Media News Daily: Top Stories for 07/30/2026
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Why Google Voice is your secret business weapon
All right, quiz time: In a single sentence, can you tell me exactly what Google Voice does? It’s a question even the most giddy Google-appreciating geeks struggle to answer succinctly — and for normal, non-tech-obsessed Homo sapiens, the answer typically falls somewhere between “Huh?” and “Wait, is that the sameContinue Reading
How rare are orcas in Nova Scotia waters?
The director of the Marine Animal Response Society discusses the latest sighting of a killer whale near the Canso Causeway. Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: https://www.youtube.com/ctvnews Connect with CTV News: For live updates and latest headlines visit: http://www.ctvnews.ca/ For breaking news, fast, download the CTV News App:Continue Reading
Russia can rebuild Wildberries warehouses more easily than it can replace warehouse workers
Another Wildberries warehouse burned overnight, this time in Penza, over 600 kilometers southeast of Moscow—the latest in Ukraine’s two-week drone campaign against Russia’s biggest online retailer. The buildings, it turns out, are the least of it. The strikes work not by destroying warehouses, which can be replaced, but by breakingContinue Reading
Russia builds sea drones to hunt Ukraine—Ukraine just torched the base where they sit in occupied Crimea
Ukraine’s drone forces struck a string of Russian targets across occupied Crimea, Russia’s Rostov Oblast, and the occupied south, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, said. The hits ran from a naval drone base and radar shelters on the peninsula to air-defense systems and a site Russia usesContinue Reading
Upcoming SIG and SAG Activities, 30 July – 7 Aug 2026
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community Upcoming SIG and SAG… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Upcoming Science Interest Group & Science Analysis Group Activities 30 July 2026Continue Reading
Observatory Support Systems
Explore the Observatory Support Systems This the main body and structure that all other spacecraft pieces are attached to. It holds the electronics and equipment that support the telescope and instruments. Primary Structure Lower Instrument Sun Shade (LISS) Attitude Control System (ACS) Propulsion Power Command and Data Handling (C&DH) BackContinue Reading
New Minnesota law will ban AI-generated nude deepfakes. Elon Musk’s company wants to block it
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is suing the state of Minnesota over a law banning deepfake technology that can be used to generate artificial nude imagery. The law, which was passed earlier this year and is scheduled to take effect Saturday, allows people portrayed in AI-generated nude content toContinue Reading
The viral ‘$50k or coin-flip for $1M’ question is less about math and more economic hardship
Would you take $50,000 or flip a coin for a 50% shot at winning $1 million? Most Americans and Britons opted for the quick money, a behavior that an economist told Straight Arrow isn’t likely to fade away as the world ushers in an era of tough economic times. PollsterContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Lordan Suan quote criticizing VP Sara’s hospital visit is fake
Claim: Cagayan de Oro 1st District Representative Lordan Suan criticized Vice President Sara Duterte for making a hospital visit, saying that doing so should be the job of the President. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was posted by Facebook user Dan Cartagena on July 21. As ofContinue Reading
WATCH: Remembering artist and activist Betye Saar
Artist Betye Saar who was central to the black arts movement of the 1960s and 1970s has died. A leading practitioner of “Assemblage,” Saar transformed everyday objects into sculptures over the course of a six-decade career. Her most famous work, “The liberation of Aunt Jemima,” from the early 1970s transformedContinue Reading
Firefighters in France set controlled burns to keep wildfires at bay
Authorities gave the go-ahead for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to go back to their homes in southwest France, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in their battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris. #franceContinue Reading
Oregon is on track for its worst wildfire season yet
Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no containment. (Image credit: Noah Berger)Continue Reading