The Iran war risked reigniting after the U.S. tried to force open the Strait of Hormuz, though a ceasefire seemed to be holding Tuesday even after the United Arab Emirates said Iran fired missiles and drones at it.

Krista Catwood wanted a fun way to exercise, so she started a mall-walking group whose unofficial costume was 1980s garb. The festive, all-ages event has exploded in popularity over the past year.

The impact of Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities can still be felt, even three months after it ended. For immigrants, the impact has been devastating — many are at risk of losing their homes and business, and some are dealing with mental health challenges.

The president seeks to oust Indiana Republicans who blocked a redistricting push in that state, while growing dissatisfaction with Trump's agenda gives Democrats an opening in Ohio.

Authorities said search and rescue at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has largely been completed, but verification of the casualties and identification of the victims are still underway.

A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean after three passengers died in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus.

Russia declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but threatened to strike back at Kyiv if it tries to disrupt festivities.

Wyoming lawmakers say tight new restrictions on abortion are needed to grow the state's population. Demographers and others say economic conditions are more to blame for an exodus of young people.

Extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their way up the famous Met staircase Monday evening. The fundraiser is one of the fashion industry's biggest nights.

Nearly 80% of hotels surveyed by a body representing the industry reported bookings were running below projections — a worrisome sign with only weeks to go before the World Cup.

The advice puts babies at risk of serious harm, even death, medical professionals have told the BBC.

The prime minister promises to tackle "malign threats" at a Downing Street summit focused on antisemitism.

The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.

An independent report warns cost of living pressures are driving up exploitation levels in Britain.

The operator of the MV Hondius ship says a Dutch couple and a German national have died.

The 80-year-old country music star said it will take some time for her to be "stage-performance ready" again.

The fire broke out at the former East London Central Synagogue on Tuesday morning.

More than 1.3 million people have applied for next year's event which takes place on 25 April.

The state of the roads will be at the top of many voters' agenda at this week's local elections in England.

Keanu Taylor, 25, dies in hospital after shots were fired on Coldharbour Lane on Saturday.

Activating Windows will cost more than a couple of cheap carrier bags

Bork!Bork!Bork! Things must be tough for UK grocery retailer Sainsbury's, judging by the state of Windows Activation on one of its self-service kiosks.…

Healthcare giant's maintainers handed May deadline to enact the change

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is ordering all of its technology leaders to temporarily wall off the organization's open source projects over concerns relating to advanced AI and Anthropic's Mythos.…

If you can't bother to keep GitHub running, why should we bother with you?

Opinion It's been another shabby week for Microsoft, and a shabbier one for its users. We learnt that Windows 11's epic habit of trying to corral customers into paid-for Microsoft services just got worse with a low-rent trick. Remote Desktop got a bit more secure, which is good, but in a way that suggests not too much user testing took place. As for GitHub… GitHub got two helpings of Chef Redmondo's Special Sauce.…

New monsters! New magic items! An Arm port! And compliance with a dead C standard

Antiques Code Show Admirers of Roguelike games have a new distraction: Version 5.0 of NetHack dropped last weekend.…

Haswell’s had its day and Skylake and Cascade Lake are draining away

Microsoft will stop offering long-term rentals for 17 Azure instance types – most of them powered by CPUs Intel released in the 2010s – again showing that cloud computing isn’t always a seamless and easy choice.…

Vendors all use different formats. This tech translates them all so you can smooth your SOC

Academics from Singapore and China have found a way to make AI useful for cyber-defenders, by creating a technique that translates rules from diverse Security Information and Event Managements (SIEMs) so they’re easier to consume across multiple systems.…

The Iran war has been great for business

The Iran War has been great for business at Palantir, as the Department of Defense has doubled usage of the company’s Maven targeting system in four months.…

The tiny desktop is no longer Apple's most affordable computer

The Mac Mini is the latest victim of the AI-fueled RAM-pocalypse. Last week, Apple discontinued the 256 GB version of the system, which cost $599. To get in now, you'll need to drop at least $799 on a 512 GB version.…

Devs not thrilled that Git extension added the bot as co-author by default

Imagine working your butt off on a project, only to have VS Code put an attribution into your commit that says Copilot helped you, even if it did not. Microsoft has reversed a change that added a default AI attribution notice after user complaints that the bot was claiming credit for human-authored code.…

46% say age checks are easy to bypass, and nearly a third admit getting around them

It’s been months since the UK government began requiring stronger age checks under the Online Safety Act, and recent research suggests those measures are falling short of keeping kids away from harmful content. In some cases, even drawing on a mustache has been reported as enough to fool age detection software.…

"To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."

Intentional errors can be useful.

The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.

Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay.

2026's Formula 1 championship now looks far from a foregone thing.

Fixed Rate Link being added now; Display Stream Compression coming soon.

OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to "coerce" a settlement days before trial started.

Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part.

Onshore wind development in the United States is being brought to a standstill.

Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process.