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More than 30 leaders joined a video conference call on Friday to map out an international mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Anderson's new deal will reportedly make him the highest-paid, non-QB in league history.

Marie-Thérèse had moved to the US after reuniting with her long-lost love, an American man who died in January.

New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, memories, and more.

Apple is expected to unveil iOS 27 during its WWDC 2026 keynote on June 8, and the update should be released in September. Below, we outline some...

WNBA stars are more than basketball players, so journalists are permitted to ask questions that go beyond the court.

Doctors say these effective, over-the-counter allergy products will actually make a difference.

The public outrage over the tech industry's obsession with AI is starting to boil over — and the pitchforks are starting to come out.

With simple tools, thieves are “drilling and draining” fuel from vehicles, leaving drivers with costly repair bills.

It’s a major expansion in the rollout of the “trash revolution” that former Mayor Eric Adams started.

Napa Valley’s most famous winery, Robert Mondavi, debuts its dramatic transformation following a three-year closure.

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The BBQ restaurant chain is down to just five locations now.

Mainstream artificial intelligence safety groups moved quickly to distance themselves after a 20-year-old allegedly attacked the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last week in what law enforcement officers said appeared to be part of a plot to harm AI executives.…

A UPS jet was caught up in a near-miss with another plane at the same Kentucky airport where 14 people were killed in a fiery cargo plane crash — and an air traffic controller was heard yelli…

A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to exploit them. Now, hackers are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in real-life attacks, according to a cybersecurity firm.

The Quiet Things is an autobiographical narrative game about childhood trauma

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (April 17, 2026) - Players can save up to 90% on these Spike Chunsoft, Inc. titles from April 17, 2026 to April 29, 2026, during the Spike Chunsoft Spring Sale on Nintendo eShop.

Apple has new iPhones coming this fall, here’s when to expect the iPhone 18 lineup’s announcement, release date, and more.

Ford has regained the title for the fastest American production car at the Nürburgring after beating the Corvette ZR1X's lap time by more than eight seconds.

ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

One of the most promising retro immersive shooters on Steam is back in active development, following its creator's release from prison.

Final Fantasy 14 Live Letter 92 gives us an in-depth look at the FF14 7.5 patch, including the new Beastmaster job and a glimpse of Kefka.

The release date for the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake seems to have leaked, and the game is reportedly setting sail this summer.

All empires eventually fall, and it seems the creative software industry has collectively decided that Adobe’s time has come.

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You probably don’t spend a lot of time using the FAT32 file system anymore, since it’s thoroughly been superseded many times over. Even so, Microsoft has seen fit to deliver an upgrade …

New fully painted Chrono Trigger form-ism figures have been spotted by fans at a Square Enix pop up store in Ikebukuro, Japan. These intricacy detailed form-ism figures look incredible and give us a…

Tech firms aim to trigger a robot revolution with video of humans doing housework. Gig workers are paid up to $25 an hour to film themselves doing various tasks.

Google Chrome lacks maybe the most important protection feature that Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Brave already have.

Influencers may claim 'it works for me,' but what’s likelier, experts say, is a pricey placebo effect — that is, the belief that a certain supplement is improving health.

It was cruel to make her wait.

Does Alzheimer’s start in the muscles? Research reveals that motor neuron mutations disrupt the neuromuscular junction independent of the brain.

Researchers investigating a widely used medication have uncovered an unexpected cellular process that may interfere with early brain development.

Dermatologists discuss the widely popular duct tape hack and other ways to treat warts at home.

A fungus called Sporothrix brasiliensis spreads from cats to humans, and concerns are growing over its rapid dispersal.

They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to their ability to develop resistance to medications that treat them.

Allegations that a former Amityville nurse falsified immunization records of hundreds of children highlight increased skepticism.

Do not attempt to capture,” animal control warned.

Foods with added sugar are everywhere – even in some surprising places. So how easy is it to go without sugar and what difference can it make to your health?

A new report, published in Nature Metabolism, is shedding light on the distinct and underappreciated role of fructose in driving disease, separate from its role as a simple source of calories.

A recent analysis of more than 400,000 Reddit posts has found some lesser-known side effects of GLP-1 drugs taken for weight loss and diabetes.

Wellness News: When a UK mother noticed her young son becoming lethargic, losing weight rapidly, and gulping water like he'd been through a desert, her mind went to .

MethylScan is a low-cost blood test that detects cancers and organ diseases by analyzing DNA methylation, improving early diagnosis, and identifying disease origin.

A common cleaning chemical has quietly permeated groundwater, air, and everyday products, raising concerns about its long-term impact on human health. A widely used industrial chemical may be contributing to the rapid rise of the world’s fastest-growing brain…

Yet another weight loss drug is causing a stir online. But health authorities and experts say it may bring more risks than rewards.

“You could definitely tell she was mistreated and neglected throughout her life."

Soaking in a hot bath increases blood flow, benefits your vascular health, and boosts the immune system, shows a University of Oregon study.

The case, detected in San Francisco, is the 16th in the U.S. so far of the newer, potentially more severe strain.

On Monday, San Francisco public health officials confirmed that an unvaccinated infant was diagnosed with measles, the first case since 2019 in the city.

Many energy drinks now include several B vitamins. Why is B12 actually important?

Variations in gene expression could help to explain why brain-disease risks differ according to sex.

A massive magma reservoir is secretly waiting beneath Italy’s peaceful landscape. With no eruptions in sight, scientists are scrambling to figure out why this enormous force remains dormant.

I've been thinking about reentry for three straight years."

Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if the rules of quantum mechanics don’t hold. The recently rediscovered idea of quantum jamming complicates things.

Hubble images never fail to amaze.

"We hope to gain a deeper understanding of how planetesimals and planets formed in a wide variety of stellar systems, including our own solar system."

An AI-generated image claiming to be from the Artemis mission has gone viral, but there's a fairly hefty clue that it isn't real.

OpenProtein.AI is helping biologists stay on the cutting edge of AI with a no-code platform for protein engineering. It was founded by MIT alumni Tristan Bepler and Tim Lu.

The time had come to open the envelope, but Stephan Schlamminger, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), wasn't sure he wanted to know the secret number that lay inside. For the past 10 years, Schlamminger had spent most of …

A rediscovered fossil reveals Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, an ancient relative of crocodiles, with a powerful bite and unique traits, reshaping our understanding of early crocodylomorphs.

A new paper (accessible here) that I co-authored today with Toni Scarmato analyzed images of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, taken by the…

A cosmic visitor is racing through our inner solar system and for a short time, you can catch a glimpse. To see Comet (C/2025 R3), also known as Panstarrs after the discovering observatory, you’ll likely need help from a pair of binoculars or a telescope.

New research questions whether memory reliably reflects reality.

A model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could be a population of black holes predating the Big Bang.