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Asus launches Vivobook 14 featuring Snapdragon X processor with 45 TOPS NPU | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Asus on Monday (July 21, 2025) launched the new Vivobook 14 (X1407QA) running on Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor with 45 TOPS NPU and Windows 11 Home. It also brings AI-powered features like Copilot and image generation.The Asus Vivobook has a 14 inch FHD+ display with a 16:10 aspect ratio and 300 nits peak brightness, TUV Rheinland certification for blue light. The laptop offers a 180° hinge and claims a weight of 1.49kg. The Asus Vivobook 14 comes with 16 GB 8448MHz LPDDR5X RAM…

It’s a tale as old as time—or at least one that goes back a few decades now: The surfers come first, then the cute cafés, restaurants, and boutique hotels follow. That’s been the story in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Starting in the mid-1990s, wave riders would arrive every winter to conquer the legendary offshore break Silverbacks. Nonsurfers would usually stumble upon Bocas—which sits on Isla Colón, an island off the country’s remote northwestern Caribbean coast, a 10-hour drive from Panama City—while road-tripping along the Pan-American Highway. Many who landed in the town never left, finding themselves seduced by the slow…

At least 49 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources say, as the Israeli military has sent tanks into areas of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza for the first time since Israel began its assault on the besieged territory in October 2023. Israel on Monday launched the ground offensive on southern and eastern areas of the city that is packed with displaced Palestinians, a day after its military issued a forced displacement order for residents in the areas, forcing thousands of people to flee west towards the Mediterranean coast and south to Khan Younis. Tank shelling in…

A Bangladesh air force training jet has crashed into a school campus, killing at least 19 people. Here’s the latest we know: What happened during the Bangladesh plane crash? “Bangladesh Air Force’s F-7 BGI training aircraft crashed in Uttara. The aircraft took off at 13:06 [07:06 GMT],” the Bangladesh military’s public relations team said. Local media reported that the plane crashed at about 1:30pm. Videos emerged of the aftermath of the crash, showing a fire, as well as plumes of thick smoke rising into the sky as people watched from a distance. The crash marks the deadliest aviation incident in…

Angela Hsieh for NPR Did you know that the ocean produces approximately half of the world’s oxygen? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail? It’s all true! And so is this fact: Scientists know more about space than Earth’s ocean. Seriously, humans haven’t seen 99.999% of the deep sea floor. With this comic, we explore some of the cool things scientists do know about the ocean and what dwells inside of it. Angela Hsieh for NPR This comic was written and illustrated by Angela Hsieh, based on reporting from Berly…

Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul during a practice session ahead of the fourth test cricket match between India and England, at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground, in Manchester, Monday, July 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Monday (July 21, 2025) confirmed Jasprit Bumrah’s participation in the fourth Test beginning at Old Trafford on Wednesday.Bumrah, who has been earmarked to play in three Tests out of five due to workload management, had missed the second Test at Edgbaston that India won handsomely before returning for the following game at Lord’s which was lost by 22 runs.With…

Most people experience generative AI today through chatbots like ChatGPT. However, web browsers are emerging as a potential gateway for everyday user interactions with large language models (LLMs).This shift from standalone chatbots to AI agent-driven web browsers has been underscored by recent product releases such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent, which lets AI agents use a browser to surf the web on behalf of the user. Last month, The Browser Company unveiled Dia, which is essentially a web browser integrated with an AI chatbot. Then there is Comet, Perplexity’s desktop browser which goes a step further by offering users access to…

People and traffic pass the fence of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis which was hit in an Israeli strike at dawn that targeted the southern Gaza Strip city on May 13, 2025. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Editor’s note: This conversation includes the sound of gunfire and graphic descriptions of violence against children and teenagers. Dr. Nick Maynard has spent 15 years traveling from Oxford, England, to Gaza, mentoring young doctors and training surgeons. One of his former students, a Palestinian woman who later became a doctor in the U.K.,…

The coal sector saw the largest contraction while the steel and cement sectors saw the strongest growth. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Index of Eight Core Industries grew at 1.7% in June 2025, as compared to 5% in June last year. The growth in June this year, while a three-month high, is significantly below the average growth of 6.3% the index saw in 2024-25. Five out of the eight sectors contracted in June 2025. The data, released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday (July 21, 2025), showed that the coal sector saw the largest contraction while the…

Iron Man, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., left, and Captain America, portrayed by Chris Evans, are shown in a scene from “The Avengers” Marvel is set to recast characters in its upcoming X-Men franchise and Tony Stark, a character that became synonymous with Robert Downey Jr in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Kevin Feige, chief of Marvel Studios, has confirmed that the company has decided to recast the actors following the events in the Avengers: Secret Wars, slated to release in December 2027.Many actors from the previous X-Men films, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, and Kelsey…