The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself.

The 65-year-old Cook will turn over CEO duties to Apple's head of hardware products, John Ternus, in September. Cook will remain with the company as executive chairman.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who was under internal investigation, is leaving her position. She becomes the third cabinet departure of President Trump's second term.

The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.

President Trump said a U.S. delegation will head to Pakistan to resume talks to end the war with Iran, but Tehran expressed reluctance after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.

U.S. forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. And, an online government portal for processing tariff refunds launches today.

The American Academy of Neurology issued guidance on using wearable data devices, like smartwatches or an Oura Ring, to track key health metrics that can help flag serious conditions.

Contradictory election mailers, conflicting TV ads and vague wording on the ballot have Virginia voters saying that the campaigns on either side of the redistricting vote are muddying the waters.

A new English-only driving test rule in Florida is fueling a surge in strategy lessons for Spanish speakers where they learn to figure out the questions without having to take English language courses.

The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed.

The prime minister has been back in the Commons after it emerged the Labour peer failed vetting.

One petrol retailer says he is experiencing about five drive-offs a week at each forecourt, costing him thousands.

John Ternus will take over running the technology giant as Cook steps up to become executive chairman.

The war in the Middle East has brought renewed attention to Britain's vulnerability to energy price shocks.

The US president's comments come amid uncertainty over whether Iran will attend peace talks in Pakistan this week.

The final design for a statue of the late Queen Elizabeth is to be unveiled, 100 years after her birth.

Several people were also injured in the incident on Monday at the popular tourist site, say Mexican officials.

Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create "a clear legal requirement for schools".

Wolves have been relegated from the Premier League after just three wins in their first 33 games of the season.

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Microsoft's GitHub has stopped accepting new Copilot individual subscriptions while the code hosting biz figures out how it can meet its service commitments without breaking the bank.…

A lesson in how not to respond to vulnerability reports

Vibe-coding platform Lovable is pooh-poohing a researcher’s finding that anyone could open a free account on the service and read other users' sensitive info, including credentials, chat history, and source code. However, the company’s story keeps changing: First it attributed the publicly exposed info to "intentional behavior" and "unclear documentation," then threw bug-bounty service HackerOne under the bus.…

The struggles continue for Fermi America's 17 GW bit barn ambitions

It’s been a weekend filled with dizzying changes in the boardroom at datacenter wannabe Fermi America as it hopes eventually to expand its West Texas campus to about 17 gigawatts of behind-the-meter generation capacity.…

Tim Cook is handing the reins to John Ternus at Apple

Have you heard? Apple's Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years leading the iMaker's business. He'll become executive chairman and hand the reins over to John Ternus, a senior VP of hardware engineering, effective September 1.…

Official involved in deal tells El Reg number doesn't paint entire picture of datacenter's economic benefit

When Rockland County, New York, approved nearly $77 million in tax breaks for JPMorgan Chase's datacenter expansion in 2024, no one showed up to object. Two years and a whole lot of bit barns in the news cycle later, government watchdogs are calling foul over the project's lone permanent job.…

Installation and pre-approval without consent looks dubious under EU law

One app should not modify another app without asking for and receiving your explicit consent. Yet Anthropic's Claude Desktop for macOS installs files that affect other vendors' applications without disclosure, even before those applications have been installed, and authorizes browser extensions without consent.…

Good news for those working with Windows, bad news for Paragon Software

The feature list for Linux kernel 7.1 is taking shape, and a standout addition has already landed: a new read-write NTFS driver.…

Tyler Buchanan admits role in scheme that stole at least $8 million in virtual currency

A Scottish man linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime crew has pleaded guilty in the US to a phishing and SIM-swap scheme that stole at least $8 million in cryptocurrency.…

It won't provide much juice, but its creator calls it a 'nanowatt nuclear power plant'

It's illegal and impractical to construct a nuclear power plant in your backyard. But a DIY tritium nuclear battery is far less dramatic - just don't expect any appreciable amount of energy from it.…

Excessive friendliness may cause users to forget they're talking to a very confident autocomplete

A study into how humans interact with chatbots suggests the fastest way to make an LLM feel human isn't making it smarter – it's making it seem nicer.…

Cook will be executive chairman, but will no longer run the company day to day.

Experts point out a series of flaws, including small size and no control group.

Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump's Supreme Court loss.

Energy management and speed differentials are the problems of the day.

A humanoid robot's record half-marathon run shows China's speed in robotics.

AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

The future war film, from the director of Moon, is adapted from 2000 AD's comic series.

Kea parrot missing his upper beak "has rewritten what disability means for behaviorally complex species."

Cyberdefenses could be exposed faster than fixes could be deployed.

How does HEVC implementation really work these days?