The Guardian
The US political spectrum finds common ground: datacentres are energy hogs, and the public is finally reading the fine print on their bills.
Ars Technica
Compass accused of hiding NYC rental listings to create fake supply shock and jack up rents, because why not make a housing crisis worse?
BBC World
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing a healthcare CEO, admits to 3D-printing a gun, and faces sentencing in December - while a second trial looms, because one legal circus wasn't enough.
The Guardian
Scammers are trading in gold bars, and New York's AG is telling seniors to hang up, not hand over their savings.
Ars Technica
Climate change is expanding mosquito territories northward, bringing diseases like West Nile and Zika, but a patchwork of underfunded monitoring programs means we're often swatting at the problem too late.
Grist
FIFA heads into the World Cup final with no wildfire smoke plan, because apparently orange skies are just part of the aesthetic now.
Grist
New York puts the brakes on data centers for a year, because apparently the cloud needs to pay its share of the electric bill.
The Guardian Europe
Mayor gives speech on Nelson Mandela Day, reminding us that solidarity is for the streets, not just museums.
The Guardian
A Manhattan high-rise decides to test the limits of steel, bending a few columns and sending everyone scrambling.
The Guardian Europe
Seaplane makes a splashy but non-fatal landing in the East River; two minor injuries, one 75-year-old passenger 'happy to be alive,' and the FAA is left to figure out what happened.
The Guardian Europe
Taylor Swift turns Madison Square Garden into a wedding venue, complete with a fairytale castle, $26 million in charity donations, and a strict no-phones policy for guests.
Inside Climate News
Cities worldwide are turning into sponges to fight flooding, but climate change keeps making storms so extreme that even the best soggy infrastructure might not cut it.
TechCrunch
New York's attorney general subpoenas OpenAI over advertising, data handling, and treatment of minors - just another Tuesday for the company that's also sued by Florida and apologizing to Canada.
BBC Business
A hedge fund billionaire and a mayoral candidate argue about taxing the rich, with a $238 million penthouse as the backdrop and Florida as the ultimate threat.
The Good Times
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