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三星三折叠,苹果拼轻薄:2025 下半年旗舰机前瞻

By: 马扶摇
4 July 2025 at 11:10

2025 年无疑是个手机大年。比起上半年扎堆发布的 Ultra 旗舰,下半年的手机市场关键词突出一个「稳」,小米 16、vivo X300 和 OPPO Find X9 等下一代中杯大杯机型将会陆续在三四季度面世。

与之相对的是,2025 下半年的国际手机市场却会比以往热闹许多。

传统意义上的「国际大厂三巨头」谷歌、三星和苹果将会分别在七八九月召开手机发布会,由于前两年的平淡,三大家都积攒了不少牙膏打算在这个夏天爆发出来,仅从前期爆料的规模上就可见一斑。

因此,在本次的前瞻中,我们为你尽量汇总了所有关于 iPhone 17 系列、Google Pixel 10 系列和三星 Galaxy Z Fold/Flip 7 的靠谱爆料,其中有一些信息可谓相当带劲。

Galaxy Z 系列:三年牙膏之后,终于要正式迎战了

现在距离 2025 年的三星 Unpacked 发布会,还有大概 140 个小时。

在整整三年不温不火的更新之后,三星这个曾经的折叠屏领头羊,终于要为大家端上来一些重磅的消息了。这其中不仅包含了今年的 Galaxy Z Fold7 与 Z Flip7,更有在年初拉斯维加斯 2025 年国际消费电子展(CES 2025)初露端倪的三星三折叠产品。

图|Android Authority

根据目前网络上口径较为统一的爆料来看,Galaxy Z Fold7 将会是一次非常大的硬件更新。

或许是通过 Z Fold6 SE(即国内版的心系天下 W25)的试水验证了市场反响,Z Fold7 将正式放弃三星一直以来的遥控器比例,外屏长宽比从 Z Fold6 的 22.1:9 进一步缩减为 21:9,基本与国内主流大折叠看齐:

W25 与 Z Fold6 的外屏对比|NotebookCheck

这对于长久以来抱怨三星外屏不好用的观望用户来说无疑是个好消息。比这更好的消息是,结合部分泄露的模型图和供应链数据,Z Fold7 的厚度极有可能实现大跃进,一举站上全球折叠屏市场厚度前三名的位置。

根据微博 @刹那数码 爆出的消息,Z Fold7 折叠态的厚度为 8.9mm,展开的厚度仅为 4.2mm,整机重量更是压缩到了惊人的 215 克。

图|微博 @刹那数码

这个三围有多夸张呢?刚刚发布、号称折叠屏世界纪录的荣耀 Magic V5,除了最轻薄的暖白色破纪录之外,其余颜色的几款折叠厚度实际上是 9mm、展开 4.2mm、重量 222 克。

图|荣耀官网

而像三星这种老实人,如果本次爆料的数据属实的话,基本可以认为是 Z Fold7 全系无论配色均为折叠 8.9mm、展开 4.2mm 的厚度,相比前代 Z Fold6 折叠 12.1mm、展开 5.6mm 来说可以说是火箭极提升。

图|X @Jukanlosreve

此外,根据目前流出的宣传图和门店广告板来看,从 Z Fold3 开始被沿用了四代的屏下摄像头(UDC)在 Z Fold7 上被移除了,可能与此前京东方在美国提起诉讼、指控三星侵犯有关屏下摄像头专利的案件有关。

Z Fold6 的屏下摄像头区域,可以看到像素尺寸的显著差距

不过实话说,三星的屏下摄像头隐藏效果一直没有做到很优,哪怕在隐藏后摄像头区域也有非常明显的彩色斑点,直接改成普通挖孔摄像头后面积会比屏下摄像头更小,拍照效果也会更好。

图|微博 @刹那数码

至于周边参数方面,有报道称 Z Fold7 会使用与 S25 Edge 上相同的 2 亿像素 HP2 传感器作为主摄,与 Z Fold6 同款的 3 倍直立长焦。另外如果以 W25 作为参考的话,今年的 Z Fold7 很有可能完全不支持 S-Pen 了。

更重要的是,相机上终于没有乱七八糟的装饰环了|X @Jukanlosreve

与 Z Fold7 相比,今年的 Z Flip7 亮点相对就没有那么多了,最主要的升级都集中在外屏方面。根据供应链消息和宣传物料,Z Flip7 从前代的「文件夹外屏」升级到了类似 moto razr 和小米 MIX Flip 的环绕摄像头方案:

图|Android Headlines

与 Z Flip7 本体相比,反而是它的小兄弟更让人惊喜一些。7 月初,手机配件品牌 Spigen 不小心在官网上架了 Z Flip7 与 Z Flip7 FE 的手机壳。网站显示 Z Flip 7 FE 机型分别为 SM-F761B 和 SM-F761U,按照三星的型号规律,应该分别为国际版(B)和美版(U)。

图|Android Central

结合其他渲染图和周边信息,Z Flip7 FE 的硬件配置与去年的 Z Flip6 基本相同,处理器有可能采用骁龙 8s 系列(韩版有可能沿用 Exynos 处理器),仅提供 128 和 256 两种配置,售价预计在 5000 元档。

图|X @Onleaks

然而这却不是今年三星活动的结束,2025 年的 Unpacked 活动可谓是 packed 到了极致,因为除了大折叠 Z Fold7、小折叠 Z Flip7 与 Z Flip7 FE 之外,我们还将迎来三星端出的杀手锏:三星 Galaxy G Fold 三折叠。

图|smartprix

根据外媒 Android Authority 的独家报道,他们在 One UI 8 的系统动画文件中首次发现了有关三星三折叠手机的演示动画:

图|Android Authority

这是一台在外观上与华为 Mate XT 非常不一样的机器,从动画中演示的折叠方式看,三星选择了年初曾在 CES 2025 上展示过的「Flex G」模式,即双侧内折的「G」型折叠方案,与 Mate XT 的「Z」型折叠方向完全不同:

图|Android Authority

换句话说,三星 G Fold 的「外屏」实际上处于内屏的正对面,并且内屏无法只使用单侧。因此 G Fold 要么只使用外屏,要么将内屏完全展开,无法提供类似 Mate XT 上面「半开」的使用方式:

图|华为官网

除此之外,我们也能看到在演示动画中左右两侧的铰链尺寸是不同的,进一步说明了 G Fold 的合拢方式为先折左边、再折(带相机模组的)右边,并且有相关的动画展示:

图|Android Authority

而从模型上看,G Fold 的生物识别方案似乎仍然为侧面指纹,边框设计相比 Z Fold7 没有非常大的变化。此外,在 One UI 8 的代码里,三星其实并没有指明这台设备的名字,而是称之为「Multifold 7」,因此最终会以什么名字上市需要等待下周发布会的公布了。

CES 2025 上三星展示的内折叠方案|NotebookCheck

如果以去年的 S25 Edge 为参考,三星的三折叠机型可能会采取一个相似的发售节奏,在 7 月 9 日的 Unpacked 发布会上以「One more thing」的形式公布,门店在 10 月左右展示样机,上市和开售时间则可能在 2026 年初。

今年的三星 Unpacked 发布会正式开始时间为 7 月 9 日晚 10 点,爱范儿将在第一时间为大家带来发布会资讯,并且在后续的国行发布会上为大家带来现场消息,敬请期待。

Pixel 10 系列:三星罪大恶极,Tensor 终于换用台积电

现在距离 2025 年的 Made by Google 硬件发布会,还有大概 50 天。

比起三星三折叠的万众瞩目,谷歌 Pixel 这边的声量就小了许多。根据外媒 Android Headlines 收到的内部消息,谷歌今年的手机发布会 Made by Google 2025 将会在 8 月 20 号召开,届时将会发布最新的 Pixel 10 系列手机。

图|9to5Google

根据目前已有的爆料信息,Pixel 10 系列与 Pixel 9 系列相比几乎没有外观上的变化,同样分为 Pixel 10、Pixel 10 Pro、Pixel 10 Pro XL 和 Pixel 10 Pro Fold 四款:

从左到右:Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9|WhatHiFi

得益于谷歌宛如军情六处一样的保密能力,我们早在五月末就见到了 Pixel 10 系列的真机。五月末,加拿大摄影师 Mark Teasdale 在推特上发帖,表示在温哥华见到了正在拍摄中的 Pixel 10 的广告现场:

Mark Teasdale 的原贴已删除|Android Authority

而从拍摄现场的分镜板上可以看到,这支正在拍摄的广告名为《Ask more of your phone》,宣传的似乎是 Pixel 相机与谷歌相册的 AI 相关功能。有趣的是,这支 Pixel 10 的广告,英雄镜头展示的却是一台三摄的机型:

图|Android Authority

这与此前更早的一批爆料信息便呼应上了,根据早期爆料,今年的基础款 Pixel 10 将放弃从 Pixel 6 沿用至今的双摄方案,加入一颗长焦镜头,实现与 Pro 机型一样的主长广三摄组合。

比广告拍摄现场曝光更加让人难崩的则是,六月初,另一台 Pixel 10 Pro 的设计验证机(Design Validation Test,俗称 DVT 机)被一位酷安用户曝光,随后被迅速转载到了外网:

图|9to5Google

从泄露的信息上看,Tensor G5 处理器使用的是 1+5+2 的八核架构,采用一颗 Cortex X4 超大核、两颗高频三颗低频 A725 中核和两颗 A520 小核组成。

值得注意的是,虽然 DevCheck 显示其制程工艺为 5nm,但根据供应链消息,Tensor G5 实际上使用的应为台积电 3nm 的 N3P 或 N3E InFO-POP 工艺,全面放弃三星代工。这对于 Pixel 用户来说是无可争辩的好消息,从架构角度看,Tensor G5 处理器的理论性能或许可以追平骁龙 8 Gen3 。

而在影像方面,知名手机数据网站 Gsmarena 同样公布了 Pixel 10 系列的相机规格:50MP 主摄、48MP 超广角、48MP 长焦。

图|Gsmarena

而在周边参数方面,有报道称 Pixel 10 系列将支持完整的 Qi2 无线充电协议,并且推出配套的官方磁吸充电配件,有可能会命名为 Pixel Snap 系统。

几年前在 Pixel 4 上出现过的环境光色温调节功能 Ambient EQ 据说有希望回归,屏幕 PWM 调光频率也有望从 240Hz 提升到 480Hz 。此外,Pixel 10 Pro 系列终于有了大容量的选项,最高可以选购 16+1TB 的配置了。

图|Google Blog

整体来说,Pixel 10 系列在今年的策略属于稳扎稳打,纯硬件带来的惊喜不多,外观更是几乎毫无变化。

最可喜可贺的就是 Tensor G5 处理器终于摆脱了三星工艺,改用台积电 3nm 制程后有望迎来功耗比的飞跃,让 Pixel 手机终于迈上「实用」的台阶,为久久固化的海外手机市场带来一些新风。

iPhone 17 家族:更轻,更大,更凉快

现在距离 2025 年的「科技春晚」,还有大概 65 天。

有关于 iPhone 17 系列的爆料早在 2024 年 iPhone 16 发布会之前便已经开始,爆料中围绕的细节虽然修修改改,但内核始终是保持一致的:

继 mini 路线失败后,iPhone 将会再度迎来产品线调整,原本的 Plus 机型将会被主打轻薄的 Air 取代。并且今年 17 系列全系都会采用高刷新率屏幕,但 ProMotion 可变刷新率依然只有 Pro 系列独享。

这其中最引人注目的自然就是带上了新名字的 iPhone 17 Air 了。参考 MacBook Air 与 iPad Air 的产品定位,我们可以比较明确的认定,这将是一款在数字版之上、Pro 版之下的 iPhone,复活三年的 Plus 机型将再度休眠。

图|Front Page Tech

有些令人惋惜的是:考虑到国际大厂的开发步调,iPhone 17 Air 极有可能是与 S25 Edge 前后脚立项的,而「Air」这个对于苹果有特殊意义的名字,如今却只能被用来对先发布的 S25 Edge 致敬了。

目前网络上关于 iPhone 17 系列的爆料信息很多,在大家最关心的外观方面,经过网民几轮脑内显卡迭代和代工厂流出之后,比较确定的说法是:除了数字款 iPhone 17 之外,Pro 与 Air 都将使用新的摄像头模组设计。

图|X @theapplehub

其中比较有意思的是本次 Pro 机型上的全新双拼设计。实际上,这是根据爆料推主 Majin Bu 在今年二月份披露的一批 CAD 图纸重建的,在图纸中 iPhone 17 Pro 与 Pro Max 的机身中下部被加上了明显的区隔:

图|X @MajinBuOfficial

目前关于为何采用这种设计的原因众说纷纭,其中一种观点认为苹果会给 iPhone 17 Pro 系列加上反向无线功能,使用特殊的玻璃或表面处理可能与 MagSafe 或机身整体的散热考量有关。

非常耐人寻味的是,Majin Bu 随后还爆料了一张据称是小米 16 的 CAD 设计图纸,上面也采用了相同的分片设计:

图|X @MajinBuOfficial

至于 iPhone 17 Air,目前无论是泄露的 CAD 图纸、流出的外壳还是镜头保护膜设计,几乎都可以互相印证:iPhone 17 Air 将会是一款单摄机型,机身厚度将会比 S25 Edge 的 5.8mm 更薄:

图|Front Page Tech

此外,在六月末,同样是由 Majin Bu 爆料出来的信息显示,iPhone 17 Pro 和 Pro Max 所使用的 MagSafe 磁铁模具会有所微调,或许是为了适应新加入的反向无线充电功能,从而连带导致了后方的苹果 logo 位置发生变化:

图|X @MajinBuOfficial

这样的位置变动也有可能是促使 iPhone 17 Pro 系列使用双拼背板的原因之一,因为位置下调后的苹果 logo 刚好可以落在下部圆角矩形的中心,将整机的视觉平衡区域分成两部分。

iPhone 17 系列的性能方面,根据微博 @数码闲聊站 爆出的信息,A19 Pro 处理器在 GeekBench 6 中的理论性能约为单核 > 4000 分,多核 > 10000 分,相比目前 A18 Pro 单核 3500 多核 9000 左右的分数有比较明显的提升。

此外,还有预测指出 A19 与 A19 Pro 仍然会延续苹果追求高能效的取向,在单核性能接近 Mac 上的 M4 处理器同时,两者的纯 GPU 性能会弱于骁龙 8 Elite Gen2、多核跑分弱于天玑 9500,但整体效能仍然处于第一梯队领军。

另一方面,苹果似乎的确准备好迎接比肩 M4 的单核性能了。同样是来自爆料大神 Majin Bu 的独家披露,苹果今年将会继续「违背祖宗章程」,为两款 Pro 机型加入 VC 均热板:

图|X @MajinBuOfficial

Majin Bu 指出,从目前流出的 VC 均热板零件推断,苹果有可能将均热板延伸到了 iPhone 17 Pro 系列上那个巨大的相机模组下方,借用相机模组处的铝合金内框作为被动散热器。

关于 iPhone 17 系列其他的周边信息则并不算多,有信源指出苹果会继续小幅提升充电功率,从 iPhone 16 系列的峰值 30W 提高到 35W,但 iPhone 17 Air 的电池可能只有不到 3000 mAh 。另外还有一种猜测指出,苹果也会继续在环保上做文章,iPhone 17 系列有可能成为首个不附赠充电线的 iPhone。

一台轻薄、无感、高刷,但是单摄、续航差的 iPhone 17 Air,你会有兴趣下单吗?

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US supreme court clears way for deportations of eight men to South Sudan

4 July 2025 at 05:28
Supreme court building and flags

The supreme court on Thursday cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.

The decision comes after the court’s conservative majority found that immigration officials can quickly deport people to third countries. The majority halted an order that had allowed immigrants to challenge any removals to countries outside their homeland where they could be in danger.

The court’s latest order makes clear that the South Sudan flight detoured weeks ago can now complete the trip. It reverses findings from federal Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts, who said his order on those migrants still stands even after the high court lifted his broader decision.

The majority wrote that their decision on 23 June completely halted Murphy’s ruling and also rendered his decision on the South Sudan flight “unenforceable”. The court did not fully detail its legal reasoning on the underlying case, as is common on its emergency docket.

Two liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented, saying the ruling gives the government special treatment. “Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the supreme court on speed dial,” Sotomayor wrote.

Attorneys for the eight migrants have said they could face “imprisonment, torture and even death” if sent to South Sudan, where escalating political tensions have threatened to devolve into another civil war.

“We know they’ll face perilous conditions, and potentially immediate detention, upon arrival,” Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, said Thursday.

The push comes amid a sweeping immigration crackdown by Trump’s Republican administration, which has pledged to deport millions of people who are living in the United States illegally. The Trump administration has called Murphy’s finding “a lawless act of defiance.”

The White House and Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Authorities have reached agreements with other countries to house immigrants if authorities cannot quickly send them back to their homelands. The eight men sent to South Sudan in May had been convicted of serious crimes in the US.

Murphy, who was nominated by Democratic president Joe Biden, did not prohibit deportations to third countries. But he found migrants must have a real chance to argue they could be in danger of torture if sent to another country.

IOS 抓包有的抓不到是什么原因,怎么样才能抓包调试呢?

By: mtrucc
4 July 2025 at 06:50
mtrucc:

https://www.baidu.com 有的可以抓到 有的抓不到 https://www.baidu.com/1 可以 https://www.baidu.com/2 就抓不到 IOS 上的 使用 surge 就可以抓到 1 和 2 Mac 上打开 Mac Surge 或者 reqable 还有 Charies 软件,IOS 手机代理连接到 Mac 上,可以抓到 1 ,抓不到 2

请问各位有什么认证好考的。

By: guluji
4 July 2025 at 06:32
guluji: 本人在台企做 it 运维,有时候需要写写程序,维护一下网络这样子。然后现在公司搞了个政策,考一个相关职位的证书一个月加 300 工资。现在我已知软考和计算机等级考试这两个,但是周期太长了需要等半年才考一次。现在想请问一下有哪些相关这方面的证书拿证时间短便宜又容易过的,含金量低的都行。 谢谢各位来生再给屁股给 v 友用

拆掉旧镜腿,换上新镜腿。

By: Steven
4 July 2025 at 10:55

原先那副眼镜腿前两天被我掰坏了,硬是晃晃荡荡地用了两三天。这两天一边工作一边做新眼镜腿,总算弄好了!

意外收获是,测试验证设计过程中发现,打印眼镜腿这种曲线长造型所形成的树形支撑特别好看:

Diddy's reputation is tarnished, but could he find a way back?

4 July 2025 at 07:51
Reuters Diddy on stage smiling and with one hand cupped to his earReuters
Sean "Diddy" Combs was one of the most influential figures in hop-hop

After the verdicts were delivered in Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial in New York on Wednesday, emotions boiled over outside court in heated confrontations between fans and protesters who voiced opposing views about the outcome.

Some thought the rap star should have been found guilty on the more serious counts, not just the two lesser charges on which he was convicted.

But they were outnumbered by pro-Diddy influencers and fans who were chanting "free Diddy" and "let him go" and spraying each other in baby oil in celebration.

The jury's mixed verdicts did not present a clear-cut result - but it was seen as a better-than-expected outcome for the star.

He still faces significant jail time and dozens of civil legal cases, though. His reputation will forever be tarnished by months of ugly allegations and revelations - and the two convictions.

But some observers believe that's unlikely to stop him trying to mount a comeback.

Driving force of hip-hop

Getty Images Combs on stage wearing a bright red shirt and jacket and a large gold medallion with both of his arms gesturing in the air during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.Getty Images
He performed and was named a Global Icon at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards

As a songwriter, rapper, producer and record label impresario, Combs - formerly known as Puff Daddy - was one of the driving forces in hip-hop and R&B in the 1990s.

He launched the careers of Notorious BIG and Mary J Blige, signed acts such as Faith Evans, 112, Mase and Janelle Monae to his Bad Boy Records label, and worked with stars including Mariah Carey, Usher and Busta Rhymes.

He won three Grammy Awards as an artist and scored his biggest pop hit with I'll Be Missing You, sampling The Police's Every Breath You Take, in 1997 - his tribute after BIG's murder.

Combs "was one of the most famous people in hip-hop", says Los Angeles Times music writer August Brown.

"He was an incredibly important figure in evolving both that genre and the music industry as a whole into a commercial juggernaut."

Dark side of Diddy's parties

Getty Images Sean Combs wearing denim dungarees, a white vest and a gold watch, sitting at a mixing desk in a recording studio in 1997Getty Images

Like many at the peak of the music industry, he also threw lavish parties. But sordid details emerged during the legal cases, revealing a darker side.

These so-called "freak offs" were hotel sex encounters which could last for days, involving multiple male escorts, routine violence and copious amounts of drugs and baby oil.

The question for the jury was whether this was a criminal enterprise designed to force two alleged victims into sex against their will or whether, as Combs claimed, the women willingly took part.

The defence argued that these orgies were "kinky" but consensual - and that organising them was not criminal.

In the end, the jury agreed and he was found not guilty of the most serious charge of racketeering conspiracy, as well as two charges of sex trafficking.

"The jury was just unpersuaded that what amounted to an extremely baroque and violent and drug-stoked sex life on Diddy's behalf amounted to a criminal organisation on the racketeering charge, or trafficking in the way that we understand it now," Mr Brown told the BBC World Service.

"This isn't to say that it wasn't possible, but they just didn't think it rose to 'beyond a shadow of a doubt'."

Jail then comeback?

Getty Images Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs posing for photographers at the 2018 Met Gala. She's wearing a black suit and he's wering an all-white suit with one white glove and a large jewelled cross on a chain around his neckGetty Images
Cassie Ventura gave evidence against former partner, and a video of him assaulting her was a key piece of evidence

Combs was, however, convicted on two counts of transporting two former girlfriends, including singer Cassie, to participate in sex acts and prostitution.

He will face up to 10 years in jail for each charge when he's sentenced in October. But the sentences are likely to be lower than the maximum and to run simultaneously, with the year he will have already spent in jail to be deducted. So it's quite possible he could be free in several years.

His supporters will be waiting - but most people will be unwilling to accept a comeback, Mr Brown says.

"I cannot imagine any kind of redemption arc as far as him [remaining] as an artist or a music mogul in light of this.

"I think the public will remember him as an important figure whose name is now permanently associated with this very-difficult-to-process range of charges, even if he's not been convicted on the worst of it."

Alvin Blanco, content director of Hiphopwired.com, agrees that Combs is too tarnished to make a successful comeback. "He's definitely going to try, but I think the damage is just too irreparable at this point."

Watch: The BBC's Nomia Iqbal looks at what comes next after Diddy verdict

Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African American Studies at Duke University in North Carolina, also believes there's "no doubt" the revelations have tarnished Combs' legacy as the man who helped take hip-hop "from the ghettos to the mainstream of America to the global mainstream".

However, his influence on music had diminished even before the allegations, says Jem Aswad, executive editor of music at Variety.

"He doesn't really have much of a music career any more, and he hasn't for about 15 years," Mr Aswad told BBC News.

"It's not that he was unpopular, although he wasn't enormously popular recently - he just moved on to other businesses. He got into beverages, he got into apparel, he got into lots of other businesses.

"Anything he did in music over the last 15 years was almost just for fun. I think he's released two, maybe three albums in that time period, and they just did OK, and frankly they just were OK."

Awards success

His stock was still pretty high, though. His last LP, The Love Album: Off The Grid, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2024. The previous year, he was named a Global Icon at the MTV Awards.

And he wouldn't be the first star to retain support despite facing allegations.

Michael Jackson was cleared of child abuse in court in 2005 but persuasive claims about him have persisted, and many people still wrestle with how to reconcile those with the brilliance of the King of Pop's catalogue.

R&B star R. Kelly was jailed for 30 years in 2022 for racketeering and sex trafficking. He still has five million monthly listeners on Spotify at the last count.

Some in hip-hop may be willing to work with Combs. Kanye West last week released a song called Diddy Free - although Kanye himself is ostracised by large parts of the industry for making antisemitic and Nazi statements.

Supporters' delight

EPA Two supporters with their arms around each other and arms in the airEPA
Combs' fans celebrated outside the court

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty, host of the BBC's Diddy on Trial podcast, has seen the support outside court and suggests there may be a way back.

"We'll see what happens with his career after this," she told the BBC's Newscast.

"I feel like he will be able to reclaim a top spot in hip-hop just because of the sheer amount of support we've seen online and here at the courthouse from his fans, and from people who feel he was being unjustly targeted by the federal government.

"He won't be the first musician to be a convicted criminal who carries on having a music career, especially in hip-hop."

For many, the details of the case will be hard to shake from the memory, though.

Angela Star, one of the content creators outside court on Wednesday, told BBC News that "his image is tainted, and when you think of Diddy now, you think of..." before finishing her point by holding up a bottle of baby oil.

No end in sight for bin strike after six months

4 July 2025 at 09:27
BBC Picture shows a terraced street with dark grey wheelie bins outside homes. In the foreground is a large pile of rubbish including black bags and strips of old carpetBBC
Unslightly rubbish piles have become a normal sight on some Birmingham streets

Student Theo Charlton just cannot believe the "apocalyptic" piles of rubbish that he has seen outside his student housing in the UK's second largest city.

With the stench of rotting waste thick in the air, the 21-year-old is concerned whether the rubbish from students moving out will get collected.

Six months since bin strike action began in Birmingham, there is no getting away from it for people living in the city.

Pamela Pritchard, from Great Barr, told the BBC she had not been transporting her recycling to the local tip "out of principle", with the 68-year-old storing it inside her home.

In further strike action, kerbside green waste and recycling collections have been suspended.

Birmingham City Council said it remained committed to resolving the dispute despite its recycling rate of 22.9 % being the lowest of any unitary authority in the country, with the exception of Liverpool.

Members of the Unite union walked out in January over plans to downgrade some roles as part of the city council's attempts to sort out its equal pay liabilities.

An all-out indefinite strike was announced in March and a deal to end industrial action has not yet been reached.

Ms Pritchard told the BBC she had been collecting her recycling rubbish and storing it indoors since the strike began.

Among the growing piles of neatly stored cardboard, papers and blister packs, she said if the strike went on any longer, she would "learn to live with it".

A woman in an orange T-shirt and beige trousers looking down and pointing towards a pile of folded cardboard and boxes of papers and tablet blister packs in a corner of her home.
Pamela Pritchard, 68, has been storing her recycling inside her home since the bin strikes began

She said: "I don't drive. On principle I refuse to allow my friends to use their time to take my rubbish to the tip, so I've left it in the house.

"I've always been a keen recycler and I hate wasted resources.

"[If the strike continues] I'll find somewhere else, I'll store it in the shed I'll ask a friend - I'll find a home for it."

Image shows about 20 black bin bags on a grey pavement piled up against a black metal fence. Behind it are green plants with purple and white flowers.
There has been no recycling collections since the start of the all-out strike in March

At his hub for student housing, Mr Charlton told the BBC that when students moved out for the summer, mountains of rubbish were left behind.

He said: "The other day I was looking at everyone moving out and it was apocalyptic the amount of rubbish [they left behind].

"People don't prepare for leaving, they just dump so much stuff. I thought to myself that's going to be there for ages, its not going to get collected."

The 21-year-old said that, as he did not drive, he was unable to get to a recycling point.

Two men stood infront of a brick house, with a black doorway. The man on the left has long wavy brown hair, a moustache and is wearing a blue checked shirt. The man on the right has short brown hair and is wearing a blue T-shirt. Both are smiling at the camera.
Theo Charlton (left), and Dan Savill (right) told the BBC students moving out in Selly Oak have left 'apocalyptic' rubbish piles

Fellow student Dan Savill echoed the concerns. The 20-year-old, who is moving to university for his final year, said he was still making an effort to separate his recycling, even though the collections had been "selective".

He also said that as recycling was not being collected, people were putting that rubbish in with the black bin collections.

"There's rubbish in both bins not being taken. The priority at this point should be taking everything somewhere. Ideally recycling - but all of the general waste should be gone first."

Image shows a large pile of full black bin liners piled up outside a house
After six months, residents are no clearer as to when the strike will end

Councillor Izzy Knowles said people living in flats in Moseley had little to no recycling facilities.

"The recycling is totally full up. It's getting contaminated. [Some] don't have cars, even if they go to the tip they're not allowed in as pedestrians."

The Liberal Democrat councillor said the council should be organising recycling trucks and garden waste trucks at mobile household waste centres.

A woman with short grey hair wearing a blue T-shirt that says 'binfluencer' on it. She is stood next to an overflowing green recycling bin on a residential street.
Councillor Izzy Knowles said people living in flats in Moseley have limited recycling facilities already - and have nowhere left to put their rubbish

Birmingham City Council said it was focused on delivering a "transformation" of waste collection services which would boost their recycling rates.

If it does not meet the government's target rate of 65% by 2035, it could face a reduction in grant funding.

Councillor Majid Mahmood said: "This is a service that needs to be transformed to one that citizens of Birmingham deserve.

"The council remains committed to resolving the industrial action in the best interest of all parties involved."

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Your new banknote ideas - from British Bulldogs to Fawlty Towers

4 July 2025 at 07:04
Julie Dudley the Bulldog on Cawsand Beach in Cornwall with the sea in the backgroundJulie
Dudley the dog is unlikely to feature, but animals are a popular suggestion

While cash might not be as popular as it once was, the opportunity to fashion the next series of banknotes has got brains whirring and tails wagging.

Within a day of reporting on the Bank of England's public invitation to influence a major redesign of banknotes, there were more than 2,000 responses to Your Voice, Your BBC on the issue.

Dudley the British Bulldog, pictured on Cawsand Beach in Cornwall, will be one of the least likely contenders, despite being described as a "national treasure" by his owner Julie, from Plymouth.

But animals and nature, as well as railways and TV nostalgia have featured strongly among the ideas.

Images of historical characters, starting with William Shakespeare, have featured on Bank of England notes since 1970.

Now, the Bank's chief cashier Victoria Cleland has suggested images on the next set of £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes could stick with notable figures of the past or move on to a new theme, as is seen on banknotes issued in Scotland, Nothern Ireland and around the world.

The Bank is giving people a month to select from certain themes, such as architecture, innovation or the arts, or suggest their own topics.

The Bank has not commented on the number of entries so far, but - if responses to the BBC are anything to go by - they are likely to be inundated.

Great ships

Getty Images The SS Great Britain in dry dock in Bristol.Getty Images
The SS Great Britain in Bristol is among the maritime suggestions

Among the themes to be suggested was a celebration of the UK's maritime heritage.

The Mary Rose, HMS Belfast, HMS Trincomalee, HMS Victory, Cutty Sark, and the SS Great Britain are all worthy of a place on a banknote, according to Hilary in London.

Charles from Bristol goes further. "I don't just mean the spectacularly beautiful clipper ships, and instantly recognisable liners, but perhaps some of the lesser known vessels trading with Commonwealth countries, or oil rig support vessels working hard in the North Sea," he wrote.

Famous landmarks

Stonehenge under a blue sky with grass in front.
Stonehenge is always a popular suggestion for something that represents Britain

There are appeals for the themes and choices to represent the whole of the country.

The Angel of the North is a regular suggestion, and areas of natural beauty such as the Yorkshire Dales.

Mike in Salisbury thinks using tourist sites on banknotes could bring benefits.

"Tourists come to England to see the main sites such as Stonehenge, Buckingham Palace, the Queen Elizabeth Tower etc," he says.

"If the banknotes showed these pictures then they would be more likely to visit the site, hold one up when taking a photo, and maybe even taking the note home as a souvenir."

Classic TV characters

John Cleese as Basil Fawlty with Basil Henson as Doctor Abbott and Elspet Gray as Mrs Abbott in a still from Fawlty Towers.
Classic sitcoms like Fawlty Towers might be a popular choice

Nostalgia features heavily, bringing a more recent historical outlook to notes that have carried images of people from the past for more than 50 years.

"Some classic British children's TV characters like Willow The Wisp, Bagpuss, or even a collection of them would make me smile," says Steve in Cardiff.

"Likewise I think some classic British TV could be represented, like The Bill - no pun intended - or Casualty, soap operas or even comedies like Fawlty Towers. Television has been a large part of life for many people growing up and I'm sure, people would appreciate a bit of nostalgia on the notes."

Vintage trains

SSPL/Getty Images Pullman train, hauled by a H2 class 4-4-2 locomotive number 32424 at Brighton station, West Sussex, by E D Bruton, 5 October 1952SSPL/Getty Images
Many people would like to see British railways and vintage trains like the British Pullman celebrated

Nostalgia for the railways and "local and meaningful" stations also features in responses.

"With the 200 years of the railway in Britain being celebrated, it seems a shame not to celebrate that considering we gave railways to the world," says Ian in Derby.

A mobile phone?

Getty Images Smiling young man in a cafe pays using a phone with a coffee in front of him.Getty Images

Despite the wide range of options, some people are keen to stick to the way key figures in history are honoured on banknotes.

"Having looked at all the options I really do think that historical figures should still be number one choice. Might it be possible to include Diana Princess of Wales somewhere?" asks Elizabeth, from Oxford.

But with cash used in only 12% of transactions, some say the time and effort involved in a huge overhaul of notes is unnecessary.

"We are sadly faced with the prospect of a cashless society, with so many places refusing to accept my cash, so I have to wonder, why bother changing the design?" says Dawn in Redditch.

Ian in Leighton Buzzard is much more blunt. "I would suggest that the new banknotes look like a mobile phone because that is how people are used to paying," he says.

People can submit their views via an online form on the Bank's website, or by post, by the end of July.

The final decision on what exactly features on a banknote lies with the Bank's governor.

Additional reporting by Bernadette McCague

What have tariffs really done to the US economy?

4 July 2025 at 07:03
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Soon after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, he began raising tariffs, brushing off warnings from economists and businesses about the risks of economic damage.

He started with Mexico, Canada and China, then targeted steel, aluminium and cars, and finally in April, on what he called "Liberation Day", unleashed a blitz of new taxes on goods from countries around the world.

The plans hit trade and roiled financial markets. But as worries mounted, Trump quickly suspended his most aggressive plans to allow for 90 days of talks.

As that 9 July deadline approaches and the president crafts his approach, he will have one eye on the US economy.

So what has the impact really been?

The stock market - a wash

Trump's plans included tariffs of 20% on goods from the European Union, punishing tariffs on items from China of 145%, and a 46% levy on imports from Vietnam, though on Wednesday he announced a deal that will see the US charge tariffs of 20% on Vietnam.

The US stock market suffered the most immediate hit, starting to slide in February and finally tanking in April after Trump unveiled the full scope of his plans, on so-called "Liberation Day".

The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest companies in the US, dropped about 12% over the course of a week.

But shares bounced back after Trump rolled back his plans, abandoning steep tariffs in favour of a more easily swallowed 10% rate instead.

Now, the S&P 500 index is up about 6% for the year. In the UK and Europe, shares have also rebounded.

A line chart showing the performance of the S&P 500 index over the period of US President Donald Trump's imposition of global trade tariffs. At the start of January 2025, the index was 5,882, and rose gradually to a peak of 6,144 on 19 February. It then fell to 5,522 by 13 March 2025 – a period that coincided with the imposition of tariffs on several countries, and retaliatory tariffs on US goods. From there, the index rose slightly before dropping sharply to a low of 4,983 on 8 April, shortly after Trump’s announcement of a broad range of global tariffs. It rebounded to 5,457 the next day, after the president paused many of the tariffs, and broadly has been on an upward path since, reaching 6,275 by 3 July.

But shares of tariff-vulnerable firms, such as retailers and car companies are still hurting - and there is more risk ahead, as the talks deadline approaches.

The White House has left its options open, saying both that the deadline is "not critical" and that the president may simply present other countries "with a deal" on that date.

Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, said the rebound suggested "a lot of complacency" among investors, who risk being spooked again should Trump revive higher tariffs than they expect.

Trade - at a crossroads

NurPhoto/Getty Images A cargo ship fully loaded with foreign trade containers leaves the port of Qingdao in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China, on June 23, 2025NurPhoto/Getty Images

Trump's tariffs precipitated a rush of goods to the US in the early part of the year, followed by a sharp drop in April and May.

But zoom out a bit, and US goods imports in the first five months of the year were up 17% compared with the same period last year.

What happens in the months ahead will depend on whether Trump extends his pause - or revives his more aggressive plans, said Ben Hackett of Hackett Associates, which tracks port traffic for the National Retail Federation.

"At this point it's anybody's guess," Mr Hackett said, noting that for now the situation was "in a holding pattern".

"If the tariff freeze disappears and the high tariffs are reimposed then almost certainly we're going to have a short recession," he added.

Prices - too soon to say

Bloomberg/Getty A shopper looks at magnets at a gift store in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.Bloomberg/Getty

In the US, imported goods are estimated to account for only about 11% of consumer spending.

Trump and his allies have argued that fears that tariffs - which, on average, are now roughly six times higher than they were at the start of the year - will drive up the cost of living for Americans are overblown.

They have pointed in part to recent inflation data, which showed consumer prices stepping up just 0.1% from April to May.

But certain items, such as toys, saw far bigger jumps and many goods facing higher duties have not yet made it to shelves.

Firms, especially those cushioned by strong profits, could opt to pass the increases on gradually, rather than alienate customers with an abrupt jump.

Despite pressure from the president to "eat the tariffs", economists still widely expect customers to pay for them eventually.

"If you're not digging more into the data you would think, 'nothing to see here' from an inflation standpoint," says Ms Sonders. "But it's premature at this point to hang the victory banner."

Consumer spending - slowing

Economic sentiment in the US started falling earlier this year, as Trump began to set out his tariff plans.

But political views play a big role in shaping opinions on the economy, so whether the worries would actually lead households to clamp down on spending over the long term remained a matter of debate.

We are now starting to see signs of pullback: retail sales dropped 0.9% from April to May, the second month in a row of decline. It was the first back-to-back fall since the end of 2023.

Overall consumer spending grew at the slowest rate since 2020 in the first three months of the year, and slipped unexpectedly in May, the most recent month for which data is available.

But while growth is still expected to slow significantly compared with last year, most analysts say the economy should be able to escape a recession - so long as the job market continues to hold up.

Though layoff notices have been pacing higher, for now, unemployment remains low, at 4.2%. Job creation last month continued at a pace similar to the average over the last 12 months.

"We're sort of in this stall mode right now in the economy, a kind of wait-and-see mode, that is driven by pretty grave uncertainty and the instability in policy," Ms Sonders said, noting that many firms were responding with a self-imposed "time-out" on hiring and investment.

The economy is unlikely to escape unscathed, she warned.

"It's hard to lay out a scenario of a pickup in growth from here," she said. "The question is more, will it just be a softening of the economy or a bigger slide."

苹果给 FaceTime 加入了裸露检测,这是苹果在隐私和道德之间的选择

By: 周芊彤
4 July 2025 at 09:56


你肯定也看过苹果和岳云鹏合作的广告,其中最核心的主张就是:

力保隐私安全,这很 iPhone。

苹果是这么说的,确实也是这么做的。只是,当「隐私」和「道德」 被放在天平的两端时,即便是苹果,也会面临进退维谷的难题。

▲ 苹果和岳云鹏合作广告海报. 图片来自:Apple

据 9to5mac 报道,苹果在 iOS 26 的开发者预览版中,推出了 FaceTime 的裸露检测功能,意在检测视频通话中的不当裸露内容。

据悉,苹果将通过设备端侧的 AI 算法来实时识别通话中的裸露内容,当系统识别出可能的裸露画面时,它会立即暂停视频通话并显示警告。

苹果表示,该功能的设计初衷,是为了在儿童账户上应用,给青少年提供一个更加安全的数字社交环境。

▲ FaceTime 冻结界面. 图片来自:9to5Mac

该功能源自于苹果在几年前推行的 CSAM(儿童性虐待材料)扫描计划。但不知道出于什么考虑,这项功能在 iOS 26 开发者版本中被扩大到覆盖所有年龄的用户。也就是说,成人用户也被「保护」起来了。

尽管苹果强调所有识别工作都在设备本地处理,数据不会上传至云端,但年龄覆盖扩大的情况还是在社交媒体上引发广泛争议。一位名为 krazygreekguy 的用户在 9to5mac 上评论道:

我理解背后的想法,但他们无权对成年人实施这种控制。没有任何组织有权侵犯人们的隐私。

▲ 苹果宣传图. 图片来自:Apple

换言之,人们担心这种年龄覆盖的扩大是一种苹果独有权力的扩张,以至于到了过度干预私人生活的境地,甚至可能扩大到和色情意图完全无关的场景。
试想一下,你正在和家里的小孩视频通话,只是因为光着膀子或者调整衣物,就可能会被系统误判为不当裸露,而导致视频被拦截:

难道我的 iPhone 认为我是个变态?

▲ FaceTime. 图片来自:Apple

事实上,FaceTime 已经问世 14 年,作为苹果生态的「元老级」功能,这也不是它首次引起争议。2019 年,FaceTime 就曾因为技术漏洞,让用户在未接通的情况下听到对方通话的声音。虽然苹果迅速修复了漏洞,这也让很多人对苹果的隐私宣传话术之下的真实保护能力,产生了疑虑。

▲ 苹果宣传图. 图片来自:Apple

作为公司的核心价值观,苹果对用户隐私保护方面一直很重视。

长期关注苹果的人,可能会对 2015 年苹果硬刚 FBI 的事件记忆犹新——当年,在加州圣贝纳迪诺枪击案后,FBI 为了获取恐怖活动信息,要求解锁涉案凶手使用的 iPhone,但遭到苹果拒绝。当时,苹果 CEO 蒂姆·库克表示:后门一旦开了,就关不上了,将会危及所有用户的安全与隐私。

▲ FaceTime 界面. 图片来自:Apple

但即便如此,苹果也曾因隐私问题引发不小一些争议。比如前面提到的 CSAM 扫描计划,在推出时同样备受批评。

从 2021 年的 iOS 15 开始,苹果通过本地设备上的 NeuralHash 技术,将用户上传到 iCloud 的照片与美国权威机构维护的 CSAM 数据库进行哈希值比对,当超过预设阈值的情况发生,苹果就会解密相关数据并进行人工审核,确认后将禁用账户,并向美国国家失踪和受虐儿童中心(NCMEC)举报。

苹果声称这一功能的用意是发现和揪出儿童性犯罪者,在技术上最大限度保护用户隐私,避免误判和滥用。

但各路隐私保护组织和安全专家质疑苹果是否会背离其一贯的隐私保护承诺,毕竟 CSAM 扫描究其根本还是识别了用户上传的隐私信息。面对压力,苹果宣布推迟该功能的发布,转而推出其他儿童保护措施,如信息通信安全和 Siri 搜索干预功能。

对于苹果来说,「道德」与「隐私」也会出现不可兼得的情况。

回到刚开始说的 FaceTime 裸露检测:从苹果的初衷来看,这是一个为了更好保护青少年而推出的安全特性,它有助于防止青少年在视频通话中接触到不适当的裸露内容——类似的手机视频通话性骚扰和欺诈案例,全球范围内不胜枚举。坐拥十几亿用户,苹果确实也该承担这样的社会责任。

但另一方面,这种 「自动干预」 的边界在哪里,仍然是一个重要的问题。

当公共道德和个人隐私被摆在天平的两端时,如何权衡利弊,并做出「正确」的决策。这或许会在未来很长一段时间里,都困扰着苹果。

本文作者:周芊彤、肖钦鹏

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朝鲜元山葛麻海滨度假村高调揭幕,但尚无外国游客来访

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葛麻海滩的度假村。韩国媒体称这里是“朝鲜的威基基”。
葛麻海滩的度假村。韩国媒体称这里是“朝鲜的威基基”。 Kim Won Jin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
朝鲜本周高调宣传新海滨度假区开业,但未迎来外国游客,朝鲜领导人金正恩曾希望有朝一日通过游客带来旅游收入,缓解严厉经济制裁。
周四,朝鲜官方媒体报道称,朝鲜家庭游客挤满中部东海岸一个约四公里长的美丽海滩,该海滩于两天前开始接待游客。朝鲜官方的朝中社称:“到处洋溢着游客的喜悦和乐观,欢快的歌声在明亮的住所窗前回荡。”
该度假村名为元山葛麻,可容纳2万人,是金正恩为吸引外国游客而建造的海滨或山边水疗滑雪度假村中最雄心勃勃的一个。金正恩及妻女出席了6月底举行的竣工仪式。
在联合国于2017年对朝鲜实施严厉制裁,禁止其出口包括煤炭和纺织品在内的所有主要产品后,金正恩开始推动旅游业的发展。制裁旨在切断其核计划和导弹计划的资金来源,但旅游业未受制裁影响,金正恩将该行业视为亟需的外汇新来源。
葛麻海滩的改造工程堪称金正恩意图的最佳注脚。朝鲜曾在军事演习期间在这里摆满大炮。但近年来,金正恩在海滩上新建了水上公园和多层度假酒店,韩国媒体称葛麻海滩为“朝鲜的威基基”(威基基是夏威夷的著名海滩——译注)。
周二,来自朝鲜国内的游客抵达元山葛麻。但中国尚未批准公民前往朝鲜旅游。
周二,来自朝鲜国内的游客抵达元山葛麻。但中国尚未批准公民前往朝鲜旅游。 Kim Won Jin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
但是,金正恩的旅游发展计划没有如愿开展。疫情导致朝鲜关闭国门,每年约30万人次的中国游客来源也因此枯竭。在此期间,金正恩新建的度假村一直处于未竣工或空置状态。朝鲜于2023年重新开放边境。
近几个月来,数百名俄罗斯游客的到访反映出平壤和莫斯科之间的关系正在升温。此前,朝鲜为俄罗斯对抗乌克兰的战争提供了急需的人员和武器
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但中国至今未批准公民前往朝鲜旅游。外界普遍认为,北京担心朝鲜与俄罗斯走得太近,这可能会削弱其对难以驯服的朝鲜的影响力。
韩国是除中国外唯一与朝鲜接壤的国家。2008年,韩国关闭了一个朝韩联合旅游园区,停止向朝鲜输送游客。
周四,朝鲜官方媒体发布的照片显示,朝鲜家庭在沙滩上沐浴、滑水、玩滑水道和打排球,还有孩子们拿着游泳圈戏水。但是看不到外国游客。
韩国官员表示,预计今年夏天将有俄罗斯游客前往该海滩。但他们指出,考虑到朝鲜的交通选择有限(葛麻距离平壤约210公里),而且俄朝边境和葛麻海滩之间的道路状况不佳,因此游客不会很多。

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国内首个「人机共驾」事故责任判定解决方案落地

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小米汽车二汽工厂紧急招工,应对 YU7 供求紧张

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苹果 FaceTime 通话新增「裸露行为检测」

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罗马仕回应「停工停产」:没倒闭

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微软再次裁员:人数超 9000 名,Xbox 部门重创

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印度程序员被曝「靠一份假简历拿五份工资」

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AI.Talk 创始人:AI IP 的核心永远是信任

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19.58 万元起,小鹏 G7 正式上市

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《星露谷》成为 Steam 最受欢迎游戏

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国内首个「人机共驾」事故责任判定解决方案落地

据中国金融新闻网消息,日前,平安产险联合中汽中心与问界推出组合辅助驾驶事故责任判定一体化解决方案,标志着「人机共驾」时代事故责任判定解决方案的诞生。

据悉,上述三方构建了「数据存证—智能判责—司法鉴定」标准化判定流程,该流程的核心目标在于消除责任认定不清的障碍,显著提升保险理赔服务效率与客户体验。

数据显示,今年前 4 个月,我国新能源乘用车 L2 级及以上辅助驾驶功能装车率达 77.8%,16 万元以下市场智驾装车率也持续攀升。报道指出,随着组合辅助驾驶功能普及,人机交互模式下事故责任界定模糊成为保险行业与消费者共同面临的难题,影响了保险理赔效率与公平性。

另据人保财险总裁于泽透露,人保财险正在开发 L3 级及以上智能网联汽车专属车险产品;在理赔方面,配合中国保险行业协会,与中国汽研、中国银保信共同制定《智能网联汽车交通事故保险赔偿判定技术规范》,为未来事故定责提供行业标准。

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小米汽车二汽工厂紧急招工,应对 YU7 供求紧张

小米 YU7 于上月发布,该车型在开售后创下多个亮眼成绩:开售后 3 分钟,大定突破 20 万台;开售 1 小时后,大定突破 28.9 万台。随后更是创造了「开售 18 小时,锁单量突破 24 万台」的成绩。

而据《次世代车研所》报道,产能和交付成为了小米 YU7 最大的考验:新车多个版本的交车等待时间超过 9 个月;并且小米汽车仅有北京亦庄一期工厂,无法解决双车大量订单。

据报道从小米人力资源供应商处获悉,近期小米汽车二期工厂正在大规模招聘,准备量产。该供应商透露,要求员工们两班倒,日工作时长为 11 个小时,日结工资 230 元/天。

具体来看,小米目前仅有的北京亦庄一期工厂,起初设计的年产能为 15 万辆,2024 年 6 月起实施双班倒模式,产能进一步提升。小米官方的数据是,每 76 秒就有一辆车下线。

但目前来看,不光是小米 YU7 拥有大量订单待生产,去年发布的小米 SU7 仍有大批量车主等待新车交付。

报道称,小米汽车二期工厂建设进入收官阶段,于 6 月正式竣工,预计 7 月投产。值得注意的是,除了二期工厂,小米也正在为三期工厂做准备。

苹果 FaceTime 通话新增「裸露行为检测」

据 9to5Mac 报道,苹果设备内置的 FaceTime 视频通话软件在 iOS 26 中,新增了「脱衣裸露行为检测」功能。

报道称,FaceTime 若识别到当前参与视频通话的成员出现裸露行为,会暂停视频通话并发出提示警告。据悉,该功能此前主要面向未成年,而在最新版本的 FaceTime 中,成年用户也被包含在检测范围内。(9to5Mac 指出,或许为 Bug)

报道还提到,除了 FaceTime 具备上述检测,在「照片」App 中的共享相册中,若出现裸露内容,也会被做模糊处理。

对于该检测功能,苹果方面承诺,相关检测所使用到的技术均为端侧技术,通过机器本地分析、学习照片和视频内容。并表示苹果方面是无法查询到相关的照片、视频内容。

罗马仕回应「停工停产」:没倒闭

近期,罗马仕旗下多款型号的移动电源(充电宝),因存在过热甚至燃烧的安全隐患而进行召回,数量高达 50 万台。

据界面新闻报道,多名罗马仕员工证实,自 7 月 1 号开始,罗马仕内部已经陆续通知员工全面停工停产,正式公告还没出,员工工资只发到 6 月份。

昨晚,罗马仕方面发文回应称「没有倒闭,感谢关心。」其还表示,定将努力解决所有朋友、用户及合作伙伴的一切问题。 

据悉,7 月 2 日,罗马仕公司发生工商变更,雷社杏卸任法定代表人、董事、经理,由雷杏容接任,此次变更不足三个月。

针对法定代表人变更等事宜,罗马仕方面曾回应媒体称,目前公司正在安排整改,先梳理内部,公司全部精力都聚焦产业链自检,为新品做准备。

值得一提的是,有不少网友发文反馈称,自己的罗马仕订单退款流程已经卡顿数十天,而且罗马仕客服并未继续回应。而淘宝客服介入之后回复:「卖家钱款不足,暂无法退款,淘宝正在催缴保证金。」

微软再次裁员:人数超 9000 名,Xbox 部门重创

据路透社报道,微软于当地周三(7 月 2 日)表示将进行裁员 4%。报道称,本次裁员因微软需要控制成本,并且其还在AI 基础设施领域不断巨额投入。

据悉,截止 2024 年 6 月,微软在全球共有约 22.8 万名员工,而本次的 4% 裁员,涉及人数将达到约 9120 人。值得一提的是,微软还在今年 5 月宣布了一轮影响约 6000 人的裁员计划,而在上月继续裁减了数千人。

微软方面表示,本次裁员计划减少组织层级和管理人员,并精简公司旗下的产品、工作流程以及角色定位。

微软方面还证实,旗下游戏部门受到裁员影响。而据彭博社、Windows Central 等多家外媒获悉,Xbox 游戏部门受到重创,多款游戏项目、多个游戏工作室遭到影响。

据悉,微软将关闭成立七年的 The Initiative 工作室。该工作室原本正协助 Crystal Dynamics 开发经典 IP《完美黑暗(Perfect Dark)》的重启版,随着工作室关停,本作也将一同取消。微软表示,将协助上述受影响的开发人员申请公司内其他岗位。

另外,ZeniMax Online(《上古卷轴 OL》开发商)的一款未公开大型 MMORPG 项目也遭到取消;而《极限竞速》开发商 Turn 10 的人员规模也被削减近一半。

而本次微软对 Xbox 进行「大砍」也引发了员工的不满。据 Wccftech 报道,一位匿名员工对微软游戏 CEO Phil Spencer 的内部邮件表达自己不满,其表示,Phil 一边宣称今年是 Xbox 盈利最强的一年,另一边却开始裁员行动。

Ilya 宣布自任 SSI CEO:联合创始人被挖

今日凌晨,OpenAI 前首席科学家 Ilya Sutskever 发文宣布,由其创立的 Safe Superintelligence(SSI)管理层发生变动:
Ilya Sutskever 本人亲自出任公司 CEO;而联合创始人之一  Daniel Gross 已在 6 月 29 日正式退出了 SSI,十分感谢其对 SSI 早期的贡献。
另外,Sutskever 也在文中坐实了 Meta 想要收购 SSI 的传闻,其表示,近期网上出现了部分公司有意收购 SSI 的声音,对此感到十分荣幸。
上月,Meta 曾被爆出计划「吞下」SSI。而CNBC 报道,Meta 原计划在 4 月收购 SSI,但 Sutskever 拒绝了本次交易。后续 Meta CEO 扎克伯格收购不成还计划把 Sutskever 「挖」到 Meta,但后者同样拒绝了这一操作。
据报道,在收购 SSI 跟「挖」CEO 计划都失败后,扎克伯格开始把目光转向 SSI 的联合创始人 Daniel Gross 和 Daniel 的好友、GitHub 前 CEO Nat Friedman。报道指出,Daniel Gross 和 Nat Friedman 两人共同运营着风险投资公司「NFDG」,而两人在加入 Meta 后,Meta 将获得 NFDG 的股份。
据悉,SSI 成立于去年 6 月,Sutskever 因其在生成式 AI 的突破性进展中作出的卓越贡献而被视为传奇人物,这些成就为 SSI 吸引了大量融资。今年 4 月,SSI 在新一轮融资中估值已经达到了 320 亿美元。

零一万物与百望股份达成合作,共研金融数据大模型

近日,数据智能领军企业百望股份与 AI 2.0 大模型独角兽零一万物在香港正式签署战略合作协议。

双方宣布将深度融合百望股份的产业场景、海量数据与零一万物的大模型部署与落地能力,共研全场景大模型解决方案,破解「如何让 AI 在企业中可用、有用、好用」的新时代核心命题,为中国企业的数智化升级注入强劲动能。

零一万物创始人、CEO 李开复在今年初预测「2025 是 AI-First 应用爆发元年」。他认为,随着大模型推理成本降至「白菜价」,且模型性能突破工业红线,大模型竞争已从参数竞赛转向「中台到应用的能力」。

另外,本次合作将重点关注金融行业。通过百望股份自研的金融风控智能体,与零一万物合作后,双方可继续深化共研金融数据行业大模型,打造风控与营销「双引擎」,共同助力金融机构实现「千人千面」服务。

印度程序员被曝「靠一份假简历拿五份工资」

近期,Playground AI 的创始人 Sohail Doshi 发文爆料,称一位名为 Soham Parekh 的印度工程师靠着一份几乎 90% 造假的简历,同时在 3-5 家初创公司上班。

Sohail Doshi 表示,入职第一周就发现对方不对劲,于是立马开除,临走前还苦口婆心地劝对方别再骗人了,没想到这位印度工程师非但没收手,还越战越勇,继续多线作战。

后续,风投机构 YC 总裁 Garry Tan 也亲自下场发文表示,「如果没有 YC 社区,这个人可能还在继续操作,甚至永远不会被发现。」

据 Garry Tan 的说法,这位印度工程师专挑 YC 支持的创业公司下手,同时在至少三家由 YC 支持的创业公司打卡上班,最多甚至五家,并且每家公司都以为他是全职。

据悉,Soham Parekh 虽然在简历和面试这两方面堪称完美,但在正式工作(或者工作试用期)真正开始的时候, 他会找一个又一个的借口,解释为什么缺席会议,或者为什么工作被推迟,亦或者他每天都会找个借口请假半天,比如说要见律师。后面,这些借口越来越荒谬,直到所有人开始意识到他明显在撒谎。

有趣的是,Soham 的闹剧被识破后,有嗅到商机的网友迅速上线了一个以 Soham 命名的 AI 面试教程网站,手把手教你拿 offer。课程页写得明明白白,API 月费仅 10 美元,支持「无限借口 • 全天候创意 • 被解雇可退款」。

🔗 附上 Soham 地址:https://www.thesohamparekh.com/

腾讯元宝新增搜索图片、视频号能力

昨日,腾讯元宝宣布「一句话搜索」功能更新。

据介绍,本次「一句话搜索」更新后,元宝除了能搜天气、查股票、找地点,现在还能智能匹配图片、视频号,信息更丰富,回答也更加直观。

目前,用户只需要打开元宝的「联网搜索」并提问,后续元宝会在回答中添加图片、视频号等内容信息,并且任意模型都可使用,无需依赖深度思考。

💡 AI.Talk 创始人:AI IP 的核心永远是信任

日前,AI 频道 AI.Talk 创始人「赵汗青」接受「数字生命卡兹克」采访,并分享了自己打造 AI.Talk 这一 AI IP 形象的心路历程。

赵汗青在采访中透露了自己对 AI 虚拟形象的解构:文本层(用于形成形象的思想和语言)、音频层(形象的声线和歌声)、影像层(形象的外观),以及互动层。

互动层在赵汗青看来「最重要」,并且也是最能体现 AI 时代 IP 特质的一层。对于 AI.Talk 来讲,视频只是最基础的单向交互,团队还在探索更多互动方式,而赵汗青也表示:

我自己的判断是,AI 生成式内容的格式应该会迎来新的变化,不仅仅是目前短视频的方式,至少从历史上看,媒介技术的变革往往会伴随媒介格式的迁移。

采访中,赵汗青与「数字生命卡兹克」共同表示:「万物皆可 AI 生成」的时代背景下,AI IP 的核心永远是信任。赵汗青表示,在真人 IP 充斥着互联网的如今,一个「非人」形象反而成了关注的理由。采访指出,AI IP 形象规避了传统偶像人设崩塌的风险,也为用户提供了一种全新的、没有压力的情感寄托。

另外,赵汗青与「数字生命卡兹克」还共同表示,在满是 AI 生成的未来中,人们将会从筛选信息变成筛选信息源,「信息本身已经没有意义,因为你难辨真假,你只能相信你愿意相信的那几个人,那几个 IP。」

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19.58 万元起,小鹏 G7 正式上市

昨晚,小鹏 G7 正式上市,先看价格:

共推出三个版本:602 Max、702 Max、702 Ultra,售价分别为 19.58 万元、20.58 万元、22.58 万元。

小鹏 G7 全系标配「追光全景」抬头显示、702km 超长续航、全域 800V 高压 SiC 碳化硅平台、5C 超充 AI 电池与 DCC 智能可变阻尼减振器。

算力性能上,小鹏 G7 在 Ultra 版本搭载了 3 颗图灵 AI 芯片,有效算力超 2200TOPS,因而成为全球首个达到 L3 级算力的 AI 汽车。

软件层面上,小鹏 G7 首发智驾大脑+小脑 VLA-OL 模型,首次给智能辅助驾驶增加「运动型大脑」决策判断。另外,新车同时首发 VLM 视觉大模型,未来能实现本地聊天、主动服务、多语言等功能。

其他方面,小鹏 G7 在后视镜、车尾处加入辅助驾驶小蓝灯;前后排配置静音电吸门;搭配全新一代云感舒适座椅,拥有加热、吸风、按摩、记忆、电动调节等多种功能。

小鹏 G7 开售后,小鹏汽车宣布,新车 9 分钟大定突破 10000 台。

三星三折叠曝光,或采用对开门式折叠

据 AndroidAuthority 爆料,日前其在挖掘三星 OneUI8 系统动画时,发现了三星首款三折叠手机的外观信息。

从公布的信息来看,三星三折叠采用「G」字形折叠,拥有两个内向折叠的铰链设计,与华为三折叠 Mate XT 的「S」形折叠方式有所不同。

另外可以看到,三星依然独立配备了一块正常尺寸的屏幕,展开状态下与后置摄像头(即手机背部)同侧,并且该屏幕同样具有前置摄像头开孔。手机展开后,内屏右侧依然进行了前置摄像头开孔,暂未知晓是否会搭载此前 Galaxy Z Fold 系列的屏下摄像头技术。

设计方面,新机的摄像头 Deco 设计与目前三星在售的 Galaxy Z Fold 系列类似,采用三独立镜头排布。

据了解,三星将在下周发布折叠屏 Galaxy Z 系列新品,届时将带来 Galaxy Z Fold 7 和 Galaxy Z Flip 7 两款新机。而据报道透露,本次发布会或将发布上述三折叠产品,并且命名为「Galaxy G Fold」。

「星流」设计 Agent 正式推出

7 月 3 日,LiblibAI 发布「面向中文用户」的一站式创意设计 Agent「星流 Agent」。

官方介绍,星流 Agent 不仅延续了 Lovart(LiblibAI 在海外推出的设计 Agent)的全栈式智能设计能力,还全面适配中文语义、东方美学、本地场景,真正把「用户说一句话,它搞定一套创意设计」落到实处。

目前,星流支持文生图,并且能够理解用户需求,自动匹配风格、选模型、出整套物料。另外,星流还通过接入的十多个顶尖大模型(F.1、Kling、Qwen、hailuo02 等),支持视频、声音、3D 等内容生成。

目前,星流已上架 PC 端(https://www.xingliu.art/)和移动端。

新消费

《星露谷》成为 Steam 最受欢迎游戏

据第三方数据统计平台《Steam Top 250》显示,牧场类的 RPG 游戏《星露谷物语》超越《泰拉瑞亚》和《传送门 2》,登顶 Steam 最受欢迎游戏榜。

具体来看,《星露谷》通过 8.87 的超高分数登上《Steam Top 250》第一。

《星露谷》的游戏内容简单容易上手,既可以发展各种职业探索,也可以选择在湖边钓鱼度日。复古的像素画风以及温性的颜色搭配,在冬日里玩也能得到治愈。游戏还支持多人联机,无论身处何地,都能与好友一同在星露谷小镇获得快乐。

《星露谷》于 2016 年 2 月发行,Steam 定价 48 元(发稿时正处 5 折优惠期),已上线 PC、PlayStation、Xbox、Switch、iOS 以及 Android 等各大平台。

腾讯:未成年暑假限玩游戏不超过 27 小时

昨日,腾讯正式公布「2025 年腾讯游戏暑期未成年人限玩日历」和「暑期未成年保护专项行动」。

从「游戏暑期未成年人限玩日历」来看,从 7 月 1 日至 8 月 31 日,每周五、六、日 20 时至 21 时之间未成年人可登录游戏,其余时间均为禁玩时段。(即今年暑期未成年限玩游戏不超过 27 小时)

另外,腾讯本次还给家长推出了全套游戏账号管理工具,专治「不停玩、偷偷玩」。其中,家长可以「偷偷」通过人脸券强制弹出人脸识别验证

家长使用「人脸券」后,当孩子在非未成年游戏时间段冒用家长账号登录游戏时,游戏就会自动弹出人脸识别验证提示。

铁路公安:脱线列车砸窗通风乘客并未被拘留

7 月 20 日晚,据上铁金华车务段消息,金温铁路公司一列货物列车在沪昆线东孝站停车不及,致一客车机车脱线(无人员伤亡)。

后据多家媒体报道,有乘坐该趟列车(K1373)的乘客在社交平台发布视频显示,列车在义乌至金华中途故障,停车约 3 小时。期间车内空调关闭,导致车厢空气不流通,有乘客为通风而拿安全锤砸碎车窗。随后,砸窗乘客在金华站被民警带走。

对于上述情况,有不少网友关心「砸窗乘客是否需要赔偿或被拘留」。据纵览新闻报道,管辖 K1373 次列车的广州铁路公安局怀化公安处的工作人员表示,并没有对砸窗的男乘客进行拘留,仅对其批评教育后放行。

好看的

诺兰新片《奥德赛》有望明年内地上映

昨日,由克里斯托弗·诺兰导演的新片《奥德赛》公布了中文海报,并预告有望 2026 年内地上映。

据悉,该影片改编自荷马史诗故事,讲述特洛伊战争后,奥德修斯回乡的漫长旅程。此外,《奥德赛》将是一部使用全新 IMAX 电影技术,并在全球拍摄的神话动作史诗。

本片将由罗伯特·帕丁森、马特·达蒙、汤姆·霍兰德、 安妮·海瑟薇、查理兹·塞隆、 赞达亚 、露皮塔·尼永奥等共同出演。《奥德赛》将于明年 7 月 17 日北美上映。

《淘金记》修复版定档 7 月 25 日

猫眼电影

7 月 3 日,卓别林经典喜剧《淘金记》4K 修复版宣布 7 月 25 日内地上映。

《淘金记》讲述的是一个流浪汉从淘金到成为富翁并收获爱情的故事,片长 96 分钟。值得一提的是,1992 年该片被美国国家电影保护局收藏于美国国会图书馆。

该片由查理·卓别林执导、编剧,并由卓别林本人、佐治雅·凯尔、马科姆·威特、亨利·伯格曼、麦克·斯维恩等主演,于 1925 年 6 月 26 日上映。

《大白鲨》发布周年纪念海报

日前,经典惊悚电影《大白鲨》发布 50 周年纪念海报,并将于 8 月 29 日北美重映该片修复版。

影片根据彼得·本奇利的同名小说改编,讲述了在一个偏僻的海滨小镇,夏季人们都来到这里的浴场度假消闲。突然有一天一对青年男女去晨游,然而女的却被谋杀了。刚刚到任的警察局长马丁认为这是鲨鱼的杰作,随着第二名游客也被鲨鱼所害,市长召集了年轻的海洋学家和捕鲨专家,同警长一起踏上了捕鲨之旅的故事。

《大白鲨》由史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格执导,罗伊·施奈德、理查德·德莱弗斯、罗伯特·肖、莫瑞·汉密尔顿等主演,于 1975 年 6 月 20 日美国上映。

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科技爱好者周刊(第 355 期):两本《芯片战争》

4 July 2025 at 08:02

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容,周五发布。

本杂志开源,欢迎投稿。另有《谁在招人》服务,发布程序员招聘信息。合作请邮件联系(yifeng.ruan@gmail.com)。

封面图

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两本《芯片战争》

前些日子,我想找芯片知识的书籍,想起有一本很有名的畅销书,叫做《芯片战争》。

搜索发现,《芯片战争》居然不止一本,而有两本书都叫这个名字。

《芯片战争》,余盛(华中科技大学出版社,2022)

《芯片战争》,[美]克里斯·米勒(浙江人民出版社,2023)

一本是中国人写的,另一本是美国人写的。我都读了,下面就是简单的读后感。

为了便于区分,我把中国人写的那本称为"国人版",美国人那本称为"老美版"。

这两本书的内容,都是芯片行业的发展史。读完以后,我的最大感受是,它们可以帮你了解芯片历史,但是帮不了你了解芯片知识

因为它们不是科普图书,更不是技术图书,而是经管图书。

我有点后悔,没查一下作者背景。读了才发现,这两个作者,都不是芯片行业人士,甚至不是科技从业者。

国人版的作者是会计系毕业,后来在食品公司工作,他的上一本书写的是粮油贸易。

老美版的作者是政治系毕业,现在是大学教授,专门研究地缘政治,上一本书写的是俄罗斯历史。

可想而知,这样的作者写芯片行业,不会有深入浅出的技术分析,只会关注商业经营层面。

事实上,国人版的内容,不客气地说,全部都是从新闻报道搜集整理而来,编辑成一个个故事,完全是商战书籍。

老美版相对好一些,作者采访了一些当事人,有第一手资料,内容条理比较清楚,更像一本商业历史书。

虽然我对缺乏技术讲解挺失望的,但是我认为,这两本书还是能带给读者收获

很多内容我以前就知道,比如晶体管是怎么来的、集成电路的发明人之争,但还有不少事情是这次读了才知道。

国人版有一个专门的部分,介绍中国芯片发展史,收集了很多相关材料,我还没在其他地方见过,比如江上舟的故事、张汝京的故事、汉芯造假事件、从武汉新芯到长江存储等等,内容详细,带给人很多冲击。

老美版的优点,前面说了,有第一手材料,站得比较高,按照编年史顺序,以人物故事的形式,理清了行业的发展脉络。虽然作者的专业是政治学,但总体上没有加入政治观点,写得比较中性客观。

另外,老美版偶尔会有一些技术概念的通俗讲解,写得挺好。我摘录了一段芯片的种类介绍,放在后面的文摘部分,大家可以看看。

我的结论就是,如果你单纯想了解芯片行业的基本历史,可以读老美版;如果还想了解国内芯片行业的历史,可以读国人版。

科技动态

1、苹果的"液态玻璃"设计,曾经将 macOS 文件浏览器 Finder 的图标左右反转。

网友质疑后,苹果在下一个测试版又改回来了。

上图左边是原来的图标,中间是第一个测试版,右边是第二个测试版。

最新图标依然采用玻璃材质,看起来感觉还不错。

2、一个比利时工程师写了一个程序,让 AR 眼镜实时识别路边广告

一旦发现广告区域,就在其上覆盖一个红色遮盖层,相当于视觉屏蔽广告。

这是我看到的最有创意的 AR 用法。

3、媒体报道,一个41岁的深圳程序员不租房,在车里住了3年。

他老家在300公里外的广东阳江,周末开车回去看妻子孩子,平时睡在车里。

他说,以前在出租屋住,一个月要2500元,很小的单间,环境非常差。现在,"车上开着空调,很舒服的"。

停车一晚是6元,平时洗漱在公园卫生间(上图)。他每天都去健身房,洗完澡开车回公园睡觉。至于脏衣服,周末带回老家去洗。

4、特斯拉上周采用无人驾驶,向客户交付了一辆汽车。

汽车从工厂下线后,自己开到客户家里,全程30分钟,中间还走了一段高速公路。

5、美国本周启用"鳄鱼恶魔岛"监狱,用来拘留非法移民。

这个监狱位于热带的佛罗里达州,建在废弃飞机场的跑道上。

它根本没有墙,因为周围都是大型沼泽地(上图),里面生活着大量鳄鱼,囚禁者没法越狱。想到在这个地方建设监狱的人,真是有想象力。

6、微软正式规定,评估员工绩效时,要考核 AI 使用量,强制要求员工必须使用 AI。

文章

1、Meta 的 AI 人才名单(英文)

《华尔街日报》的报道,Meta 公司搞了一个50人的名单,包括了世界最顶尖的 AI 人才,准备把他们都挖过来,甚至传言开出了1亿美元的天价薪水。

我们可以从中了解,AI 人才的身价有多高,争夺有多么激烈。

2、ECMAScript 2025 的新增语法(英文)

JS 语法标准发布了2025版,本文罗列了今年的7个新增语法。

3、2010年江西高考理科数学压轴题(中文)

知乎上有个问题是高考数学最后一题可以有多难?公认史上最难高考数学题就是2008年江西高考理科数学压轴题,2010年的题目也很难。(@longluo 投稿)

4、通过超声波发送数据(英文)

本文介绍如何让手机浏览器发送超声波,并把数据编码在里面,从而就可以在用户毫无察觉的情况下,跟其他设备通信。

5、我的程序员人生(英文)

作者的一篇回忆文章,总结了自己的人生,写得很鼓舞人。

他在高中想学舞蹈,但是被 3D 动画片吸引,去读了计算机本科,毕业后成了 Python 程序员,后来靠着自学和努力,现在是分布式系统研究员。

6、如何用 JS 写一个浏览器的语音朗读器(英文)

本文是一篇 JS 教程,教你用浏览器的 API,通过内置的 TTS 语音引擎,写一个句子朗读器。

7、Cloudflare 和 Vercel 的沙盒功能(英文)

最近,CloudflareVercel 这两家公司,不约而同推出了沙盒功能,运行不受信任的 JS 代码,主要用例是执行大模型生成的代码。

工具

1、code-server

VS Code 的一个服务器版本,让用户通过浏览器使用这个代码编辑器,不需要本地安装,参考介绍文章

2、OpenFLOW

绘制网络基础设施图的开源工具。

3、Sniffnet

一个开源的跨平台桌面应用,用来监控本机的网络通信。

4、WR.DO

一个自搭建的域名服务平台,可以基于域名创建子域名、短链接、邮件地址,并提供 API 接口。(@oiov 投稿)

5、Pip-Helper

开源的浏览器插件,为主流视频网站提供画中画播放功能。关闭浏览器,画中画窗口依然打开。(@yaolifeng0629 投稿)

6、Gwitter

自搭建的个人微博平台,数据存储在 GitHub issues。(@SimonAKing 投稿)

7、Melody Auth

自搭建的身份认证服务,支持社交平台、邮箱、短信等认证方式,可以作为 Auth0 的替代品。(@byn9826 投稿)

8、SVG to 3D

这个网站将平面的 SVG 文件,免费转成 3D。(@wujieli0207 投稿)

9、CodeBox

一个在线的二维码生成平台,可以定制各种属性。(@gdfsdjj145 投稿)

10、Technitium

一个自搭建的家用 DNS 服务器,带有 Web 界面,参见介绍文章

AI 相关

1、GitHub Copilot

微软开源了 VS Code 的 GitHub Copilot Chat 插件,用来跟 AI 对话。据说,GitHub Copilot 本体(主要完成代码补全和生成)很快也会开源。

2、CAPTCHA-automatic-recognition

一个油猴脚本,通过 AI 自动识别填充网页验证码。(@ezyshu 投稿)

资源

1、Rust 新手快速教程

一个针对新手的 Rust 快速教程,从零开始写一个管理 Todos 的命令行程序。(@InkSha 投稿)

2、B 树互动教程(英文)

这篇教程通过很多互动示例,讲解数据库常用的 B 树数据结构。

3、River Runner Global

全球任意地点的一滴雨,会流到哪里?这个网站给出雨水的流动路径,点击下雨的地点,它会可视化雨水的地面路径。

4、Traffic.cv

免费的网站流量信息查询工具。(@typewe 投稿)

图片

1、xAI 办公室

推特上面,有人贴出了马斯克 xAI 的办公室照片。

你要知道,那里员工的身价都是百万美元、千万美元级别的。

2、美国邮政(USPS)250周年

美国邮政局(USPS)成立于独立战争期间,具体日期是1775年6月26日,上周是250周年纪念日。

为了纪念这个日子,它发行了一组20枚连在一起的套票。

邮票上是一个典型的美国小镇,街道上唯一的车辆是递送信件和包裹的邮车。大家可以数一下,一共有几辆。

邮票共分4行,每行5枚,从上到下描绘了四个季节。

文摘

1、芯片的种类

摘自《芯片战争》,[美]克里斯·米勒(浙江人民出版社,2023)

21世纪初,半导体已分为三大类。

第一类是逻辑芯片,就是以逻辑运算为主要功能的芯片,智能手机、计算机、服务器的处理器都属于这一类。

它的性能强弱主要跟制造工艺有关,内部集成的晶体管越小,性能越强。摩尔定律讲的就是这一类芯片。

第二类是存储芯片,就是存储数据的芯片,分为 DRAM(内存芯片,短期存储数据)和 NAND(记忆卡芯片,长期存储数据)。

DRAM 过去有几十家生产商,但现在主要是三大巨头:美光、三星和 SK 海力士。后两家都是韩国厂商,美光虽然是美国公司,但它的工厂大多收购而来,所以主要也是在亚洲生产。

NAND 的生产商之中,三星最大,占据了35%的市场份额,其余有韩国的 SK 海力士、日本的铠侠、美国的美光和西数。

第三类是其他芯片,包括模拟信号转换为数字信号的模拟芯片、与手机网络进行通信的射频芯片,以及管理设备如何使用电力的电源芯片。

这一类芯片的功能与制造工艺基本无关,而与设计有关,所以摩尔定律对它们不生效,大约四分之三的此类芯片还在用180纳米或以上的工艺生产。

由于不需要使用更小的晶体管,也不需要经常升级,它们的制造成本要低得多。如今,最大的模拟芯片制造商是德州仪器(TI)。

言论

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2022年11月30日是一个永载史册的日子,就像第一颗原子弹爆炸,OpenAI 公司推出了 ChatGPT,从此人类再也没有了未被 AI 污染的新数据。

-- theregister.com

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HTTP 原本用于学术论文。现在它运行着文明。

-- 《MCP:一个意外的 AI 插件系统》

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孤独是一个建筑问题。

现在的很多建筑物,不利于人们聚集。我们需要的建筑物,应该是方便步行,并且免费,不属于任何人。以前的城市,有很多这样的地方。

-- 《如何走出家门》

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20世纪90年代,一些工程师意识到:显卡本质就是一个并行处理设备。

在屏幕上进行图像渲染,这是一个可以并行处理的计算任务----每个像素点的色彩可以独立计算,不需要考虑其他像素点。

-- 余盛《芯片战争》

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我感觉,如果美国取消芯片出口管制,中国政府就会实施芯片的进口管制,以保护国内芯片产业,打造一个真正能与英伟达/台积电/苹果/谷歌抗衡的芯片制造商。

-- Hacker News 读者

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A year in power - BBC correspondents assess how Labour are doing

4 July 2025 at 07:00
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Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government stepped into power on 5 July 2024 with a thumping majority and tall ambitions.

That vision to "change" Britain - the word that has adorned many a red lectern - has on occasion come up against the harsh reality of politics in the year since.

So how is the government doing? Here, BBC News correspondents assess six key areas of Labour's policy plan.

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A question of growth

Dharshini David
Deputy economics editor

Key pledges: The government says its number one mission is to put more money in pockets, which means growth. And for good reason: over the last 15 years, the UK has expanded at a fraction of its previous rate and some people failed to see living standards improve.

Status: It was a rocky start for the government as the economy flatlined in the second half of the year and ministers watered down their aim to have the fastest growth in the G7 major economies. Perhaps this was reality hitting over the challenges at hand. A pick up at the start of 2025 meant that GDP per person was about half of 1% higher by April than it had been last summer. So we're better off – but not by much.

Analysis: Rachel Reeves says the world has changed, while President Donald Trump's trade wars and greater geopolitical uncertainty make those growth ambitions tougher.

But the government's own policies risk weighing down the outlook for the next year or two. The rise in minimum wage has helped millions of workers but that and other policies - such as the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions - are weighing on businesses profits and jobs.

There are more than a quarter of a million fewer employees than a year ago; the biggest losses are in hospitality and retail, among the sectors most likely to have seen their wage bills increase. Analysis of job postings by the Institute of Employment Studies suggests the increased hesitancy among employers dates back to the Autumn Budget as they braced for these policies to be implemented.

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Net migration levels and small boats

Mark Easton
Home editor@BBCMarkEaston

Key pledges: To "reduce net migration" and "smash the criminal boat gangs".

Status: Net migration, the difference between people arriving and leaving the UK, has fallen sharply since the election. But the reduction has been driven largely by visa restrictions introduced by the previous government. Even tougher controls, including the closure of a visa scheme to fill vacancies in social care, are contained in new laws yet to be implemented.

Analysis: The government wants to reduce the UK's reliance on overseas workers by linking policies on immigration with employment training. However, Home Office advisers caution that increasing the skilled workforce does not guarantee a reduction in migration. Ministers believe tighter rules on worker and student visas, together with increased enforcement on illegal working, will mean significant falls in foreign arrivals - but net migration remains substantially higher than a decade ago.

Alongside policies to cut overall numbers, the government promised to restore order to the asylum system, end the use of hotels and "smash" the criminal boat gangs. However, small boat Channel crossings have increased significantly in Labour's first year and statistics suggest more migrants are receiving asylum support than at the election. The backlog of people awaiting an initial decision has decreased but this has been offset by a sharp rise in appeals. Hotel use is also slightly up, according to the latest figures.

While irregular migration accounts for only a small proportion of total arrivals, this aspect of immigration has a huge impact on the government politically and economically. The Treasury's spending plans are partly reliant on the promise to save billions by ending the use of asylum hotels by 2029, and the rise of Reform UK in the polls is seen by some as a sign of public frustration at small boat crossings.

The government has established a Border Security Command coordinating efforts to reduce illegal migration. Meanwhile, new legislation will treat people smuggling as a crime equivalent to terrorism. Deals with international partners and reports of an imminent returns agreement with France are seen as key to fulfilling the promise to "smash the gangs" too. Much depends, however, on factors beyond the UK's control.

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Trump, Ukraine and the EU

James Landale
Diplomatic correspondent@BBCJLandale

Key pledges: Labour promised to "reconnect with allies and forge new partnerships to deliver security and prosperity at home and abroad". That included staying close to the US and resetting the UK's relationship with the European Union. It also promised "steadfast support for Ukraine".

Status: Allies say Keir Starmer has managed his relationship with Donald Trump well, securing a tariff deal - and US backing for a politically controversial plan to cede sovereignty of a joint military base in the Chagos Islands. He has also protected the AUKUS security pact with Australia and the US.

The UK has sustained support for Ukraine, working with European allies to keep pressure on Russia and help heal the rift between presidents Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky after their Oval Office bust-up. Starmer also led European discussions about plans for a post-war "reassurance force" in Ukraine. The UK has agreed a trade deal with India. It has also reset diplomatic relations with the EU, easing some trade regulations and agreeing a UK-EU defence pact.

Analysis: Starmer has discovered that governments can become consumed by foreign affairs and his first year is no exception. The chief criticism levelled at the government is that it is too cautious. Has it put enough pressure on Russia - targeting the $300bn (£220bn) of assets frozen in European jurisdictions, or sanctioning Russian wealth in London?

On the Middle East, the government has cut some arms sales to Israel. But it is under growing pressure from MPs to oppose more firmly Israel's deadly operations in Gaza and give formal recognition to a Palestinian state.

Critics say changes to UK-EU relations are too modest to boost the economy significantly and should go further. The China audit has been completed but the government is refusing to publish the document, citing security concerns. Critics say ministers are fearful of losing Chinese investment by being too explicit about security concerns.

On climate change, some MPs struggle to see the leadership that was promised. In opposition, Labour promised to "rebuild Britain's reputation on international development". Instead, it has slashed foreign aid to pay for defence spending, something some say has damaged relations with developing countries.

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Teacher targets and VAT on fees

Hazel Shearing
Education correspondent@hazelshearing

Key pledges: A drive to recruit 6,500 new teachers in England, and to start charging VAT on private school fees to pay for it, among other things.

Status: The government hasn't met its teacher target, according to the latest official headcount - though that dates from November. VAT has been introduced on private school fees across the UK - and there are concerns about private school pupils leaving the sector as a result.

Analysis: Training teachers takes time. The number of new trainees rose by 6% this academic year, but remained below target.

The latest figures from November show the number of secondary school teachers rose 1,400 in a year, while teachers in special schools and pupil referral units were up by 900. However, primary school and nursery teachers fell by 2,900.

In May, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson specified that the aim was to recruit 6,500 expert teachers "across secondary and special schools". That prompted fury from Conservative shadow education minister Neil O'Brien, who accused the government of "moving the goalposts" by excluding primary school numbers.

Labour said it planned to fund the recruitment drive by adding 20% VAT to private school fees. The Independent Schools Council said private school fees were 22.6% higher on average in January compared with a year ago - £7,382 per term for a day school, up from £6,021.

Figures out last month suggested the number of private school pupils fell by 11,000 in a year. The government said that was "within historical patterns", but private schools say more pupils are leaving than normal. There have been concerns that smaller private schools are being pushed towards closure and about the impact on students with scholarships, for example.

Given the controversy, there will be close scrutiny of whether the money raised will have the desired impact.

For many parents in the state sector, the need for more school staff is pressing. Government proposals to reform the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Send) system - which has 1.7 million pupils, up 5.6% since last year - are due this autumn and parents will want to know whether staffing will match demand.

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Reforms and U-turns

Alison Holt
Social affairs editor

Key pledges: Welfare reform to support more people into work and to champion the rights of disabled people, plus a National Care Service that delivers consistent, high-quality support across the country.

Status: There have been significant U-turns on welfare reform and efforts to restrict the number of pensioners receiving the Winter Fuel Payment. An independent commission into reforming adult social care started work in April 2025.

Analysis: When Labour came to power, many of those who work with the most vulnerable in society were hopeful. In conversations, they would tell me that even with the nation's finances tight, surely neglected services and support for older and disabled people would be prioritised?

The government would argue that is exactly what it is doing, but 12 months on, the more printable judgments of the same people would be "disappointment" and "confusion." That disillusionment is rooted in three policies – all in part shaped by saving money.

First, the surprise decision to limit the £300-a-year Winter Fuel Allowance to only pensioners in the greatest need, meant the universal payment was taken away from ten million older people. After pressure from Labour MP's, the government reinstated the allowance for three quarters of pensioners, but the U-turn raised questions about its authority and priorities.

Second came the welfare bill. The aim was to save nearly £5bn a year by 2030 on spiralling benefits costs. It tightened the criteria for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit - the latter is paid to both working and non-working people on low incomes. Again, pressure from MPs led to another government U-turn and plans were watered down. It has potentially wiped-out long-term Treasury savings, according to some economists, and the whole saga has left many disabled people worried.

Finally, there is disappointment over what the government has not done. Reform of the overstretched, understaffed and financially squeezed adult social care system has effectively been pushed into the long grass. The Casey Commission, the latest review to look at how to fund social care in the long-term, will produce recommendations next year, but its final report is not due until 2028.

There is a financial and human cost to every policy and in the last year the government has discovered how difficult it is to find the right balance.

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Waiting lists and structural change

Hugh Pym, Jim Reed
Health editor & health reporter

Key pledges: Cut hospital waiting lists, end 8am scramble for GP appointments, scrap NHS England.

Status: Some modest progress on waiting lists but more work to be done.

Analysis: Health Secretary Wes Streeting shocked many in the health world by saying on day one that the NHS was broken. His aim was to acknowledge what many patients felt - and now he is trying to demonstrate that he can fix it.

Near the top of that list is hospital waiting lists. The government says it has delivered a pledge for two million extra NHS appointments in England in its first year. But as of April, the waiting list for an operation or another planned appointment stood at 7.39 million - which has fallen since the election.

As things stand just under 60% of those patients are seen and treated within 18 weeks, well under the NHS's 92% target. That number has improved by less than a percentage point since Labour took office.

The government has promised to hit that target by March 2029, something doctors and patient groups have warned will be an uphill battle.

Elsewhere, a new contract has been agreed with GPs, with more money for surgeries, a promise to cut red tape and a 5.4% pay rise for resident - formerly known as junior - doctors. Staff are now again balloting for strike action, spelling possible trouble ahead.

Ministers have been eager to show a Labour administration is not afraid to reduce duplication and cut what they claim to be bureaucracy. In the process, NHS England, the administrative body responsible for managing the health service, has been scrapped along with hundreds of other agencies. But there is a risk that NHS managers will be distracted by the reorganisation above improving performance for patients, while reallocating savings to frontline services may not be simple.

And the publication this week of a long-awaited ten-year plan for the NHS may promise a new network of neighbourhood health centres, but how long will it take for them to make a difference?

Health is a devolved power so the Labour government only has responsibility for England, not other parts of the UK.

Congress passes Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' cutting taxes and spending

4 July 2025 at 05:41
Watch: First comments from Trump since his megabill passed

The US Congress has passed Donald Trump's sprawling tax and spending bill in a significant and hard-fought victory for the president and his domestic agenda.

After a gruelling session on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 218 to 214 on Thursday afternoon. It was approved in the Senate on Tuesday by one vote.

Trump had given the Republican-controlled Congress a deadline of 4 July to send him a final version of the bill to sign into law.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill could add $3.3tn (£2.4tn) to federal deficits over the next 10 years and leave millions without health coverage - a forecast that the White House disputes.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday evening, Trump said the bill would "turn this country into a rocket ship".

"This is going to be a great bill for the country," he said.

He is expected to sign it into law at a ceremony on the 4 July national holiday at 17:00 EDT (22:00 BST).

A triumphant Republican Speaker Mike Johnson emerged from the House after the vote and told reporters "belief" was key to rallying support within his party.

"I believed in the people that are standing here behind me... Some of them are more fun to deal with," he said. "I mean that with the greatest level of respect."

Among those he had to convince was Representative Chip Roy, a Texas Republican who was a firm "no" just days ago when the Senate passed its version of the bill. He called the Senate version a "travesty", but changed his mind by the time voting had begun.

Watch: Moment Trump's megabill passes final vote in the US House

"I feel like we got to a good result on key things," Roy said, although the House did not make any changes to the Senate bill.

While some Republicans, like Roy, had resisted the Senate version, only two lawmakers from Trump's own party voted "nay" on Thursday: Thomas Massie and Brian Fitzpatrick.

After Johnson announced that the legislation had passed the chamber by four votes, dozens of Republican lawmakers gathered on the House floor chanting "USA! USA!"

The bill's passage on Thursday was delayed by Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who delivered the longest speech in the chamber's history.

His "magic minute" address, which is a custom that allows party leaders to speak for as long as they like, ran for eight hours and 45 minutes.

Jeffries pledged to take his "sweet time on behalf of the American people", decrying the bill's impact on poor Americans.

Watch: The moment Hakeem Jeffries ends record-breaking speech

The legislation makes savings through making cuts to food benefits and health care and rolling back tax breaks for clean energy projects.

It also delivers on two of Trump's major campaign promises - making his 2017 tax cuts permanent and lifting taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security recipients - at a cost of $4.5tn over 10 years.

About $150bn (£110bn) will be spent on border security, detention centres and immigration enforcement officers. Another $150bn is allocated for military expenditures, including the president's "gold dome" missile defence programme.

Democrats, who had used procedural manoeuvres to stall the House vote, were roundly critical of the final bill.

They portrayed it as taking health care and food subsidies away from millions of Americans while giving tax cuts to the rich.

A pair of bar charts compare the estimated increases and savings in US federal spending from Trump's budget bill. The first bar chart shows the cumulative cost increases over 10 years. It highlights tax-cut extensions (worth $4.5tn), defence (worth $150bn) and borders (worth $129bn). The bar representing tax-cut extensions is much longer than any of the bars on the bar chart that shows total savings. This second bar chart highlights Medicaid (worth $930bn in savings), green energy (worth $488bn) and food benefits (worth $287bn)

California's Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker, said "today ushers in a dark and harrowing time", and called the bill a "dangerous checklist of extreme Republican priorities".

North Carolina's Deborah Ross said: "Shame on those who voted to hurt so many in the service of so few."

While Arizona's Yassamin Ansari said she was "feeling really sad right now", while Marc Veasey of Texas labelled the Republican Party the party of "cowards, chaos and corruption".

The fate of the so-called 'big, beautiful bill' hung in the balance for much of Wednesday as Republican rebels with concerns about the impact on national debt held firm - prompting a furious missive from Trump.

"What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? MAGA IS NOT HAPPY, AND IT'S COSTING YOU VOTES!!!," he wrote on Truth Social just after midnight local time on Thursday.

Both chambers of Congress are controlled by Trump's Republican Party, but within the party several factions were at odds over key policies in the lengthy legislation.

In the early hours of Thursday, Republican leadership grew more confident, and a procedural vote on the bill passed just after 03:00 EDT (07:00 GMT).

The final vote on the bill would come almost 12 hours later, at 14:30 EDT (19:30 GMT).

Oasis 'sounding huge' as comeback tour launches

4 July 2025 at 07:11
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Oasis's second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? has sold over 22 million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful records of all time

It's the gig that fans have been waiting 5,795 days for, as Oasis kick off their reunion tour at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Friday night.

The venue has been hosting soundchecks and rehearsals all week, with passersby treated to snatches of songs such as Cigarettes & Alcohol, Wonderwall and Champagne Supernnova.

"It's sounding huge," Noel Gallagher told talkSPORT radio. "This is it, there's no going back now."

The Oasis Live '25 tour was the biggest concert launch ever seen in the UK and Ireland, with more than 10 million fans from 158 countries queuing to buy tickets last summer.

An info graphic showing Oasis plan to play 41 shows, and have sold 1.38 million tickets

Around 900,000 tickets were sold, but many fans complained when standard standing tickets advertised at £135 plus fees were re-labelled "in demand" and changed on Ticketmaster to £355 plus fees.

The sale prompted an investigation from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which said Ticketmaster may have breached consumer protection law by selling "platinum" tickets for almost 2.5 times the standard price, without explaining they came with no additional benefits.

The CMA ordered Ticketmaster to change the way it labels tickets and reveals prices to fans in the future. Ticketmaster said it "welcomed" the advice.

Still, the debacle has done nothing to dampen the excitement in Cardiff, where fans have arrived from Spain, Peru, Japan, America and elsewhere for the opening night.

"For me, Oasis represents an overwhelming optimism about being young and loving music," says Jeff Gachini, a fan from Kenya who's making his first visit to the UK for the show.

"To write simple music that relays the simple truth of life is very difficult. For me, they do that better than anyone."

Kenyan Oasis fans Jeff Gachini
Kenyan fan Jeff Gachini is among the lucky 74,000 fans who got tickets for the opening night
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A mural of Liam and Noel, made entirely of bucket hats, has been unveiled in Cardiff's city centre

Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher will be joined on stage by Gem Archer, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Andy Bell, all former members of Oasis, alongside drummer Joey Waronker, who has previously recorded with Beck and REM; and toured with Liam.

The band will also be augmented by a brass section, and backing singer Jess Greenfield, who is part of Noel's side project the High Flying Birds.

Meanwhile, rumours about the setlist have been swirling all week, as Oasis songs echoed around the Principality Stadium.

One purported running order that was leaked to Reddit suggested the band would open with Hello and finish with Champagne Supernova, with other highlights including Acquiesece, Roll With It, Live Forever and Supersonic.

Noel is also expected to take lead vocals twice during the show, on short sets including songs such as Half The World Away and The Masterplan.

Britain's biggest band

Oasis were the biggest band in Britain from 1994 to 1997, selling tens of millions of copies of their first three albums Definitely Maybe, (What's The Story) Morning Glory and Be Here Now.

Liam's sneering vocals and Noel's distorted guitars brought a rock and roll swagger back to the charts, revitalising British guitar music after an influx of self-serious Seattle grunge.

Born and raised in Manchester, they formed the band to escape the dead-end mundanity of their working class backgrounds.

"In Manchester you either became a musician, a footballer, a drugs dealer or work in a factory. And there aren't a lot of factories left, you know?" Noel Gallagher once said.

"We didn't start in university or anything like this. We're not a collection of friends that kind of come together and discuss things musically.

"We started the group... because we were all on the dole and we were unemployed and we rehearsed and we thought we were pretty good."

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The 2025 line-up includes Gem Archer (far left) and Andy Bell (third from left), who originally joined the band in 1999 after founder members Guigsy and Bonehead left

Oasis was originally Liam's band, performing under the name The Rain. But after watching them live, Noel offered to join – on the condition that he became chief songwriter and de facto leader.

That fait accompli brought them worldwide fame, culminating in two open-air gigs at Knebworth House in summer 1996.

Nearly five per cent of the UK population applied for tickets, with a then-record 125,000 people watching the band top a line-up that also included The Prodigy, Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, The Chemical Brothers, The Charlatans and a Beatles tribute.

But festering tension between the Gallagher brothers often spilled over into verbal and physical violence.

Backstage at a gig in Barcelona in 2000, for example, Noel attacked Liam after he questioned the legitimacy of his eldest daughter. The guitarist walked out for the rest of the European tour, leaving the band to continue with a stand-in.

Although they repaired the relationship, the insults and in-fighting continued until 28 August, 2009, when Oasis split up minutes before they took the stage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.

"People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer," Noel wrote in a statement at the time.

He would later recount a backstage argument in which his younger brother grabbed his guitar and started "wielding it like an axe", adding, "he nearly took my face off with it".

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The band's biggest hits include Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger and Live Forever

Since then, they've pursued successful solo careers, while constantly fielding questions about an Oasis reunion.

Liam called the idea "inevitable" in 2020, and said the band should reform to support NHS workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, he said his brother had spurned the idea, despite a lucrative offer from promoters.

"There was a lot of money knocking about," he told ITV's Jonathan Ross Show. "It was £100 million to do a tour.

"But [Noel] isn't into it. He's after a knighthood, isn't he?"

The reconciliation took another five years and, with neither of the Gallaghers consenting to an interview, it's hard to know what informed their decision to get back together.

Tabloid newspapers suggested that Noel's divorce from Sara McDonald in 2022 led to a thaw in relations. Others have suggested the brothers simply wanted the Oasis story to have a more satisfactory conclusion than a dressing room bust-up.

"I've heard everything is honky dory and they're getting on great," says Tim Abbott, former managing director of Oasis's record label, Creation.

"I've worked with bands in the past that had separate limos, separate walkways onto the stage. I don't think they'll get to that. They're grown men."

Getty Images Liam Gallagher sticks his tongue out during an Oasis show in San Francisco, 1997Getty Images
According to analysis by Birmingham City University, the Oasis tour could bring in £400 million in tickets sales and merchandise.

Whatever sparked the reunion, the sold-out tour will see the band play 41 shows between July and November, spanning the UK & Ireland, North America, Oceania and South America.

"Probably the biggest and most pleasing surprise of the reunion announcement is how huge it was internationally," said Oasis's co-manager Alec McKinlay in an interview with Music Week.

"Honestly, we knew it would be big here, and that doesn't take much intuition. But looking outside the UK, we knew they had a strong fanbase, we did all the stats.

"We were quite cautious about what that would mean when it came to people actually buying tickets but we were just bowled over by how huge it was."

McKinlay added that the band had no plans for new music, and described the tour as their "last time around".

They take to the stage for the first time in 16 years at 20:15 UK time on Friday night.

Shunning the usual rock and roll trappings, Noel Gallagher was spotted arriving for the show by train.

Home Office unaware if foreign workers leave after visas end, MPs say

4 July 2025 at 07:34
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The Home Office does not know whether foreign workers are leaving the UK or staying to work illegally after their visas expire, a cross-party committee of MPs has said.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which scrutinises government spending, said the Home Office had failed to analyse exit checks since the skilled worker visa route was introduced in 2020 under the Conservatives.

Some 1.18 million people have applied to come to the UK via this route between its launch in December 2020 and the end of 2024.

The Home Office said earlier this year that it was working to modernise border security and boost digital checks. The BBC has approached the Home Office for comment on the report.

The skilled worker visa route replaced the Tier 2 (General) work visa after the UK left the European Union.

The route was expanded in 2022 by the previous Conservative government to address skill shortages and job vacancies in health and social care in the wake of the Covid pandemic, driving net migration to record levels.

But the PAC has accused the Home Office of failing to gather "basic information" on whether people leave the UK after their visas expire and showing "little curiosity about how the route was operating".

Its report said the department still relied on airline passenger records to check if someone had left the country and that there had been no analysis of those records since 2020.

It added that the Home Office needed to set out what measures would be put in place to record when people had left the country.

The report also said there was "widespread evidence of workers suffering debt bondage, working excessive hours and exploitative conditions" and accused the department of being "slow and ineffective" to tackle exploitation.

In May, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the government would end overseas recruitment for care workers as part of the plans to curb near record net migration.

Home Office Permanent Secretary Dame Antonia Romeo has also said overstaying is a "problem" the department was "fixing".

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特朗普希望孤立中国,与越南的贸易协议是其中重要一步

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4 July 2025 at 08:07

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特朗普希望孤立中国,与越南的贸易协议是其中重要一步

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中国义乌物流中心的工人将出口货物装入集装箱,中国利用越南和其他邻国来规避美国对中国商品征收的关税。
中国义乌物流中心的工人将出口货物装入集装箱,中国利用越南和其他邻国来规避美国对中国商品征收的关税。 Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
特朗普总统在他的第一个任期里曾强迫企业戒除对中国的依赖。现在,他正在向世界各国施压,把中国从它们的供应链中挤出去。
越南与美国周三宣布达成初步贸易协议,这是向这个目标迈出的迄今为止最重要的一步。虽然公布的细节不多,但有一点已明确:越南对美国的出口将面临20%的关税,远低于特朗普此前威胁施加的税率。
协议中值得注意的一点是,将对来自越南、被归类为转口贸易的出口商品征收40%的关税,这些商品原产于另一国家,只是经越南转运。
这项惩罚性措施针对的是中国,中国一直在利用越南和其他邻国来规避美国对中国商品征收的关税。而且,随着其他东南亚国家政府正试图避免下周三生效的高额关税,这种条款可能会成为美国与这些国家达成的贸易协定中的一个特点。
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特朗普的贸易谈判代表们正在推动越南的出口导向型邻国(如印度尼西亚)减少供应链中的中国产品含量。他们要求泰国政府审查外来投资,希望阻止中国企业进入该国。他们甚至向一些国家施压,要求它们考虑对半导体等技术采取出口管制措施。
“特朗普政府正在说,‘如果你们想在将来继续当美国的贸易伙伴的话,我们需要看到战略性的脱钩。’”地缘政治咨询公司APAC Advisors的首席执行官史蒂夫·奥肯说。“问题是,世界各国同意这样做吗?”
美国孤立中国的努力加剧了东南亚国家面临的脆弱性。这个对北京具有重要战略意义的地区本就处于中国主导全球贸易与制造业的前沿。中国商务部周四表示正在对美国与越南达成的贸易协议“开展评估”,还表示,中国坚决反对任何国家“以牺牲中方利益为手段达成交易,如果出现这种情况,中方将坚决予以反制,维护自身正当权益”。
美国与越南目前已达成的贸易条款最终效力取决于条款的界定标准,例如越南的出口产品中允许含有的中国原材料比例上限,以及具体的执行机制。
越南在与美国进行贸易谈判之初面临着损失惨重的可能。特朗普曾威胁对越南商品征收46%的关税,令鞋类、服装和电子等将越南作为中国替代方案的行业大为震惊
越南的一家服装厂。越南向美国出口的产品将面临20%的关税,低于特朗普总统曾威胁征收的税率。
越南的一家服装厂。越南向美国出口的产品将面临20%的关税,低于特朗普总统曾威胁征收的税率。 Nhac Nguyen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
特朗普的关税威胁带来的不确定性给越南企业造成压力。
20%的关税不是所有人都想看到的最佳方案,家用香氛公司的高管陈光(音)说,这家公司的几乎所有产品都出口美国。“但也不算太糟,”他说。
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他同时表示,支持对转运产品征收更高的关税,因为那会有助于越南的本土企业,它们面临着为规避美国关税来越南投资的中国企业的不公平竞争。
“有很多中国小企业,它们来越南,只是为了给产品换个标签,然后将其出口到美国,”他说。
虽然来自中资企业的贸易和投资助推了越南及周边地区的经济增长,但东南亚地区也在努力抵挡来自中国的商品洪流,一些本土企业已在洪流中倒下。近年来,由于中国的经济增长受到房地产危机的威胁,政府通过重金补贴制造业导致出口产品涌向世界各地。
但对中国在东南亚地区的贸易进行限制可能会引发损害东南亚国家利益的连锁反应。
专家们说,目前越美贸易协议的细节尚不明确,因此无法对其影响进行全面评估。转运产品可能指的是原产于中国的产品,也可能包括在越南制造但含有一定比例中国零部件的产品。
但如果最终的结果是严格限制使用来自中国的零部件的话,美国公司会将生产迁出越南,贸易团体美国鞋类分销商和零售商协会的首席执行官马特·普里斯特说。
河内老城区的一个鞋店。特朗普威胁对越南商品征收46%的关税,这给越南的鞋类、服装和电子等行业带来了冲击。
河内老城区的一个鞋店。特朗普威胁对越南商品征收46%的关税,这给越南的鞋类、服装和电子等行业带来了冲击。 Nhac Nguyen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
“如果协议过于繁琐或难以遵守,企业不会把其作为扩大在越南采购的机会,”他说。“它们甚至也许会回到中国,如果那里的价格更有竞争力的话。”
与越南达成协议也给企业带来了不确定性,因为它们正在观望其他东南亚国家与特朗普政府达成的潜在协议中会有什么样的关税,以及针对中国的限制措施。
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对出口产品中包含的中国成分进行量化限制也给当地的海关关员带来负担,他们以前从未被要求对出口商品进行如此严格的溯源审查,让人对监管效能存疑。一些国家甚至考虑为出口美国的产品建立完全不同的供应链。
华盛顿方面还有可能把一些与中国经济深度融合的国家推向北京的怀抱。
许多亚洲国家政府担心中国会对试图孤立中国企业的贸易协议如何反应。中国政府已展示出采取越来越富攻击性反制措施的意愿,例如抵制邻国产品,限制向邻国出口其依赖的关键矿产。中国政府还采取了加剧南中国海紧张局势的做法,并使用军事手段加强了对南中国海大部分水域的领土主张。
“从政治的角度来看,我们需要在这两个超级大国之间谨慎行事,”泰国法政大学国际商务学教授帕维达·帕南德说。“中国是一个非常重要的经济大国,它不仅是进口商品来源地,也是投资来源地和出口商品目的地。”
东南亚国家已在最近几周纷纷采取措施,加强对转运产品的监督执法,为它们与美国达成的贸易协议中可能有什么样的条款提供了一些线索。
特朗普威胁要对泰国产品征收36%的关税。泰国政府估计,严格审查转运出口可能导致泰国对美国的出口额减少150亿美元,相当于去年泰国与美国贸易顺差的三分之一。泰国已承诺对电动汽车等行业的外国投资进行更严格的审查,中国企业为了将自己的供应商带到泰国,已在这些行业投入巨资。
曼谷车展上的比亚迪。
曼谷车展上的比亚迪。 Chanakarn Laosarakham/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
马来西亚和印度尼西亚的政府已加强了出口管理,以确保出口美国的货物有准确的文件记录。这两个国家还集中了出口许可证的签发权。
甚至在敲定任何贸易协议之前,特朗普政府已在改变东南亚地区对中国的看法。
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“目的是把中国挤出去,”欣里奇基金会的贸易政策负责人黛博拉·埃尔姆斯说,该组织专门研究贸易问题。
但对越南等国家来说,顺从美国的要求有地缘政治危险。
“这是一场多方面的赌博,看美国、中国,以及其他国家的企业将如何响应,”埃尔姆斯说。

Tung Ngo自越南河内、Zunaira Saieed自马来西亚吉隆坡对本文有报道贡献。

艾莎(Alexandra Stevenson)是《纽约时报》上海分社社长,报道中国经济和社会新闻。

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Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians

4 July 2025 at 04:14
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The contractor shared footage from inside a GHF site with the BBC

A former security contractor for Gaza's controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites has told the BBC that he witnessed colleagues opening fire several times on hungry Palestinians who had posed no threat, including with machine guns.

On one occasion, he said, a guard had opened fire from a watchtower with a machine gun because a group of women, children and elderly people was moving too slowly away from the site.

When asked to respond the GHF said the allegations were categorically false.

They referred us to a statement saying that no civilians ever came under fire at the GHF distribution sites.

The GHF began its operations in Gaza at the end of May, distributing limited aid from several sites in southern and central Gaza. That followed an 11-week total blockade of Gaza by Israel during which no food entered the territory.

The system has been widely criticised for forcing vast numbers of people to walk through active combat zones to a handful of sites. Since the GHF started up, Israeli forces have killed more than 400 Palestinians trying to retrieve food aid from its sites, the UN and local doctors say. Israel says the new distribution system stops aid going to Hamas.

Continuing his description of the incident at one of the GHF sites - in which he said guards fired on a group of Palestinians - the former contractor said: "As that happened, another contractor on location, standing on the berm overlooking the exit, opened up with 15 to 20 shots of repetitive weapons fire at the crowd.

"A Palestinian man dropped to the ground motionless. And then the other contractor who was standing there was like, 'damn, I think you got one'. And then they laughed about it."

The contractor, who spoke to us on condition of anonymity, said GHF managers had brushed off his report as a coincidence, suggesting that the Palestinian man could have "tripped" or been "tired and passed out".

The GHF claimed the former contractor who made these allegations is a "disgruntled former contractor" who they had terminated for misconduct, which he denies. He showed us payslips suggesting that he continued to be paid for two weeks after leaving the post.

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Supplied footage showed long queues of aid seekers in a fenced corridor

The man we spoke to, who said he had worked at all four of the GHF distribution sites, described a culture of impunity with few rules or controls.

He said contractors were given no clear rules of engagement or standard operating procedures, and were told by one team leader: "if you feel threatened, shoot – shoot to kill and ask questions later".

The culture in the company, he said, felt like "we're going into Gaza so it's no rules. Do what you want."

"If a Palestinian is walking away from the site and not demonstrating any hostile intent, and we're shooting warning shots at them regardless, we are wrong, we are criminally negligent," he told me.

He told us that each site had site CCTV monitoring activity there, and GHF insistence that no one there had been hurt or shot at was "an absolute bare-faced lie".

GHF said that gunfire heard in footage shared with the BBC was coming from Israeli forces.

Team leaders referred to Gazans as "zombie hordes", the contractor told me, "insinuating that these people have no value."

The former contractor also said Palestinians were coming to harm in other ways at GHF sites, for example by being hit by debris from stun grenades, being sprayed with mace or being pushed by the crowds into razor wire.

He said he himself had witnessed several occasions in which Palestinians appeared to have been seriously hurt, including one man who had a full can of pepper spray in his face, and a woman who he says was hit with the metal part of a stun grenade, improperly fired into a crowd.

"This metal piece hit her directly in the head and she dropped to the ground, not moving," he said. "I don't know if she was dead. I know for a fact she was unconscious and completely limp."

Reuters  Palestinians gather to collect what remains of relief supplies from the distribution center of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Empty cardboard boxes litter the arid ground. Reuters
The GHF operation has been criticised for forcing people to walk through active combat zones

Earlier this week more than 170 charities and other NGOs called for the GHF to be shut down. The organisations, including Oxfam and Save the Children, say Israeli forces and armed groups "routinely" open fire on Palestinians seeking aid.

Israel denies its soldiers deliberately shoot at aid recipients and says the GHF's system provides direct assistance to people who need it, bypassing Hamas interference.

The GHF says it had delivered more than 52 million meals in five weeks and that other organisations "stand by helplessly as their aid is looted".

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 57,130 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

Additional reporting by Gidi Kleiman and Samantha Granville

Dems are gearing up to weaponize Trump’s megabill

4 July 2025 at 06:58

Democrats believe President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spend megabill gives them a heavy cudgel ahead of the 2026 midterms. Now they have to effectively wield it as they try to reclaim the House.

Ad-makers have quickly prepped attack ads to air as soon as the holiday weekend is over, including in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. House Democrats are plotting to turn the August recess into the opening salvo of the midterms, including through town halls and organizing programs.

And Democrats see an opportunity to expand the battleground, going on offense into red areas across the country. The bill that passed Thursday has already triggered a spike in candidate interest deep into Trump territory, House Majority PAC said. Separately, Democrats are digging into a round of candidate recruitment targeting a half-dozen House districts Trump won by high single or double digits, according to a person directly familiar with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s plan and granted anonymity to describe private conversations. They’re recruiting Democrats to challenge Reps. Ann Wagner of Missouri, Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, Andy Ogles of Tennessee, Kevin Kiley of California, Nick LaLota of New York and Jeff Crank of Colorado

“There's almost nothing about this bill that I'm going [to] have a hard time explaining to the district,” said Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), who represents a district Trump won by 9 points. “This is a giant tax giveaway to wealthy people. Everyone fucking knows it.”

Democrats’ renewed bravado comes after months in the political wilderness, following sweeping losses across the country last year. And it’s not just the megabill’s consequences that give them electoral hope.

Leading to Thursday’s vote was a series of moves they believe portend success: North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who criticized the bill for its steep Medicaid cuts before voting against it, announced his plans to not seek reelection last weekend. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who represents one of the three GOP-held districts that voted for Kamala Harris in 2024, also announced his plans to not run for reelection. That opened up two top midterm battleground races in one weekend.

Democrats have also been far more in sync with their pushback in recent days after months of struggling to unify around a coherent message during Trump’s second term. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ record-setting speech on the House floor Thursday morning mirrored those of several Democratic candidates who mentioned Medicaid cuts in their campaign launches this week.

Next they have to spread the message farther, as polling shows many Americans aren’t yet aware of the megabill and its $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs. And Democrats privately acknowledge that as voters learn more, the party needs to stretch its House battlefield to chart a path back to power.

“No Democrat is going to nationally define this bill in six weeks, so we have to build a drumbeat. You do that by having 70 to 75 campaigns, because then you’re localizing the attack across the country,” the person directly familiar with the DCCC’s plans said. “We don’t have that yet. In reality, there are maybe 24 to 30 districts with good campaigns going right now.”

Tina Shah, a doctor who launched her bid against Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) this week, attacked Republicans for “gut[ting] Medicaid,” and Matt Maasdam, a former Navy SEAL who is challenging Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), said “the price of healthcare is gonna go up … all to line the pocketbooks of billionaires.”

Some Democratic strategists are urging the party to capitalize on this momentum even more aggressively.

“We need to be doing early, paid communications on this — not just the same old cable buys, token digital buys in swing districts and press conferences,” said Ian Russell, a Democratic consultant who served as the DCCC’s political director in 2014 and 2016. “Democrats need to take some risks here, mobilize early, spend money they may not have because voters' views harden over time, and this is when we can shape it.”

In 2024, Democrats failed to break through with their message after President Joe Biden dug the party into a hole with voters on the economy. Trump successfully cast himself as focused on bringing down costs while painting Kamala Harris as overly obsessed with social issues like protecting transgender people. Harris, for her part, ran a scatter-shot, three-month messaging blitz that jumped from cost-of-living to abortion rights to Trump’s threats to democracy, which ultimately didn’t move voters.

Republicans, for their part, plan to emphasize the megabill’s tax cuts, especially those on tips and overtime, and increased funding for border security. On Medicaid cuts, they hope to neutralize Democrats’ attacks by casting them as reforms: tightened work requirements and efforts to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, a pair of Medicaid-related changes that generally polls well among voters.

“This vote cemented House Democrats’ image as elitist, disconnected, snobby, unconcerned with the problems Americans face in their daily lives, and most of all — out of touch,” said NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella in a statement. “House Republicans will be relentless in making this vote the defining issue of 2026, and we will use every tool to show voters that Republicans stood with them while House Democrats sold them out.”

But as Republicans look to sell their bill, public polling on it is bleak. Most Americans disapprove of it, in some polls by a two-to-one margin, according to surveys conducted by Quinnipiac University, The Washington Post, Pew Research and Fox News.

Meanwhile a pair of Democratic groups, Priorities USA and Navigator Research, released surveys this week showing majorities of voters aren’t fully aware of the megabill. Nearly half of Americans said they hadn’t heard anything about the bill, according to Priorities USA, a major Democratic super PAC. Of those who had heard about it, only 8 percent said they knew Medicaid cuts were included in the legislation.

Two-thirds of survey respondents who self-identified as passive or avoidant news consumers, the kinds of tuned out and low-information voters Democrats failed to win in 2024, said they knew nothing about the bill.

“We have a lot more work to do as a party to communicate the impacts of this bill to voters who are tuning out politics,” said Danielle Butterfield, Priorities USA executive director.

Butterfield urged Democrats to “get beyond the stats” and “start collecting storytellers.” Then, start putting ads online, particularly on YouTube, not just traditional TV ads.

“We need to put a face on this as soon as possible,” she said.

Among those potential faces is Nathan Sage, a first-time candidate and Iraq War veteran who is challenging Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst. Sage grew up occasionally relying on food assistance, another program that will be cut in the GOP bill, and has said he’s already hearing from Iowans who “feel that they were duped into believing the Republican agenda when it first came out, because they were talking about no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime. That's things that working class people want.”

“Until they start hearing [how it] is actually going to affect them, when they do hear that, that's when the outrage happens,” Sage said in an interview.

Iowa, once a perennial battleground, is now solidly red, as Democrats have consistently lost white, working class voters there. Sage and Democratic pollster Brian Stryker argued the megabill opens a path to winning them back

The Medicaid cuts “enable us to have an issue that’s salient, substantive that’s on the side of working class people,” Stryker said. In 2024, 49 percent of Medicaid recipients voted for Trump, while 47 percent backed Harris, according to polling from Morning Consult.

“I hope that this does wake up the working class, does wake up people to understand — listen, they don't care about us,” Sage said, “and the only way that we are ever going to get out of the situation is to elect working class candidates to represent us, to fight for us, because they are us.”

Andrew Howard contributed reporting. 

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US supreme court clears way for deportation of migrants to South Sudan

4 July 2025 at 05:28
Supreme court building and flags

The supreme court on Thursday cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.

The decision comes after the court’s conservative majority found that immigration officials can quickly deport people to third countries. The majority halted an order that had allowed immigrants to challenge any removals to countries outside their homeland where they could be in danger.

The court’s latest order makes clear that the South Sudan flight detoured weeks ago can now complete the trip. It reverses findings from federal Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts, who said his order on those migrants still stands even after the high court lifted his broader decision.

The majority wrote that their decision on 23 June completely halted Murphy’s ruling and also rendered his decision on the South Sudan flight “unenforceable”. The court did not fully detail its legal reasoning on the underlying case, as is common on its emergency docket.

Two liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented, saying the ruling gives the government special treatment. “Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the supreme court on speed dial,” Sotomayor wrote.

Attorneys for the eight migrants have said they could face “imprisonment, torture and even death” if sent to South Sudan, where escalating political tensions have threatened to devolve into another civil war.

“We know they’ll face perilous conditions, and potentially immediate detention, upon arrival,” Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, said Thursday.

The push comes amid a sweeping immigration crackdown by Trump’s Republican administration, which has pledged to deport millions of people who are living in the United States illegally. The Trump administration has called Murphy’s finding “a lawless act of defiance.”

The White House and Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Authorities have reached agreements with other countries to house immigrants if authorities cannot quickly send them back to their homelands. The eight men sent to South Sudan in May had been convicted of serious crimes in the US.

Murphy, who was nominated by Democratic president Joe Biden, did not prohibit deportations to third countries. But he found migrants must have a real chance to argue they could be in danger of torture if sent to another country.

Park Service Is Left Short-Staffed in Peak Travel Season

4 July 2025 at 06:21
Layoffs and departures after pressure from the Trump administration have left sites struggling, with the remaining employees each doing the work of two or three people.

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A National Park Service custodian cleaning a bathroom in Yosemite National Park in February. At another national park, in Colorado, all the custodial staff have been fired and the other staff members have had to take on their duties.

Teenage Aviator Detained After Landing in Antarctica, Chile Says

4 July 2025 at 06:05
Ethan Guo, 19, had been documenting his attempt to fly solo to all seven continents on social media. He is no longer in custody but has no easy way to leave an island off Antarctica’s coast.

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Ethan Guo last summer in Geneva, where he began his attempt to fly solo to the seven continents.

This Pennsylvania Republican withstood pressure on the megabill. Here’s why.

4 July 2025 at 06:38

Brian Fitzpatrick’s survival mechanism as a battleground House Republican entails occasionally distancing himself from his own MAGA-controlled party.

On Thursday he took that to the next level by voting against President Donald Trump’s megabill amid an unrelenting pressure campaign from the White House.

The head-turning move made Fitzpatrick one of just two House Republicans to buck the party on the president’s signature domestic policy legislation that some in the GOP fear is worsening their political outlook ahead of the 2026 midterms. Over the past few days, two congressional Republicans in swing seats announced they were not running for reelection. Fitzpatrick belongs to a GOP trio representing districts that former Vice President Kamala Harris captured, and Democrats are once again eyeing him as a top target next year when they try to reclaim the House.

Fitzpatrick’s break with Trump over his key legislation also carries major risks of intra-party backlash. On Thursday, some MAGA influencers were already threatening a primary challenge.

“He has now gained the ability to say, ‘I am not a rubber stamp to Trump. I will vote against his agenda when I believe it’s the right thing to do,” said Mike Conallen, Fitzpatrick’s former chief of staff. “But given the inclination of the president and his supporters to basically go after anybody who doesn’t support them, you’ve now become potentially the lighting rod for all those MAGA individuals and the president himself.”

Fitzpatrick attributed his vote to changes made by the Senate, which deepened the cuts included in initial bill language he had backed.

“I voted to strengthen Medicaid protections, to permanently extend middle-class tax cuts, for enhanced small business tax relief, and for historic investments in our border security and our military,” he said in a statement. “However, it was the Senate’s amendments to Medicaid, in addition to several other Senate provisions, that altered the analysis.”

It was a shocking move even for Fitzpatrick.

First elected in 2016, he has cultivated a brand as a moderate Republican who supported former President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package, won the endorsement of a major gun-control group, and regularly visited mosques in his district. He has at times even downplayed his affiliation with the Republican Party, calling himself “a fiercely independent voice.” His X header reads, “Defend Democracy. Vote Bipartisan.”

Still, many Republicans were shocked Wednesday night when he broke with the party on a procedural vote to move the legislation to a final vote, particularly because he had backed the earlier version of it weeks prior. They said he had not explained his opposition to them, even as other initially resistant Republicans went public with their concerns.

“I was surprised,” Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) said. “And I do not know what his objection was.”

Some speculated his stance might be related to a letter he wrote to Trump this week opposing the administration’s halt of some weapons to Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Fitzpatrick’s curveball briefly set off a scramble to find him, with the congressman reportedly bolting from the chamber and House Speaker Mike Johnson appearing to tell Fox News he was looking for him. Even some of Fitzpatrick’s fellow members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation were taken aback by his decision.

“You’ll have to ask him,” Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.), who is eyeing a gubernatorial run, said in response to a question about the vote.

A Democrat hasn’t held Fitzpatrick’s prized Bucks County-based seat since his late brother, Mike Fitzpatrick, reclaimed it from then-Rep. Patrick Murphy in 2010. In the past, Democrats have fielded candidates who lacked electoral experience or were an otherwise imperfect fit to take on this durable incumbent. But they believe they have finally recruited a top contender to run against Fitzpatrick in a county commissioner named Bob Harvie, who has shown the ability to win the battleground county, which comprises most of the district.

“They’re scared. They know this bill is unpopular,” Harvie said of Republicans, arguing Fitzpatrick’s vote was “too little, too late” and “the only reason it got to the Senate is because he voted for it.”

A pro-Fitzpatrick super PAC, Defending America PAC, quickly released a statement Thursday casting the vote as proof of his bipartisan leanings and touting his record of “winning a seat for Republicans in a district carried by Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton,” and slamming Harvie for "bitching and moaning with no solutions of his own."

Even for Fitzpatrick, though, his vote was particularly a lonely one.

Only he and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a longtime gadfly for Trump, voted against the megabill on Thursday. And Fitzpatrick was the sole Republican who did not support clearing Wednesday night’s procedural hurdle to advance the bill and didn’t back down under pressure. A handful of other Republicans initially cast votes against it, but switched them at the last minute.

Fitzpatrick’s allies said he’s proven adept at navigating the complicated political cross-currents in his swing district. And sometimes, they said, that means upsetting his party.

“Working with Brian over the years, he’s very aware of his district,” said Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.). “And he’s very aware of where he should be when he’s representing them.”

Kelly said Thursday he has not spoken with Fitzpatrick about his vote but has “no problem” with it.

Some MAGA activists weren’t as forgiving.

Conservative influencer Nick Sortor posted on the social media platform X on Wednesday, “ATTENTION PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA’S 1ST DISTRICT: Your Congressman @RepBrianFitz SOLD YOU OUT.”

Pro-Trump activist Scott Presler likewise wrote on X, “Yes, I am aware that Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA01) voted NO to the Big Beautiful Bill. Message received. CC: Bucks County.”

Democrats would be delighted if Fitzpatrick faced a messy, expensive primary.

Fitzpatrick has easily fended off challenges from Republicans running to his right. But they have lacked institutional support — namely Trump’s endorsement. Trump and his operation backing a primary opponent would present a new challenge for Fitzpatrick.

For weeks Trump has attacked Massie and promised to try to oust him, while his team launched a super PAC to unseat him.

The criticism from the White House was relatively tame in the hours after Fitzpatrick’s dissent. Trump told reporters that he was “disappointed” by the lawmaker's vote, but declined to immediately call for a primary challenge. A White House spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

And Republican House leaders appear to be sticking by Fitzpatrick. After eventually finding him, Johnson told reporters he had spoken with him “at length” and “he just has convictions about certain provisions of the bill — he’s entitled to that.”

But Fitzpatrick’s opposition extends beyond his usual maneuvers, thus presenting a test for the modern-day GOP: Can a party that demands total loyalty to Trump stomach someone who occasionally defies the president in order to keep their congressional majority?

More often than not in recent years, the answer to that question has been no.

Rep. Don Bacon, a frequent Trump critic who represents another Harris district in Nebraska, announced this week that he would not run for reelection. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina also said Sunday he'd step down after Trump vowed to back a primary challenger against him because he opposed the megabill.

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