In a 90-minute speech, Trump accepts GOP presidential nomination from NPR Michel Martin
NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about former President Donald Trump’s speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention. Read More
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Questions mount about Biden’s ability to remain on the party’s presidential ticket from NPR Deirdre Walsh
The Biden campaign says the president is staying in the race for the White House, but as he isolates with COVID in Delaware, top Democrats are sharing concerns with him that he can’t beat Trump. Read More
Google is purging ‘low-quality’ Android apps next month from the Verge Jess Weatherbed
Google is cracking down on functionally useless Android apps. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is raising its minimum quality requirements for Android apps, and will soon remove those that don’t meet expectations from the Play Store. According to the company’s latest spam policy update, apps that demonstrate “limited functionality and content”…
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said an issue that has caused major disruptions is not a security incident or cyberattack from ABC
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said an issue that has caused major disruptions is not a security incident or cyberattackRead More
Climate hasn’t been core to the GOP. These conservatives are trying to change that from NPR Ximena Bustillo
Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party. (Image credit: Grace Widyatmadja/NPR) Read More
Days are getting slightly longer — and it’s due to climate change from NPR Lauren Sommer
So much ice is melting at the Earth’s poles that it’s affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer. (Image credit: NASA) Read More
Remembering Rusty Kanokogi, the mother of women’s judo from NPR Jey Born
In this week’s StoryCorps, we hear about a pioneer who helped women’s judo become an Olympic sport. Read More
Drone strikes Tel Aviv, killing one. Houthis claim responsibility from NPR Greg Myre
The deadly drone slammed into an apartment building on the Tel Aviv oceanfront just after 3 a.m. The Houthi militia in Yemen said it carried out the attack as part of its support for Palestinians. (Image credit: Oded Balilty) Read More
Major Microsoft outage disrupts flights and banking around the world from NPR Bobby Allyn
A global computer glitch apparently triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused widespread global outages late Thursday and into Friday morning. Read More
Google’s shortened links will stop working next year from the Verge Jess Weatherbed
Illustration: The Verge If you ever used Google’s URL shortening service goo.gl before it was shut down in 2019, be warned — those links will stop working on August 25th, 2025. Google announced in a blog post that “the time has come to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener,” and that any…