Nvidia launches investigation into CEO's alleged relationship with Chinese spy
The chipmaking giant says it is looking into reports by The New York Times that its CEO, Jensen Huang, was the target of a Chinese intelligence operation.
NASA is looking for astronauts to live and work on the Moon
NASA needs more recruits in order to return to the moon after being gone more than half a century.
Europe to join U.S.-brokered Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, defying Kremlin objections
France says European officials will attend this week's U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, the first three-way round of negotiations since February.
No clear winner in New Zealand election, as leaders prepare for weeks of talks
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who will lead a caretaker government while negotiations take place, said: "I think everyone's over politics so let's all have a bit of a break for the next three weeks".
After a successful trip to Uruguay, Pope Leo heads to Argentina
On Sunday, tens of thousands packed the main square in Florida, Uruguay, to watch Pope Leo speak.
Russell Brand to learn sentence after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault
Comedian Brand faces a "significant" prison sentence, which a London court judge is set to hand down on Monday.
SS United States, a historic ship will be sunk to create an artificial reef
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Alex Fogg, Natural Resources Chief of Okaloosa County, Florida, about efforts to deliberately sink the SS United States and create an artificial reef in its wreckage.
Climate change is altering the colors we see in the world: an illustrated journey
From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.
One air ambulance service rethinks what it takes to practice medicine in the sky
Air medical service comes with high risks, high costs, and staffing struggles. To reduce turnover and serve rural patients, LifeFlight of Maine is putting the needs of healthcare workers first.
A desert stirs to life: Chile's Atacama erupts in its biggest floral display in decades
El Niño rains have transformed Chile's Atacama Desert into a spectacular sea of color, awakening a fleeting ecosystem of flowers and wildlife in one of the driest places on Earth.
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'I treat all these people like they are victims', says doctor who treated Krakow shooting suspect
Two doctors were eating near the city's Main Market Square when a gunman began firing at random.
Nandy defends linking Erasmus student scheme to Remembrance Sunday after backlash
The culture secretary says the UK rejoining the EU's study and work scheme will help honour wartime sacrifice.
Woman says Al Fayed's brother drugged and sexually abused her at Highland estate
Jill says she was flown to the Fayed family's Balnagown estate, where she was repeatedly assaulted.
Maya Jama steps down as host of reality TV show Love Island
The presenter tells fans it is "time to throw myself into something new" after recent Celebrity Traitors success.
Dense fog threatens Monday morning rush-hour disruption
Fog could disrupt Monday morning’s commute
Society needs to act to help white working-class pupils, inquiry says
The education secretary says she is backing the inquiry to "get to the heart of the barriers holding children back".
A glimmer of good news for Britain's sleepy dormouse
New figures suggest hazel dormice may be recovering after decades of decline, with warmer summers boosting survival.
'Time is up': Minister warns media industry to take abuse seriously in wake of Brand case
Lisa Nandy tells the BBC "many people" in the media industry have come forward to her.
Government looking at banning under-16s from Vinted and eBay
The culture secretary confirms reports they could be in the list of platforms set to be banned next March.
Top House Democrat 'a hard yes' on impeaching Pete Hegseth
But the Pentagon said the defence secretary would not be deterred by "phony investigations".
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Huawei says it’s made a 100 percent Chinese PC
PLUS: Japan declares infosec emergency; Apple’s makes biggest school Mac sale, ever, anywhere, in the Philippines; And more!
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang starring in possible remake of The Spy Who Shagged Me
Admits to affair after company board opens probe into alleged contact with Chinese asset who bought GPUs in bulk
Doom delivers five minutes of terminal violence on an IBM mainframe
Browser demo renders the classic shooter in ASCII, with no login required and considerable squinting encouraged
Internet governance about to get its quadrennial stress test at ITU meeting
278 proposals on table, and some fear they might shift power to governments
Fireworks says you’re wasting money on AI unless you’re using all the models
The case for managed inference, or automatically routing queries to the right model for the right job
NHS breach helpline left staff carrying a 'significant emotional burden'
Team given a day's notice faced distressed callers, safeguarding decisions during project that stretched from 2 weeks to 11
Windows takes a break at UK motorway services
Bad drivers behind the wheel or underneath the operating system – neither is ideal
Agents reveal secrets when offered to team up with each other
If you wouldn't put it on GitHub, don't give models access to it
PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem
Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient
US air traffic control enters the 21st century, starts to abandon floppy disks
The FAA will need to come up with more money to finish the wider overhaul, though
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Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery
Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.
The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
Genes and archaeology are revealing how Bantu speakers spread across much of Africa.
British soldier ignored order to pull his SIM card, then got blackmailed
Soldier told repeatedly to lock down devices before deploying, got sextorted, court-martialed.
Doctors pull knife from man's eye that went through his brain—and he's fine now
It's the exact path, not the apparent severity that matters most, doctors say.
Ships loiter near subsea cables amid Iran's warnings to Trump
Iran threatened to attack subsea cables if US escalates military strikes again.
Re-releases of Wing Commander, Ultima titles hit Steam and GOG
It's mostly bad news from EA lately, but preservation efforts are nice to see.
Chainalysis says hackers stole credentials and tokens for all of its customers
Company said a "multifront cyberattack" included AI agents and an on-path data snatch.
Earth's churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity
Explaining the Great Unconformity, where Cambrian deposits sit on top of older rocks.
Nvidia hardware worth $11.4M vanished between Oakland and Texas
6 pallets of hardware vanished en route to Texas, with no arrests 2 months later.
Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it