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Colombia and Portugal play out thrilling World Cup draw; DR Congo downs Uzbekistan

Follow live updates and coverage on the 2026 World Cup games as England vs. Panama, Croatia vs. Ghana before Argentina and Messi play

NBC News - Jun 28, 2026 1:23am EDT

From casual hobby to luxury investment: memory costs hit PC gaming hard

Gaming is more portable and powerful than ever, but the artificial intelligence boom has caused component prices to skyrocket

Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 27, 2026 11:06pm EDT

How addicted are we to our phones? Some of us are going to rehab

Addiction treatment centres say more clients are coming for help with "out-of-control" phone use.

BBC News - Jun 27, 2026 8:43pm EDT

Australia to double penalties for platforms in breach of social media ban

Children under the age of 16 have been prevented from 10 key social media platforms in Australia since December 2025.

BBC News - Jun 27, 2026 8:09pm EDT

Data Centers Were the Biggest Losers of the Week

Gizmodo - Jun 27, 2026 5:36pm EDT

Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to be ICE director

The announcement comes after acting director Todd Lyons said in April that he was leaving the agency.

NBC News - Jun 27, 2026 5:30pm EDT

Country music star Brad Paisley calls a proposed data center near the Nashville Zoo 'a monstrosity'

Business Insider - Jun 27, 2026 3:11pm EDT

Social Media Has Been Secretly Flooded by a New Kind of Content. You Probably Haven’t Noticed—and That’s the Problem.

The most popular ads on social media look like anything but.

Slate - Jun 27, 2026 2:23pm EDT

Venezuela earthquake death toll rises above 1,400 as search for survivors continues

Rescue teams sent by governments across the world continued to arrive in Venezuela on Saturday.

NBC News - Jun 27, 2026 2:15pm EDT

Wall Street’s share of the housing market won’t shrink under the new bill. But it could shift.

Housing advocates are cautiously watching to see what impact the bill might have on the role of big investors in the real estate market.

NBC News - Jun 27, 2026 1:58pm EDT

The AI trade cooled and oil sank. A closer look at Wall Street's volatile week

Micron finished the week in the red despite a blockbuster earnings report. But falling oil prices was good news for the fight against inflation.

CNBC - Jun 27, 2026 12:51pm EDT

Thaw In US-Anthropic Standoff: After Mythos, Fable 5 Reactivation On The Cards

The developments are seen as a major progress in the negotiations between Anthropic and the US administration following a two-week stand-off triggered by a directive to end access to its artificial intelligence models to foreigners.The US could end the administration's curbs on Fable 5 by next week.

International Business Times - Jun 27, 2026 11:46am EDT

Hezbollah rejects US-brokered Israel-Lebanon security deal as ‘surrender’

The framework ⁠agreed on Friday provides for a phased Israeli withdrawal from some ​parts ⁠of southern Lebanon, alongside the deployment ‌of the Lebanese army.

NBC News - Jun 27, 2026 11:08am EDT

LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Sold Out During Prime Day, Now Back in Stock and Still at Its Best Price Ever

Gizmodo - Jun 27, 2026 9:45am EDT

Blockading the Strait of Hormuz creates a problem. Syria offers a solution. Tehran's most potent leverage vis-à-vis the U.S. and global economies has proved to be its ability to clamp down on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The search for overland routes for oil and other goods has led directly to Syria, an old crossroads revived. By - Taylor Luck - / 9 min

Christian Science Monitor - Jun 27, 2026 9:39am EDT

The UK is introducing an ‘Australia plus’ under-16s social media ban. But how is it going there?

Guardian UK - Jun 27, 2026 9:13am EDT

Trump admin allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI model to some companies, government agencies

Anthropic disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with a government export control directive citing "national security authorities."

CNBC - Jun 27, 2026 8:12am EDT

Scientists Think Uranus and Neptune May Not Be the Ice Giants We Imagined

Gizmodo - Jun 27, 2026 7:37am EDT

AI images are more convincing than ever — infiltrating journals and undermining trust in science

Live Science - Jun 27, 2026 6:11am EDT

AI chatbots are helping people talk with dating partners — some do's and don'ts - Whether you love or loathe generative AI chatbots, they're becoming increasingly involved in the business of romance

ABC News - Jun 27, 2026 6:08am EDT

From sanctions to benchmark: Why world copies Iran's drone?

Mehr News Agency - Jun 27, 2026 5:17am EDT

AI chatbots are helping people communicate with dating partners. Here are some do’s and don’ts

Toronto Star - Jun 27, 2026 5:14am EDT

Hidden magma beneath Mars? Scientists' 'unexpected' discovery raises new questions about alien life

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered vast hidden magma systems beneath the surface of Mars, marking an “unexpected discovery” leading the researchers closer to finding the...

International The News - Jun 27, 2026 4:47am EDT

Republican senator proposes federal control over data centers’ access to the power grid

Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ POWER Up Act would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority to approve or reject data centers’ connections to some grids.

NBC News - Jun 27, 2026 2:30am EDT