A Wall Street Journal report details how profit is at the center of Trump’s “peace” talks.

Republican-led Senate and House committees say they will increase scrutiny of the Pentagon after a report said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of all crew members of a vessel…

At present, the revenues generated by AI companies, and the data centre operators rapidly expanding to serve them, are nowhere near the ballpark to cover the build-out costs.

Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it

The AI industry is staking its future on language models. But LLMs, an expert argues, are fundamentally incapable of being intelligent.

A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.

The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels

From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election

There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

FSG LLC’s preliminary rating explains how a data center and selective eyesight create a perfectly legal accounting miracle.

Swedish publisher's association Utgivarna has filed a police report in Sweden against Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.The reason is fake ads ...

EPA warns of unhealthy air in parts of California and Oregon as residents urged to stay indoors as PM2.5 pollution rises.

Windows 11 now preloads File Explorer to speed up launch times, but our tests show the fix only goes so far to speed-up the launch.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Former minister says ditching plan for day-one protection against unfair dismissal ‘definitely is a manifesto breach’ Keir Starmer is facing backbench anger after ministers abandoned plans to give workers day-one protection against unfair dismissal, a U-turn that breaches the Labour manifesto. MPs including a former minister who spearheaded the employment rights bill with the former deputy leader Angela Rayner have voiced concerns over the climbdown announced by the government. Continue reading...

The independence of UK courts and public confidence in the legal system could be the victims of David Lammy’s plan for justice on the cheap, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Far-right minister defends killing of two men in Jenin, saying ‘terrorists must die’ Video of an Israeli military raid in Jenin shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier. The shooting on Thursday evening, which was also witnessed by journalists close to the scene, is under justice ministry review, but has already been defended by Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who declared: “terrorists must die”. Continue reading...

Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.

Big Tech promises come with huge energy demands and social risks