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Houston doctor urges heat illness prevention as workers battle summer heat

The summer heat isn’t just uncomfortable. It can become dangerous fast.

Warming climate, pollution and unplanned growth push Kashmir’s lakes toward disappearance

Climate-exacerbated heat increases and unpredictable rainfall combined with unplanned urban growth have resulted in nearly half the lakes in the mountainous, India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir region disappearing or becoming highly polluted in the last six decades.

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Exploring PDP-1 Lisp (1960)

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Memory Safe Context Switching (longjmp, setjmp) in Fil-C

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LongCat-2.0, a large-scale MoE model with 1.6T total and 48B Active

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Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right

The 51-year-old daughter of late president Alberto Fujimori secured the top office after authorities spent weeks reviewing contested ballotsPeru’s conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori has vowed to restore “order and hope” after defeating left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez, in the latest victory for a resurgent Latin American right.Fujimori won the 7 June presidential runoff by the slimmest of margins, outpolling Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of the more than 18 million ballots cast, the final results showed. Continue reading...

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Tech

US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree

Ars Technica 3h

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

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South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots

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T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans

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Buying a Mattress in 2026? We Tested 100+ and These Were the Standouts

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After a great start, DC’s new cinematic universe is already slowing down

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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role

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Leaked iPhone 18 Pro photos reportedly wound up on the dark web

The Verge 5h

Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

TechCrunch 5h

US renewable boom passes key milestone in April

Ars Technica 5h

Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants

Ars Technica 5h

.self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

Hacker News 5h

Tidal won’t pay royalties on AI-generated music but isn’t banning it outright

The Verge 5h

At $499, Apple’s M3-powered iPad Air is a good deal

The Verge 6h

Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’

The Verge 6h

Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buy

Ars Technica 6h

Watch out, Amazon: The Kobo eReader now has a Goodreads rival

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Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used

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OpenAI is teasing new hardware… for Codex

The Verge 6h

Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix

TechCrunch 6h

Science

Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge

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Top stories

Houston doctor urges heat illness prevention as workers battle summer heat

Warming climate, pollution and unplanned growth push Kashmir’s lakes toward disappearance

Exploring PDP-1 Lisp (1960)

Memory Safe Context Switching (longjmp, setjmp) in Fil-C

LongCat-2.0, a large-scale MoE model with 1.6T total and 48B Active

Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right

When the odds become real: The lessons left behind in Kerrville

Trump nominates acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to be agency's permanent chief

Water safety tips every Houston parent needs to know after toddler's drowning death

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Houston doctor urges heat illness prevention as workers battle summer heat

Warming climate, pollution and unplanned growth push Kashmir’s lakes toward disappearance

When the odds become real: The lessons left behind in Kerrville

Trump nominates acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to be agency's permanent chief

Water safety tips every Houston parent needs to know after toddler's drowning death

2 Helps You: Fighting for Houston woman after $5K memorial to honor mother is delivered damaged to local cemetery

Nursing gains 'professional' label for student loans after judge's ruling, but theology now dropped

Ashland Specialty Chemicals union workers go on strike at Texas City facility

Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction

Galveston County commissioners approve new precinct map despite criticism from residents

San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits

Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (June 29, 2026)

Brazil, Japan fans turn out for down-to-the-wire World Cup knockout match in Houston

New Mexico governor says state could seek billions after DEA let fentanyl hit streets

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US

Michigan governor threatens to pull troops from D.C. if used for Trump task force

What to know about the looming deadline on North American free trade

'A perfect shot': This World Cup player's remarkable journey to a game-winning goal

Search suspended for six missing after charter boat sinks near Vancouver

Lilo & Stitch star Daveigh Chase's cause of death was Aids

Wheelchair users say private equity is making repairs harder

When resources run thin, volunteer ranchers fight local fires

The Temporary Protected Status program may effectively be over. Here's what we know.

Mother of murdered sailor demands Navy change how it handles sexual assault cases

Supreme Court takes sledgehammer to much of federal government's regulatory structure

Hollywood director gets two and a half years in prison for defrauding Netflix

One big win and three defeats for Trump in dramatic day at Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows late-arriving mail-in ballots in defeat for Trump

JetBlue pilot reports striking a drone while landing at JFK airport

World

Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right

Venezuelans newly deported from US missing after hotel collapse

Lilo & Stitch star Daveigh Chase's cause of death was Aids

'No one move!': The agonising silence as Venezuela rescuers listen for survivors

Osaka pays 'love and respect to Japan' in Wimbledon kimono

One big win and three defeats for Trump in dramatic day at Supreme Court

Aftershock frays nerves as many Venezuelans left to fend for themselves

Six people shot dead at centre for mothers and children in Germany

South African leader warns anti-migrant protesters ahead of unofficial deadline

EU sets up three months of talks with China over €360bn trade deficit

Business

Trump’s weekend Iran strikes keep sparking Monday stock rallies. Here’s what the data shows us.

‘I don’t think I’ll make it to 80’: I’m 70 and single. Do I take out a reverse mortgage or a home-equity agreement?

‘I claimed Social Security at 62’: At 76, I’m working at Walmart. Why do I still owe payroll taxes?

Rocket Lab to take on SpaceX’s Starlink with $8 billion acquisition

Tesla’s stock rips higher after a long-awaited update to self-driving technology

Charter may be making ‘frenemies’ with SpaceX, and its stock is soaring

Most Americans have no idea how close we just came to financial chaos

Value stocks beat growth when inflation is high. Here are 13 stocks top newsletters are betting on now.

Bye-bye, ‘HODL’: Strategy now has a plan to sell bitcoin to raise cash and buy its stock

My sister died and I’m leaving New York to help raise my niece in Colorado. At 33, am I making a financial mistake?

Tech

Exploring PDP-1 Lisp (1960)

Memory Safe Context Switching (longjmp, setjmp) in Fil-C

LongCat-2.0, a large-scale MoE model with 1.6T total and 48B Active

South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots

Scientists find molecular-level evidence for two structures in liquid water

US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots

T-Mobile is booting customers from its oldest plans

Buying a Mattress in 2026? We Tested 100+ and These Were the Standouts

After a great start, DC’s new cinematic universe is already slowing down

Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role

Leaked iPhone 18 Pro photos reportedly wound up on the dark web

Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

US renewable boom passes key milestone in April

Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants

At $499, Apple’s M3-powered iPad Air is a good deal

Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’