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Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsIs the Ferrari Luce’s Design Really That Bad? 3 Italian Auto Experts Weigh In
The first electric Ferrari is already this year’s most divisive car. We asked three Italian auto industry professionals to explain where the EV’s design makes sense, and where it …
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsDo You Actually Need to Pay for Transcription Software?
I tested Wispr Flow and various AI-powered transcription software to see whether you should bother subscribing or stick with free services.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsMillions of Bees Have Thrived Under a New York Cemetery for More Than a Century
A walk in the cemetery led to Cornell researchers discovering an underground colony of bees with an estimated population of 5.5 million—one of the largest ever recorded.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsQuilts Are Better Than Sleeping Bags
Tired of sleeping like a mummy in a bag? Improve your backcountry sleep and carry less weight with an ultralight quilt.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsCybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow
Plus: A ransomware group is now stealing data in person, BusPatrol wants to hand its license plate surveillance data to the cops, and more.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsTello Mobile Plan Review (2026): Low Cost, Reliable Service
With inflation and gas prices rising, I’m trying to save money wherever I can. I tested Tello’s budget cell phone plan, and for me, it turns out prepaid can be just as good.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & Startups‘Backrooms’ Takes You Deeper Inside the Internet’s Most Uncanny Horror Myth
Kane Parsons was just 16 years old when he created a viral YouTube horror series based on a 4chan meme. Now he’s ready to conquer the big screen.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsKeychron K2 HE Concrete Edition Review: Rock-Solid Typing
Keychron's K2 HE Concrete Edition sounds like a cute gimmick, but as I discovered, there's a really solid keyboard beyond the absurd choice of materials.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsTikTok’s road to becoming a super app
TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsThis $300 pizza oven can easily help elevate your summer pizza nights
The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ov…
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsAs the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsThe groupthink boom: what three top VCs really think about the AI frenzy
"If you're 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox — but if you're 19, oh my God, this means you're really good; y…
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsI put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but it’s unclear why Google made it a separate product.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsMeta is reportedly developing an AI pendant
Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & Startups‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs
The golden age of Microsoft's Github Copilot appears to be at an end.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsSnap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund
A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsThis weekend’s two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers
The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsSoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers
The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity.
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong to target flavoured tobacco in next phase of controls: health chief
Hong Kong authorities will crack down on flavoured tobacco substances in the next phase of their enhanced smoking control measures, with the health minister describing such produc…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS man asserts if simple teacher and China farmer can grow a forest, world leaders can find peace
A retired American teacher is planning to travel to China in late summer for a reunion with a female farmer he assisted decades ago. In 1999, Ronald Sakolsky, then teaching Englis…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS senator warns of Indo-Pacific risks as Hegseth stresses ‘quiet’ tactics
America’s latest defence strategy worryingly downgraded the importance of the Indo-Pacific, a US senator warned on Saturday, even as the Pentagon chief delivered a speech reassuri…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsWriting’s on the wall for the bond market – for those who can read it
There is a good deal more to the rapid rise in bond yields around the world, not least in Asia, than meets the eye. It suggests a recognition by financial markets that governments…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
Geopolitics17 nations launch pact to protect vital undersea cables amid US, China absence
Seventeen countries have agreed to collaborate on defence strategies for critical marine infrastructure such as undersea cables, an effort that analysts warn may be undermined by …
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsDead humpback whale Timmy brought ashore on Danish island for postmortem
The body of a dead humpback whale known as “Timmy” has been brought ashore on the Danish island of Anholt, where experts hope a postmortem examination will shed light on how it di…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChinese archaeologist who discovered 5,000-year-old city pleads guilty to corruption
Liu Bin, a Chinese archaeologist credited with discovering a vast 5,000-year-old prehistoric city that rewrote the history of Chinese civilisation, has pleaded guilty to taking br…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina launches AI framework to improve ‘black box’ transparency and raise standards
China has pledged to improve the accuracy, reliability and transparency of AI through a new national evaluation framework, as policymakers move to establish common standards for a…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsScheme allowing Hong Kong drivers to enter Guangdong province extended to 2031
The popular scheme allowing Hong Kong vehicles to travel north to Guangdong province has been extended by five years, mainland Chinese authorities have announced, as the initial t…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
Geopolitics5 villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave freed after 10-day ordeal
Five villagers trapped deep in a flooded cave in Laos have been freed, ending a 10-day underground ordeal that relied on expert cave rescuers racing against time to guide the grou…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsJapan PM vows ‘breakthrough’ with North Korea in abduction issue
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday expressed her determination to achieve a “breakthrough” in resolving the long-standing issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Kore…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS agency goes back to the future to take on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The US agency set up to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative is blending national security with development finance to try to secure a critical minerals supply chain, accordin…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong charity calls for foster carers from diverse backgrounds to ease backlog
Hundreds of vulnerable children in Hong Kong are waiting for temporary homes, a local charity has said, urging more households from diverse backgrounds to step forward as demand f…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina dials down rhetoric but regional risks persist at Shangri-La Dialogue
The world faces challenges from “hegemonism” and “bloc confrontation” driven by “certain countries”, China’s delegation to Asia’s premier security conference said on Saturday, wit…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong must remove bottlenecks to grow yacht economy, industry leaders say
Hong Kong should urgently address its bottlenecks in developing a yacht economy by improving immigration procedures, upgrading mooring facilities and curating niche tourism itiner…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsSustained security can’t come from ‘barrel of a gun’: East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta
The world can learn diplomatic lessons from Asean, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has said in a strongly worded rebuke to existing global power structures. At the Shangri-L…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsInaugural Hong Kong Comic Con draws massive crowds and global vendors
Pop culture fans packed the inaugural Hong Kong edition of Comic Con, an exhibition featuring international and local animated figures and products, fuelling hopes among digital e…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsTrump to headline Freedom 250 event after musicians pull out
US President Donald Trump will headline an event commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary on the National Mall next month after several musical performers scheduled to appea…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsHong Kong’s old buildings: 5 lessons for urban renewal
Think of Hong Kong as a living dictionary. Every old arcade, footbridge and mixed-use tong lau, or tenement building, is an entry worth studying. As the city embarks on another re…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsRussia says Ukraine drone struck Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom said on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone had struck the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, causing no d…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsChina and Japan aren’t talking. Will their rare earth trade go quiet?
When China broke out one of its “big guns” in last year’s trade war with the US – an array of export controls on rare earth elements – it helped spur a temporary truce in the pitc…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsEbola shows world unprepared for next pandemic, ex-US CDC head says
The world is not “well prepared” for the next pandemic, Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said, citing the current response to the Ebo…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsAI ‘slopaganda’ and the battle for Philippine political reality
The Philippines is no stranger to politically weaponised memes and internet trolls. What has changed is the way information warfare is waged, now requiring nothing more than a sma…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsUS reverses new rule on overseas applications for green cards
The Trump administration has walked back its announcement that non-citizens seeking permanent US residency, commonly called a green card, would need to return to their home countr…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
Geopolitics‘Sleep with eyes open’: China woman’s bungled double eyelid surgery causes complications
A woman in eastern China has been left unable to sleep with her eyes shut and is constantly crying because of a bungled double eyelid operation she underwent six years ago. The wo…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsMore Hong Kong tourists drawn to ‘mysterious’ Central Asia, travel agencies say
The mystique of Central Asia and its deepening business ties with mainland China have prompted more Hongkongers to choose the region for holidays, according to travel agency heads…
Source: South China Morning Post – World ·
GeopoliticsNew Zealand tells US it lacks billions ‘under the couch’ to raise defence spending
New Zealand does not have the fiscal headroom to increase defence spending to the levels the US might expect, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegset…
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