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Saturday, 18 July 2026

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The Guardian (World) 2026-07-17 12:17 en

Seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban, says aid group

Aid workers are first known people to quarantine at facility, which sparked huge opposition in Kenya Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in ⁠Kenya after the US government introduced travel ⁠restrictions, the head of a US charity ​employing them told Reuters. The aid workers are the first known people to quarantine at the facility, which has sparked huge opposition in Kenya and is at the heart of a legal case in which a court has ordered the work to be ⁠suspended. Construction continued, however, according to…

The Guardian (World) 2026-07-17 22:28 en

Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara cleared to travel to US

Whereabouts of artist imprisoned after 2021 protests had been unknown following end of his prison term in July Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prominent Cuban dissident artist whose whereabouts remained unknown after his prison sentence ended last week, has been given permission to travel to the US, according to his official Facebook page. Otero Alcántara, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 for insulting national symbols, contempt and disturbing the public order. Continue reading...

PBS NewsHour 2026-07-17 22:55 en

Trump tries to undermine trust in elections, but documents don't support his claims

The Trump administration escalated efforts to exert control over the nation's elections. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened local election officials with jail time if they refuse to cooperate with requests for voter data. It follows the president's prime-time address reviving debunked claims about the integrity of American elections. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports.

PBS NewsHour 2026-07-17 22:52 en

Former intelligence official weighs Trump's election security allegations

President Trump is again trying to sow doubt in the election process in the United States. For perspective, Geoff Bennett spoke with Sue Gordon. She spent 30 years in the intelligence community, serving as principal deputy director of national intelligence during President Trump's first term, the highest-ranking career intelligence official in the country at the time.

Le Monde (Une) 2026-07-17 08:00 fr

Donald Trump livre un discours aux accents complotistes sur la « vulnérabilité » du système électoral américain et accuse la Chine d’ingérence

Dans son adresse à la nation jeudi, le président américain a réaffirmé avoir remporté l’élection présidentielle de 2020, évoquant au passage un « Etat profond » qui aurait caché les preuves d’une immixtion chinoise. Il a une nouvelle fois fait part sa volonté de réorganiser le système électoral aux Etats-Unis.

Le Monde (International) 2026-07-18 04:00 fr

Aux rendez-vous des rescapés d’attentats : « Ici, les gens ont envie de se dire les uns aux autres, “je suis vivant” »

Pendant le procès du 13-Novembre, en 2021, des rescapés et proches de victimes se retrouvent dans un bar pour se réconforter après des journées d’audience éprouvantes. Depuis, rejoints par des survivants d’autres attentats, ils perpétuent ce rendez-vous mensuel autour d’un verre, pour échanger expériences et conseils, mais surtout renouer avec le rire et la légèreté.

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 23:14 en

Asian-American groups fear Trump’s escalating rhetoric will fuel prejudice, racism in US

Asian-American groups on Friday slammed US President Donald Trump’s speech delivered this week as a dangerous threat to citizens of US minority communities already facing attacks and hostility during troubled and deeply partisan times, even as China hawks praised its message and tone. On Thursday during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims that Beijing was interfering in US elections, citing his suspicion of what he termed “China’s...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 19:31 en

Many allegations, little evidence: unpacking the China election-interference records

Newly declassified US intelligence records show Chinese actors collected or acquired voter information covering millions of Americans and that Beijing developed capabilities that could be used to influence political opinion, but the documents do not substantiate US President Donald Trump’s claims that China stole the records of 220 million voters or manipulated the 2020 election. In a nationally televised address on Thursday, Trump accused China of carrying out a sweeping campaign to interfere...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 15:20 en

US lets Hong Kong emergency expire but keeps preferential treatment restrictions

The Hong Kong government on Friday welcomed the Trump administration’s decision to allow a national emergency declaration concerning the city to expire, although Washington said the executive order that ended the city’s preferential treatment remains in effect. The declaration, which underpinned Washington’s decision to end Hong Kong’s preferential treatment in areas including trade and export controls, expired this week after US President Donald Trump did not renew it for another year. “The...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 14:00 en

China blasts ‘unfounded smears’ as Trump’s election claims threaten diplomatic thaw

US President Donald Trump launched a sharp attack on China late on Thursday (Washington time), accusing Beijing of interfering in US elections in a move that has strained a fragile thaw in ties and cast doubt on future high-level engagements. In a prime-time address from the White House that lasted nearly 30 minutes, Trump accused China of orchestrating “what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history”. He claimed Beijing stole 220 million US voter files, including...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-17 13:01 en

China hints at retaliation after US tightens visa rules for students and journalists

China lashed out on Friday at “discriminatory” new US visa regulations targeting students and journalists among other groups, warning that it reserved the right to take reciprocal countermeasures. The changes, announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, have also fuelled concerns among Chinese students already in the United States and those planning to study there. Under the new regulations, part of a White House crackdown on both legal and illegal immigration, student and...

Big Think 2026-07-17 14:30 en

A brief reminder of the folly of war (Korea edition)

In case you need a reminder that war is not just evil and destructive, but can also be just plain stupid, study this map. It shows how much territory changed hands after the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953 and claimed between 2.5 and 4 million lives. Result: The border between North and South Korea changed from the straight red line to the squiggly white one. North Korea gained 3,900 km 2 (1,500 sq. mi) in the west, but lost 4,300 km 2 (1,660 sq mi) in the east. That’s a net win for South Korea of 400 km 2 (160 sq mi), an area about the size of Seattle or one-fourth of Greater…

Hipertextual 2026-07-17 17:26 es

Europa se encamina a aprobar la venta de Electronic Arts a un fondo saudí

La venta de Electronic Arts a un consorcio liderado por el fondo saudí PIF estaría a punto de recibir aprobación por parte de la Comisión Europea. Según reporta Reuters, las autoridades del bloque darían el visto bueno a la transacción valuada en 55.000 millones de dólares, lo cual podría anunciarse en los próximos días. El […] Seguir leyendo: Europa se encamina a aprobar la venta de Electronic Arts a un fondo saudí

The Next Web 2026-07-17 19:14 en

Apple is in early settlement talks with the DOJ over its iPhone antitrust case

Apple and the US Department of Justice are in early discussions about settling the 2024 antitrust lawsuit that alleges Apple violated competition law through its iPhone ecosystem, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Apple has made multiple offers this year to close the case. The discussions are active but there is no guarantee of an agreement, and […] This story continues at The Next Web

MIT Technology Review 2026-07-17 08:57 en

The risk of weather data sabotage is rising

Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast. While these forecasts are something that most people glance at for two seconds, weather predictions influence major strategic decisions in many industries, with real money, livelihoods, and even actual lives at stake. Farmers use…

🔬 Ciencia y Tecnología

Xataka 2026-07-17 21:51 es

La preservación de videojuegos ya ha sido herida de muerte con Sony. El siguiente golpe viene de todo un país: Alemania

Muchas veces hemos tratado los videojuegos como si su disponibilidad estuviera garantizada, incluso cuando dependían de discos, tiendas digitales y servidores que podían desaparecer. Lo que hemos visto esta semana recuerda que conservarlos exige algo más que voluntad: hacen falta soportes que sobrevivan y organismos capaces de catalogarlos, mantenerlos y abrirlos a investigadores y público. Sony ha decidido cerrar una de esas vías para los lanzamientos futuros. Casi al mismo tiempo, Alemania ha dejado caer uno de los proyectos públicos más ambiciosos que existían para evitar que esa memoria…

Xataka 2026-07-17 18:30 es

Unos científicos españoles quieren salvar al planeta con un plan alocado: rellenar de agua el mar de Aral para capturar CO2

La desaparición del mar de Aral, situado entre Kazajistán y Uzbekistán, es ampliamente conocida como uno de los mayores desastres ecológicos provocados por la mano humana. A partir de la década de 1960, el desvío de los ríos que lo alimentaban para potenciar los cultivos intensivos de algodón soviéticos transformó el cuarto lago más grande del mundo en un inmenso desierto salino. Sin embargo, las consecuencias van mucho más allá de la pérdida de biodiversidad o los cambios geográficos locales. El impacto climático. Un estudio con firma española ha puesto cifras a un problema que va mucho más…

Big Think 2026-07-17 06:00 en

Ask Ethan: Does Mars’s gravity prohibit human colonization?

For as long as we’ve looked up at the night sky and realized that there were other stars and planets out there beyond our own, they’ve captured our imaginations and made us wonder what was possible. How different or similar are they to Earth? Have any of them ever had life on them, and if so, what is (or was) that life like? Can we travel to those worlds, set foot on them, and engineer a habitat that allows us to survive there? Ideally, it wouldn’t just be for a brief time, but rather could potentially result in the establishment of a long-term human presence on a world other than Earth.…

Hipertextual 2026-07-17 21:02 es

Así es Project Perception, la inteligencia artificial de Microsoft que encontrará fallos en Windows

Microsoft está trabajando en un competidor de Claude Mythos, el modelo de IA enfocado en ciberseguridad. Según los reportes más recientes, los de Redmond ya desarrollan Project Perception, una herramienta enfocada en detectar y reparar vulnerabilidades de software de forma automática. El nuevo rival de Mythos podría lanzarse tan pronto como este mes y ayudaría […] Seguir leyendo: Así es Project Perception, la inteligencia artificial de Microsoft que encontrará fallos en Windows

Hipertextual 2026-07-17 19:30 es

El FBI detiene a un hacker que usaba juegos de Steam para robar criptomonedas

El FBI ha detenido a un joven acusado de robar cientos de miles de dólares en criptomonedas a través de juegos de Steam. Luego de varios meses de investigación, la agencia arrestó a Zyaire Wilkins, un estudiante de Florida que usaba juegos infectados con malware para hackear a sus víctimas. De acuerdo con TechCrunch, el […] Seguir leyendo: El FBI detiene a un hacker que usaba juegos de Steam para robar criptomonedas

Hipertextual 2026-07-17 18:25 es

Apple envía cartas de advertencia a decenas de exempleados que ahora trabajan en OpenAI

Apple ha decidido llevar su disputa legal con OpenAI a un terreno mucho más personal. El gigante tecnológico envió cartas de advertencia a decenas de extrabajadores que hoy forman parte de la plantilla de la empresa de IA. La medida llega a unos días de que Apple presentara una demanda en la que acusa a […] Seguir leyendo: Apple envía cartas de advertencia a decenas de exempleados que ahora trabajan en OpenAI

The Next Web 2026-07-17 20:13 en

Apple overtakes Nvidia to reclaim the title of world’s most valuable company at $4.88 trillion

Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world’s most valuable company for the first time since April 2025. Apple closed at roughly $4.88 trillion as its shares held steady, while Nvidia fell 3.5% to approximately $4.86 trillion. Nvidia had held the top spot for nearly a year after becoming the first company to surpass […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-17 18:36 en

Microsoft will stop syncing OneDrive on older Windows 10 versions next month

Microsoft will end OneDrive synchronisation support for Windows 10 versions before 22H2 on August 15. After that date, users on older builds will receive no more sync app updates, bug fixes, or security patches. The service itself will not immediately stop working, but Microsoft says “future functionality is not guaranteed.” Windows 10 22H2, the final […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-17 18:21 en

An AWS billing bug sent users estimated charges of up to $2.5 trillion

AWS users woke up Friday to find estimated billing emails showing charges ranging from hundreds of millions to $2.5 trillion. A unit pricing error in the AWS Billing Console’s estimated billing computation subsystem was the cause, Amazon confirmed. One Reddit user whose charges totalled $0.19 last month received an estimated bill of nearly $2.5 billion. […] This story continues at The Next Web

TechCrunch 2026-07-18 04:47 en

Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out

Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.

The Verge 2026-07-17 19:34 en

TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool

TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tested with "some" US creators, TikTok US spokesperson Zachary Kizer tells The Verge. YouTube has been working on a similar tool […]

🧬 Investigación Médica

Medical Xpress 2026-07-18 00:40 en

LIG1 loss exposes a therapeutic vulnerability in triple-negative breast cancer

Loss of one copy of the DNA ligase I (LIG1) gene in triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) with TP53 mutations confers resistance to chemotherapy, but researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have identified a vulnerability in these cells and used it to their advantage. The team identified underlying molecular mechanisms of platinum resistance that they neutralized with combinations of available drugs to reduce tumor growth in animal models. This work also highlights LIG1 status as a patient stratification factor for ongoing and future clinical trials. The study…

ScienceDaily (Health & Medicine) 2026-07-17 08:59 en

Scientists tested 39 sweeteners and found unexpected gut effects

A large laboratory study found that many commonly used sweeteners can directly change the growth of gut bacteria. Researchers identified more than 100 cases in which sweeteners behaved differently when combined with medications, caffeine, or flavorings. The combination of isosteviol and the antidepressant duloxetine was especially disruptive, reducing beneficial bacteria and overall microbial diversity.

📚 Research papers (aging & longevity)

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