American boy, 12, attacked by shark at luxury Caribbean resort

By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 18:16 BST, 24 June 2026 | Updated: 18:17 BST, 24 June 2026 An American boy was raced to hospital in the Bahamas after being attacked by a shark at a popular tourist beach.  The boy, aged 12, was attacked at the Exuma…

The Counter-Signal: Build a LinkedIn Monopoly

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter If you are an information worker or laptop professional aggressively hunting for a role in today’s oversupplied market, your biggest enemy isn’t the economy — it is your own visibility strategy. When desperation peaks, most professionals default to a defensive, low-leverage posture: they…

Can You Name These 25 Vintage Cartoon Characters?

Can You Name These 25 Vintage Cartoon Characters? All of these characters were from the early days of cartoons, from the black and white ones to the ones that were backed with orchestral music. Does spinach make your brain strong, too? Sit down, grab your spinach, and see if you…

MLB exec turned analyst announces heartbreaking death of his daughter at age 28

By MAX WINTERS, US DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR Published: 17:56 BST, 24 June 2026 | Updated: 17:56 BST, 24 June 2026 Former Miami Marlins president turned MLB analyst David P. Samson has announced the tragic death of his 28-year-old daughter, Kyra. Samson made the announcement in a heartbreaking social media post Wednesday,…

Binance withdraws Greek MiCA bid, seeks alternative EU license

Binance has withdrawn its application for a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license in Greece and will seek authorization in another European Union country, the crypto exchange said Wednesday via several X posts. While Binance did not immediately respond to CoinDesk’s request for comment, Gillian Lynch, head of Europe ‌and the…

Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators

Facebook announced on Wednesday that it’s reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a standalone AI companion app designed to help creators grow their audiences on the social network. By giving creators access to this AI companion app, Meta is looking to keep creators active on Facebook as it competes for…

SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from California tonight: Watch it live

SpaceX will launch another batch of its Starlink satellites from California’s central coast tonight (June 24), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 11:19 p.m. EDT (8:19 p.m. local time; 0319 GMT on June…

Top quantum computer expert claims Microsoft’s ‘topological qubit’ doesn’t hold up

A top quantum computing expert assails Microsoft’s claims that it has a “topological qubit,” arguing in a new paper that the company has failed to demonstrate the technology. University of St Andrews physicist Henry Legg argues that the “topological qubit,” a storer of quantum information that could theoretically maintain a…