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Friday, 24 July 2026

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The Guardian (World) 2026-07-23 14:24 en

Two Russian men jailed in Angola for terrorism and spying

The men were convicted over alleged plan to stage coup and organise deadly demonstrations over fuel prices last year Two Russian men have been found guilty by an Angolan court of terrorism and spying after being accused of planning a coup and helping to organise deadly demonstrations in the southern African country last year. Lev Lakshtanov and Igor Ratchin were sentenced to eight and 11 years in jail respectively. They had denied the charges, claiming they were in Angola for cultural and business activities. Continue reading...

The Guardian (World) 2026-07-23 14:06 en

MoD cancels army training in Kenya over powers to prosecute British soldiers

September exercise called off after Kenya raises concerns over funding and jurisdiction for criminal offences The British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement. While the UK government wanted to renew the existing agreement, Kenyan lawmakers had sought changes to give local authorities greater powers to hold British soldiers accountable for any offences committed in the country. Continue reading...

The Guardian (World) 2026-07-23 16:32 en

Mayor shot dead in Mexico months after surviving assassination attempt

Valentín Lavín Romero is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in 2024 A mayor was shot dead on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Morelos after having survived a previous assassination attempt earlier this year. He is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in October 2024. Valentín Lavín Romero, who was from the Green party, an ally of the ruling leftwing Morena party, was wounded at the end of January when hitmen shot him at a petrol station on a motorway. Continue reading...

Le Figaro 2026-07-23 15:59 fr

« C’est comme une guerre » : en Gironde, aux côtés des pompiers qui luttent contre un incendie « imprévisible » menaçant la presqu’île du Cap Ferret

REPORTAGE - L’incendie qui touche la Gironde a continué de progresser ce jeudi 23 juillet près de la commune de Lège-Cap-Ferret, où les pompiers luttent d’arrache-pied pour fixer le feu. Plus de 3400 hectares de forêt ont brûlé et plus de 20 000 personnes ont été évacuées depuis mercredi soir.

South China Morning Post 2026-07-24 04:00 en

Vatican and Beijing agree on new China bishop as ordination fills 20-year vacancy

Joseph Chang Yanfeng was ordained bishop of Chifeng in China’s northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday, highlighting the uneasy diplomatic engagement between Beijing and the Vatican on the sensitive issue of Catholic appointments. According to Vatican News, Pope Leo XIV approved Chang’s appointment on June 15, under the terms of the 2018 provisional agreement between the Holy See and Beijing. The ordination fills a vacancy for the Catholic diocese of Chifeng that had lasted nearly...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-24 03:33 en

Nobel economist on anti-China, anti-science US, AI’s risks

Simon Johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he won a joint Nobel Prize for economics in 2024 for his research into how institutions shape national prosperity. On June 8, the British government announced Johnson as chair of its new AI Economics Institute. In this interview, conducted on the sidelines of the UBS Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong, Johnson discussed the...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-24 01:30 en

Chinese nationals plead guilty to illegally shipping turtles from US to Hong Kong

Two Chinese nationals pleaded guilty to allegedly shipping more than 500 turtles to Hong Kong in violation of American wildlife law, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday. Kin Keung Ho pleaded guilty on Thursday while Lihua Owen Ma pleaded guilty to a similar charge on July 1. Both are residents of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. “During the plea hearing, the government proffered that Ho shipped approximately 99 packages containing 578 turtles,” the agency said....

South China Morning Post 2026-07-23 23:21 en

More Americans think China is world leader in AI, new survey reveals

More than one-third of Americans see China, and not the United States, as the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI), according to a Pew Research Centre survey released on Thursday, as US President Donald Trump confirmed the technology would be on the agenda when his Chinese counterpart visits the US later this year. The survey found that 36 per cent of Americans believe China is more advanced than the United States in developing artificial intelligence. By comparison, only 12 per cent...

South China Morning Post 2026-07-23 21:48 en

US senators clash over scope of Chinese connected-vehicle ban

US senators broadly agree that Chinese connected vehicles should be kept off American roads. But a bipartisan attempt to codify and expand existing restrictions has exposed divisions over whether the proposed ban could ensnare European carmakers and increase costs for American electric vehicle producers. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation advanced the Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026, a bill that would prohibit the import, manufacture and sale of connected...

The Verge 2026-07-23 19:46 en

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment

As the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has authority over the nation’s TV, radio, and internet. But since Donald Trump was elected to his second term, Carr has wielded that power to threaten broadcasters that have exercised their free speech rights to make jokes about the president. He was even able to […]

MIT Technology Review 2026-07-23 12:10 en

The Download: energy transmission and US threats against Chinese AI

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. The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags During a heat wave on July 3, New York State’s grid imported enough electricity from Canada to meet about…

🔬 Ciencia y Tecnología

Xataka 2026-07-23 20:00 es

China acaba de poner en marcha su nuevo acelerador de iones pesados. No lo ha construido solo para estudiar átomos

Hay máquinas que se construyen para observar lo que ya conocemos y otras para empujar la materia hasta lugares en los que apenas sabemos qué vamos a encontrar. En Huizhou, China ha levantado un complejo cuya línea de haz recorre dos kilómetros y que es capaz de acelerar iones pesados y dirigirlos contra núcleos atómicos con una intensidad difícil de alcanzar en otros laboratorios. Parece una infraestructura concebida para físicos nucleares. Esa descripción, sin embargo, se queda corta. El paso decisivo llegó el martes 21 de julio. El High Intensity Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, conocido…

Xataka 2026-07-23 19:01 es

China llevaba años persiguiendo el “oro negro”. Ahora ha comenzado a convertirlo en algo mucho más grande

Una fibra casi invisible puede acabar soportando parte de una pala eólica gigantesca, formando parte de las estructuras principales de carga de un tren de metro o protegiendo varios satélites durante el ascenso de un cohete. Eso es lo que hemos visto con la fibra de carbono : un material que parece modesto cuando lo observamos como un simple filamento, pero que adquiere otra dimensión cuando miles de hebras se convierten en una pieza capaz de reducir peso sin renunciar a una elevada resistencia. Detrás de esos productos no hay solo química avanzada, sino una tecnología que China lleva décadas…

Xataka 2026-07-23 18:45 es

Una nube europea con cifrado postcuántico para evitar problemas de seguridad futuros: Internxt sigue con su promo estrella activa

Aunque suene un poco a ciencia ficción, la computación cuántica está cerca de ser una realidad a gran escala. Pero, ¿y eso en qué nos afecta a nosotros? Este tipo de ordenadores, entre otras muchas cosas, son capaces de descifrar los sistemas de cifrado que más se utilizan hoy en día. Por eso mismo, ya hay varias compañías preparándose para hacerle frente a este nuevo escenario y una de ellas es Internxt , servicio de almacenamiento en la nube que cuenta con cifrado postcuántico . Un servicio de almacenamiento preparado para el futuro La computación cuántica es un desafío para la…

Xataka 2026-07-23 18:31 es

Este controlador te permite usar cualquier dispositivo con la lengua: se conecta por bluetooth y es un trackpad en tu paladar

Manejar el ratón de un ordenador con la lengua puede parecerte algo excéntrico. Pero más de 100 millones de personas con movilidad reducida no tienen tan fácil usar un ratón con sus manos, y es aquí donde entra, dispositivos como MouthPad^. Creado por la empresa estadounidense ^Augmental , se trata de un touchpad bucal para ordenadores, tablets y smartphones. Se controla desde el paladar usando la lengua . Estamos ante un controlador bucal que te colocas en el paladar, y que pesa alrededor de 10 gramos. De hecho, se diseña a medida para poder tenerlo en la boca de forma cómoda. Una vez ahí,…

Hipertextual 2026-07-23 21:25 es

Estados Unidos propone un botón para apagar la IA antes de que se descontrole

Estados Unidos podría tener una forma de apagar la inteligencia artificial que se salga de control. Un proyecto de ley busca dar al gobierno la capacidad de intervenir directamente sobre los modelos más potentes del mercado. El "botón" para apagar la IA llega a unos días de que OpenAI confirmara que sus modelos hackearon a […] Seguir leyendo: Estados Unidos propone un botón para apagar la IA antes de que se descontrole

Hipertextual 2026-07-23 18:15 es

Lo nuevo de Xbox te permite jugar gratis en la nube a cambio de ver anuncios

Microsoft ha dado el paso que muchos veían venir desde hace meses. El gigante tecnológico puso en marcha una prueba de Xbox Cloud Gaming con anuncios, la cual te permitirá jugar en la nube a cambio de ver publicidad. El programa ya está disponible para algunos usuarios, aunque todavía no se sabe si se desplegará […] Seguir leyendo: Lo nuevo de Xbox te permite jugar gratis en la nube a cambio de ver anuncios

The Next Web 2026-07-23 20:56 en

Ford is switching from Google to Apple Maps for its next-generation EVs

Ford will use Apple Maps as the built-in navigation system for its next generation of electric vehicles, replacing the Google-based software it has run since 2023. The integration uses Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK and will launch with Ford’s $30,000 midsize electric pickup in 2027, according to a joint announcement from both companies on […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-23 20:38 en

Musk says Optimus will be the hardest product Tesla has ever scaled

Elon Musk told investors on Tesla’s second-quarter earnings call that Optimus will be “the hardest product to scale manufacturing that we’ve ever made at Tesla,” warning that the humanoid robot has no existing supply chain and that every component is new. He said he wanted to “calibrate people correctly” on expectations, acknowledging that the initial […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-23 19:58 en

AMD unveils Helios rack and MI455X accelerator in bid to close the gap with Nvidia

AMD unveiled a suite of new data centre products at its Advancing AI event in San Francisco on Thursday, claiming they will outperform Nvidia’s competing hardware across AI training and inference. The announcements included the MI455X AI accelerator, the Helios server rack that packs 72 of those chips into a single system, and the Venice […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Next Web 2026-07-23 17:58 en

Four former DOGE staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for an AI military cyber startup

Cathedral, a stealth military cybersecurity startup founded by four former Department of Government Efficiency staffers, has raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation. Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital led the round and both took board seats. The company plans to secure US government contracts for AI-driven offensive and defensive cyber operations against adversaries including […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Verge 2026-07-23 21:15 en

Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions

Amazon is launching an update to its Alexa Plus assistant that will allow it to connect to smart home devices in new ways. With the update, which is currently in preview, Alexa Plus can link up with tech from Bosch, Delta, Ecovacs, iRobot, Yale Home, Whirlpool, Tapo, Eufy, and others, while automatically routing requests to […]

The Verge 2026-07-23 19:00 en

Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet

Until now, voice mode has only been available on Claude Haiku, Anthropic's faster but less powerful model. Now the company is making its Opus and Sonnet models available in voice mode, and extending its reach into apps like Gmail, Slack, and Canva. When Anthropic launched voice mode last year, it was primarily focused on delivering […]

MIT Technology Review 2026-07-23 16:58 en

Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement”

When it comes to organ donation, time is everything. As soon as an organ has been carefully removed from a donor’s body, it starts to deteriorate. Surgeons have a matter of hours to get it into a recipient. Leave it too long and the organ will become unusable. In most cases, organs will be kept…

MIT Technology Review 2026-07-23 12:00 en

How AI helps scientists design the next generation of medicines

Designing and developing a new medicine is an expensive, failure-prone scientific challenge. A new drug can take many years to develop, at the cost of a significant investment. And even then, most possible candidates never reach the patient. For biologic medicines, therapies made from engineered proteins rather than synthetic chemistry (which are often used to…

MIT Technology Review 2026-07-23 09:00 en

The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags

On July 3, as a heat wave swept the region, New York State’s grid imported 52 gigawatt-hours of electricity from Canada—enough to meet about 9% of its total electricity demand that day. Some of that power shuttled in on a 339-mile power line stretching from Quebec to Queens called the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE).…

🧬 Investigación Médica

Medical Xpress 2026-07-24 01:40 en

Stroke center anesthesia practices may shape patient outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy

A hospital's overall experience with general anesthesia (GA) or conscious sedation (CS) may influence how anesthesia choice affects patient outcomes during mechanical thrombectomy, according to research presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 23rd Annual Meeting. The findings suggest that the effectiveness of an anesthesia strategy depends not only on the technique itself but also on the institutional protocols and experience supporting its use.

Medical Xpress 2026-07-24 01:00 en

Social inequalities shape childhood mortality from leukemia in Brazil

Why do children with lymphoid leukemia face markedly different mortality rates depending on where they live in Brazil? In a collaboration between researchers at LMU and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), trends in childhood lymphoid leukemia mortality in Brazil over more than two decades were analyzed, along with the association of regional development and health care structures with the observed disparities. The findings have been published in The Lancet Regional Health—Americas.

ScienceDaily (Health & Medicine) 2026-07-23 12:34 en

Popular childhood drinks may raise blood pressure decades later

A 25-year study found that frequent consumption of soda, sports drinks, and fruit juice beginning in childhood was linked to a higher risk of high blood pressure in adulthood. Swapping one daily drink for whole fruit, milk, or water could significantly reduce that risk.

📚 Research papers (aging & longevity)

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