Microsoft Strips Ads From Windows Search Test
Microsoft is testing a pared‑down Windows Search interface that removes ads, news cards and web clutter, offering a cleaner, locally focused results view to selected users.
2026-07-14
Top News
Inside the last American iron lung vigil
A woman spent most days inside an iron lung after polio, while her sister describes to the BBC how that machine and an unbending will kept her alive and defined their family’s life.
2026-07-14
OnePlus said to retreat from the US market
Reports indicate OnePlus plans to withdraw from the US market, signaling a strategic reset with major consequences for carriers, users and the Android ecosystem.
2026-07-14
Health
Hormones, ADHD and the hidden menstrual gap
A UK study is testing whether hormonal swings across the menstrual cycle systematically worsen ADHD symptoms, aiming to inform diagnosis, treatment timing and future clinical trials.
2026-07-14
Michigan tracks source of Cyclospora wave
Michigan health officials report a likely food source for a Cyclospora outbreak that is feeding a multistate surge of cases, raising concern over produce safety and surveillance gaps.
2026-07-14
U.S. Ebola Patients Sent Abroad
A second American infected with Ebola has been transferred to a Frankfurt hospital, highlighting U.S. reluctance to treat its own citizens on home soil and exposing policy and ethical fault lines.
2026-07-14
Technology
Pixel 11 leak shows three colors on Amazon
An early Amazon listing has exposed Google Pixel 11 renders, showing three color options, a revised camera bar, and hints at a tighter retail strategy ahead of the official launch.
2026-07-14
Apple Opens Public Betas For iOS 27 And macOS 27
Apple releases public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27 and other platforms, spotlighting a rebuilt Siri with generative AI and broad performance, battery and responsiveness gains.
2026-07-14
India charts a new atlas of the brainstem
Indian neuroscientists have built a high‑resolution brainstem atlas, giving researchers a rare structural guide to one of the most obscure yet life‑critical regions of the human brain.
2026-07-13
Games
Speedrunning marathon powers $2.4m charity haul
Summer Games Done Quick raised $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders, drawing thousands on site and online and underscoring how speedrunning has matured into a reliable fundraising engine.
2026-07-13
Warframe plots a noir exodus to Tau
Warframe’s upcoming Fornax update shifts the action to Tau, mixing Blade Runner neon, Sopranos crime-family tension and classic film noir, as creative director Rebecca Ford frames a darker, character-driven chapter.
2026-07-12
TennoCon Opens A New Era For Warframe
TennoCon showcases a massive Warframe expansion, cross-platform upgrades, and a deeper Soulframe reveal with live co-op demo and new cinematic story arc.
2026-07-12
Information
Hermes builder Nous targets $1.5B value
Nous Research, maker of the Hermes agent stack, is in talks to raise at least $75M at a $1.5B valuation led by Robot with major backing from USV and other investors.
2026-07-14
Long Island nurse hit with six-figure penalty
A Long Island nurse accused of raking in about $1.5 million by selling fake COVID vaccination cards has been ordered to pay a $544,000 civil penalty, underscoring a harsh federal stance on pandemic fraud.
2026-07-10
One injured in Mishawaka Avenue shooting
A person was wounded in a shooting on Mishawaka Avenue in South Bend’s River Park area, drawing a police response and raising new questions about safety in a busy neighborhood corridor.
2026-06-22