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The twin quakes come less than six months after Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces.

Multi-storey buildings have collapsed in La Guaira following two major earthquakes on Wednesday.

The ship was reportedly struck by an "unknown projectile" near Oman but no casualties were reported.

A nine-year-old and five women were killed when Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen drove into the market in 2024.

Col Dmytro Kozyura agreed to share state secrets and systematically disclosed classified information, prosecutors say.

Earlier in the week Donald Trump blamed vandals for "a 300 foot long gash" in the pool and accused someone of putting fertiliser in the water.

Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the idea of Canada joining the song contest in his 2025 budget.

The US alleges Gasabo Gold Refinery smuggled at least 60kg of gold in early 2026.

Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was halted for the third time this week to prevent panic selling.

The decision was welcomed by many tenants - but landlords fear it will worsen housing conditions.

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Tehran rejects US-GCC pressure over missiles, the Strait of Hormuz and regional armed groups.

Kim Keon Hee was sentenced for taking bribes including luxury items in return for political favours.

Al-Zaidi campaign to combat corruption seizes $86m, properties, vehicles and gold. But analysts say he needs to do more.

Progressive, Muslim and Arab American candidates are challenging old limits on debate over Israel and Palestine.

The city is at risk of an 'imminent ground offensive' by the RSF paramilitary and its allies, 38 NGOs warn.

As Lebanon-Israel strive for agreement, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem accepts 'no normalisation' and 'no gains for Israel'

Thermal cameras reveal intense heat for outdoor workers in Europe

Everything we know so far about the deadly earthquakes in Venezuela

Countries in the Americas and beyond are sending aid, medical supplies and paramedics to Venezuela.

Cape Verdeans in Britain feeling ‘incredibly proud’ after team’s hard-fought draws against Spain and UruguayWorld Cup live – latest updatesFor as long as she can remember, 13-year-old Lauryn struggled to find a map that included Cape Verde. Now, to her great delight, the tiny African island nation is finally centre stage.“Seeing our country shown across the world at the World Cup makes me feel incredibly proud,” Lauryn says. “After the first match, everyone was talking about Cape Verde. People s

Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by SeptemberThe whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official.The humanitarian crisis amid the conflict in the affected areas means more than 1 million people are living in camps to which health workers have no access, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centers for Disease C

Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groupsA rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country.Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, was originally charged with insulting government institutions and incitement to commit a crime, but convicted only of the former. Her se

Opposition figures fear changes will further tighten 83-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s hold on powerZimbabwe is on the brink of amending its constitution to give the president more time in office, a change that the government says will bring stability but that opponents have labelled a “constitutional coup”.The upper house of Zimbabwe’s parliament voted on Wednesday 75-4 in favour of the constitutional amendments, which will allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stay in office until 203

French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very lowThe first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s health ministry has said, in a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission to an area affected by the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The patient was transferred to a specialist facility and was in a stable condition, the ministry said in a statement. “All precautionary measures, including the pati

‘We hope to rescue as many living people as possible’, says the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, but authorities fear the death toll will be in the thousandsChina’s president Xi Jinping said Beijing was ready to provide Venezuela with “disaster relief and reconstruction” assistance.Xi sent a message of condolence to Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez today, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. Continue reading...

Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving but people are angry at official response and limited resourcesVenezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed to fight to save “as many people as possible” as the official death toll from the country’s worst earthquake in more than a century almost doubled, but frustration was growing at the perceived sluggishness of the government’s response.Rodríguez said on Friday that the official death toll had risen to 589, with nearly 3,000

Experts worked in ocean midwater off Brazil at near-record speeds thanks to cutting-edge techA marine biology expedition in international waters off the coast of Brazil has discovered 31 new species in just two weeks.The researchers believe the speed at which the species were found and identified may be a record, in part because of the cutting-edge technology designed and built by the science and engineering team. For the first time on board a ship, the researchers were able to observe the livin

Recent rulings have bolstered president’s pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disasterIn the US supreme court, it seems Donald Trump has found loyalists in his crusade against immigration and immigrants.In a pair of rulings on Thursday, the court allowed the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections that have granted people from Haiti and Syria the right to live and work legally in the US for more than a decade, and cleared way for the government to turn aw

Alejandro Gertz Manero’s cars and properties contrast starkly with Morena party’s long association with austerityWith his million-dollar jewellery collection and his two Rolls-Royces, Mexico’s new ambassador to the UK will fit right in with the Mayfair crowd.Former attorney general Alejandro Gertz Manero was appointed to the post by President Claudia Sheinbaum last year, but only recently disclosed his financial assets. Continue reading...

By actively influencing the negotiations, Zelensky can avoid losing the peace, even as he has successfully avoided losing the war.

John Bolton, a prominent critic of President Trump who once served as his national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to improperly retaining sensitive materials in “diary-like” entries after leaving the White House. Bolton, 77, admitted to one count of retaining national defense information during a federal court hearing in Greenbelt, Md. It marks a significant victory for Trump’s Justice...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Thursday that his shouting match with President Trump during the GOP luncheon at the Capitol on Wednesday achieved his “mission” of securing more information on the Iran war. Cassidy backed a successful war powers resolution on Tuesday, but he reversed course and voted against a similar measure on Wednesday. The...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ouster of Gen. Chris Donahue, the commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, has put congressional Republicans at odds. While some are reluctant to comment as they wait for more details on the departure of the respected leader, others are upbraiding Hegseth for turning military leadership upside down. "Strong leaders are not...

Former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd argued on Thursday that the two highest-ranking congressional Democrats would struggle to win a primary in New York City amid the rise of democratic socialist candidates. Two democratic socialists backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) won their respective congressional primaries in the Empire State on Tuesday, pushing the progressive...

In other words, we need an “off switch” for AI.

Officials argue the policy discriminates against U.S. citizens and violates federal law.

The American Library Association has told us what it prioritizes and what it is promoting to schoolchildren.

Pennsylvania is the latest Democratic-led state to say it is skipping “The Great American State Fair” happening on the National Mall. "Unfortunately, due to the high cost to taxpayers and not being able to secure PA businesses to sponsor the booth, Pennsylvania will not be a participant in the Great American State Fair," a spokesperson...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) warned Thursday that Republicans could suffer major losses in November if the party doesn’t “wake up,” predicting an “absolute shellacking” for the GOP in the midterm elections. “I think it’s ironic that we control the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and the White House, and we’re yelling election fraud?” Massie,...

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Aseon Labs, which came out of Y Combinator's 2026 spring cohort, has raised $10 million from Crane Venture Partners and others.

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OpenAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of with the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.

YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover.

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach.

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previous levels.

The company said it is discontinuing its email inbox in favor of its AI agent offering as users are increasingly handing over the reins of their email to the agents.

Base Power is skipping the PJM's troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people's homes, offering backup services in exchange.

Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.

Meta is, by and large, a company built on other companies' ideas. It has almost perfected the strategy: wait for a new platform or social mechanic to take off, then either buy or clone it, put it next to Meta's unmatched user base and advertising engine, and watch the money pile up. Well, the next […]

It's been two weeks since Anthropic took its Mythos-class models offline after a Friday evening ultimatum from the Trump administration. The company sprang into action immediately, sending a barrage of executives to Washington, DC. But updates have been suspiciously lacking, with no resolution in sight. Anthropic declined to comment multiple times this week about the […]

One of the best deals this ongoing Prime Day has been on Apple’s latest flagship headphones. The AirPods Max 2 are still available for a heavily discounted price of $399 ($150 off) at Walmart, even though they sold out at Amazon. Since the Amazon deal kicked and Walmart is out of stock on one of […]

Philips Hue products don’t often see major discounts, which makes this year’s Prime Day deals especially notable. Prices have dropped significantly across much of the company’s smart lighting lineup, with deals on everything from smart bulb starter kits and sleep lamps to smart buttons. In some cases, the lowest prices are available directly from Philips […]

The release of Grand Theft Auto VI is a singular moment, the kind of massive cultural phenomenon that makes people want to go out and buy a console to play it. It is the preeminent modern example of what's known as a "system seller." There's almost certainly a large audience of people who were waiting […]

From October this year Samsung will roll out a variety of new paid tiers for access to its SmartThings API, including a $4.99 monthly plan for "non-commercial, individual developers." It won't just be developers that pay the price though. Some more advanced smart home users are likely to fall afoul of the rule change if […]

Apple is expected to shake up its usual Mac silicon release strategy, with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reporting that there won't be Pro or Max versions of the upcoming M6 chip. Instead, Apple wants to "fast-track technologies that it originally planned to release later" with the M7 launch next year. The Cupertino company will reportedly only […]

We’ve arrived at the final day of Prime Day, which at this point should probably be called “Prime Week.” We’ve found discounts on all manner of gadgets, including TVs, smart home tech, chargers, headphones, and more. Some of the best deals have started selling out at some retailers, so if you’ve been craving a popular […]

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We still don't have the phones we preordered yet, but this week the T1 hit open sale, no deposit required. Trump Mobile's T1 Phone is now available for anyone to buy directly. The phone has previously trickled out to a small number […]

Amazon’s Prime Day is now in its third day, and whether you’re looking for a new pair of wireless earbuds or a smartwatch, there’s a good chance you’ll find a discount. The Apple Watch Series 11 has already dropped to a new low price, while the AirPods Pro 3 are discounted to $179. With Apple […]

Move would test whether group can turn ambition into a mass-market phone business.

Is SpaceX planning to end its Transporter program?

About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.

Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."

Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."

It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.

Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.

At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star's chromosphere brightens.

Unlike with Volvo, there will be no authorization for Polestar to sell its cars here.

Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.

Restructuring would remove close to one in six workers and rank among biggest corporate lay-offs of all time

The mercenary-in-chief on facing public anger — and the role that private contractors will play in the future of war

The capitalised value of that all-inclusive fortnight will scare you

Economic growth isn’t everything for everyone, but it turns out it’s pretty close

Debris seen falling from Citic Tower after propeller aircraft hit skyscraper in Chinese capital

Ukrainian drones force residents in Russian capital to seek shelter for first time

Privately owned company’s valuation has soared as US administration has adopted a light-touch approach to the sector

People booking rooms during the day to work while others seek night-time respite from stifling apartments

Daytime peaks on the continent rising three times as fast as the wider rate of global warming, scientists say

After nearly seven decades of excavation, the legendary ancient city of Sardis has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site, celebrating years of discoveries that continue to reshape its history. Archaeologists say the biggest breakthroughs don't happen in a single season—they emerge as decades of evidence slowly come together.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped relic born from a violent collision and slowly reshaped by the subtle force of sunlight. It also carries traces of ancient water, making it an important clue to the solar system’s mysterious past.

Scientists have discovered a tiny group of neurons in an ancient brain region that acts like a built-in focus filter, helping the brain ignore distractions and zero in on what matters most. When researchers temporarily switched off these neurons in mice, the animals became unusually distractible—similar to what is seen in ADHD—but regained normal focus as soon as the neurons were reactivated.

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness could arise in many different forms of life, even in beings built from radically different materials than those found on Earth. Drawing on the vastness of the universe and the likely existence of countless alien civilizations, they suggest it would be surprisingly Earth-centric to assume that only Earth-like biology can support conscious experience.

A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires could not have reached, indicating that fire was likely carried in and maintained by human ancestors. The discovery pushes back the timeline for fire use and reveals surprisingly sophisticated behavior long before humans could create fire on demand.

Vitamin B12 is needed in microscopic amounts, but a shortage can have major effects on health and energy. The vitamin was first linked to a lifesaving liver treatment for pernicious anemia nearly 100 years ago. Today, researchers are finding that B12 may also help keep cellular powerhouses called mitochondria functioning properly. This could explain why some people experience fatigue and brain fog even before traditional signs of deficiency show up.

A hidden population of South African leopards has revealed a remarkable evolutionary story. Researchers analyzing entire leopard genomes discovered that the Cape Floristic Region’s leopards are not only much smaller than most African leopards, but also genetically distinct after being isolated for roughly 20,000 years. Surprisingly, despite their small population, they have retained much of their genetic diversity.

For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen. New research reveals the process is far more remarkable: young worker bees create special “royal cribs” made from customized wax, carefully regulate warmth and humidity, and dedicate entire teams of attendants to raising future queens.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new twist in what happens when cells die. As dying cells break apart, they leave behind tiny “footprints of death” packed with newly discovered particles that help guide the immune system to clean up the remains. But researchers found that influenza viruses can exploit this process, hiding inside these microscopic packages and potentially using them to spread to nearby cells.

Researchers found that a rare liver cancer evades immunotherapy by luring immune T cells away from the tumor and trapping them in nearby fibrous tissue. An FDA-approved drug called AMD3100 freed those T cells to attack the cancer, significantly improving the effectiveness of immunotherapy in tumor samples.

The current temperatures in western and central Europe would have been virtually impossible 50 years ago, and unprecedented humidity levels make this heatwave especially dangerous

The New Scientist Book Club’s read for July is Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods. In this extract from its second chapter, we learn about the upbringing of its protagonist on the planet Tu-mdo

Claire North, whose space opera Slow Gods is the July read for the New Scientist Book Club, discusses how a population might deal with knowledge that their planet will be destroyed in 100 years

The world of quantum video games is vast – there are hundreds that are either inspired by quantum mechanics or use quantum computers in their development. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explores how these could change our understanding of quantum physics, or even help us make better devices

These images from photographer Kristin Bethge document Brazil's milk bank system, which provides some of the world's cheapest and safest donated milk to hundreds of thousands of babies

Growing numbers of homeowners are installing batteries that store electricity when it is cheap, which helps balance the grid and cuts emissions, and cheaper plug-in batteries will soon let more people do the same

We have identified the gene that, when activated, initiates the developmental programme that results in cells forming a human body

The loss of Antarctica’s doomsday glacier would transform our planet. Now scientists are revealing the secrets of this remotest of places, and asking the question: is its demise inevitable?

This August a total solar eclipse is set to be visible across parts of Europe, while a partial eclipse will sweep across about a quarter of the planet – here’s how to catch it

The extreme heat currently being felt in Europe isn’t the new normal – much worse is to come, and we are doing far too little to adapt, says Michael Le Page

The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis line, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut…

Cassidy targets 340B, Eli Lilly's mysterious retatrutide patient, and more biotech news from The Readout

And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans.…

The European Commission is investigating Sanofi for allegedly breaching antitrust rules by running a “misleading” campaign about a flu vaccine.

Dems want to unmask Eli Lilly's obesity drug user, a new genome-editing tool raises ethics questions, and more health news

A report about unusual access to an experimental obesity drug has raised interest in the condition pulmonary hypertension.

“They don't make many like Joe Fraumeni anymore,” writes Lawrence Ingrassia, author of “A Fatal Inheritance.”

“The reality of Ebola is simultaneously less sensational and far more challenging than most people imagine,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.

Medetomidine-laced opioids cause severe, life-threatening withdrawal in jails. Here's why many facilities remain ill-equipped to treat a growing crisis.

A new charter for the panel that advises the CDC on vaccine use substantially refocuses the responsibilities of the committee, downplaying its role in recommending the use of new vaccines.

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The agreement followed concerns that continued clashes would undermine the deal to end the war between the US and Iran.

The highly public exchange is an indication that their earlier close ties have frayed since Trump's decision to go to war with Iran.

The US says South Africa is not doing enough to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community.

Ukraine has denounced the move, calling it a "strategic mistake" and "disrespectful".

Some see a double standard: Japanese men who clean in public while their wives do all the housework.

Health facilities have come under attack during the current outbreak as a result of misinformation and fear.

The man was allegedly struck by his 81-year-old opponent, who has since been arrested, the public prosecutor says.

Markos's beloved hen was not responding to any treatments - so he did the only thing he could think of.

French prosecutors confirm Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi will stand trial for rape, in accusations dating back to 2023.

The proposal would extend Emmerson Mnangagwa's term by two years and scrap direct presidential elections.

'It's not the time to play a whole match,' Lamine Yamal said ahead of Spain's match against Saudi Arabia.

Kone is expected to make a full recovery after breaking his left leg, with multiple fractures, in the match against Qatar.

A 2015 law requiring congressional approval for any Iran nuclear deal is in the spotlight after this week's memo.

Talks come as Hezbollah, Israel say new ceasefire has been reached in wake of US-Iran memorandum to end war.

Italian Prime Minister says she didn't ‘beg’ Trump for G7 photograph.

'No ceasefire can be considered meaningful while children continue to be killed' says UNICEF.

Follow our live build-up, with full team news coverage, ahead of our text commentary stream of the Group C clash.

UK PM Keir Starmer faces growing pressure after Andy Burnham’s by-election win.

Deputy FM Khatibzadeh tells Al Jazeera diplomacy is way forward, but US must ensure Israel stops attacks on Lebanon.

Norwegian government announces consultation on new bill as it steps up policies regarding 'unlawful' Israeli activities.

Ensuring fair compensation for those affected by legacies of enslavement and measures to address debt burdens, part of 18-point strategic roadmapMore than money: the logic of slavery reparationsA global framework for reparatory justice has been adopted at a conference in Ghana.Heads of state and government and other officials formally approved the strategy on Friday at a gathering in a hotel in the capital, Accra, which was the first major meeting since the adoption of the landmark United Nation

Number of people infected now tops 1,000 though health officials say the global risk remains lowSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, officials said on Thursday.The continued Ebola outbreak in the DRC comes as Canada, Mexico and the US jointly host the Fifa World Cup, attracting visitors from around the world. T

Updated document, which emphasises harm done to African women, is being considered by other Caribbean countriesBarbados’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, has announced a new manifesto from Caribbean leaders asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” for reparations over damage caused by hundreds of years of enslavement.Mottley was speaking at a “historic” conference in Ghana to advance the push for reparatory justice after the United Nations adopted a landmark resolution declaring the traffickin

‘Mastermind’ Dawie Groenewald given fine of 2m rand or four-year jail term almost 16 years after arrestTwo traffickers of rhino horns have been sentenced by a South African court in what police said was the world’s largest such case, partly bringing to an end an almost two-decade legal saga.Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus had faced more than 1,700 charges ranging from illegally hunting and dehorning rhinos to racketeering and money laundering. Continue reading...

Abdiqadir Salah was pierced by shrapnel in a bombing that killed 12 in Somalia. But as the US denies civilians were hurt they face no hope of compensationRead more: Killed walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of US drone strikes?A seven-year-old boy who was riddled with shrapnel during a deadly US airstrike in Somalia faces losing his ability to walk unless he has a £750 emergency operation.But Abdiqadir Salah’s family cannot afford the surgery and the US – which refu

Review reveals rise in users and rates of psychosis in countries where cannabis is sold commercially Decriminalising the possession of cannabis or strictly regulating access to the drug do not appear to drive up usage, but when the drug is sold commercially the number of users increases and more mental health problems are seen, a review has found.An international team analysed the dramatic shift in policies on cannabis between 2000 and 2025, including how the numbers of people taking the drug, i

Canadian officials find structural defects in material used for hull and say firm failed to fully test ‘novel’ designCanadian safety officials have issued a damning report on the catastrophic final voyage of the Titan submersible, finding that the US company behind the expedition was overcome by “groupthink” and “confirmation bias” and failed to understand the profound risks confronting their largely untested craft.The 6.7-metre (22ft) carbon fibre submersible dipped below the surface of the Atl

Focus on business dealings with mining company Guadalajara rally to highlight fate of ‘disappeared’Hyundai will be targeted by protesters at a rally before the Group A game between Mexico and South Korea in Guadalajara on Thursday, due to the World Cup sponsor’s business dealings with the South American mining company Ternium.A 2025 report from the environmental group Mighty Earth criticised Hyundai’s involvement in what they described as a “dirty steel supply chain”, as the South Korean motor c

Brazil supreme court finds that Eduardo Bolsonaro – who resides in the US - tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plotBrazil’s supreme court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro to four years and two months in prison after finding him guilty of courting US ⁠interference in his father’s coup plot trial last year.The office of Brazil’s ‌prosecutor general had ‌charged Eduardo Bolsonaro – who lives in the US - courting interference from the Trump administration to help Jair

Young adults and teens are being recruited through apps like Telegram and paid to carry out attacks, officials sayPolice investigators in Toronto have said that dozens of shootings – including one at the US consulate in March – are linked to a “multilayered” gun-for-hire network that is also responsible for attacks on synagogues around Canada’s largest city.Toronto’s police chief, Myron Demkiw, told reporters on Tuesday that young adults and teenagers are being recruited through encrypted messag

President Trump’s efforts to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have not gone smoothly, despite the president maintaining he has a lot of experience with pools. Questions have swirled about the no-bid, multimillion dollar contract given to complete the pool renovations, one of several Trump beautification projects in Washington, D.C., ahead of the U.S.’s 250th...

The Strait of Hormuz. A battlefield. A point of leverage. A geographic bend whose name has now found its way to kitchen tables across the globe. Since the early days of this war, few captains have dared cross it ever since the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it was closed. There have been steep consequences...

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday snubbed a federal judge’s demand to swear that a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is dead, arguing the request raises “serious separation of powers concerns.” Judge Leonie Brinkema indefinitely blocked the fund last Friday and issued a seven-day deadline for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Associate Attorney...

Presented by Philip Morris International {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Air Force base hit with flu outbreak sickening over 160 More than 160 troops have contracted influenza at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas in the past few weeks following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision earlier this year to...

President Trump unveiled the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One plane on Friday, saying it will fly “further and faster” than any other model of presidential plane. Trump toured the renovated Boeing jet at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. "There will never be one like this. This is very unique. This is considered the world's most...

President Trump stopped at Joint Base Andrews on Friday afternoon, en route to Camp David, where he revealed the newest plane to be brought into service as Air Force One. "The VC-25B Bridge aircraft has officially arrived at Joint Base Andrews!" the U.S. Air Force announced on X, along with a photo of the new...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) projected defiance Thursday about the Department of Justice (DOJ) probes into him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, challenging President Trump to “go after” him. “This is stuff that happens in other countries, that’s all I’ll say,” Newsom told MS NOW reporter Jacob Soboroff in Chicago. “He wants to go after me?...

President Trump reinforced his criticism of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, after the pair traded insults following their interaction at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France this past week. “She was a big fan," he told NBC News's Gabe Gutierrez on Friday. "But I don't want her as a fan because she was...

More than 160 troops have contracted influenza at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas in the past few weeks following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision earlier this year to end mandatory flu vaccines for service members, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill on Friday. The Air Force told The Hill that the...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to travel next week to Washington to meet with President Trump amid tensions over the U.S. cutting the number of troops and equipment it would provide to its European allies should they be attacked. Rutte will meet Wednesday with Trump at the White House, according to a Friday announcement...

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Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required to address an existential issue: Japan’s shortage of drivers. Go, which went public Tuesday, plans to use the ¥88.6 billion […]

What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-ink to create a display that doesn’t even look digital. Digital frames have always been so popular […]

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.  Cybersecurity researchers have since signed an open letter calling the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models. So is […]

Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.

Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.

There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.

Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.

Deductive AI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago.

Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.

Nothing's next budget phone is the latest victim of RAMageddon. As 9to5Google reports, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis announced in a post on X that a follow-up to the CMF Phone 2 Pro won't be coming this year: We were working on a successor but with memory prices where they are right now, we can't build […]

Relativity Space, the rocket company led by former Google executive Eric Schmidt, was picked to launch NASA's Aeolus payload to Mars in 2028, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Under a new public-private partnership, Relativity Space will provide the "spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations" to fly Aeolus to Mars, where the payload will "provide the first […]

Smart lighting company Philips Hue has launched its first wired wall modules. Installed behind existing wall switches, the new devices bring non-smart lights into the Hue ecosystem for the first time. Hue also announced new Play table and floor lamps that are more affordable versions of its Signe series, along with upgrades to its E14 […]

NTS Radio and Swedish audio company Atonemo have teamed up on a dedicated player that brings NTS's genre-defying mixes and streaming stations to almost any stereo or speaker setup. And, like Atonemo's existing Streamplayer, you can also listen to your favorite streaming services with it, using AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Spotify Connect, or Tidal Connect. […]

Luca Guadagnino's film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Artificial, has reportedly been dropped by Amazon MGM. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and covers the rollercoaster five days in 2023 spanning Altman's termination and reinstatement as CEO, had been in the works for about a year. The cast also includes A Complete Unknown actress Monica […]

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. On TikTok, the tanned youths are explaining why they no longer wear sunscreen. In one video, a young man films […]

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We don't have the phones we preordered yet, but this week we received unexpected news from Trump Mobile's media relations manager. If you've been following my reporting on the Trump phone, you'll know that Trump Mobile doesn't exactly keep open lines of […]

When Colin Farrell was doing press for the first season of the detective series Sugar, he had to be very careful with how he spoke. Sugar is a story about a quirky private detective, but it's also secretly a work of science fiction, something that doesn't become clear until halfway through the season. "I knew […]

We've lost something in the past 15 years. Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Apple; they've all convinced us that streaming is the best way to watch movies and shows at home. With everything at our fingertips, there's no need to run to Blockbuster for the weekend's entertainment, or wait for a DVD rental to arrive in the […]

Five months after returning to OpenAI, Barret Zoph - the company's head of enterprise AI sales - has departed, The Verge has learned. Zoph returned to OpenAI in mid-January after a stint as co-founder and CTO of Thinking Machines Lab, the competing AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. Shortly after Zoph returned […]

A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.