A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

Shirley is a 23-year-old self-described "independent YouTube journalist" who made prank videos in high school before pivoting to politics. He participated in a White House roundtable in October.

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The flu is spreading rapidly across the U.S. this season, and it is expected to get worse. And, protests have erupted across Iran over the country's troubled economy.

When it comes to serious mental illness, family caregivers are crucial partners. But often, they must fend for themselves. A new solution offers them support.

For many people from former Soviet countries, New Year's is a big holiday feast time. A Ukrainian restaurant in Washington gives NPR a taste of what's on the menu.

Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration of federal health care subsidies will make their coverage unaffordable.

One of the earliest mentions of New Year's resolutions appeared in a Boston newspaper in 1813. But the practice itself can be traced back to the Babylonians.

At a neighborhood park, a young boy noticed Natalie's young foster daughter using a walker. His reaction left Natalie with an unexpected feeling of hope for the future.

Experts say Biden's focus on addiction health care saved tens of thousands of lives and slowed fentanyl smuggling. Trump scrapped Biden's approach in favor of military strikes.

The cold snap is expected to have an impact on rail services, roads and ferries as people travel for New Year's events.

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua's friends Sina Ghami and Latif "Latz" Ayodele, who were killed in a car crash in Nigeria, will be "deeply missed".

Video verified by the BBC shows a crowd breaking the gate of the governor's office in Fasa.

Police arrested 14 crew members on the ship sailing from the St Petersburg to the Israeli port of Haifa.

Nurse Megan Lynch was stood at a vending machine when she was hit over the head with the crowbar.

It comes as Russia releases video which it claims shows a downed Ukrainian drone launched at one of Putin's residences.

The food safety watchdog said people should return affected Deeside water bottles to stores.

Tourist Niels Honkoop says shattered glass littered the carriage floor and injured people were lying in the aisles.

Her Majesty shares her own experience of assault in a discussion with John and Amy Hunt about violence against women.

The disruption is now likely to last until the end of New Year's Eve, according to National Rail.

GPUzilla has reportedly received orders for more than two million units

With the sales ban lifted, Chinese tech giants, including ByteDance, are scrambling to secure orders for Nvidia's H200 graphics accelerators while they can. But will there be enough to satisfy demand?…

What, weekend warriors from Silicon Valley not good enough?

The US Army has been all-in on becoming an AI-powered outfit for some time, and now it's creating a career path for officers to specialize in making its automation dreams come true. …

As in past incidents, ESA says the impact was limited to external systems

The European Space Agency has suffered yet another security incident and, in keeping with past practice, says the impact is limited. Meanwhile, miscreants boast that they've made off with a trove of data, including what they claim are confidential documents, credentials, and source code.…

The world has passed it by in many ways, yet it remains relevant

Feature In the early 1990s, internetworking wonks realized the world was not many years away from running out of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses, the numbers needed to identify any device connected to the public internet. Noting booming interest in the internet, the internet community went looking for ways to avoid an IP address shortage that many feared would harm technology adoption and therefore the global economy.…

El Reg speculates about what GPUzilla really gets out of the deal

This summer, AI chip startup Groq raised $750 million at a valuation of $6.9 billion. Just three months later, Nvidia celebrated the holidays by dropping nearly three times that to license its technology and squirrel away its talent.…

From COBOL and C to Linux and SQL, the unglamorous software that keeps the world running refuses to disappear

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Funds in ‘Money Safe’ accounts are only available when customers appear for face-to-face verification

Hong Kong’s banks have a new weapon against scams: Accounts that require customers to visit a branch to access their funds.…

Pair became ALPHV affiliates to prey on US-based clients

A ransomware negotiator and a security incident response manager have admitted to running ransomware attacks.…

Zohran Mamdani appears not to understand that smartphones can be used for evil

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The ITSM outfit would join Oracle, Comcast, and Netflix in installing bunk beds in the corner office

ServiceNow’s amended employment contract with CEO Bill McDermott extends his time with the company into the next decade, but also provides possible next steps for the journeyman corporate leader, including the co-CEO role, a position he held at SAP in the years prior to joining the ITSM juggernaut.…

This time, a Colorado plant scheduled to shut down will be kept on standby.

The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list.

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools.

The study's main takeaway: "Be bold. It is the thing that slows down authoritarian creep."

Settlement forces NIH to review grants previously rejected on ideological grounds.

Musk allies spin DOGE as having a "higher purpose" beyond federal budget cuts.

The state deals with flooding and sea level rise by buying homes in flood prone areas.

Netflix's finale will also have a two-day theatrical release to more than 600 locations.

A serious data breach has occurred, but Ars users have nothing to worry about.

Gathering for mutual defense puts young spiny lobsters at risk of predators.