Google AdSense announced a new feature to "Fill empty in-page ads" by showing "contextually-relevant suggestions related to your page and site inside unfilled ad spaces." In short, if an ad is not filled by Google on your page, then Google will look for other ways to monetize that ad spot.

I should note at the top, that Google will turn this on by default for all AdSense publishers within 30 days. So if you want, you can opt out of it.

New Google AdSense Fill Empty In-Page Ads

^{Barry Schwartz (Search Engine Roundtable)}

Google AdSense announced a new feature to "Fill empty in-page ads" by showing "contextually-relevant suggestions related to your page and site inside unfilled ad spaces." In short, if an ad is not filled by Google on your page, then Google will look for other ways to monetize that ad spot.

I should note at the top, that Google will turn this on by default for all AdSense publishers within 30 days. So if you want, you can opt out of it.

New Google AdSense Fill Empty In-Page Ads

^{Barry Schwartz (Search Engine Roundtable)}

The convergence of natural and human-influenced factors is probably intensifying the heat wave in the Mediterranean, a region that saw consecutive years of record-breaking ocean warmth in 2023 and 2024.

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It's been a long time coming, but news might finally start emerging for The Wolf Among Us 2. Here's the latest rumor spreading online.

Rumor: Telltale Games Working With Influencers For The Wolf Among Us 2 Marketing Campaign - Gameranx

^{Dennis Patrick (Gameranx)}

EA has announced plans to end services for Bioware title Anthem this January 2026, marking nearly seven years of total lifetime.

EA Will Be Ending Services For Anthem After Nearly Seven Years - Gameranx

^{Ryan Parreno (Gameranx)}

We're all being fleeced.

Data reveals many GPUs are still selling for 50% more than MSRP — Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 are worst offenders

^{Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)}

Single thread is a different story...

New AMD Ryzen Threadripper smashes PassMark record — 9980X scores 147,481, making it the fastest desktop CPU ever tested, but only in multi-thread performance

^{Anton Shilov (Tom's Hardware)}

Go anti-woke, go broke.

Dr. Phil's 'Anti-Woke' TV Network Files for Bankruptcy After Only a Year

^{Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)}

Manufacturers can't resist higher selling prices.

DDR4 prices are now so high that vendors have decided to start making it again — manufacturers want a slice now that it's more expensive than DDR5

^{Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)}

Venerable command line tool to depart Windows

Microsoft finally bids farewell to PowerShell 2.0

: Venerable command line tool to depart Windows

^{Richard Speed (The Register)}

A hacker is threatening to leak 106GB of data allegedly stolen from Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica in a breach that the company did not acknowledge.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-leaks-telef-nica-data-allegedly-stolen-in-a-new-breach/

Conscientious objector applications surge under Trump as military members fear becoming “the saber that he’s rattling.”…

Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders | Truthout

^{Samantha Borek (Truthout)}

The bill will accelerate depletion of Social Security and Medicare’s trust funds by a year, according to an analysis.

Social Security Chief Celebrates Budget Bill That Could Slash Program’s Finances

^{Jake Johnson (Truthout)}

The decision has been widely criticized as a violation of the employees’ First Amendment rights.

EPA Suspends Over 140 Employees for Signing Letter of Dissent

^{Stephen Prager (Truthout)}

The Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has strongly denied the allegation.

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

^{Lucy Williamson (BBC News)}

Julia Liuson, president of the Microsoft division responsible for developer tools such as AI coding service GitHub Copilot, recently sent an email instructing managers to evaluate employee performance based on their use of internal AI tools like this.

"AI is now a fundamental part of how we work," Liuson wrote. "Just like collaboration, data-driven thinking, and effective communication, using AI is no longer optional — it's core to every role and every level."

Liuson told managers that AI "should be part of your holistic reflections on an individual's performance and impact."

Microsoft's performance requirements vary from team to team, and some are considering including a more formal metric about the use of internal AI tools in performance reviews for its next fiscal year, according to a person familiar with the situation. This person asked not to be identified discussing private matters.

Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'

Microsoft is asking some managers to evaluate employees based on how much they use AI internally, and the software giant is considering adding a metric related to this in its review process, Business Insider has learned.

^{Business Insider Africa}

Hi,

There's an option for night light to be manually controlled, but then it has to be enabled by default on boot ("always on") :

There's also an option to disable it by default, but then it requires opening settings to enable ("always off") :

How to make it manual but without enabling it by default ?

Thanks

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Lib Dems win Durham County Council seat from Reform UK in by-election

The Liberal Democrats have won a seat from Reform UK on Durham County Council.

^{Joshua Nichol (The Northern Echo)}

What the senator claimed was a difficult decision was just a case of backroom deals and abandoned principles.

When the Republican-controlled Senate passed the disastrous megabill on Tuesday, the deciding vote came from Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The Alaskan lawmaker, who has long claimed to be a moderate, got over the finish line the bill for Donald Trump’s priorities, which would send billions of dollars to ICE, extend tax cuts for the wealthy, kick large abortion providers out of the Medicaid program, and knock millions of low-income people off their health insurance.

Murkowski cast this vote just a week after she suggested in a podcast interview that she’d consider becoming an independent and caucusing with Senate Democrats. She cast this vote, which could shutter nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics, after repeatedly painting herself as “pro choice.” She cast this vote after Planned Parenthood called the bill a “backdoor abortion ban” and said it could eliminate one in four abortion providers nationwide.

As Bolts Magazine Editor-in-Chief Daniel Nichanian noted after the vote: “The Senate’s small-state ultra-bias is never more maddening than when one senator uses it to get benefits for her 740,000 constituents while openly acknowledging the bill she’s supporting will harm the nation’s 339 million other residents.”

Lisa Murkowski’s vote for the 'big, beautiful bill' shows she's useless as an abortion rights ally

Murkowski advanced President Trump’s priority bill, which would increase ICE funding, extend tax cuts for the wealthy and enact major Medicaid cuts.

^{Susan Rinkunas (MSNBC)}

CoMaps shares core functionality with Organic Maps. It allows users to plan and navigate trips entirely offline. It's entirely free to use, with no ads, and it collects no personal data. Additionally, its efficient design ensures minimal battery consumption, making it suitable for travelers seeking private, uninterrupted navigation.

What sets CoMaps apart is a fully transparent governance approach. All decisions about the app's development are made publicly, with users and contributors having a voice in its future direction. This focus on community engagement aims to deliver value for its users rather than prioritize profit.

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/organic-maps-fork-comaps-launches-on-major-app-stores-for-ios-and-android/

Tesla said it delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter, down 13.5% from 443,956 units a year ago

Tesla posted another big drop in quarterly deliveries on Wednesday, putting it on course for its second straight annual sales decline as demand falters due to backlash over CEO Elon Musk’s political stance and an ageing vehicle lineup.

The stock has lost 25% of its value so far this year as investors feared brand damage in Europe, where sales have slumped most sharply, and in the US from Musk’s embrace of rightwing politics and his role in spearheading the Trump administration’s cost-cutting effort.

The day Trump and Musk split publicly in early June, Tesla lost about $150bn in market value. Its share price has somewhat recovered in the ensuing month, but Trump and Musk have likewise reignited their feud as they spar over Trump’s sweeping tax bill.

Tesla vehicle deliveries drop sharply as Musk backlash affects demand

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}