Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires
Ars Technica
Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.
What the rest of the world is reading today.
A digest of top world and technology headlines, pulled from a handful of publisher feeds once a day and stored here. Every link goes straight to the original story.
August 7, 2026
7 stories published this day.
Around the world
Nothing collected in this section on this day.
In tech
Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
Ars Technica
Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies.
Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment
Ars Technica
New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.
The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow
Ars Technica
Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona.
New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
Ars Technica
19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.
DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report
Ars Technica
DOGE's inflated "Wall of Receipts": 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.
OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”
Ars Technica
Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.