Bill Steiger, who served in the George H.W. Bush and first Trump administrations, reflects on the past year's changes in the U.S. role — and his new job as head of Malaria No More.

Lawmakers are racing to end a partial government shutdown after Congress missed its funding deadline on Friday. And, Trump wants to close the Kennedy Center for two years for renovations.

Farmers in the U.S. have grown cannabis since the 1600s — but policymakers are still figuring out how to regulate two famous types of Cannabis sativa. A historian calls the plant "incredibly cryptic."

Eight years ago, Joann Moschella was injured after her bicycle was hit by a car. That's when her unsung hero appeared, dressed in a furry lavender bunny suit.

Things are looking bleak for a fix in Congress for ACA premiums that doubled, on average, this month. And Republicans are making arguments against the law that haven't worked in years past.

The Trump administration says it's reviewing thousands of cases to look for potential fraud. A judge ordered a temporary pause, saying refugees cannot be arrested "without warrants or cause."

Despite issues with her heart, this octogenarian still competes in triathlons. She's proof that preventive medicine paired with smart lifestyle choices help seniors stay active longer.

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff, and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

Israel says it has allowed Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt to reopen, a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. No one has crossed yet.

Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step as the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire moves ahead, according to Egyptian and Israeli security officials.

Steve Wright is already serving a whole life jail sentence for the murders of five women in 2006.

The best and worst moments of the 68th Grammy Awards, which were held in Los Angeles.

Vladimir Motin is convicted of gross negligence manslaughter after a crew member died in the crash.

Pump price changes will have to be shared in a government database within 30 minutes.

Dan Norris says he "vigorously" denies the allegations, which include rape and sexual assault.

Social media has been flooded with fake, AI-generated images and videos. But will the majority of users actually care?

Caoimhe was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2025 after an optician spotted bleeding behind her eye.

The BBC went undercover to investigate an industry where women are filmed at night without their knowledge.

The documentary about US First Lady Melania Trump has been panned, but is off to "a huge start".

The Epstein files appear to give extraordinary context to a call between the former chancellor and JP Morgan's boss.

Microsoft concedes January's out-of-band fix didn't stop some PCs from rebooting instead of sleeping

Microsoft rounded off January by adding more devices to the list of those affected by the hibernation issue it claimed had been fixed by an out-of-band update.…

Drop in customers' cloud conversion rate causes share price to plunge 22% - steepest decline since 2020

SAP is refusing to change tack on renewal discounts despite lower-than-expected cloud forecasts prompting its biggest share price slide in five years.…

Researchers disclose rapid exploit chain that let attackers run code via a single malicious web page

Security issues continue to pervade the OpenClaw ecosystem, formerly known as ClawdBot then Moltbot, as multiple projects patch bot takeover and remote code execution (RCE) exploits.…

CEO talks momentum while paid uptake remains minimal

Only 3.3 percent of Microsoft 365 and Office 365 users who touch Copilot Chat actually pay for it, an awkward figure that landed alongside Microsoft's $37.5 billion quarterly AI splurge and its insistence that the payoff is coming.…

Breach lingered for months before stronger signature checks shut the door

A state-sponsored cyber criminal compromised Notepad++'s update service in 2025, according to the project's author.…

Winter storm knocks out Oracle datacenter, despite Larry Ellison's reliability boasts

TikTok has restored US services after winter storms hit an Oracle datacenter - the same infrastructure that Big Red's founder Larry Ellison previously claimed doesn't go down.…

DOJ files show former Windows chief predicting a public flop before mulling next mission

Steven Sinofsky warned Microsoft that its flagship Surface was about to flop in public, then sought exit advice from Jeffrey Epstein as he negotiated his way out of Redmond.…

Open source operating system fans, your time has come

Bork!Bork!Bork! Most people would be perfectly happy to ride the bus without seeing ads. So this latest public error could be a blessing in disguise for passengers, if not for the bus company hoping to make money. Love it or hate it, this bit of borked digital signage looks to have run into a problem that only an open-source hero can solve.…

Don't be scared of the digital dark – learn how to keep the lights on

Opinion Barely a month into 2026, electrical power infrastructure on two continents has tested positive for cyberattacks. One fell flat as attempts to infiltrate and disrupt the Polish distribution grid were rebuffed and reported. The other, earlier attack was part of Operation Absolute Resolve, the US abduction of Venezuela's President Maduro from Caracas on January 3.…

Administrators sigh: OOBs, they did it again

Opinion Microsoft has had a bad start to the year. Two out-of-band updates in the weeks after the first Patch Tuesday of 2026 rattled administrators' already shaky faith in the company. But are things getting worse?…

Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.

A good test would clear the way for launch of Artemis II as soon as next Sunday, February 8.

The research agency has 27 institute and center directors. Will those roles become politicized?

Plant chemicals made more potent by insect pests are detoxified by the fungus.

A lip-syncing robot, Leonardo's DNA, and new evidence that humans, not glaciers, moved stones to Stonehenge.

The effect of microdosing have been overstated, at least when it comes to depression.

With virtually no content and limited benefits, 8K TVs were doomed.

Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

The website is delayed as senators seek answers from health department watchdog.

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.