Federal government failed to hold Epstein accountable, Republican committee says
The Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee released a scathing report after a 15-month investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. It faulted the federal government with decades of failing to hold Epstein accountable.
House votes to effectively end the impeachment effort against Pete Hegseth
House Republicans managed to short-circuit a floor vote on the impeachment effort brought against the Defense Secretary by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie.
Supreme Court seems split over federal agencies' ability to fine for law violations
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case related to temporary worker visas. The company involved says enforcement issues should go through the courts, not the federal agency alone.
Should you trust new AI agents with your money and data?
Tech companies want agentic AI to be the new way you shop. But should you trust AI when your money's involved?
Testing the new generation of AI-enabled fire-extinguishing drones
Drone makers are testing new, big drones that can deliver water or fire retardant with AI assistance. Aspen, Colorado is the first place trying them out. Cool and expensive? Yes. Effective? TBD.
U.S. boycotts U.N. human rights review for second year running
The U.S. has skipped a key U.N. human rights review for the second year running. Rights groups warn the absence risks undermining global accountability.
Americans across the economic spectrum feel a 'panic' about finances, author says
Mona Chalabi spent five years following Americans living paycheck to paycheck, as well as those earning top wages. Her new book, Ten Lives, explores why financial security can feel so elusive.
Gas prices dip below $4 but inflation remains stubbornly high
Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.
'Like gods reigning over humans': Many defectors see daughter of North Korea's Kim as heir apparent
Little is known about her except that she's reportedly about 13 and named Kim Ju Ae, but Korea's spy agency says she's likely her father's heir.
Indonesia's VP offers resignation as questions mount over his eligibility
His resignation offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo and a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president.
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Jonathan Ross 'horrified' by Walliams allegations and Brand conviction
The TV presenter says he was once "friendly" with both David Walliams and Russell Brand, but was "genuinely unaware of their conduct".
Why Walliams' unprecedented legal battle to stay anonymous failed
The 55-year-old was named in reports by ITV News and the Guardian on Tuesday after losing a court bid to stop allegations being made public.
Three Iran-backed suspects plotted attacks including RAF Fairford incident, US says
The US Department of Justice says the men were involved in a string of plots, including a major incident near the UK airbase that is used by US armed forces.
Acquitted 'China spy': I was fall guy for security services
Thousands of messages seen by BBC show how a Chinese official sought details of sensitive political matters.
Temperatures to dip to -5C as first cold health alerts of season issued
The most widespread frost of the season so far is forecast for many parts of the country. BBC Weather's Tomasz Schafernaker reports.
US Army soldier suspected of spying for Russia arrested in UK
The 41-year-old senior soldier is accused of national security offences and is being questioned in London.
Prince George's artwork featured in Country Life magazine
The Prince of Wales features his 13-year-old son's drawing of a bird as part of a special edition of the magazine.
Antidepressant escitalopram more effective at preventing relapse, analysis finds
Three pills came top and outperformed Prozac for preventing relapse in a large number of patients.
US House blocks bid to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, for now
Trump welcomes the outcome, praising Hegseth as a "Great American Patriot", but Democrats can try again next year.
New photos are 'essential evidence' of possible SAS war crimes, inquiry told
The inquiry's lead barrister says photos of people lying on their backs with shots to the head may be evidence of possible war crimes.
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OpenAI builds a kill switch for its research models
How much damage can a rogue agent do in 35 seconds? Asking cos that’s how long it might take to shut one down
Australia may make knowingly selling unsafe AI a crime
New regulator will require modelmakers to test and allow inspection, but not much more
Anthropic tiptoes into MS Office territory
Sheets, Whiteboards, and Data artifact types bring Claude closer to a productivity suite
Ye olde server consolidation has made Cisco push top-of-rack switching to 100G
Newer server processors pack more cores into fewer boxes, creating a need for network speed
VMware floats new standard to make sure apps don’t break in hybrid K8s environments
Virtzilla also taking on KubeVirt by sharing VM API with the CNCF
November Patch Tuesday boasts over 1,000 bugs but only one zero-day so far
Microsoft admins wail and gnash their teeth
Ring robots ready to patrol paranoids’ pads
Amazon calls its home security drone and business patrol bot 'proactive protection'
To thwart reverse engineering by agents, dev proposes blinding them
A poke in the AI with a sharp stick
Barracuda’s email security gateways bitten by make-me-root vulns
Someone's fishing for exposed devices
14-year-old creates tool for AI agents to band together like a team
Autark can act without constant prompting, but leaves users to enforce their own security boundaries
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Seagate's new hybrid drive raises some old questions
The FireCuda Forge revisits an old idea, with some familiar questions.
The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch
"Launch is extremely constrained and that is exactly the situation we predicted."
Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robot
Amazon's roaming Ring Robotics devices will debut in late 2026 and early 2027.
Democrats oppose plan to stack FCC with Republicans, plan probes of Chairman Carr
Democrats accuse FCC nominee of evading questions about Carr, her current boss.
Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI
Researcher finds 35,000 Grok Build apps wide open to anyone who looked for them.
What happens to mathematics when AI becomes an oracle?
Mathematician Steven Strogatz discusses his new book, Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World.
Google Fi adds support for a second 5G network, won't say which one
Fi has always supported T-Mobile, but the new one? Google won't say.
Pixel phones getting new icon styles, Create My Widget, and more in November Pixel Drop
Spruce up your home screen with expanded custom icons and AI-generated widgets.
Free video-streaming service Tubi lets users share curated watchlists now
User-based recommendations could make it easier to find stuff to watch on Tubi.
Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve's new FPS data
Benchmark tools for generic gaming rigs could be coming soon.