Iranian protesters shouted and marched through the streets into Friday morning, despite Iran's theocracy cutting off the nation from the internet and international telephone calls.

This week, senators stepped up after learning the plaque, which had been approved by Congress more than three years ago, was nowhere to be found at the Capitol.

While the agent wore a mask in videos taken of the event, he appeared to be unmasked in many social media posts. That image appeared to have been generated by xAI's generative AI chatbot, Grok.

In cities across the country, demonstrators have expressed grief and outrage over the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday morning.

The Pitt is back for a new run, evoking the tensions health care providers face in the U.S. today. Here's what one doctor says to watch out for this season.

The Trump administration is withdrawing from 66 global groups, including U.N. entities that focus on climate and health issues.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says a plan unveiled Thursday to take the first steps toward universal childcare for kids under five shows New Yorkers that "democracy can actually deliver for them."

We're continuing to learn more about the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday and is taking the rare step of ending the Crew-11 mission early.

As Minneapolis continued to grapple with a deep divide over how the fatal shooting was being portrayed, police said two people in Portland, Ore., were shot and injured by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Minneapolis to protest the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good.

The incident is threatening to inflame a deeply contentious debate over immigration enforcement.

Gustavo Petro tells the BBC's Ione Wells that the United States is treating other nations as part of a US "empire", after Trump threatened Colombia with military action.

A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.

It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.

Rallies on major roads in the capital and in Iran's second city were peaceful and not dispersed by security forces.

The Department of Homeland Security says the incident began with the traffic stop of a Venezuelan gang member.

Some people are waiting more than a year to have their claims processed, the Public Accounts Committee says.

The men were told they could not stay in pre-booked rooms on a night when temperatures hit -6C (-21.2F).

Liverpool have stopped bleeding but must now find some cutting edge in front of goal, writes Aadam Patel.

As you should, when being told the only remedy is deleting everything and starting again

On Call 2025 has ended and a new year is upon us, but The Register will continue opening Friday mornings with a fresh installment of On Call – the reader-contributed column that tells your tales of tech support.…

Nobody really needs an AI toothbrush that sends their gums to the cloud

Opinion Another Consumer Electronics Show has rolled through Las Vegas, and this year vendors scrawled “AI-enabled” on all the kit they hope will find its way into your home – while airbrushing away its immaturity and downsides.…

Outages hit Russia and Ukraine, too

The authors of a hypothetical manual containing procedures repressive governments can use to stay in power despite restive populations would surely devote its first chapter to turning off the internet, an action the government of Iran appears to have taken in the last 24 hours.…

Grab some popcorn for the Xi vs Zuck bout, which may not be the biggest fight on the card

Chinese authorities have signalled they’ll likely probe Meta’s planned acquisition of made-in-China AI platform Manus.…

Dark copyright evasion magic makes light work of developers' guardrails

Machine learning models, particularly commercial ones, generally do not list the data developers used to train them. Yet what models contain and whether that material can be elicited with a particular prompt remain matters of financial and legal consequence, not to mention ethics and privacy.…

Nice idea, because its own cloudy services keep wobbling

Analytics outfit Snowflake is buying telemetry data platform Observe to help its customers discover and mitigate IT issues before they cause downtime. It announced the deal on the same day its own services experienced a “major outage.”…

Memory pricing expected to surge another 60% in Q1 with relief years away

While end customers grapple with crushing memory prices, we imagine Samsung execs are breaking out the Champagne. This week the memory titan forecast fourth-quarter operating profit would roughly triple as the South Korean electronics cabal rides the AI wave into the New Year.…

Authentication is basically solved. Authorization is another thing entirely...

CrowdStrike has signed a $740 million deal to buy identity security startup SGNL. The move underscores the growing threat of identity-based attacks as companies struggle to secure skyrocketing numbers of non-human identities, including AI agents.…

It's for less consequential health-related matters, where being wrong won't kill customers

Could a bot take the place of your doctor? According to OpenAI, which launched ChatGPT Health this week, an LLM should be available to answer your questions and even examine your health records. But it should stop short of diagnosis or treatment.…

Beijing could green-light sales to select customers as soon as this quarter

Nvidia's H200 GPUs could begin trickling into China as soon as this quarter, but there's a catch. Due to all the geopolitical turmoil that's ravaged US-China trade relations over the past year, buyers may need to pay up front for the coveted AI accelerators. And they won't get a refund if China decides to block the imports!…

"The crew is highly trained, and they came to the aid of their colleague right away."

Spying doesn't become legal just because "cheaters" are the targets.

FCC says new category of devices "can operate outdoors and at higher power."

SK Hynix and Micron are also riding high on the AI industry's demand for RAM.

Old-school food pyramid returns, but jumbled and upside-down, like a funnel.

“Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.”

Expert explains how simple it could be to tweak Grok to block CSAM outputs.

New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot.

After record-setting launch, Western holiday sales are down compared to the first Switch.

US also pulling out of pacts promoting development, democracy, and human rights.