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Men’s average testosterone levels have halved over the past 50 years, according to scientists who say society is facing a male fertility crisis. Rising levels of obesity and diabetes are expected to play a part, but the team behind the work suggest that environmental factors such as endocrine-disrupting chemicals – which can be found in various household items – and global heating could...
The animal escaped after apparently arriving inside a package at Meta’s Bangkok office, injuring one employee before finally being caught.
The median cost of a home in the city is now $1.7m, a record high, according to the latest figures.
oumuamua writes: Anthropic researchers have identified an internal activation subspace, J-space, that acts as a functional digital equivalent to the human brain’s global workspace. The significance of this discovery lies in demonstrating that Claude’s internal architecture satisfies five key cognitive properties of human conscious access — verbal report, directed modulation, internal reasoning,...
John Deere has agreed to a 10-year FTC-supervised right-to-repair settlement requiring it to provide farmers and independent repair shops with the same repair resources available to authorized dealers. The deal resolves antitrust claims from the FTC and five states alleging Deere monopolized equipment repair services, contributing to higher costs and delays for farmers. Wired reports: The full...
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are betting on AI, health tech, and startups. Mohamed Salah is taking a more traditional route beyond football.
Meta is rolling out an update that will disable the camera on its smart glasses if the device detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the privacy LED. “The update is meant to address modders who have taken actions such as physically drilling into the LED light,” reports The Verge. “Meta has previously tried to discourage tampering with the LED light. For example, starting with its...
After more than a decade of pushback, farmers and repair advocates have won access to equipment and services John Deere had long kept under its control.
Experiments in using AI to build AI show that the future doesn’t just belong to the frontier labs.
Apple says it will spend $30 billion to design US-made Broadcom wireless connectivity chips, part of its broader push to diversify its supply chain and support domestic chip production. CNN reports: The agreement with Broadcom will lead to the production of 15 million chips in United States and allow Broadcom to invest $1.5 billion to expand and modernize its manufacturing facilities in Fort...
Rain’s newly launched unlimited mobile plans come with a high-spec handset – and plenty of fine print.
Matthew Danzeisen’s lawyer says the case is a “shakedown about a bag” that brushed someone’s leg. Stefanie Bojar says she was injured aboard the jet—and that the lawsuit is a bullying tactic.
The company’s new A.I. image generator has a surprising twist: It allows people to use images from public Instagram accounts.
StatCounter’s June 2026 data shows Windows made up 56.55% of global desktop OS usage, dropping Microsoft’s share below 60% for the first time in years. Linux, meanwhile, reached 4.39%, “one of its strongest recent showings in the company’s desktop OS statistics,” reports Linuxiac. From the report: Apple’s desktop platforms also remain a major part of the picture. StatCounter lists OS X at...
alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: A software developer made a Chrome and Firefox extension called Knockoff that automatically hides, grays out, or filters products from sketchy brands on Amazon, which highlights just how many shady brands are on the platform and how commonly they show up on searches for basic items. In just a few minutes of using the extension, Knockoff dimmed...
As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.
FRANCE — July 8, 2026 — BunnyBlondyX, a French digital creator and online personality, is gaining international attention as part of a new generation of independent creators building visibility through style, creativity, and personality. The announcement highlights how BunnyBlondyX has developed a recognizable online identity through live streaming, visual content, photos, videos, and...
Real usage is supposed to be the thing that protects a crypto asset when sentiment turns. Solana and Polygon are proving that isn’t always true. Both networks are processing more activity than ever, yet both tokens are sitting near multi-year or all-time lows, a disconnect between fundamentals and price that’s become one of 2026’s defining […]
Europe’s General Court dismissed Apple’s challenge to the EU’s designation of its App Stores and iOS as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act. The ruling means Apple remains subject to DMA obligations requiring it to allow alternative app stores, support interoperability with rival services, and avoid favoring its own services over competitors. MacRumors reports: Apple took its case to...
BrianFagioli writes: Valve has released Proton 11.0-1, a major update to its Windows compatibility layer for Linux that makes more games playable while fixing a long list of bugs affecting existing titles. The release restores compatibility for many EA games after a recent EA App update, moves classics like Resident Evil (1996), Resident Evil 2 (1998), Dino Crisis, and SHOGUN: Total War from...
Eskom has reached an important milestone in its nationwide Load Reduction Eradication Programme, with five of South Africa’s nine provinces now free from load reduction. To date, 1 104 225 customers have been removed from load reduction schedules, representing 65.17% performance towards the programme’s load reduction eradication target. Originally implemented to address overloaded local...