An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the process.

Representatives of the world's wealthiest democracies gather in France today for a G7 meeting, where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to try to shore up support among reticent allies for the Trump administration's war on Iran.

How well do you know your "Lord of the Rings"? What about AI, Washington landmarks and TSA wait times? Find out!

A community fishery in Cambodia was struggling. There weren't enough fish to make ends meet, until local fishermen started planting a specific type of tree.

A glass-half-full outlook can keep you engaged and hopeful in hard times. Take this quiz to find out your level of optimism, then learn how to train yourself to become more optimistic.

The Senate approved a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, early Friday. The bill does not fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

A U.S. judge pressed the Trump administration Thursday about its basis for barring Venezuela's government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro's legal fees in the drug trafficking case that has put him behind bars in New York.

Two-term GOP Sen. Steve Daines shocked Montana when he announced his retirement. Democrats worry a new independent candidate will split their party's vote.

In August, Education Department employees will relocate to a smaller office roughly a block away, and the larger Energy Department will take over the old headquarters.

The order briefly stops the government from labeling tech company Anthropic a "supply chain risk," calling that "classic First Amendment retaliation."

One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been devastated.

As gas prices rise, Trump's approval rating is heading into politically dangerous territory.

New government guidance also suggests children under-two should not be watching screens alone.

The UK's competition watchdog says it is looking at five firms in its investigation into misleading online reviews.

Officials are set to publish more documents related to his appointment as UK ambassador to the US - but have so far only had access to the peer's work phone.

Germany once terrorised Europe, but now Europe is welcoming a resurgent German military.

Catherine Wieland defrauded more than £23,000 in benefits, saying she was too ill to go outside.

The pop star secured three of the biggest awards of the night as the show celebrated its 30th anniversary.

The Duke of Norfolk and Lord Carrington won the concession due to their role in organising state occasions.

Rescue teams now believe the whale has reached deeper water in Lübeck Bay and hope it will head for the wider sea.

PAC grilling reveals £239M bought a system that couldn't handle the work, the volumes, or placeholder text

A UK government official has admitted Capita did not reach the expected level of performance following the disastrous launch of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) web portal late last year.…

The 600 km drive to fix the mess was a special treat

On Call Every week is special in its own way, and The Register celebrates that fact by using Friday mornings to deliver a fresh installment of On Call, our weekly reader-contributed column that shares your memories of managing IT messes someone else made.…

Global bank's devs have some cleaning up to do after cloud creds found in website code

Computer security boffins have conducted an analysis of 10 million websites and found almost 2,000 API credentials strewn across 10,000 webpages.…

Satnav systems aren't well, IP is being sold too cheap, and thousands of roles remain open

India’s space program has thousands of vacant roles it’s struggled to fill, isn’t spending money fast enough to meet its mission timelines, and may be undervaluing intellectual property it sells to the private sector.…

Urges scientists to avoid major conference, and looks unkindly on Meta's Manus acquisition

China appears to be unhappy about its brightest AI talent going offshore, either to visit or to sell their wares.…

AI biz makes some Claude conversations more costly to manage capacity

Anthropic on Wednesday adjusted its opaque usage limits for Claude customers by reducing the power of the services it delivers during times of peak demand, in an effort to balance demand with its capacity to deliver service.…

You actually think companies are going to pay Americans to take customer service calls in the AI age?

Uncle Sam is trying to make American call centers great again. The question is whether they will be great because they're filled with local workers or whether this will provide yet another excuse for companies to turn customer service jobs over to AI.…

Cloud giant waives an entire month of charges, then erases the billing data. There is literally nothing to see here.

I received an email / billing notification from AWS this week that may be the most diplomatically crafted communication in the history of cloud computing. Here it is, stripped of the usual boilerplate around it:…

Turns out massive caches are good for more than games. House of Zen boasts 5-13% perf boost over prior-gen part

AMD aims to extend its lead in desktop gaming with a new CPU, dubbed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. This top-of-the-line part has 16 cores fed by an absolutely massive 208 MB pool of cache, with memory spread across both CCDs.…

I’m sorry, Dave. I can’t give you your job back, but here’s the form you fill out to collect benefits

There’s a joke in Boston that goes: the people in Southie will steal your wallet and help you look for it.…

X admonished for "fishing expedition" as judge dismisses ad boycott lawsuit.

Even with court orders, music firms struggle to eliminate notorious shadow library.

Ultra-sensitive data may have been hacked.

Wednesday was the deadline to nominate a new director.

Netflix last raised prices in January 2025.

From Audis to Teslas, there's a lot available in this price range.

Subjects who interacted with AI tools were more likely to think they were right, less likely to resolve conflicts.

Google's new conversational audio AI is rolling out in search, Gemini, and developer tools today.

Great performance for the price, if you ignore the price of RAM, SSDs, and GPUs.

Some staff reportedly questioned how sexy ChatGPT benefits humanity.