
arstechnica.com
At 250 years, there are still reasons for hope in Americahttps://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/at-250-years-there-are-still-reasons-for-hope-in-america/It's difficult to pinpoint the moment in my life where America started to lose the plot.Jul 3, 2026 11:30 AM

esa.int
Surface CubeSat contracted for Ramses asteroid missionhttps://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Surface_CubeSat_contracted_for_Ramses_asteroid_missionThe European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company EMXYS for the first CubeSat designed to operate on the surface of an asteroid. Don Quijote is a shoebox-sized spacecraft that will be deployed onto the Apophis asteroid by ESA’s Ramses mission before the asteroid flies by Earth on 13 April 2029.Jul 2, 2026 10:16 AM

esa.int
Authorisation paves the way for Aeolus-2 wind missionhttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/Authorisation_paves_the_way_for_Aeolus-2_wind_missionBuilding on the remarkable success of the Earth Explorer Aeolus wind mission, the European Space Agency has given Airbus Defence and Space in the UK the authorisation to proceed to begin the development of Aeolus’ successor, Aeolus-2 – which is set to be built to enhance operational weather forecasts.Jul 2, 2026 8:00 AM

bbc.co.uk
An intense psychological thriller with Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatumhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002ydz2?at_mid=vJxOQwqmAJ&at_campaign=Blink_Twice&at_medium=display_ad&at_campaign_type=owned&at_nation=NET&at_audience_id=SS&at_product=iplayer&at_brand=m002ydz2&at_ptr_name=bbc&at_ptr_type=media&at_format=image&at_objective=consumption&at_link_title=Blink_Twice&at_bbc_team=BBCHaving fun? Nothing as as it seems on a private party island, and leaving's not an optionJul 1, 2026 11:20 PM
rileywrites.ai
Show HN: Riley – Content That Sounds Like You, Not Like AIhttps://rileywrites.aiWorking for a US company with several, very different, lines of business taught me how difficult it is to post on social media consistently and keeping the essence of each brand in all posts. Standard AI tools helped me get the first draft, but that was it. I would spend hours editing the output to make it sound a bit more like me, but in the end this was more time-consuming than starting from a blank page. Tired of choosing between consistency and maintaining the brand’s essence and my voice, I built Riley. My goal was to teach AI how I sound and the essence of each brand to remove endless prompts and constant tweaking, keep creative momentum, and make content creation a smooth and enjoyable process. Riley learns from previous content you’ve written to generate pieces that sounds like you, not like AI. You can import examples (LinkedIn posts, website copy, social media, etc.), define context with @context-pills for background, audience, and style, and refine with feedback and commentsJul 1, 2026 1:20 PM

nasa.gov
NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrationshttps://www.nasa.gov/general/nextstep-3-b-moon-base-demonstrations/Notice ID: Coming Soon NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners through a new solicitation appendix under the NextSTEP-3 Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement. Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations calls for industry-led demonstrations, risk reduction, and special topic activities that enable an enduring human presence on the lunar surface. NASA’s Moon […]Jun 30, 2026 6:48 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Superintellignce is still decades awayhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48731740In 2022 - I thought that we got closer to AGI with LLMs, but it turned out LLMs were more like the engine of intelligence than intelligence itself.In 2023 - I started to understand how important memory is to the system, and the intelligence is a storage problem as much as it is a processing problem.In 2024 - I started to realize that AGI is the wrong term all together and that intelligence can't be solved with scale alone.In 2025 - I started to understand just how many components needs to work together to build a real agent. We started calling them agents because they have many different moving components nothing else described them. RAG became obsolete as it was too rigid to keep up. Not only we needed an LLM, memory & orchestrator, but also perception & RAI.Now in 2026 I am starting to understand just how complex intelligence is, which I would have understood sooner if I took more biology courses in uni. I remember an episode of "love, death & robots" from 2022, in which a human scieJun 30, 2026 12:26 PM
bing.com
10 Best E-Commerce Platformshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8913afb55e47d691f92911dfcfafd2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fadvisor%2Fbusiness%2Fsoftware%2Fbest-ecommerce-platform%2F&c=4946014908188175579&mkt=en-usRachel Williams has been an editor for nearly two decades. She has spent the last five years working on small business content to help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. She’s well-versed ...Jun 29, 2026 11:03 PM

spacenews.com
Discovering the Universe – Astrophysics Flagship Space Observatories Offer Insights to Key Questionshttps://spacenews.com/discovering-the-universe-astrophysics-flagship-space-observatories-offer-insights-to-key-questions/From observing distant galaxies to exploring exoplanets and their atmospheres, BAE Systems enables cutting-edge technology to expand our knowledge of the universe. As a major partner in each of NASA’s […] The post Discovering the Universe – Astrophysics Flagship Space Observatories Offer Insights to Key Questions appeared first on SpaceNews.Jun 29, 2026 2:27 PM

esa.int
This Month at ESA: June 2026https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/06/This_Month_at_ESA_June_2026What did space have in store for Europe this month? This June, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was named pilot of NASA's Artemis III mission, Ariane 6 set a new European launch record, Proba-3 returned to operations, ESA satellites detected early signs of El Niño, Euclid unveiled its most detailed view yet of the Milky Way's galactic centre, and Sophie Adenot reached the halfway point of her εpsilon mission aboard the International Space Station.Jun 29, 2026 2:00 PM
news.google.com
Harley-Davidson Will Finally Sell You Its Small Training Motorcycles. There's Just One Small Catchhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPZjlSNmstZGRlNUdJcWRBbnV0SDlPNGM3Qy1ISzdoVy1Wanc1aHk5ektoNnU2dWZlQ0NtRm5yWnZxOExxcUx2SFBiUTF2eF92RW9uLTNvSHBMbHhLNUhfQmR1TjdqNkh5a2F6bnpLMEhvUUcycEJ1MU1hZVNweHFQR3pBVGQtTXhmZTZQZl9nNGNvX0J4bk02cko2Wnh2d0xkRHQ2Nm0xQQ?oc=5Harley-Davidson Will Finally Sell You Its Small Training Motorcycles. There's Just One Small Catch RideApart.comJun 29, 2026 7:00 AM
gotaper.app
Show HN: Gotaper – A minimalist, journal-inspired race planner for athleteshttps://gotaper.app/Lately I've been planning on running my first 100 miler and been struggling with organizing everything around the race. Been back and forth between google docs, notes, spreadsheets and AI agents. So in the middle of that, and a long run, though about creating a kind of journaling app for taking notes about the race and everything about it and it got interesting. So here is the first kind of working version. I would love some brutally honest feedback: - What do you think? - What is the clunkiest part of your current race-week planning workflow? - Does the journal-style layout give you more data control than just a spreadsheet? - What feature would make you actually drop your current setup for this?Jun 28, 2026 8:18 PM
bing.com
Cunard Unveils Lineup of Entertainment Residencies for 2027http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89b2d1b4794d2fbc65bcb93d0230e6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.travelmarketreport.com%2Fcruises%2Farticles%2Fcunard-unveils-lineup-of-entertainment-residencies-for-2027&c=11128621265078838655&mkt=en-usCunard has unveiled its 2027 entertainment program, including a new lineup of entertainment residencies across its fleet. Developed in partnership with some of the world’s leading cultural ...Jun 28, 2026 5:00 PM
bing.com
Major PS5 Feature Down for the Last 2 Weeks, Sony Silenthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a221e45c349e0a63a2d3e0b85800f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.playstationlifestyle.net%2F2026%2F06%2F28%2Fps5-recently-played-feature-down-june-28-2026%2F&c=7433139030290955669&mkt=en-usAs we previously explained, sometime around June 15, players suddenly started seeing raunchy games in their libraries and the Recently Played section that they hadn’t purchased. Sony took the feature ...Jun 28, 2026 7:02 AM

spaceflightnow.com
Live coverage: SpaceX plans Sunday Starlink launch from Vandenberg Space Force Basehttps://spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/28/live-coverage-spacex-plans-sunday-starlink-launch-from-vandenberg-space-force-base/The Starlink 17-40 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled at 7:36 a.m. PDT (10:36 a.m. EDT / 1436 UTC).Jun 28, 2026 1:17 AM
bing.com
Hide Attendee List; Send Outlook invite without showing recipientshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a898042179349db91ee85fed99de0f6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewindowsclub.com%2Fhide-attendee-list-outlook&c=5597523845687990348&mkt=en-usYou can hold an online meeting with a group of people without sharing each participant’s contact details with the rest of the group. All you need is a Microsoft account to get started. From the list ...Jun 27, 2026 3:56 AM

europeanspaceflight.com
NASA Delivers Braking Engines for ESA Rosalind Franklin Mars Missionhttps://europeanspaceflight.com/nasa-delivers-braking-engines-for-esa-rosalind-franklin-mars-mission/NASA has delivered the first braking engines for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosalind Franklin mission to Mars. The braking engines are one of three major contributions NASA has committed to the mission, along with launch services and Radioisotope Heater Units (RHUs) to keep the rover’s instruments warm during cold Martian nights. The US space […] The post NASA Delivers Braking Engines for ESA Rosalind Franklin Mars Mission appeared first on European Spaceflight.Jun 26, 2026 2:51 PM

nasa.gov
Bringing Signals to NASAhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/bringing-signals-to-nasa/Growing up on the central California coast, watching rocket launches with his father was part of Eric Fernandez’s childhood routine. Fernandez had posters of rockets on the wall, but despite being fascinated by them, he never imagined one day this would be his career. Because both of his grandparents had served at Vandenberg Air Force […]Jun 26, 2026 2:28 PM
news.ycombinator.com
My website gets more attacks than human visitorshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677487I run a small self-hosted website on a Raspberry Pi 4B at home. A few weeks ago I started wondering: who actually visits a website in 2026? Not just humans. Everything. So I built a public observability dashboard on top of GoAccess that separates traffic into four categories: human visitors, search engine crawlers, AI retrieval agents, and automated attacks. The numbers from the last 17 days surprised me:4,523 human visits 6,409 automated attack attempts Thousands of crawler requests from search engines and AI systemsThe attacks aren't sophisticated. They're mostly automated scanners probing for .env files, WordPress admin panels, and cloud credentials — hitting every public IP on the internet regardless of what's actually running there. What I found more interesting was the AI agent behavior. AI retrieval agents (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Amazonbot) behave differently from traditional search crawlers. They hit semantic files aggressively — llms.txt, sitemap.xml, JSON-LD structJun 25, 2026 6:35 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: What surprised you about Estonia e-Residency and running an Estonian OÜ?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48673801From the official information online, joining the e-Residency program and setting up an Estonian company seems relatively straightforward.I'm considering using an Estonian OÜ for a SaaS business and would love to hear from people who have actually gone through the process.What surprised you after becoming an e-resident and establishing your company? Were there recurring costs, compliance requirements, banking/payment issues, tax complications, or other operational challenges you didn't anticipate?How easy has it been to run the company remotely? Have you ever needed to travel to Estonia to resolve an issue?Looking back, would you do it again? What do you wish you had known before getting started?I'd appreciate any lessons learned, gotchas, or advice from current or former e-residents.Jun 25, 2026 2:17 PM