U.S. Navy Secretary out of his job in latest Pentagon shakeup
U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job, the Pentagon abruptly announced Wednesday, the first head of a military service to depart during President
Egyptian mummy has part of the ‘Iliad’ in its abdomen, archaeologists discover
A papyrus that contains part of Homer’s “Iliad” has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds a surprising number of giant ‘dragon scales’ littered across Mars
The Curiosity rover snapped a series of peculiar polygons that look suspiciously like giant fossilized reptile scales. Although scientists have seen similar shapes on Mars
Watch an AI-powered table tennis robot beat elite players
Using high-precision cameras and an AI system, Sony AI’s Ace is revealing the advancements robotics.
Mozilla patched 271 Firefox bugs found by Anthropic’s Mythos, and says the zero-day era has an expiration date
Summary: Mozilla released Firefox 150 with fixes for 271 security vulnerabilities identified by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, an unreleased frontier AI model distributed under the
Pichai opens Cloud Next 2026 with $240B backlog, 750M Gemini users, and a plan to turn Search into an agent manager
Summary: Sundar Pichai opened Cloud Next 2026 with Google Cloud at $70 billion in annual revenue, 48% growth, a $240 billion backlog that doubled in
Ultra-Orthodox Jews burn Israeli flags to protest national day
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters have burned Israeli flags and brandished anti-Zionist banners in West Jerusalem.
Iran releases video of IRGC seizing ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s revolutionary guard has released a video said to show its forces seizing a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran war live: Israel kills Lebanese journalist; Tehran-US talks stalled
Israeli attacks on Lebanon killed at least five people on Wednesday, including Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil.
Trump’s spiritual advisor says that saying no to him is like saying no to God
The president’s spiritual advisor, Florida-based televangelist scammer Paula White-Cain, said at a book-signing event this week that saying no to Tweety McTreason is the same thing
How Japan is rebuilding its war machine | About That
Japan lifted a ban on lethal weapons exports that had been in place since the Second World War. Andrew Chang explains how the country is
I’m on six different NHS waiting lists – it’s taking over my life
Amy-Jane Davies is one of 713,048 people in Wales waiting for any type of NHS treatment.
Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage
Crypto scammers are targeting the thousands of ships stranded near the Strait of Hormuz—and at least one ship that faced Iranian gunfire may have been
Tesla reports Q1 2026 earnings: Still profitable
Tesla published its quarterly financials ahead of an investor call this afternoon. The maker of electric vehicles has become an increasingly polarized brand but a