Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's directing the Pentagon and other government agencies to release files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs because of "tremendous interest."

Iran held annual military drills with Russia on Thursday as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East.

Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53.

Venezuela's acting president has signed into law an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others. The approval marks a stark turn for the nation.

Two years ago, the successful union drive at this plant was expected to spark victories throughout the South. But now, as members vote to make their contract official, momentum has fizzled.

NASA's Jared Isaacman slammed Boeing for failures with its Starliner spacecraft, which was deemed unsafe to return its crew of two astronauts from the International Space Station

Liu is the first American woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal since Sarah Hughes in 2002.

Trump announced his plans to close the Kennedy Center entirely for two years "for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding." The announcement came after many prominent artists canceled existing scheduled appearances.

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba-kiki effect," which has been linked to the emergence of language.

The former prince spent the day at a police station in Norfolk, before being released under investigation.

Following Andrew's arrest, the King said the authorities have 'our full and wholehearted support and cooperation'.

A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

The woman died of hypothermia during a climbing trip on the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025.

The actor, who also starred in HBO's Euphoria, battled the most common form of motor neurone disease.

The government took in more from tax receipts than expected, official data suggests.

His associate said the music industry was "related to P", a way Epstein apparently often referred to women.

Quentin Griffiths co-founded Asos in 2000 and remained a significant shareholder after leaving the firm five years later.

The household cat could hold the key to understanding certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer.

There's a major change in the UK's weather pattern heading our way with a big lift in temperatures in time for the weekend. But with the change comes more rain as Darren Bett explains.

About half of exemption requests approved as 780,000 prepare for quarterly reporting in April

The UK tax collector has exempted 661 people from moving to quarterly software-based reporting under its Making Tax Digital (MTD) scheme, about half the number who have applied.…

And a very awkward introduction to workplace culture

On Call By the end of the working week, it's natural to feel the walls closing in a little, which is why every Friday morning The Register frees things up a little by publishing a new installment of On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your tech support stories.…

Skill at buzzword bingo also required as company seeks innovative and disruptive visionary

The CEO of code review platform provider Snyk has announced he will stand down so the company can find someone better-equipped to steer the company into the age of AI.…

Reliance Jio used super-cheap plans and own-brand phones to conquer

India’s top telco, Reliance Jio, has announced plans to spend $110 billion on datacenters to run AI workloads and says it will use them to deliver services with the same “extreme affordability” it brought to the mobile communications market.…

MIT CSAIL's 2025 AI Agent Index puts opaque automated systems under the microscope

AI agents are becoming more common and more capable, without consensus or standards on how they should behave, say academic researchers.…

$300 a month buys you a backdoor that looks like legit software

Researchers at Proofpoint late last month uncovered what they describe as a "weird twist" on the growing trend of criminals abusing remote monitoring and management software (RMM) as their preferred attack tools.…

Plenty of blame to go around, says Isaacman

NASA has released the findings from its investigation of the ill-fated crewed Boeing Starliner mission of 2024, and while it still isn't sure of the root technical causes, it's admitted that trusting Boeing to do a thorough job appears to have been a mistake. …

AI model said to show improved reasoning capabilities

If you want an even better AI model, there could be reason to celebrate. Google, on Thursday, announced the release of Gemini 3.1 Pro, characterizing the model's arrival as "a step forward in core reasoning."…

Wants SLAs, revamped contracts for cloud ops

The US Congress’ spending watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, has pressed the National Science Foundation’s CIO to improve how the agency plans, manages, and procures technology.…

FBI warns these cyber-physical attacks are on the rise

Thieves stole more than $20 million from compromised ATMs last year using a malware-assisted technique that the FBI says is on the uptick across the United States.…

"AI Injury Attorneys" target the chatbot design itself.

"The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."

Technology is a double-edged sword in the $399 Rubik's Cube-inspired toy.

New skill tree paths offer a fun twist on some generally familiar mechanics.

There seems to be a deep-seated association between sounds and shapes.

Everyone's trying to get mileage as F1 undergoes huge technical changes.

Google says 3.1 Pro is ready for "your hardest challenges."

Where we're racing, we don't need roads.

The viral agentic AI tool is known for being highly capable but also wildly unpredictable.

"It raises the possibility that social motivation plays a role in why some dogs end up learning object names."