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Every night before bed, my son asks if we can go look at the night sky. When I ask him where he'd go if he could go anywhere, he always says the same thing: "The moon."I built Cards From Space so he c…

If I have a glass of water and a single chocolate bar to last me 48 hours what benefits do I get from consuming equal portions over the time period as opposed to consuming all at once? Is it purely p…

I’ve been working on washed curd cheeses for about a year now with real intention. The texture on this one is spot on. Just melts in your mouth. …

I didn’t realize how cooked my attention span was until I tried to focus for 20 minutes.The other day I sat down to do something small. Nothing major just a task I'd been putting off for a while. I to…

I don't rent cars often and didn't really care what car I got. I tried to save a few bucks and selected the mystery option and I was saddled with a 15mpg Goliath. The clerk said everyone wants the ga…

DashPass members can get Lyft Go at no extra cost.

Sony has refreshed a headphone design that dates back to 1979.

Meta's CapCut competitor already has more than 50 million users.

The change will allow invites to be sent to guests without WhatsApp accounts.

Chevy's new Silverado needs a few updates before it's ready for prime time.

Most buyers would be better off with a Mac mini and a bigger external display.

Apple's touchscreen laptop is a notable evolution of the MacBook Pro at a much higher price.

The M6 MacBook Pro is more of the same, but that's still pretty great.

The streaming service's entire library of content will be available in the air.

OpenAI claims its new pledges were in the works before Americans voted strongly against the data center boom.

Order on Amazon's platforms and (sometimes) skip the delivery fees.

Nintendo reports higher profit but substantially lower Switch 2 sales after it increased console prices.

Despite market conditions making PS5 consoles expensive and hard to get, Sony's gaming division had a solid quarter.

Power users seem more than willing to pay for AI-powered effects.

The company behind the widely used tool for AI text is moving into more kinds of AI slop.

The Nano Controller is adopting a Google Stadia trick.

This is potentially terrible news for those who love physical media.

Santa Monica Studio will use the extra time to push the game "to its fullest potential."

The TVPort project is another example of people using Claude Code to bring software to other platforms

Bluetooth HDT's rollout will benefit a wide range of wireless devices and how they communicate.

Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company.

As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries.

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.

Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart.

The app will offer personalized product recommendations, shopping through livestreams and short-form videos, app-exclusive deals, in-app checkout, order tracking, and customer support.

The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents.

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year.

ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated using its music models.

Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac.

Today’s portable devices are too hungry to run on traditional solar panels, but RadianX says its perovskite cells promise to make charging obsolete in some cases.

The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.

Discovered Materials, a months-old YC startup that uses AI to find chip materials, is offering $200,000 for each solution to five open materials science problems.

Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.

Amazon has made Uber Eats its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States.

The tokenmaxxing frenzy has been short-lived as bills for said tokens came due, and companies decided that token rationing might be a more fiscally sensible approach.

Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms.

AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle.

While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains.

During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only four people booked a ride using an AI agent.

The milestone comes a year after Snapchat announced a controversial limit on free storage for its Memories feature and informed users it would start requiring users to pay $1.99 per month for addition

NEW YORK—Voicing concern that he had misallocated much of the $200 million A24 had provided, director Alex Garland made remarks Thursday in which he expressed regret for having blown most of the budge

PROVIDENCE, RI—In breakthrough research that upends prevailing notions of human cognitive capacity, a new study published Wednesday by scientists at Brown University found that the brain is capable of

DHARAMSHALA, INDIA—In a move that adds diverse value to the global investment firm’s holdings,  Bain Capital announced Thursday the acquisition of Tibetan Buddhism, financing a $35 million deal for a

This newly restored 5-bedroom Victorian home combines timeless charm with modern comforts save for one locked room under the stairs that the dog will bark at repeatedly in abject terror.The post Room

You can refresh Zillow all you want, but this 2-bedroom mess in a run-down neighborhood is all you can afford, and no amount of wishing or daydreaming is going to change that.The post As Good As It Ge

The National Book Awards will take place Nov. 18, with novelists Edwidge Danticat and Hannah Lillith Assadi among the finalists for fiction. The Onion shares tips for writing your own novel.  Save tim

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WASHINGTON—Exhibiting a growing sense of panic as screens lit up with rumors and speculation about potential candidates, the nation reportedly watched helplessly Wednesday as the 2028 election cycle b

WASHINGTON—Their raucous cheers plunging to near pin-drop silence in a manner of seconds, presumptive Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) delivered a victory speech Tuesday night to a previous

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Testing data access code has always been awkward: unit tests want to be fast and isolated, and a real database is neither. With Docker and @testcontainers you can spin up a throwaway Postgres inside y

Scroll-Driven Animations can step in and make scrolling feel different even if you aren't actually interfering with the actual page scroll.

The new headingoffset HTML attribute lets you bump a heading’s level up by adding to it, which is handy when a component’s h1 needs to be an h2 somewhere else. Here’s how the math works, how to reset

Swapping the clip-path arrow from the previous article for border-shape and shape(), we can connect two draggable circles with fancy curved lines that stay perfectly aligned.

Custom media queries let you name and reuse media queries the way custom properties do for values. Here’s a set of drop-in @custom-media presets for input mechanisms, breakpoints, and true HDR, plus a

I like the idea of "Please suggest 10 improvements to my ~/.zshrc" as a prompt (John Lindquist). Nick Taylor wrote up all the stuff it found for him and got nearly a second back for every fresh termin

There is technology to dynamically create custom social media cards (like this one!) — but what you put on it really depends.

A nice app architecture thought by Dominik: The Vertical Codebase. When component architecture came along, many started co-locating HTML/CSS/JS for a component, and it felt right. What if you take tha

An iframe with srcdoc feels like a safe place to render HTML a model wrote. It isn't. Three tests show how the preview can read your page, escape the frame, and phone home, and four layers of protecti

I watched this whole video by Juxtaposed, assuming it was a real redesign of the VLC player, but alas, it is not official. Nevertheless, it should be, and it’s a wonderful example of how much real hum

Al Jazeera's senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says the US election is a setback for warmongers.

The final of Gaza’s ‘Thousand Martyrs’ Cup marks the return of organised football after nearly three years of war.

Mourners gather in Navahermosa to honour Tenerife player, whose death has united Spain’s football community in grief.

A Democratic 'blue tsunami' in the US midterms shines a light on emerging distaste for Trump's brand among Republicans.

Trade unions led more than 260 planned protests nationwide, urging government to address economic woes and wage demands.

Kozo Tashima second person to declare he will challenge Infantino, after former Spurs defender Ramon Vega.

Portugal superstar Ronaldo calls time on international career after a falling-out with head coach Jorge Jesus.

Israel’s president consults party leaders on forming a government, as Israeli forces attack Palestinians in Gaza.

Ronaldo, 41, ended an illustrious 23-year career that spanned six World Cups and six European Championships.

Experts have said the US-funded trial would deny critical vaccines to thousands of infants.

Mojtaba Khamenei’s consultations suggest a new system of decision-making is taking shape.

British comedian was convicted by jury at London court of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

Former army surgeon and Gaza volunteer Hamawy is the first Muslim American elected to the US Congress from New Jersey.

The midterms showed that challenging support for Israel can win votes. But changing US foreign policy may be harder.

Taiz residents face health risks as waste accumulates amid sniper fire, forcing people to burn it in the streets.

Arab-led parties won a record 19 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament in last week's general election.

What can the Democratic party actually change when it comes to Donald Trump’s decisions, policies and presidency?

Indonesia is deploying thousands of troops in Jakarta amid an alleged wiretapping scandal targeting the president.

Bodycam footage released by Ukraine’s National Police shows people rushing into an underground shelter.

Padel is the fastest growing racket sport in the world, and is pushing to make its Olympic debut.

Gaza officials say more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the so-called 'ceasefire' took effect.

In a peculiar failed smuggling attempt, 3,000 tarantulas were seized at a Peruvian airport.

Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football.

New Yorkers marched to demand justice for Ghanaian boy Javits Frimpong, who was shot and killed in the Bronx last month.

Demonstrators are demanding an increase in the minimum wage and higher salaries for all workers, among other reforms.

A top adviser to President Javier Milei of Argentina met Flávio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate, at an Argentine airport, three people involved in the operation said.

Iran’s willingness to re-engage on the issue suggests that Qatar-led diplomatic efforts to avert full-blown war between the U.S. and Iran have had some success.

Lana Nusseibeh, one of the Gulf nation’s top diplomats, has led the effort to deny her country’s role in Sudan. Now it’s complicating her bid to become secretary general of the United Nations.

Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trump’s team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.

The Israeli leader and his allies are alleging that Arab voters last month stole the election. Election officials say that while foul play was being investigated, it could not have affected the result

A TV program helped to identify the victims, a Russian woman and her young daughter, who were found dead in a Rome park.

Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay.

More than a dozen planes that were targeted on Thursday landed safely, officials said, after similar threats earlier this week. The hoaxes have added to airspace anxiety in the region.

Labels exert extraordinary control over performers because only a few acts turn a profit.

The government said the risk to the British public from the disease was low. The current outbreak in Africa has spread widely across the continent, killing more than 5,000 people.

A Finnish court convicted the captain and boatswain of a cargo ship of aggravated criminal damage in relation to an incident last year in the Gulf of Finland.

In country after country stricken by democratic decay, overwhelming turnout in elections is making a difference.

The New York Post used a Hokusai work to depict Donald Trump being swept away by Democrats’ midterm election win. Some in Japan were bothered by the imagery.

Wildlife officers were working to trap grizzly bears along a trail after the remains of the two hikers were found near a remote community in British Columbia this week.

The midterm results laid bare the deep unpopularity of the war of choice that President Trump started and is now struggling to end.

Israeli party leaders were holding discussions with President Isaac Herzog on Thursday about who should get the first chance to form a governing coalition.

Hundreds of demonstrations took place across France on Thursday, escalating weeks of protests against the rising cost of living.

Support for the major parties — led by two men called Chris — is cratering, thanks to dissatisfaction with the economy. Minor parties stand to benefit from a desire among voters for change.

Mr. Wong, one of the most high-profile members of a movement that was quashed in 2020, was accused of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a national security offense.

Pope Leo wore his usual white vestments. Bob Dylan visited the Vatican in a hooded sweatshirt and polka-dot tie. There was no singing.

A boat in Micronesia went missing in July. This weekend, five of its passengers landed, unclothed and emaciated, on an island in Kiribati — more than 3,000 miles away.

The results from the U.S. midterm elections could be the beginning of the end of the Trump era.

He was a celebrity stylist to rock stars and royalty whose blockbuster product, Frizz Ease, changed his fortunes (and women’s hair) forever. He was 75.

Israel once had bipartisan support in the United States, but a strong showing for Democrats, some of whom are deeply critical of the war in Gaza, has left the country with fewer friends in Congress.

In books and essays, he captured the unease beneath Japan’s economic miracle and wrote about everyday people who might never appear in headlines.

President Isaac Herzog began meeting with party leaders for two days to decide whether to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or rivals the first chance at forming a coalition.

As South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday, Helen Zille, 75, is betting voters care less about race and more about public services in her bid to become mayor of Johannesburg.

In a country where superstitions are as imaginative as they are many, physicians have come to fear a jinx involving Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Estancia Cerro Guido, a Chilean ranch that swapped puma bounties for conservation tours, offers travelers luxury experiences on the edge of the wilderness.

Millions viewed Lisa He’s post about her mother’s struggling business in Edinburgh. But internet fame created its own complications — and obscured bigger questions.

President Isaac Herzog has tried to avoid controversy and heal rifts in his largely ceremonial role. But his skills as a savvy mediator could be instrumental after an inconclusive election.

Commentators abroad wondered what President Trump’s electoral losses might mean for oil prices, the war on Iran and the future of American politics.

The government designated the protest group as a terrorist organization last year, prompting criticism. The country’s Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the ban on Wednesday.

The disease has killed 30 hippopotamuses in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo since September, officials say.

The crash, in a popular tourist area during the autumn climbing season, highlighted the safety challenges posed by growing numbers of aircraft in the Himalayas.

The latest bug hunting model 'avoided exploiting out-of-scope services over 99 percent of the time', claims House of Altman

Mystery limits expand for users without the paid add-on, with upgrade prompts ready when features run dry

They denied the data was real...then removed it

DRAM revenue jumps 369 percent as AI demand keeps supplies tight and prices climbing

All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. Maybe

Curbing compute farms played a big part in recent US elections, now Euro activists are making their feelings known

From EOP to RCE in six simple steps

No gang has claimed the attack on incredible neighborhood resource yet

Norad said it cannot be sure that the details of those in 'conflict areas and authoritarian states' are safe or not

New commitment to Apache Iceberg and expanded Databricks partnership point to battle ahead over context layer

IBM deal could see tech jobs shipped to India, with cuts expected before Christmas

October outage caused by bad PLC config exposed at a time maintenance work reduced resilience

Version 8 of Standard and Enterprise Plus will stay alive until October 2028

‘Pro Badges’ don’t require a test, Microsoft awards them by watching you use GitHub

Oh, the irony, as platform players fight

Agent orchestration startup gets its exit

SPONSORED FEATURE: ASUS wants to scale AI everywhere in the enterprise

Content shared with anyone who has the URL will be scanned for 'harmful content,' though the iMaker hasn't defined that term

More than two years after promising it, Apple lets developers test Siri AI app integration

Alex Karp casts military software as a force for peace while declaring a moral imperative to dominate the market

After two last-minute delays, it's here and running – albeit with a kernel series already at upstream end of life

Who needs a humanoid to pick up after you when you can suspend an AI-powered claw from cables near your ceiling?

FLIP reveals a planet hidden in Webb data, boosting detection sensitivity by up to 15 times

Firms still want kit on-premises, but spike in revenue is as much about increased costs as higher sales

128-cores max, sold on distributors' marketplaces, and in with a shot of restoring some trust

Help desk technician agrees to minimum 10-year jail term after being caught copying files for more than 2 years

Brit Emma Walsley swaps big pharma for big printer: Prep for PCs, ink, and lots of DRAM-induced headaches

The results were particularly stark where voters got to weigh in directly

Public Accounts Committee talks of 'broken promises' and 'chaos' as 'thousands' of retired folk miss out on money

Attackers reportedly set cold-room controls to 110°C, but safeguards prevented stock losses

Very nearly 30something environment gets spruced up… and there's a new Trinity, too

Customers sweating assets amid tight budgets, as Microsoft execs get creative with sales pitches

Schneider sees no slowdown despite backlash, but says communities deserve answers on power, water, and noise

We have go for launch, and the ethernet and Wi-Fi standards that will make it happen

CEO says supply chain can cope with surging datacenter and AI demand

I live in rural America, and can say that the 20th-century sport of "mailbox baseball" is still alive and well. While these photos aren't mine, this is a common scene on my local roads: This is a prob

This transforming table is by Polish company Bauhausly. Its signature trick is that it goes from round to square: Beneath you can see the concealed hinges that make it work.It's possible the design is

The Diden Spider is a robot that has magnetic feet and can weld. Developed by South Korea's Diden Robotics, the four-legged 'bot uses electric pulses to switch its magnetic feet on and off; once attac

Las-Vegas-based robotics company Realbotix is developing these Echo robots. These are companionship robots, imbued with AI software designed to carry conversations. To cut down on costs, the 'bots are

Heads-up displays (HUDs) are available for both cars and motorcycles. However, there's a fundamental difference between those vehicle types, and that's led to a UX problem for the latter category. Car

This is what's called a split-rail fence: The design is a classic example of more-work-up-front, less-work-later. With a traditional nailed fence, like this… …if one of the rails becomes damaged, you

This Urban Desk is by UrbanNature, a space-saving furniture brand started by German industrial designer Jörg Brachmann. It's not a full hideaway desk, but tucks its lower worksurface away in order to

Here's a peculiar device that, if the reviews are to be believed, a subset of book readers love: The AwesomePre, a portable book light designed by Seoul-based ID firm Bebop. Rather than being a light

Since the 1970s, self-taught engineer Hugh Piggott has been building wind turbines from scratch in his native Scotland. In the 2000s, he started holding workshops showing participants how to build the

You probably know of RED, Bono's organization that raises fund to fight preventable diseases, through their many collaborations with Apple and Jony Ive; there were special RED iPod Nanos, iPhones and

The automatic door bottom is a clever bit of engineering that prevents under-door drafts, without installing a skirt that drags across your floor. Also called an automatic drop seal, it consists of an

Here's what we looked at this week:A good idea for a lamp for Ferrari fanatics--based on a 1970s East German design.Improvised tools: A creative "juggad" leak detector. Wowhaus' dichroic glass "Inspir

Earlier we looked at the work of Dream Domes, a UK-based event structure company. They've worked out a way to erect large event tents with no central support. In the UK is another company called Unido

This morphing hard drive enclosure is by Antonin Odin, done as an Industrial Design student at France's ENSCI. People increasingly want more visibility over their data, more taste in the objects they

This T&C Pocket Bici is a folding bicycle made by Tresoldi & Casiraghi, an Italian metalworking firm, in 1963. Unlike the folding bicycles of today that split in half, the components here all fold int

When one goes to Search on lobste.rs there is an Anubis gate first. I understand why it is there for a public rate limiting case, but why is it there for logged-in users? This is an invite only site a

The actor answers your questions about trapeze lessons, Bond villain ambitions and Michael Caine’s top tipsYou looked as if you had such a good time on Celebrity Traitors last year – you had them hang

Rosie has become co-chair of their apartment block committee, but Marcus thinks she should take a back seat. Whose argument falls flat? You decide• Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become

Series two of this rambunctiously entertaining espionage drama might be implausible. But it’s a magnetically acted tale of friendship, with moments of genuine poignanceIs Helen Webb Britain’s busiest

Two years in to her leadership, Badenoch continues to take the Tories ever-rightwards, into comfort-zone Conservatism What happens to a political leader who is too sure of themself? Sometimes, huge c

Surreal, mysterious and with an outlandish origin story, Jan Potocki’s The Manuscript Found in Saragossa has amassed a cult following that includes Salman Rushdie and Jerry Garcia. But it’s the book’s

We were promised a panacea for the climate crisis and a way to save our food system. So why is nobody firing up the chicken vats? I went to find outOn 5 August 2013, a man and a woman ate a burger. No

Judge says actor and comedian faces ‘significant custodial term’ after being convicted of raping a woman and assaulting three othersRussell Brand has been found guilty of raping a woman and sexually a

Failure to agree lower fees for EU citizens studying in UK should delay prized food and drink deal, members sayUK politics live – latest updatesThe EU is seeking a firmer pledge from the British gover

UK hit by first interest rate rise in three years, as Bank predicts inflation will approach 5% by middle of 2027Interest rate rise in midst of cost of living crisis will leave many incredulousUK gover

EU transport commissioner says ‘too early’ to say if bomb threats to 20 flights are linkedTell us: have you been affected by the bomb threats?And the Italian news agency Ansa reported that two more pl

UK PM says he wants ‘a new discussion’ with Washington over the disputed islandsUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said he wants to “recast” the UK’s deal to cede control of the Chagos

Review by ex-Met chief, expected to be published soon, calls for replacement of most of 43 forces in England and WalesThe number of police forces in England should be cut from 39 to as few as nine “su

Ted Cruz and Newt Gingrich call the US midterms election a failure and ‘Watergate-level repudiation’ as Democrats overtake both chambers of CongressLive results | How do you feel about the results?Sig

Geologists say they are getting closer to solving mystery as tests suggest stone may have come from elsewhere in Scotland, northern England or even IrelandThey spent countless hours on weather-battere

Leaked documents offer insight into Russian-Iranian military cooperation as US weighs up next steps in Iran warRussia arranged to supply Iran with 90 launchers for advanced guided missiles, according

Former comedian long traded on his extreme persona, yet many will wonder how he was allowed to act in plain sight for so longIn the early 1990s, when he was a student at the Italia Conti theatre schoo

Facing a slump in the polls, Javier Milei is making economic attacks on the Falkland Islands' oil industry and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next. In a UN speech, the Argentinian pres

In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and exclusionary, mirroring past inequalityAndy Burnham’s pledge to seek a “structured dialogue” with former colonies to help shape

As Donald Trump licks his wounds from a bruising set of midterm election results, the UK will look nervously to what he might do on the international stage in order to cement his legacy. Plus, Pippa a

Bitter postmortem under way as party comes to terms with Darline Graham’s stunning loss to Annie AndrewsIt’s not that Shane Brown somehow didn’t know about the US Senate election in South Carolina. No

The wins for Democrats come after years of cuts and upheaval to US health and science infrastructureA political organization behind a wave of Democratic doctors and scientists winning elections up and

Ahead of the Democrats’ ‘Blue-nami’, some of the team behind our epic results page explained the work that goes into preparing for every election night On millions of screens around the world this we

What do you get the man who doesn’t seem to want anything? From fiery condiments to chef’s knives, slippers to portable speakers, these ideas are sure to hit the spot• The best Christmas gifts for mum

Huge, ecstatic canvases are just one of the vocations of the musician who joined the art rockers in 2024. As her show Hotwire My Heart opens, she talks terror, awe and teabagsEmma Richardson loves to

(VOTB)​On their fourth buzzy project in two years, the gobby and combustible US-Polish pair are best when they’re leaning into the roughness of their soundEven by the standards of an age in which arti

Daukes was an outgoing 10-year-old when he met boys’ club leader John Phillips. As an adult, he lived through years of chaos and self-sabotage, while repressing his experiences. Then he found out his

The BLVD is home to 250 enterprises, from banks, tattoo shops and restaurants to museums and a performing arts centrePassing through the Mojave desert on State Route 14, going by landscapes Hollywood

In 2015, two film-makers first met 11-year-old refugee Israa, forced to abandon Aleppo for a new life in Europe, along with her parents and siblings. None of them imagined what would come nextIn 2015,

Despite the partial U-turn on care worker visas, the staff who keep the system afloat still face a hostile environmentIf you want to see the senselessness of Britain’s immigration debate play out in r

James Talarico and Adam Hamilton’s interpretations of the Bible are wildly different from the conservative vision we are regularly fedTwo-thirds of Americans identify as Christian, but since less than

Some now suggest a monthly dose of art can boost wellbeing. But the last thing we need is another item on our to-do listsAs the long autumn subsides and we finally head into winter, so we hit that poi

In Michigan, support for Israel was a kind of political hologram. But the media often made it seem realAmong the things that Abdul El-Sayed’s victory last night in the Michigan Senate race revealed is

For a decade, good-hearted citizens witnessed horrors and insisted: ‘This is not America.’ Finally, the conversation has shiftedFor the past 10 years – such brutally discouraging years in the United S

Decades of professionalism, investment and industrialised training methods have rendered the gulf between the sporting gods and mortals virtually unbridgeable“She walked in here a hairdresser from Mil

Jude Bellingham’s new Calvin Klein ad campaign is heartening in so many ways, but the first thing I noticed was the capacious underpantsI have surprisingly strong feelings about underpants, or rather

In iOS 27.2, Apple has a new settings menu that lets you choose which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access, all from one list. Here's what's changed and how to use the new menu.With iOS 27.2,

The first reviews of the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with PROLED XDR displays have been published ahead of the laptops launching on Friday.One of the key new features is a touchscreen.

Earlier this week we highlighted some of the best early Black Friday Apple deals, and today we're focusing on third-party accessory markdowns available to purchase right now on Amazon. In this article

Cellular carriers have always offered big savings on the newest iPhone models during the holidays, and Black Friday 2026 sales have kicked off at AT&T and T-Mobile, as well as Best Buy. Right now we'r

Apple today began rolling out the Creator Studio app updates that it announced last month. For example, both the Creator Studio version and standalone version of the Logic Pro app for the Mac were upd

Apple has largely stopped making users join a waitlist to access its Siri AI assistant. According to an updated Apple support document, Siri AI "will begin to download automatically" once users opt in

Apple enlisted British musician Labrinth to create a new song during an overnight livestream, demonstrating the new touchscreen MacBook Pro and Logic Pro at Apple Tower Theatre in downtown Los Angeles

Apple wants suppliers to make 16 million MacBook Neo laptops in 2027, or double the amount expected for this year, according to supply chain sources (via DigiTimes).Apple released its first MacBook Ne

Code discovered in the iOS 27.3 beta suggests Apple is laying the groundwork for chatbot apps on its upcoming HomeView smart home hub, according to the code investigator known as pdfu.The software Hom

If you bought an iPhone Duo on launch day and are having second thoughts about keeping Apple's first foldable iPhone, tomorrow could be your last chance to return it for a refund.Apple officially laun

Apple is releasing five new products this Friday, November 6, following pre-orders that opened last week, including its first touchscreen MacBook Pro models.The following new products will be availabl

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test fea

Apple today added a new subscription retention feature for developers, allowing them to show retention messages when a subscriber goes to cancel.Apple says retention messages will appear in the subscr

MacRumors has confirmed that the HomePod mini 2 is equipped with 2GB of RAM supplied by SK Hynix. This is not very surprising given the S10 chip in the Apple Watch Series 10 also has 2GB of RAM, but A

A Reddit user was able to get Nintendo's "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" and "Super Mario Odyssey" to run natively on the Apple TV 4K, continuing a string of ports made possible with the use of AI (vi

Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak today shared an Apple TV video that offers a look at how "Resident Evil" director Zach Cregger uses an iPhone during filmmaking.Cregger said he uses his iPhone and t

Apple is curtailing employee AI use to cut costs, reports Bloomberg. In October, Apple limited some engineers to $200 per day for AI spending, down from $300.More cuts could be coming, with daily allo

Apple today shared a trailer for a new Snoopy special that's airing on Friday, November 13. "Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy" features Snoopy working to get off Santa's naughty list ahead of Christ

Apple on Tuesday released the first Xcode 27.3 beta with three new features: GitHub Copilot support within the built-in coding assistant, the ability for developers to test Siri AI integration in thei

Apple says it will start checking public iCloud links for harmful content in iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3, and visionOS 27.3.Images in iCloud Photos and files in iCloud Drive shared using the "An

Alexis Ohanian is trying to figure out what’s next for user-generated content now that so much of the internet is “compromised.”

A day after the US midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, Onion CEO Ben Collins and comedian Patti Harrison spoke to WIRED about the salve of satire during politically fraught times.

The startup Aina bets you won’t need to rely on your phone to control virtual assistants. It’s making a smart ring that lets you control the actions of your autonomous agents with one tap.

The new OLED MacBook Pro comes with an incredible-looking touchscreen display—and an equally eye-popping price.

Potential Sciences, a startup backed by the UK government, is betting that training AI models on computer-generated biochemical data can speed up the plodding process of developing new drugs.

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Denise Herzing, the founder and director of the Wild Dolphin Project, is using AI to help understand audio and video footage of the marine mammals.

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OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXSI have all reached out to Husk, an influencer who regularly goes viral by exposing the shortcomings of chatbots.

Nintendo has prepped its classic game for a rerelease with a slew of aesthetic upgrades—none more extreme than the protagonist’s curled-eyelash, glossed-lip glow-up.

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Turns out, your finger is prime real estate for health tracking. Here are the smart rings that impressed me the most.

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Adult content creators and free speech advocates are sounding the alarm over a new law about to take effect in the United Kingdom banning simulated incest and some depictions of oral sex.

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After Democrats won big in Texas and other AI infrastructure hot spots on Tuesday, data center enthusiasts looked for comfort in low Earth orbit.

Kat Abughazaleh and CJ Pearson spoke at WIRED World Fair on Wednesday about the influence of social media on politics following Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Leading the Future, backed by Silicon Valley’s biggest billionaires, had a war chest of $100 million and an aggressive stance against AI regulation. All of it didn’t add up to much on Tuesday night.

Showrunner Silka Luisa and star Hunter Schafer want their series, Blade Runner 2099, to show the benefits of a post-revolution world.

Google is tying up AI Overviews with traditional search, angering parents and educators who worry that easy, machine-generated answers are leaving kids less capable.

From top officials like Pete Hegseth to White House aides to right-wing pundits, the race is on to find someone besides Donald Trump to blame for the Republicans’ catastrophic losses.

“Most of the risk is actually created by a couple of players building behind closed doors,” Clément Delangue said of the need for open source AI.

Upgrade to the smartest Android smartphones. Google’s latest Pixel 11 phones are all on sale at their lowest prices to date, well ahead of Black Friday.

Mark Lanier led the first social media addiction case to go to trial, winning a verdict against Meta and Google in March. It’s just the beginning.

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena resigned Thursday amid mass protests and impeachment threats following the collapse of Ueno Bank, a major digital lender with close ties to his administration and mo

theodp writes: That Was Then: The Imagine Cup competition, Microsoft explained in a 2003 press release, "seeks to provide students [aged 16-and-up] around the world with resources to use technology an

NASA has unveiled the X-70 Fractal, a new crewed experimental aircraft "designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies." From a press release: The crewed X-70 fea

3M has agreed to pay up to $7.35 billion over nine years to settle claims from as many as 120,000 people who say they were sickened by PFAS-contaminated groundwater near military bases, airports and o

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: A Vietnamese court has sentenced 14 people who worked on the pirate football streaming site Bun Cha TV, handing out the first prison terms we've

Axon has been sued in a proposed class action accusing the Taser and police body-camera maker of illegally collecting and storing license plate data on millions of California drivers through its AI-po

Adam Fry, OpenAI's consumer product lead for ChatGPT, says the number of searches performed through ChatGPT has grown to roughly 20% of Google's search volume. The company defines a search as a ChatGP

Netflix is testing its first consumer-facing feature explicitly branded as AI-powered. Called "AI Discover," the feature generates personalized TV and movie recommendations in real time based on viewi

Waymo plans to end its exclusive Uber robotaxi partnership in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028 and let customers hail its vehicles directly through the Waymo app. In an interview on The Circuit, Way

OpenAI has acquired developer tools startup Pierre Computer Company to strengthen Codex. "The deal, announced today, signals OpenAI's aggressive push into the developer tools market as the AI arms rac

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The refrigerators at three regional blood banks in France were hit by a cyberattack overnight between Sunday and Monday, at the same time hackers stru

AMD expects its fourth-quarter revenue to reach roughly $17 billion, potentially surpassing Intel's projected $15 billion to $16 billion and putting AMD ahead of its longtime rival in quarterly sales

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group plans to launch Emut Bank in early 2027 as the first digital bank affiliated with a major Japanese financial institution to eliminate ATM cards, "instead having customer

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joshuark shares a report from Wired: After 22 years in orbit and a failed rescue mission this summer, it is highly likely that the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will crash into Earth sometime next we

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The AI-generated sci-fi film Gods Don't Give Gifts has added a bit of star power: Pop star Grimes is going to appear in the movie. Billed as "the first AI film to come to theatres," Gods Don't Give Gi

Microsoft is unveiling a new Xbox PC app that launches "up to 60 percent faster" than before, with an overhauled design to match new updates to Xbox Cloud Gaming on the web and smart TVs. Xbox Insider

OpenAI is launching GPT-6 Cyber, the latest version of its cybersecurity AI model, which it says is better at finding vulnerabilities and less likely to go rogue and hack other platforms in the proces

While I wasn't expecting Microsoft to announce Windows 12 during its RTX Spark launch event last month, more than a few people were hoping to see something truly new. Between the growing frustration w

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After introducing new color options for its screen-free CS-8 video camera last month, Camp Snap announced a miniature version today that's less than half the size of the original. The new CS-8 Mini ca

Today, I’m talking with Willy Shih, an economist, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, and the author of the upcoming book, Where Does My Stuff Come From? The Powerful Econom

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that allows you to invite friends and family members to events in the app - even if they don't have the messenger installed. When you create an event in WhatsApp,

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Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three sexual assaults at Southwark Crown Court.

Det Supt Andy Furphy said he hoped other potential victims would gain "courage" and "confidence" from the guilty verdicts.

Most analysts expected the increase from 3.75% to 4%.

Three women made allegations about the men they were partnered with. Channel 4 has apologised and said the show's budget would be reinvested in "distinctive new programming".

As Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international football, Guillem Balague looks at why and what is next for the Portugal legend.

The chef had stated that putting pineapple on pizza was "offensive to his culture".

About 20 million people enjoy fireworks at home every year, but some campaigners want quieter displays.

One of the stabbing victims says "all hell's broken loose" as people locked themselves in toilets.

Brand stood upright in the dock as the verdicts were read out in court - ending this sometimes surreal trial.

BBC correspondent Sima Kotecha explains how the trial unfolded.

Job, loans and savings are all affected by the rise in interest rates announced by the Bank of England.

Laura Sides faced a dilemma of whether to find out if she would inherit her father's condition.

The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.

Easily the most anticipated Bollywood film of the year, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is the first of two parts.

Harry Kane's new deal at Bayern Munich may end his Premier League career but offers fresh hope he can lead England to glory, writes Phil McNulty.

Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.

The Pulp Fiction director and Spinning Around singer caused a stir in a Welsh seaside town.

A coroner rules Second Lt Max George's death on Salisbury Plain was an accident.

Families described the unauthorised access of confidential medical records as an "abuse of power".

Jesus de Miguel's family say "the mark he has left on so many people" is something they will always remember as the footballer's funeral takes place in Spain.

Pound reaches highest level against a basket of currencies since the Brexit referendum a decade ago.

The widow of ER creator Michael Crichton argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the 1990s series.

It was thought the Stonehenge artefact was from north east Scotland but a new study disputes that.

The singer from Pontypridd told the audience just how serious his "bad case of the flu" was.

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As Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international football, Guillem Balague looks at why and what is next for the Portugal legend.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is close to agreeing a contract extension at the club.

Jesus de Miguel's family say "the mark he has left on so many people" is something they will always remember as the footballer's funeral takes place in Spain.

Harry Kane's new deal at Bayern Munich may end his Premier League career but offers fresh hope he can lead England to glory, writes Phil McNulty.

Jack Grealish remains unavailable for Everton's Premier League clash with Coventry on Friday, manager David Moyes confirms.

It has all the bells and whistles (and cameras).

US leader in deploying humanoid robots goes public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

It's more compelling than ever, but also more expensive.

The spirit of AMG is alive via three axial flux electric motors.

And what that could mean for physical Switch game costs.

Researchers say group may have been Kremlin-sponsored in search of diplomatic targets.

"Our calculations suggest Heisenberg significantly underestimated the materials required."

“We started listening to a lot of our lower-end customers," VMware exec says.

AMD's gaming revenue fell 40 percent in an otherwise record $13.4 billion quarter.

Tech industry in denial as US overwhelmingly votes to restrict AI, data centers.

"Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now."

Cruz and Trump seem to have no plans to fill FCC's empty Democratic seat.

It won't win the specs race, but it will actually fit in your hand.

Techniques included laptop infections, compromised internal tooling, and fake job interviews.

After 45 minutes behind the wheel, I am more optimistic about the $25,000 EV.

Researchers say the Schedule I ban could kill studies of a promising opioid treatment.

State tries to obtain broadband funds despite rejecting Trump admin condition.

Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires.

Lawsuit calls Brave "supplier, dealer, and distributor" of stolen news content.

We talk with Nissan designer Hiren Patel about how vehicle interior designs are changing.

Get your favorite DIY weekend warrior some new gear or treat yourself to an upgrade.

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The TP-Link Roam 7 is down to $87.99 from $119.99 ahead of Black Friday.

Bose’s second-generation QuietComfort Headphones are now $200.

Black Friday 2026 is starting much earlier than in previous years.

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This watch may be simple, but it has a few pleasant surprises.

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More twisty mysteries and stories of false identities to stream now.

There's an easy way to avoid this bug before playing the new Zelda.

Luckily, Google just issued a fix for this security vulnerability.

Amazon has dropped the price of the two-pack Netgear Orbi 770 Wi-Fi 7 Mesh System to $449.99 from $549.99 ahead of Black Friday.

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The Bose SoundLink Plus is down to $179 from $269, and it's perfect for travel, outdoor use, and everyday listening.

The Sony XM6 are still the best premium headphones for audio and ANC in 2026 and are at their lowest price.

You don't need to wait until Black Friday to save 40%.

Apple just released the first developer beta for iOS 27.3. Here's what's new.

Time is running out to make use of your funds.

And why it may not be more expensive, depending on the options you choose.

The 13-inch and 15-inch M5 MacBook Airs are both $200 off ahead of Black Friday.

Apple’s rugged GPS + Cellular 49mm Black Titanium model is now down to $699.99.

Apple's controversial new feature is launching in beta today.

It's only for a single device, but you can get Windows 11 Pro for just 13 bucks.

Microsoft’s flagship IDE has smart tools for coding, debugging, and collaboration.

This week: what "code rot" really means; the other meaning of "PDF file"; and the truth behind the viral Freddy Krueger "cancellation."

PCMag calls the Pixel Watch 5 the best smartwatch for Android users.

Amazon's latest Fire TV Stick 4K is down to a record-low $24.99 from $59.99.

Few questions in fitness truly have a "right" or "wrong" answer.

It's not just about Black Friday anymore.

Its first touchscreen MacBook Pros are nearly here.

You still have time to spend your pre-tax dollars on brands like Whoop, Fitbit, Oura, and more.

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Apple's lower-cost iPhone has much of the same internals as the standard iPhone 16.

It's laziness. The problem is laziness.

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During the final weeks of the campaign, convicted felon and oft-accused of sexual misconduct, Donald Trump kept talking about Jon Husted's butt. After repeatedly describing Husted's backside as a "pil

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Toys "R" Us and Halloween went hand-in-hand back in the day. It's impossible not to feel nostalgic when thinking about it if you lived through that era as a kid. Luckily we have old commercials like t

This video made me laugh especially hard because I recently had a very similar experience in my own garden. If you've ever been gardening only to see some of your plants disappearing under the ground,

Here is a baby flamingo compilation from the San Antonio Zoo. Baby flamingos don't have their iconic pink feathers yet. What makes them especially cute is the way that they look a bit awkward trying t

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When I was in Japan last month, we went to an okonomiyaki restaurant in Fukuoka, Japan. It was called Denko Sekka, in Canal City Hakata, a shopping center. (Denko Sekka means "lightning fast.")Okonomi

The money incinerator is just getting up to speed. Anthropic's amended IPO filing says the company now has $895.4 billion in purchase commitments and lease agreements; almost all of it is for compute

A 3,000-year-old geography puzzle hides inside the Odyssey. YouTuber Honor Cargill-Martin examines an odd twist in the search for Homer's Ithaca: he may never actually have described Ithaca as an isla

A couple of Georgia Tech computer science students recently demonstrated a system that converts tongue and mouth movements into text. It uses eyeglasses that beam a radio signal into the user's head t

The state of Iowa rubber stamps religious groups' requests to hold events on the Capitol grounds. But for the last three years it has rejected the Satanic Temple's request to hold an event with caroli

Convicted felon and perpetual grifter Donald Trump has offered Americans an exit strategy I think we can all agree on. "If people ever got tired of me in the U.S., I'll move to Israel and become prime

RNC Chairman Joe Gruters responds to questions about the economy with a statement that his party is running against "communism." Republican leadership has not shown an understanding of communism, soci

YouTuber Zackary Smigel was freaked out by the alarming online claim that 76% of supermarket honey is fake and found something better: the statistic itself has been badly abused. The 76% number traces

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If you need to watch a video of a loud, bleating goat automaton without any skin, here you go. The House of Automata shared this lovely early-20th-century goat automaton. It is currently under constru

The occult philosopher Robert Fludd created this image in the 17th century. It is called Black Square and quite literally represents nothing. The medium is not known for certain, but it is guessed to

This mesmerizing time lapse shows what 48 hours of heavy snow looks like. The camera starts off facing a lawn chair and a wooden stick pointing up from the ground. The snow eventually covers all of th

It is the birthday of Sid "Cookie" Monster, who debuted in the premiere episode of Sesame Street on November 10, 1969, having already appeared as The Wheel Stealer in an unaired General Foods advertis

The flood of AI-generated slop games has set the thoroughly-troubled gaming industry reeling, but for indies it's even worse: success can depend on building a social media following by showing off cle

Intel's stock price fell 9% today after a bad week that saw the company lose more than a third of its value. It's lost more than half of its value since the summer highs, in what Jared Blikre describe

My local Chili's burned down three years ago, but the Chili's in Forest City, North Carolina, burned three customers and two staff members with its specialty margaritas Thursday. The drinks were repor

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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed shared a fairly uncomplicated theory about Donald Trump and the people surrounding him: "We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room." Spea

Stanley Kubrick's personal archives are coming to auction for the first time. The auction will include props, scripts, equipment, and personal possessions from Kubrick's film archives. According to Bo

McDonald's will have to explain the McRib, its occasional mystery meat sandwich, after failing to convince a federal judge to dismiss a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit contends that McDonald's "inte

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