Hakeem Jeffries puts affordability at centre of Democrats’ midterm campaign

US House Democratic leader unveils 'Fighting for an Affordable America' agenda, blaming Donald Trump for rising costs.

Trump takes economic message to Michigan amid dwindling popularity

US president is suffering from low approval ratings in state that has become 'ground zero' for his trade policies.

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.

Disgusting video exposes brutal reality of gannet hunt

Horrifying new footage has come to light revealing the real cruelty behind the infamous Scottish Guga hunt. As workers race across the protected gannet colony o...

PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google

The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable anyone with the assigned URL view a conv...

Has Burnham kept his promise to do better on Israel’s war on Gaza?

Will Britain's new cabinet change the country’s role in Israel’s war on Gaza?

“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

Google's and Reddit's use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says.

Unreleased footage reveals Lindsey Graham’s push for war on Iran

Unreleased documentary footage shows late US Senator Lindsey Graham celebrating the war on Iran.

Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results

The screwup shows how tricky it can be to stop web crawlers from making ostensibly private conversations with AI chatbots entirely too public.

Burnham backs ‘conditional’ welfare support in first PM interview

In Andy Burnham’s first interview as PM, the newly-minted Labour leader spoke about the need to “get really serious as a country” about “getting the welfare bil...

Spain protests mass ‘touristification’ of Mallorca

Thousands of protesters filled the streets of Palma to denounce mass tourism.

White House boasts of deportation concentration camps

The White House‘s official X account has posted an image glorifying its racist ICE thugs and its ‘deportation maxxing’ concentration camps. While human beings r...

UN eyeing potential Israeli war crimes in Lebanon

High Commissioner Turk discusses displacement and trauma in Lebanon, asserting Israel is violating international law.

Why have US-Lebanon direct flights been banned for 40 years?

Why have US-Lebanon direct flights been banned for 40 years?

5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech

Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.

Elon Musk throws his support behind ethnic cleansing

Elon Musk – the world’s richest buffoon – has thrown his weight behind the policy of ‘remigration’. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, it’s the right-wing plan...

Pakistan-administered Kashmir opens polls in violence-wracked vote

First of three rounds of voting held after weeks of protests during which dozens of people were killed.

Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many

Telecom expects AI revenue from dark fiber deals and retrofitted data centers.

Unite disengaged under Graham – MP and EC member come out for Dubbins

Incumbent general secretary (GS) Sharon Graham‘s disengagement from the politics Unite should be pushing for its members. The cushy cowardice of her paid organi...

Are the US and Iran heading towards a forever war?

Marc Lamont Hill speaks with sociologist Ali Kadivar on what history shows about the risk of a US forever war in Iran.

Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse

NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.

Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system

Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform.

Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M

Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they collectively lost more than $1.8 million after downloading a fraudulent crypto wallet from the App Store...

Lebanon’s displaced endure ‘exhaustion and despair’

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker said that Lebanon's displaced endure ‘exhaustion and despair’.

Bus drivers ballot for heat strike as hundreds of thousands join call for max workplace temp

As the summer of heat continues, petitions calling for a maximum workplace temperature have exploded. Over 175,000 people have now signed petitions demanding th...

X Money is launching in the US starting today

X Money, a core part of Elon Musk's mission to turn X into an "everything app," is rolling out starting today, 9to5Mac reports. The payment platform offers a di...

Amazon’s new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX

Amazon is expanding its plans for providing satellite connectivity to mobile phones.

Saudi Arabia defends against drone strikes from ‘Iran-backed’ groups

Drones launched at Saudi, Jordan and Iraq suggest Iran, or linked groups, may be testing US as it mulls new strategy.

War on Iran: Phase II: Day 16

The US-Iran war has slowed, with both sides giving diplomacy a chance through regional mediators.

Burnham welcomes Zelenskyy as first international guest

Andy Burnham, Britain’s new prime minister, welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United Kingdom.