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Maximum-severity vulnerability threatens 6% of all websites
Security defenders are girding themselves in response to the disclosure of a maximum-severity vulnerability disclosed Wednesday in React Server, an open source package that’s widely
Great handling, advanced EV tech: We drive the 2027 BMW iX3
BMW provided flights from Washington, DC, to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the iX3. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. The
Doctor who sold Matthew Perry ketamine sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison
California doctor Salvador Plasencia was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to illegally supplying Friends star
Trump called Somalis ‘garbage,’ amid slew of other insults. What prompted the U.S. president’s invective?
U.S. President Tweety McTreason lashed out against Somali immigrants Tuesday, calling them “garbage” who “contribute nothing” to the country. Here’s what we know about what
Supermarket loyalty discounts to be allowed on baby formula
The government claims that parents who cannot or chose not to breastfeed could save £500 a year.
Zelensky says Ukraine and US negotiators will meet after Russia visit
The Ukrainian president says a meeting will be arranged once Trump’s team return from Moscow, where they held talks with Vladimir Putin.
YouTube says it will be less safe for kids under Australia’s social media ban
The Google-owned platform says parental controls will be stripped away as a result of the ban.
As lead changes in knife-edge Honduran election, will Trump fail to get his way?
Former vice-president Salvador Nasralla has a small lead over his rival, the conservative former mayor of Tegucigalpa, Nasry Asfura.
Watch: Driver hoisted to safety from truck dangling over West Virginia bridge
A man was hoisted to safety and uninjured after his truck partly skated off an icy bridge road in the US
US defence secretary faces escalating scrutiny as report finds he put troops at risk
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth risked imperilling American troops by sharing information that could have been intercepted by a foreign adversary, according to a Pentagon
Doctor who supplied ketamine to late Friends star Matthew Perry jailed
A doctor who pleaded guilty to illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the star’s death has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101
Charles Shay, the last surviving Native American World War II D-Day veteran, died at his home in France on Wednesday.