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Critics say U.S. Agency for Global Media's Kari Lake risks making Voice of America sound like a propaganda outlet in her remarks on the air praising President Trump.

The president said this week that the value of the dollar is "great" despite a sharp tumble since last year. That may be true for certain parts of the economy — but not others.

Apps that let people wager on current events have experienced explosive growth in Trump's second term. But one of the leading markets is tied up in lawsuits that cloud the industry's future.

If you've always dreamed of having a village but feel disconnected from your community, try these five tips. Plus: We want to hear from you. Tell us how you cultivate community where you live.

After the snowstorm this weekend dumped snow across large parts of the country, a key debate is raging on the streets: Can you save a public parking spot after you've dug your car out of it?

Strong winds can make it feel a lot colder than the thermometer suggests. Protect yourself by covering exposed skin and sheltering inside.

On the anniversary of the midair collision near Washington, D.C., families of the victims are still working for laws to prevent future disasters. And they say they're ready for a long fight.

In the wake of the Jan. 2025 plane crash, some young skaters weren't sure they could continue. A year later, many have found that's the best way to honor those they lost.

Leslie and Alan Burger have been in love since they were kids. They reflect on their sometimes strange relationship.

The US president's comments come as Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Shanghai on the third day of his visit to China.

Sir Keir Starmer's visit to China brought agreements on visas, services, healthcare, green tech and finance.

The Environment Agency says the arrests are a "vital step" into the Kidlington dump investigation.

A couple expecting to pay £50 for a locksmith say they ended up forking out more than £5,000.

US First Lady Melania Trump and her husband President Donald Trump have walked the black carpet at the premier of her new documentary.

A cramping Carlos Alcaraz draws on every physical and mental reserve to beat Alexander Zverev in a five-set epic and reach the Australian Open final.

12-year-old Vivaan Sharma was one of 94 patients harmed by surgeon Yaser Jabbar

Caning is a common but controversial punishment for violating Islamic law in Aceh province.

Last year, there was a 15% annual increase in the operations and surgeons want more research.

Jama was in South Africa filming Love Island and Dias was watching his team Manchester City play.

Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you

Opinion I'm an eighth-generation American, and let me tell you, I wouldn't trust my data, secrets, or services to a US company these days for love or money. Under our current government, we're simply not trustworthy.…

Spot's new cleanup gig involves gamma rays, alpha particles, and considerably less PPE than fleshy colleagues

Bark!Bark!Bark! Sellafield Ltd is to use Boston Dynamics' Spot robot dogs in "routine, business-as-usual operations" amid the ongoing cleanup and decommissioning of the notorious UK nuclear site.…

£1.3B over budget and four years late, bank searches for a way to not to bust new timetable and funding pot

A British state-owned bank is reconfiguring its modernization project, including considering reducing connections with legacy systems, as it tries to claw back schedule and budget overruns that are far beyond early plans.…

60-minute SLA was effectively useless and the contractor admitted it

On Call Welcome to another instalment of On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that shares your stories of weird and wonderful tech support jobs.…

Tools, agents, UI, and e-commerce - of course each one needs its own set of competing protocols

MCP, A2A, ACP, or UTCP? It seems like every other day, orgs add yet another AI protocol to the agentic alphabet soup, making it all the more confusing. Below, we'll share what all these abbreviations actually mean and share why they are important for the future of AI.…

BellSoft survey finds 48% prefer pre‑hardened images over managing vulnerabilities themselves

Java developers still struggle to secure containers, with nearly half (48 percent) saying they'd rather delegate security to providers of hardened containers than worry about making their own container security decisions.…

The call is coming from inside the house

opinion Maybe everything is all about timing, like the time (this week) America's lead cyber-defense agency sounded the alarm on insider threats after it came to light that its senior official uploaded sensitive documents to ChatGPT.…

To what end? Who knows? Tesla isn't even using them in its own factories yet

Elon Musk's car company is getting ready to be Skynet. Tesla, facing an 11 percent decline in automotive revenue in Q4 2025, has committed to $20 billion in capex spending this year on manufacturing and compute infrastructure. The goal: build lots of humanoid robots.…

A Labs prototype turns prompts into short, explorable 3D worlds

Google has put the video gaming industry on notice with the rollout of Project Genie, an experimental AI world-model prototype that generates explorable 3D environments from text or image prompts.…

'We're letting thousands of interns run around in our production environment'

Corporate use of AI agents in 2026 looks like the Wild West, with bots running amok and no one quite knowing what to do about it - especially when it comes to managing and securing their identities.…

With ACA tax credits gone, more people are turning to high-deductible plans.

The JUMPSEAT satellites loitered over the North Pole to spy on the Soviet Union.

Windows 11 clears a milestone as Windows 10 continues its slow fade.

Anthropic's latest paper on "user disempowerment" has some troubling findings.

Project Genie lets you generate new worlds 60 seconds at a time, but only if you pay for AI Ultra.

Comcast overhauled Internet plans to stop customer losses. It isn't working yet.

Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner shipping out hundreds of abortion pills each month.

Social density increases likelihood of sticking with a location. Environmental factors had little influence.

Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.

New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.