Devin Brosnan, one of the two Atlanta police officers charged in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, has not agreed to be a witness for the prosecution, his lawyer said on Thursday, contradicting an assertion by the lead prosecutor on the case.

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Facebook Inc said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - often called "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children.

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Mexico's foreign ministry said on Thursday it would monitor the continuity of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program in the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump's bid to abolish it.

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The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm a federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to an influential appeals court in Washington.

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Former top White House aide John Bolton delivered a damning indictment of his former boss, saying Donald Trump's behavior in office and dealings with foreign leaders showed he was unfit to be president of the United States.

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday revelations in a book by a former top White House aide show President Donald Trump is unfit and unprepared to be president and Democrats will continue oversight of the Republican president's behavior.

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Juneteenth, an annual U.S. holiday on June 19, has taken on greater significance this year following nationwide protests over police brutality and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and other African Americans.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 against President Donald Trump's move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that offers work permits and deportation relief to certain immigrants who came to the country illegally as children.

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Electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc wants to start building a large vehicle assembly plant in the southwestern United States as early as the third quarter of this year, the company told Texas officials in documents made public this week.

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"I must be brutally honest with you," Sanna Marin says. "We would be in trouble without the US."

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The G7 agrees a cap of $60 a barrel on exported Russian crude, after the EU gave its backing.

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Amateur web detectives are trying to solve the killings of the four students, but experts urge caution.

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Friends from Oman who turn CO2 into rock and a UK firm making packaging from seaweed are among the winners.

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World-first peanut allergy drug Palforzia?s poor sales spark concerns over future drug research.

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The pandemic and a vicious flu season has re-energised the fight for paid sick leave.

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Takeoff, youngest of the rap group Migos, was killed last month outside a Houston bowling alley.

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The arrest of the elderly woman has sparked outrage in Alabama.

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He was recently told to pay almost $1.5bn (£1.2bn) for claiming a 2012 school shooting was a hoax.

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Elon Musk confirmed the rapper had violated Twitter's rules around inciting violence.

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'Digital bomber' will bring 'peace through deterrence'

In Palmdale, California on Friday, Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden revealed a US Air Force warplane that had only been shown in artist renderings and is supposed to be seldom seen, the B-21 Raider.?

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Economic headwinds, surging energy prices batter EMEA switch sales

Improving supply chains coupled with unrelenting demand from cloud service providers kept the datacenter switching market on a positive trajectory in Q3.?

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Plus Australia launches an investigation into insurer's data privacy practices

Australian health insurer Medibank's prognosis following an October data breach keeps getting worse as criminals dumped another batch of stolen customer data on the dark web. ?

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Banishing memory safety bugs cuts critical vulnerabilities

Google has been integrating code written in the Rust programming language into its Android operating system since 2019 and its efforts have paid off in the form of fewer vulnerabilities.?

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Critical infrastructure attacks ramping up

The US government has issued an alert about Cuba; not the state but a ransomware gang that's taking millions in purloined profits.?

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We need more free money from the government say silicon salesfolks

America's top booster for federal semiconductor aid is arguing that the country needs to spend tens of billions more in silicon incentives to ensure it doesn't lose leadership in chip design to other countries.?

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Spend $500k and we'll double your money, but please ignore the trolls

Twitter is reportedly trying to plug its drop in advertising revenues by concocting a series of inducements to convince some brands that have paused spending on the platform to reopen their wallets.?

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Subject to conditions: offer only valid if you can get Starship off the ground

The FCC has granted SpaceX permission to launch its Gen2 Starlink satellites, assuming it can adhere to a bevy of conditions, including ensuring Musk's expanded satellite constellation doesn't interfere with other space operations or become an environmental risk. ?

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'We're going to have lower power, but it's going to cost more' says chipmaker's CTO

Chipmaker AMD has hinted that new transistor technology will keep Moore's Law alive for the next six to eight years, but as one might guess, it will cost more.?

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Big Blue confirms DS8000 arrays, and various tape libraries and drives will all cost more

IBM has announced it is to up the purchase price of a broad range of storage products from Jan 1, making a nice surprise to usher in the New Year for customers.?

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There's reason to hope for greater OLED monitor variety in the new year.

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Creating AI-generated images on Macs, iPhones, and iPads just got a lot faster.

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The cryptographic key proves an update is legit, assuming your OEM doesn't lose it.

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CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data.

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Bloomberg report claims that Apple has begun referring to it as "xrOS."

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US speeds have dropped from 105Mbps to 53Mbps?but 7,500 new satellites will help.

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"Don't hold your breath about sending your dog through a wormhole."

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"Don't wait. Don't wait until after the holiday. Get them vaccinated now."

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"Members are responsible for safety testing of their products."

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Parler announced deal termination after Ye told Alex Jones, "I also love Nazis."

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