Google’s AI videos get a big upgrade with Veo 3.1
It's getting harder to know what's real on the Internet, and Google is not helping one bit with the announcement...
Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, dies at 80
Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him...
Socialists throw French prime minister a temporary lifeline
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s government will live to see another day. After a high-stakes policy speech and the unveiling...
Taliban minister confronted by rare challenge on trip abroad: women journalists
Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their...
‘Premature’ to conclude that Trump’s tariffs haven’t hit the global economy, the IMF says
Higher US tariffs have so far had a smaller impact globally than expected, but it would be “premature and incorrect”...
Instagram will now be PG-13 for teens with Meta’s latest update
Instagram is further cracking down on what millions of young people can see on the platform, aligning its “Teen Accounts”...
Astronomers discover rare double-ringed odd radio circle in space
An unusual double-ring structure spotted in space with the help of citizen scientists has turned out to be a cosmic...
Google will let Gemini schedule meetings for you in Gmail
Meetings can be a real drain on productivity, but a new Gmail feature might at least cut down on the...
DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026
As if DirecTV doesn't have enough trouble keeping customers, the satellite TV provider's streaming devices will show AI-generated screensaver ads...
Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group
Attorney General Pam Bondi today said that Facebook removed an ICE-tracking group after "outreach" from the Department of Justice. "Today...