Photos: See Venezuela destruction after earthquakes
The earthquakes were Venezuela's largest in over a century.
Judge blocks Postal Service proposal to restrict mail-in voting under Trump's order
A judge has blocked the U.S. Postal Service's proposals responding to President Trump's order, including not delivering ballots in states that don't turn over voter lists to the federal government.
The Supreme Court says the U.S. can turn away asylum seekers at the border
By a 6-3 vote, the high court ruled that federal law allows the government to stop asylum seekers from physically setting foot in the United States, effectively keeping them from applying for asylum.
Trump can begin deportations of Syrian, Haitian TPS holders, Supreme Court says
Writing for the court majority, Justice Samuel Alito that under the TPS law, the president has unreviewable authority to end the program, without intervention from the courts.
The Viking chant that became Norway's World Cup rallying cry
Norway's long-awaited World Cup return is being powered by a viral Viking "rowing" chant that's sweeping the world, from Boston train stations to Times Square — and the heart of Norway's parliament.
Supreme Court bars 'vampire rules' on gun ownership
In a 6-3 ideologically divided decision,the high court said that requiring permission in advance is an undue burden on the right to possess and carry a firearm.
U.S. Supreme Court backs Monsanto in its fight against liability from popular weed killer
The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label—and whether a federal law overrides state claims.
A federal judge in Boston blocks key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail
A federal judge in Boston has blocked parts of President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail. The Trump administration is expected to appeal the ruling.
2 earthquakes in Venezuela kill at least 164. And, Trump cancels housing bill signing
Two major earthquakes in Venezuela have killed at least 164 people and left hundreds injured. And, President Trump canceled the signing of a massive bipartisan housing bill yesterday.
Long before the World Cup, Ukrainian immigrants built a soccer powerhouse in Philly
World Cup games are underway in Philadelphia. Long before Americans caught the world's soccer craze, Ukrainian migrants made Philly a soccer town. Today, the sport helps sustain their culture.
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France warns even young people's health at risk as Europe's heatwave shifts east
Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials say deaths linked to the heat are being seen among young people.
TikTok influencer charged with murdering boyfriend in Dubai
Influencer Brooke George, 23, from Kent, claims she acted in self defence in stabbing her partner.
Burnham could be leader in weeks under Labour timetable
Andy Burnham could take over from Keir Starmer by 17 July, if he continues to be the only Labour MP in the race.
Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children
The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.
Supreme Court allows Trump to end protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants
The ruling opens the path for the Trump administration to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been living in the US for years.
The games that show the flaws in a 48-team World Cup
Two matches in the final round of group games present the chance for two teams to simply play out a draw to qualify.
Teenager cleared of murdering nine-year-old girl
A jury at Bristol Crown Court finds a 16-year-old not guilty of murder and manslaughter.
Prosecutors drop outstanding rape case against Harvey Weinstein
The case had already been tried three times, and accuser Jessica Mann said she does not wish to go through with a fourth trial.
Council sorry for parking fines after fatal train crash near Bedford
Stranded passengers find fixed penalty notices on their cars at Bedford railway station.
Depth, scale and location of quakes - in maps and graphics
The shallow quakes occurred within seconds of one another, exacerbating the damage caused.
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FOSS dev builds a BASIC compiler using LLVM
Not just any old BASIC, either: OS-9’s BASIC09
Recovery has to keep up with AI
SPONSORED POST: Why an AI-era recovery architecture looks different, with Eon's Gonen Stein
Apple passes RAMpocalypse costs on to consumers
Fondleslab and Mac prices rise by hundreds; phones safe ... for now
Windows 11 can now turn back the clock when updates go bad
Point-in-time restore offers a 72-hour escape hatch for stricken PCs
Apple takes over Swift Package Index, vows to remove GitHub dependency
SPI co-creator Dave Verwer joins Apple, says 'We will be moving away from that model completely'
Amazon pours another $13B into India's AI and cloud infrastructure
Mumbai and Hyderabad datacenter expansion forms part of broader $48B five-year investment pledge
European Commission lines up Amazon and Microsoft for cloud gatekeeper status
Preliminary position calls for designation under the Digital Markets Act
Collabora releases CODE 26.04 as rivalry between FOSS cloudy office suites heats up
Now with Markdown support and smarter formula error handling – plus integrated AI, though it's off by default
ZTE builds a TCO-optimal AI factory to fuel token economy
PARTNER CONTENT: Leveraging OEX architecture SuperPODs and multi-dimensional co-design to maximize tokens per second and lower total cost of ownership for scaled inference
Elastic stretches workforce 7% thinner as AI does more of the heavy lifting
CEO says automation is enabling leaner teams as engineering is split into three core areas
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Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027
Unlike with Volvo, there will be no authorization for Polestar to sell its cars here.
Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory
Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.
The "sad inevitability" of Europe's heat wave
Europeans are baking under their second heat wave of the summer.
New effort will get genome sequences for entire Endangered Species list
Colossal Biosciences will be biobanking tissues from all of them as well.
Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating
"There is no natural explanation," says paleoanthropologist John Hawks.
IBM claims world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology
IBM’s nanostack transistors could boost chip performance or energy efficiency.
Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games
GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.
OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.
13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.
"Contract values for these efforts ballooned from nearly $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion."
US ends hantavirus outbreak response with no answers on draconian quarantines
We still don't know why RFK Jr. overruled CDC expert to order strict quarantines.