The war with Iran has driven up gas prices at a time when affordability is high on people's minds.

The shortlisted titles include novels and novellas from authors and translators spanning four continents, with stories that range from Japanese-controlled 1930s Taiwan to the streets of Tehran in 1979.

The Department of Homeland Security has lifted its ban on reviewing asylum applications. And, NPR has confirmed that an Iranian strike injured over a dozen U.S. personnel.

Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, as Gulf states increasingly suffer the fallout from the war.

March 31 is Cesar Chavez's birthday, and a longtime holiday. In the wake of sexual assault allegations against him, residents in the farming town of Delano are conflicted about how to remember him.

FIFA is kicking off its last sales for World Cup tickets on Wednesday. From prices to why FOMO is working against you, here's what you need to know.

Andrea Lucas, the Trump-appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has set a new agenda for an agency that long prioritized vulnerable and underserved workers.

An end to birthright citizenship would mean a new layer of bureaucracy for all babies born in the U.S. and could cause delays for health insurance and other benefits.

Iran opens Strait of Hormuz to some ships as Gulf countries face strikes, Trump's mixed messages on the war in Iran could hurt the GOP, TSA officers are receiving back pay as DHS remains unfunded.

In cities where ICE operations have surged, community members are walking kids to school.

The case was dropped in 2019 after the CPS deemed there was insufficient evidence to bring charges, police say.

Labour say they have suspended the whip from Hull East MP Karl Turner over his recent conduct.

Weekly food waste collections are required for all English homes as new legislation takes effect.

Families of seven children believe the wrong sperm or egg donors were used in their IVF treatment.

Despite political tensions between the US and UK, the King will travel to Washington next month.

The lender says the market regained momentum in March, but rising mortgage and energy costs could hit consumer confidence.

Titanic was the largest and most technically advanced ship of her day but sank on her maiden voyage.

The prime minister says the NHS could lose 1,000 extra training places if resident doctors go ahead with a six-day strike next week.

A cyclist who was killed during the Road World Championships was not found for 82 minutes after a crash, investigators find.

Police in Bali confirm Lyons, 45, has been handed over to Spain's Guardia Civil and will be flown to Malaga on Wednesday.

Chip shipments overtake boards and modules as industrial demand grows, raising questions about hobbyist roots

Raspberry Pi has reported impressive revenue and profit growth, but its hobbyist origins risk taking a backseat amid soaring semiconductor shipments.…

Cores it's got what agents crave

Interview In recent weeks, the likes of Nvidia and Arm have revealed CPUs designed expressly to run AI agents like OpenClaw.…

Yep, you read that right. And there's no official Linux client from Google

Canonical has just released the beta of the next Ubuntu LTS – but what's grabbed the attention of many is that it features GNOME 50 as its default desktop environment. And GNOME 50 no longer supports Google Drive.…

Unexpected quota drain prompts complaints, breaks automated workflows

Users of Claude Code, Anthropic's AI-powered coding assistant, are experiencing high token usage and early quota exhaustion, disrupting their work.…

'Converting AI capability into sustainable, auditable revenue remains a challenge' says PwC survey

Software companies are leaving money on the table because their core financial systems haven't kept pace with the way they sell pay-per-use services, which often now incorporate AI capabilities.…

Hijacked maintainer account let attackers slip cross-platform trojan into 100M-downloads-a-week Axios

One of npm's most widely used HTTP client libraries briefly became a malware delivery vehicle after attackers hijacked a maintainer's account and slipped a remote-access trojan (RAT) into two seemingly legitimate axios releases, in what's being described as "one of the most impactful npm supply chain attacks on record."…

Aimed at blind tablet users, although it's winning sighted fans too

TapType is a new Android keyboard that's invisible. You can't see it – but that's OK, neither can its developer nor some of its target users.…

Inventor Bjarne Stroustrup argues feature is neither minimal nor viable

The ISO C++ committee (WG21) has approved the C++26 standard, described by committee member Herb Sutter as the most compelling release since C++11, and including Contracts, despite opposition to the feature from C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup, among others.…

Chocolate Factory boffins have found a way to reduce AI’s memory use, but don’t assume that means less demand for DRAM

The high cost of memory has sideswiped the technology industry, causing server vendors to admit their quotes are guesstimates and depressing sales of PCs and smartphones. Nobody is immune: Microsoft used the RAM panic as cover for fixing Windows 11’s memory gluttony, and Sony suspended orders for compact flash and SD cards because it can’t buy the chips to build them.…

Regulator ‘moving into an enforcement stance’ and investigating Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat as millions continue to doomscroll

Australia’s eSafety Commission is “moving into an enforcement stance” after finding that Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat haven’t done enough to comply with the nation’s social media minimum age (SMMA) obligation, which bans social media outfits from providing their services to children under 16 years of age.…

The water utility highlighted unsubstantiated health concerns.

"Defendants must immediately cease" actions to integrate and consolidate the firms.

Judge gave authors an easier attack on Meta’s torrenting. Meta hopes SCOTUS ruling will block it.

F1 cars don't have enough energy in a lap to attack fast corners, and that's bad.

"It's a very stressing program. We are still considering how to ensure we move forward."

Administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections.

Rachel Hartigan on her new book, Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life.

Why did a leading prediction market feel the need for an in-person bar in DC?

Research proceeds on alternatives, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.

Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen.