5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs
Five men have pleaded guilty to running laptop farms and providing other assistance to North Koreans to obtain remote IT work at US companies in
UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump’s university attacks
On Friday, a US District Court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the United States government from halting federal funding at UCLA or any other school
This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide
Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.
Trump’s ‘affordability’ pitch includes reminding voters they’re ‘lucky’ he won: report
President Tweety McTreason tested out his “affordability” pitch during a speaking engagement on Monday night, according to a new report, and that pitch included a
Republican staffer baselessly claims Capitol Police instructed against town halls
Barrett staffer claims Capitol Police instructed against town halls, no evidence of such guidance by Katherine Dailey, Michigan Advance November 17, 2025 U.S. Rep. Tom
Microsoft fixes Windows 10 update flaw
It didn’t take long for some IT leaders who last month started paying to get Windows 10 security updates to face their first support problem.
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus move seen as a rethinking of AI IT strategy
When reports came out on Monday that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is pouring $6.2 billion into another AI startup, to be called Project Prometheus, analysts
Philippine President Marcos rejects sister’s accusation of chronic drug use
Philippine president faces accusation of chronic drug use amid a major corruption scandal over flood-control projects.
UN Security Council approves US resolution backing Trump’s Gaza plan
UNSC backs US plan, approving a stabilisation force and ‘board of peace’ to oversee Gaza’s governance and rebuilding.
Ex-Harvard president Larry Summers apologises over Epstein emails
Summers says he will be taking a step back from engagements after questionable emails with Epstein made public.
Extreme bloom of toxic algae swirls in Nevada’s ‘Pyramid Lake’ — Earth from space
A 2024 satellite photo shows an unusually active bloom of toxic cyanobacteria swirling in the water of Nevada’s Pyramid Lake. Research suggests that the algae
‘Extremely rare’ Paleolithic figurine found in Israel depicts a goose attempting to mate with a woman
A tiny figurine depicting a goose mounting a woman reveals early evidence of animistic belief in southwest Asia.
Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues
The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China’s Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft.
New review reveals which baby foods carry the highest heavy metal risks
This scoping review found that more than 60 percent of infant formulas and baby foods worldwide contain detectable levels of cadmium, lead, and arsenic, with