Gunmen abducted more than 300 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria.

A bitter race to claim economic and political power has divided the country and the human cost can no longer be ignored

Much of the US economy rests on AI’s future. On this episode of “The Big Interview” podcast, “Odd Lots” cohost Joe Weisenthal breaks down why AI’s impact on finance goes beyond billion-dollar...

Proton Mail is an appealing alternative to Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail. It also comes with advanced privacy and productivity features, including a way to manage newsletter overload.

Techie wired cryptominers into Nordex's network while company reeled from cyberattack A Dutch wind farm operator learned the hard way that its turbines weren't just spinning to generate electricity – they were also powering someone else's crypto wallet.…

Outage leaves users staring at error pages while recovery crawls along Breaking  Internet services provider Cloudflare is suffering a major outage that has knocked chunks of the web offline – including The Register.…

Linux inventor also discusses Rust in the kernel, Nvidia's proprietary code, and the problem of AI crawlers Linux and Git inventor Linus Torvalds discussed AI in software development in an interview earlier this month, describing himself as "fairly positive" about vibe coding, but as a way into computing, not for production coding where it would likely be horrible to maintain.…

Instead of getting an AI-generated travel plan, Boop aims to give users access to itineraries from real people who went on real trips. 

Official Trump social media accounts have been using The Life of a Showgirl snippets to promote his agenda. Why has Swift, who once wanted ‘to be on the right side of history’, said nothing?

Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.

Britain’s biggest and most important media organization, the BBC, is facing turmoil after its top executive and head of news resigned.

The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary. “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening. Continue reading...

At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep going

Even offers refunds if users sign up for AI they don’t want Microsoft Australia has apologized to users of its M365 suite after regulators accused it of steering them towards pricey bundles that include its Copilot AI service.…

From decorative plants to herbs and salad greens, choose the right variety to thrive in your indoor space

About 70% of town’s olives are inaccessible without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlers

Volker Turk voices rare criticism of the US bombing campaign that has killed more than 60 people in under two months.

Six-year-old twins in Gaza City were playing outside when they saw a round object and thought it was a toy. Then it exploded.

“Would be great if my bed wasn’t stuck in an inclined position …”…

Over the past three years, as OpenAI swelled from a tiny research lab into the world’s most valuable startup, one company has captured nearly all of its billions of dollars in annual spending on the s...