A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly map.

The Atlantic writer Robert Kagan says as Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitution, including his call to nationalize elections, "we're on the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship."

NPR reporters visited the Milan Olympic Village in the days before the opening ceremony to investigate the dining hall dessert situation and other pressing questions.

Police in Arizona believe Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken by force from her Tucson area home this weekend. So far, no suspect or person of interest has been identified.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.

Hundreds of dogs competed for the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this week. Penny the Doberman pinscher was named best in show.

Congress ended the shutdown, but now faces a tight deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security. And, the man convicted of attempting to assassinate Trump faces sentencing today.

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

The PM is forced to back down over a plan to withhold some documents about the ex-minister's appointment as US ambassador.

The former prince has previously questioned whether the picture had been doctored and claimed he had never met Giuffre.

"Border tsar" Tom Homan said about 2,000 would remain, and the US government is equipping more officers with body-worn cameras.

An 18-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder and currently in police custody.

Sitcom stars, Taskmaster contestants and familiar panel show faces will appear on the British spin-off.

What's happening and who to look out for at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

One councillor hopes this is an opportunity for supermarkets to support Cornish more directly.

The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over a raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.

Prosecutors claimed that Routh, 59, remained "totally unrepentant" for the incident in Florida.

John Virgo was an excellent snooker player, a hugely popular TV figure, and one of the great voices of his beloved sport.

LLMs automated most phases of the attack

A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 minutes went from initial access to administrative privileges, thanks to an AI speed assist.…

As profit-starved AI companies scramble to monetize chat interactions, Claude bets on trust

Anthropic has taken the high road by committing to keep its Claude AI model family free of advertising.…

US agencies told to patch by Friday

Attackers are exploiting a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug - less than a week after the vendor disclosed and fixed the 9.8-rated flaw. That's according to America's lead cyber-defense agency, which set a Friday deadline for federal agencies to patch the security flaw.…

The writing is on the wall as AI companies race to add vertical functionality

Software stocks have taken a beating over the last month as investors grow concerned that AI could put vertical SaaS vendors out of business.…

Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats

It's bot versus bot! Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-made biological and chemical weapons, the US Army has plans to fight autonomy with autonomy by getting its hands on some bot-based chemical weapon cleanup tech.…

Silicon manufacturing issues to blame

Datacenter servers will face a double whammy this year as CPU supply constraints pile on top of an already severe memory shortage. Even so, shipments are still expected to grow at a double-digit rate.…

Riigi IT preps European escape plan as it herds civil servants into Redmond's cloud

An Estonian government IT agency is trialling European alternatives to US software providers, even as it moves many of the country’s civil servants to a centrally-managed cloud computing service provided by Microsoft.…

Only cool dudes should wear a HAT backward

Microsoft is no stranger to things breaking unexpectedly – and now one of its engineers has added a Raspberry Pi to the list.…

Tool speeds up searches and first draft emails, becomes 'comfort blanket' for Whitehall workers

Microsoft Copilot saved civil servants 19 minutes daily on routine tasks, according to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research comparing users to a control group of non-users.…

Gang walks away with nothing, victims are left with irreparable hypervisors

Cybersecurity experts usually advise victims against paying ransomware crooks, but that advice goes double for those who have been targeted by the Nitrogen group. There's no way to get your data back from them!…

In a Senate hearing Tuesday, NIH director dismissed concern about research chaos.

Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.

Despite the about-face, some customers think "the damage is done."

Unencrypted European communications are being targeted by Moscow.

"You know, you're right, the flight rate—three years is a long time."

Some semi-unhinged musings on where LLMs fit into my life—and how I'll keep using them.

Eighty percent of HBO Max subscribers subscribe to Netflix, Sarandos tells Senate.

"This Titan is like a god, and the sea creatures worship it."

Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize.

Raw milk is promoted by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Kennedy.