Germany's defense minister is playing down the impact of the Pentagon's decision to pull 5,000 troops from the country, but the move has rattled NATO allies and added to growing fears that Europe can no longer rely on Washington.

The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with Jeffrey Epstein.

Golden Tempo has won the Kentucky Derby at odds of 23-1 to make Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown.

Iran has presented a 14-point response to the U.S. proposal to end the war, according to Iranian state media.

Timmy captured the hearts of whale lovers across the globe who rooted for a happy ending for the humpback.

The new rules focus on areas such as AI protections for writers and actors and expanded eligibility for international films.

Eswatini remains the only African nation without tariff-free access to China's market due to its ties with Taiwan.

The statue in Waterloo Place, which appeared early Wednesday, depicts a man proudly hoisting a flag— but the flag is blinding him.

Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was hospitalized after collapsing in prison. Her family says her condition has deteriorated since a March heart attack.

The White House Correspondents Association Dinner was one of several incidents of gun violence in the U.S. last week. Others ended in injuries and fatalities.

The state visit to the US draws a positive response after what was a difficult diplomatic challenge.

Ministers hope move would help avoid last-minute flight cancellations for passengers this summer over Middle East fuel supplies.

In the US, two senior Republicans voice concern over President Trump's decision to pull out 5,000 troops.

President Zelensky has been visiting the Gulf to demonstrate his country's military nous.

Whether it can really repair muscles and make skin look younger is up for debate.

The girl's death sparked an outbreak of violence in the central Australian town from where she disappeared.

Several people told the BBC they experienced delusions after intense conversations with AI.

The Icelandic star reflects on a phenomenal year, and the music video that let her go "primal".

Sahand tells the BBC World Service he sends satellite internet terminals into Iran to help show "the real picture".

Death doulas or soul midwives have increased in popularity in recent years. What do they do?

Take those token limits and shove them by vibe coding with a local LLM

With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing, that vibe-coded hobby project is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Fortunately, you're not without cost-saving options.…

Agency insists everything is working fine, even though users spend days failing to load it

The DVSA's driving test booking system has spent the week offline, according to frustrated users.…

Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once

Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is about to flush out years of buried flaws, leaving defenders scrambling to keep up.…

CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes touts 'largest ever quarter for competitive displacements'

The chase is on. Atlassian reported its largest-ever quarter for taking share from a major IT service management provider, CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said on the company's fiscal third-quarter earnings call Thursday, escalating its rivalry with ServiceNow.…

Emil Michael says agencies are evaluating the cybersecurity model, not deploying it

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael pushed back on reports of a thaw in the department’s relationship with Anthropic: The two are not getting back together, even as Mythos draws interest from government agencies.…

SpaceX and Blue Origin will absolutely be ready in time. Definitely

Amid the sensational NASA budget cut proposals taking place in the US at the moment, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has refined the Artemis III launch date to "late 2027."…

Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

As both Apple and Google introduce unwelcome changes in their phone OSes, here's a quick reminder that you do have alternatives to the Gruesome Twosome.…

If software writes software the risk is “systematic failure at scale”. Someone needs to take charge, argues Forrester

Forrester predicts that by decade's end, the rush toward agentic AI will grow so chaotic that CIOs will be forced into a new role as enforcer of order.…

Users have less cash to burn and less patience for AI in new models... now where to get the used stock

Secondhand phones sales are booming - relatively speaking - and the industry has rising inflation, AI bloat, and consumers' growing apathy toward overpriced new handsets to thank for it.…

Exploitation was underway before patches landed, at least one victim reports ransomware demand

CISA has added a critical cPanel bug to its known-exploited list, confirming that attackers are already poking holes in one of the internet's most widely used hosting stacks.…

Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more

Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.

Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”

Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?

Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate.

The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.

Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next.

More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.

AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on.

Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.