FAA blames Friday's ground stop on 'equipment issue' during telecoms network upgrade
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said initial investigations pointed to an issue with contractor L3Harris updating old tech at a remote location.
Fuel crisis and protests pressure Chile's far-right president
Chile's far-right President José Antonio Kast is facing mounting public anger, as rising fuel prices trigger transport strikes and protests across the country.
This is the second time Alaskans voted down an effort to repeal the state's unique election system, which voters first approved in 2020. A repeal effort in 2024 also failed narrowly.
Perspective: A new kind of White House press secretary
With the White House press secretary job still left unfilled, maybe an AI assistant might be the answer?
As Democrats win big, thirst traps of male candidates take social media by storm
It's everywhere on social media: Democrats celebrating the attractive men voters elected in the midterms. But it's bigger than a meme and says a lot about politics of masculinity in the age of Trump.
Hegseth's failed impeachment was a warning to Democrats. Where will they go from here?
Democrats have been given a huge opportunity with majorities in both the House and Senate — but the balance of priorities, timing, messaging and discipline are all going to be major tests.
A new policy could help solve the U.S. organ shortage. Critics say it's unethical
New guidelines are supposed to protect organ donors in a retrieval procedure that keeps blood flowing through livers, kidneys, lungs and hearts. But bioethicists have troubling questions.
Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins wins race for Alaska governor, replaces a Republican
Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator, ran a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in the the state that usually votes Republican. At 37, he'll be the youngest governor in the state's history.
DHS head Markwayne Mullin says there is not a threat to the U.S. amid FAA ground stop
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin spoke to at the White House on Friday afternoon after the FAA issues a total ground stop. NPR was there for the briefing.
Stuck on the tarmac without information: Travelers share their ground stop experiences
Passengers stuck on airplanes on tarmacs across the country during the FAA ground stop on Friday share their stories.
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Young people should have legal guarantee of job or training, Milburn tells BBC
The author of a major review on youth unemployment, due next week, acknowledges the change would mean some young people losing out on benefits.
Neets review won't be for the faint-hearted - and will test Burnham's appetite for a welfare fight
Milburn is not the first to try and fix the Neets problem - so what’s different this time round, asks Laura Kuenssberg.
US has floated Ukraine ceding Donbas for Nato membership, Zelensky says
The Ukrainian president says US envoys touted the exchange as part of efforts to end the war with Russia.
Noel Fielding 'appalled' by jokes he made with Russell Brand
The Great British Bake Off presenter says he has not been in contact with the convicted rapist "for many years".
Thousands turn out in Edinburgh to protest against AI data centres
Demonstrators armed with placards - and some dressed in costume - assembled at the top of the Royal Mile before marching towards the Scottish Parliament.
Even Grand Theft Auto's original creators haven't been able to play GTA 6
Thirty years after they dreamt up the series, Dave Jones and Brian Baglow are as desperate as everyone else to get their hands on the new game.
The search to find a friend for Jojo the gorilla after a lifetime of being alone
Jojo was poached as an infant and grew up in captivity. His keepers want to find him a friend - but it's not straightforward.
Brand, Walliams and Married at First Sight: Is this a reckoning for the entertainment industry?
Noor Nanji, culture correspondent, explores how these stories represent the consequences of changes that began years ago, rather than being a sudden cultural shift.
How the Jensen Huang scandal created a headache for business-friendly Singapore
The scandal has cast a spotlight on Singapore's success as a chip hub - and a location for alleged illicit trade.
When to put up a real Christmas tree - according to an expert
Supermarkets have started selling Christmas trees - six weeks out from the big day.
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Microsoft's school email bill gives rivals something to smile about
Collabora and Nextcloud pitch alternatives as education customers weigh the cost of losing free services
Big Tech takes a beating as online safety experts accuse companies of doing bare minimum
Accessing banned content is as easy as whipping out a thesaurus, Parliament's Communications and Digital Committee hears
FAA lifts ground stop after hours-long delays snag travelers
Safety reasons and unspecified communications issue cited
Chinese AI labs are training models on Nvidia's Blackwell despite export controls, says ex-OpenAI engineer
Forensic report finds Blackwell's fingerprint in DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Ant Group models
This year’s bug count just passed 100K
‘We don’t have a security problem anymore. We have a data problem now’
Meatbags suck at spotting lying LLMs, so let AI narc on itself
What, you didn't actually want to fact-check it yourself, did you?
Mozilla leaves Solo website owners to go it alone as hosting shuts down
If you have one of these AI-generated homepages, you'd better download and save it quick
Email addresses used in European school bomb hoaxes spotted in old infostealer logs
Researchers say organizations should have detected and secured them sooner
HPE debuts hybrid storage configs: Rising SSD costs hit supercomputing
HPE aims for the market with faster, more cost-effective HPC storage to combat rising costs
Microsoft outage gives customers a crash course in dependence on Redmond
Rivals offer sympathy for stranded admins – and a reminder that putting all your eggs in one basket has consequences
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James Webb telescope finds ice older than the star it orbits
Radiation and collisions reshape the planetary building materials.
Winemakers are learning that conservation can be good for business
Healthy soils, native plants, and fewer chemicals are helping vineyards adapt.
Starship flight 15 powers to orbit—setting up a possible catch on Saturday
One way or another, the company will get some more data on Saturday.
FAA has lifted its third-ever nationwide ground stop
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blamed obsolete equipment for the outage.
Millions of Americans are not taking their GLP-1 drugs as prescribed
Cost and access barriers are pushing people to modified use and unapproved versions.
FAA expands AI advice to manage air traffic congestion across entire US airspace
Airlines praised the AI tool, but the air traffic controllers’ union wasn’t involved.
In elephants, the resilience of communities has its limits
In Sri Lanka, ecological change is shrinking a park's elephant population.
Kalshi ditches Trump Jr. as advisor; CEO admitted "optics" weren't good
Trump son advised Kalshi and got equity while Trump admin helped Kalshi in lawsuits.
OpenAI board member worries an AI "takeover" of society could be months away
Researcher traces a path from AI reward hacking to potential human extinction.
Windows 0-day dropped by disgruntled researcher hands hackers System rights
"SignDrop" exploit lets local users gain all-powerful System rights.