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Samsung said the highly anticipated glasses will arrive in the fall

Tropical Storm Bertha is creeping along the Gulf Coast toward Louisiana. The storm on Wednesday is spinning off strong winds far from its center and closing beaches from Florida to Mississippi. Forecasters say the main threat from Bertha is expected to be dam…

France experienced at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, according to the public health agency. Public Health France reported Wednesday that regions affected by the heat from June 17 to July 2 recorded 21,674 deaths fro…

The incident is unique because it was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system," according to Hugging Face.

Apple is working on a new MacBook Neo with two key upgrades, including an A19 Pro chip and increased RAM, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman....

It's only the fourth known contagious cancer found in animals, but others may remain undetected.

Xbox backward compatibility for PC allows classic Xbox console games to officially run on Windows.

Firefighters have made significant progress in their battle against the "Little Fire" near Pleasanton in Alameda County that burned 1,007 acres, increasing containment and stopping the fire's forward spread after a busy night of firefighting operations.

The struggling golf league returns to action this week. But the biggest storyline remains what’s going on behind the scenes.

According to WHO figures, 999 people have died in DRC and two in Uganda due to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.

Shania Twain's new album, “Little Miss Twain,” explores her early life in Northern Ontario, Canada, a chapter she says most of her fans don't know much about. She recalls singing to rugged crowds of miners and hunters in small town bars. The album, out Friday…

Although every NFL team heads into training camp with a sense of optimism after a busy offseason, only so many can be on an upward trajectory.Meanwhile, a slew of clubs are bound to fall short of expectations. Let's take a swing at picking out where all 32 te…

At Galaxy Unpacked July 2026 in London, Samsung Electronics unveiled the eighth-generation Galaxy Z series. Combining agentic AI that understands users with hardware tailored to different lifestyles, the lineup offers three distinct foldable experiences.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin purchased multimillion-dollar homes in South Florida as California voters weigh a billionaire wealth tax this November.

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' triglycerides-buster hit the "best-case scenario" in two studies Wednesday.

Chick-fil-A said an automated attack on Chick-fil-A One accounts exposed the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers.

Texas resident Kenneth Kovar has a home energy setup from Ford, in which drivers of certain popular F-150 models can plug their vehicle directly into their electric meter to power their home during an outage. It is the latest example of automakers broadly ada…

A 65-year-old who retires in 2026 may spend an average of $185,500 on health and medical expenses in retirement, according to Fidelity Investments.

The $700 million deal will expand Mavis' network to over 4,400 service centers, but Carl Icahn's company retains key assets including AAMCO Transmissions.

Summer charters in the Med are down 20% to 30% from last year, yacht brokers say, with a growing number offering special discounts for July and August.

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio recalls warning Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk against betting his PayPal proceeds on Mars exploration.

With an FDA panel expected to recommend legal production of as many as seven peptides this week, compounding pharmacies and telehealth companies are preparing for the coming bonanza.

Huang told Axios that American companies should "absolutely" be allowed to use Chinese models.

Famitsu published a new interview with Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto this week, and one topic of discussion was the company’s software lineup. The Japanese brought up different games that have released on Nintendo Switch 2 so far such as the first 3D Donke…

is readying an overhaul of its Mac line, seeking to capitalize on demand for powerful laptops and desktops fueled by the artificial intelligence boom.

AMD has showcased its next-generation EPYC Venice CPU at the Advancing AI event, featuring a phenomenal core count of 256 based on Zen 6.

At Galaxy Unpacked, Google announced a handful of Gemini updates for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Fold 8, and Flip 8.

WhatsApp on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will let users hear and reply to messages, make calls, view their call history, and access favorite contacts hands-free and right from their car's screen.

Woot is offering a deal on a new Nintendo Switch 2 console for just $399 if you’re a new customer to the online retailer and use a special code at checkout.

A Bloomberg report yesterday suggested that Apple is about to launch a new Apple Upgrade leasing contract to replace the...

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro models have entered mass production and are now in a production ramp-up phase, according to China Securities News.

But unlike the Whoop, it's subscription-free.

Authorities seize 200 Kratos servers and arrest its alleged developer and operator; investigators estimate 15,000 campaigns ran monthly.

It will include multiple scale figures

Bless 'em.…

The Masimo trial ultimately failed to get a permanent ban on Apple Watch sales or use of the blood oxygen sensor, but the final verdict will have Apple pay $634M to Masimo's new owner Danaher after the appeal was rejected.

For a year, Apple knew that an issue in its Hide My Email feature was exposing customers’ real email addresses. Apple only fixed the issue after 404 Media covered it.

watchTowr reports active exploitation of SharePoint CVE-2026-50522 after a public PoC, with attackers stealing machine keys for persistence.

Rather than releasing Splatoon 4, the next entry in the series is Splatoon Raiders. Nintendo recently explained why it chose to release that title now. After more than a decade or core Splatoon gameplay, producer Seita Inoue explained in a new interview that …

The “diarrhea diet” content is all over my algorithm.

How exactly can a close bond, partnership and mutual support hurt the health of your brain? Researchers have a few theories.

A specially formulated tomato-soy beverage with concentrated lycopene and isoflavones reduced systemic inflammation markers in adults with obesity.

Learn why dietitians and cardiologists say that solid cooking fats, processed meats, soda, fried chicken, ice cream and packaged pastries are the six worst foods for high cholesterol.

A Johns Hopkins pancreatic cancer vaccine triggered immune responses in 90% of high-risk participants, with some cysts shrinking after vaccination.

An outbreak of cyclospora has some people eating less produce, but a global study found kids eat too few fruits and vegetables. Here’s what parents should know.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in American women — and a growing share of new cases are in women who've never smoked.

A new American Heart Association statement says many adults can safely drink more coffee than they might expect — but there are important caveats.

Find out what sweet and savory options a cardiologist recommends for a heart-healthy breakfast, plus tips for choosing other heart-healthy options.

Researchers are applying evolutionary theory to cancer by changing treatments before tumors have time to develop resistance. Mathematical models suggest that rapid, carefully timed switches between multiple therapies could improve cure rates.

A single dose of psilocybin produced measurable changes in brain activity and possible changes in brain structure that lasted for up to a month. Participants who experienced the greatest increase in flexible, varied brain activity also reported more personal …

The pacific nation is rushing to vaccinate 300 breeding pairs of its most endangered native birds to protect them from H5N1 strain of birdflu.

West Nile virus has been detected in South Carolina, with infected mosquitoes found in several traps near the coast.

Attendees of a Chase Field concert and shoppers at an East Valley mall may have been exposed to measles, according to health officials.

Venezuela says three people died of infections of hantavirus but stressed there has been no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans. The Health Ministry said …

Experts recommend five fruits that may help support brain health. Learn why blueberries, citrus fruits, dark grapes, strawberries and pomegranates are the top fruits to support cognitive function.

Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) is reporting the first case of cyclosporiasis in Washoe County for 2026.

According to the Delaware Division of Public Health, both people who tested positive are unvaccinated adult men in Kent County.

Cardiologists explain why blood pressure matters, what raises hypertension risk, and lifestyle changes that may help lower your readings.

The planned planetary defense test would hit harder than NASA's DART mission.

MIT and EPFL researchers built an 8.8-ounce robotic bird that flies, dives underwater and launches back into the air using only flapping wings.

A biomedical journal has retracted a paper by a cancer researcher who sued her former institution over misconduct allegations. The action comes a decade after a sleuth first raised concerns about t…

Beauty and horror collide on a world where azure skies hide an inferno of molten glass and apocalyptic winds.

The $23 million toilet on the International Space Station feeds a centrifuge-driven water recycler that reclaims 98 percent of urine, sweat, and cabin humidity — a closed-loop system NASA spent four decades getting right.

A landmark study of over 2 million people reveals which personality traits actually predict intelligence — and surprisingly, politeness isn't one of them.

SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites

A tapeworm fundamentally changes the lives of ants: Workers of the species Temnothorax nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis live several times longer than their uninfected nestmates. They are also less active, and their metabolism becomes m…

"The JWST allows us to observe in unprecedented detail environments that until a few years ago were beyond our reach."

Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a device that enables them to control the flow of electrons through a semiconductor using only laser light—no electrical power source required. The device was built to explore fundamental physics and real…

The star that formed the Jellyfish nebula may have had a partner star that exploded 100,000 years earlier, according to international researchers, who say that this may be the first known discovery of a binary star system in which both stars have gone superno…

Scientists just found a spider that hunts by catapult.

A shattered asteroid may have unleashed a long-lasting cosmic barrage that left scars across the inner solar system and possibly changed Earth’s history.