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  • We asked, you answered: How do you stay cool without air conditioning?
    How do you cool down without air conditioning? Our readers respond with clever hacks involving towels, ice packs ? anc pickle.

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  • Team USA wins its first medal of the Paris Summer Olympics
    Divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook won the first U.S. medal of the Paris Olympics: a silver in the 3-meter synchronized springboard. It's the first time the U.S. has medaled in the event since 2012.

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  • Opinion: Think you have a rough travel story? Try 52 days stuck in space
    Two astronauts have been hanging out on the International Space Station since last month, waiting for the Boeing capsule that got them there to be repaired to bring them home.

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  • Sig Sauer guns hanging on soldiers? hips may be firing without trigger pull
    On military bases from Virginia to the Middle East, pistols made by New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer have allegedly fired without a trigger pull, seriously wounding soldiers in some instances.

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  • Athletes floated down the Seine at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics
    The Paris Olympic opening ceremony delivered an amazing spectacle. Thousands of athletes floated down the Seine as more than 400,000 people lined the banks to take it all in.

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  • Justice Department defends law calling for TikTok to change ownership or face ban
    An update on the US government's new TikTok law. It aims to force the Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a ban.

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  • Week in politics: A presidential withdrawal, a historic week
    From President Biden's announcement that he won't seek reelection to his Oval Office address, this week has been a historic one in presidential politics.

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  • The Biden administration is wrapping up negotiations to lower prescription drug prices
    The first price negotiations between Medicare and drug companies has been underway since February. What do we know about how it's going?

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  • Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016. Could 2024 be the year the blue state flips?
    Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick JD Vance campaign in Minnesota Saturday. The traditionally blue state may be competitive this year.

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  • The Crowdstrike outage showed the vulnerability of the cloud
    Experts say the services companies like Crowdstrike supply are in the hands of too few providers that are themselves too interconnected.

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  • Israeli strike on Gaza school 'kills 30'
    More than 100 were injured, the Hamas-run health ministry said, adding that most victims were children.

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  • Summer Covid wave and whooping cough may explain why people feel grotty
    Why some people are saying they've been ill all year.

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  • Canadians mourn as Jasper, jewel of the Rockies, burns
    The wildfire destruction to Jasper National Park has reverberated across all of Canada.

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  • Questions surround German man sentenced to death in Belarus
    A heavily choreographed video shows Rico Krieger apparently confessing to planting explosives, but there is no direct evidence shown.

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  • Cineworld to shut six branches as part of restructure
    The cinema giant has announced six sites in the UK that it plans to close as part of a restructure.

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  • Three members of family gospel group die in plane crash
    The youngest member of The Nelons - who was not on board - confirmed the death of her parents and sister.

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  • Are the UK's finances really worse than expected?
    Rachel Reeves is set to reveal a public finances shortfall of billions on pounds after a snap audit.

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  • Why school exclusions are at record levels
    Exclusions in schools in England are sky-high - but experts say it's about more than worsening behaviour.

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  • France trains cancelled as hunt for vandals continues
    Thousands more passengers could face delays or cancellations after an arson attack on France's train network on Friday.

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  • Three ways Trump is trying to end the Harris honeymoon
    Kamala Harris is riding a wave of momentum, but Republicans sense vulnerabilities they can exploit.

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rss: the register

  • The secret to better weather forecasts may be a dash of AI

    Google adds machine learning to climate models for 'faster forecasts'

    Climate and weather modeling has long been a staple of high-performance computing, but as meteorologists look to improve the speed and resolution of forecasts, machine learning is increasingly finding its way into the mix.?



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  • No, really, please ban Chinese DJI drones from America's skies, senators are urged

    Previous outlawing attempt flew off, will this one stick the landing?

    US senators have been asked again to consider banning the use of drones made by Chinese manufacturer DJI in American airspace after a previous attempt to outlaw the machines was dropped.?



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  • Kamala Harris' $7M support from LinkedIn founder comes with a request: Fire Lina Khan

    FTC boss must be doing something right if folks will pay to get her binned

    LinkedIn cofounder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman was quick to express support for Kamala Harris' bid for the US presidency this year after incumbent Joe Biden stepped aside, and now the reason has become clear: He's hoping she'll fire FTC boss and Big Tech arch-critic Lina Khan.?



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  • Video game actors strike because they fear an attack of the AI clones

    You wouldn't download a performer

    Actors are back on strike for an entirely unsurprising reason: Studios aren't willing to give video game actors enough protection from artificial intelligence. ?



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  • iPhone kicked out of China?s top 5 smartphone brands as domestic market bounces back

    Chinese brands ascendant in the country?s phone market, but Apple?s exile might only be temporary

    For the first time in a while, the top five smartphone vendors in China are all native, with Apple's position falling to sixth place.?



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  • CrowdStrike meets Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong will

    And boy, did last Friday's Windows fiasco ever prove that yet again

    Opinion CrowdStrike's recent Windows debacle will surely earn a prominent place in the annals of epic tech failures. On July 19, the cybersecurity giant accomplished what legions of hackers could only dream of ? bringing millions of Windows systems worldwide to their knees with a single botched update.?



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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure

    Cracked line blamed for leak

    SpaceX aims to resume launching the Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to let the company return to flight operations.?



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  • Intel nabs Micron exec to oversee foundry business ambitions

    Memory veteran to help Gelsinger and co with longstanding internal/external contract manufacturing plans

    Intel is set to hire an executive from memory chipmaker Micron to head its foundry biz as the company pursues its strategy of turning its former internal manufacturing operations into a money-spinning concern.?



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  • Happy Sysadmin Day, the Bitlocker keys are in a bowl on top of the fridge

    Vote below for the best way to celebrate our underappreciated heroes

    Seven days after CrowdStrike's bad update took down Windows-based computers around the world, System Administrator Appreciation Day has arrived. And what lovely gifts did your employer spoil you with today? Shares in the company? A brand new Cybertruck? A USB stick??



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  • Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended

    Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days

    The crew of the Boeing Starliner will spend the summer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA and Boeing refused to set a return date for the craft.?



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rss: ars technica

  • It?s not just us: Other animals change their social habits in old age
    Long-term studies reveal what elderly deer, sheep, and macaques are up to in their later years.

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  • The Summit 1 is not peak mountain bike, but it?s a great all-rounder
    Great price, a solid all-around bike, but not everything you might want from an MTB.

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  • SpaceX roars back to orbit barely two weeks after in-flight anomaly
    "It was incredible to see how quickly the team was able to identify the cause of the mishap."

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  • People are overdosing on off-brand weight-loss drugs, FDA warns
    Bad math and unclear directions are behind overdoses of up to 20 times the normal amount.

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  • NASA nears decision on what to do with Boeing?s troubled Starliner spacecraft
    Boeing won't start flying operational crew missions with Starliner until a year from now.

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  • Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture training
    Use of motion-capture actors' performances for AI training is a sticking point.

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  • AI and ML enter motorsports: How GM is using them to win more races
    From modeling tire wear and fuel use to predicting cautions based on radio traffic.

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  • ISPs seeking government handouts try to avoid offering low-cost broadband
    Despite getting subsidies, ISPs oppose $30 plans for people with low incomes.

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  • X is training Grok AI on your data?here?s how to stop it
    Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in.

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  • Astronomers find first emission spectra in brightest GRB of all time
    Chance that first detected emission line is a noise fluctuation is one in half a billion.

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