'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?
Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own — but experts say it raises questions ...
Surrey police to close rape inquiry that sparked Epsom disorder
Force says it is ‘confident there was no offence’ and condemns ‘shameful’ behaviour by protestersThe investigation into reports of a rape outside a ch...
Crash That Killed 2 Americans Is a Reminder of the Depth of Security Ties in Mexico
The deaths of two C.I.A. officers in a crash in northern Mexico sparked questions about authorization and sovereignty, but also reflected a longstandi...
Author details the spy network that took on America's post-WWII Nazi groups
In The Secret War Against Hate, Stephen J. Ross details the racist, anti-Semitic groups that sprang up in the latter half of the 20th century — and th...
Senate GOP is kickstarting budget reconciliation to fund ICE. Here's how that works.
After a historic partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, Congressional Republicans are looking to a budgetary tool called reconciliat...
Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour
All signs point to a record-low performance for Labour in May in what will be a moment of high jeopardy for Keir StarmerLabour is on track for its wor...
Elon Musk admits that millions of Tesla vehicles won’t get unsupervised FSD
Tesla vehicles with the company's Hardware 3 (HW3) computer actually won't receive unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesd...
OpenAI now lets teams make custom bots that can do work on their own
OpenAI is giving users of its Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans access to cloud-based "workspace" agents available in ChatGPT that can per...
France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs
The French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents, announced that hackers stole the personal informati...
HRT provider censured by UK regulator for ‘systemic failures’ that put patients at risk
The drug industry’s self-regulatory body criticised Theramex for ‘alarming’ compliance issuesOne of the biggest producers of hormone replacement thera...
UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people’s phones
The U.K.'s cybersecurity chief warned that U.K. businesses and critical infrastructure are underestimating the threat from spyware attacks and other c...
No evidence of antisemitism at Bristol school that postponed visit by Jewish MP, review finds
Independent inquiry into Bristol Brunel Academy found visit by Damien Egan was postponed solely on safeguarding groundsAn independent inquiry into a B...
Summer Sandals That Won't Give You Blisters: Platforms, Jellies & More
We just found summer sandals that are not only on-trend right now, but so comfortable, too! Because let's be real, there's nothing worse than wanting ...
The Top-Rated Korean Skincare Products That Make Pores Disappear
If a certain Heated Rivalry star hates pores, so do we! No other beauty market in the world treats congested skin and clogged pores quite like Korean ...
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says
The photo deletion comes after an FTC settlement with Clarifai. The company had asked OkCupid — whose executives had invested in Clarifai — to share d...
North Carolina officials to charge adults who allegedly ‘stood by’ teen fight that became mass shooting
Two teenagers were killed and five others wounded in Winston-Salem after pre-planned fight in parkSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsle...
How to Build a Business That Can Be Taken Apart and Rebuilt in a Weekend
The "Lego" strategy shows how to design a business as modular, interchangeable parts — so you can unplug, swap or rebuild systems like marketing, oper...
