Ted Cruz showers praise on Dem candidate with ‘real chance’ of beating Trump pick: report
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) showered praise on the opponent of a Trump-endorsed Senate candidate, according to reports. While calling in on Thursday to Sean Hannity’s
Trump bombed Iran again just to “upstage” everyone at NATO summit: biographer
A Trump biographer suggested that the reason Trump bombed Iran again was to get attention during the recent NATO summit. During an episode of Inside
‘Complex numbers are not needed for quantum mechanics’: Physicists develop quantum model that uses only ‘real’ numbers for first time ever
For the first time, physicists have built a working version of quantum mechanics without complex numbers — numbers that have been considered essential to the
Scientists build tiny ‘diving suit’ for cockroaches, turning them into search-and-rescue cyborgs
Engineers have designed a waterproof “diving suit” for cyborg cockroaches that enables the hybrid insects to survive and roam underwater for up to three hours.
New robotic heart mimics common, mysterious condition to help researchers study it
Scientists have invented a soft robotic heart that could give them a new way to study a mysterious condition that accounts for roughly half of
Oldest woman to travel into space dies aged 87
Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel into space, has died aged 87.
Palo Alto’s CEO says AI prices must fall 90% before the tech really takes off
Palo Alto Networks chief executive Nikesh Arora says the cost of running AI needs to plunge before businesses can deploy it at scale. He told
EU Parliament revives a ‘zombie’ child-abuse scanning bill it rejected in March
The European Parliament has voted to advance a bill letting tech companies legally scan for child sexual abuse material. On Thursday in Strasbourg, lawmakers sent
South Korea’s SK Hynix raises $26.5bn in record-breaking US IPO
South Korean chip giant makes largest-ever debut by a foreign firm in the US, eclipsing Alibaba’s 2014 IPO.
Spain vs Belgium: World Cup quarterfinal – prediction, start time, lineups
Spain, aiming to reach the semifinals for the first time since 2010, face Belgium in Friday’s contest in Los Angeles.
Tense standoff at an anti-migrant protest in a South African town
Locals at an anti-migrant protest wielded sticks in an attempt to evict suspected undocumented residents of Alexandra.
How we’ve saved thousands on our holidays by swapping homes with strangers
The BBC looks at the growing trend of people swapping homes to cut holiday costs.
At least 11 die in Spain wildfire as heatwave continues in Southern Europe
A local official said four of the victims may be British after a fire broke out near Los Gallardos, Almería.
Huge crowds in Mashhad as Iran’s late supreme leader is buried
Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran’s holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.