EU plans to fine Google high triple-digit million euro sum as part of antitrust investigation: report
The decision is nearing completion and is expected to be announced before the summer break, according to the report.
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Jewelry, watches and cash in golf bags seized in Zapatero case in Spain
Spain's National Police found 286,070 euros in cash at the home of businessman Julio Martínez Martínez, a friend of former prime minister Rodríguez Zapatero and alleged front man in the court investigation.
Record May highs sweep across France as extreme heat hits western Europe
Mercury in Spain also climbs to well above normal with weather event set to continue for several more days More than 350 French towns have recorded their highest-ever temperatures for May as France and the UK set national heat records amid an extreme early-summer heat event
Supermassive black holes can render exoplanets uninhabitable at great distances
The thinking around exoplanet habitability is mostly concerned with a planet's distance from its star. Too close, and any surface water is boiled away into space. Too far, and surface water is frozen. Both are severe limits on the prospects for life. Habitability depends on an
Commentary: Hormuz crisis has shown that the world cannot quit fossil fuels yet
The Iran war has shown how deeply dependent the world is on fossil fuels beyond electricity and transport, says Alvin Ee of the Energy Studies Institute, NUS.
Cambodia's new conscription law takes effect in wake of conflict with Thailand
The legislation replaces a 2006 statute that was never implemented and was brought in following recent border tensions with Thailand.
US, China escalate quantum race with rival investment drives
Shares of key Chinese quantum computing companies have surged about 20% over two trading days after Washington announced a US$2 billion funding package for nine US firms, as investors bet that Beijing would respond with its own push to keep pace in the global race for quantum
Ferrari reveals its first EV, with design help from Jony Ive
After months of teasers, Ferrari is offering the first full view of its Luce electric vehicle. The Luce is notable not just for being Ferrari's first EV, but for being designed in collaboration with Jony Ive and Mark Newson at their collective LoveFrom. It's also going to be
Talos Principle 3 will definitely be the last one in the series, because 'so many videogames just don't end, and then you have an endless kind of cliffhanger'
The game industry is built on long-running franchises, but Devolver says it doesn't want that for its narrative-focused puzzle game.
Four decades of overlooked data reveal the hidden amphipod diversity of Italian seas
What if some of the most important clues about marine biodiversity were already collected but never fully shared? That's the question that motivated a study, published in Biodiversity Data Journal. It brought together over 40 years of unpublished data on marine
More Elden Ring filming leaks: Here's a castle with some suspiciously familiar guys on it
Specifically, it's Conwy Castle in Wales, with some suspiciously familiar guys on it.
Nicolas Cage on Why Christopher Nolan and Other Directors Won’t Work With Him After He Turned Down Their Films: ‘They Get Their Feelings Hurt’
Nicolas Cage is still remembering that he might have blown a big chance when he turned down a role in Christopher Nolan’s “Insomnia.” The Oscar-winning actor covered numerous pivotal moments in his career in an antic, wide-ranging interview with the New York Times ahead of the
New three‑dimensional magnetic structure discovered with laser light
Flashes of femtosecond laser light, lasting just a few trillionths of a second, have made it possible to observe new magnetic structures for the first time. By using light as a remote control, researchers were able to switch magnetism into previously unseen three-dimensional
Races to watch in Texas’s primary runoffs: Cornyn-Paxton, Chip Roy's attorney general bid, House contests
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) will be in the fight of his political life Tuesday, as he looks to defy the odds and defeat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who clinched an endorsement from President Trump, in the Senate GOP runoff. The last-minute support tees up another test of
RAMpocalyse: Penang chipmakers cheer burgeoning global demand, but gamers may just get priced out
Malaysia's chip sector, particularly Penang, is banking on new AI-driven memory demand.
UK: Centuries-old cheese rolling in Brockworth attracts crowds from across Europe
The famous annual cheese rolling contest brought chaos and excitement back to Brockworth on 25 May, where runners raced down a near-vertical hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester.
Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’
Speaking at Hay festival as UK breaks May heat record, author says optimism is a ‘moral duty’ Pessimism is probably “a bigger problem than climate change”, said the novelist Ian McEwan on Monday afternoon, as temperatures broke May records in the UK. McEwan “constantly” hears
How cells identify and silence unwanted jumping genes
Transposons, DNA sequences that can self-replicate and move (jump) throughout the genome, are widespread and can affect cell survival if left unchecked. Cells control these "jumping genes" by silencing them, but little was known about how cells recognize and defend themselves
The network watching the world's oceans is under pressure—just when it's needed most
Increasingly, the world's oceans are telling us our climate system may be changing faster and more dramatically than expected.
Sherrill denied access to ICE detention facility in New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) on Monday said she was denied access to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Newark amid protests outside the facility and a hunger strike within its walls. The governor said being denied access to Delaney Hall, the
From pore chemistry to carbon capture, new COFs push beyond membrane performance limits
Carbon dioxide (CO2) separation is central to technologies ranging from natural gas purification to hydrogen production and carbon management. One widely used approach relies on thin filtering materials called membranes. However, these membranes face a major challenge:
More than 1.5m foreign pilgrims begin Hajj despite Iran war fears
Saudi Arabia says that is 11,000 more than the number of Muslims who travelled to the Gulf kingdom last year.
Grave Seasons is the terrifying Stardew Valley clones you've been waiting for
Grave Seasons, an upcoming life sim from Blumhouse and Perfect Garbage, aims to put a fresh spin on familiar monster horror tropes.
Hydrogen puts quantum wormhole conjecture to the test
A new Physical Review Letters study places constraints on the ER = EPR conjecture, showing that under the authors' assumptions, the conjecture would imply possible alterations to the hyperfine structure and effective charge of the hydrogen atom—effects that have never been
Russia warns foreign nationals to leave Kyiv after large attack
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged foreign nationals to leave Kyiv, after Russian forces conducted a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital. Russian forces are carrying out “consistent and systemic strikes at enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry ...
Ultra-hard survival sandbox Kenshi passes 3 million copies sold, teases fans with 'Kenshi 2 When?' website
The indie hit is tough as nails, but it's less niche than you might expect.
Netanyahu says Israel will intensify strikes against Hezbollah
The Israeli military hits targets in eastern Lebanon after the prime minister announces further strikes.
New maps show where European landscapes can advance climate and biodiversity goals together
Across Europe, many landscapes show strong potential to move forward climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and biodiversity benefits, with low socioeconomic risk, according to an analysis using a new climate-smart rewilding framework published in One Earth.
Southeast Asia's changing landscape is fueling a deadly air crisis that costs billions
Changes in land-use across Southeast Asia over the past 15 years are worsening air quality and contributing to thousands of excess deaths each year, according to a study led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore).
Álvaro Díaz Balanced Bold Sounds and Big Losses — and Made ‘Omakase’
The Puerto Rican rapper wanted to feel like a master chef serving up something new for fans. Now, he's ready to share
'Blistering heat' in Delhi as temperatures reach 45C
The BBC's Sumedha Pal describes how difficult it is to be standing in the streets of Delhi as temperatures rise to 45C .
Saxony premier Kretschmer on Ukrainian refugees and Russian gas
"We see that large parts of Ukraine are places where people can live well and safely," Saxony's premier Kretschmer (CDU) tells Euronews about refugees returning. "Our capacity to help is limited," adds the CDU vice-chair.
Milky Subway is an overlooked sci-fi anime coming to Netflix on June 1
Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express is as fun and delightful as it gets.
Exodus: The Helium Sea gets first chapter preview — read it
Peter F. Hamilton's second tie-in novel for the upcoming Exodus video game is releasing this summer. Read Polygon's exclusive excerpt here.
Sheinbaum: Mexico to host Iran’s World Cup team amid US tensions
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday said her country will host Iran's FIFA World Cup team amid simmering tensions between the Latin American country and the U.S. Sheinbaum told reporters at a press conference that her government has agreed to allow the team into
Randomization can improve quantum computer performance in presence of noise
New research led by a graduating Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has shown that randomization can improve quantum computer performance in the presence of noise.
Films Are More Likely to Star a Man Named Chris or a Talking Animal Than an Older Woman, According to Study
A new study out of the United Kingdom found that out of the top films from the past three years at the U.K. box office, movies are more likely to feature a lead actor named Chris than a female lead actor over the age of 60. The Age Without Limits survey found that films are […]
Noah Kahan’s Not-That-Unlikely Everyman Stardom
How famous can a musician become and still seem like he isn't? How much musical precedent must exist — how many artists like you, coming before you — before an artist's ascent is no longer "unlikely"? These are the questions Noah Kahan's The Great Divide had me asking. The
One Move Away is a great cosy packing game, even if it had me rage-flinging boxes into the back of a truck
What the hell am I meant to do with this weird lamp?
CALX Is The Journey-Looking Action-RPG Soulslike I Never Knew I Needed Until I Played It
'Hyper Light Sable' is shaping up to be one of this summer's most evocative-looking role-playing games
Israel strikes southern Lebanon as far-right ministers call for escalation
The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as two far-right Israeli ministers called for escalation including attacks on Lebanese capital Beirut. The airstrikes come as the United States and Iran seek to finalise the terms of an agreement to end the
Israel steps up Lebanon strikes as Netanyahu escalates offensive
The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in Lebanon in an effort to "crush" Hezbollah. The airstrikes come as the United States and Iran seek to
The creator of Too Many Cooks is back with the trippiest horror movie of the summer
Buddy is a trippy Barney parody about a killer demon. We're sold.
Who's missing? Why underrepresentation often goes unnoticed in the workplace and classroom
During a staff meeting, we may look around to take account of who is present—an observation that could consider the race or gender of who is in the room. But would everyone notice a complete absence of women, colleagues of color, or even men, in these settings? Probably not,
Rethinking hysteresis—a thermodynamic framework for history-dependent solids
Many solid materials "remember" their past. A piece of metal may respond differently after being stretched, heated, or cooled, and memory materials rely precisely on this kind of history-dependent behavior. This phenomenon, known as hysteresis, is central to technologies such
The 700-million-year history of our blood cells
Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is a testament to how animals have evolved to protect themselves from infectious
Months trapped together in Antarctic isolation reveal a risk few long missions can afford to ignore
How can people continue to function as a team when they live together in isolation for months on end? A new study led by the University of Zurich shows that loneliness isn't the only challenge posed by extreme environments. Constant physical proximity can also amplify conflict,
Israeli opposition leader pushes back on reported US-Iran peace framework
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Monday slammed the reported terms of the deal that the U.S. and Iran are negotiating. “The emerging agreement with Iran is a disaster,” Lapid wrote on social media. “I supported the war in Iran from the very first moment, but the
Israel prepares wider strikes in Lebanon, tightens restrictions on public gatherings in north
From Tuesday morning, communities on the conflict zone between Israel and Lebanon will face restrictions on public gatherings; Israeli officials said expanded strikes on Hezbollah targets are awaiting cabinet approval, as Netanyahu vowed to 'increase the intensity' of attacks
Payre fossils from Europe's earliest Neanderthals reveal dynamic evolution shaped by climatic oscillations
The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has led the international team behind a new study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences exploring the complex evolution of Neanderthals in Europe. Based on the analysis of fossil teeth
