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Targeted prostate cancer treatment cuts risk of side effects, study suggests - Published A less invasive therapy for prostate cancer is just as effective as surgery or radiotherapy but with a lower risk of side effects, a major study suggests. The treatment, named focal therapy,

UK heatwave approaches two-week mark - Published Some parts of the UK are now approaching a fortnight of heatwave conditions. Places in southern England have recorded an unbroken run of 13 days above their heatwave criteria, and with Merryfield in Somerset reaching 30.6C (87.1F)

It turns out that even San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging tech, has his limits. Especially when that emerging tech creates a massive hours-long traffic jam that leaves thousands at a standstill. Mayor Lurie has asked

The financial winners and losers from the World Cup - Published This World Cup has been bigger than any tournament before it. More countries taking part and more matches means more eyeballs on the action - as well as more opportunities to make money. As the planet's footballing s

I wouldn't marry him until he paid off his debt, now I'm in charge of our money - Published When Sarah Reeve got engaged she gave fiance Lee an ultimatum: he had to pay off his debt before she would marry him. "I was paying my mortgage and bills whereas he was giving his mum some

SpaceX abruptly aborted the second attempted launch of its upgraded Starship rocket system on Thursday, just moments after the booster ignited at the company’s complex in South Texas. CEO Elon Musk said on his social media platform X that “[s]ome of the engines didn’t start, trig

Capcom’s RE ENGINE team set out to bring path tracing into two shipping titles at once, Resident Evil Requiem and PRAGMATA, each with a different visual identity. Over two years, the RE ENGINE team built a reference path tracer, validated its lighting against common DCC path trac

The UK is exploring measures that would require employers to publish salary information for all job adverts, part of a global trend toward wage transparency. Proponents argue that explicitly revealing pay ranges will improve fairness and help people navigate the jobs market. Most

US drug regulators signed off on a new pill designed to lower cholesterol levels far beyond what traditional statins can achieve. Merck’s Lipfendra achieved similar results to injectable treatments, potentially heralding a new era of easier prevention for people wanting to bring

Spain is deepening its embrace of the Chinese car industry even as other European powers call for protectionist measures to shield local automakers. A Spanish factory built by Chinese battery giant CATL and carmaker Stellantis will rely on workers brought from China during constr

A global selloff in chip stocks dragged markets down Thursday, as record earnings from TSMC, the world’s largest chipmaker, failed to quell doubts over the sustainability of AI spending. TSMC’s stock fell after the company announced a fresh $100 billion investment for US chip fab

Two nominees for high-profile health roles in the Trump administration faced scrutiny from the Senate health committee Wednesday—and both crashed and burned in their own special ways. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) scrutinized Erica Schwartz,

The US launched yet another wave of strikes against Iran on Thursday, as the conflict threatened to spiral into new territory. Tehran told the Houthis in Yemen to shut down a key oil route through the Red Sea if the US targets Iranian power infrastructure, Reuters reported. Houth

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate banking committee, said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh struck the right tone in an appearance before the panel this week. "I think his message was a good message. He started off by talk

The Indian government has fined HP India and its partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (about $14.4 million) for working with reseller partners in the “cartelization” of computers, ink cartridges, and toner. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said this week that it found

He escaped the Bangkok bar inferno - but his girlfriend and three bandmates didn't - Published One moment, Athipat Wichan was tinkering with song ideas off stage while watching his band perform to a packed crowd at a bar in Bangkok. The next, a ferocious fire had engulfed the sta

Arsenal to assess Saliba back injury with surgery an option - Published Arsenal will assess William Saliba's back injury when he reports back to the club after World Cup duty. The France centre-back has been dogged by a back issue for several weeks and carried the problem into th

Netflix reported second-quarter revenue and earnings that were roughly in line with analyst estimates on Thursday as Wall Street is keeping a close eye on the company's advertising and engagement metrics. Netflix stock fell more than 8% in after-hours trading Thursday as investor

Off the Wire Press Releases SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16, 2026 — Cadence has introduced the AuraStack AI Super Agent on Cadence Allegro AI Studio, the world’s first agentic AI platform for printed circuit board (PCB) and advanced packaging design, taking designers from system planni

England learning on the job in ODIs - Root - Published Joe Root says some England players are having to "learn on the job" in 50-over cricket because of a lack of exposure to the format. Root was a class apart in the second one-day international at Cardiff with a chanceless 99 th

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U.S. beverage maker Coca-Cola said one of its dairy subsidiaries was hacked and that it’s shutting down its operations for the foreseeable future. The multinational giant said in a disclosure with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that its Fairlife dairy company was hit

T-Mobile canceled some longtime subscribers’ free-line promotions as part of a forced migration to new rate plans, spurring complaints from customers yesterday. T-Mobile admitted the problem and blamed it on technical errors that it is trying to fix. The forced plan changes were

Europe wasted no time using its landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA) to try and rein in Big Tech. Companies like Apple, Meta, and Google have faced steep fines and orders to modify their business practices since the law came into force in 2024. And the hits keep on coming for Big T

The News Among the election-related topics that President Donald Trump is preparing to discuss during his primetime speech Thursday night is an alleged plot to manipulate Venezuelan elections that administration officials believe exposed risks to the US voting system, two people

Two Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday said they remained undecided about voting to confirm Todd Blanche for U.S. attorney general, endangering President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's top law enforcement official. "I am still considering it," Se