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Liverpool's Jones argues with Szoboszlai after game
Published: 2026-07-31 09:33:41 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:06:55
Liverpool's Curtis Jones has a heated argument with team-mate Dominik Szoboszlai after his side's win over Wrexham.
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The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:00 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:05:56
Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.
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The Case Against Using Alcohol and Cannabis to Sleep
Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:03 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:04:57
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Images: Connect Images, Serhii Mazur, Kampee Patisena—Getty Images)

Good sleep is crucial to healthy functioning. If we don’t get enough sleep or if it’s of insufficient quality, we often have problems the next day. We may have a harder time concentrating or may feel irritable and sluggish. If sleep problems persist, as they do for up to one in three adults, those individuals are at risk for a range of serious physical and mental health difficulties, including problems with heart and circulatory systems, issues with thinking and memory, as well as respiratory and immune disorders.

A substantial number of Americans turn to cannabis and alcohol to help them fall asleep. Indeed, there are estimates that nearly one in 10 Americans regularly use cannabis for sleep, and many adults report using alcohol in this way. Sadly, these rates are higher for young adults.

While cannabis and alcohol may seem to assist in sleep, these substances offer a cheap trick. While they can initially make a person feel sleepy, they don’t produce the kind of restorative sleep humans need to function well. In fact, researchers warn that regular use not only weakens healthy sleep but increases the risk of dependence. 

Philip Gehrman is a psychologist and professor who directs the Sleep Neurobiology and Psychopathology lab at the University of Pennsylvania. I asked him what he thought of the use of these substances for sleep. “As alcohol is metabolized, it is broken down into compounds that disrupt sleep and lead to more wakefulness in the night. So, any benefit at the beginning of the night is not worth the price you pay the rest of the night,” he said. “There is much less research on cannabis, but it has a similar pattern to alcohol. Plus, if you use either alcohol or cannabis as a coping strategy to improve sleep, it increases the chances of becoming dependent on them.”

I also reached out to Lisa Fucito, a professor of psychiatry at Yale and the director of the Tobacco Treatment Service at Smilow Cancer Hospital.“Alcohol, cannabis, and other psychoactive substances do not address the behavioral and cognitive processes that perpetuate insomnia,” she said. “While these substances may provide short-term sedation, their sleep effects tend to diminish with tolerance in as little as a few days and can worsen sleep continuity and quality.” Tolerance can develop within days, and is often followed by rebound sleep disruption in the second half of the night.

As a psychologist, I venture that most people who use substances to sleep are trying to help, not harm, themselves. They are likely not informed about the potential damaging effects of these substances or their ineffectiveness.

The research evidence overwhelmingly supports that cognitive behavioral therapy is a safer, more effective long-term solution for many sleep difficulties, even if it lacks the appeal of a quick fix. This can help address the root cause of behaviors such as spending excessive time in bed awake, maintaining irregular sleep schedules, and conditioned arousal such as worrying about sleep. 

Noelle Smith is a psychologist and vice-president of clinical care at Moona Health, which specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia via telehealth. “The good news is that insomnia is highly treatable,” she said. Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches skills like establishing a consistent sleep schedule, strengthening the connection between bed and sleep, and changing the unhelpful worries that keep people awake. “The results are more durable than medication and other substances with fewer side effects,” Smith added, “so people see lasting improvement in their ability to fall and stay asleep.”

It’s possible that some of us who are struggling with sleep-related issues may not have the time or money to seek formal services. Fortunately, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD and the Department of Defense’s National Center for Telehealth and Technology developed free evidence-informed mobile apps that anyone can use alone or in conjunction with their health care provider. These apps can assist in learning effective ways to increase healthy sleep. 

To be sure, there are a wide range of sleep complaints and disorders including, but not limited to, insomnia, breathing, and movement disorders. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine launched the Sleep is Good Medicine campaign to increase public education about the importance of sleep and its connection to health. They offer a wealth of resources such as a podcast called Talking Sleep and tips on talking to one’s doctor about sleep.

Given that sleep-related difficulties are so widespread, please know that you are not alone. Effective strategies exist, and using alcohol or cannabis to sleep is counterproductive.

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Sainsbury’s to sell Argos to three retail veterans in £120m deal
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:47:02 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:04:55

Trio set up Swift Partners for the acquisition, allowing supermarket to focus on core food business

Sainsbury’s has agreed to sell the Argos retail chain for £120m to allow it to concentrate on its core food business.

The supermarket announced on Friday it was selling the catalogue shopping business to a trio of retail veterans, a decade after buying the company for more than £1bn.

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AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
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Published: 2026-07-31 11:21:20 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:04:55

Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real

From apparently conspiring to steal elections to abusing staff or performing embarrassing dance moves, the last few years have seen plenty of fake content made about politicians intended to malign its targets and mislead the public.

Now EU rules aim to stem the flood of this deceptive content: starting from Sunday, artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look authentic must be labelled.

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Inside the New York court where children face deportation without access to attorneys
Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:11 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:03:55

About 20,000 unaccompanied minors will lose legal representation if the federal government ends a longstanding contract on Friday, kicking current problems into overdrive across US

Inside an immigration court in lower Manhattan, the faces of migrant children – some as young as three – have been beamed on to a video screen throughout the summer as they faced deportation hearings. Most appeared virtually. Some sat around desks in a classroom, others bounced on bunk beds or rocked in chairs inside small offices or storage closets.

Detained in nearby shelters for unaccompanied minors in New York, the vast majority did not have lawyers as they appeared before the court.

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McCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerous | Judith Levine
Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:10 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:03:55

Trump’s campaign of repression echoes the red scare. But now the government has bigger ambitions and more powerful tools

There are many parallels between the first McCarthy era, roughly 1946 to 1956, and Trump’s campaign of political repression, his own updated McCarthyism.

Both regimes crafted a monster of quasi-facts and innuendo and fed it with fear: an enemy within, well-organized and financed, secretive and violent, allied with evil foreigners and bent on overthrowing capitalism, democracy and Christian morality. Both used flagrantly unconstitutional means to cleanse the nation of the spectral menace.

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I study the boreal forest. This summer wildfires came for my home | Julee Boan
Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:10 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:03:55

Here are things that will – and will not – help us fight the threat of wildfires

I have spent much of my career studying boreal forests and I know fire is part of how they renew themselves. That knowledge did nothing for the lump in my throat last week as wildfires closed in on my community in northwestern Ontario.

Over 150 fires were burning in the region almost at once, displacing at least 1,800 people from more than a dozen communities, most of them Indigenous. Namaygoosisagagun First Nation burned to the ground, its residents narrowly escaping by boat.

Julee Boan is Partnerships Director, Global Nature, International, at the Natural Resources Defense Council

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The dead doctor and a dicey diet: how a ban made a hero of Egypt’s rogue medic
Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:10 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:03:55

Diaa al-Awadi claimed insulin was a fraud, smoking was safe and chemotherapy useless. But despite losing his medical licence and dying at early age, his reach continues to grow

It had been a struggle with conventional treatments. For Fatima Adel, a 50-year-old author living in Cairo’s upmarket Sheikh Zayed neighbourhood, the misdiagnoses and medical errors she had experienced had began to erode her confidence in doctors.

But when the videos of Diaa al-Awadi began circulating – an Egyptian doctor who spoke plainly, invoked the Qur’an, and told his audience that their bodies could heal themselves if they changed their diet – Adel, like tens of thousands of other Egyptians, listened.

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AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
Published: 2026-07-31 11:21:20 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:03:55

Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real

From apparently conspiring to steal elections to abusing staff or performing embarrassing dance moves, the last few years have seen plenty of fake content made about politicians intended to malign its targets and mislead the public.

Now EU rules aim to stem the flood of this deceptive content: starting from Sunday, artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look authentic must be labelled.

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At least 57 people die as tens of thousands cross to Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco
Published: 2026-07-31 17:52:11 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:03:55

Pedro Sánchez decries ‘violation of territorial integrity’ as other EU countries criticise Madrid over incident

At least 57 people have died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after as many as 50,000 migrants entered the tiny territory from Morocco in what Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity”.

The huge influx, which took place over the course of just 24 hours, overwhelmed the city of 85,000 people, triggered a political crisis for Madrid and led to a mixed reaction from other EU countries, including calls for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen free-movement zone.

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Southport killer charged with multiple assaults on staff at Belmarsh prison
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Published: 2026-07-31 06:29:00 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:03:55
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with multiple assaults on prison staff at HMP Belmarsh.
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How Iran war shipping disruptions and price spikes widen inequality in Africa
Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:01 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:02:58
In Angola, supply chain disruptions and higher global energy costs have driven up prices of food, fuel and fertilizer, increases felt by the poor, while the wealthy are earning more.
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Drought conditions may worsen before improving as little rain in sight
Published: 2026-07-31 01:28:46 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:02:55
Conditions in the most parched areas of the United Kingdom could worsen before they improve, according to the latest forecasts.
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Review: Can We Do Whatever a Spider Can?
Published: 2026-07-28 20:01:24 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
The Spider-Man series is about growing up. Now its superhero has become an adult.
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Can the Gritty ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Save the Superhero Movie?
Published: 2026-07-31 09:02:04 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
The newest entry in the franchise took a more grounded approach, a departure for a spectacle-focused genre that is teetering at the box office.
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German Authorities Knew of Pride Attacker’s Extremism
Published: 2026-07-31 09:03:16 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
The assailant, a German citizen, was imprisoned after trying to join the Islamic State but freed weeks before attacking a gay Pride event in Berlin.
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In Trump’s Economy, Job Gains Go to Women. That’s Not an Entirely Good Thing.
Published: 2026-07-31 12:35:39 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
Despite the administration’s best attempts, the diminishing status of many American jobs is driving a spike in women’s employment.
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Critics Say Historic Sites Are Endangered by Trump-Aligned Panel’s Plan
Published: 2026-07-31 12:47:20 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
Proponents say the changes to the federal preservation rules are necessary, but critics argue they are alarming and would help expedite the president’s redesign of Washington.
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Europe Is Caught Between Low Gas Reserves and Rising Prices From Iran War
Published: 2026-07-31 13:20:45 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
Across Europe, reserves of natural gas for use in the winter months are lagging, meaning continued higher prices for households and businesses.
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Iran Says It Targeted U.S. Military in Kuwait With Drones
Published: 2026-07-31 09:38:51 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
The Iranian army said it had targeted U.S. assets at a Kuwaiti air base. There were no immediate reports of any attacks from Kuwait or from the U.S. military.
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Meet the Man Who Oversees the Sorting and Shipping of NYC’s Library Books
Published: 2026-07-31 07:00:14 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
For 20 years, a retired Police Department captain has overseen the shipping of books to library branches. Tens of thousands of books are sorted each day.
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Five Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Larry Ellison’s A.I. Gamble
Published: 2026-07-31 09:05:03 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
The billionaire’s company took on ominous loads of debt to build data centers around the world. The implications go far beyond Oracle.
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Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble?
Published: 2026-08-02 15:45:26 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.
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Trump Says Peace Board Has Plan for Gaza Disarmament
Published: 2026-07-31 02:47:09 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:55
There was no immediate comment from Hamas or Israel, though the Board of Peace said Hamas had agreed to a “road map” to give up its weapons.
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How the Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem Is Splintering Ahead of the Midterms
Published: 2026-07-31 17:49:56 | Created: 2026-07-31 10:01:54
Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections.
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«Кнопка бдительности» за 30 000 ₽: как угольный карьер сделал систему антисна без камер и ИИ
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:49:43 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:50:56

Карьер. Ночная смена. Самосвал везет уголь, водитель уже несколько часов за рулем. Самый опасный сценарий сейчас – не поломка, а «микросон»: несколько секунд без сознания на скорости, и 45-тонная машина превращается в неуправляемый снаряд.

Готовые системы мониторинга состояния водителя решают эту задачу с помощью видеокамер: следят за глазами, анализируют видеопоток, интегрируются с диспетчерской. Но стоят они соответственно. Сегодня разберем кейс угледобывающего предприятия «Разрез Пермяковский», где пошли инженерным путем и собрали собственную систему «Кнопка бдительности» на базе телематического оборудования. Итоговая стоимость на 10 единиц техники – около 30 000 ₽.

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Об одном различии работы оптимизатора Postgres и Oracle
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:48:01 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:49:57

При переносе большой системы разработанной под одну СУБД на другую неизбежно возникают различные "нюансы", то что эффективно работало в одной СУБД, уже не так эффективно (или совсем неэффективно) работает в другой.

В частности SQL разработанный под Oracle при всей синтаксической схожести может работать совсем не так в PostgreSQL Однако, это не значит, что ничего нельзя сделать, зачастую, если переписать код, используя особенности "новой" СУБД вы можете получить ту же эффективность выполнения.

Сегодня я хочу рассмотреть один частный случай, связанный с обработкой аналитических(оконных) функций оптимизаторами Postgres и Oracle.

Итак на герой, рассмотрим на синтетическом примере (который довольно похож на реальный)
создаём табличку t_rownum_stop c составным первичным ключом (obj_id - селективное, но не уникальное поле, key_1 и cat_id малоселективные поля)

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Week in wildlife: snub-nosed monkeys, amorous cobras and a milk-snatching fox
Published: 2026-07-31 09:13:33 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:48:56

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

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Betfred to cut 600 jobs as 132 shops close amid industry tax raid
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Published: 2026-07-31 07:11:00 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:48:55
One of Britain's biggest high street bookmakers is to axe hundreds of jobs as it prepares to close more than 130 shops amid a deepening tax raid on the industry.
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Боты уже составляют большую часть интернет-трафика. Почему это проблема не только ИБ
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:44:48 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:46:55

На связи Лука Сафонов — бизнес-партнер по инновационному развитию «Гарды».

Вопрос «Есть ли на нашем сайте бот-трафик?» уже потерял смысл. Почти наверняка есть. Гораздо важнее понять, сколько его, кто его создает, с какой целью и как он влияет на бизнес.

При этом проблема автоматизированного трафика давно вышла за пределы простого вопроса «заблокировать ботов». Чересчур жесткие ограничения могут вызывать негатив у реальных пользователей, а слишком мягкие позволяют злоумышленникам использовать автоматизацию для атак.

Под катом — разбираемся, почему привычные методы защиты уже не всегда справляются и как отличать полезную автоматизацию от активности, которая создает риски для бизнеса.

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SOLID в реальном мире. OCP без «давайте сразу сделаем расширяемо»
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:44:54 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:46:55

Дисклеймер: статья для разработчиков уровня junior и middle, которые знакомятся с принципами чистого кода и SOLID. Примеры кода — PHP 8.1+.

Всем доброго дня! На связи Валевич Артем — тимлид в компании AGIMA. В первой части серии мы разобрали Single Responsibility Principle на кейсе системы отзывов и пришли к простому выводу:

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Социальная инженерия. Диагностика команд. Часть 2. Культурная перспектива. Метафора «Культура» и «Психическая тюрьма»
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:44:13 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:44:55

Под этим углом исследования — Организация вовсе не здания и даже не группы людей в них, а разделяемая сообществом реальность, которую люди постоянно создают и пересоздают в своей речи, символах и ритуалах.

Ключевая идея: Организация представляет собой не просто место, где работают сотрудники, а мини-общество, со своей корпоративной культурой, социальными конструкциями реальности, смыслами и ценностями, ритуалами и символами, задающими основу идентичности. С этой точки зрения успех компании зависит не столько от ее ресурсов, сколько от силы духа в «сказаниях и былинах», которые люди слагают о ней и пересказывают друг другу.

Элементы: Это не отделы и не нейроны, а символы, язык и ритуалы. Например, дизайн офиса, дресс-код, манера общения, отношение к клиенту.

Связи: Вместо иерархии или потоков информации здесь господствуют сети эмпатии, которые действуют только тогда, когда люди одинаково расшифровывают основные смыслы (сигналы). 

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[Перевод] Axelix выходит в общий доступ. Путь в тысячу миль начинается с первого шага
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:40:56 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:41:55

От имени основной команды Axelix и всех, кто внёс вклад в сообщество, я хочу заявить: мы наконец это сделали.

Axelix, наконец, выходит в GA (Generally Available — общедоступная версия)!

Для тех, кто не знает - Axelix это продукт с открытым (Open Source) ядром, который позволяет выявлять распространённые проблемы, подводные камни и неэффективности в Java-приложениях.

Ядро продукта лежит на GitHub - можете использовать, это бесплатно.

В этом посте я хочу поделиться историей и мотивацией, стоящей за продуктом в целом. Надеюсь, вам будет интересно.

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'Relieved' Woods wins gold again in restaged race
Published: 2026-07-31 09:35:35 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:41:55
Scotland's Melanie Woods wins the Commonwealth Games women's 1500m T54 for the second time in under 40 hours after streaking to victory in the restaged final.
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Мобильный клиент для LM Studio: Мультичат и выбор моделей на лету
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:40:06 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:40:55

Продолжение начало https://habr.com/ru/articles/956272/

Привет! Прошло время с момента выхода первой версии моего мобильного клиента для LM Studio. Приложение получило отклик, и появились идеи по его улучшению. В этой статье я расскажу о двух главных нововведениях, которые делают работу с локальными моделями ещё удобнее: мультичат и возможность выбирать модель на лету прямо в процессе диалога.

Ключевые изменения:
Основная цель обновления — сделать работу с LM Studio более гибкой и приближенной к десктопному опыту. Теперь вы не ограничены одним диалогом и можете легко переключаться между моделями, не прерывая рабочий поток. Эти функции особенно полезны, когда нужно быстро протестировать разные модели на одной задаче или вести несколько независимых проектов одновременно.

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Как AI забрал у меня 7 самых скучных задач Product Manager
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:35:47 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:36:56

Я Product Manager и уже много лет занимаюсь управлением развития цифровых продуктов. За последние два года AI стал частью моей ежедневной работы. В этой статье я поделюсь своим опытов взаимодействия с AI и расскажу о задачах, которые перестала делать вручную, и о том, где искусственный интеллект действительно экономит мое время, а где пока, на мой взгляд, все еще не может заменить человека.

Несколько лет назад мой рабочий день выглядел вполне типично для Product Manager: исследования рынка, анализ конкурентов, интервью с пользователями, подготовка требований к продукту, приоритизация бэклога, подготовка релизов, аналитика после запуска, анализ обратной связи пользователей и прочее. При этом большую часть моего рабочего времени занимало не принятие решений, а подготовка информации для них.

С появлением современных AI-инструментов изменилось не то, что делает Product Manager, а как он это делает.

Я не стала работать меньше. Но перестала тратить часы на задачи, которые AI способен выполнить для меня за минуты.

Вот мои семь задач, для реализации которых я прибегаю к помощи AI.

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Back in HG Wells’ time machine: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Published: 2026-07-31 09:30:09 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:33:57
Tankers Are Being Blown Out of the Water. See How Mideast Strikes Are Piling Up.
Published: 2026-07-31 09:30:00 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:33:55
At least 67 ships have been attacked or boarded since the start of the Iran war, and at least 17 seafarers have been killed.
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Massive Attack banned from Singapore after pro-Palestine display at show
Published: 2026-07-31 17:55:04 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:33:55
The UK band is told not to return to the city-state after shouting "free Palestine" at a gig on Wednesday.
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My family is coming apart – so it’s time for one last video game session | Dominik Diamond
Published: 2026-07-31 09:00:10 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:28:56

I wanted our last family games night to be the best fun we’ve ever had. Maybe we should have stuck with Mario Kart …

It is the end of an era for the Diamond family. For 20 years, there have been five of us living together. It has not been easy. Militant vegan daughters, sons who have inherited Scottish tempers, and a youngest child who attracts trouble like an industrial magnet, have meant our house has been conflict-laden at times. Throw in the fact that we are beset with all manner of mental health bobbins and chronic illnesses that resulted in two of our three kids almost dying in hospitals and you get a family that is combustible – but extremely close.

Through it all, we had games. They always brought us back together. Not just us all hunkering over Super Mario Kart like some kind of UN-mandated family therapy, but the conversations that happen when any of us spy another playing something new. Games are a cultural touchstone that helped us crack through the veneer of disagreements and distrust and remind us that we have more things in common than we sometimes feel.

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Jacqueline Crooks: ‘Toni Morrison’s voice made me want to find my own’
Published: 2026-07-31 09:00:10 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:28:55

The novelist on learning empathy from Charles Dickens, the playfulness of Irenosen Okojie and avoiding Jane Austen

My earliest reading memory
I was eight when I was given The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley, after being moved from my grand­mother’s care to live with my mother and her husband, who I barely knew. The story is about leaving one world, adapting to another. Surviving. It gave shape to unnamed feelings and developed my survival imagination: imagining beyond my circumstances.

My favourite book growing up
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I followed David’s journey from exclusion to belonging. Dickens vivifies his characters; you grow alongside them. The novel taught me empathy, and that some relationships sustain us while others must be left behind.

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Как обезопасить домен от блокировки регистратора уже сейчас, а не с 1 сентября
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:24:50 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:25:55

С 1 сентября 2026 года вступает в силу 569-ФЗ от 29.12.2025 - обязательная идентификация администраторов доменов в зонах .ru, .рф и .su через ЕСИА («Госуслуги»). Правило касается всех: физлиц, ИП, компаний и даже иностранных владельцев.

А еще есть правила самих регистраторов типа nic ru, как в нашем кейсе ниже, согласно которым они вправе проверять сведения об администраторе в любой момент, и при невыполнении запроса прекращать делегирование домена до выяснения обстоятельств.

Но обо всем по порядку.

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Spain’s Leader Rushes to Ceuta After Thousands of Migrants Burst Across Border
Published: 2026-07-31 09:18:39 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:21:55
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was set to arrive in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in Africa, amid an escalating crisis for his pro-immigration government.
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Commonwealth Games 2026: Hunter Bell wins 800m gold; athletics and boxing on day eight – as it happened
Published: 2026-07-31 21:06:29 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:18:55

England’s Georgia Hunter Bell won the women’s 800m final in style to claim her first Commonwealth Games medal

Boxing: Scarlett Savannah Delgado of Canada and Preeti Preeti of India will contest the women’s 54kg final after winning their respective semi-finals. England’s Lauren Mackie and Zambia’s Catherine Mwape will fight for bronze.

Up next it’s a 65kg home nations derby between Kaci Rock (Northern Ireland) and Caitlin Rainey (Scotland). Rock is the daughter of the former Irish boxer Jim Rock (the only man to hold Irish titles in four different weight divisions) and idolised Katie Taylor growing up. Initially her father tried to dissuade Rock from taking up boxing. “Sometimes when your mum and dad tell you you can’t do something, you want to do it more and I think that’s what happened,” she told BBC Sport.

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British-Azerbaijani man arrested in Cyprus over alleged spying on UK airbase for Iran
Published: 2026-07-31 08:58:41 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:18:55

Rashad Sultanov, from London, suspected of conducting hostile surveillance and passing information to Revolutionary Guards

A British-Azerbaijani national has been arrested ⁠in Cyprus on suspicion of spying on a British airbase on the Mediterranean island and passing information to Iran’s ⁠Islamic Revolutionary Guard ⁠Corps, the Metropolitan police ​said.

Rashad Sultanov, 44, from Islington, north London, was arrested on 17 July by Cypriot authorities ⁠and is being held in custody as extradition proceedings continue, the police said in a statement on Friday.

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Объявлена программа CIO CAMP 2026: как компании переводят ИИ из пилотов в рабочие процессы
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:14:52 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:15:56

INFOSTART CIO CAMP 2026 пройдет 14–15 августа в Санкт-Петербурге. Деловая программа первого дня посвящена практическим вопросам корпоративного внедрения искусственного интеллекта: от изменения операционной модели компании до инфраструктуры, безопасности, разработки агентов и оценки затрат.

Экспериментальный этап внедрения ИИ постепенно заканчивается. Во многих компаниях уже появились отдельные помощники, пилотные проекты и доступ сотрудников к большим языковым моделям. Но переход к промышленной эксплуатации требует ответа на более сложные вопросы.

Как встроить агента в действующий бизнес-процесс? Где обрабатывать персональные и коммерческие данные? Как ограничивать расходы на модели? Какие этапы разработки нельзя передавать нейросети? И как доказать, что экономический результат появился именно благодаря ИИ, а не за счет стандартизации или перераспределения ролей?

Эти задачи легли в основу объявленной программы.

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WATCH: New Jersey officer, disguised as shrub, catches alleged distracted drivers
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Published: 2026-08-01 23:20:07 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:15:55
A police department in New Jersey is using a new tactic to catch alleged distracted drivers.
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Как мы проектировали архитектуру сервиса MFA для миллиона пользователей
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Published: 2026-07-31 09:13:31 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:14:56

Система многофакторной аутентификации находится на критическом участке корпоративной инфраструктуры. Через нее проходят практически все сценарии доступа пользователей: подключение к VPN, вход в виртуальные рабочие столы, корпоративную почту, внутренние веб-приложения, облачные сервисы и административные панели. Если сервис аутентификации становится недоступным, сотрудники не могут начать работу независимо от того, насколько исправно функционируют остальные информационные системы.

Поэтому выбор между облачной и локальной моделью эксплуатации в первую очередь определяется не экономикой проекта, а требованиями к доступности, отказоустойчивости, безопасности и соответствию требованиям регуляторов.

За последние несколько лет мы реализовали обе модели. MULTIFACTOR используется как классическое on-premise решение внутри инфраструктуры заказчиков и одновременно существует как облачный сервис, который ежедневно обслуживает более миллиона пользователей. За это время стало очевидно, что вопрос «облако или коробка» уже не отражает реальную картину. Гораздо важнее понять, какие требования предъявляются к системе и каким образом должна быть построена ее архитектура.

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WATCH: Powerful home explosion rocks Ohio community, shaking felt at least two miles away
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Published: 2026-07-31 10:40:35 | Created: 2026-07-31 09:13:55
A powerful home explosion rocked an entire neighborhood in Canton, Ohio, and damaged nearby homes. Two people were seriously hurt in what authorities believe was a natural gas explosion.
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