A mom and science writer offers an operating manual for parents grappling with kids' screen use and cravings for sweets.

Ten years after Colombia's peace deal, former FARC commander on the election campaign trail is discovering that winning ballots can be tougher than waging war.

Instead of banning AI, why don't schools teach students to use it critically? College freshman Maximilian Milovidov shares what he has learned in an "AI writing" course at Columbia University.

The job market showed further signs of weakness last month as employers cut 92,000 jobs. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%, from 4.3% in January.

President Trump has fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement. And, the Justice Department released some missing Epstein files.

It's an age old practice that's having a moment right now. But is there anything to the health claims? Scientists say sauna is more than hot air.

Iran fired missiles toward Israel Friday, Israeli officials say, after Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and hit Beirut's southern suburbs overnight.

Plus: Primates of all varieties!

Chicago native Jennifer Hudson is among the singers performing at a memorial for the civil rights leader who died last month. Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will attend.

The 20-something billionaires who run Kalshi and Polymarket are battling it out to be the top prediction market company. Observers and former insiders say the feud is just heating up.

A local in Tehran tell BBC Verify that the city has been turned into a "ghost town" as residents flee.

New flights to the UK from the Middle East follow days of widespread air travel disruption which had left Britons stranded.

Communities across huge swathes of Lebanon have been told by Israel to leave their homes due to military action against Hezbollah.

The men were arrested on Friday on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service.

Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says oil could hit $150 a barrel if the Iran conflict continues over the coming weeks.

Bryonie Gawith and her children died when Sharaz Ali set fire to their home in revenge for her sister ending their relationship.

The women have been interviewed under suspicion of aiding and abetting rape and human trafficking, the Met Police says.

Nationwide, HSBC and Coventry Building Society are all putting some mortgage rates up.

Student Aalia Mahomed, 20, was described as the "most amazing daughter" by her mother.

England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.

Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS

Many web sites, social media services, and other platforms require age verification on the theory that it will protect kids from seeing inappropriate content. But now some US states want to require the operating system itself to check your age and that could cause big headaches for FOSS vendors.…

Switchzilla says flaws could allow file overwrites or privilege escalation

Just when network admins thought the Cisco SD-WAN patch queue might finally be shrinking, Switchzilla has confirmed miscreants are exploiting more vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN management software.…

Brands Trump administration decision 'legally unsound' and has 'no choice but to challenge it in court'

AI giant Anthropic says that it has "no choice" but to sue the US government after being officially designated a supply chain risk to national security.…

Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least

Scientists have ruled out the possibility that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 might hit the Moon on December 22, 2032.…

Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad

The Trump administration is reportedly planning new restrictions on GPU exports, aimed not only at controlling who gets them, but at driving AI investment back into the US.…

Crooks tweak familiar copy-paste ruse so that victims run malicious commands themselves

A new twist on the long-running ClickFix scam is now tricking Windows users into launching Windows Terminal and pasting malware into it themselves – handing the credential-stealing Lumma infostealer the keys to their browser vault.…

House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growth

Britain's creative industries will face significant damage unless the government strengthens AI copyright law, according to a House of Lords committee.…

Admins get another year before migration pressure ramps up

Microsoft has delayed the opt-out phase for the new enterprise version of Outlook to 2027, giving administrators another 12 months to get ready for migration.…

FBI and French GIGN swoop on Saint Martin, John Daghita in cuffs

The son of a government contractor was arrested in the Caribbean after allegedly stealing more than $46 million in seized cryptocurrency from the US Marshals Service, the FBI says.…

Its aim is wide, covering everything from social networks to GenAI

Norway's Forbrukerrådet consumer council is taking aim at the creeping enshittification of modern life in a 100-page report – and a splendid four-minute video which we highly recommend.…

Older EVs, but not newer ones, may lose up to 30 percent range in a warming world.

Move comes in the wake of TikTok's transfer of US operations.

Announcements this week were mostly business as usual, but Apple isn't immune.

"We will challenge every requirement, clear every obstacle, delete every blocker."

A new hypothesis proposes that our ancestors lost their eyes, then rebuilt them.

Trade groups urge court to create a simple blueprint for tariff refunds.

Hayden AI also claims co-founder improperly sold over $1.2M in stock.

While semantics count for some, gamers win either way.

It looks like United Launch Alliance will build more upper stages for NASA's SLS rocket.

Meta accused of "concealing the facts" about smart glass users' privacy.