Families of 43 victims await verdict in Genoa bridge disaster
A large section of the giant Morandi motorway bridge crumbled and collapsed on to the railway tracks below.
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Celebrity influencers paid up to £1m to advertise deodorant on Instagram
The chief executive of Wild reveals what happens behind the scenes of social media posts.
Jim Cramer says he needs 'cold hard' proof that AI is paying off
CNBC's Jim Cramer said he’s looking for companies to start showing measurable financial returns from their AI investments.
Argentina face action over Falklands banner
Argentina face the prospect of disciplinary action from Fifa after their players celebrate the World Cup semi-final win against England with a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.
HP’s OLED-equipped 2-in-1 laptop is a solid back-to-school deal
With storage and memory prices still at an all-time high, we’re happy to tell you about a solid deal on a good laptop when we find one, rare as they are. Best Buy is selling the HP OmniBook X Flip 2 in 1 for $999.99 (usually $1,649.99) with an Intel Core 7 Ultra CPU, 16GB […]
Jim Cramer questions whether Wednesday's rally in Big Tech will have staying power
CNBC's Jim Cramer warned that Wednesday's rally in tech may have gotten carried away from fundamentals.
Visual Studio Code 1.130
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SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions
Article URL: https://mort.coffee/home/sqlite-editions/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928135 Points: 326 # Comments: 151
Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads
An AppleCare Plus subscription for a Mac or iPad will cost more soon, with prices going up by $0.50 per month or $5 per year for new sign-ups while remaining the same for existing subscribers, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Gurman says that under the new AppleCare Plus pricing, "a plan for a new 13-inch […]
Improvements to secret scanning and public monitoring
This week, we’re rolling out several improvements to secret scanning and public monitoring: Resend is now a GitHub secret scanning partner. Secret scanning now detects new secret types from APIclub… The post Improvements to secret scanning and public monitoring appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs, and Ars was there
Union wants to halt a "perpetual cycle" of layoffs, get back to contract bargaining.
Black doctors in England four times less likely to get training places than white counterparts
For one placement, black applicants had a less than 1 in 100 chance of being offered a place, NHS data shows Black doctors in England are four times less likely to be offered a training place than their white counterparts, according to analysis. As part of their medical training, doctors across the NHS are able to apply to placements within specific branches of practice such as psychiatry, obstetrics and gynaecology, and emergency medicine. Continue reading...
Buffett calls Bill Gates relationship with Epstein 'distasteful'
The billionaire investor's firm has stopped giving donations to the Microsoft co-founder's charity.
Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all
Valve has been incredibly friendly to customers who need repairs - which is why it was so surprising to hear that Valve was already discontinuing the battery for the Steam Deck LCD handheld. It would have meant you could no longer just buy a battery from iFixit and install it yourself. Why would Valve stop […]
Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
While an impressive sale, the pen and switch did not break records.
Reducing ultra-processed foods could prevent thousands of heart disease deaths, study suggests
Researchers in Canada say that UFPs could be ‘substantial and potentially preventable’ contributor to the disease Thousands of people could avoid dying of heart disease by reducing ultra-processed foods (UPFs), experts have said, as a modelling study suggests junk food may be driving up to a third of cases. Millions of people increasingly consume UPFs such as ready meals, breakfast cereals, protein bars, fizzy drinks and fast food. Continue reading...
Fear and hope in Utah in the shadow of America's largest wildfire
People in Monticello, Utah have been tense and preparing to evacuate since shortly after the Babylon fire started June 26th
Iran says peace deal voided, fighting ‘existential war’ after US attacks
The US announced a new wave of attacks Wednesday night, amid reported explosions in Bandar Abbas, Chabahar and Ahvaz.
Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines
The convenience store chain will use StorMagic instead.
Argentina stun England in 2-1 comeback win to reach 2026 World Cup final
Holders Argentina will face Spain in the final after snatching victory from England in a highly charged encounter.
xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company's Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood "knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent safeguards, alter nonconsensual images, and generate and distribute CSAM," breaching the […]
xAI sues user for exploiting AI tool to sexualise minors
Lawsuit accuses Terry Harwood of misusing xAI to bypass safeguards and produce explicit deepfakes involving minors.
Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves
The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether a single company can own broadcast stations that reach more than 39 percent of US TV households. In a Breitbart op-ed on Wednesday, Republican Chair Brendan Carr announced an August 6th vote to end the national ownership cap rule, which was intended to prevent one […]
Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.