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Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine shows the impotence of nuclear weapons

Why haven’t Ukraine’s drone and missile attacks on Russia triggered Moscow’s use of tactical nuclear weapons, as it has threatened? When Russia is attacked time and again, one wonders what purpose it serves to have the world’s largest…

Samsung Unpacked 2026: all the news from the July foldable launch

Samsung is set to reveal a new slate of foldables at this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked, which kicks off at 9AM ET / 6AM PT from London. In addition to a Galaxy Z Fold 8 that adopts a wider form factor, Samsung is expected to reveal an upgraded…

Elon Musk's anti-Odyssey campaign backfires over threat to make AI version of Nolan's epic

Elon Musk's anti-Odyssey campaign has gone to the next level, as the X owner has vowed that his AI social media bot, Grok, will make “a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer”. ETA…

Mamdani promised to arrest Netanyahu if he came to New York. Here’s why he can’t.

From battlefield to bureaucracy, Ukraine's new military chief faces tests

KYIV, July 22 - Ukraine's new top general faces many challenges at a pivotal moment in the war with Russia, from fixing the military's manpower shortage and reforming its command structure to securing an edge in the rapidly evolving drone…

Hackers stole Estée Lauder staff’s bank and health data. The company took nearly a year to say so.

The cosmetics giant Estée Lauder is notifying staff of a data breach after hackers slipped into the Oracle software it uses to run human resources. BleepingComputer first reported the disclosure. Nearly a year in the dark The timeline is…

Uganda: Bobi Wine, From Exile, Says Nup Remains Resilient After Six Years Despite Political Pressure

[Nile Post] National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said the opposition party remains resilient despite what he described as years of repression, as it marks six years since its launch.

Sudan: Hunger, Disease, Dispair - Darfur's Displaced Bear Ever-Mounting Toll of Sudan War

[Dabanga] Darfur / Amsterdam -- The General Coordination of Camps for the Displaced and Refugees in Darfur warns of a catastrophic deterioration in humanitarian conditions across displacement camps in Sudan's Darfur region. Yagoub Furi…

Sudan: ICC Drops Abdallah Banda Prosecution for Alleged 2007 Darfur Crimes After Evidence Collapses

[Dabanga] The Hague -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, has formally abandoned its long-running prosecution of the former commander of Sudan's Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) 'Collective Leadership'…

Visakhapatnam emerges as India’s fastest-growing non-metropolitan job market: LinkedIn Cities on the Rise 2026

How We Built an AI Texture Pipeline for 3D Games With Nosana and Arweave

The Bottleneck in 3D Asset Pipelines ​In high-speed 3D game development, rendering realistic textures and baking assets requires significant GPU power. Traditionally, studios rely on centralized cloud giants (like AWS or Google Cloud)…

This AI-piloted fighter jet takes off with no runway. It just cleared a key test.

A fighter jet that needs no runway is a step closer to flight. Shield AI and GE Aerospace say they have completed engine light-off testing for the X-BAT. It is an AI-piloted strike aircraft, built to take off and land vertically. The two…