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, […]

Police and paramedics tell court of their terror when they were attacked, allegedly by Marcus Monzo.

President Trump's "anti-migrant rhetoric" may be helping the UK's tech industry, according to tech executives.

Video verified by the BBC shows students being evacuated from the school in the city of Graz.

Invitations be sent out by the NHS every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test.

Meta is close to finalizing an almost $15 billion investment in Scale AI, the tech giant’s largest-ever external investment, which would give Meta a 49% stake in the company, according to The Information. As part of the deal, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally assembling a team of about 50 people to help Meta supercharge […]

Watch the moment Emma Raducanu defeats Spaniard Cristina Bucsa to advance into the second round of the women's singles at Queen's.

Even for those of us who follow these kinds of things on a regular basis, the spending review is, frankly, a bit of a headache.

Sir Keir Starmer says the development of Sizewell C on the Suffolk coastline will create 10,000 jobs over the next decade.

The death of a teenager who went missing more than a month ago is being treated as unexplained, police have said.

The open-source XDR/SIEM provider’s servers are in other botnets’ crosshairs too

Cybercriminals are trying to spread multiple Mirai variants by exploiting a critical Wazuh vulnerability, researchers say – the first reported active attacks since the code execution bug was disclosed.…

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is revealing the surprising reasons why he was given such a lavish send-off

Threads users will soon be able to send direct messages to each other without having to leave the platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on June 10th that Threads will start testing its own DM system this week, starting in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Argentina, with plans to expand to more locations “soon.” The experiment […]

Things are getting nutty in the world of vehicle fuel economy standards. Last week, Transportation Secretary (and ex-reality TV contestant) Sean Duffy declared that he was resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that govern vehicle fuel efficiency in the US. Duffy confidently declared that the current CAFE standards, in which fuel economy would […]

Women would never be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy under proposed new laws.

The activists' yacht, which was trying to carry aid to Gaza, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday.

American Screen Actors Guild members have reached a “tentative” contract agreement with major gaming companies that could potentially end the 11-month-long video game actors’ strike. SAG-AFTRA announced the tentative contract on Monday without specifying terms or protections for performers. The strike began on July 26th, 2024, after the union and a bargaining committee of video […]

Sir Keir Starmer says his decision to give more pensioners the payment was the result of an improving economy.

Xbox has revealed its new handheld line, the ROG Xbox Ally and the Ally X, made in partnership with Asus. And I got the chance to play it during Summer Game Fest. My colleague Tom Warren has already broken down how the handheld works with its operating system, UI, and integration with the Xbox app […]

Microsoft isn’t planning to host its Build developer conference in its home city of Seattle next year. The conference is being relocated, and Microsoft has reportedly canceled all its holds for Build at the Seattle convention center “for all future years.” “Our plans for Build 2026 have changed, but our vision to empower builders and […]

The employment market is "weakening" official figures suggest, as cautious businesses delay recruitment.

VanMoof, the poster child of bikeaggedon, just launched the first e-bikes developed under new leadership following its 2023 bankruptcy sale to McLaren Applied. The bikes were supposed to be revealed tomorrow, but a link provided to an early access program has resulted in the details leaking early. The new S6 Series - which I briefly […]

Vulpes vulpes has run of five-story park before staffers move in

Over a billion dollars, a renowned architect, and more than a decade under construction haven't prevented Google being beaten to its new London digs by unexpected tenants – urban foxes.…

This is a major step from Britain and a number of other countries against Israel, and one that puts them at odds with Washington.

Here we have Michael Stradford‘s third book on the cover artwork using Steve Holland (1925-1997) as the model: Steve Holland: Paperback Hero, which came out in 2023 from Gizmoe Press. It follows Steve Holland: The Torn Shirt Sessions and Steve Holland: The World’s Greatest Illustration Art Model, both of which I have reviewed, and followed […]

Kieran Tierney completes his planned return to Celtic, signing a five-year contract after leaving Arsenal.

Protests against immigration raids by the Trump administration spring up in at least nine other US cities.

Windows Insiders will be first to see if the Windows 10 itch has been scratched

The latest changes to Microsoft's Start Menu are being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. However, users in the European Economic Area have a little longer to wait for the promised Android and IOS device integration.…

The Israeli public increasingly wants to end the war - driven mostly by concern for hostages in Gaza.

The TalkTV host replaces Zia Yusuf, who quit last week after clashing with Reform UK colleagues.

I genuinely never expected to say this: it appears Apple finally figured out multitasking on the iPad. With iPadOS 26, the company hasn't completely taken off the guardrails for how you can use and place apps on your tablet, but it came awfully close. With a couple of clever iPad-specific tricks, and better support for […]

Jobe Bellingham joins Borussia Dortmund from Sunderland on a five-year contract.

Police have released video footage of the alleged killer of a 14-year-old boy unboxing a samurai sword and calling the weapon "freaking sexy".

A crime gang who made "assassination kits" containing handguns and silencers were busted after an extensive police investigation.

The squid kids are coming to the Switch 2. In its mobile news app today, Nintendo made some surprise announcements about its ink-shooting franchise. First up, a spinoff game called Splatoon Raiders is in the works for the Switch 2, though there aren’t a lot of details. The new game will take players to an […]

Houses and police vehicles were damaged in the disorder in Ballymena on Monday evening.

Also axes secure software mandates - optional is the new secure, apparently

President Donald Trump late Friday signed a cybersecurity-focused executive order that, in the White House's words, "amends problematic elements of Obama and Biden-era Executive Orders."…

The New York Times' games team is trying something new: it's about to start testing a Scrabble-like game it calls Crossplay, but instead of folding the game into the main NYT Games app, Crossplay will be a standalone app. The game is soft launching in New Zealand on iOS on June 10th. I was recently […]

Sir Billy becomes the first rugby league player to receive a knighthood in 130 years of the sport's history.

Microsoft has started testing a new feature for its Edge browser that adds an AI-powered search to browsing history. This new “enhanced search” feature lets you find websites in your browser history even if you use a phrase, synonym, or even a typo that’s similar to the site you actually want to find. The AI-powered […]

The tech world is full of cycles. Things are always bundling and unbundling, going from minimalist to maximalist, embracing nostalgia before diving head-first into the future. And right now, it appears, we're doing glassy again. On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay and David are joined by The Verge's Allison Johnson and Victoria Song to […]

The BBC's Paul Adams witnessed Monday night's bombardment of Kyiv.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that the "nation was in mourning" after the death of the 31-year-old.

Ben Crook died hours after being separated from his partner when they arrived in Turkey.

Oh, great – now who'll do my thinking for me?

If you're having trouble getting ChatGPT to do your work for you this morning, you wouldn't be alone. It appears OpenAI services are experiencing a variety of issues.…

The star, whose dad is from Belfast, says he feels culturally Irish because 'that's what I grew up with.'

The return of online shopping marks a key milestone for the retailer, which has struggling to get services back to normal.

The firm hopes a fleet of up to 50 new trains will be up and running by the early 2030s.

Chocolate Factory fixes issue, pays only $5K

A researcher has exposed a flaw in Google's authentication systems, opening it to a brute-force attack that left users' mobile numbers up for grabs.…

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally, officially out, and Verge staffers have spent a bunch of time playing with it. The new console has a lot of improvements, like a bigger screen and an extra USB-C port. There's a bunch of games to play, too, including a new Mario Kart and nice updates to older […]

After two years as an iPhone exclusive, Apple’s Journal app will soon be available on Mac and iPad. Apple announced at WWDC on Monday that its latest macOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates will support the Journal app, which helps users track their daily activities and experiences with images, videos, and voice memos. “Journal comes […]

Data analytics vendors have tried this before with limited success

In the past few weeks, both Snowflake and Databricks dipped into their respective acquisition funds and found the resources to buy specialist providers of PostgreSQL database systems.…

The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will make quantum computing both error-proof and useful before the end of the decade

Starling Bank, one of the UK’s digital challenger banks, has launched a new AI-powered tool that will answer questions about your spending habits. You can now easily find out how much you’ve spent at Amazon in a particular month, how much money you’ve wasted on fast food outlets over the past year, or how much […]

Three-year-old Eddie laughs as he whizzes down a slide. His mother Jodie Poole is relieved to see him smiling.

A milestone in cyberattack recovery – but deliveries will take a while and normal service not yet back

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has reinstated online orders for some customers, marking a major milestone in its recovery from a cyberattack in April.…

Students and adults are among 10 people who have died in a school shooting in Austria.

The rapper wins five out of his 10 nominations including for best album and video.

Scrum-halves Charlie Bracken and Will Porter are called up for an England training camp while George Furbank will continue his rehabilitation at the get-together.

Athletics rookie Denzel Clarke takes one of the "greatest catches you'll ever see" during his sides game against the Los Angeles Angels.

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the Canadian Grand Prix.

Majority of exposures located in the US, including datacenters, healthcare facilities, factories, and more

Security researchers managed to access the live feeds of 40,000 internet-connected cameras worldwide and they may have only scratched the surface of what's possible.…

The BBC heard from dozens of former officials about their role enforcing the brutality of the Assad regime.

The Hong Kong-based investor CK Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) is demanding to be readmitted to the auction of ailing Thames Water, days after its preferred bidder walked away and pushed it closer to the abyss of nationalisation.

Former Wasps fly-half Jacob Umaga, who was capped by England back in 2021, is called up by Samoa for the first time.

RM and V were discharged on Tuesday and all seven BTS members would have finished the requirement by the end of June.

The new Madrid Grand Prix will be held as the final race of an uninterrupted European section of the Formula 1 season next year.

Full system expected to break the exaFLOP barrier - perhaps in time for SC25 this fall?

ISC  Germany's long-awaited Jupiter supercomputer launched into the number four spot on the Top500 list of publicly ranked systems, dethroning Italy's HPC6 as Europe's biggest, baddest iron.…

From Boston to Houston, demonstrators elsewhere have followed the displays of opposition in LA.

At least eight people have been killed and others injured in a shooting attack on a school in the Austrian city of Graz, according to local media reports.

The autonomous cars with no human safety driver at the wheel will be trialled in London next spring.

Will your data still be readable in half a century?

The State of Storage  As storage media grows denser and more complex over time, it's worth remembering that older formats were sometimes far more durable. Sometimes.…

Violence has broken out between police and protesters in Northern Ireland where properties have been damaged and missiles have been thrown at officers.

Russia launched 315 drones across the country, including "one of the largest strikes on Kyiv," Zelensky said.

Only Ukraine could have come up with something so brilliant. But now everybody can do it

Greta Thunberg has been deported from Israel after the Gaza-bound aid ship she was on was seized by the country's military.

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has resumed some online clothes orders six weeks after a damaging cyberattack that the retailer has warned will cost it hundreds of millions of pounds.

Ren Zhengfei says his company is a generation behind, but he knows Huawei to catch up

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has said the USA overestimates his company’s semiconductor design prowess, which is at least a generation behind rival chipmakers.…

The UK is one step closer to a new nuclear power plant after the government announced a further £14.2bn in funding.

The pop of flash bangs and the drawing of rubber bullet launchers by police sent protesters scattering down streets in downtown LA during a fourth day of demonstrations against Donald Trump's immigration policy.

Swift-based containerization framework aims to improve performance and security

Apple on Monday unveiled an open source containerization framework for creating and running Linux container images on the Mac.…

For years nuclear was a dirty word. Now, the tide is turning.

Undercover police captured Ronald Knowles delivering pistols and ammunition to a notorious drugs boss.

Crime gangs are using increasingly elaborate routes to traffic the drug across Europe to the UK, the BBC is told.

A look inside one of the most brutal campaigns of state repression in modern history

A majority of papers lead with the chancellor's U-turn on winter fuel payments for pensioners.

The UK's jobless rate ticked up to 4.6% in April while payrolled employment has fallen sharply since, according to official figures covering the period when budget tax hikes on businesses came into effect.