Press Briefing

Friday, 17 July 2026

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🌍 Actualidad

The Guardian (World) 2026-07-16 15:20 en

UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’

Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’ Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show. The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years. Continue reading...

The Guardian (World) 2026-07-16 11:33 en

Uganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient discharged

Country begins 42-day countdown to outbreak being declared officially over, as numbers continue to rise in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda has started lobbying countries to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions after discharging its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital. The discharge of a Congolese national from the Mulago national referral hospital’s isolation centre in Kampala on Thursday triggered the start of a 42-day countdown required by the World Health Organization before Uganda can officially be declared Ebola-free, provided no new infections are detected.…

The Guardian (World) 2026-07-16 22:21 en

Air quality plummets in 20 US states as smoke from Canadian wildfires spreads

Millions of Americans face air quality alerts from Minnesota to New York as authorities urge people to stay indoors Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Tell us: have you been affected by the spread of wildfire smoke in the US and Canada? Smoke from wildfires burning in south-central Canada and parts of Minnesota is spreading across the US, prompting air quality alerts in more than 20 states with millions of Americans expected to face unhealthy air conditions this week. The smoke from the more than 180 active wildfires in northern Ontario made Chicago’s air quality the worst in…

Le Monde (Une) 2026-07-16 05:10 fr

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : « Ne touchez pas à Fedorov », « Ramenez Fedorov »… des rassemblements dans plusieurs villes ukrainiennes pour protester contre le départ du ministre de la défense

Ces manifestations, organisées à la veille de l’examen par le Parlement d’un remaniement gouvernemental, ont été annoncées après des informations faisant état du remplacement imminent de M. Fedorov et la publication par celui-ci d’un message d’adieu.

Le Monde (International) 2026-07-17 04:30 fr

Libanais, Israéliens, Ukrainiens ou Russes : à Chypre, la délicate cohabitation de frères ennemis

Fuyant les conflits, ils ont trouvé refuge dans la station balnéaire de Larnaca, où ces diverses communautés opposées par les réalités géopolitiques coexistent pacifiquement, mais à distance. Toutes sont confrontées à une politique migratoire à deux vitesses : pour décrocher un titre de séjour, mieux vaut être un riche investisseur qu’un exilé qui a tout perdu.

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 02:21 en

Trump’s China election claims mark new front in the rivalry, analysts say

US President Donald Trump’s prime-time attack on China over alleged election interference marks a significant escalation in the rivalry between Washington and Beijing, elevating the issue from a cyber dispute to a broader national security confrontation, analysts say. “This speech is significant not simply because it criticises China. It is significant because it elevates alleged Chinese election interference to the level of a central national security narrative, comparable to how Russia was...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 02:06 en

China, elections and Iran: the takeaways from Trump’s White House address

In a fiery prime-time address to the nation, US President Donald Trump delivered an unprecedented broadside against China, accusing Beijing of orchestrating the “largest compromise of election data in history” and declaring an end to complacency in the face of “Chinese interference”. The speech, which blended escalating tensions over Iran with sharp domestic warnings ahead of this year’s midterm elections, is one of the most confrontational White House addresses of his second term, directly...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 00:44 en

Trump launches rare broadside against China on US election interference – as it happened

US President Donald Trump delivered a prime-time “Speech to the Nation” on Thursday at 9pm Eastern Time, or 9am Hong Kong time on Friday. Such addresses are typically reserved for major national moments. During his second term, Trump has used them to highlight key priorities, including a year-end address in December, and a speech in April focused on the Iran conflict. While the White House did not release the full agenda ahead of the speech, its timing drew attention. It came soon after Trump...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-16 21:37 en

US to toughen up visa regulations for Chinese journalists, foreign students

The White House moved on Thursday to tighten visa rules for foreign students, media and those on exchange programmes, including stricter limits on Chinese journalists, in the latest push by a government increasingly focused on cracking down on both legal and illegal immigration. In one of the most sweeping changes to these visa categories in decades, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule establishing fixed periods of admission for F student, J exchange visitor, and I...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-16 19:21 en

Beijing denounces US chip curbs as threat to global supply chains

Beijing has condemned the latest efforts by US lawmakers to curb Chinese access to leading semiconductor chips and chipmaking equipment, warning that they would lead to “arbitrary disruption and damage” to global supply chains. The stark assessment followed reports on Tuesday that three major export control bills targeting China – the AI Overwatch Act, the Match Act and the Chip Security Act – are set to be folded into the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) in the US Senate, the annual...

🔬 Ciencia y Tecnología

Xataka 2026-07-16 19:31 es

Starlink tiene un problema: su antena residencial es grande y gastona. La nueva generación llega para corregirlo

Durante años, conectarse a Internet por satélite ha implicado aceptar un intercambio bastante claro: llegar allí donde la fibra no llega, pero hacerlo con equipos más grandes, pesados y exigentes con la energía. Es algo que hemos visto tanto en viviendas aisladas como en instalaciones temporales, donde cada kilo y cada vatio cuentan más de lo que parece. Starlink ha ido afinando esa fórmula generación tras generación. Ahora, su siguiente paso no consiste en prometer una velocidad deslumbrante, sino en corregir justo esas limitaciones físicas. El nuevo kit residencial . Starlink V5 es la…

Xataka 2026-07-16 19:01 es

Los ciberatacantes vinculados a Rusia tienen un nuevo refugio para operar: routers mal configurados por todo el mundo

El router suele quedarse fuera de nuestra atención: lo instalamos, comprobamos que hay conexión y dejamos que siga funcionando durante meses o años. Sin embargo, ese pequeño equipo que conecta una casa o una oficina con Internet también puede convertirse en una pieza útil para quienes buscan ocultar sus operaciones. El problema no está en lo que vemos, sino en lo que puede ocurrir en segundo plano cuando la configuración es débil o el firmware queda desactualizado. Y ahí empieza una historia que ya no afecta solo a especialistas en seguridad. El escondite estaba en el router. Esa posibilidad…

Big Think 2026-07-16 06:00 en

The physical Universe isn’t made of pure mathematics alone

Beyond the limits of the theoretical physics we currently understand, many of the most popular ideas have one thing in common: at their core, they’re mathematical extensions of what we presently know and understand. By adopting a mathematical framework that not only encompasses what we presently understand, but that seeks to explain more things than our currently prevailing theories do, we hope to extend our understanding of the Universe past the current frontiers. We know that our current frameworks for general relativity and quantum field theory are great for what they do, but they don’t —…

Hipertextual 2026-07-16 20:32 es

Kimi K3: así es la nueva IA china que pone en apuros a Claude Opus 4.8 y GPT-5.5

Moonshot acaba de lanzar una nueva versión de Kimi, la IA china que pone en apuros a varios de los modelos occidentales más importantes. En este caso, se trata de Kimi K3, un modelo de frontera con 2,8 billones de parámetros y una ventana de contexto de 1 millón de tokens. De acuerdo con sus […] Seguir leyendo: Kimi K3: así es la nueva IA china que pone en apuros a Claude Opus 4.8 y GPT-5.5

Hipertextual 2026-07-16 17:58 es

Adiós NotebookLM: Google cambia el nombre de una sus herramientas de IA más populares

NotebookLM es, sin lugar a discusión, una de las herramientas de inteligencia artificial más útiles y populares de Google. La plataforma nació como un experimento dedicado inicialmente a estudiantes, pues permitía generar resúmenes y reportes a partir de los archivos que le proveían los usuarios. Pero con el tiempo ha evolucionado para convertirse en mucho […] Seguir leyendo: Adiós NotebookLM: Google cambia el nombre de una sus herramientas de IA más populares

Hipertextual 2026-07-16 16:35 es

Apple pisa el acelerador con el iPad mini con pantalla OLED, que llegará este mismo año

Apple prepara una importante renovación para el catálogo de iPad, comenzando con el modelo mini, que por fin introducirá una pantalla OLED. Según reporta Mark Gurman, de Bloomberg, los de Cupertino están pisando el acelerador para lanzarlo este mismo año. Los rumores de un iPad mini con pantalla OLED existen desde hace años, pero hasta […] Seguir leyendo: Apple pisa el acelerador con el iPad mini con pantalla OLED, que llegará este mismo año

The Next Web 2026-07-16 21:27 en

Roblox launches Build, a mobile tab that turns text prompts into playable games

Roblox announced Build on Wednesday, a new creation tab inside the Roblox mobile app that lets anyone turn a text prompt into a basic playable game without touching Roblox Studio or writing a line of code. A creator can describe something like a cozy forest adventure game with environmental obstacles, and Build will generate a […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-16 21:00 en

1Password lets Claude log you into websites without ever seeing your passwords

1Password has launched a browser integration that lets Anthropic’s Claude use stored credentials to complete tasks on the web without the passwords ever reaching the AI model, according to a blog post published on Thursday. The company calls it a zero-exposure architecture: when Claude needs to sign in, 1Password shows the user which credential is […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-16 20:33 en

Volkswagen enters the robotaxi race with a shared shuttle service in Hamburg

Volkswagen’s autonomous mobility subsidiary Moia has begun offering rides in self-driving ID Buzz vans to preregistered residents in Hamburg, marking the first time a major European automaker has launched an autonomous passenger service on its home continent. Up to five vehicles are operating at initial launch, with the fleet expected to expand to 10, and […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-16 20:18 en

The driver who crashed a Tesla into a Texas home at 70 mph had pressed the accelerator to 100 percent, NTSB finds

The driver of a Tesla that crashed into a Texas home and killed a 76-year-old woman had manually overrode Full Self-Driving by pressing the accelerator pedal to 100 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released on Wednesday. The 2025 Model 3 was travelling at more than 70 mph on a […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-16 19:59 en

Oracle is one notch above junk after S&P downgrade as AI data-centre spending burns through cash

S&P downgraded Oracle to BBB- on July 9, placing the company one notch above junk status, as a $250 billion data-centre expansion plan burns through cash faster than revenue can replace it. Oracle is now the second-largest non-financial debt issuer in the Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index after Amazon, with $117 billion outstanding. Shares fell […] This story continues at The Next Web

TechCrunch 2026-07-16 18:32 en

Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos

Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.

The Verge 2026-07-16 21:30 en

Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’

Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with AI-powered voices starting on July 30th, and ahead of that launch, it's created 36 characters with "consistent voices and personas" that creators can use as NPCs. The characters include Fortnite staples like Agent […]

The Verge 2026-07-16 20:29 en

Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

Netflix says roughly 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, most of which occurred in post-production. The streaming service revealed the news in its second-quarter earnings report released on Thursday, saying it's "increasingly leveraging these tools to deliver higher quality output more quickly and at a lower cost." It also provided some examples of […]

The Verge 2026-07-16 18:43 en

Kalshi says it caught Trump’s teleprompter operator insider trading

Kalshi users betting on what President Donald Trump would say during his speeches were reportedly up against tough competition: the president's teleprompter operator. ABC News reports that federal investigators believe Gabriel Perez - Trump's teleprompter operator since 2016 - used inside information to make bets on Kalshi, a major prediction market platform that allows users […]

MIT Technology Review 2026-07-16 12:10 en

The Download: OpenAI unveils GPT-Red and heat pumps rise in the US

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer OpenAI has built an LLM super-hacker called GPT-Red that it uses as a sparring partner to help its other…

🧬 Investigación Médica

Medical Xpress 2026-07-17 03:20 en

Researcher develops an affordable helping hand for stroke recovery

For millions of stroke survivors, something as simple as picking up a glass of water or holding a sandwich is a daily challenge. Quentin Sanders wants to make those moments easier through wearable robotic technology designed to restore hand function.

ScienceDaily (Health & Medicine) 2026-07-16 05:37 en

Scientists finally solved how a common gut bacterium triggers colon cancer

Researchers solved a long-standing mystery behind how a bacterial toxin associated with colorectal cancer damages the colon. The toxin first binds to a receptor called claudin-4, giving it access to attack the cells' protective barrier. After identifying this weak point, the team designed a decoy protein that successfully blocked the toxin in mice. The discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent inflammation and colon tumors.

📚 Research papers (aging & longevity)

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