It is nearly 150 days since Donald Trump took office for the second time, promising peace in the Middle East and Ukraine.

A new treaty to govern international waters is "tantalisingly close" after countries - including Britain - promised to sign it into law.

Manchester City confirm the signing of AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders for an initial fee of £46.5m.

Six people have been arrested after disorder broke out for a second night across Northern Ireland, with 17 officers injured.

Building AMD computational cancer research super and ICL workhorse with Intel inside

Lenovo has pulled a couple of European supercomputer wins out of the bag, one using Intel chips for Imperial College London and an AMD-based system for the European Institute of Oncology.…

Elon Musk has said he "regrets" some of his posts about Donald Trump, saying they "went too far".

Donald Trump has responded after Elon Musk said some of his recent social media posts about the US president "went too far".

Logitech has announced a new keyboard case for iPad Pro and iPad Air models that lets you remove and position its keyboard exactly where you need it. It’s not an entirely new idea for the company — its Combo Touch case also lets you detach the keyboard — but the new Flip Folio’s keyboard has […]

Thousands gather in near silence in Graz after the deadliest gun attack in the country's recent history.

The botnet’s still alive and evolving

Badbox 2.0, the botnet that infected millions of smart TV boxes and connected devices before private security researchers and law enforcement partially disrupted its infrastructure, is readying for a third round of fraud and digital attacks, according to one of the threat hunters who uncovered the original scheme.…

Real Madrid forward Vinicus Jr hands Carlo Ancelotti his first victory as Brazil manager as five-time winners book 2026 World Cup spot.

Khaby Lame, the world's most popular TikTok personality, has left the US after being detained by federal agents.

The government is being urged to ban "No Ball Game" signs and tackle the "addictive grip" of smartphones following a report into childhood play.

Three boys - two aged 14 and a 16-year-old - have been charged with murder over the death of a 14-year-old who was stabbed in Manchester.

The review will reveal the choices the government has made about where to allocate cash over the next three years.

Wednesday's newspaper front pages largely focus on the chancellor's Spending Review.

Three years after Moose Wala's murder, the BBC investigates how he found himself an enemy of a feared gang.

Lando Norris tells BBC Sport why being "a great team-mate" helps keep the harmony within McLaren and discusses the challenge of racing against Max Verstappen.

A Twix chocolate advert has been banned for encouraging unsafe driving, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.

Life has taken a surreal turn for Tyler Weaver, a 20-year-old amateur from Suffolk, who makes his major debut in this week's US Open at Oakmont, writes Iain Carter.

The note with a Scottish address and dated 1978 was found on a Swedish island.

Announcements from Chancellor Rachel Reeves later will have a significant effect on public spending in Scotland.

Six Americans tell the BBC that there's clearly a problem in Los Angeles - they just don't agree with who's at fault.

AI could bring a new round of browser wars

Mozilla is concerned that Google's efforts to build Gemini into its Chrome browser will make it even more difficult for rivals to compete with the search and ads giant.…

Nintendo has revealed how many Switch 2 consoles have been sold in the first four days since launch.

The ugly, violent side of this Northern Ireland town was on full display once again last night.

A UN human rights panel says the deal "fails to guarantee" the rights of Chagossians.

The mayor of Los Angeles has announced that a curfew will be in force overnight, as officials attempt to "stop the vandalism and stop the looting".

The video advert shows a car chase that ends with two caramel-coloured cars on top of each other.

Experts say outdoor play in England has declined by 50% and are calling for urgent change.

The musician is says he is donating an undisclosed amount to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

The 44-year-old American singer says he loves the trend of fans dressing up as him on tour.

In March, Apple delayed its upgraded Siri, saying that “it’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver” the promised features. At WWDC this week, Apple’s SVP of software Craig Federighi and SVP of worldwide marketing Greg Joswiak shared more details about the decision to delay in an interview with The Wall Street […]

OpenAI’s ChatGPT service was down all day for many users after the platform started experiencing performance issues on Tuesday morning. The chatbot responded with a “Hmm…something seems to have gone wrong” error message to my colleague after failing to load, and users across X and Reddit are reporting platform outages. Downdetector showed that issues started […]

So, you’re thinking of buying a smart ring. Well, some good news. Picking the best of the lot is incredibly easy right now. The “bad” news is that, as far as trustworthiness and reliability, your choices are somewhat limited, as this is still a niche and emerging gadget category. Smart rings are in the middle […]

Women face "frightening privacy and safety risks" when using period tracker apps, experts have warned.

Stealthy Falcon swoops on WebDAV and Redmond's even patching IE!

Patch Tuesday  It's Patch Tuesday time again, and Microsoft is warning that there are a bunch of critical fixes to sort out - and two actively exploited bugs.…

Foreign Secretary David Lammy is in Gibraltar ahead of a potential post-Brexit deal with Spain.

At WWDC, Apple announced its new Liquid Glass design language, which is coming to all of its devices, including Macs. I've been tinkering with the macOS Tahoe 26 developer beta on the M4 MacBook Air for about a day. So far, the aesthetic changes range from slick to slightly overwrought, but the new Spotlight search […]

No discernible plan. No identity. No improvement. With one year until the World Cup, how far off are Thomas Tuchel's England?

Apple's WWDC 2025 had new software, Formula 1 references, and a piano man crooning the text of different app reviews. But one key feature got the short end of the stick: Siri. Although the company continuously referenced Apple Intelligence and pushed new features like live translation for Messages, FaceTime, and phone calls, Apple's AI assistant […]

From heat labs to firefighting helicopters, we look at how extreme heat impacts the UK.

Wants engineers to let AI do the boring bits so they can invent more cool stuff

Cisco Live  Cisco president Jeetu Patel wants the company’s engineers to halve the amount of code they write.…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in a blog post published Tuesday, says an average ChatGPT query uses about 0.000085 gallons of water, or “roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon.” He made the claim as part of a broader post on his predictions about how AI will change the world.  “People are often curious about how much […]

Today’s robot vacuums are becoming a bit like cars: with all the features, upgrades, and fancy trimmings available these days, it’s easy to forget that they can just be simple machines that get us from point A to point B. Yes, some bots blow hot air on their bums (mop pads), deftly navigate dog poop, […]

Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will both face a travel ban, the UK says.

President Donald Trump's ambassador to Israel also told the BBC a two-state solution was "an aspirational goal".

Ben Duckett hit a magnificent 84 as England make their highest T20 score at home to ease to a 37-run victory against West Indies and secure a 3-0 series win in Southampton.

The chancellor's focus on the NHS and defence will mean a spending squeeze elsewhere, writes the BBC's political editor.

The chancellor will allocate funds for the NHS, education, investment projects and other priorities.

Google rolled out a bunch of new features with Android 16 on Tuesday, but the company appears to be saving its big Material 3 Expressive redesign for a future update. The update doesn’t feature the design language’s revamped elements, and a source tells Android Authority’s Mishaal Rahman that Google is planning to launch the new […]

Ros Atkins looks at the reasons behind the government's investment in nuclear power, and how its plan fits into the UK’s energy mix.

Google is starting to offer buyouts to US-based employees in its sprawling Search organization, along with other divisions like marketing, research, and core engineering, according to multiple employees familiar with the matter. The buyouts, which Google is referring to as a "voluntary exit program," are currently not being offered to employees in DeepMind, Google Cloud, […]

Students and adults are among 10 victims who were killed after a gunman opened fire at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz.

While a smarter Siri may have been a no-show at WWDC, Alexa Plus, the generative AI-powered overhaul of Amazon’s voice assistant, is finally appearing in the wild. No one at The Verge has access yet, but Amazon spokesperson Eric Sveum tells me over a million people now do — up from “hundreds of thousands” just […]

England blast their way to record score on home soil as they wrap up an emphatic series clean sweep with a 37-run win over West Indies in the third T20.

There's a line in showbiz that goes, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." Ian Proulx, CEO of Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games, has recently learned the hard way that's not entirely true. Last week, during the Summer Game Fest keynote livestream, Proulx came out to promote his game wearing a black hat that read […]

England's Harry Brook dives low to take a brilliant catch to dismiss Romario Shepherd for a duck to leave West Indies on 120-6 in the third T20 International in Southampton.

Fireworks, petrol bombs and glass bottles have been thrown at riot police as unrest in Ballymena continued for a second night.

The retriever is trained to let 17-year-old Ellie Lynn's family know when she is about to have an epileptic seizure.

After twenty years, it's Intel outside

Apple's macOS operating system will drop support for Intel chips next year, marking the end of a twenty-year relationship.…

Google has launched a bevy of noteworthy additions to its Home app, most of which are available now in public preview (which you can enroll in here). The biggest news, according to The Verge’s smart home expert Jen Tuohy, is that picture-in-picture support has arrived for Nest Cams on whichever Google TV product you might […]

The AI.gov repository and staging site vanished when we asked questions, but don't worry - we captured backups

We're less than a month away from the Trump administration's launch of an initiative to push AI across the entire federal government, based on a code repository eagle-eyed onlookers spotted on GitHub before it disappeared. …

Manchester City complete the signing of attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki from Lyon for an initial fee of £30.45m.

Not just a salve for netadmins – this is also a play to ensure Switchzilla is AI-relevant

Cisco Live  There’s light at the end of the tunnel for netadmins tired of juggling multiple management consoles: Cisco announced it’s testing a tool called Cloud Control that will drive all its networking, security, and observability tools – and hopefully make the biz more relevant in the AI era.…

Nothing’s next major phone is going to be revealed next month, but it might be missing the company’s signature Glyph lights. Leaker Max Jambor shared a picture of what he says is the Nothing Phone 3, and the image doesn’t appear to include Glyph lights, which Nothing has offered on previous phones as a way […]

Plus: AWS launches second Secret-level cloud region

AI has been a "game changer" for the intelligence community, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who noted two key applications of the technology for classified government work at the Amazon Web Services DC Summit on Tuesday.…

The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.

Britons Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter progress to the last 16 at the women's tournament at Queen's.

At least 36 people were killed and 208 wounded when Israeli forces fired towards crowds near a food distribution centre in Gaza on Tuesday morning, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.

Jamie Smith scores 60 runs off 26 balls, including five sixes, to put England in a commanding position in the third T20 against West Indies in Southampton.

This spending review is a massive deal. It's a massive deal because of the sums of money and capital the government is about to allocate - £600bn over the next three to four years.

Rory McIlroy says his recent loss of form has helped him realise he needs to "get my stuff together" after struggling for motivation following his career-defining Masters win.

Lone Star State drivers with accident records need to be careful about fraud

The Texas Department of Transportation says a compromised user account was used to improperly download nearly 300,000 crash reports, exposing personal data that could be exploited for financial fraud against Lone Star drivers.…

For many years, Austria had been spared the pain of mass school shootings, but that all changed on Tuesday.

Swordsmen in the Sky (Ace, 1964). Cover by Frank Frazetta Swordsmen in the Sky, edited by Donald Wollheim If our genre has a holy grail to find, this would be it. I read this collection as a kid. Found it in our local library.

Ben Duckett hits 50 off 20 balls as England reach 83-0 after just six overs in the third T20 International against West Indies in Southampton.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out plans in the spending review on Wednesday to invest billions of pounds across Britain, as she admits "too many people" are "yet to feel" the benefits of the government's work so far.

Federal court blocks further data sharing, blasts lack of safeguards

The US federal government's HR department violated the law and bypassed its own cybersecurity safeguards by giving DOGE affiliates access to personnel records, a federal judge ruled Monday, issuing a preliminary injunction to halt further disclosures.…

Ninja Gaiden 4 was one of several games that Xbox showed off in its games showcase over the weekend. And during its Summer Game Fest-adjacent in-person preview event, I got the chance to play it for myself. I've never played Ninja Gaiden before and was skeptical that the game's generic dark aesthetic, which feels straight […]

Manchester City sign France midfielder Rayan Cherki from Lyon, but who is he exactly and why is everybody so excited about him?

Many AI models were trained on the text of books, but a new test found at least one model has directly memorised nearly the entirety of some books, including Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which could complicate ongoing legal battles over copyright infringement

Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more about how they settled and then split into four distinct groups on the continent

Google is rolling out a new feature to Pixel devices that makes it easier to connect with people you’re close to. Pixel VIPs is a new widget that builds on the favorite contacts already saved to Pixel phones, allowing users to add personal notes about them, see real-time location information when shared, and quickly check […]

Android 16 is officially here, and it includes Google’s take on the iPhone’s Live Activities. On Tuesday, Google announced that Live Updates are rolling out first with ride-share and food delivery apps, allowing you to track the progress of your ride or delivery with persistent, real-time notifications. Google first started working on Live Updates last […]

Father’s Day is on Sunday, June 15th, and if you’re after a last-minute gift that won’t blow your budget, we’ve got you covered. Several retailers are currently offering fantastic Father’s Day discounts on an array of gadgets we can personally vouch for at The Verge, from the Roomba Combo 10 Max to budget-friendly options like […]

California Governor calls President Trump “deranged” as more troops are sent to LA.

Scientists improve knowledge by 20% thanks to James Webb Space Telescope data

The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon has increased, according to boffins making observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.…

Apple’s next major software updates are getting a huge new feature for playback speed sickos like me: you’ll be able to listen to shows on the Podcasts app at as much as 3x speed, Apple notes in a press release about new services features. Previously, the maximum was 2x. You can move to super speed […]

Three children have been found alive, with search and rescue operations suspended for the night.

The new $84.99 Pro Controller for the Switch 2 may not be your idea of a pro-grade controller - perhaps not by a long shot. But it's certainly more of one than Nintendo's $69.99 last-gen controller. It has two extra buttons embedded into its grips (one on each side), which can be programmed on a […]

Nottingham Forest ask Uefa for clarity after expressing their concerns over Crystal Palace's Europa League place.

We hear from the wife of a recently released Ukrainian soldier.

Sonos has released a major software update for its Ace wireless headphones bringing performance improvements and a feature that was supposed to originally be available late last year. TrueCinema mode, which adapts the headphone’s spatial audio to your space and makes the virtual surround sound effect more convincing, is finally available, as spotted by What […]

Snap plans to start selling its first pair of augmented reality glasses to the public in 2026. The coming release is part of CEO Evan Spiegel's decade-plus bet on what comes after the smartphone. He teased it Tuesday onstage at the Augmented World Expo, an augmented and virtual reality developer conference in Long Beach, California. […]

Using CRISPR to correct the mutations behind polycystic kidney disease could counter some of the damage the condition causes

The vision for the new space is inspired by Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Da Silva Aguiar, and Bebe King.

Project to modernize the X.org X11 server seems to actively court controversy

The recently released Xlibre server aims to modernize the X.org X11 server and improve both its security and performance.…

All sequels have to live up to their predecessors in some form, but few have as daunting a task as Mario Kart World. It's a follow-up to the best-selling game across Nintendo's last two console generations, and a game that eventually doubled in size thanks to an ambitious array of downloadable add-ons. So instead of […]

The Trump administration is working on an “AI.gov” website and API to “accelerate government innovation with AI,” 404 Media found based on code posted to Github and an early version of the site. The project appears to be run by the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services, led by former Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd. Shedd, […]