Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome
Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.
As crypto and prediction markets expand, their regulator shrinks
Even as the agency is tasked with drawing up new rules for crypto and prediction markets, its staffing and enforcement actions have dropped precipitously during the second Trump administration.
Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club
President Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David."
Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died
María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
Isaias strengthens into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season
The National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday that the hurricane was on track to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. It's expected to bring heavy rains and potentially flash flooding.
The WHO seeks more details on the death of a plague research lab employee in Russia
The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
What is the pneumonic plague?
The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.
This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on
It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today. But when did that ability emerge? New evidence points to at least the middle Jurassic, back when dinosaurs still reigned.
Judge orders that Christa Pike execution evidence be preserved
A week after the failed execution, Pike is awake but is said to be angry and confused. Her lawyers said Wednesday's hearing was about "transparency."
Trump approved the military's 1st firing squad execution since WWII. Why now?
The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009. The announcement came days after a botched lethal injection in Tennessee.
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Royal Navy service member charged with spying for a foreign power
The 24-year-old man is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday after being arrested at his home in Bedfordshire.
Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain
Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
'Come all the way' back to EU, French finance minister tells UK
Roland Lescure tells the BBC that being in the bloc enables members to better address the challenges facing the world.
Christa Pike now walking after failed US execution, lawyer tells BBC
A lawyer says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is moving around her hospital room after surviving two lethal injections.
Premier League football shirts made by workers on £1 an hour
A BBC Sport investigation traces official football shirt production to factories in Cambodia where workers are paid less than £1 an hour.
We spent thousands on a Tui river cruise but ended up on coach trips
Passengers have described their anger after their itineraries changed to involve hours spent on coach trips instead.
BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours
The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.
US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds
Bassam al-Hassan, linked to reporter Austin Tice's abduction, is being sheltered in return for information.
Burnham to meet German chancellor in Berlin to discuss security and EU ties
Downing Street said deeper co-operation in the face of rising hybrid threats from Russia would be high on the agenda during the PM's first official visit to Germany.
'Every day there is killing': Gazans face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls
Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled.
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Scientists get a new clue to the origin of solar wind 'switchbacks'
Understanding why our nearest star does what it does
Cheapskates wouldn't pay for security help, got hit by ransomware, and went bust months later
The owner knew a guy...
Embedding the human factor into AI agent adoption
SPONSORED FEATURE: Making the link between business strategy and how the workforce adopts technology will be crucial to business success in the agentic AI era
It's a bird, it's a plane...well, more of a spinning parachute, but really it's a droppable robot boat
The ALBATROSS has landed
ICANN reveals bids for new top-level domains
Big tech has piled in with plenty of asks, but faces a fight as eight applicants want .api and seven seek .agi
Ransomware fixer claimed he could decrypt files, allegedly defrauded clients instead
Feds claim he charged clients more than ransoms, paid up, pocketed the difference
Singapore’s central bank wants all FinTech AI use cases subject to independent review
Failures of third-party services no excuse for island nation’s financial sector
Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system
But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?
OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties
Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious
Argonne scientists create chatty X-ray microscope that zooms in where you tell it to
Talking to an X-ray nanoprobe beamline is far better than talking to a toaster, we assume
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Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
Get ready for more AI in your Windows and more AI on the desktop.
“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
Opus-built Creative Cloud alternatives are ambitious, free, and nowhere near finished.
PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated
Pennsylvania reported 1,066 outbreak-linked cases on Wednesday.
TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits
TP-Link can't sell latest routers in US, still needs exemption from FCC ban.
Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
Altering molecular handedness has implications for the origins of life.
Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns
In renewed policy, pediatricians review the benefits of heating milk to kill germs.
Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
Man gets 18 months for AI scheme stealing $8M in music streaming royalties.
Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
Car design sure riles people up on the Internet these days. Goes double for EVs.
Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech