Trump’s latest bid to block $5m Carroll award rejected by Supreme Court
Tweety McTreason’s bid to overturn a jury verdict that awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $5m for alleged sexual abuse and defamation has been rejected by
Month: August 2026
Gravis Robotics has raised a $200M Series A led by SoftBank
Gravis Robotics, an ETH Zurich spinout building software that lets excavators and diggers run themselves, has raised a $200m Series A led by SoftBank, a
Dutch contractor rules just changed, and the bill is backdated
Somewhere in Amsterdam there is a developer who has invoiced the same foreign company every month for three years. Same rate, same hours, same Slack
Moburst Launches Answerburst, a Purpose-Built AEO Practice for the AI Search Era
Moburst has launched Answerburst, a dedicated practice within the agency focused specifically on Answer Engine Optimization, built out of what the team describes as an
Exchange CU1 delayed further as Microsoft races to verify AI-found flaws
AI-based assistants and agents are generally supposed to expedite software development lifecycles. For Microsoft’s Exchange team, it may be doing the opposite, in turn leaving
Iran signals readiness for ‘US ground operations’ as MoU expires
Iran’s more offensive posture follows Trump’s comment that the US would soon make the Strait of Hormuz its territory.
Boat sets sail from Bristol, aiming to break Israel’s siege of Gaza
Twelve people including the captain are on board the vessel named Kate, in the latest attempt to deliver aid.
Lula and Bolsonaro’s son launch rival bids for Brazil presidency
Brazil’s presidential race is officially underway.
Russia and Ukraine trade more deadly strikes
Moscow says nine people have been killed in the past 24 hours, while Kyiv reports four deaths.
‘I want my brother back’ – Tupac’s brother tells BBC murder trial won’t bring justice
The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil sat down with Mopreme Shakur ahead of the trial for his brother and late rapper’s 1996 murder.
‘Ghana was the crime scene’: The country leading the demand for slavery reparations
Ghana has become Africa’s leading voice in telling the world that Western nations owe reparations
‘I shot Mr Thompson’ – What it was like inside court as Mangione pleaded guilty
It marked the first time a court had heard Mangione describe how he committed a crime that garnered worldwide attention.
Scientists turn DNA into a memory device that uses 100x less power
Researchers combined synthetic DNA with a semiconductor to create an ultra-low-power memory device capable of storing and processing information in the same place. The bio-hybrid
Animals have been eating nature’s original bioplastic for millions of years
Nature invented biodegradable plastic long before humans did—and animals may have been feeding on it for hundreds of millions of years. Researchers discovered that dozens