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Fallen power cable sparks deadly Spain wildfire, killing at least 13; Sánchez urges prevention culture

At least 13 people have died, including four Britons and a French national, after a wildfire sparked by a fallen power line tore through Almería province. The blaze scorched 7,000 hectares and forced hundreds to evacuate before being stabilized Sunday.

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Discoveries·7h ago

Spanish-led team detects sugar in interstellar space for the first time, revealing ingredients for life form before stars exist

Using two radio telescopes in Spain, astronomers have identified erythrulose, a four-carbon sugar found in raspberries, inside a molecular cloud 27,000 light-years from Earth. The finding fills a gap in prebiotic chemistry and shows that sugars essential for life's building blocks can assemble before stars or planets.

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Climate·yesterday

Major incident declared in north Wales as wildfires sweep England and Wales during record heatwave

Dozens evacuated near Conwy Mountain as firefighters battle blazes in multiple counties, with the heatwave set to persist into a second week.

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Discoveries·4d ago

Australia confirms first deadly H5N1 bird flu case in a native seabird as total detections climb to 12

The first case of H5N1 bird flu in a native Australian seabird has been confirmed in South Australia, adding to a dozen detections since the virus arrived on the continent.

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AI & Tech·5d ago

Meta launches Muse Image AI generator, automatically opts in public Instagram profiles for remixing

Meta's new AI image generator, Muse Image, automatically includes public Instagram profiles in its training data, allowing anyone to generate images using a user's likeness without explicit consent.

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AI & Tech·5d ago

OpenAI to launch GPT-5.6 model series globally on Thursday after US government clearance

OpenAI will make its GPT-5.6 model family publicly available on Thursday after the Trump administration lifted restrictions that had confined the system to a small group of vetted partners.

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Climate·22h ago

North American oak lace bug surges across German forests as heatwave weakens drought-stressed trees

The invasive pest, originating in North America, is appearing in masses as a heatwave grips the region, compounding stress on trees already weakened by drought.

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Discoveries·4d ago

Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87

The trailblazing aviator who waited six decades to reach space died Wednesday in Grapevine, Texas, at age 87.

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AI & Tech·4d ago

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent that stays with a project for hours to produce finished documents and web apps

Powered by the new GPT-5.6 model family, the agent can gather context across a user's apps and files, schedule its own tasks, and deliver completed spreadsheets, presentations, documents and even interactive web applications.

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AI & Tech·3d ago

OpenAI will shutter Atlas browser on 9 August, folding its features into new ChatGPT desktop app and Chrome extension

The company confirmed it will sunset its AI-powered browser on 9 August, less than a year after launch, and is instead integrating agentic browsing capabilities directly into the ChatGPT desktop app and a new Chrome extension.

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Climate·5d ago

Germany's June heatwave kills estimated 5,100, deadliest week in 26 years

Germany's June heatwave caused an estimated 5,100 heat-related deaths, far exceeding annual averages, with the last week of June the deadliest summer week in 26 years.

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AI & Tech·6d ago

SpaceXAI plans Wednesday launch of first AI model built with Cursor, as Musk rebrands xAI

SpaceXAI, the newly rebranded AI arm of Elon Musk's SpaceX, plans to release its first jointly developed model with AI startup Cursor as early as Wednesday, according to a staff memo seen by The Information.

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Fallen power cable sparks deadly Spain wildfire, killing at least 13; Sánchez urges prevention culture

Spanish-led team detects sugar in interstellar space for the first time, revealing ingredients for life form before stars exist

Major incident declared in north Wales as wildfires sweep England and Wales during record heatwave

Australia confirms first deadly H5N1 bird flu case in a native seabird as total detections climb to 12

Meta launches Muse Image AI generator, automatically opts in public Instagram profiles for remixing

OpenAI to launch GPT-5.6 model series globally on Thursday after US government clearance

North American oak lace bug surges across German forests as heatwave weakens drought-stressed trees

Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent that stays with a project for hours to produce finished documents and web apps

OpenAI will shutter Atlas browser on 9 August, folding its features into new ChatGPT desktop app and Chrome extension

Germany's June heatwave kills estimated 5,100, deadliest week in 26 years

SpaceXAI plans Wednesday launch of first AI model built with Cursor, as Musk rebrands xAI

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