QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27

Ranking at the top for the 15th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 30 minutes ago

'This was a pioneering achievement': Stone Age people put up posts to observe the solstices near Stonehenge long before the stones of sacred site were placed

The discovery of two ancient holes at Stonehenge suggests people placed posts there to help observe the summer and winter solstices around 5,000 years ago. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 30 minutes ago

May Anime Forever Drift Through the Eternal Shadow of ‘Vampire Hunter D’

The original 'Vampire Hunter D' and its sequel 'Bloodlust' continue to inspire the medium's coolest instincts. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 31 minutes ago

What Did You Expect?

Perhaps this was always how Trump’s ill-conceived war was destined to end. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 32 minutes ago

Is Fujifilm About To Make Fortia the Next Film Simulation?

Fujifilm has become renown for their Film Simulations. On the latest X and GFX cameras, there are 20 Film Simulations: Provia, Velvia, Astia, Classic Chrome, Reala Ace, PRO Neg. Hi, PRO Neg. Std, Classic Negative, Nostalgic Negative, Eterna, Eterna Bleach Bypass, Acros, Acros +Ye … | Continue reading


@fujixweekly.com | 34 minutes ago

RIP ‘The Boroughs,’ Which Netflix Just Canceled After One Season

The Duffer Brothers produced the star-studded sci-fi show that debuted just over a month ago. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 39 minutes ago

The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy

Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos over claims of alleged ties to China. | Continue reading


@wired.com | 39 minutes ago

Self-Own #837: High Tech Hydropower Transmission Trips Up Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fantasy

Hitachi Energy's new HVDC Light® technology is at work behind the scenes of a massive new hydropower transmission line connecting New York City to Canada. The post Self-Own #837: High Tech Hydropower Transmission Trips Up Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fantasy appeared first on CleanTechnic … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Diversity in Streaming Movies Is Shrinking and Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Could Make It Worse

The share of BIPOC leading actors in streaming movies fell to 36% in 2025, down from 51% in 2024. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Day 1975: “A record of America’s failure.”

The U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and start 60 days of nuclear talks; Trump “canceled” the Senate’s plan to quickly confirm his director of national intelligence nominee, directing Jay Clayton not to appear at his … | Continue reading


@whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com | 1 hour ago

Tech founders trade five-star jet amenities for deli sandwiches in new private aviation trend

“The founder way to make their jet seem like a utility and not a luxury is simple." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy

Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Game Developers Neither Surprised Nor Delighted To Learn That Unreal Engine 6 Will Be Filled With AI Garbage

“All of the UE6 stuff is really exciting news if your idea of a video game is turning it into shitty Roblox-core slurry for Fortnite" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 hour ago

If the Illuminati Were Real, Peter Thiel Wouldn’t Have to Start His Own

What's a billionaire to do when faced with the reality that there's no Illuminati to join? Get Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the horn, of course. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

New estimate reveals surprising amount of water tied to typical AI prompt

Water use is often an under-reported part of the footprint. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

A New Mexico county wanted jobs — it got a thirsty data center, a gas plant, and buyer's remorse

The lower Rio Grande now goes dry for long parts of the year. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

41 Years Later, George Romero's Most Underrated Thriller Just Got A Huge Upgrade

The underrated end of Romero's legendary zombie trilogy has a brand new 4K restoration thanks to Shout! Factory. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 1 hour ago

Take a Gander at an Ancient Supernova in the Heart of the Milky Way

The remnants of a star that exploded 1,700 years ago The post Take a Gander at an Ancient Supernova in the Heart of the Milky Way appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 1 hour ago

Inventory, invoices, reports, and cash flow — QuickBooks Premier is on sale for $399.99

Get Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2024 for Windows for $399.99 (reg. $625) and manage inventory, reporting, invoices, and business finances from one platform. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 1 hour ago

All the Secrets We Found in the New ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Trailer

Tom Holland, Zendaya, Mark Ruffalo, and Sadie Sink star in the latest Spidey adventure, out July 31. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Maryland expands warning to all Clover Hill cheese after listeria outbreak tied to death

Animals that consume contaminated food can spread the bacteria around the home. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

More than 900 Montana bison face removal from federal land after Trump administration decision

"The political origins of this reversal are clear." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

iOS 26’s Confusing Hidden Folder Drag Behavior

A TidBITS reader thought he had found a bug in iOS 26 that made apps inaccessible. After investigation, the real culprit turned out to be misleading visual feedback when dragging apps to the App Library’s Hidden folder. | Continue reading


@tidbits.com | 1 hour ago

'They can't even tell us what these mystical jobs are': Fury erupts in Scotland over plans for 2 massive data centers

At the center of the dispute are two proposed hyperscale facilities. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices

Apple is planning to raise prices in response to the ongoing memory shortage. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook says "price increases are unavoidable:" We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we've been t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Customer charged $2,563 for 8-cent electrical tape in Nissan lease buyout scheme, investigators say

The investigation has already led to more than $1 million in penalties against 15 dealerships. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming; now he says the real AI winners won’t be selling AI

Chi-Hua Chien has spent more than two decades as a venture capitalist, but he thinks like a cultural anthropologist. | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 2 hours ago

Apple isnt done with the iPhone Air. Whats in store for the Air 2?

A new Bloomberg report indicates Apple is going to address some of the biggest complaints about the iPhone Air with the next-gen model. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 2 hours ago

Google sues alleged AI scam ring behind 9,000 fake sites, 1 million domains, and 2.5 million texts

The company said those defenses now intercept more than 10 billion scam messages each month. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

The Free and Open Web Is Under Attack at the IETF

The ability to access publicly available information using automated tools is a central value and benefit of a free and open internet. Automated access—often called crawling or scraping—powers important, useful tools for locating, preserving, and analyzing online information. For … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 2 hours ago

Noise Terrorism

From Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers, in which young Italian artists explore sound’s potential as a weapon: The little gang played amplified noises on these evenings at the café, sounds that had been recorded at Lonzi’s apartment by hitting sledgehammers on anvils, or snipping … | Continue reading


@disquiet.com | 2 hours ago

Apple Improves Screen Time for Parents, but There’s Room to Grow

One of Apple’s tentpole features at WWDC was a ground-up makeover to Screen Time that’s designed to give parents more granular and reliable control over their kids’ device use. I got a demo of the changes while I was at Apple Park, and they’re extensive. That’s good because Scree … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 2 hours ago

Scientists Discovered a Fly That Sheds Its Wings and Sacrifices Its Sight

After finding a host and shedding its wings for good, a blood-feeding fly appears to sacrifice some of its vision to better support its parasitic lifestyle. Researchers from Aberystwyth University and the University of Florence have discovered that this major shift in behavior is … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 2 hours ago

Trump’s War on Gigawatts

It happened again. The Trump administration has struck a deal with an offshore wind developer to cancel another round of projects. My colleague Emily Pontecorvo has the full story: The Chicago-based company Invenergy has accepted $765 million to give up four offshore wind leases … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 2 hours ago

Google confirms: These Nest smart speakers have ended production

Google Home Speaker pre-orders are live, but two classic Nest speakers are dead. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 2 hours ago

An Instant Horror Classic Is Expanding In An Unexpected Way

After two great films, the Smile franchise is heading back to the world of comic books. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 hours ago

News: Fujikina NYC 2026

Fujifilm just announced a new Fujikina event in New York City. The three-day event will take place October 16-18. Aside from the dates and city, no other information was included in this announcement. You can sign up to receive more information on Fujifilm’s website (click here). … | Continue reading


@fujixweekly.com | 2 hours ago

America's largest wind farm is going live in New Mexico with a staggering 916 turbines

Energy experts are also focused on how quickly it is turning wind into the state's dominant capacity source almost overnight. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

The Model for Botticelli’s Venus Died at 23

And researchers have a new theory for her untimely demise The post The Model for Botticelli’s Venus Died at 23 appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 2 hours ago

Snap shows off new Specs smart glasses at AWE 2026

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled the company’s new Specs AR smart glasses at AWE 2026, highlighting the future of augmented reality. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 2 hours ago

Google just reset its entire smart home. This speaker is where it starts.

The new Google Home Speaker is built around Gemini AI, bringing more natural conversations and a fresh direction for Google’s smart home ecosystem. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 2 hours ago

Sleek, Durable, and Unassuming: We Review the Wandrd Prvke Zip Backpack

A lot of photographers nowadays prefer camera bags that are built to protect gear but barely look like it. This variation of Wandrd's Prvke backpack takes that to a whole new level.  [Read More] | Continue reading


@fstoppers.com | 2 hours ago

Good Internet magazine pauses publishing

Good Internet only started publishing, both online and in print, about a year ago. News that the founders have decided to cease publication indefinitely is sad for for the IndieWeb/SmallWeb community, whom the magazine supported. Running an online magazine is a major undertaking … | Continue reading


@disassociated.com | 2 hours ago

The Ending of ‘Scary Movie’ Changed So Much It’s Scary

The latest spoof comedy went through multiple iterations to land on its Ghostface reveal and more. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

This $45 Deal Days bundle gets you Visual Studio Pro 2026 plus free coding courses

TL;DR: Get Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 plus 15 lifetime coding courses for $44.97 (reg. $1,999.99) through Deal Days — our answer to Prime Day. Professional developers pay $499.99 for Visual Studio Pro alone. Right now, during Deal Days, you can grab Microsoft's new … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 2 hours ago

Report reveals what happens to Costco's unsold produce

It kept 82.8% of its food waste out of landfills in 2025. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Invenergy says Trump’s offshore wind payout will fund a geothermal push

Energy developer Invenergy is joining America’s race to build next-generation geothermal — and it plans to do so with the controversial new refund the Trump administration is giving it for abandoning offshore wind projects. On Wednesday, the Chicago-based company struck an agree … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 2 hours ago

Hidden Tunnels Dating Back to Henry VIII's Reign Were Discovered at This English Boarding School, Where the King Once Lived

Bones, bottles and pottery were found at the New Hall School, which was once Henry VIII's Palace of Beaulieu. Before that, Anne Boleyn's father owned the estate | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 2 hours ago