Two-term GOP Sen. Steve Daines shocked Montana when he announced his retirement. Democrats worry a new independent candidate will split their party's vote.

In August, Education Department employees will relocate to a smaller office roughly a block away, and the larger Energy Department will take over the old headquarters.

The order briefly stops the government from labeling tech company Anthropic a "supply chain risk," calling that "classic First Amendment retaliation."

It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.

The International Olympic Committee will require all athletes who want to participate in women's events to undergo genetic testing. The policy takes effect for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

At 20 airports around the U.S., security screeners are getting paid as usual despite the ongoing DHS shutdown — because they're private contractors. Will more airports look at privatizing security?

The president says ICE agents are being stationed at airports to help reduce long wait times. Here's a look at what they're authorized to do.

Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested at immigration courthouses. It is unclear whether the federal government's admission could lead to some of those arrests being overturned.

Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson discusses the Pentagon's secretive campaign to build America's AI warfare capabilities and the obsessive Marine colonel behind it. Her new book is Project Maven.

The motion is part of a lawsuit challenging President Trump and the Center's board, who now refer to the complex as "The Trump Kennedy Center."

New guidance suggests avoiding fast-paced children's content and sharing screen time where possible.

As gas prices rise, Trump's approval rating is heading into politically dangerous territory.

Officials are set to publish more documents related to his appointment as UK ambassador to the US - but have so far only had access to the peer's work phone.

The letter, seen by the BBC, also called on Ferguson to share any knowledge about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's links to Epstein.

Head coach Craig Bellamy rues the chaos of Wales' World Cup play-off semi-final loss to Bosnia-Herzegovina - but says his team have a bright future.

The pop star secured three of the biggest awards of the night as the show celebrated its 30th anniversary.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in Noelia Castillo's favour earlier this week.

The US president's signature will appear on new paper currency alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Mexico's navy launches a rescue mission for ships delivering aid to Cuba, strained by food and fuel shortages amid a US embargo.

There is renewed urgency for Ukraine to get a drone deal done, as the US increasingly focuses on Iran.

Satnav systems aren’t well, IP is being sold too cheap, and thousands of roles remain open

India’s space program has thousands of vacant roles it’s struggled to fill, isn’t spending money fast enough to meet its mission timelines, and may be undervaluing intellectual property it sells to the private sector.…

Urges scientists to avoid major conference, and looks unkindly on Meta's Manus acquisition

China appears to be unhappy about its brightest AI talent going offshore, either to visit or to sell their wares.…

AI biz makes some Claude conversations more costly to manage capacity

Anthropic on Wednesday adjusted its opaque usage limits for Claude customers by reducing the power of the services it delivers during times of peak demand, in an effort to balance demand with its capacity to deliver service.…

You actually thing companies are going to pay Americans to take customer service calls in the AI age?

Uncle Sam is trying to make American call centers great again. The question is whether they will be great because they're filled with local workers or whether this will provide yet another excuse for companies to turn customer service jobs over to AI.…

Cloud giant waives an entire month of charges, then erases the billing data. There is literally nothing to see here.

I received an email / billing notification from AWS this week that may be the most diplomatically crafted communication in the history of cloud computing. Here it is, stripped of the usual boilerplate around it:…

Turns out massive caches are good for more than games. House of Zen boasts 5-13% perf boost over prior-gen part

AMD aims to extend its lead in desktop gaming with a new CPU, dubbed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. This top-of-the-line part has 16 cores fed by an absolutely massive 208 MB pool of cache, with memory spread across both CCDs.…

I’m sorry, Dave. I can’t give you your job back, but here’s the form you fill out to collect benefits

There’s a joke in Boston that goes: the people in Southie will steal your wallet and help you look for it.…

Use of AI coding assistants has surged, but so has the number of vulnerabilities in AI-generated code

As more people use AI tools to write code, the tools themselves are introducing more vulnerabilities.…

Maybe that's why Tim didn't get an invitation to the President's tech bro club?

Apple's American Manufacturing Program (AMP) is expanding, with new suppliers signed on to produce iPhone components - though those parts will still be shipped overseas for final assembly. Tim Apple may continue avoiding tariffs but he probably won't win a lot of brownie points with President Trump.…

Your AI rollout isn't failing - your employees just hate it

If your company isn't seeing great returns from its investment in AI, you might want to look at the humans tasked with deploying it and how you can motivate them. Right now, many employees fear AI-driven job losses and aren't well trained to use the tech, according to Forrester.…

X admonished for "fishing expedition" as judge dismisses ad boycott lawsuit.

Even with court orders, music firms struggle to eliminate notorious shadow library.

Ultra-sensitive data may have been hacked.

Wednesday was the deadline to nominate a new director.

Netflix last raised prices in January 2025.

From Audis to Teslas, there's a lot available in this price range.

Subjects who interacted with AI tools were more likely to think they were right, less likely to resolve conflicts.

Google's new conversational audio AI is rolling out in search, Gemini, and developer tools today.

Great performance for the price, if you ignore the price of RAM, SSDs, and GPUs.

Some staff reportedly questioned how sexy ChatGPT benefits humanity.