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World · BBC Europe

Noskova holds off extraordinary Muchova fightback to win Wimbledon

Czech youngster Linda Noskova recovers from missing five championship points to beat Karolina Muchova in an extraordinary Wimbledon final.

World · Al Jazeera

Noskova defeats Muchova in Wimbledon final to record first Grand Slam title

Linda Noskova's victory over Karolina Muchova makes her the third Czech women's singles champion in past four years.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence

Article URL: https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/07/11/ai-2040.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48874200 Points: 207 # Comments: 251

World · BBC Middle East

US Democrat Ro Khanna says he was detained by armed Israeli settlers

Khanna, 49, was visiting the occupied West Bank when he was held for 90 minutes, he says.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Compromised jscrambler 8.14.0 npm Release Drops Rust Infostealer During Install

The jscrambler npm package was compromised, and simply installing its 8.14.0 release runs an infostealer on your machine. Published on July 11, 2026, the malicious version carries a preinstall hook that drops and executes a native binary, one build each for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Socket flagged the release six minutes after it was published. If you or one of your

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Hackers Weaponize Balochistan Police Portal in Multi-Group Espionage Campaigns

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of sustained cyber espionage activity against several Pakistani law enforcement organizations undertaken by suspected China- and India-aligned threat actors between February 2024 and April 2026. "At Balochistan Police, the compromised assets included servers hosting web applications that manage police and citizen data, such as criminal and

AI · The Decoder

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra reportedly solves a 50-year-old math problem in under an hour

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produced a proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture in under an hour, using 64 subagents working in parallel. The conjecture had remained unsolved for 50 years. Mathematician Thomas Bloom calls the proof surprisingly elementary but criticizes the lack of citations for known prior work. The bigger question remains: Does AI just recombine existing knowledge, or does it create something new? The article OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra reportedly solves a 50-year-old math problem in under an hour appeared first on The Decoder .

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Prefer strict tables in SQLite

Article URL: https://evanhahn.com/prefer-strict-tables-in-sqlite/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873940 Points: 296 # Comments: 139

World · Deutsche Welle

Heat is especially hard on people taking antidepressants

High temperatures can increase the risk of dizziness, dehydration, exhaustion and other heat-related problems for people taking antidepressants.

World · Al Jazeera

England vs Norway LIVE: FIFA World Cup 2026 – quarterfinal

Live coverage and text updates as England play Norway in a quarterfinal clash in Miami.

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign

Multiple campaigns are using ghost accounts to map GitHub organizations, including their repositories and members. The post Ghost Accounts Abuse GitHub API in Mass Recon Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · Al Jazeera

US lawmaker slams Israeli army after settlers detain him on Palestine trip

Lawmaker Khanna accuses soldiers of supporting the settlers, warning that Israeli forces made a 'huge mistake'.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)

Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/leaded-gas-poison-invented-180961368/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873893 Points: 173 # Comments: 115

World · Al Jazeera

Evacuations as landslide threatens Indian village, construction firm blamed

A landslide during heavy monsoon rains tore through the Indian hill town of Shimla, forcing villagers to evacuate

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius: Inside the Circular Financing of the GPU Boom

Article URL: https://io-fund.com/ai-stocks/nvidia-coreweave-nebius-circular-financing-gpu-boom Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873836 Points: 226 # Comments: 73

World · Deutsche Welle

Typhoon Bavi hits China after battering Taiwan, Japan

Bavi has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines.

World · Al Jazeera

FIFA is not an independent sporting organisation; it is a political tool.

Football fans around the world are only now finding out what Palestinians have long known.

AI · The Decoder

Terrorist groups are using every major AI chatbot for attack planning and weapons development

A Cambridge study found that Boko Haram uses AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to plan attacks, build explosives, and maintain weapons. ISIS operatives have been training the group's commanders on how to bypass safety filters since 2023. Given that the study found safety filters repeatedly failed to prevent misuse, voluntary self-regulation by AI providers clearly isn't enough. The article Terrorist groups are using every major AI chatbot for attack planning and weapons development appeared first on The Decoder .

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/california-hawaii-rowing-solo-journey Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873692 Points: 281 # Comments: 93

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

85% say code review is the new bottleneck. Here’s what the AI coding narrative leaves out.

A merge is a contract. The moment a change lands on main, every other team in the organization starts building The post 85% say code review is the new bottleneck. Here’s what the AI coding narrative leaves out. appeared first on The New Stack .

World · Deutsche Welle

Typhoon Bavi: China, Taiwan and Japan face disruption after 17 killed in Philippines

Bavi has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines.

Business · CNBC Technology

The volatile AI trade marched higher, but oil kept Wall Street on edge last week

Chip stocks had a wild but strong week. Meta led our portfolio higher.

Notable Blogs · Seth Godin

Mel’s back

Last year, the recording session I did with Mel Robbins was going so well that her producers asked me to stick around–four hours later, we had recorded enough for two episodes. One never knows how these things will feel until after the fact, but part 2 is live now. I hope you get as much […]

World · Al Jazeera

Hormuz shipping in focus as Iran-US rhetoric heats up

Analysts say door to diplomacy still open despite exchange of attacks and threats.