Iranians could call abroad on Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists said at least 646 people have been killed.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology.

A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.

More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.

People across the country gathered to protest against ICE over the past week.

After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations.

Many countries around the world including the US face aging and shrinking populations. Conservative groups have taken the lead talking about the issue. Some liberal thinkers say it's time to talk about the global population shift and offer progressive solutions

There's a growing move to end what some call "the orphan tax" and stop states from taking benefit checks from children and youth in foster care.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging.

With credit card interest rates near modern highs, President Trump says he wants to cap the rates for one year.

As Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests continue, the US president is considering how best to respond.

The former ambassador apologises "unequivocally" for maintaining links with Epstein after 2008 conviction

Court papers filed on Monday show the broadcaster will argue the Florida court lacks "personal jurisdiction" over the BBC.

Elon Musk's chatbot is under fire for altering images of women to remove their clothes without their consent.

Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.

Health editor Hugh Pym revamped his diet after a test suggested his gut health appeared to look five years older than he was

More children in England are in drug and alcohol treatment, but families say many cannot get help.

The head of her far-right party, Jordan Bardella, warns banning her running for president would be "deeply worrying" for democracy.

The administration has said it will send "hundreds more" federal officers to the state, after a woman was shot dead by an agent last week.

Zahawi is the latest former Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage's party, as a Tory source claims he had approached Kemi Badenoch seeking a nomination for the Lords.

Satya Nadella's call to accept and embrace desktop brainboxes faces skepticism

Software developers have created a PowerShell script to remove AI features from Windows.…

Tweaks its hardware to run multiple private cloud stacks, and shift between them

Lenovo has a hunch that some of you are about to shift to a different hypervisor and has created hardware to make the move easier.…

Government is fed up with bad actors using digi-cash to fund dodgy deeds

India’s government has updated the regulations it imposes on cryptocurrency services providers, as part of its efforts to combat fraud, money laundering, and terrorism.…

In SEC filings, Fortinet and Palo Alto show shrinking product margins taking hold.

PCs and datacenters aren't the only devices that need DRAM. The global memory shortage is roiling the cybersecurity market, with the cost of firewalls expected to balloon and hit both customers and vendors in the pocketbook in 2026, according to research analysts Wedbush.…

Gang members 'systematically exploited children and young people,' cops say

A 21-year-old Swedish man accused of being a key organizer of violence-as-a-service linked to the Foxtrot criminal network, which police say has recruited and exploited minors, has been arrested in Iraq.…

No wonder he's going nuclear

Meta has formed a new initiative called “Meta Compute” to oversee the planning, deployment, and operations of its growing fleet of AI datacenters.…

Just insert a disk and the TV starts playing three-year-old’s favorite shows

Smart TV UIs are hard enough for adults to navigate, let alone preschoolers. When his three-year-old couldn't learn to navigate with a remote, one Danish computer scientist did what any enterprising creator would do: He turned an old floppy disk drive into a kid-friendly content controller that starts streams based on what disk you insert. …

Partnership between behemoths raises questions about OpenAI's place at the iTable

It may finally be time to take AI on the iPhone siri-ously. Apple and Google on Monday announced a multi-year partnership that will see Apple Foundation Models standing on the shoulders of Google Gemini models, one that will return a small portion of the roughly $20 billion Google pays annually to be Apple's default search provider.…

If penicillin was discovered on moldy bread, who's to say the next miracle drug won't be born from AI hallucinations

Nvidia has teamed up with pharmaceutical heavyweight Eli Lilly to plow up to $1 billion into a research lab over the next five years to advance the development of foundation models for AI-assisted drug discovery.…

High-margin infrastructure kit takes precedence, leaving laptops and desktops wanting

Memory shortages will likely stunt PC shipments in 2026, as available supplies will not be able to meet demand thanks to memory makers chasing the lucrative AI infrastructure market instead.…

Users can give Claude access to a folder and tell it what to do for them.

"We can't keep everyone living on that first ship that sailed to North America."

WBD calls Paramount's lawsuit "meritless" and its offer deficient.

"But then I cut out the middle man—me."

FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.

AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming.

Donald Trump’s social media post triggers rare Fifth Amendment ruling.

Scientists analyzed carbonate deposits from baths, aqueduct to learn more about city's changing water supply.

AT&T and Verizon claim right to a jury trial was violated by FCC fines.

Google describes apps exactly like Grok and says they are banned from Google Play.