BBC News

  1. Violent Channel smuggling gang's French and UK network exposed by undercover BBC investigation
  2. Watch: Secret filming shows Channel gang associates take payment at UK station
  3. Titan implosion that killed all five on board was 'preventable', says report
  4. Clintons asked to testify in congressional Epstein investigation
  5. Police deny Reform council leader's claims of rape case 'cover-up'
  6. What are the rules around police giving out a suspect's nationality?
  7. Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral decline on record
  8. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars lead VMA nominations
  9. Bridgerton actress tells BBC she's agoraphobic after phone theft that went viral
  10. Family in tribute to Oasis fan who died at Wembley
  11. Netanyahu to propose full reoccupation of Gaza, Israeli media report
  12. Couple detained in Iran allowed first call home
  13. Rwanda says it has agreed to take up to 250 migrants from the US
  14. How a Texas showdown could reshape Congress - and Trump's presidency
  15. Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb

Hacker News

  1. Open models by OpenAI
  2. Base64 encoded JSON, certificates, and private keys
  3. Genie 3: A new frontier for world models
  4. Ollama Turbo
  5. New Database Reveals 1.5M Pages of Once-Secret Police Use of Force Records
  6. OpenAI Harmony
  7. uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari
  8. Consider using Zstandard and/or LZ4 instead of Deflate
  9. Introducing gpt-oss
  10. Claude Opus 4.1
  11. Things that helped me get out of the AI 10x engineer imposter syndrome
  12. Show HN: Whittle – A Shrinking Word Game
  13. Build Your Own Lisp
  14. Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' alarming analysis finds
  15. The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now)

r/Reddit Frontpage

  1. Trump yells from White House roof in bizarre impromptu press conference
  2. ▶Bears fans in Rome gave Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV a shirt that says "Da Pope"
  3. This Gradient of Tomatoes from My Garden
  4. Adult Games Are Only The Beginning, Grand Theft Auto And Saints Row Reportedly "At Risk" Of Being Delisted By Payment Processors
  5. Michelle Obama as a young student at Princeton University in the early 1980s
  6. North Korea's current leader Kim Jong-un with his first teacher, 1990
  7. Sorry boss, I can't work today. My cat looks like this 😭
  8. Christians are more self-compassionate than atheists, but also more narcissistic, suggests a new study.
  9. Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published
  10. White House FCC Abandons Efforts To Make U.S. Broadband Fast And Affordable
  11. TIL: Hanna-Barbera gave characters like Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble necklaces not just for style—but to save money. The necklaces created a visual break b…
  12. New Image of Alan Ritchson in 'Motor City' - When a 70s-era everyman is framed by a ruthless local gangster, he emerges from prison determined to reclaim his li…
  13. Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested, adding to tensions with Trump
  14. Teenage workers save restaurant as owner spends months in hospital
  15. ▶You've Been Trumped Too (2020) The film the Trump Organization tried to suppress [1:18:54]

Lobsters

  1. Gleam v1.12.0 released
  2. Markdown Monster
  3. What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?
  4. TIL that You can spot base64 encoded JSON, certificates, and private keys
  5. Every reason why I hate Ai
  6. Lisp interpreter with GC in 662 lines of Odin (and <500 lines of C)
  7. Quickshell, building blocks for your desktop
  8. How Perplexity is Evading Anti-crawling Measures
  9. Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks
  10. No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive
  11. Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.0 with Debian 13 released
  12. What are you doing this week?
  13. Have you ever regretted open-sourcing something?
  14. Rod Burstall: In Memoriam
  15. Getting Started with Randomised Testing

Slashdot

  1. Retraction-Prone Editors Identified at Megajournal PLoS ONE
  2. OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
  3. Three US Agencies Get Failing Grades For Not Following IT Best Practices
  4. Wikipedia Editors Adopt 'Speedy Deletion' Policy for AI Slop Articles
  5. 'No One Cares' About Elite Degrees at Palantir, CEO Tells Investors
  6. Microsoft Teases the Future of Windows as an Agentic OS
  7. AI Is Listening to Your Meetings. Watch What You Say.
  8. Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on Google
  9. Deadly Titan Submersible Implosion Was Preventable Disaster, Coast Guard Concludes
  10. An Illinois Bill Banning AI Therapy Has Been Signed Into Law
  11. Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds
  12. Man Controls iPad With His Mind Using Synchron Brain Implant
  13. NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Mission Ends In Disappointment
  14. US To Expedite Plan For Nuclear Reactor On the Moon
  15. Google Agrees To Pause AI Workloads To Protect the Grid When Power Demand Spikes

Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

  1. UX Job Interview Helpers
  2. Stories Of August (2025 Wallpapers Edition)
  3. The Core Model: Start FROM The Answer, Not WITH The Solution
  4. Web Components: Working With Shadow DOM
  5. Designing Better UX For Left-Handed People
  6. Handling JavaScript Event Listeners With Parameters
  7. Why Non-Native Content Designers Improve Global UX
  8. Tiny Screens, Big Impact: The Forgotten Art Of Developing Web Apps For Feature Phones
  9. Design Patterns For AI Interfaces
  10. Unmasking The Magic: The Wizard Of Oz Method For UX Research
  11. Droip: The Modern Website Builder WordPress Needed
  12. Design Guidelines For Better Notifications UX
  13. CSS Intelligence: Speculating On The Future Of A Smarter Language
  14. Turning User Research Into Real Organizational Change
  15. Never Stop Exploring (July 2025 Wallpapers Edition)

The Onion

  1. Pregnant Women Turned Away From ERs Despite Federal Law
  2. Coworker Asks If Woman Interested In Reliving Childhood Trauma On Work Volleyball Team
  3. Hormel Introduces New Chili Formula For Mothers Who Can’t Produce Own Chili
  4. Study Finds Repeatedly Patting Thighs Still Remains Best Way To Get Sat On
  5. Trump Campaign Hacked By Iran
  6. J.D. Vance Accuses Tim Walz Of Stolen Valor For Wearing ‘Grill Master’ Apron
  7. Newly Sober God Admits He Has No Recollection Of Creating Universe
  8. Crush Not Texting You Because His Feelings So Strong That They Scare Him, Finds Imaginary Study
  9. Tim Walz: ‘I Have Killed, And I Will Kill Again’
  10. R. Kelly Petitions Supreme Court To Watch Him Pee
  11. Third Person Dies In Boar’s Head Deli Meat Listeria Outbreak
  12. Sofa So Good
  13. Tim Walz: A Career Timeline
  14. Study: Gen Z Having Less Sex Due To Allure Of Leftovers At Home
  15. Dr. Scholl’s Recalls All Products After Announcing Only Way To Fix Flat Feet Is With Eugenics

WIRED

  1. OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
  2. Claude Fans Threw a Funeral for Anthropic’s Retired AI Model
  3. TikTok Promotes Stickers for Secretly Recording Meta Ray-Ban Video
  4. The Best Samsung Galaxy S25 Cases (2025): S25, S25+, S25 Ultra, and S25 Edge
  5. 11 Best Chromebooks of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
  6. The 9 Best Chef’s Knives (2025), Tested and Reviewed
  7. 14 Best Beauty Box Subscriptions, Tested for Months (2025)
  8. How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra
  9. Samsung Promo Codes: 30% Off | August 2025
  10. HP Coupon Codes and Deals: Up to 60% Off | August 2025
  11. LegalZoom Promo Code: Exclusive 10% Off LLC Formations
  12. HelloFresh Coupon Codes: 55% Off + Free Meals - August 2025
  13. Hungryroot Coupon Codes: 30% Off in August 2025
  14. Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
  15. 8 Best Handheld Gaming Consoles (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Core77

  1. The Petersen Museum's Exhibition on Wedge-Shaped Cars
  2. Better UX Than Roadside Flares: LED-Equipped Lizard Flares
  3. Shadow Tool Staging Systems: More Efficient Than Drawers
  4. A Beautiful, Bizarrely Tiny EDC Folding Knife
  5. How You Can Make Even a Pencil Sharpener Go Viral
  6. Horl's Scissors Have an Unusual Feature Designed to Make Sharpening Simple
  7. Yamazaki Home's Magnetic Tape Dispenser
  8. A 2x4-Sized Smartphone
  9. Core77 Weekly Roundup (7-28-25 to 8-1-25)
  10. A Torpedo Level That Changes Color When It's Level or Plumb
  11. Heller Figures Out How to Make Plastic Furniture That Doesn't Shed Microplastics
  12. A Game-Changing Tool Design: Powered Fence Post Drivers
  13. New Book: "How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity"
  14. Why Industrial Facility Designed the Humble-Looking Hiroi Chair
  15. ARES' Brilliant, Low-Tech Energy Storage System Uses Recycled Materials, Gravity and Rocks

MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories

  1. Macintosh HD Gets a New Look in Latest macOS Tahoe Beta
  2. Apple Releases Updated MagSafe Charger Firmware
  3. iOS 26 Beta Reveals Apple Watch Ultra 3 Display Size
  4. Apple Seeds Fifth Developer Betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26
  5. Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Tahoe to Developers
  6. Apple Launches Early Preview of ChatGPT-Like Support Assistant
  7. Apple Seeds Fifth watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 Developer Betas
  8. Employees Arrested Over Alleged Theft of Chip Tech for Apple A20 Chip
  9. iOS 26: Extend iPhone Battery Life With Adaptive Power Mode
  10. Apple Watch SE Available for $169 Record Low Price on Amazon
  11. Apple Support App to Offer New ChatGPT-Like Feature [Updated]
  12. Adobe Takes 40% Off Creative Cloud Pro for Your First Year
  13. iPhone 17 Pro Launching Next Month With These 12 New Features
  14. No WhatsApp? No Problem – Guest Chats Are Coming
  15. New Apple TV Still Launching This Year

Ars Technica - All content

  1. Grok generates fake Taylor Swift nudes without being asked
  2. Roku gets frugal with the content and price of its new streaming service
  3. Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Cisco
  4. Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds
  5. OpenAI offers 20 million user chats in ChatGPT lawsuit. NYT wants 120 million.
  6. OpenAI announces two “gpt-oss” open AI models, and you can download them today
  7. Report: Intel struggles with new 18A process as it cuts workers and cancels projects
  8. 2025 Morgan Plus Four review: Apparently, they do still make them like this
  9. Invasion S3 trailer hints the series is finally finding its stride
  10. Rivian tells Ohio: Stop blocking us from selling cars to your citizens
  11. Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi
  12. DeepMind reveals Genie 3 “world model” that creates real-time interactive simulations
  13. “Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally
  14. Lunar Outpost celebrates release of Lego Moon Rover Space Vehicle
  15. Is the Dream Chaser space plane ever going to launch into orbit?

Boing Boing

  1. Beleaguered co-owner of "Trump Burger" faces deportation
  2. Convicted rapist still a lawmaker in New South Wales' parliament
  3. US Park Service to restore statue of traitor
  4. Ice Cream trucks: "A clear and present danger to children" (video)
  5. Live action Fortnite and Power Rangers trailer features Voltron
  6. Giant settlements backfiring on universities as Trump comes back for more
  7. Bizarre: Trump seen "taking a little walk" on top of the White House roof (video)
  8. PvP wizard simulator requires you to cast spells with your actual voice
  9. USDA uses Marriage Story screaming match to scare wolves in Yellowstone
  10. Man celebrates 100 days of continuous cooking with his beloved perpetual stew
  11. Baldur's Gate 3 is two years old, so the devs are sharing players' weirdest stats
  12. Inside the world of weaverbirds: nature's most meticulous nest builders
  13. Remarkable new statue found on Easter Island
  14. Federal court rules Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional
  15. "Boys Go to Jupiter" turns food delivery into a gelatinous animated adventure

Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics

  1. Florida is suing several porn companies over age verification
  2. Intel's next-gen manufacturing process is reportedly still struggling
  3. ElevenLabs launches its own royalty-free AI music service
  4. Motorola and Swarovski team up for a super fancy Razr
  5. This Anker 10K Qi2 magnetic power bank is on sale for $60 right now
  6. Lenovo ThinkPad X9-14 Aura Edition review: A solid business laptop with some quirks
  7. Surprising no one, Grok's image and video generator now has an NSFW 'spicy' mode
  8. OpenAI's first new open-weight LLMs in six years are here
  9. Google's Pixel Watch 4, Fold Pro 10 and Buds 2a are rumored to launch later than the rest of its new gear
  10. Fox One streaming service launches August 21
  11. Google's NotebookLM is now available for younger users
  12. WhatsApp adds new warning about potential group chat messaging scams
  13. Roku's new Howdy service offers ad-free streaming for $3 per month
  14. Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists
  15. Xbox Game Pass additions for August include Assassin’s Creed Mirage

The Register

  1. Hollywood plays unwitting Cameo in Kremlin plot to discredit Zelensky
  2. To be, or not to be, in the office. Has returning to work stalled?
  3. Google's Project Ellman: Merging photo and search data to create digital twin chatbot
  4. Competing Section 702 surveillance bills on collision path for US House floor
  5. Musk takes SEC 'Twitter sitter' consent decree appeal to US Supreme Court
  6. Microsoft to intro dedicated mode for Cloud PCs
  7. AMD thinks it can solve the power/heat problem with chiplets and code
  8. Open source forkers stick an OpenBao in the oven
  9. Uncle Sam plows $42M into nurturing fusion breakthrough
  10. Datacenters feeling the heat to turn hot air into cool solutions
  11. That call center tech scammer could be a human trafficking victim
  12. Messed up metadata could be to blame for Microsoft's Windows printer woes
  13. Time for a Geeko remix: openSUSE is looking for a new logo
  14. Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI now in competition regulator's sights
  15. Systemd 255 is here with improved UKI support

The Next Web

  1. In recruitment, an AI-on-AI war is rewriting the hiring playbook
  2. Why Europe could quietly win the humanoid race
  3. Can Europe’s AI rules turn worker protections into a competitive edge?
  4. Why traditional VC is failing deep tech — and what can fix it
  5. Browzwear snaps up Dutch AI fashion model startup Lalaland
  6. Cleo launches new ‘AI money coach’ to help fix your spending habits
  7. Proton VPN rises to top UK app charts as porn age checks kick in
  8. A satellite just used AI to make its own decisions in space — and NASA’s stoked
  9. Swiss startup says its AI weather forecaster beats Microsoft, Google
  10. Vibe coding platform Lovable becomes fastest-growing software startup ever

Lifehacker

  1. Why Your Fitbit Sleep Score Just Got Worse
  2. This Sony Karaoke Speaker Is on Sale for $400 on Woot! Right Now
  3. Google Is Killing Most of Its Shortlinks
  4. I’m a Marathon Runner, and This Is My Favorite Stair Stepper Workout
  5. The 10 Best Shows Like 'Stranger Things' You Should Watch Next
  6. Here's Why ChatGPT Is Now Reminding You to Take a Break
  7. My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Google Pixel 9a
  8. You Can Get Microsoft Office Pro 2021 on Sale for Just $50 Right Now
  9. iOS 26's New Phone App Will Remind You to Return Missed Calls
  10. How to Use the New ChatGPT Agent, If You Trust It
  11. You Can Get This Budget-Friendly iPad Air on Sale for $170 Right Now
  12. That Phone Call About Missing Jury Duty Is Probably a Scam
  13. What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: The Disappearance of Julian Brown
  14. These Reliable Sony Earbuds Are on Sale for Only $35 Right Now
  15. The Top-Rated Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Is $200 Off Right Now

NYT > World News

  1. Jeju Air Plane Crash Highlights Decades of Blunders and Deadly Runway Wall
  2. UN Security Council Meets to Discuss Israel-Gaza War and Hostages
  3. China Wages War on Chikungunya Virus With Drones and ‘Elephant Mosquitoes’
  4. Bite Club: The Fraternity That Awaits You After a Shark Attack
  5. Flash Floods in Indian Himalayas Kill 4, and Dozens Are Missing
  6. Rwanda Agrees to Accept 250 Migrants as Part of Trump Deportation Plan
  7. On Gaza, Germany’s Government Faces Pressure From All Sides
  8. Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City
  9. Tommy Robinson, Far-Right UK Activist, Is Arrested Over Train Station Assault
  10. Photos: What Atomic Bombs Did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  11. Norway’s Hedged Bet on Europe’s Energy Future: A Garbage Disposal for Emissions
  12. Stella Rimington, 1st Woman to Lead U.K.’s MI5, Dies at 90
  13. A Weakened Hezbollah Resists Pressure to Give Up Its Weapons
  14. El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others
  15. British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism

The Verge

  1. The best laptop deals you can get right now
  2. Here are the best streaming service deals available right now
  3. Google Gemini can now create AI-generated bedtime stories
  4. OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run on your laptop
  5. Sony’s noise-canceling WH-1000XM6 are discounted to their Prime Day low
  6. This retro camcorder upgrades Super 8 film cameras with modern conveniences
  7. Grok’s &#8216;spicy&#8217; video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes
  8. Google’s Pixel 9A is cheaper than ever right now
  9. WhatsApp will show a ‘safety overview’ before you join unknown group chats
  10. Roku’s new ad-free video service only costs $2.99 per month

DEV Community

  1. Securing a VPS: Essential Hardening Steps for Web Developers (Part 1)
  2. How Crypto Drainers Became Criminal SaaS: A Deep Dive into Web3 Theft Infrastructure
  3. Framework novo todo mês: evolução ou roda com adesivo novo?
  4. OpenAI Releases GPT-OSS: What It Means for AI Developers and Agent Builders
  5. Building a Browser-Based Legal Case Management Platform for Small Law Firms (Asia ↔ US)
  6. Comparing BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, and A* algorithms on a practical maze solver example
  7. Reducing Kubernetes costs using AWS EKS Auto Mode
  8. Iniciando Minha Transição de Carreira: De Líder de Projetos GLP para Programação
  9. 🧵 Understanding JavaScript Promises, Callbacks & Handling Multiple Async Tasks
  10. GameSpot: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Review
  11. IGN: Rental Family - Official Trailer (2025) Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto
  12. IGN: Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny - Official Danny Phantom Reveal Trailer

Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

  1. Israeli forces kill more than 80 people across Gaza as starvation worsens
  2. President of Egypt accuses Israel of ‘systematic genocide’
  3. Major flooding in Hong Kong as highest weather warning issued
  4. Tennessee executes Byron Black despite concerns about his defibrillator
  5. Schoolboy makes Hiroshima bombing personal for Peace Park visitors
  6. US lawmakers criticise possible AI use in personalised flight ticket prices
  7. How will Gaza care for the 150,000 injured in Israel’s war?
  8. Sri Lanka parliament votes to fire impeached police chief
  9. Covering 14 years of Syria
  10. Remembering the original Superman
  11. One year on, protesters celebrate fall of Sheikh Hasina
  12. US House panel subpoenas Epstein files from Trump administration
  13. On revolution anniversary, Bangladesh’s Yunus announces national elections
  14. Jewish Britons decry ban on Palestine Action as ‘illegitimate, unethical’
  15. Trump accuses banks of discriminating against his supporters

The Guardian

  1. Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning
  2. Sydney Sweeney: the Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war
  3. King of the Hill review – this charming comedy returns after 15 years … and it’s more welcome than ever
  4. Jeans, controversy, used bathwater: Sydney Sweeney’s selling it all. A showbiz masterclass, if you ask me | Marina Hyde
  5. Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey
  6. Freakier Friday review – puppyishly uninhibited Jamie Lee Curtis saves body-swap sequel
  7. A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
  8. Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England
  9. Tory and Reform politicians endanger trials with immigration ‘hysteria’, say former ministers
  10. Father pays tribute to ‘hard-working family man’ who died at Oasis concert
  11. Labour thinktank offers sponsorship packages to meet and influence ‘key policymakers’
  12. Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published
  13. Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter
  14. Worker at Berkshire psychiatric hospital where girl died had no experience, inquest hears
  15. ‘The Earl of Sandwich is rolling in his grave’: Tesco’s birthday cake sandwich divides opinion