Charles Leclerc has explained how he hopes to use his P2 in Austrian Grand Prix Qualifying to find a new level of confidence after a tough run.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff heaped praise on George Russell following Saturday’s Qualifying session for the Austrian Grand Prix, describing his final Q3 effort as “incredible” and one that came from him using “all his experience” in F1.
George Russell recovered from a tough day to grab pole position in Qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix, a session that ended in dramatic fashion.
Max Verstappen has admitted that he “can’t really explain” what caused his crash in the dying moments of Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix.
Despite showing impressive pace throughout the weekend so far, Kimi Antonelli missed out on pole position in Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix after a "mistake".
Mercedes driver George Russell claimed pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix with a last-gasp Qualifying effort that usurped Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, moments after Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dramatically crashed out of Q3.
The Jerusalem Post reports that doctors at Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus "have successfully treated their first Israeli opioid addiction patient using an experimental noninvasive brain technology, easing him through withdrawal in just 20 minutes..."
[T]he team of specialists at the Haifa medical center intervened in the electrical activity of an area of the patient's brain called the nucleus accumbens, the core of the brain system responsible for feelings of satisfaction, pleasure, and reward. The treatment, based on technology from the Israeli company Insightec, is similar to the one used to treat symptoms of essential tremor and Parkinsonian tremor, under MRI control. In this case, the treatment was carried out with the help of a new technology that performs noninvasive neuromodulation, without heating or burning tissue, and allows stimulation in the same area of the brain to increase or suppress activity...
"Tests carried out a week later produced negative results for opioids and other substances," [said Dr. Lior Lev-Tov, director of the functional neurosurgery unit in Rambam's neurosurgery division and the one leading the new study at the medical center.] "The patient himself reported a craving score of zero out of 10 for using the drug, and even another side effect, a drastic drop in the desire for cigarettes, from three packs a day to just a few cigarettes, and with no urge to use alcohol. In other words, in a treatment that lasted about 20 minutes net, our patient was completely freed from an extreme dependence that had accompanied him every day for years. This is nothing less than a medical and therapeutic revolution."
Dr. Lev-Tov added that "This experience opens doors for us to treat a wide range of very serious illnesses such as PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, other addictions, severe depression, severe pain disorders, and I hope we will also be able to reach cognitive areas and treat attention deficit disorders, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and more."
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[T]he team of specialists at the Haifa medical center intervened in the electrical activity of an area of the patient's brain called the nucleus accumbens, the core of the brain system responsible for feelings of satisfaction, pleasure, and reward. The treatment, based on technology from the Israeli company Insightec, is similar to the one used to treat symptoms of essential tremor and Parkinsonian tremor, under MRI control. In this case, the treatment was carried out with the help of a new technology that performs noninvasive neuromodulation, without heating or burning tissue, and allows stimulation in the same area of the brain to increase or suppress activity...
"Tests carried out a week later produced negative results for opioids and other substances," [said Dr. Lior Lev-Tov, director of the functional neurosurgery unit in Rambam's neurosurgery division and the one leading the new study at the medical center.] "The patient himself reported a craving score of zero out of 10 for using the drug, and even another side effect, a drastic drop in the desire for cigarettes, from three packs a day to just a few cigarettes, and with no urge to use alcohol. In other words, in a treatment that lasted about 20 minutes net, our patient was completely freed from an extreme dependence that had accompanied him every day for years. This is nothing less than a medical and therapeutic revolution."
Dr. Lev-Tov added that "This experience opens doors for us to treat a wide range of very serious illnesses such as PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, other addictions, severe depression, severe pain disorders, and I hope we will also be able to reach cognitive areas and treat attention deficit disorders, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and more."
Thanks to Slashdot reader Bruce66423 for sharing the article.
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Thursday the Free Software Foundation blogged about this year's 47 'LibreLocal 2026' meetups, highlighting 10 that took place in Australia, Mexico, the United States, New Zealand, Cameroon, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, China, and Iran. "Far from each other in many parts of the world, they came together around one unifying belief: free software."
We envisioned LibreLocal as a collage of in-person community meetups that would bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and celebrate free software. When we asked the free software community to organize LibreLocals last year, the response was very inspirational: 29 different meetups were hosted. After we made the global call this year, we were greeted with an even more enthusiastic response... Organizers hosted LibreLocals in cafes, bars, restaurants, libraries, universities, a computer repair shop, and even as part of a field trip to the System Source Museum, a museum dedicated to the history of computing in Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA.
We also learned that a LibreLocal was organized inside Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, Iran by a free software supporter. Originally planned to be held in Shiraz, we were informed of this change in location on the LibreLocal wiki page set up for listing all LibreLocals. The updated entry, by another free software supporter in Iran, reads:
"This year, one of our dedicated activists organized a LibrePlanet event from within prison in Iran. Currently serving a sentence for "cyber-crimes" related to his promotion of free software, he continues to introduce the principles of software freedom to his fellow inmates. We have placed this banner to honor his resilience and the community of individuals in prison who continue to stand for technological freedom. His identity will be revealed when it is safe to do so."
Advocating for user freedom should never result in a prison sentence. We especially admire and respect the bravery and strength of those who fight for software freedom in the most dangerous and oppressive of environments.
50 people attended the LibreLocal meetup in Switzerland, according to one of the organizers, "forging connections between several local free software stakeholders and strengthening their cohesion." But the FSF's blog post stresses these are "ten stories among many more of free software supporters from across the globe... We also thank you our donors and associate members for the support that makes such meetups possible."
The GNU Press Shop is now open through July 19 for their biannual fundraiser, offering a variety of freedom-respecting novelties including an FSF-branded antisurveillance webcam guard and both technical and philosophical books, like Richard Stallman's Free as in Freedom (which allegedly has turned up in Anthropic's training data). Other items include a slick new FSF logo sticker, a brass and zinc GNU "emblem" pin with real gold plating, and a cheeky sticker reminding everyone that "There is no cloud." And there's even a plush GNU toy.
We envisioned LibreLocal as a collage of in-person community meetups that would bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and celebrate free software. When we asked the free software community to organize LibreLocals last year, the response was very inspirational: 29 different meetups were hosted. After we made the global call this year, we were greeted with an even more enthusiastic response... Organizers hosted LibreLocals in cafes, bars, restaurants, libraries, universities, a computer repair shop, and even as part of a field trip to the System Source Museum, a museum dedicated to the history of computing in Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA.
We also learned that a LibreLocal was organized inside Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, Iran by a free software supporter. Originally planned to be held in Shiraz, we were informed of this change in location on the LibreLocal wiki page set up for listing all LibreLocals. The updated entry, by another free software supporter in Iran, reads:
"This year, one of our dedicated activists organized a LibrePlanet event from within prison in Iran. Currently serving a sentence for "cyber-crimes" related to his promotion of free software, he continues to introduce the principles of software freedom to his fellow inmates. We have placed this banner to honor his resilience and the community of individuals in prison who continue to stand for technological freedom. His identity will be revealed when it is safe to do so."
Advocating for user freedom should never result in a prison sentence. We especially admire and respect the bravery and strength of those who fight for software freedom in the most dangerous and oppressive of environments.
50 people attended the LibreLocal meetup in Switzerland, according to one of the organizers, "forging connections between several local free software stakeholders and strengthening their cohesion." But the FSF's blog post stresses these are "ten stories among many more of free software supporters from across the globe... We also thank you our donors and associate members for the support that makes such meetups possible."
The GNU Press Shop is now open through July 19 for their biannual fundraiser, offering a variety of freedom-respecting novelties including an FSF-branded antisurveillance webcam guard and both technical and philosophical books, like Richard Stallman's Free as in Freedom (which allegedly has turned up in Anthropic's training data). Other items include a slick new FSF logo sticker, a brass and zinc GNU "emblem" pin with real gold plating, and a cheeky sticker reminding everyone that "There is no cloud." And there's even a plush GNU toy.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: For the most powerful voices in AI, it's all about being in the loop. Claude Code creator Boris Cherny recently said he doesn't write his own AI prompts much anymore. Thanks to loops, he doesn't have to. "It's an agent that prompts Claude," Cherny recently told CNBC, adding, "I don't write the prompt anymore. Claude writes the prompt, and now I'm talking to that new Claude that is kind of coordinating." In the same interview, Cherny said that loops and a similar feature were examples of the kind of work he would be proudest of in a decade.
Cherny isn't the only one embracing "loop engineering." OpenAI engineer Peter Steinberger, the creator of the viral OpenClaw project, wrote a public reminder to users who are still writing out prompts for AI agents. "Here's your monthly reminder that you shouldn't be prompting coding agents anymore," Steinberger wrote recently on X. "You should be designing loops that prompt your agents." [...] Steinberger shared an example of a loop he uses: "Tell codex to maintain your repos, wake up every 5 minutes and direct work to threads. That makes it easy to parallelize+steer work as needed." Claire Vo, founder of ChatPRD and host of the "How I AI," said, "it's really just reminding people that you don't have to use your human fingers to type in a prompt in order for your agent to do work on your behalf."
The days of directly prompting generative AI coding tools are "kind of over, or at least some think it's going to be," Addy Osmani, director of Google Cloud, wrote in his post explaining the concept.
Cherny isn't the only one embracing "loop engineering." OpenAI engineer Peter Steinberger, the creator of the viral OpenClaw project, wrote a public reminder to users who are still writing out prompts for AI agents. "Here's your monthly reminder that you shouldn't be prompting coding agents anymore," Steinberger wrote recently on X. "You should be designing loops that prompt your agents." [...] Steinberger shared an example of a loop he uses: "Tell codex to maintain your repos, wake up every 5 minutes and direct work to threads. That makes it easy to parallelize+steer work as needed." Claire Vo, founder of ChatPRD and host of the "How I AI," said, "it's really just reminding people that you don't have to use your human fingers to type in a prompt in order for your agent to do work on your behalf."
The days of directly prompting generative AI coding tools are "kind of over, or at least some think it's going to be," Addy Osmani, director of Google Cloud, wrote in his post explaining the concept.
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SergioQ79 - Osanpo Photographer - posted a photo:
A Uguisudani, poco lontano dai percorsi piu battuti, un piccolo banco lavora a ritmo veloce. Si ordinano spiedini, si beve qualcosa, si resta in piedi il tempo necessario e poi si riparte. Non e un posto costruito per trattenere le persone: serve la strada, i lavoratori, chi passa dopo cena, chi vuole mangiare senza trasformare la sosta in una serata. In questa normalita c’e molta Tokyo.
鶯谷の観光客があまり通らない場所で、小さな店が夜の流れに合わせて動いている。客は串を頼み、少し飲み、立ったまま短い時間を過ごしてまた歩き出す。長く滞在するための場所ではなく、道と人の動きに寄り添う場所だ。こういう普通の時間の中に、東京らしさがよく見える。
In Uguisudani, away from the usual tourist routes, a small counter works at a fast pace. People order skewers, drink something, stand for a short while, then move on. It is not a place designed for lingering. It serves the street, workers, people passing after dinner, anyone who wants to eat without turning the stop into an evening. In this ordinary routine, there is a lot of Tokyo.
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Barry Manalow performing in Reading, PA. June 25, 2026
He was definitely slowing down after the lung cancer surgery but still put on quite a show.
BERLIJN (ANP) - De politie van Berlijn heeft zaterdag twee waterkanonnen ingezet, maar dit keer niet om demonstranten uit elkaar te drijven. Agenten in de Duitse hoofdstad gebruikten de spuiten nu om burgers af te koelen die last hebben van de uitzonderlijke hitte, melden Duitse media als Tagesspiegel en Bild.
Op video's op sociale media is te zien dat de twee wagens voor de Brandenburger Tor staan. Nadat een van de agenten door de luidspreker heeft afgeteld, beginnen de waterkanonnen zacht water over het plein te sproeien. Tientallen mensen stromen daarna naar de wagens om zich onder te laten sprenkelen.
De politie heeft de waterkanonnen rond laten gaan door de stad en op meerdere pleinen laten sproeien.
SANTA PONSA (ANP/AFP) - Tennisser Alejandro Davidovich Fokina heeft op Mallorca zijn eerste ATP-titel veroverd. Hij verloor zijn vijf eerdere finales op het hoogste niveau. De 27-jarige Spanjaard versloeg in de eindstrijd op Mallorca de Amerikaan Ethan Quinn met 7-6 (4) 6-3. Hij is op het Spaanse eiland de opvolger van Tallon Griekspoor, die vorig jaar het voorbereidingstoernooi op Wimbledon won.
"Het voelt geweldig om mijn eerste titel binnen te hebben," zei Davidovich Fokina na afloop. "Het was vandaag een zware strijd. Hij speelde geweldig. Uiteindelijk wist ik dat deze voor mij moest zijn: in Spanje, in eigen huis, de eerste. Het moest aan mij zijn, dus ik heb er alles aan gedaan."
Davidovich Fokina klimt met de zege naar de 23e plaats op de wereldranglijst. Hij speelt in de eerste ronde van Wimbledon, dat maandag begint, tegen de Argentijn Juan Manuel Cerúndolo.
ROTTERDAM (ANP) - Turnster Naomi Visser en turner Aaron Enser hebben bij de Nederlandse kampioenschappen in Ahoy de meerkamptitels gewonnen. Voor Enser, die dit jaar debuteert bij de senioren, is het zijn eerste meerkamptitel. Visser greep voor de vierde keer in haar loopbaan meerkampgoud, na eerdere overwinningen in 2023, 2022 en 2019.
Enser kwam na een solide meerkamp tot een totaal van 79,900 punten en hield daarmee Elijah Faverus (79,500) nipt achter zich. Jordi Hagenaar greep met 79,350 punten het brons. Jermain Grünberg, de winnaar van vorig jaar, kwam na fouten op onder meer vloer en sprong niet verder dan de vierde plek.
Bij de vrouwen was Visser met 54,967 punten veruit de beste. Sanna Veerman greep daar met 51,567 punten het zilver, Tisha Volleman het brons (51,267).
In Rotterdam maakte Sanne Wevers haar rentree op het nationale podium. Wevers kwam in actie op balk (13,500) en brug (11,800). Aan brug moest Wevers een val incasseren.
Players limit time given to media across the first week
Sabalenka: ‘We do it for the tour, we don’t for ourselves’
The world’s leading players were true to their word, or lack of them, at Wimbledon on Saturday as they duly limited their media appearances to 15 minutes, a continued effort in their quest for the grand slam events to give them more prize money as a share of tournament revenue, plus investment in pensions and more money toward player welfare.
Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, the respective world No 1s, led the way, while Jessica Pegula suggested the protests, which players say will happen throughout the first week of the championships, are also likely to continue at the US Open, which takes place in New York in August.
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Prince Chazz A seeded chess-pathfinding roguelite. Guide Prince Chazz across the board, dodging enemy pieces, and race the per-seed leaderboard.
Gisterenavond, bij het openen van het raam, keek de maan door de schoorsteen
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