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Colombia hit by powerful earthquake, governor confirms ‘injuries and significant damage’

Colombia hit by powerful earthquake, governor confirms ‘injuries and significant damage’

A powerful earthquake has struck the Pacific province of Choco in western Colombia, causing infrastructural damage and leaving people injured....

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Is Gemini listening to you? Android users raise new concerns

Is Gemini listening to you? Android users raise new concerns

A growing number of Android and Pixel owners say Gemini has started interjecting in everyday conversations out of nowhere, even with standard hotword...

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Meta launches 'Muse Glimmer' model as Zuckerberg pushes for open-weight AI

Meta launches 'Muse Glimmer' model as Zuckerberg pushes for open-weight AI

Meta has launched its new AI model, “Muse Glimmer,” as part of a strategic push to advance open-weight artificial intelligence (AI). CEO Mark...

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Jeff Bezos consortium nears deal to buy more than 30% Liverpool stake

Jeff Bezos consortium nears deal to buy more than 30% Liverpool stake

Jeff Bezos is a part of a consortium that is “nearing a deal” to buy roughly one-third stake in Liverpool. According to Sky News reported on...

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UK PM Andy Burnham ends 'subscription traps' to ease cost of living amid persistent inflation

UK PM Andy Burnham ends 'subscription traps' to ease cost of living amid persistent inflation

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to tackle rising living costs amid UK inflation.  As reported by The Guardian, Burnham announced an...

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Chinese startup says its brain implant takes just 10 minutes

Chinese startup says its brain implant takes just 10 minutes

Getting a brain implant has always meant opening the skull. A Shanghai-based startup says it has found a way around that, threading its device through...

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UK heatwave warning: 36C temperatures could trigger ‘rare’ red alerts as fifth wave looms

UK heatwave warning: 36C temperatures could trigger ‘rare’ red alerts as fifth wave looms

The UK is once again in the grip of a looming fifth heatwave as soaring temperatures as high as 36C could trigger rare red weather alters as warned by...

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AI agent hacked gym's booking system, incident shows risk

AI agent hacked gym's booking system, incident shows risk

An AI agent hacked a Melbourne gym's booking system, bypassing limits and bumping another user off the waitlist without being asked A Melbourne...

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China opens Arctic ‘Ice Silk Road’ as Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens

China opens Arctic ‘Ice Silk Road’ as Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens

China has turned to a new shipping route through the Arctic in the midst of growing weaponization of maritime chokepoints. As reported by The...

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Sony, TSMC to invest $6.3B in Japan for next-gen image sensors

Sony, TSMC to invest $6.3B in Japan for next-gen image sensors

In a latest update, Sony and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC are planning a massive joint investment of roughly 1 trillion yen ($6.3...

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Google Play Store tests new ‘Expand Everything’ feature

Google Play Store tests new ‘Expand Everything’ feature

Google is quietly testing a new way to browse the Play Store, and it starts with how search results look. The company has begun rolling out...

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Europe’s heat crisis threatens EU economic growth in 2026: Which countries are worst hit?

Europe’s heat crisis threatens EU economic growth in 2026: Which countries are worst hit?

Climate change like the sword of Damocles is hanging low on Europe. Besides human lives, the EU economic growth is at high risk. According to Dutch...

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Who is Will Scharf—Trump’s newly appointed White House counsel

Who is Will Scharf—Trump’s newly appointed White House counsel

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Will Scharf—currently serving as White House staff secretary will take over as the new White House...

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North Korean hackers build advanced AI tools to support cyberattacks: report

North Korean hackers build advanced AI tools to support cyberattacks: report

According to recent cybersecurity findings, North Korean state-sponsored threat groups are actively building, configuring, and deploying localized...

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FIFA defends Gianni Infantino amid backlash over private equity plan

FIFA defends Gianni Infantino amid backlash over private equity plan

FIFA has defended President Gianni Infantino as criticism intensifies over his controversial private equity proposal and growing questions about his...

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Centuries-old ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Sicily coast

Centuries-old ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Sicily coast

Italian divers in a groundbreaking discovery have found an ancient Roman shipwreck off the coast of Sicily highlighting an ancient history to be more...

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Apple makes major move to test China’s CXMT memory chips for iPhones, MacBooks

Apple makes major move to test China’s CXMT memory chips for iPhones, MacBooks

Apple has taken a significant step by testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across distinct product lines including iPhones and MacBooks to...

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Can a privacy phone feature get you federally charged?

Can a privacy phone feature get you federally charged?

A privacy feature built to protect phone owners from coercion has landed an Atlanta man with a federal indictment in what appears to be the first...

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Is GTA 6 Online coming? Here’s Take-Two’s latest hint

Is GTA 6 Online coming? Here’s Take-Two’s latest hint

Take-Two still hasn't confirmed GTA 6 Online exists, but CEO Strauss Zelnick's choice of words during Friday's earnings call did most...

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Hong Kong breaks 140-year temperature record as heatwave intensifies

Hong Kong breaks 140-year temperature record as heatwave intensifies

In a latest update Hong Kong broke the highest temperature record spanning over 140 years after the region sweltered through its hottest day in...

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Lionel Messi's return to Argentina after father's death left fans emotional

Lionel Messi's return to Argentina after father's death left fans emotional

Football superstar Lionel Messi returned to Rosario, Argentina with his family on Saturday after the passing of his father and longtime...

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3 in 5 Americans back tougher social media rules

3 in 5 Americans back tougher social media rules

Six in ten Americans want firmer government oversight of social media companies, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released as Meta heads toward...

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Banks' AI race risks dangerous dependence on Big Tech, rating agency warns

Banks' AI race risks dangerous dependence on Big Tech, rating agency warns

Banks racing to adopt AI could end up dangerously dependent on a small handful of Silicon Valley firms, according to a new Moody's report that...

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Iran sets 'tough' conditions for Strait of Hormuz transit amid regional uncertainty

Iran sets 'tough' conditions for Strait of Hormuz transit amid regional uncertainty

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued sweeping new conditions required for the reopening of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. As reported by...

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WhatsApp tests new update with animated chat wallpapers

WhatsApp tests new update with animated chat wallpapers

WhatsApp's beta channel has been busy this week, with updates spanning group chat management, chat personalisation, and a new tool for labelling...

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US immigration agency ICE to finish nationwide body-cam rollout by end of August

US immigration agency ICE to finish nationwide body-cam rollout by end of August

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has announced that it is on track to complete its nationwide rollout of body-worn cameras to all...

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Taylor Swift mutes Trump TikTok campaign videos after her music used without consent

Taylor Swift mutes Trump TikTok campaign videos after her music used without consent

Taylor Swift's music has been blocked or removed from social media posts shared by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the White House....

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What is Myspace, why is it going viral again?

What is Myspace, why is it going viral again?

MySpace, the site that introduced a generation to profile songs and the Top 8 friends list, is teasing a comeback, and it's got people talking...

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SK Hynix employee jailed for leaking information to Chinese firm: report

SK Hynix employee jailed for leaking information to Chinese firm: report

SK Hynix's former employee has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison following an appeal trial. According to reports by Yonhap News...

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Solar eclipse 2026: Will weather disrupt views in Europe and US?

Solar eclipse 2026: Will weather disrupt views in Europe and US?

Stargazers are all set to witness a solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12 which will be regionally visible across parts of western Europe, northwest...

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Starship recovery 'not looking good' at sea: Elon Musk

Starship recovery 'not looking good' at sea: Elon Musk

Two weeks after surviving its splashdown intact, SpaceX's Flight 13 Starship may still end up lost at sea. Elon Musk said on Friday that...

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Todd Blanche confirmed by US Senate as attorney general

Todd Blanche confirmed by US Senate as attorney general

US Senate Republicans on Saturday narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche to be President Donald Trump's attorney general, capping one of the most...

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Apple lets China Mac users connect Siri to Alibaba's Qwen

Apple lets China Mac users connect Siri to Alibaba's Qwen

Apple has quietly published a guide showing eligible Mac users in mainland China how to plug Alibaba's Qwen AI models into Siri and Writing...

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Gen Alpha expects the 9-to-5 commute to disappear by 2040

Gen Alpha expects the 9-to-5 commute to disappear by 2040

The average New Yorker still spends 53 minutes each way commuting to the office, a habit Mark Dixon, CEO of workspace giant IWG, believes won't...

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Louisiana: Five deaths reported from flesh-eating bacteria in seawater

Louisiana: Five deaths reported from flesh-eating bacteria in seawater

On Thursday, Louisiana health officials cautioned residents to take precautions after a surge in severe cases of Vibrio vulnificus-a type of dangerous...

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Solar Eclipse in UK: Met office reveals best places to watch on Wednesday

Solar Eclipse in UK: Met office reveals best places to watch on Wednesday

The meteorological office has revealed the best spots to witness the UK’s deepest total solar eclipse for the next 54 years on coming Wednesday. On...

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South Korea captures first images of SpaceX Moon crash

South Korea captures first images of SpaceX Moon crash

A spent SpaceX rocket stage slammed into the Moon at roughly 8,700 kph on 5 August, and South Korea's Danuri orbiter was there to catch it,...

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Can sharks help predict hurricanes? Scientists think so

Can sharks help predict hurricanes? Scientists think so

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have turned to sharks for better hurricane predictions and potential intensity of a hurricane before making...

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Microsoft Teams Live Chat feature is being retired

Microsoft Teams Live Chat feature is being retired

Microsoft Teams live chat is being shut down barely 18 months after launch, the latest casualty in a broader clear-out of Teams features this year....

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US Senate passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown

US Senate passes short-term funding bill to avoid government shutdown

The US Senate has passed a short-term financing bill aimed at funding federal agencies through December on Saturday. The move passed by 90-6 votes, is...

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Pentagon releases 41 new UFO Files: Here’s what they reveal

Pentagon releases 41 new UFO Files: Here’s what they reveal

A telegram sent from Brazil in 1963 describing a dead crewman inside a crashed metal balloon is among 41 new documents the Pentagon released on...

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WhatsApp parental controls now easier to find on iPhone

WhatsApp parental controls now easier to find on iPhone

WhatsApp is giving iPhone users a dedicated home for parental controls, making a feature that's existed since March far easier to actually find....

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X launches ‘Original Content Rewards Program’ after ending monetization scheme: Key changes explained

X launches ‘Original Content Rewards Program’ after ending monetization scheme: Key changes explained

X has ended its creator monetization program and replaced it with a new Original Content Rewards Program in a major shake-up. The purpose of this...

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OpenAI warns of critical cybersecurity risk in new AI model

OpenAI warns of critical cybersecurity risk in new AI model

OpenAI has issued a latest warning regarding its upcoming AI model after a series of unsettling incidents of breaching the cybersecurity protocols,...

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Meta hit with $567m penalty over teen safety failures

Meta hit with $567m penalty over teen safety failures

A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and overhaul how Facebook and Instagram operate for young users, ruling that the company...

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Bus driver kicked explosive drone out of the air at German airport

Bus driver kicked explosive drone out of the air at German airport

A bus driver knocked an explosive-laden drone out of the air, potentially preventing an ‌attack this week at a German airport that serves as a major...

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Typhoon Dolphin tracks toward Eastern China after heavy rain drenches Beijing

Typhoon Dolphin tracks toward Eastern China after heavy rain drenches Beijing

Multiple districts across Beijing, issued urgent yellow warnings as torrential downpours struck the Chinese capital, coinciding with nationwide...

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UK to witness its deepest total solar eclipse in decades

UK to witness its deepest total solar eclipse in decades

The UK will not see a total solar eclipse until Sept. 23, 2090, but millions across Britain and Ireland are about to get the next best thing. On...

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White House draws backlash for using Spider-Man as an ICE agent

White House draws backlash for using Spider-Man as an ICE agent

White House uses the superhero as Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” shatters records on box office The White House is receiving backlash...

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Trump targets Switzerland over trade deficit with ‘one pen stroke’ warning

Trump targets Switzerland over trade deficit with ‘one pen stroke’ warning

President Donald Trump has issued a subtle warning to Switzerland over the US trade deficit with the country. In an interview clip on August 7 widely...

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