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.
Rachel Maddow mocks Trump’s “feckless, failed, truly laughable” America 250 celebrations
Lesbian MS NOW commentator Rachel Maddow last Monday mocked President Tweety McTreason’s “feckless, failed, truly laughable effort” to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding
Cycling from Paris to London for Rori
The cyclists taking part in the Ride for Rori raised £61,000 for the Oxford Hospitals Charity.
Flores Hobbits’ eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past
Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy
Michigan’s explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite jumps to over 1,200 cases
Cases of an explosive diarrheal parasite continue to skyrocket in Michigan, which is reporting 1,251 cases as of July 9. Of those, 44 were hospitalized.
On the same day, a Florida airport and a Tennessee bridge are renamed after Trump
Palm Beach International Airport is now President Donald J. Trump International Airport, and a Jefferson County bridge is the President Donald J. Trump Bridge.