UK chalks up hottest summer on record for second year running

WorldPing

Britain experienced its hottest summer on record for the second year in a row, the UK's national weather agency announced Tuesday, after weeks of successive heat waves and widespread drought conditions.

Related news

WorldPing

ABC News•

A series of heatwaves leads Britain to record its hottest summer

Britain's summer has been the hottest on record, according to provisional data from the national weather service…

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News

WorldPing

New Scientist•

The UK just had its hottest summer ever

The average temperature in the UK in June, July and August 2026 has eclipsed the record set in summer 2025, and the record-breaking heat was made 130 times more likely by human-caused climate change…

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by New Scientist

CNBC World•

AI token prices are hitting new record lows

A closely followed measure of artificial intelligence token prices touched fresh lows.

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World

Hacker News•

Show HN: Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s

I built slotstream, a way to run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 4-bit on a low-memory mac starting from 16GB, a 125B parameter model that would need 100GB+ memory/RAM, thanks to expert-offloading/ssd-streaming. Easy to install/update, and mac-native using MLX and Swift.

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Hacker News

Rolling Stone•

Journey Brought Out Hugo Valenti for a Second Time – And This Time He Nailed It

The longtime tribute band singer once again sang with Journey at a show in Japan, fronting the group on "Faithfully" and the 1981 deep cut "Keep on Runnin'"…

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Rolling Stone

WorldPing

CBS Sports•

Grading every NFL team's 2026 preseason: Rams ace the summer, Falcons fail amid quarterback uncertainty

From Fernando Mendoza's uneven debut with the Raiders to Aaron Donald's return to the Rams, here are the biggest developments and final grades from the 2026 preseason…

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS Sports