities upend what first-time visitors think they know about Africa

Author Scott Turow has joined the lawsuit.

“De Beers is halting production at South Africa’s biggest diamond mine, as consistently depressed conditions in the market for the precious stones weigh on the company that mining major Anglo American is trying to sell. The diamond group said on Monday that it would pause production for two years at its Venetia mine, which employs about 3,500 people and accounts for about 10 per cent of the company’s production, to cut costs. It will also reduce capital expenditure for the site. The mine accounts for 40 per cent of South Africa’s annual diamond production… Diamond prices have fallen because of slowing demand, especially in China, and competition from lab-grown gems that can be made and sold much more...

The president scrapped the toll one day after announcing it, citing investment pledges from Gulf states. He offered no further details

The option, available on all 50 of United's new Airbus A321XLRs, includes a fixed shared table across the open seat

“A drone was used to urgently deliver medication to tourists stranded on an island due to strong winds and high waves, successfully addressing an emergency situation. According to the Jeju Island Fire and Safety Headquarters on the 14th, a report was received at around 12:07 a.m. the previous day (July 13) that a woman in her 60s, identified as Ms. A, was experiencing low energy levels on Gapado Island in Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo City. Ms. A had entered Gapado Island five days prior and was stranded due to strong winds and high waves. Suffering from chronic conditions including diabetes, she showed symptoms of decreased energy after running out of medication. After receiving the report, fire authorities...

Can you call it a bandsaw if it has neither band nor saw? [WeldingRod1] does, with his entry in the laser contest — a manually-controlled laser cutter that he’s dubbed a Laser Bandsaw. Some might quibble that it’s not actually sawing with the beam, and others will inevitably find the safety implications rather frightening. We think it’s a fun project and that [WeldingRod1] can call it what he wants, as long as he follows his own advice and keeps his laser goggles firmly on his precious vision orbs.
He has actually put some thought into what started as the physical manifestation of a joke in a podcast. The blue diode laser — a NUBM44 diode rated at 7 W — got a custom-made copper heatsink. It’s...

“The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness… Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem is defined as: (i) a prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis (TT) “unknown to the health system” of < 0.2% in ≥15-year-olds; and (ii) a prevalence of trachomatous inflammation – follicular (TF) in children aged 1–9 years of < 5%, in each formerly endemic district; plus (iii) the existence of a system to identify and manage incident cases of TT. Other countries validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem are: Algeria, Australia, Benin,...

You can buy four bulbs and a Hue Bridge for just $80. | Image: Philips Hue Although most of Prime Day’s unusually good Philips Hue deals have ended, a few remain, and some, including the black Philips Hue Twilight Sleep and Wake-Up Light, are even cheaper. None, however, have fallen to a new all-time low price like Philips Hue’s Essential starter kit. Right now, you can buy a bundle containing four white and color E26 bulbs and a Hue Bridge for $79.99 ($40 off) at Amazon. Since that’s the same price as the two-bulb Essential starter kit, it’s like getting two bulbs for free.
Philips Hue Essential starter kit, Where to Buy: $119.99 $79.99 at Amazon (four-pack) $119.99 at Philips Hue (four-pack)
Each of...

The tile-finished space has an alcove tub with a motorized panel that opens it to the living area.Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: Barcelona, Spain Architect: Sigla Studio / @s1gla Footprint: 635 square feet Photographer: Marta Vidal / @_martavidal From the Architect: "Located on Mestre Nicolau Street, in Barcelona’s Turó Park area—one of the city’s most established residential neighborhoods—this apartment begins with a clear question: what happens when the home stops being organized into rooms and is instead understood as a continuous...

Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex's forums and on Reddit. Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today's problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that.
"Basically all Plex is down unless you can play locally over LAN and even that takes ages and doesn't always work," said one user. Others reported problems with matching content on their servers. For me, the Plex TV website was loading slowly, though while initially writing this story, it started to load more reliably.
Plex had confirmed issues, …
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“In the hardest-hit Yunbiao Town, Hengzhou County, Guangxi, a massive flood left more than 15,000 residents stranded and the entire town submerged, making roads impassable for traditional ground rescue vehicles. A drone rescue team drove over 1,700 kilometers and traveled 18 hours to reach the disaster zone. The team deployed two heavy-lift drones, each with a wingspan of over three meters and a carrying capacity of 100 kilograms, along with three smaller reconnaissance drones. Using drones equipped with ropes, the team successfully hoisted two stranded residents off a flooded rooftop and transported them to safety via inflatable boats.” From CGTN.
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Discounts on the Nintendo Switch 2 are rare, but they do happen on occasion. There’s one happening now, actually, on the company’s $499.99 console bundle that includes a digital game (Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokémon Pokopia). Usually, the bundle saves you $20 or $30, depending on the game you choose, but for $449.99 at Amazon (discount reflected at checkout), Nintendo is effectively giving you a game for free.
Nintendo Switch 2 “Choose Your Game” bundle Where to Buy: $529.99 $449.99 at Amazon
If you’re considering grabbing a Switch 2, I highly recommend doing so now. The biggest motivator (aside from its great selection of new games and near-complete compatibility with original...

A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data collected by a "constellation" of internal AI tools, but failed to exclude those on parental or medical leave from its ranking system: The result was that employees who took protected leaves were disproportionately selected for layoff, based on scoring that not only failed to account for their protected leaves, but in effect penalized the employees for exercising thei …
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Surrounded by fruit trees, the 1979 residence has a multilevel living room, a secret speakeasy, and a glass-encased bathtub overlooking the landscape.Location: 665 Sky Line Trail, Topanga, California Price: $3,500,000 Year Built: 1979 Footprint: 4,354 Square Feet (3 Beds, 3 Baths) Lot Size: 2.92 Acres From the Agent: "Set on nearly three sunny acres commanding expansive cross-canyon views, this three-bedroom home envelops you with its warm, flexible, and site-specific design. The clever joinery of the custom front door opens to a light-filled atrium, where the main stairs descend past pocket shoji doors and stately concrete pillars to the heart of the home: the expansive living room, anchored by an...

A senior officer in the Hamas-run police force was among those killed in the strike, which Israel's military says targeted "terrorists".

The end of the FIFA Men’s World Cup is nigh. Here’s how to watch the final games and the first ever World Cup halftime show.

A new study found that social media platforms are referring people to sites where they can create nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes for as little as $1 an image.

À un niveau professionnel, comme pendant la Coupe du monde, entre 75 et 80 % des tirs sont réussis, affirme “Science News Explores”. Qu’est-ce qui explique les 20 à 25 % manqués ? “Parfois le gardien réussit un superbe arrêt, parfois c’est juste une question de chance. Mais il y a aussi la pression de l’enjeu, et elle pèse sur le mental du joueur qui effectue le tir au but”, note le journal scientifique américain.

Arrêtée alors qu’elle vivait avec un visa parfaitement en règle au Pakistan, une journaliste afghane a failli être expulsée avec ses enfants sans autre forme de procès. Elle témoigne de l’arbitraire qui, de l’Europe à l’Asie, frappe les réfugiés ayant, comme elle, fui le régime des talibans.

Plus encore que des adaptations, le poème homérique a infusé nombre de récits et réécritures. “L’Odyssée” est portée à l’écran par Christopher Nolan dans son film le plus ambitieux à ce jour, remarque la presse anglo-saxonne. Si la fascination est toujours intacte, c’est qu’Ulysse est un héros d’une grande complexité. Sortie le 15 juillet.

Enfermé dans une image de superstar arrogante, l’attaquant français a repris le contrôle de son histoire, observe “La Tribune de Genève” depuis la Suisse. Kylian Mbappé et ses coéquipiers affrontent l’Espagne mardi 14 juillet, en demi-finale de la Coupe du monde 2026.

La péninsule monastique, située dans le nord de la Grèce, constitue le foyer spirituel de la religion orthodoxe. Mais la Sainte Montagne s’apparente à un territoire convoité, en proie aux influences politiques et aux fantasmes.

At the current rate of robotics development, you might assume that we’re close to Skynet taking over. However, while we  likely wouldn’t do well in a physical fight against a robot, we can at least keep the bragging rights of having the cooler actuators. Or at least, that was the case before a new actuator came into town — introducing “Electrofluidic Fiber Muscles”.
Traditional robotic actuators use motors of some kind with a variety of gearboxes or linkages to turn rotational movement into usable movement. This isn’t always the most effective way to run some robotics movements, especially when modeling humans. This is why many have turned to pressurized modes of actuation. Though most don’t...

Shiva Naipaul’s newly reissued book of reportage, “Journey to Nowhere,” from 1980, is far less interested in the trope of the charismatic cult leader than in the mechanisms of belief.

“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

In the previous installment on UDP broadcasting and service discovery, the basics of both were explored, including an implementation in the form of NyanSD and its protocol. Contained in the comment section was a very good demonstration of why one of the most exciting aspects of software development is the opportunity to share your latest creations with other people. This being the ability to get solid feedback on all the points – including any potential boneheaded omissions – that you really should address, whether intentional or accidental.
The most pertinent point raised was definitely that of broadcast addresses and IPv4 subnets, with the latter topic especially being something that the sysadmins at the...

Production will stop for two years at the mine which employs more than 4,000 people.

Forget those rickety particle board shelves. The Swedish furniture giant’s new collection doesn’t require assembly and is built to move.Picture this: you’re 19 and you’ve just moved into your first apartment. You have plenty of books and tchotchkes to store so you buy Ikea’s infamous Billy bookcase. It’s the most affordable shelving you could find without scouring Facebook Marketplace for half a lifetime and it fits all your stuff. A year passes. Your rent gets raised, you decide to move to another part of town with friends. You pack all of your odds and ends up into boxes, and break down the Billy to bring it with you. Once you get to your new place, try as you may, the Billy bookcase just won’t...

L'équipe de France lors de la première rencontre du tournoi face au Sénégal le 16 juin 2026 - Crédits : Bryan Berlin / Wikimedia commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Cap sur les demi-finales de la Coupe du monde pour l'équipe de France. Après trois victoires lors de la phase de poules face au Sénégal, l'Irak et la Norvège, les Bleus ont battu la Suède en seizièmes, le Paraguay en huitièmes de finale, puis le Maroc en quarts. Les joueurs de Didier Deschamps affrontent l'Espagne, à Dallas, mardi 14 juillet, à 21 heures (heure française), avec l'objectif de disputer une troisième finale de Coupe du monde consécutive, un exploit que seuls l'Allemagne et le Brésil ont réalisé. Comme lors des matchs...

If you want to stream local media, this free and open source media server is just as good as Plex. But if you rely on remote access or live TV, prepare to tinker.

RGB TVs are the latest hotness in the world of televisions, and I’ve tested many of the latest models to see which you should buy.

If you have even the slightest interest in open hardware e-readers, you’ve certainly heard of [Joey Castillo]’s Open Book project. We’ve covered his efforts to develop an affordable reader that delivers a Kindle-like experience without the Orwellian megacorp trappings for several years now, and watched with great interest as the core hardware has evolved.
So we were particularly excited over the weekend to see the Open Book Touch finally hit Crowd Supply, and judging by the fact that the campaign for the $149 device has already blown past 60% of its funding goal in just a few days, it seems like we weren’t the only ones. As the name implies, this latest iteration of the e-reader does away with physical...

The World Cup replay system has fostered a very contemporary kind of paranoia about who controls the machines.

Trump’s once strong approval rating among Latinos has collapsed, but Democrats can’t count on their support.

If you focus on writing a thousand words a day, you won’t feel overwhelmed by the fact that you’ve been trapped in a submarine for the past year and a half.

Founded in 2010, AnimeFLV has been a dominant player in the anime piracy ecosystem for years. The Spanish-language site is particularly popular in Latin America and served more than a billion annual visits at its height. This popularity didn’t go unnoticed with rightsholders. The site has been on the anti-piracy radar for years and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) flagged the site in its most recent report to the U.S. Trade Representative. According to the MPA, AnimeFLV’s operators are believed to be located in Peru, Chile, and Mexico. In the latter two countries, the anime portal is also among the 100 most-visited websites. However, due to recent changes this traffic rank will likely drop.
“There...

Back in the days when an integrated circuit meant a simple but expensive device such as a 741 or a 555, most electronics enthusiasts made do with discrete transistor circuits. The common emitter amplifier and its variants are the most familiar, but the humble 3-legged device can do so much more. A particularly obtuse circuit is the subject of examination by [lcamtuf], the reverse avalanche oscillator. A 2N2222, a capacitor, an LED, and a resistor, the transistor is the wrong way round, and there’s nothing on its base. Yet the LED flashes, what on earth is up!
The answer lies in avalanche breakdown, the behavior of a reverse biased diode junction as the voltage across it increases. Eventually the electric...

« La ruée sur les ports » (5/16). Majoritairement détenue par le gouvernement de Dubaï, la compagnie est présente dans 75 pays, jusqu’en Afrique et en Amérique du Sud. Elle est le bras armé des Emirats arabes unis pour sécuriser leurs approvisionnements en minerais ou en denrées agricoles.

Le défilé, qui prend place sur l’avenue des Champs-Elysées, entre l’Arc de triomphe et la place de la Concorde, est placé sous le signe du « réveil stratégique de l’Europe », dans un contexte de menaces sur le front est et de désengagement américain.

C’est en lisant un article de l’excellent blog de Gough Lui que j’ai découvert un truc : on trouve de faux hubs USB 3.0 venus de Chine. Et comme ma page de promotions me permet de commander ce genre de chinoiseries, j’en ai acheté un. Le choix d’un hub USB 3.0, ce n’est pas si simple : il y a pas mal de points à prendre en compte. Mais globalement, un hub USB 3.0 quatre ports vaut entre 10 et 15 € quand la marque fait bien son travail, et un modèle avec plus de ports doit être plus cher. C’est un point parfois mal compris, qui vient d’une contrainte technique : la majorité des puces pour les hubs ne prend en charge que quatre prises. Si vous avez un hub USB qui a sept prises (une valeur...

« Un pétrolier a déclaré avoir été touché par un missile alors qu’il quittait le détroit [d’Ormuz] par la route du sud », a fait savoir l’UKMTO. Le commandement américain pour le Moyen-Orient a par ailleurs annoncé que les Etats-Unis reprendraient mardi à 22 heures le blocus des ports iraniens, qui avait été levé le 18 juin dans le cadre de la trêve entre Washington et Téhéran.

Kylian Mbappé et Lamine Yamal vont s'affronter dans un choc très attendu entre la France et l'Espagne en demi-finale du Mondial 2026 - Crédits : Bryan Berlin / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 | Oleksii Liskonih / iStock (montage Toute l'Europe) Le rêve bleu continue. Victorieuse avec la manière face au Maroc en quart de finale (2-0), l'équipe de France se rapproche encore un peu plus d'une troisième étoile, après les titres décrochés en 1998 et 2018. Portés par un Kylian Mbappé étincelant depuis le début de la compétition (8 buts, 3 passes décisives), sans oublier Ousmane Dembélé (5 buts) et Michael Olise, meilleur passeur du tournoi (5), les Tricolores font peur à leurs adversaires. Le...

Les infos à retenir de la trente-troisième journée de la Coupe du monde 2026 avant France - Espagne - Crédits : Wikidasher / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 La Coupe du monde de football 2026 organisée aux États-Unis, au Canada et au Mexique se poursuit et entre dans le sprint final après bientôt cinq semaines de compétition. 16 nations européennes figuraient parmi les 48 équipes en lice au coup d'envoi de la compétition, le 11 juin. Après les derniers matches des quarts de finale, au cours desquelles la Belgique, la Norvège et la Suisse ont chuté, elles sont encore trois en course pour le titre. Les demi-finales opposent ainsi la France à l'Espagne, aujourd'hui mardi 14 juillet, à 21h (heure...

Pour la première fois depuis le début du Mondial, les Bleus rencontrent un adversaire à leur mesure en demi-finales de la compétition. La Roja affiche une confiance née de son titre européen acquis en 2024 et de ses deux dernières victoires face à la France.

Alors que plusieurs communes renoncent à cette tradition en raison du risque d’incendie, ces spectacles pyrotechniques soulèvent des interrogations sur leur coût et leurs effets sur l’environnement.

Plus de 1 900 hectares avaient déjà été parcourus par le feu au matin du mardi 14 juillet. Des Canadair, des Dash et des hélicoptères bombardiers d’eau ont pour la première fois été engagés en Ile-de-France.