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U.S. and Iran to Meet Again for Nuclear Talks, as Israel Watches Closely - The New York Times ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

U.S. and Iran to Meet Again for Nuclear Talks, as Israel Watches Closely The New York TimesLive updates: The latest on Donald Trump’s presidency | CNN ... Continue Reading »

Houthis raise death toll in Yemen oil port attack to 80; fresh US strikes reported - The Times of Israel ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Houthis raise death toll in Yemen oil port attack to 80; fresh US strikes reported The Times of IsraelYemen’s Houthis vow to continue attacks after more ... Continue Reading »

One city prides itself as the cradle of the working class. Here's why - NPR ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

One city prides itself as the cradle of the working class. Here's why NPR Continue Reading »

Ukraine bans China's firms for helping Russia make missiles - Reuters ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Ukraine bans China's firms for helping Russia make missiles ReutersUkraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise NPRChina denies Zelenskyy’s charge that it ... Continue Reading »

Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador - AP News ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador AP NewsLIVE: Israel kills 92 in 2 days as Gaza ... Continue Reading »

Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change - AP News ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change AP NewsEaster's shifting date keeps clergy members counting WRGBWhy Eastern and Western Easter ... Continue Reading »

Joshua Craze, Sudan’s World War — Sidecar - New Left Review ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

Joshua Craze, Sudan’s World War — Sidecar New Left ReviewAs Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce The New York TimesThe Guardian view on Sudan’s third ... Continue Reading »

China and Cambodia agree on financing for a 94-mile canal linking the Mekong to the Gulf of Thailand - AP News ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

China and Cambodia agree on financing for a 94-mile canal linking the Mekong to the Gulf of Thailand AP News'Resist protectionism,' China's Xi tells Cambodia as ... Continue Reading »

Earthquake in Myanmar Reveals Royal Palace Buried for Centuries - Indian Defence Review ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Earthquake in Myanmar Reveals Royal Palace Buried for Centuries Indian Defence ReviewA 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Split the Ground—And Brought an Ancient Structure to the Surface Popular MechanicsAftershocks and ... Continue Reading »

Trial of nearly 200 people opens after Turkey protests - BBC ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Trial of nearly 200 people opens after Turkey protests BBCTurkey’s opposition works to seize momentum after leader’s arrest The Washington PostTurkey begins mass trials following protests over ... Continue Reading »

Nicola Coughlan 'Wouldn't Touch' Harry Potter Reboot With a 10-Foot Pole - Teen Vogue ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Nicola Coughlan 'Wouldn't Touch' Harry Potter Reboot With a 10-Foot Pole Teen VogueWhat the UK ruling on the definition of ‘woman’ means for same-sex spaces, culture ... Continue Reading »

Plane hijacked in Belize by St. Louis-area ex-football coach, who is then killed - STLtoday.com ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Plane hijacked in Belize by St. Louis-area ex-football coach, who is then killed STLtoday.comUS citizen shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize CNNUS man hijacks small ... Continue Reading »

At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say - Reuters ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Crews restore power to nearly all after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico - AP News ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Crews restore power to nearly all after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico AP NewsPuerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening? USA TodayMost ... Continue Reading »

Hamas' Gaza chief: Hostages can be free if Israel ends war, withdraws from Gaza - Haaretz ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

Hamas' Gaza chief: Hostages can be free if Israel ends war, withdraws from Gaza HaaretzIsrael proposes Gaza ceasefire deal to release 10 hostages for hundreds of ... Continue Reading »

Sudan's civil war: 'I fled Zamzam camp with child in my arms and luggage on my head' - BBC ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Sudan's civil war: 'I fled Zamzam camp with child in my arms and luggage on my head' BBC‘They were chanting as they killed people in their ... Continue Reading »

Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo - AP News ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo AP NewsView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Legal group sues Costa Rica alleging the rights of 81 children deported by Trump were violated - AP News ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Legal group sues Costa Rica alleging the rights of 81 children deported by Trump were violated AP NewsView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Contributor: The constitutional crisis is real - Yahoo ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

Contributor: The constitutional crisis is real Yahoo5 takeaways from the week: Nearing a constitutional crisis? NPRHands on Wisconsin: What does a constitutional crisis look like? Wisconsin State JournalLetter: ... Continue Reading »

British man, 27, killed by avalanche in French Alps - BBC ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

British man, 27, killed by avalanche in French Alps BBCDeadly storm hits north Italy, Switzerland, French Alps DWBriton dies in avalanche as heavy snow sweeps France, Switzerland ... Continue Reading »

This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-end spas. What sets it apart is out of sight: a ... Continue Reading »

How creativity became the reigning value of our time ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Americans don’t agree on much these days. Yet even at a time when consensus reality seems to be on the verge of collapse, there remains ... Continue Reading »

Longevity clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

The quest for long, healthy life—and even immortality—is probably almost as old as humans are, but it’s never been hotter than it is right now. ... Continue Reading »

The world’s biggest space-based radar will measure Earth’s forests from orbit ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Forests are the second-largest carbon sink on the planet, after the oceans. To understand exactly how much carbon they trap, the European Space Agency and ... Continue Reading »

A Google Gemini model now has a “dial” to adjust how much it reasons ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

Google DeepMind’s latest update to a top Gemini AI model includes a dial to control how much the system “thinks” through a response. The new ... Continue Reading »

The Download: the US office that tracks foreign disinformation is being eliminated, and explaining vibe coding ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. US office that ... Continue Reading »

How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our local Radio Shack as a kid. While my dad was ... Continue Reading »

These four charts sum up the state of AI and energy ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

While it’s rare to look at the news without finding some headline related to AI and energy, a lot of us are stuck waving our ... Continue Reading »

NASA has made an air traffic control system for drones ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

On Thanksgiving weekend of 2013, Jeff Bezos, then Amazon’s CEO, took to 60 Minutes to make a stunning announcement: Amazon was a few years away ... Continue Reading »

We need targeted policies, not blunt tariffs, to drive “American energy dominance” ↓

Thursday April 17, 2025

President Trump and his appointees have repeatedly stressed the need to establish “American energy dominance.” But the White House’s profusion of executive orders and aggressive ... Continue Reading »

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Researchers found evidence linking heavy alcohol drinking to brain damage and early death ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Heavy drinking doesn’t just damage your liver. New research says it may also shrink your brain, impair memory, and take years off your life. A ... Continue Reading »

This free tool adds all of the biggest Netflix releases to your digital calendar ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

We do our best to keep you up-to-date on all of the latest Netflix releases, but with dozens of new shows and movies hitting the ... Continue Reading »

iMessage now integrates Apple Sports app for real-time score sharing ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Sports fans can now take advantage of a great new feature in the Apple Sports app. The free iPhone software, which delivers real-time scores, stats, ... Continue Reading »

Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google’s most powerful AI, is available to students for free ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Earlier this month, Anthropic announced a major new AI initiative targeting the education sector. The Claude for Education program includes an AI Learning Mode for ... Continue Reading »

3 must-watch streaming releases coming next week you don’t want to miss ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Next week, a pair of streamers will drop a triple threat of can’t-miss releases — one being the highly anticipated return of an acclaimed Star ... Continue Reading »

EU delays Apple and Meta fines for DMA violations ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

From massive to modest fines, Apple and Meta were expected to be punished for DMA violations in the EU this week, as Mark Zuckerberg’s company ... Continue Reading »

Star Wars release dates: Every announced movie and TV show ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

When the Star Wars sequel trilogy concluded in 2019 with The Rise of Skywalker, the future of the franchise looked murky. After releasing five Star ... Continue Reading »

Google just admitted how afraid it is of Apple’s iPhone 16e ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

The iPhone 16e was just released in March, but this was apparently enough for Apple to become the world’s top smartphone vendor in the first ... Continue Reading »

New Apple invention might finally stop lens flare in iPhone photos ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

One of the most common complaints among iPhone users is lens flare when taking photos. When the image features a bright light source like the ... Continue Reading »

Gemini 2.5 Flash is Google’s cheapest thinking AI: What you need to know ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

After launching the Gemini 2.5 Pro model a few weeks ago, Google has a new AI product ready for testing. Gemini 2.5 Flash is supposed ... Continue Reading »

A look at Foxconn's $2.5B "Project Elephant", an upcoming factory on the outskirts of Bengaluru, its second-largest factory outside China, creating 40,000 jobs (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: A look at Foxconn's $2.5B “Project Elephant”, an upcoming factory on the outskirts of Bengaluru, its second-largest factory outside ... Continue Reading »

A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration who has become the main liaison between the White House and the crypto industry (Fortune) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Fortune: A profile of Bo Hines, a 29-year-old official in the Trump administration who has become the main liaison between the White House and the ... Continue Reading »

India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are facing their steepest growth slowdown in years amid global economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges (Manish Singh/India Dispatch) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Manish Singh / India Dispatch: India's top IT firms, TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, are facing their steepest growth slowdown in years amid global economic uncertainty ... Continue Reading »

Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations, is pushing US lawmakers for rules favoring banks over tech companies in stablecoin issuance (The Block) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

The Block: Sources: BOA, principally lobbying through trade associations, is pushing US lawmakers for rules favoring banks over tech companies in stablecoin issuance — - ... Continue Reading »

Garment workshops are closing across the "Shein village" in Panyu, China, after the US ended the de minimis exemption; Shein urges suppliers to shift to Vietnam (Kentaro Shiozaki/Nikkei Asia) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Kentaro Shiozaki / Nikkei Asia: Garment workshops are closing across the “Shein village” in Panyu, China, after the US ended the de minimis exemption; Shein ... Continue Reading »

API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ~$480M (Ryan Lawler/Axios) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Ryan Lawler / Axios: API-based background check provider Checkr acquires income and employment verification startup Truework, which had raised $125M+ and was last valued at ... Continue Reading »

PE firm KKR agrees to acquire and take private Frankfurt-listed IT company Datagroup for about €450M in an all-cash deal expected to close in Q3 2025 (Emma-Victoria Farr/Reuters) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Emma-Victoria Farr / Reuters: PE firm KKR agrees to acquire and take private Frankfurt-listed IT company Datagroup for about €450M in an all-cash deal expected ... Continue Reading »

HR management company Paychex acquires Paycor, which provides HR and payroll management software, for $4.1B in an all-cash deal (PYMNTS.com) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

PYMNTS.com: HR management company Paychex acquires Paycor, which provides HR and payroll management software, for $4.1B in an all-cash deal — Human capital management (HCM) ... Continue Reading »

The Trump administration's restrictions on AI chip exports by Nvidia, AMD, and Intel to China could help turn Huawei into a global chip-making powerhouse (Tripp Mickle/New York Times) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Tripp Mickle / New York Times: The Trump administration's restrictions on AI chip exports by Nvidia, AMD, and Intel to China could help turn Huawei ... Continue Reading »

OpenAI says its new o3 and o4-mini AI models hallucinate more often than its previous reasoning and traditional models, and the company doesn't know why (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch) ↓

Saturday April 19, 2025

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: OpenAI says its new o3 and o4-mini AI models hallucinate more often than its previous reasoning and traditional models, and the ... Continue Reading »

Experts say two federal judges declaring Google a monopoly within a year signals a judicial shift toward addressing anticompetitive behavior in digital markets (Steve Lohr/New York Times) ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Steve Lohr / New York Times: Experts say two federal judges declaring Google a monopoly within a year signals a judicial shift toward addressing anticompetitive ... Continue Reading »

Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange is selling unregistered securities; Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal says it's a "copycat case" of SEC's now-dropped lawsuit (Vince Quill/Cointelegraph) ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Vince Quill / Cointelegraph: Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange is selling unregistered securities; Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal says it's a “copycat case” of SEC's ... Continue Reading »

A US judge temporarily halts mass firings at the US CFPB after the agency fired between 1,400 and 1,500 workers, eliminating as much as 90% of its workforce (Douglas Gillison/Reuters) ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Douglas Gillison / Reuters: A US judge temporarily halts mass firings at the US CFPB after the agency fired between 1,400 and 1,500 workers, eliminating ... Continue Reading »

A Nevada judge rules that "tower dumps", the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers, is unconstitutional (Matthew Gault/404 Media) ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

Matthew Gault / 404 Media: A Nevada judge rules that “tower dumps”, the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from ... Continue Reading »

Nintendo says Switch 2 preorders will start in the US on April 24, with the price staying at the initially announced $450; prices of accessories will go up (The Verge) ↓

Friday April 18, 2025

The Verge: Nintendo says Switch 2 preorders will start in the US on April 24, with the price staying at the initially announced $450; prices ... Continue Reading »