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Iran vs New Zealand: World Cup team news, start, lineups and where to watch
After uncertainty over their participation and a disrupted build-up, Iran are set to begin their World Cup campaign.
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After uncertainty over their participation and a disrupted build-up, Iran are set to begin their World Cup campaign.
Toss-up↑ 3 this week
Instructors hurled Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas into 40-metre abyss without attaching safety equipment A 21-year-old woman who died when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment, has been bur
Read the full briefIbrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.
Read the full briefUS president announces rally for 250th anniversary of the nation; fighter gave rambling interview in which he repeated false conspiracy claim about Michelle Obama Sign up for the Breaking News US email JD Vance also dodged the question when he was asked by CNB
Read the full briefMarkets welcome US-Iran peace deal but prices may stay high as buyers race to refill depleted emergency crude stockpiles Oil prices hit three-month low and markets rally After more than 100 days of the greatest recorded disruption to the world's energy supplie
Read the full briefForward Industries has been unsuccessful on all three recent attempts to combine with rival publicly traded Solana treasury firms.
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The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illness South African jazz composer and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age of 91. His family announced his death in a statement released Mo
Read the full briefMarius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette Marit, has been sentenced to four years in jail.
Read the full briefAgent opened fire at car, striking it, as suspect fled scene and has not been located, Stafford Township police say An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in New Jersey was reportedly struck by a vehicle and shot at the car as it fled the scene on
Read the full briefLast week, Xbox boss Asha Sharma sent a memo warning of an Xbox "reset" ahead of expected layoffs, and today, Kotaku reported that Xbox plans to shut down Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight. Since taking over in February, Sharma has made som
Read the full briefOrder represents one of the most significant actions the Trump administration has taken against a media company Over the next few weeks, anyone in the US can plead their case that Disney's ABC should not be permitted to renew its broadcast licenses for the eig
Read the full briefUS President Donald Trump has said the agreement with Iran is 'all signed'.
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The U.S. move to pull Anthropic's top models offline shows the dangers of leaning on a few AI providers, Carney said.
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Reports show drone use expanding, with more than 1,000 civilians killed in first five months of 2026.
Read the full briefEleven skydivers and a pilot were killed in Sunday crash as aircraft for Skydive Kansas City was taking off in Butler The Missouri skydiving community is mourning the loss of several of its members after a plane crash south of Kansas City killed 11 skydivers a
Read the full briefRemembering the ups and downs of the Intel Mac era as it finally winds down.
Read the full briefVoices Shaping the Future of Space Members of the public are invited to join some of NASA's brightest minds as they discuss agency missions and current topics in aerospace technology, science, and innovation. Each event will feature NASA experts, and the serie
Read the full briefDeal still under UK scrutiny with new investigation, and could face lawsuit from state attorneys general Donald Trump 's Department of Justice has decided to approve the $111bn merger of Paramount Skydance, controlled by the Ellison family, and Warner Bros Dis
Read the full briefStrategy expanded its USD Reserve to $1.1 billion and increased its total Bitcoin holdings, after dipping into those funds last month.
Read the full briefUnverified reports say attacks were part of a campaign of sabotage and misinformation run by the Russian state.
Read the full briefJared Kushner's $1.4bn resort has sparked Albania's biggest protests in years. Is the country's coast for sale?
Read the full briefResidents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, rally against a coal export facility West Oakland, a California neighborhood known for its rich history of Black activism from the Pullman Porters' union to the Black Panthers,
Read the full briefRoblox's vice president of safety product policy, Eliza Jacobs, told NBC News that Roblox is "optimistic" that its new facial age estimation tech will "continue to get better," saying, "Ticking a box to say you're 13 or older, it's not enough anymore." NBC inv
Read the full briefWill the Sun roast Earth's plants or starve them?
Read the full briefAn astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this picture of downtown San Francisco and nearby communities on May 27, 2026. The image captures two of the region's iconic bridges. The Golden Gate Bridge connects the northern San Francisco Peninsula
Read the full briefConsumer sentiment still remains at historically low levels amid Iran war and rising inflation, new survey shows Easing gas prices are making Americans feel better about their personal finances and the economy in June, but consumer sentiment remains at histori
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The crypto-related assault reportedly involved attackers posing as police officers, and follows a spate of attacks in the country.
Read the full briefRelief and cautious optimism in southern Lebanon as a US-Iran ceasefire takes hold.
Read the full briefSome victims said they chose not to speak out because they feared staff would cut off access to aid.
Read the full briefFrom the day it was announced, on June 16th, 2025, the Trump phone sounded ridiculous. The T1 Phone 8002 (gold version), as it was officially called, was a combination of contradictory specs, product images that were clearly not photographs of a real phone, an
Read the full briefA group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts urged the White House to remove export control restrictions on Anthropic's models Fable and Mythos, arguing that the order is going to limit the ability of cybersecurity defenders to secure their software and
Read the full briefWith beloved stars' personal items increasingly up for grabs after they die, a new generation of fans are bidding on everything from bowler hats to dog bowls From Diane Keaton's bowler hats and polka dot scarfs, to Gene Hackman's used paint brushes, to Terence
Read the full briefGeochronologists say basalt columns in Antrim sprang up during volcanic activity over 5.5m years , 8m less than thought For centuries, the tale has been passed from generation to generation: how the Irish giant Finn McCool built the Giant's Causeway in Norther
Read the full briefDecision to not overturn fallen crypto mogul's 25-year prison sentence was handed down by three-judge panel Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday lost his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchan
Read the full briefDonald Trump posts 'Let the oil flow' as US-Iran peace deal sparks immediate drop for Brent crude Analysis: Oil and gas unlikely to return to prewar prices for months even if Hormuz reopens Business live , latest updates Middle East crisis: live updates Global
Read the full briefBitMine Immersion Technologies expanded its leading Ethereum treasury to more than 5.6 million ETH valued at greater than $10 billion.
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Trade tensions, wars and Asia's rise are testing the influence and unity of the Group of Seven (G7).
Read the full briefAl Jazeera's Samantha Johnson has your FIFA World Cup 2026 day four recap.
Read the full briefVisitors say arbitrary and changing rules prevent visitation and cause stress to families and their detained loved ones In January, Gabriela Soto's husband was detained in Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Newark,
Read the full briefArmed with a ton of new upgrades, Ferrari came to Spain full of confidence.
Read the full briefServices Catalog Click here to view the FY26 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service. Service Level Agreement (SLA) Click here to view the Service Level Agr
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Read the full briefThe deal to end fighting and re-open the Strait of Hormuz leaves the sides where they were 24 hours before the war - only with thousands now dead.
Read the full briefHeavy volume pushed XRP through multiple resistance levels, with traders now focused on whether the rally can extend toward $1.30 after weeks of defensive positioning.
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Despite the Clarity Act's advancement toward the finish line, there's one provision under threat for builders that can't be overlooked, argues Smith.
Read the full briefUK Court upholds ban on Palestine Action as 'terrorist' group
Read the full briefFifa is seeking an explanation over a hand gesture made by video assistant referee Shaun Evans before Germany's 7-1 win over Curacao on Sunday.
Read the full briefHomeowners association in Madison incites protests and calls for humane solutions after voting to kill geese A homeowners association in Madison, Alabama , has incited protests and calls for humane wildlife management solutions after voting to kill off hundred
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://www.iroh.computer/blog/v1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542480 Points: 405 # Comments: 139
Read the full briefThey cannot hold back the energy crunch for ever
Read the full briefStandard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick's bullish call comes as spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund inflows return, oil prices fall and Coinbase's CEO says bitcoin likely bottomed near $60,000.
Read the full briefOutpouring of public grief for Lidia 'Taty' Almeida, leader of group of mothers that has marched every week since 1977 The human rights activist Lidia "Taty" Almeida , who spent more than half a century searching for her son after he was forcibly disappeared b
Read the full briefAl-Qaqa Ibn Antar had been attempting to climb its walls without safety equipment when he fell in, local authorities say.
Read the full briefThe city's metro area has pushed westward since it last hosted World Cup matches in 1986, expanding across a landscape shaped by ancient volcanoes.
Read the full briefDespite a last-ditch legal bid to block the event, the White House spent the night as a marketing department for the private fighting company A warm Sunday night on the South Lawn , with bright lights, fireworks, a fighter plane flyover, thousands of spectator
Read the full briefSpaceX's IPO underwriters maxed out their share purchases, adding to an already historic amount of money raised.
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://openrouter.ai/openrouter/fusion Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537641 Points: 164 # Comments: 63
Read the full briefAt the moment, balmy. But it wouldn't take a lot to require some Fed air-conditioning
Read the full briefPerpetual futures generated more than $60 trillion in volume last year, according to the crypto exchange, largely outside the U.S.
Read the full briefThis has been a persistent, behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA and Roscosmos.
Read the full briefThe chain was criticised for a "Tank Day" marketing ploy on the anniversary of a military massacre.
Read the full briefMove is part of broad effort to open public lands to industry and other uses, threatening wildlife and ecosystems The Trump administration is executing a controversial plan to allow dirt bikes, ATVs, trucks, snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles to drive thr
Read the full briefI recently published a buying guide on the best Qi2 power banks. Out of seven feature-packed batteries, I really dug the Baseus AM52 10,000mAh power bank that has a built-in USB-C cable. It's fast at Qi2.2 wireless charging for iPhones, and it's quick with wir
Read the full briefThree-day-old moon will be about its own width away from luminous planet in constellation of Cancer A silver sliver of moon joins the bright beacon of Venus this week for a delightful twilight conjunction. The moon will be just over three days old and only 11%
Read the full briefHeatwaves may be more important
Read the full briefArmstrong said his instinct is that bitcoin has probably found its floor, pointing to the four-year cycle that has historically marked lows.
Read the full briefA Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people.
Read the full briefThree men have been arrested after instructors failed to attach a rope to her before helping her jump from a bridge.
Read the full briefDaphy Michel, a vulnerable asylum seeker from Haiti, died at Pittsburgh bus shelter days after leaving federal custody A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker in Pennsylvania after being released from federal custody a homicide. Meanw
Read the full briefThe ban would apply to a range of social media platforms, including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X.
Read the full briefBuoyant volcanic rock fragments from an underwater eruption drifted across the Bismarck Sea and choked island coasts.
Read the full briefTom Lee's Ethereum treasury firm, through the preferred stock sale, is using a financing tool pioneered by Michael Saylor's bitcoin treasury firm Strategy.
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Read the full briefThe singer-songwriter is among six people presumed dead in an air crash over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
Read the full briefSelf-deprecating jokes and mental health advocacy have gone viral, and his political commentary is proving popular It's been quite the journey for Hunter Biden. In the space of a few weeks, the former first son has gone from a man seen as a political liability
Read the full briefSalesforce says it wants to use Fin's team and technology to improve Agentforce, its existing enterprise platform that businesses can use to build custom AI agents that automate tasks.
Read the full briefMedications that target depression, anxiety and poor sleep could help treat pain without opioids' addictive properties A range of other medications could serve as alternatives to powerful opioids for pain relief in emergency departments, according to a new stu
Read the full briefThe three crypto market overhangs of the Iran War, SpaceX IPO and ETF outflows appear to be lifting. But can they be trusted?
Read the full briefCases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA says Attacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, ab
Read the full briefThe process to renew Daca immigration status used to take a few weeks , now it drags on for months It's been six months since Claudia first applied to renew her US immigration status , a process that, for the last 14 years, would only take a few weeks. But now
Read the full briefAre you ready for a new view of the universe? The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal distant worlds, dark energy, and the structure of the cosmos, and we want you to be a part of it! Digital creators and social media users are invited to register to
Read the full briefLeadership hopeful also wants tax revenues from new North Sea oil and gasfields used to cut energy bills Wes Streeting's pitch to be the next Labour leader will include a plan to increase high-skilled immigration to the UK, arguing that Donald Trump is telling
Read the full briefThe latest purchase was made at an average price of $63,024 per bitcoin.
Read the full briefAlternative singer and internet personality among six who died when two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro The American musician Oliver Tree has died in a helicopter crash in Brazil at the age of 32, according to reports. Two helicopters collided over Ri
Read the full briefNowhere in the developing world has done so well out of the past year
Read the full briefToday, I'm talking with Adam Bry, who is CEO of Skydio, the leading US maker of autonomous drones. Before we recorded this episode, I actually got to remotely operate one of Skydio's drones in the Bay Area from Adam's laptop in our podcast studio in New York a
Read the full briefPoolbeg Pharma to test the treatment in NHS hospitals and says it is also developing a GLP-1 weight loss pill A London-based startup is about to trial a drug at six NHS hospitals that could stop people on cancer immunotherapy getting a life-threatening side-ef
Read the full briefThe Philippines' central bank has tightened crypto oversight with new rules governing how exchanges assess and monitor digital assets.
Read the full briefShirley Firth is hoping those responsible for Lindsay de Feliz's death in 2019 will finally be convicted A Cambridgeshire mother in her 90s is hoping to finally see justice for her murdered daughter when a retrial into her death is due to open in the Dominican
Read the full briefCommerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.
Read the full briefIndian IT services company HCLTech is investing $150 million in the Bengaluru startup.
Read the full briefPhotosynthesis does not always result in wood growth, a key factor in carbon dioxide sequestration Trees may not be able to store as much planet-heating carbon as hoped, a study suggests, with researchers finding photosynthesis does not always lead to wood gro
Read the full briefThe peace deal reached over the weekend provided the stimulus many markets had been waiting for. Crypto traders, however, have learned to distrust this particular headline
Read the full briefActivists are challenging colonial-era law and demanding 'free, legal, unfettered, forever rights' to use beaches Jamaica's beach access crisis: 'We shouldn't be forced to fight for what is already ours' Campaigners in Jamaica are heading to court next week to
Read the full briefA Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally 'Every day it's more barriers': how the US is shutting out climate refugees Donald Trump 's immigration crackdown is largely targeting people
Read the full briefFox says the deal will create the third-largest television company in the United States.
Read the full briefTechnique that examines fragments of foetal DNA in mother's bloodstream could limit need for invasive screening, according to researchers A new maternal blood test that can detect thousands of serious genetic conditions in the developing foetus could limit the
Read the full briefA crypto relief rally has "partially arrived" as Trump announces a deal with Iran, but prediction market traders remain unconvinced.
Read the full briefFatima Jabbe-Bio kept tenancy in Southwark despite living for much of year at presidential lodge in Freetown A social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone's first lady has been seized by a London council. Southwark council confirmed it had repossessed the two-b
Read the full briefArticle URL: https://crankgpt.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540854 Points: 418 # Comments: 164
Read the full briefThis March 20, 2026, image of Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is a composite view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. It shows Messier 64 captured at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths by Webb, while Hubble's image shows the
Read the full briefTokenized Pokémon card sales have skyrocketed over the past year, fueled by a wave of speculation and so-called gacha machines.
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Read the full briefOn Friday Google announced it was making a relatively unknown feature of Google Earth available to a wider audience. The desktop version of Google Earth has had a hidden flight simulator mode since 2007, but it's now easily accessible through a web browser wit
Read the full briefLooking somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive, this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211.
Read the full briefAmazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness Leading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony are "likely" to have sourced minerals linked to a militia a
Read the full briefNewCore argues the next challenge in enterprise security will be managing AI agents, not people.
Read the full briefDoctors say therapy that genetically modifies person's T-cells could offer cure for chronic autoimmune disease Five lupus patients in England are in remission after being treated with a revolutionary therapy that genetically modifies their own cells, in a medi
Read the full briefA question that will define the 21st century
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Read the full briefIntricate tests show hair-trigger detection causes cells on outer surface of leaf to soften, prompting closure The Venus flytrap is one of nature's most impressive predators, luring insects with the intoxicating scent of nectar before capturing them with a sna
Read the full briefMonte dei Paschi di Siena is suddenly all the rage
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Read the full briefFirst ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life Our planet's soils contain enough of the subterranean fungi that sustain plant life and help regulate the climate to stretch from the Earth to the s
Read the full briefIn April, for the first time ever, an Earth observation satellite found what it was looking for, all on its own.
Read the full briefFox has announced that it's acquiring Roku outright, in a deal that values the streaming company at $22 billion. Once the deal is complete, Fox content will be promoted more heavily than before on Roku streamers and smart TVs. The deal will see Fox's TV networ
Read the full briefThrough more than two decades of travel for both work and leisure, my packing list has evolved from a random assortment of gadgets and accessories thrown together at the last minute into a refined checklist of gear honed by trial and error. The right packing l
Read the full briefOn paper, the Honor Magic V6 sounds like a tremendous leap forward for foldable phones: It's the thinnest one yet, with the biggest battery, and the best water-resistance ever. In practice, only the bigger battery feels like a meaningful improvement. The other
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Read the full briefWhat makes this combustible: at the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming wealthy on a scale that's hard to comprehend.
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Read the full briefOrbio announces $21 million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.
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Read the full briefThe startup that beat Midjourney at a penny per image is back with a 4K model that plans pictures like code, and refuses far less than its rivals
Read the full briefUniversity of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066.
Read the full briefGovernment wants to back parents against tech companies though some feel the process has been rushed Keir Starmer is expected to announce sweeping "Australia-plus" restrictions on under-16s accessing harmful social media apps, a move the government has framed
Read the full briefThere's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors.
Read the full briefResearchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.
Read the full briefAs of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.
Read the full briefHe's now the world's first trillionaire, after his rocket and AI company broke IPO records on its way to a $2.1tn valuation Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire. SpaceX's historic debut on the stock market on Friday launched the CEO to unprecedented
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Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.
Read the full briefFrom Donald Trump to Sam Altman, the idea of redistributing them is catching on. Does it make sense?
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