The university will pay $75 million over three years to end the Trump administration's investigations into antisemitism on its campus and to have millions of dollars in federal funding restored.

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Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID shots for kids. But public health experts question the agency's analysis.

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The storm will spread through the Midwest and Great Lakes regions over the weekend with "widespread heavy snowfall and hazardous travel conditions," the National Weather Service said.

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Tom Stoppard is remembered as a playwright whose wit and curiosity reshaped modern theater.

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After the Zika outbreak ended in Brazil, many families faced a new reality: a child whose life was irrevocably altered after the mother contracted the virus while pregnant. Here's what happened next.

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NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.

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As Pope Leo prepares to visit northern Lebanon, Christian border villages in the south feel abandoned and struggle to rebuild after the war with Israel.

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Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.

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The Trump administration has halted the processing of immigration requests from Afghans, and D.C. police will accompany National Guard members patrolling the city.

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Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.

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The King and Queen pay tribute to a "dear friend who wore his genius lightly".

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US President Donald Trump said the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed "in its entirety".

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Three days in, after a tax U-turn and partial climbdown on workers' rights, Laura Kuenssberg looks at what impact Budget week might have.

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The Prince of Wales visits a number of severely ill children from Gaza being treated by the NHS.

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The two ships stuck by drones were thought to be used to bypass Western sanctions on Russia.

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Zarah Sultana boycotts the first day of Your Party's founding conference after several members were expelled.

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The region is hit by some of the worst floods in years, with millions affected in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.

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He was an award-winning playwright whose works delighted generations.

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We visited festive markets in the UK and Germany to check which come closest to the real deal.

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A widening corruption scandal forced Ukraine's second most powerful person, Andriy Yermak, to resign.

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Roscosmos confirms 'damage' as images suggest repairs could stretch into 2027

The pad used by Russia to send Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) sustained damage during yesterday's crew launch, according to Roscosmos.?

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Automation flaw in CI/CD workflow let a bad pull request unleash worm into npm

PostHog says the Shai-Hulud 2.0 npm worm compromise was "the largest and most impactful security incident" it's ever experienced after attackers slipped malicious releases into its JavaScript SDKs and tried to auto-loot developer credentials.?

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Crims claim to know which customers are marked 'vulnerable'

British telco Brsk is investigating claims that it was attacked by cybercriminals who made off with more than 230,000 files.?

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Project cites fears of state access as cloud sovereignty row deepens

French cloud outfit OVHcloud took another hit this week after GrapheneOS, a mobile operating system, said it was ditching the company's servers over concerns about France's approach to digital privacy.?

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If that's a step too far, then there are new versions of CDE ? and tmux

The oldest of the open source Linux desktops is planning its final steps away from X11, while an even older Unix desktop is getting freshened up.?

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Pushes semiconductor familiarity via chip-shaped edible squares

SK hynix has launched HBM-themed square corn snacks at 7-Eleven, because nothing explains bandwidth like carbs and chocolate.?

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Training outfit scrambles to fix all-male lineup before December kickoff

Cybersecurity training provider TryHackMe is scrambling to recruit women infosec pros to help with its Christmas challenge following backlash concerning a lack of gender diversity.?

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Nvidia's accelerators look pricey, but bullion still wins on cost per ounce

For as long as I have been a reporter and analyst in the IT sector, November has always been supercomputing month. Way before there was a TOP500 ranking of supercomputers in June 1993 but just as I was leaving university, the first Supercomputing Conference was held in Orlando in 1988. And that November SC show set the cadence for high-performance computing for the decades that followed.?

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Another reason why the OS seems to swell with every update

Changing text in Microsoft Windows requires freezing string updates well before code changes stop, often leading to strange wording that persists for years.?

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Ex-NCSC chief Ciaran Martin asked to examine how forecast ended up online ahead of schedule

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has drafted in former National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) chief Ciaran Martin to sniff out how its Budget day forecast wandered onto the open internet before the Chancellor had even reached the dispatch box.?

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Promising trials using engineered antibodies suggest that "functional cures" may be in reach.

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"We are going to learn just how important the ISS is to leadership."

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Buy some laptops, or a streaming stick, to honor the passing of our greatest hero.

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Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect the environment.

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It's a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging.

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Beyond the blockbusters: This watch list has something for everyone over the long holiday weekend.

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The parasite, typically found in dogs, was visibly moving under her skin.

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The company is closer to increasing its Vulcan launch cadence, but it won't happen this year.

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Over the course of 2025, electricity demand has gradually declined.

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Ralph Abraham is "dangerous," but somehow not the worst among those considered.

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