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Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Box3D, an open source 3D physics engine

Article URL: https://box2d.org/posts/2026/06/announcing-box3d/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745445 Points: 328 # Comments: 72

World · Al Jazeera

Several killed in fire at apartment block in Belgium’s Antwerp

Firefighters battling blaze in Linkeroever area of Antwerp that has also left a number of people wounded.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Rhythm Heaven never misses a beat

Rhythm Heaven isn't Nintendo's best-known series, nor its most prolific. Prior to the launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove on the Switch this week - it's out on July 2nd - there were only four previous entries, one of which was exclusive to Japan. The most recent came out more than a decade ago. Even still, […]

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it

Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they've struggled to justify taking up space on the kitchen counter. AI promised to change that. Amazon debuted its new hardware powered by a revamped Alexa last fall, and now it's finally Google's turn. […]

World · Al Jazeera

Nearly three in four US scam victims report mental health harm, poll finds

Gallup survey says the financial toll of scams in the United States in 2025 was estimated at $68bn.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

Article URL: https://mynintendonews.com/2026/06/26/nintendo-has-raised-its-employees-base-salary-by-10/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745113 Points: 357 # Comments: 180

World · Al Jazeera

Two UK police officers face misconduct probe in Henry Nowak murder case

IOPC says it is investigating whether race or religion impacted any of the officers' actions.

Business · CNBC Technology

Stocks close out Q2, Nike earnings, egg prices and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

Business · BBC Business

Up to 150 ex-WHSmith High Street stores to close as rescue deal approved

The sweeping restructuring, approved by a court, will see steep rent cuts on most remaining stores.

World · Deutsche Welle

German prosecutors arrest Rwanda genocide suspect

A German-Rwandan national has been arrested on suspicion of complicity in murders during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. He is thought to have been personally involved in the killing of one victim.

World · Deutsche Welle

RSF committed crimes against humanity in Sudan's el-Fasher — Amnesty

Amnesty International says Sudan's Rapid Support Forces militia committed ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in its assault on the city of el-Fasher amid the longrunning civil war with Sudan's military.

World · Deutsche Welle

Activist arrests surge in Turkey ahead of key NATO summit

Protesters are clearly unwelcome ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara. Amid a strict ban on public gatherings, 225 activists have already been arrested.

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

2026 Cybersecurity Assessment: The Gap Between Awareness and Resilience

Organizations have never had greater awareness of cyber risk. Yet turning that awareness into operational resilience has never been more challenging. The 2026 Bitdefender Cybersecurity Assessment confirms this is the case, as this year's findings reveal a series of surprising contradictions. Here are a few examples, based on the independent survey of 1,200 IT and cybersecurity professionals

Society · NPR Top Stories

SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship. And, key results from Colorado's primaries

The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship on constitutional grounds on the last day of its term. And, a Democratic socialist has won the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat in Denver.

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Adobe Patches Critical ColdFusion, Campaign Classic Vulnerabilities

Seven of the security defects have a maximum severity rating of 10/10 and could lead to arbitrary code execution. The post Adobe Patches Critical ColdFusion, Campaign Classic Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek .

AI · The Decoder

Hidden code in Claude Code secretly flagged Chinese users

Anthropic is removing a hidden monitoring feature from its programming tool, Claude Code, after it sparked outrage on social media. The article Hidden code in Claude Code secretly flagged Chinese users appeared first on The Decoder .

World · The Guardian World

Sudan’s RSF committed crimes against humanity in El Fasher, Amnesty says

Report accuses paramilitary force of crimes including ethnic cleansing in systemic campaign against civilians The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to capture El Fasher, Amnesty International has alleged. Many of the crimes, including murder, torture, rape, enslavement and sexual slavery, were carried out as part of a widespread and systematic attack against civilians and amounted to crimes against humanity, the human rights organisation said in a report released on Wednesday. Continue reading...

World · BBC Europe

Fire kills five at Antwerp apartment block

A man was seen clambering through a window to escape black smoke in the block where some 200 people live.

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Citrix Patches NetScaler Vulnerabilities, Including New ‘HTTP/2 Bomb’ Attack

Citrix urges customers to patch NetScaler after fixing six vulnerabilities, including the HTTP/2 Bomb flaw and a high-severity CitrixBleed-style information disclosure bug. The post Citrix Patches NetScaler Vulnerabilities, Including New ‘HTTP/2 Bomb’ Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek .

AI · The Decoder

Claude Sonnet 5 continues Anthropic's pattern of hiding price increases behind unchanged token rates

Claude Sonnet 5 ranks fifth in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with 53 points and even beats the pricier Opus 4.8 on some agent-based tasks. But the model chews through about 40 percent more tokens per task than its predecessor, nearly doubling real costs despite identical list prices. Anthropic's hidden price hikes are becoming a pattern. The article Claude Sonnet 5 continues Anthropic's pattern of hiding price increases behind unchanged token rates appeared first on The Decoder .

Business · CNBC Technology

Tech leads first half stock gains — but the biggest winners weren't in the U.S.

U.S. Big Tech stocks enjoyed strong gains — despite a sharp sell-off at the end of June — but were largely outperformed by their international counterparts.

Products & Consumer Tech · Ars Technica

Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning

After Trump's claims, Tylenol usage dropped during pregnancies.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Range anxiety

The storm developed quickly over west central Illinois on April 17th, first as a single high-intensity system called a supercell, and then later that evening transforming into a long squall line of thunderstorms. Tucked inside a wall of wind were several smaller, quick-forming tornadoes, one of which landed directly on Rivian’s electric vehicle factory on […]

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

The cube was a lie: up close with our Dbrand Companion Cube before it gets destroyed

Dbrand is the company that shipped a product that told Nintendo's legal team to "go fuck yourself," and the company that had a second set of lawyer-dodging PS5 plates ready when Sony threatened to sue over the originals. But on June 29th, the company finally ate some serious humble pie, canceling its Portal-themed Companion Cube […]