Analysts say the Iran war energy crisis is also adding momentum to nuclear interest and action in the region.

Iran rejects a U.S. proposal to end the war and counters with a different peace plan. And, a jury finds Meta and Google negligent in a trial over social media's harms.

The war in the Middle East ramped up on Thursday as Israel launched a wave of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure, and Iran fired rounds of missiles at central Israel.

President Trump has tried to kill offshore wind's future in the U.S. But industry analysts say the attacks could hurt business confidence across the U.S. economy.

The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025.

As June's primary election nears, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and combat veteran Graham Platner are effectively engaged in a proxy battle between factions in their own party.

States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund established by Congress to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.

In Annapolis, Md., people gather each year to usher in the warmer weather by burning their socks. The springtime tradition is the unofficial start of the Chesapeake Bay sailing season.

Iran rejects U.S. peace proposal and lays out its own conditions, the Army's 82nd Airborne Division readies to deploy to Iran, jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial.

The robot accompanied the first lady to the White House East Room for the final day of a summit she had convened with counterparts from around the world through her Fostering the Future Together global initiative.

The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.

The OECD downgrades forecasts for many of the world's biggest economies due to the US-Israel war with Iran.

The Gulf's hub airports made long-distance travel cheaper - but now their future looks unclear.

The long-distance Coast to Coast route which stretches across the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors is now an official National Trail.

Ione Wells travels to Sucre, where a lack of investment has hampered locals' prospects.

Forces are now approved to board sanctioned vessels if required, after ministers identified a legal basis in January.

Shirine Khoury-Haq's departure comes after a troubled year, in which the retailer suffered a cyber-attack and faced allegations about its workplace culture.

Messages relating to Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador could have been lost in the alleged theft.

Disney+ says it has been given "unprecedented access" to the singer in her first major interview in 15 years.

The White House insists the president is dictating events, but even some Republicans are frustrated by mixed messaging about his war aims.

Appearing before Parliament, Meta, Google and X struggle to explain how fake political video circulated for so long

A member of the UK Parliament's lower house who was the victim of a deepfake AI campaign this week had a rare chance to confront the Big Tech executives who helped spread it. Their answers disappointed.…

Central bank turns to homegrown providers to underpin virtual cash push

Europe is taking a small step toward breaking its reliance on US Big Tech by hiring only cloud operators headquartered in the EU to work on the backbone of the digital euro project.…

Microsoft's Clippy for 21st century deployed to evaluate returns? Industry Wales chair brands it just 'wrong'

The Welsh government used Microsoft's Copilot to help write a review of an industry liaison body that it then scrapped, its chairman has told a Senedd committee.…

300 families undergo 6-week trial to test impact on sleep, school, and home life

The UK government will trial different levels of restrictions on social media for under-16s with the help of 300 families, alongside a public consultation that has already gathered nearly 30,000 responses.…

CarStation/PlayMobile won’t hit the road after pile-up of tax and competition issues in China and the USA

Sony and Honda have broken up, meaning their joint vision to deliver a revolutionary electric vehicle won’t happen.…

Police found cameras pointing at infrastructure

Indian authorities have reportedly ordered an audit of the nation’s CCTV cameras, after police uncovered what they claim was a Pakistan-backed surveillance operation.…

Shifting production from automotive to compute and working on supercapacitors as another way to protect workloads

Major memory makers have already sold all the kit they can make this year, creating shortages and price increases. Datacenter infrastructure buyers may soon face the same issues when trying to get their hands on backup batteries.…

As of April 24 you'll be feeding the Octocat unless you opt out

Microsoft's GitHub next month plans to begin using customer interaction data – "specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context" – to train its AI models.…

A proof-of-concept attack on Context Hub suggests there's not much content santization

A new service that helps coding agents stay up to date on their API calls could be dialing in a massive supply chain vulnerability.…

They cleverly mimic most traits of a real phone

Smartphones have fast become the basis of our digital identities, securing payment systems and bank accounts. Now virtual devices that pretend to be real handsets have become a key tool for financial scammers, according to one company. …

Company calls Guardian the "most capable 911 response drone ever.”

Only one US-built nuclear reactor has ever flown in space, and that was more than 60 years ago.

AI-generated content is still acceptable for now.

"It has been clear that we all need to be focused on one thing, not 10 things."

Meta emerges as the biggest loser as second child safety trial verdict hits.

The first physical game affected will cost $10 more than a digital copy.

Sony's 1984 Betamax win helps Cox beat Sony in important online piracy case.

TurboQuant makes AI models more efficient but doesn't reduce output quality like other methods.

Study links two crises: Climate change and antibiotic-resistant infections.

Appointee list is in keeping with the administration's hostility toward science.