Year: 2026

Threads is testing a shortcut to quickly start DM conversations

Threads is testing a shortcut to quickly start DM conversations

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this trending post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Apps,Social,Meta,Threads โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Threads is testing a shortcut to make it easier to communicate directly with someone, the Meta-owned company announced Thursday. Users participating in the test can type โ€œDM meโ€ or โ€œMessage meโ€ in a post or reply to automatically generate a hyperlink that invites others to start a private conversation with them. Tapping the shortcut will take you to a direct messaging conversation with the person. If you follow each other, the message will go straight to their primary inbox. If you don't follow each other,…
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Brentford boss Keith Andrews signs a new contract until 2032

Brentford boss Keith Andrews signs a new contract until 2032

โœจ Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Brentford Coach Keith Andrews signed a new contract with the club, lasting until 2032.The Irishman has impressed since stepping down from his role as set-piece coach to replace Thomas Frank in June, with the Bees sitting seventh in the Premier League and eyeing European qualification for the first time in their history. Andrews, 45, said he felt as though he needed to "earn my stripes" after following Frank's successful seven-year spell in west London, during which the club was promoted to the Premier League.Andrews told…
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How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account

๐Ÿš€ Read this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Around the world, powerful men are facing consequences for their actions. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of trying to overthrow the government in a January 6โ€“style coup, as was his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk Yuol. Marcin Romanowski, the former deputy justice minister in the right-wing Polish government, is in hiding in Hungary, accused of misusing public funds. The former Prince Andrewโ€”Andrew Mountbatten-Windsorโ€”became the first member of the British royal family in several centuries to be arrested; heโ€™s been accused of crimes related…
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Hillary Clinton testifies that she had no information about Epstein’s crimes and could not recall meeting him

Hillary Clinton testifies that she had no information about Epstein’s crimes and could not recall meeting him

โœจ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Bill Clinton,epstein files,Hillary Clinton,James Comer,jeffrey epstein โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday that she had no knowledge of the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell at the start of two days of depositions that will also include former President Bill Clinton. "I had no idea of โ€‹โ€‹their criminal activities. I do not recall ever meeting Mr. Epstein," Hillary Clinton said in an opening statement she shared on social media. Read more: Bill and…
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If the Berlin Film Festival fires its director, there may be no way back | film

If the Berlin Film Festival fires its director, there may be no way back | film

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Film,Berlin film festival,Germany,Culture,Europe,Festivals,World news โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: forErlen is a difficult place to hold a major international film festival. It may be impossible, as the events of the past two weeks have shown. The main reason for this difficulty is that Berlin, unlike all its major competitors, is a national capital. Cannes, Venice, Toronto and Sundance are all hosted in locations far from the centers of political gravity. In Berlin, world events always remain at the cinema's doorstep and continue to flow inward.The event has long…
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Read AI launches an email-based โ€œdigital twinโ€ to help you with timelines and answers

Read AI launches an email-based โ€œdigital twinโ€ to help you with timelines and answers

๐Ÿ”ฅ Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: AI,Read AI,meeting notes โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Meeting note-taking software Read AI on Thursday launched an AI-powered email assistant called Ada, saying it helps users manage their schedules, answer questions based on the company's knowledge base, and respond to out-of-office emails. The company calls Ada a โ€œdigital twinโ€ that handles tasks for you around the clock. Read AI said the Assistant will be available to all users, and they can start configuring it by sending an email to โ€œada@read.aiโ€ and typing โ€œLet me get started.โ€ When you ask Ada to…
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T20 World Cup: India beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs to maintain title defence

T20 World Cup: India beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs to maintain title defence

๐Ÿš€ Read this trending post from BBC Sport ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: India enjoyed a relatively comfortable passage through the preliminary group stage, winning all four of their matches and passing 190 twice with the bat, but their wings were clipped by South Africa in the opening match of the Super 8 tournament.Chasing 187, they were bowled out for 111 - a score that left them in almost must-win territory as they headed to Chennai.Zimbabwe captain Raza, whose team was in a similar situation, said during the draw that it would "come down to a battle of…
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State Farm advertises an average refund of $100 for auto insurance customers

State Farm advertises an average refund of $100 for auto insurance customers

๐Ÿš€ Explore this insightful post from Business News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: State Farm on Thursday announced a historic $5 billion dividend to its auto insurance members, the largest in the mutual insurer's 103-year history. โ€œThe dividend is possible due to State Farm Mutual's financial strength and stronger-than-expected underwriting performance, which has been reported industry-wide,โ€ the company said in a statement. Customers can expect an average of $100 back, although State Farm says that will vary by state and the amount of premium paid. State Farm reports that it also reduced premiums by about 10% in 40…
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New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

๐Ÿš€ Discover this insightful post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: AirSnitch โ€œbreaks worldwide Wi-Fi encryption, and it might have the potential to enable advanced cyberattacks,โ€ Xinโ€™an Zhou, the lead author of the research paper, said in an interview. โ€œAdvanced attacks can build on our primitives to [perform] cookie stealing, DNS and cache poisoning. Our research physically wiretaps the wire altogether so these sophisticated attacks will work. Itโ€™s really a threat to worldwide network security.โ€ Zhou presented his research on Wednesday at the 2026 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. Previous Wi-Fi attacks that overnight broke…
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Premier League ticket prices: Fans pay ยฃ73.50 on average as matchday revenues rise

Premier League ticket prices: Fans pay ยฃ73.50 on average as matchday revenues rise

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: But Premier League fans aren't paying the highest prices of all - Paris Saint-Germain (ยฃ121), Barcelona (ยฃ101) and Real Madrid (ยฃ94) are all more expensive for fans per match on average.Other clubs in their respective leagues charge much lower prices, meaning the average fan in La Liga or La Liga pays much less.In some ways, Premier League clubs' expenses have increased significantly.Between them, the 20 Premier League clubs have more than 11,000 full-time staff, an increase of 8% on the previous year, thanks largely to…
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