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‘Japanese First’: breakthrough by rightwing populists sparks fears of anti-foreigner backlash in Japan
Analysts say the Japanese are suffering a crisis of confidence that is feeding xenophobia amid economic insecurity and a record number of foreign residents The emergence of a rightwing populist party in Japan’s upper house election on Sunday running on a Trump-style “Japanese First” slogan has raised concerns of a backlash against the growing foreign presence in the country.The party, Sanseito, has successfully tapped...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:
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My favorite travel companion is the Anker Nano 3-in-1 power bank
The best product I've ever purchased for travel is the Anker Nano 3-in-1. This power bank makes for an excellent charger and can charge multiple devices at once.
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:News live: Australia and UK to sign 50-year Aukus treaty; Wong ‘deeply concerned’ by Thailand-Cambodia tensions
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent MP Allegra Spender will hold what’s being referred to as a tax reform roundtable today. She told RN Breakfast this morning reforming the tax system would help Australia “solve some of its biggest problems” like sluggish productivity and the cost of living crisis affecting young people, as well as fund the climate...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:France to recognize Palestine as a state, says Macron, prompting criticism from Netanyahu – Middle East crisis live
French president says ‘no alternative’ amid ‘urgent need to end the war in Gaza’; Israel’s prime minister claims announcement ‘rewards terror’France to recognise Palestinian state at UN general assembly, Macron saysPalestinian health officials said Thursday that two Palestinian teenage boys were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday night in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Israel’s military said its forces had fired at...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Trump and Powell clash on camera over Federal Reserve renovation cost – US politics live
President and Fed chair disagree on renovation cost as Trump visits central bank’s historic headquarters in Washington, DCIn today’s episode of Today in Focus, my colleague and Guardian Washington DC bureau chief David Smith reports on the Donald Trump’s troubles over the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the president risks alienating his own base.Trump has peddled many conspiracy theories in his time. From the baseless...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:US justice department officials meet Ghislaine Maxwell
Meeting comes amid growing pressure on Trump administration to release Jeffrey Epstein documentsThe Jeffrey Epstein files scandal swirling around Donald Trump and his administration continued to escalate on Thursday as officials from the Department of Justice met with the late sex offender’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose lawyer said she “answered every question … honestly and to the best of her ability”...
Published on: July 25, 2025 | Source:Paramount-Skydance merger approved after companies agree to government speech demands
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Skydance’s $8 billion purchase of CBS-owner Paramount after the companies agreed to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs but feature a “diversity of viewpoints from across the political and ideological spectrum.” In light of the Trump administration’s critiques of CBS’s alleged anti-conservative bias — including collecting a […]
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:France to recognise Palestinian state at UN general assembly, Macron says
French president announced decision on X, saying he hoped it would bring ‘lasting peace’ to Middle East France to recognise Palestine as a state – Middle East crisis liveFrance will recognise a Palestinian state in September at the UN general assembly, Emmanuel Macron has said.The French president announced the decision on X on Thursday evening, saying he hoped it would bring peace to the region. Continue reading...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:US regulators approve $8.4bn Paramount-Skydance merger
FCC approval of deal comes after Paramount paid $16m to settle Trump lawsuit over 60 Minutes interviewThe Federal Communications Commission approved the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media on Thursday, clearing the way for an $8.4bn sale of some of the most prominent names in entertainment, including the CBS broadcast television network, Paramount Pictures and the Nickelodeon cable channel.The FCC agreed...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Paramount Has a $1.5 Billion ‘South Park’ Problem
The White House says the show is “fourth-rate” after it showed Trump with “tiny” genitals. The controversy comes just as the FCC has greenlit Paramount’s merger with Skydance and promised to end DEI.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Resident doctors’ strike undermines union movement, says Wes Streeting
Exclusive: Health secretary urges medics not to join BMA industrial action on Friday Wes Streeting: this unnecessary strike will hurt patientsA strike by resident doctors “enormously undermines the entire trade union movement”, Wes Streeting has argued, urging them not to join industrial action on Friday morning.In an article for the Guardian, the health secretary says the decision by the British Medical Association...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1497, Friday, July 25
Looking for Wordle hints? I can help. Plus get the answers to Wordle today and yesterday.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:John Swinney says he will raise Gaza’s ‘unimaginable suffering’ with Trump
President’s visit is ‘landmark moment’, says first minister, as SNP puts pressure on him to take strong stance on PalestineJohn Swinney has pledged to raise “the unimaginable suffering we are witnessing in Gaza” when he meets Donald Trump over the weekend.The leader of the Scottish National party described the president’s four-day trip as “a landmark moment” in the relationship between Scotland and the US. Continue...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Starlink’s satellite internet is back online after a massive outage
Starlink users reported they couldn’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service for a few hours on Thursday afternoon before service was eventually restored. Widespread Starlink outages, like the ones we reported on in 2022 and 2023, have been rare, and this appears to be the first one in 2025. The outage began around 3:15PM ET […]
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It's a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:VC Victor Lazarte is leaving Benchmark to launch his own firm
Lazarte has only been at Benchmark for two years. He backed startups like Mercor, HeyGen, and Decart AI.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Trump order pushes local officials to clear unhoused people from streets
Order removes restrictions from municipalities and redirects funds toward rehabilitation and treatmentThe federal government is seeking to crack down on homelessness in the US, with Donald Trump issuing an executive order to push local governments to remove unhoused people from the streets.The order the US president signed on Thursday will seek the “reversal of federal or state judicial precedents and the termination...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Starlink outage: Service returns after over two hours down
SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service experienced a global outage on Thursday that lasted for over two hours. Reports of connectivity issues started around 3:20PM ET, based on DownDetector. SpaceX didn't acknowledged the outage until 4:05PM ET, via a post on the Starlink X account. Service began to come back for some at around 5:30PM ET, and Michael Nicolls, Starlink's VP of engineering, said the provider had...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:FDA employees say the agency's Elsa generative AI hallucinates entire studies
Current and former members of the FDA told CNN about issues with the Elsa generative AI tool unveiled by the federal agency last month. Three employees said that in practice, Elsa has hallucinated nonexistent studies or misrepresented real research. "Anything that you don't have time to double-check is unreliable," one source told the publication. "It hallucinates confidently." Which isn't exactly ideal for a tool...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists
Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions and woodburning stovesExposure to certain forms of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.The illness is estimated to affect about 57 million people worldwide, with the number expected to increase to at least 150m cases by 2050. Continue reading...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:OpenAI could drop GPT-5 in August, report says. Catch up on the latest rumors and leaks.
A new report claims that ChatGPT 5 from OpenAI could arrive as soon as this August. Catch up on all the latest GPT 5 leaks, rumors, and news.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Starlink is down: Satellite internet customers report outage as company responds
On the afternoon of Thursday, July 24, Starlink users reported the satellite internet service was down.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects
Intel canceled multiple manufacturing projects in Europe and delayed its Ohio chip plant for the second time this year.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome
Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgaf022/8016019 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44676817 Points: 101 # Comments: 39
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:The Secret Life of Fsync (2023)
Article URL: https://puzpuzpuz.dev/the-secret-life-of-fsync Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44676714 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Intel confirms it will dramatically cut its workforce by the end of 2025
Intel provided more detail about the scope of its planned job cuts and other business changes while sharing its second-quarter earnings results. Reports in April suggested that Intel could eliminate around 20 percent of its staff in a restructuring plan. Today, the chipmaker said it anticipates having a core workforce of 75,000 employees by the end of 2025, down from 99,500 at the start of the year. The numbers are...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Intel confirms it will cut a third of its workforce by the end of 2025
Intel provided more detail about the scope of its planned job cuts and other business changes while sharing its second-quarter earnings results. Reports in April suggested that Intel could eliminate around 20 percent of its staff in a restructuring plan. Today, the chipmaker said it anticipates having a core workforce of 75,000 employees by the end of 2025. That's about a third less than the 108,900 people it employed...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Trump tussles with Jerome Powell on rare visit to Federal Reserve
Fed chair pushes back on Trump criticism of renovation costs as president presses central bank to cut interest ratesUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump sparred with the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, on Thursday during a rare presidential visit to the central bank’s headquarters.Trump was continuing his campaign to pressure the Fed to cut interest rates and was visiting its Washington headquarters to view...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Thailand reports 14 people killed in clashes at border with Cambodia
Both countries accused other of firing first after weeks of simmering tensions broke out into fighting at six locations Thailand and Cambodia fought in their most deadly border clashes in more than a decade on Thursday, with Thai officials reporting 13 civilians and a Thai soldier were killed in rocket and artillery attacks.Clashes broke out on Thursday morning after weeks of simmering tensions over a long-running...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Visa and Mastercard: The global payment duopoly (2024)
Article URL: https://quartr.com/insights/edge/visa-and-mastercard-the-global-payment-duopoly Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44676559 Points: 163 # Comments: 72
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:This absolutely tiny dock has 1TB storage, 100W power delivery, and can even output 4K to a monitor
The MD330 combines storage, charging, and 4K output in a compact USB-C hub, although real-world performance and pricing remain uncertain.
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:The 5 new iOS 26 features to try after installing the public beta
The public beta for iOS 26 is here, but what can you actually do with it?
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Minister apologises to generation of UK children exposed to toxic online content
As new measures to protect young people online come into force, Peter Kyle says politicians were too slow to actThe technology secretary has apologised to a generation of children who have been let down by governments failing to keep them safe from toxic online content.Peter Kyle said the length of time it had taken to bring in laws to keep children safe online had “sold a whole generation of children downstream” and...
Published on: July 24, 2025 | Source:Best Bluetooth Speaker for 2025
As CNET's portable audio expert, I've reviewed dozens of Bluetooth speakers. Here are my current top picks for every budget based on sound quality, size, durability and battery life.
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