June 2026

LG Electronics takes ads on the chain. Arbitrum helped

Blockchain is no longer just a story of Wall Street banks and brokers leveraging the technology to optimize financing. Now companies are embracing distributed ledger to streamline business operations. LG Electronics, the South Korean consumer electronics giant spanning TVs, laptops and home appliances, with annual global revenue of over $60 billion, is building a blockchain-based […]

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Strava subscribers just saved themselves another sub for Komoot or AllTrails – as the freemium app launches a new suite of hiking tools that “spans all stages of the outdoor experience”, including vital off-route alerts

Strava has just unveiled a number of new walking features These include revamped cards available to everyone this summer… … and exclusive exclusive features like off-route warnings Strava users get an updated suite of hiking features, with almost all available now. Most of the new features are exclusive to Premium subscribers, although there are a

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South Korea fight back to beat Czech Republic in World Cup opener

South Korea’s Hwang Hee-chan in action with Czech Republic’s Stepan Chaloupek during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A match between South Korea vs Czech Republic at – Estadio Guadalajara, Guadalajara on June 11, 2026. — Reuters South Korea rallied from a goal down to defeat the Czech Republic 2-1 and get their World Cup

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Guinness world record broken by QR code pixel only 50nm – 2500 sq.m nanometer size is smaller than COVID-19 virus, need electron microscope to read it

Microscopic QR code measures only 50 by 50 nm² and is constructed using single atoms of silver Researchers used quantum tunneling techniques and automation to apply individual atoms to a mounting surface with human intervention for fine tuning The QR code can still be scanned with a mobile phone despite being 800 times smaller than

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World News Brief: Turk condemns riots in Northern Ireland, jobs at risk due to spread of animal diseases, heat waves trigger public health crisis in Europe

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday expressed alarm at the rioting and destruction in Northern Ireland following the attack, which went viral on social media – and the release of police bodycam footage linked to the murder of a student in Southampton by a British-born Sikh. He offered sympathy to the

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The government presents budget 2026-27 today with an estimated outlay of 17.5 tr.

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presents Budget 2024-25 in the National Assembly on June 12, 2024. — APP Tax revenue target proposed at Rs 15.267 trillion. The defense allocation is expected to reach Rs 3 trillion. The opposition is planning protests during the budget process. ISLAMABAD: The federal government is set to present the budget for

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Are we finally starting to trust agents? New report claims 74% “trust a personal AI agent more than their best friend”

Agent AI trust is increasing and 9% will already let an agent complete a transaction or them Successful low-risk transactions are the key to unlocking greater trust Physical stores and face-to-face interactions remain essential New data from Accenture has claimed that three in four (74%) consumers would trust a personal AI agent more than their

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The risks are ‘real, measurable and growing’: Canada is the latest country to move to ban social media for under-16s

Canada introduces The Safe Social Media Act in Bill C-34 It must be approved by both the House of Commons and the Senate Under 16s would be banned from social media platforms There is a growing recognition that social media is not particularly healthy for younger children, and a growing number of governments are now

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Olivia Rodrigo remembers an anxious moment before Glastonbury sat down

Olivia Rodrigo remembers an anxious moment before Glastonbury sat down Olivia Rodrigo has revealed she came close to having an anxiety attack in the bathroom moments before she performed at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival, one of the biggest shows of her career to date. speaks to BBC in an interview published on Wednesday, June 10,

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