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Verizon scores $1 billion Google deal to connect its data centers to dark fiber - but is this only the beginning?

Verizon scores $1 billion Google deal to connect its data centers to dark fiber - but is this only the beginning?

Verizon signs $1 billion dark fiber data center connectivity deal with Google The telecoms company plans to use its fiber assets to connect AI data centers across the US Fiber network growth is replacing copper lines and activating…

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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology

First-in-the-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real people Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law banning “nudification”…

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I built a personal Netflix in three hours using the free Plex app

I built a personal Netflix in three hours using the free Plex app

Wasn't streaming entertainment much easier when Netflix first pioneered the idea? It had a host of new and classic content to stream on demand, to any device, at any time. It felt like the future, and in many ways it was. However, the 2026…

How I use statistics and my law degree to fight human-rights abuses

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02079-2 Some 50 years after exposing gender discrimination in US academics’ retirement benefits, Mary Gray works as a statistician and social-justice campaigner.

Job insecurity is chipping away at me and my cohort. Is it us, or the state of the economy?

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01843-8 The career market is difficult to navigate — and academic achievements feel like they’re no longer enough, says Daniella Watson.

Demand for lithium is surging: here’s how to make mining more sustainable

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02195-z Researchers are looking for ways to extract the metal from underground reservoirs that use less water.

Author Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10920-x Author Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life

Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10939-0 Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging

Fires in Europe are breaking records: here’s what the future holds

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02361-3 Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours hot, dry conditions, scientists suggest.

Daily briefing: ‘Raygun’ AI can shrink or supersize proteins

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02420-9 The tool can add, remove or swap protein subunits using similar steps to natural evolution. Plus, spin qubits are back in the quantum race and the drugs that could…

TechnologyJul 29, 2026 · 1 min

BTS pulls out of Grammys after Asian pop category introduction

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BTS pulls out of Grammys after Asian pop category introduction

"We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year," BTS members said in coordinated posts on their individual Instagram accounts. "We hope that music is heard and loved for what it is, rather than being defined by region or language."

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