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US unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July as slump in growth continues
US employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in July, signalling a sharper slowdown in the labour market than economists had anticipated. The figures may reduce pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates despite persistent inflation, particularly as growth has weakened during the summer and amid conflict in the Middle East. The unemployment rate remained…
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The world’s biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun’s surface
Scientists using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have directly observed tiny vortex-like structures on the Sun’s surface, providing evidence of the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in solar plasma. The finding matters because these previously unseen motions could alter understanding of how heat, matter and magnetic energy are transported through the Sun’s atmosphere. The observations were made…
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Trump is losing his war on wind power
A US District Court in Oregon has ordered the Department of Defense to restart its legally required review process for wind projects, ending a halt that had blocked all new US wind development since August 2025. The ruling is a setback for the Trump administration’s wider efforts to curb wind power, which have relied in…
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Lindsay Clancy murder trial set to hear from psychiatrists who prescribed nurse mom meds before her post-partum killings of her three young children: Live updates
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial heard allegations that a prosecutor was overheard saying “shut her up” while Clancy cried during the display of autopsy photographs of her infant son. Her defence lawyer raised the claim in court, while the prosecution continued presenting evidence intended to challenge the argument that she was experiencing a psychotic break when…
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Microsoft tosses Teams Live chat into its feature graveyard
Microsoft will retire its Teams Live chat feature on 5 October, around 18 months after it launched, ending a website support tool that routed customer messages into Teams. The move matters because it removes a straightforward customer-service option for smaller Microsoft 365 businesses and signals Microsoft’s shift towards newer, AI-linked engagement products. Microsoft stopped allowing…
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GTA 6 Has Not Been Delayed, Still On Track For Its November Launch
Grand Theft Auto 6 has reportedly not been delayed and remains scheduled for a November launch. The news matters because the game is one of the industry’s most anticipated releases, with any change to its timetable likely to affect players, retailers and other publishers. The available article text contains no further details beyond the headline,…
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Doom creator id Software used Taiwanese pirates to help distribute the game, John Romero reveals
John Romero has said that id Software deliberately worked with Taiwanese pirates to help distribute Doom during the shareware era of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Rather than trying to stop copied versions being sold, the studio saw them as a low-cost way to expand the game’s reach in a market it did not…
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PSB iQ2 review: Premium sound meets smart-speaker convenience
PSB’s $1,399 iQ2 is a wireless stereo speaker system that aims to combine hi-fi sound with the convenience of modern streaming and multi-room audio. The review finds that it succeeds largely through confident, spacious sound, flexible placement and a polished control app, making it a capable central hub for home listening without relying on voice…