More and more people are turning to GoFundMe for help covering the cost of housing, food, and other basic needs

Cocktails and checkmates: the young Britons giving chess a new lease of life

Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise

A home where "technology is always in the background, working and listening, feels anxiety-producing" instead of restorative, architect Yan M. Wang tells Axios

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s

Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say

Nepal’s government has lifted its ban on 26 prominent social media apps and messaging services after at least 19 people were killed and more than 200 injured in clashes on Monday

Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests

Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warn

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‘Commodifying themselves’: the ordinary people posting Instagram sponcon to profit off friends

Linux breaks a new record for US market share as people presumably flee Windows for its open-source rival

If people understand what large language models are and are not; what they can and cannot do; what work, interactions, and parts of life they should—and should not—replace, they may be spared its worst consequences

Viva Mexico!

42,000 people died of Covid or Covid related complications – a death toll surpassed only by the two world wars. Yet the country has no worthy memorial to the victims

Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people

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"I’m going to build something about inequality, taxing the rich, and I’m going to build it on YouTube"

in Ukraine, the photojournalist Robin Tutenges has captured how skateboarding provides a vital escape for the country’s young people

Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024

Analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures

Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy

Art police and Pisa prosecutor say 38 people being investigated, with about 2,100 fake artworks seized

The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people

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