It is one of the most notorious and secret places in Iran.

KCC says the move came after a "concerned member of the public" contacted them.

Ploopy has announced another desktop accessory called the Ploopy Knob that can function like a control dial for adjusting volume, scrolling documents, or scrubbing through media on a computer. The Canadian company isn’t exactly a household name like Logitech, but Ploopy’s open-source peripherals offer a lot of customizability, and like its mouse and trackballs, you […]

The attack raises more questions over whether Israel’s use of force is proportionate, as required by international law.

A man who convinced his victim to attempt suicide and seriously self-harm online has become the first person sentenced under new internet safety laws.

Sonay Kartal underlines her status as a rising star of British tennis as she produces a blistering performance to see off France's Diane Parry and reach the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time.

Not quite crystals and not quite a glass, quasicrystals are an oddity whose properties are not well understood – but now we know how they can remain stable

Editor’s note: Amazon Prime Day kicks off on July 8th; however, if you want to get a head start on your online shopping, we’ve rounded up the best early Prime Day deals you can already get. Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where they’re supposed to be, keys never go missing, and remotes never […]

Watch video of French police destroying a boat in the English Channel in a rare and unusual intervention, which police have made clear is not a new tactic.

Former Arsenal football player Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape.

New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared

New models from recent Martian probe data suggest the fourth planet from the Sun once hosted a fluctuating desert environment with intermittent oases of water.…

The US president has made Los Angeles his deportations battleground

The US president has made Los Angeles his deportations battleground

Emily Hunt was commended by the judge for her "great courage" in seeking justice for a decade.

Working in tandem, a quantum computer and a supercomputer modelled the behaviour of several molecules, paving the way for useful applications in chemistry and pharmaceutical research

Once upon a time in America, there was a tyrant. And Congress rejected him totally. The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the Declaration was an enormous political innovation - in it, the country that became the United States of […]

The tax and spending bill, which is set to become law, includes sweeping changes to taxes, Social Security and more.

Jamie Smith scores a century off just 80 balls as he leads England's fightback in the second Test against India, moving the home side to 248-5 in their first innings at Edgbaston.

Two brothers used a "high level of violence" when they assaulted police at Manchester Airport, a court has heard.

Two brothers used a "high level of violence" when they assaulted police at Manchester Airport, a court has heard.

Radicalised nine-year-olds, teenagers mixing incel culture with extreme right ideologies and a Muslim who idolises Hitler - this is just some of the casework of those tasked with deradicalising young extremists in the UK.

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the asteroid belt, but now a meteorite from the outer solar system is rewriting that view

Three months to go until support ends, and Microsoft's flagship operating system squeaks past its predecessor

Windows 11 has finally overtaken the market share of its predecessor, with just three months remaining until Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 10.…

Forest-based carbon-offset projects need a buffer to guarantee their climate benefits will last – but they may not have nearly enough in reserve

I walked into Blackdot's tattoo studio in Austin's east side on a sweltering May afternoon. After shaking my sweat-soaked hand, founder and CEO Joel Pennington led me up into an office building and opened the door to a small, three-room space. Critics have unflatteringly compared the studio to a sterile hospital room - a comparison […]

Grieving football fans tell the BBC what the Liverpool player meant to them.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 has been given the thinner, sleeker glow-up we expected, if leaked hands-on photos are any indication. The trio of images posted by leaker @Jukanlosreve seemingly show what the next-gen Galaxy foldable will look like in the real world from a few different angles. The new photographs mostly line up […]

The new Fairphone 6 is smaller and more modular than older models in the series, but it’s just as repairable. The phone picked up a perfect score in iFixit’s teardown test, despite no longer offering tool-free battery replacements. It helps that the only tool you do need — throughout the phone — is a T5 […]

Former Labour leader Corbyn has not yet confirmed his involvement to the BBC.

Something more realistic will replace ambitious plans dreamt up by singer Akon, officials tell the BBC.

Weather warnings for rain may have been issued for this weekend, but there is potential for heat to build again next week

Prop Pierre Schoeman talks about his fellow Lions looseheads and the close bond that has formed between them over cups of tea.

Almost every district in the capital sustained damage after Russia fired a record 550 drones, Ukraine says.

Mohammed Siraj removes Joe Root and Ben Stokes in successive deliveries as England make poor start to day three of the second Test against India, falling to 84-5 in their first innings at Edgbaston.

A British woman and another from New Zealand have been killed by an elephant during a walking safari in Zambia.

Fears mount while distie remains silent and phone lines down

Widespread outages across Ingram Micro's websites and client service portals are being attributed to "technical difficulties." …

Some 70 lone children arrived on small boats on Wednesday, the most in one day, a Kent council says.

The small meteor lit up the night sky on Thursday and may have landed as meteorites across a vast area of the west Highlands.

The two tourists were trampled to death by a female elephant that was with a calf, police say.

Spain winger Nico Williams, who has been linked with Barcelona, signs a new 10-year contract with Athletic Bilbao.

Trump says the fight would be part of next year's celebration of 250 years of American independence.

From David Attenborough to Hannah Fry via Bryan Johnson, our TV columnist Bethan Ackerley selects her favourite science and technology documentaries of the year to date

US President Donald Trump says he plans to host a UFC event at the White House next year as part of America's 250th anniversary celebrations.

The foreign minister in Kabul called Moscow's decision "courageous".

'JFC, again?'

Microsoft's latest round of layoffs has triggered an outpouring of emotion from inside and outside the company, with at least one former staffer asking, "How many billions must be burned in the AI furnace before this stops?"…

Zarah Sultana has announced she is quitting the Labour Party and starting a new political party alongside Jeremy Corbyn.

Palestine Action is set to be banned after a High Court judge refused to temporarily block it from being designated as a terror group.

A personal greeting from the Prince and Princess of Wales and a carriage procession through Windsor await Emmanuel Macron and his wife, as the royals roll out the red carpet for the French president.

The acidity of drinks like Red Bull can erode dental enamel, but a lab experiment suggests this could be avoided via calcium fortification

As Estevao Willian meets Chelsea with Palmeiras, can the young Brazilian knock his future employers out of the Club World Cup?

There's more to the Wikimedia organization than the famous encyclopedia

Comment  Multiple other projects also use the vast linked data store that underpins ubiquitous internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia, and some of them are helping the fight for democracy.…

At least 29 people have been injured after multiple explosions at a petrol station in Rome.

Barnett denies allegations he kept the woman as a "sex slave" over a six year period.

An Iron Age Roman settlement has been discovered after a metal detectorist found two rare swords near a Cotswolds village.

Righteous mockery entranced execs in ways slideware could not

On Call  Friday dawns with the promise of precious freedom, yet the world of tech support is seldom free from trouble. The Register always finds a way to celebrate anyway, by bringing you a fresh instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column that tells your tales of breaking away from bad bosses and ungrateful users.…

The Bank of England wants views on themes for its next series of banknotes, and BBC readers are full of ideas.

The cross-party committee says the government has failed to gather "basic information".

Bicycle phone mounts have been a regular part of my life in bike-obsessed Amsterdam ever since 2008, when I got my first phone with built-in GPS and turn-by-turn navigation. I've used dozens of mounts since, until they were either lost, broken, or stolen, or something better emerged. I could have saved a ton of money […]

Mistral fears continental companies may not get time to escape 'distant, behemoth corporations'

French AI business Mistral on Thursday announced an initiative called “AI for Citizens,” which it says offers a way to work with governments and public institutions to transform public services using AI.…

Slate Auto’s American-made electric pickup — the one with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen — is no longer priced “under $20,000.” The increase is a result of Trump’s “Big, beautiful bill,” which will end the federal EV tax credits on September 30th when signed into law later today. That sub-$20,000 price for the Indiana-built pickup was a big […]

The couple said they were "shifting their relationship" to "focus on co-parenting”.

Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it

Google and Meta have independently taken actions to support a safer internet for kids – and given blockchain boosters a moment to celebrate.…

Nick Robinson sits down with the prime minister to look back at his first year in Downing Street.

Watch: PM talks about his 'good personal relationship' with Trump

After reaching the third round with an outstanding display, Emma Raducanu will probably require an even better showing against world number one Aryna Sabalenka on Friday.

Tony Iommi says Sabbath's final gig will be like nothing the band has done before.

People in the UK's second city talk of living through months of strikes and rubbish piling up.

The prime minister says he found common ground with President Trump as both "really care about family".

It couldn't have been more American.

If you come out of a coma in 2026, this is the machine you might see staring down at you

Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn and Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries have revealed a jointly developed robotic nursing assistant they hope to start selling in 2026.…

On a quiet side street by Capela da Ressurreicao, on the outskirts of Porto, the crowd had been building through the night.

Ethan Guo, 19, had flown his plane across the six other continents before he was arrested, according to his social media.

Most of Friday's front pages feature the death of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota.

July 5 2024, 1pm: I remember the moment so clearly.

The rap star is facing more prison time but was cleared of the most serious charges, and still has loyal fans.

Job cuts aren’t big, symbolism of quitting the world’s fifth-most-populous nation might be

Exclusive  Microsoft has decided to close its presence in Pakistan.…

The most frequently curated content on the White House Wire, the Trump administration's attempt to aggregate pro-Trump "real news" from across the right-wing media, doesn't come from Truth Social, Breitbart, or even Fox News. It comes from YouTube - notably, from the White House's own channel. The White House Wire was launched at the end […]

The band will play the first of 41 highly anticipated dates in Cardiff, after a break of 16 years.

Velvet Sundown has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify - without anyone even being sure if it's real.

As President Trump weighs tariff plans, he will have one eye on the US economy.

More than 1,000 criminals, including a paedophile found with a six-year-old girl, have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police using live facial recognition (LFR) cameras.

Leaseholders will be able to more easily challenge extortionate service charges, the government has said.

Oasis are set to kick off their reunion tour in Cardiff this weekend, with thousands expected to descend on the Welsh capital.

With the economy, immigration, education, welfare and health high on the agenda, has Sir Keir Starmer's top team met their pledges?

Writer’s note: Amazon Prime Day kicks off on July 8th; however, if you want to get a head start on your online shopping, we’ve rounded up the best early Prime Day deals you can already get. Robot vacuums that can both mop and sweep your floors have improved significantly in recent years. While they are still not […]

You want your games to play the smoothest they possibly can - but sometimes, screen technology gets in the way. That's why some of the latest TVs and handhelds feature variable refresh rate (VRR) screens that can compensate when your graphics can't deliver a consistent 60 or 120 frames per second. The Nintendo Switch 2 […]

A thermoelectric material called CHESS is pretty cool

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and Samsung have developed a nano-engineered thermoelectric material that is twice as efficient at material-level cooling as existing alternatives, paving the way for broader adoption of solid-state refrigeration technology.…

A state-of-the-art F-35B has been stranded at Thiruvananthapuram airport for nearly three weeks.

Israeli-backed American contractors guarding aid centres in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as starving Palestinians scramble for food, an investigation has claimed.

And with some increases to rural broadband funds, fresh spectrum auctions, and wholesale dismantling of clean energy subsidies

Lawmakers have passed President Trump's budget reconciliation but removed one of its most tech-contentious measures - the ban of state-level AI regulation – meaning the law will have little effect on the tech industry.…

The president wins over sparring factions within his own party to get the bill passed after months of wrangling.

Researchers find models' success at tests hides illusion of understanding

Researchers from MIT, Harvard, and the University of Chicago have proposed the term "potemkin understanding" to describe a newly identified failure mode in large language models that ace conceptual benchmarks but lack the true grasp needed to apply those concepts in practice.…

With a record number of huge shocks in the opening days at Wimbledon, BBC Sport takes a look at some of the reasons why.

A Freedom of Information Act request has produced letters that the US Department of Justice sent to Google, Apple, Amazon, and several other companies in order to assuage their concerns about breaking a law that banned US web services from working with TikTok. The documents — obtained by Zhaocheng Anthony Tan, a Google shareholder who sued […]

Some black market cigarettes have been found to contain dead flies and asbestos. But the trade nods to a wider issue, a BBC investigation has found

American Ben Shelton is left furious when play in his second-round encounter with Rinky Hijikata at Wimbledon is suspended because of bad light when he was about to serve for the match.

One name is popping up a lot across tech startup social media right now, and you might’ve heard it: Soham Parekh. On X, people are joking that Parekh is single-handedly holding up all modern digital infrastructure, while others are posting memes about him working in front of a dozen different monitors or filling in for […]

Jack Draper says he was not "good enough" in his shock Wimbledon exit, insisting it was not because he felt increased pressure at this year's tournament.

The BBC's Ed Thomas collaborated with undercover buyers to see how easy it was to obtain illegal cigarettes.

Red-tailed tropicbirds stymie Johnston Atoll maneuvers

The US Air Force is putting plans to use rocket landings for resupply missions on hold over environmental concerns about the effect they would have on local seabirds.…