Technology

I'm recommending this 14-inch HP laptop to almost everyone in 2026 - even with the RAM crisis

ZDNet

I'm recommending this 14-inch HP laptop to almost everyone in 2026 - even with the RAM crisis

HP's OmniBook Ultra 14 combines a sleek design and OLED display with the kind of performance professionals appreciate.

ZDNet

Wildfire now nine miles away from French city of Bordeaux, mayor warns

BBC

Wildfire now nine miles away from French city of Bordeaux, mayor warns

Thomas Cazenave says they are preparing if further evacuations are issued, as the mayor of a nearby town called the situation "catastrophic".

BBC

Sam Altman deleted TikTok because he could not stop scrolling. OpenAI killed Sora for the same reason.

The Next Web

Sam Altman deleted TikTok because he could not stop scrolling. OpenAI killed Sora for the same reason.

Sam Altman deleted TikTok because he could not stop using it. The OpenAI CEO said on the “Relentless” podcast that he forced himself to learn the app while OpenAI was building Sora, its AI-generated video social network. “I made myself get…

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Drone strikes rock Sudan’s El-Obeid after Army secures highway

Drone strikes rock Sudan’s El-Obeid after Army secures highway

The Army’s rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has for months amassed troops around El-Obeid, attempting to encircle it ahead of an apparent large-scale assault

Saudi says groups in Iraq targeted territory, Houthis claim drone attacks

Saudi says groups in Iraq targeted territory, Houthis claim drone attacks

The Saudi Defence Ministry said ‘terrorist attempts were launched from Iraqi territory and carried out by Iranian-backed terrorist militias’

Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the U.S. military

Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the U.S. military

Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases.

James Comey says seashells post was a political speech, not a threat against Trump

South China Morning Post

James Comey says seashells post was a political speech, not a threat against Trump

Former FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) director James Comey urged a judge on Monday to throw out federal charges against him, arguing that a photo of seashells arranged on a beach he posted on social media was not a call to violence…

South China Morning Post

The Guardian

The Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | Editorial

At a time when the quickening pace of global heating has never been clearer, climate policies are being deprioritised A new and ominous word has entered the vocabulary of firefighters struggling to cope with the vast wildfire sweeping…

The Guardian

What's the difference between USB 3.0 & 2.0 and which should you use?

Engadget

What's the difference between USB 3.0 & 2.0 and which should you use?

The ports look the same, but one is much faster than the other.

Engadget

OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control

OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether increasingly capable AI should be better aligned, better contained, or both.