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Huge blast kills dozens in rebel-held village in Myanmar

Insurgents say it was caused by explosives being used for mining close to the Chinese border.

Iran and US report new wave of strikes in Gulf

Iran and the US say they have carried out fresh attacks around the Strait of Hormuz, the third known escalation in a week.

BBC World World • 6m

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as globally, the area ravaged by flames fell.Catastrophic blazes claimed lives, homes and jobs last year in California, Canada, Europe and South Korea. But the 335m hectares burned was the second-lowest since 2002, the review found, largely owing to the expansion of African farms that have fragmented landscapes and hampered the spread of large savannah fires. Continue reading...

The Guardian World World • 24m

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1582: Llewellen M. K. Boelter

Episode: 1582 L. M. K. Boelter and engineering education at its best. Today, a great teacher.

Houston Public Media Local • 1h

This is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark

Once upon a time, Microsoft had to write off $900 million betting an Arm-based Nvidia chip could power its first flagship Windows portable, the original Microsoft Surface. But today, it's trying again. Microsoft and Nvidia have just announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, a computer with a new Arm-based Nvidia chip at its core. There's a […]

The Verge Tech • 1h

Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’

This fall, Nvidia will officially become a consumer PC chipmaker like Intel, AMD, Apple, and Qualcomm, putting a complete computing chip - not just graphics - into the very heart of laptops and mini-PCs. After many months of leaks, it's finally announcing the RTX Spark, the first in a family of chips that will meet […]

The Verge Tech • 1h

Tech

Dell is bringing back the XPS 13 as a MacBook Neo competitor — with a temporary discount to $599

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AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it

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Everyone Has Their Targets Set on the MacBook Neo

Wired 7h

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Apple’s strategy for smart glasses is the same as smart watches

The Verge 8h

Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy

TechCrunch 9h

ChatGPT for Google Sheets exfiltrates workbooks

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Here’s your first look at ‘A Minecraft Movie Squared’ with Kirsten Dunst as Alex

The Verge 10h

This weekend’s two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers

TechCrunch 11h

‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

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Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

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The Speed of Prototyping in the Age of AI

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TechCrunch Mobility: It doesn’t matter that people hate the Ferrari Luce

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United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name

The Verge 14h

Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis

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1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices

Hacker News 15h

Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch

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Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL

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What happens in Vega$: steroids, swimmers, and a billion-dollar hustle

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United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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On its 40th anniversary, we reassess 1986's SpaceCamp

Ars Technica 19h

M-Audio M Track Duo HD Producer Pack Review: Hot Takes, Cold Opens

Wired 19h

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Huge blast kills dozens in rebel-held village in Myanmar

Iran and US report new wave of strikes in Gulf

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1582: Llewellen M. K. Boelter

This is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark

Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’

US bombs Iranian military sites and Kuwait is hit by drone and missile fire

Polls open in Ethiopia's election that is widely expected to be won by the ruling party

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US bombs Iranian military sites and Kuwait is hit by drone and missile fire

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Houston man fatally shot on sidewalk in East End area

Malaysia enforces ban on social media accounts for children younger than 16

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Jerome Powell uses JFK award speech to warn against political pressure on Fed, courts and schools

Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera dies in Nicaragua after nearly 3 years of detention

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Newark mayor imposes curfew around Delaney Hall after clashes over immigration detention center

Platner's wife calls news coverage of Senate hopeful's sexually explicit texts with women 'shameful'

US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean in fourth attack this week

US

Trump floats MAGA rally instead of concert after musicians drop out of Freedom 250

United Airlines flight to Spain pulls U-turn, apparently over Bluetooth device name

Pence calls Trump's 'anti-weaponisation' fund 'deeply offensive' and says it should be dropped

'Cancel it', Trump says after artists drop out of US Freedom 250 festival

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World

Huge blast kills dozens in rebel-held village in Myanmar

Iran and US report new wave of strikes in Gulf

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

Poland's controversial 'Highway to Hel' 666 bus revived

Colombia presidential runoff pits leftist senator against pro-Trump rival

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Trump seeking edits to US-Iran deal, US media report

Israel seizes castle in Lebanon as it expands ground offensive

Nicaraguan indigenous leader dies after three years in prison

Brazil monitors two patients for possible Ebola infection

Dead whale towed ashore in Denmark ahead of autopsy

Hundreds arrested and dozens of police injured after Champions League riots in France

'Cancel it', Trump says after artists drop out of US Freedom 250 festival

South Africa made to look like fools over World Cup visa issues, says minister

Laos cave survivors help with plan to find last two missing men

WHO calls for community cooperation to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC

Death of Congolese man renews scrutiny of race relations in Ireland

Nigerian retired general abducted with his wife in the north-west

Colombia goes to polls in election pitting outgoing leader’s ally against pro-Trump candidates

Business

Oil rises, U.S. stock futures inch higher as Wall Street looks to extend its winning streak

Jerome Powell warns that politicizing Fed will erode its credibility

My golf buddy dropped me when I didn’t ask him to be my financial adviser. Was I naive?

‘There is zero transparency’: My friend’s sister controls their mother’s estate. How can we stop her from stealing?

‘It is such a fine line’: I am a CFP and see nothing wrong with networking on the golf course. Am I wrong?

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Tech

This is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark

Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’

Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids and Failed Supernovas

How to watch Nvidia&#8217;s Computex keynote

Dell is bringing back the XPS 13 as a MacBook Neo competitor — with a temporary discount to $599

AMD’s new pitch: our old tech is so good you should just keep using it

Everyone Has Their Targets Set on the MacBook Neo

Chuwi Minibook X

Apple’s strategy for smart glasses is the same as smart watches

Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy

ChatGPT for Google Sheets exfiltrates workbooks

Here’s your first look at ‘A Minecraft Movie Squared’ with Kirsten Dunst as Alex

This weekend’s two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers

‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

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The Speed of Prototyping in the Age of AI

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