The Pebble Appstore is filled with stuff, but you don’t need much of it. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky says buyers of its new e-paper smartwatches should know what they're signing up for and trust Pebble to make things right if they run into issues, despite the short warranty. "I think the most important thing is trust," Migicovsky told me in an interview this week. "Do people trust the product that we're making and do they trust the company and the people behind it?"
Migicovsky revived Pebble early last year, after the original company shut down in 2016. The new generation of Pebbles has the same aesthetic, but with updated tech, including larger e-paper...

“Using drones to transport diagnostic samples has significantly reduced both the time and cost of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis while improving access to testing in remote and underserved areas, according to a latest study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Conducted under ICMR's flagship i-DRONE initiative, the study found that the median turnaround time for TB diagnosis fell from 15 days to five days after the introduction of drone-based sample transport. The study also found a sharp reduction in out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for patients seeking a TB diagnosis, with the average cost falling to Rs 91 from Rs 9,451 under the conventional transport system.” From The New Indian...

“Sightings of humpback whales off Rio de Janeiro’s coast are surging as they recover from decimation due to commercial whaling, prompting an acceleration in the demand for whale-watching excursions to spot the huge marine creatures during their annual migration. The species’ population has jumped from around 2,000 to around 35,000 in approximately 40 years, close to their population before whaling.” From Associated Press.
The post Sightings of Humpback Whales Surge in Rio De Janeiro appeared first on Human Progress.

The shift reflects a broader rotation among tech investors as Wall Street has grown less enthusiastic about companies at the center of the AI buildout

Communities are forming around taking down the unpopular license plate scanning cameras, by legal means and vigilante action.

Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output.

The US military says its attacks were intended to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities".

If you missed the action-packed sequel starring Karl Urban in theaters or digital, you can stream it starting July 24.

The prediction market’s Panamanian operation seems odd, even for a company whose CEO had his apartment raided by FBI agents.

“A man who was paralysed from the chest down in a swimming accident six years ago has been able to feed himself and drink from a cup thanks to a brain implant that bypasses his spinal cord injury. Keith Thomas of Massapequa, New York, could not lift his arms off his wheelchair when he agreed to trial the technology in 2021, but after surgery to implant electrodes in his brain and many months of training, he was able to move the limbs again. Researchers fitted Thomas with a brain-computer interface that not only helped him move his arms and hands, but also sent signals back to his brain to recreate the sensation of touch. He has since been able to feel his sister’s hand and the fur on his pet dog....

The RockMow X120H can handle up to a half-acre lawn in just a day.

From a Himalayan lake whose DNA results deepened its own mystery to a Siberian blast that still defies full explanation, these are 20 real places science hasn't fully cracked

Apple Music is more expensive now. In the US, an individual plan now costs $11.99 per month, a $1 bump up from the previous $10.99 price. A family plan now costs $19.99 per month, up from $16.99, and a student plan costs $6.99 per month, up from $5.99. Apple, in a statement to Music Business Worldwide, says it is increasing prices "as a result of rising licensing costs."
Music Business Worldwide also reports that prices gone up in the UK and Europe, and the publication "understands" that hikes are hitting other countries as well. Apple didn't immediately reply to a request for comment from The Verge. Apple Music last got a price increase i …
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Summary: Air conditioning has transformed extreme heat from a major threat into a manageable challenge, helping save lives, improve productivity, and make hot climates far more livable. Since its invention in the early 20th century, advances in technology and rising prosperity have made cooling dramatically more affordable, with the time required to earn an air conditioner falling by nearly 99 percent since 1952. Differences in air-conditioning adoption help explain why heat-related mortality remains much higher in Europe than in the United States, underscoring the role of innovation, wealth, and energy policy in protecting human wellbeing. Heatwaves have pushed temperatures to record highs across both Europe...

Decorative plastic pearls on the tan raffia-strap sandals can fall off, posing a risk of serious injury or death

The NB-G200 model's power cord insulation may be inadequate, and consumers are urged to stop using the appliance immediately

The film critic discusses three notable movies of this summer: Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster “The Odyssey,” the quirky comedy “I Love Boosters,” and the personal documentary “Remake.”

A likely Democratic Presidential candidate says the U.S. must end unconditional support for Israel. Emanuel explains his proposal for Middle East peace, and his position on trans rights.

Cutting water and energy use starts with the washing machine. Consumer Reports tested washers for efficiency and cleaning power

Elon Musk's trillionaire status keeps receding into the distance.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.

Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI?
On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay and David go through the lawsuit, and look at Apple's history of splashy litigation to determine whether Apple is worried about a possible competitor or simply looking to capitalize on a weak moment for OpenAI. All this is happening as Apple ships the public betas of its new software, headlined by the new Siri AI, and we have though …
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“The Food and Drug Administration approved a daily pill on Thursday that can lower cholesterol levels far below what can be achieved with statins, the cheap cholesterol-reducing pills. The drug, enlicitide, whose brand name is Lipfendra, is made by the pharmaceutical company Merck. Clinical trials have shown that it can bring levels of LDL — the dangerous type of cholesterol — down to 50 or 60 or even lower. Adults not taking cholesterol-lowering drugs usually have levels above 100. It works by inhibiting a protein known as PCSK9. New cholesterol guidelines issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology say that people who have an above-average risk of heart attacks or...

Lors de voyages organisés au Laos, les touristes chinois sont conduits dans des boutiques proposant des produits issus d’animaux victimes de braconnage. Une journaliste du “Guardian” a enquêté en caméra cachée sur trafic bien rodé.

For all the hysteria over “woke” casting and ahistorical choices, Christopher Nolan’s epic is on track to make $200 million globally during its opening weekend.

The massive hype for Christopher Nolan's latest film is paying off at the box office.

Nia Archives est l’une de ces artistes britanniques qui repoussent les frontières. Talent émergent de la scène alternative, selon la presse anglo-saxonne, elle crée des ponts avec la pop plus mainstream, et collabore avec Jorja Smith. Sorti vendredi 17 juillet, son deuxième album “Emotional Junglist” mêle jungle et clins d’œil au son des années 1990.

It’s a hot one at both microphones, as Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos wilt in the heat with ice lollies and freezer packs. But still, we persevered long enough to make a podcast.
In Hackaday news, Supercon is on! It’s going down in Pasadena, California, but the talks will be somewhere slightly larger, with a courtyard instead of an alley. Get your talk proposals in now! In other Hackaday news, we still have our Frikkin’ Lasers Contest going on until Thursday, July 23rd.
Interestingly enough, we got a comment on an older article from none other than [Michael J. Van de Graaff], whose grandfather invented the Van de Graff generator and was “quite upset” when plans for a DIY version appeared in...

Kelela “Point Blank”
“Point Blank” is a breakup song in medias res, and listening to the lyrics can feel like overhearing an argument in passing and trying to sort out the details on the fly. Some of it is a little confusing – one can only hope that the guns and bullets mentioned are purely metaphorical – but mostly it comes down to a question Kelela sings in the first verse: “Why’s your love so bleak?” She sounds wounded and frustrated but not fully angry, which maybe has something to do with the admission in the bridge that the guy she’s singing to was pretty good in bed. Buy it from Bandcamp.
Allison Russell featuring Kara Jackson, Denitia & Explore! Pop Choir “Cold April”
Allison...

The discounted Asus QD-OLED in all its glory. | Image: The Verge The Asus ROG Swift 32-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor has almost everything I want in a high-end gaming monitor, most notably a QD-OLED panel for inky black levels and vivid colors that go beyond what’s possible on an LCD screen. Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo have this model on sale for $899.99 (usually $1,299.99). It’s particularly well-suited for fast-paced games with its 240Hz refresh rate, and G-Sync variable refresh rate to prevent screen tearing. This monitor has been available for this price for most of July. We’re not sure how long the deal will stick around for, but Asus is likely trying to move units at a discount so it can...

The UK government said taking the firm into public hands would safeguard "a vital national capability".

De gauche à droite, Teresa Ribera, vice-présidente exécutive de la Commission européenne, Wopke Hoekstra, commissaire européen chargé du Climat et Dan Jørgensen, commissaire européen chargé de l'Énergie, lors de la présentation du plan pour l'électrification et de la réforme du marché carbone, le 17 juillet 2026 - Crédits : Lukasz Kobus / Commission européenne Atteindre 46 % d'électrification dans l'Union européenne d'ici 2040. Tel est l'objectif proposé par la Commission européenne, qui a présenté ce vendredi son plan d'action pour l'électrification et sa révision du marché carbone. Une feuille de route qui était attendue, tant la guerre au Moyen-Orient déclenchée le 28 février...

Eleven people, including children, died in the fire that also injured 19 others.

Le 9 juillet, le Parlement français a adopté un projet de loi sur la justice criminelle, ouvrant la voie à l’exploitation des bases de données génétiques dites “récréative”. “The Wall Street Journal” fait le récit d’une affaire criminelle résolue par la police française grâce aux bases de données de sociétés privées à l’étranger. Cette pratique, aux frontières de la légalité à l’époque, inquiète les associations de défense de la vie privée et demeure critiquée par les parlementaires de gauche.

Londres prépare un couvre-feu numérique et renforce le contrôle d’âge pour protéger les adolescents en ligne.

Des chercheurs attestent pour la première fois la présence d’une atmosphère autour d’une exoplanète qui, par ailleurs, remplit les autres conditions pour l’apparition de la vie. Leurs résultats enthousiasment la presse internationale.

Leaker Evan Blass shared images of Samsung's redesigned Galaxy Z Fold 8 just days before the July 22nd launch event where Samsung is expected to officially announce the phone.
The leaked images show a shorter, wider foldable matching earlier leaks of the Z Fold 8. They also reveal some of its specs, including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite For Galaxy processor, 50MP wide and 50MP ultra wide rear cameras, 10MP selfie cameras on the inside and outside screens, and an advertised battery life of "up to 26 hours of video playback." Blass also posted images of the Galaxy Z Flip 8 and shared images of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra in an email receive …
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Un pro du fitness et de la musculation touché par une fuite pirate de 318 002 documents clients.

Lors de l’ouverture de la 8e Conférence mondiale sur l’intelligence artificielle, qui se tient annuellement à Shanghai, le président chinois a plaidé pour un système global afin de “garantir que l’IA reste sous le contrôle de l’humain”. La Chine, qui a choisi de miser sur des modèles open source et moins coûteux, grignote peu à peu son retard sur les États-Unis.

Un temps délaissés durant la pandémie de Covid-19, les aéroports font de nouveau le plein. Selon l'Airports Council International World (ACI World), une organisation professionnelle fédérant les sociétés aéroportuaires à travers le monde, le nombre total de passagers avoisinait les 8,7 milliards en 2023, tout proche du niveau de 2019. Le constat est particulièrement vrai en Europe, où le nombre de passagers a augmenté de 0,4 % au premier semestre de 2024 par rapport à la même période en 2019. Heathrow à Londres (Royaume-Uni) est l'aéroport le plus fréquenté en Europe en 2025, avec 84 482 126 passagers accueillis. Il devance l'aéroport international d'Istanbul (Turquie) avec 84 437 710...

There’s an interesting thing about retrocomputing — the moment that you realize your 25-year-old machine can do almost everything your average person uses a computer for. The problem is that the average person mostly uses a computer as an internet appliance, and the big missing piece for most old machines is hooking up to the modern internet. HTTPS is good to have, but isn’t so easy to implement when your browser gets megabytes of RAM instead of gigabytes.
That’s why MacSurf by [mplsllc] is so interesting, especially version 2.0 just released-– its explicit goal is to get as much of the modern web onto an OS 9 equipped PowerPC Macintosh as physically possible.
Before you get too excited– no, you...

Promis à la fermeture en 2012, l’établissement bourguignon doit sa survie à une forte mobilisation locale. Le silence, voire l’opposition franche de certains détracteurs révèle le poids qu’une poignée d’entreprises d’abattage, au premier rang desquelles le géant Bigard, exerce sur les groupements d’éleveurs.

Plusieurs navires ont fait l'objet d'attaques dans le détroit d'Ormuz en début de semaine - Crédits : Alones Creative / iStock Un peu plus d'une semaine après la reprise des hostilités entre l'Iran et les États-Unis, les tensions se sont accrues autour du détroit d'Ormuz, où les attaques contre des navires et le rétablissement du blocus américain ont fortement ralenti le trafic. Washington a multiplié les frappes sur le territoire iranien, tandis que Téhéran ripostait contre des installations américaines dans plusieurs pays du Golfe, sans rompre totalement les canaux diplomatiques. Retour sur les cinq informations principales de la semaine, du samedi 11 au vendredi 17 juillet, 140e jour de...

Des pirates affirment avoir piégé une journaliste dans une opération mêlant infiltration, cybermenace et propagande.

Renovated by Workaday Design, the waterfront retreat was made for stormy days by the fire and sunny afternoons spent mastering your kayak.Location: 34098 Brooten Road, Pacific City, Oregon Price: $995,000 Year Built: 1985 Renovation Date: 2023  Renovation Architect: Workaday Design  Footprint: 1,968 Square Feet (2 Beds, 3 Baths)  Lot Size: .22 Acres From the Agent: "Set along the Nestucca River in Pacific City, this remodeled waterfront home was reimagined by architectural and interior design firm Workaday Design, led by Jason Stamp. Recent improvements include new roofing, windows, insulation, electrical work, and a complete interior remodel with an emphasis on clean lines, natural light, and...

Trajets toujours plus longs, coûts élevés et faible rémunération… « Le Monde » et Lighthouse Reports révèlent qu’une série d’acquisitions effectuées par le groupe Bigard et approuvées par les autorités de la concurrence ont restreint drastiquement les choix des éleveurs de bovins en matière d’abattage. Au risque de les asphyxier, et d’accélérer l’industrialisation du secteur.

David Risher insists that Lyft has lowered its prices and that customers who only check his competitor’s app are “leaving money on the table.”

I tested REI’s best new and revamped outdoor gear of 2026. Here’s what’s worth buying, from tents and sleeping bags to coolers and bikes.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Pirates prorusses : caméras exposées et DDoS contre la France servent une stratégie de propagande numérique.

Netflix’s adaptation of the beloved book series tries to take on tougher truths about the Western frontier, but its titular structure leans into an idealized image of pioneer nostalgia.The Ingalls of Netflix’s new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie are depicted as people who want something simple and understandable: a fresh start together in a snug and secure home, which they’re willing to work hard and make enormous sacrifices to build. Consequently, the log cabin where they attempt to make a new life may deserve top billing as much as the actors. The reboot, debuting hard on the heels of America’s 250th birthday, is the work of a team led by showrunner and executive producer Rebecca...

Faire renaître des papyrus antiques de leurs cendres : c’est la promesse faite par l’IA à l’humanité. Si elle semble en voie d’être tenue à Herculanum, bien d’autres intelligences nourries au « deep learning » aident les chercheurs à combler les lacunes du passé. Mais les outils ont beau se multiplier, les incertitudes quant aux résultats fournis, eux, demeurent.

Following the reports last week using the Windows Global Device ID (GDID) in tracking a malware operators behavior, here is a comprehensive write-up about what goes into the GDID and how it is used. It’s worth noting that the GDID itself was not used to catch the malware operator, however once a suspect was identified, the GDID was used to correlate behavior across various Microsoft products on the Internet.
The GDID is generated and assigned during a Windows install, but a re-install of Windows will generate a new GDID. Developer [SmtimesIWndr] tracks the generation and tracking of the GDID through the various Windows libraries and services, identifying where it appears to be created and how it is passed to...

Si vous faites du pixel art, voilà un petit outil qui devrait vous plaire. Pix 2D to 3D prend votre sprite et vous le transforme en modèle 3D voxelisé au format .obj, importable direct dans Blender, Unity ou Godot. Pas la moindre trace d'IA là-dedans, uniquement des maths, et son dev Prashant bosse chez Snaptrude sur du logiciel 3D, donc autant vous dire qu'il maîtrise.
L'idée, c'est de vous épargner la modélisation quand vous montez un jeu en 3D iso ou un 2.5D et qu'il vous manque juste trois caisses et un tonneau pour meubler le décor. Vous dessinez le sprite, vous le passez dans l'app et hop, l'objet 3D ressort de l'autre côté. Votre navigateur ne supporte pas la lecture de vidéos HTML5. Voici...

Un pirate aurait exposé plus de 70 000 données personnelles aprés l'exfiltration d'informations volées à Croqvacances.

Why more people are buying vacation homes before full-time ones, Congress passes the largest federal housing package in more than three decades, and more.At the end of 2026, Ikea will host a marathon through its massive Croydon, England, store, where runners will complete 17 laps winding through the showroom, market hall, and warehouse. The event will raise money for an affordable housing charity, and may even serve participants Swedish meatballs. (The Washington Post) Congress has passed the largest federal housing package in 36 years, aiming to boost housing supply by capping the number of single-family homes that can be owned by institutional investors. Here’s why housing advocates are saying that while...

They form a jigsaw along a second-level terrace, with glass corners drawing in sunlight and opening onto a pebble path planted with succulents.There is a view of Andrea Guerra’s São Paulo house that leaves you awestruck when you notice it, because you feel as if you suddenly understand its depth. From the pool on the ground floor is an upward, lateral view of the second level, where prismlike boxes form a row of small rooms. The vantage reveals the geometry of house, its height and horizontality, and, when the doors at the corners of the rooms are open, the intrinsic connections between inside and out. "It’s a view that still stuns me," says Andrea, two years after moving in. Through the front door of...

Vous avez une TV connectée qui vous crache de la pub, un navigateur intégré dedans qui n'accepte aucune extension, et surtout aucun moyen d'installer quoi que ce soit dessus ? Bonne nouvelle les amis, l'équipe de Puter vient de compiler Firefox en WebAssembly, ce qui fait que ce mur commence sérieusement à se fissurer...
On avait déjà de vieux OS et des émulateurs x86 qui tournaient dans une page web , et là on passe carrément au navigateur au complet. La démo est en ligne si vous voulez tester tout de suite. L'idée, la voilà... vous ouvrez un onglet dans votre navigateur, et dans cet onglet, c'est un Firefox complet qui tourne, avec son propre moteur d'affichage. Curieux de savoir ce que ça...

China said Trump's claims were fabricated and US Democrats said he was paving the way to undermine November's elections.