Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen: A friendship that surpassed the stage and screen
“He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love,” McKellen said in
How Kenyans got caught in $130m US ghost student scam
The alleged scheme used stolen identities to claim US student aid, with Kenyans among those charged.
Trump cancels weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas in favor of holding numerous tele-rallies
Senate races in both states are considered toss-ups and could be key in either party’s path to control of Congress.
What we know about Binance’s $6.3bn hack
BBC business reporter Archana Shukla explains more about what is suspected to be the largest hack in history.
Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history
Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor.
Hyrox athlete who soiled herself in race tells BBC she put others at risk but backlash was traumatic
In her first interview since the incident, Joanna Wietrzyk told the BBC she takes responsibility for it but did not deserve such a severe backlash.
‘My low Vitamin D levels hit me like a truck’
Saskia Reeves-Priestley didn’t know she had a Vitamin D deficiency until she suddenly collapsed at work.
How a major policy shift is changing how police will respond to mental health call-outs
999 calls will be triaged and if there is any risk of harm or to life, or if a crime is involved, the police will
This Device Uses A.I. and Lasers to Kill Mosquitoes
A Chinese start-up has developed a device that uses artificial intelligence and lasers to kill mosquitoes. But there are safety concerns for people and other
‘Huge red flags’ as Todd Blanche revives voter fraud claims with bizarre move: report
Attorney General Todd Blanche took an extraordinary step to shore up the Trump administration’s discredited voter fraud claims in a key swing state. Blanche personally
Trump’s corporate suck-ups ‘shaking in their boots’ as subpoena power looms: analyst
Companies that spent two years currying favor with President Tweety McTreason now face an uncomfortable new reality, an economic analyst argued. In a Thursday piece
Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
In the future, you won’t be able to use Reddit without logging in. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed the impending change in a letter (PDF)
Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
Microsoft is beginning the rollout of a Windows 11 preview update that finally addresses a persistent power user complaint with the operating system: the right-click
Baseten’s joey-1 makes AI decisions for a penny per million tokens
Baseten released joey-1, a 2B open-weights “decision model” that returns an answer and a probability rather than text. It costs $0.01 per million tokens and