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I found search results covering multiple Windows Defender zero-days from 2026, but the specific article about a disk-fill vulnerability isn't in these results. However, based on the Ars Technica title

Ruf unveiled a new 1,000+ horsepower twin-turbo flat-eight engine at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, paired with a six-speed manual transmission . The prototype engine is installed in an elongated Ruf

Impulse Space, an orbital transportation company, has been added to the Space Force's National Security Space Launch program's Phase 3 Lane 1 contract alongside launch startup Relativity Space. Unlike

Blue Origin announced its first external funding round on July 8, 2026, aiming to raise 10 billion with a 130 billion post-money valuation. This marks the first significant outside investment since it

Google updated Android Bench in July 2026 by adopting the Harbor framework and adding eight new models including Claude Fable 5, Claude Sonnet 5, and others to its LLM leaderboard for Android developm

Researchers discovered a HalluSquatting attack that exploits AI tools' tendency to hallucinate package names, which attackers can register to trick AI assistants into running malicious code and assemb

A federal judge rejected Kalshi's request to block New York from enforcing gambling laws against the prediction market platform, ruling that state gambling regulations are not preempted by federal com

A 66-year-old Pennsylvania man, Harry Tiffany IV, was arrested for allegedly using xAI's Grok AI tool to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM) , which he uploaded or shared through Grok between Ap

Miami-based City Labs launched BOHR (Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability), the world's first commercial nuclear-powered satellite, aboard SpaceX Transporter-17 on July 7, 2026. The mission demonstrat

A newly deployed seafloor observatory at the Southeast Indian Ridge captured the first in situ measurement of oceanic crust being created between tectonic plates . Rather than occurring gradually, sea

A Brown University professor discovered widespread AI cheating when 40 out of 86 students scored perfect 100s on a take-home midterm exam with an average of 96 , while some answers contained unusual p

Two 15-year-old boys were detained after they were caught drinking and shooting water beads from a toy gun while riding in a San Mateo driverless Waymo, which remotely halted and locked the doors afte

The U.S. operates only one active rare earth mine at Mountain Pass, California, which produced approximately 45,000 tons of rare earth oxide concentrate in 2024, but the ore is still mostly shipped to

The US military has lost dozens of MQ-9 Reaper drones worth more than $1 billion during operations over Iran, prompting the Pentagon to seek large numbers of cheaper alternatives expected to survive p

Microsoft's fifth wave of Xbox layoffs in July 2026 resulted in approximately 3,200 job losses, with Bethesda Game Studios losing at least 35 employees and id Software being hit particularly hard, rep

Data centers now account for about 5% of U.S. electricity demand but could triple by 2035 , creating potential conflicts with domestic manufacturing goals. Rising data center construction is outpacing

Dragonflies employ sophisticated aerial combat maneuvers comparable to fighter pilots, using optical illusions to appear stationary while diving at high speeds toward prey. Research published in Natur

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is developing its own inference chips to reduce Nvidia dependence and break U.S. export controls, as China moves to protect its AI ecosystem. DeepSeek has been quietly deve

Michigan experienced a rapid cyclosporiasis outbreak, with nearly 700 confirmed cases quadrupling from roughly 170 in less than a week . The leading theory links the infection to contaminated fresh pr

Scientists recently published a catalogue of RNA viruses infecting humans that helps identify the riskiest ones for pandemic risk, with only 239 human-infecting RNA virus species identified despite th

The Supreme Court allowed Texas to continue enforcing a law requiring app stores to verify buyers' ages and obtain parental consent for minors to download apps and purchase paid content. Challengers a

Nearly a quarter of adults in states with lone star ticks have alpha-gal antibodies in their blood, according to recent CDC estimates. Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a serious, potentially life-threateni

Nintendo announced in July 2026 that it will discontinue sales of the Switch console family in Europe as of February 2027. This coincided with Nintendo announcing new Switch 2 versions with user-repla

The Weather Channel raised the price of its direct-to-consumer streaming service from 2.99 per month to 4.99 per month , representing a price increase that aligns with industry trends. Annual subscrib

Lola has replaced the original fiberglass bodywork with a composite system made from plant fibers and basalt fibers from volcanic rock, held together by plant-based resin from sugar cane. The vehicle'

ULA's last six Atlas V rockets are all reserved for Boeing's Starliner missions, with no other payloads contracted for these final launches. No Starliner flight dates are currently set as Boeing and N

Race control displayed a 'Safety Car in this lap' message during the 2026 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, raising expectations for a final lap restart that never materialized, as the message was er

The FCC has proposed to streamline its broadband labeling rules by eliminating several requirements it views as unduly burdensome, including itemized pass-through fees . Instead of itemizing, ISPs wou

Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK spacecraft successfully launched on July 3, 2026 , and will take approximately one month to rendezvous with NASA's Swift Observatory . The mission aims to boost Swift

An International Institute for Strategic Studies report identified 144 suspected drone sightings across Europe between August 2024 and February 2026 spanning NATO countries and Ireland, assessing it i

The NRC proposed replacing the longstanding 'as low as reasonably achievable' (ALARA) principle with clearer, more objective requirements focused on compliance with regulatory precautions and establis

The Czinger 21C is a $2.35 million American hypercar built using groundbreaking AI design and 3D-printed structural parts with a power-to-weight ratio that challenges conventional physics. It features

Xbox announced approximately 3,200 layoffs throughout fiscal 2027 as part of the most significant restructure in its history , with 1,600 staff cut immediately on July 6, 2026 . Four video game studio

An unusually large near-Earth asteroid, (152637) 1997 NC1, made a close but safe approach to Earth on June 27, 2026, passing within about 1.6 million miles of the planet. A second asteroid, 2026 JH2,

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has warned of an emerging 'arms race' between the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in financial services and the regulator's ability to keep pace, as millio

Chemical accidents involving releases of dangerous chemicals rose 57 percent between 2021 and 2025, from 83 to 131 incidents , with injuries or deaths rising from 60 to 89 over the same period . The E

Supergirl follows Kara Zor-El on a protective quest across alien worlds that helps the young Kryptonian discover her identity and purpose . The origin story leans into the emotional fallout of grief w

A loss of smell can be an early sign of disease, while in other circumstances it may directly contribute to disorders. Smell helps parents and children bond, warns of environmental dangers, and anchor

The Summer of Ludd is a weeklong festival in New York City's East Village bringing together young people to learn how to live without constant digital connectivity and resist Big Tech's omnipresence.

India's first space unicorn is preparing for its first orbital launch , with Skyroot Aerospace developing the Vikram series of launch vehicles . In 2025, SpaceX posted a net loss of $4.9 billion , hig

Wing Commander was a popular 1990s space combat simulator series known for strong narratives that switched to full-motion video starting with Wing Commander III, with Wing Commander IV: The Price of F

Ugandan health authorities confirmed an isolated case of Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever, while conducting surveillance for an ongoing Ebola outbreak. No contacts of the M

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created the world's first synthetic cell called SpudCell that can feed, grow, and reproduce, built entirely from non-living chemical components . SpudCe

The FAA proposed noise standards for civilian supersonic aircraft, moving to lift the decades-old ban on flights exceeding Mach 1 over U.S. land due to sonic booms. The proposal establishes a noise-ba

Google lost its long-running fight against a €4.1 billion ($4.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine after the bloc's top judges said regulators were right to punish the company for abusing Android'

Google's electricity consumption grew 37 percent in 2025, its largest year-on-year annual increase to date, driven predominantly by AI demand. This brought cumulative growth in electricity use to more