Banned from football at home, Afghan women’s team reunite 8,000 miles away
Women in the team, which is recognised by Fifa, say football has given them freedom and independence.
AI or real? BBC analyses viral China disaster videos
As weather events become more extreme, fake videos are being shared rapidly online, and it’s causing real world problems in China.
Sunshine to meal times: How to beat jet lag
With bags packed and boarding passes at the ready, what can you do to keep your body clock on track?
Half of vaccines are binned – ‘fridge-free’ versions could change that
Scientists have kept vaccines stable at room temperature for a year, which could transform global vaccination.
Walk-in mental health centres to open in banks and libraries across England
Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.
TikTok Is Laying Off 250 Employees in Its Nashville Office
The office was home to members of the app’s content moderation team.
This New Open Source Project Wants to Be the AI-First Alternative to Microsoft Office
Office suites have changed a lot since the first ones landed on desktops decades ago. What began as basic tools for typing letters and totaling
While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg Kroah-Hartman Draws a Line (Sort of)
Greg Kroah-Hartman’s “clanker” branch started as his own experiment, where an AI-assisted fuzzing tool turned up real bugs in the ksmbd and SMB code. These
A startup that slashes AI agent bills just raised $35M. Anthropic is a backer.
Sapiom is a San Francisco startup that sits between AI agents and the models they run on. It has raised a $35 million Series A.
Google is cutting 52 jobs in Washington the same week it lost four star researchers
Google is laying off around 52 employees in Washington state, according to a WARN notice it filed on Wednesday and first reported by GeekWire. The
Discovery may help develop new treatments for immunosuppressed skin cancer patients
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that immunosuppressed patients with non-melanoma skin cancer are not missing the key cancer-fighting
New website tracks vaccine preventable diseases across the United States
A new website will track the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases across the United States to offer the public, the media, healthcare providers, public health officials
Persistent media skepticism shapes common vaccine conspiracy beliefs
A research team led by Professor Hitoshi Yamamoto of Rissho University analyzed five years of longitudinal panel survey data collected between 2020 and 2024 and
FIFA pledges to defend Infantino after World Cup rights plan collapses
Infantino has faced leadership crisis as UEFA, AFC and Concacaf threaten drastic actions over commercial rights plan.