The Shadow Brokers, an unidentified group that appeared in 2016 and released hacking tools believed to come from the NSA, remain unmasked ten years later. Their dump helped expose powerful…
Universal Music Group and TikTok have renewed their licensing agreement with a new commitment to remove unauthorized AI-generated music and improve artist and songwriter attribution. The agreement marks a shift…
Spotify is bringing narrated long-form magazine articles into its app, expanding beyond music, podcasts, and audiobooks as it pushes further into “everything audio.” Premium subscribers will get the articles as…
BP has removed chairman Albert Manifold with immediate effect after serious concerns over governance standards, oversight and conduct, with the BBC understanding that bullying and overbearing behaviour were among the…
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, warns that artificial intelligence is intensifying older problems such as inequality, war, democratic erosion, and concentrated power. The document argues that AI must be…
A forensic investigation in Italy has linked a new zero-click attack on iPhone users to WhatsApp accounts that sent money requests to contacts without any visible linked device, and the…
Ashoka Shivareddy and other farmers in India are expanding custard apple production and exports by using hardier varieties, better post-harvest handling, and cold-chain logistics to turn a drought-tolerant crop into…
Suzie Flores left a Manhattan career to farm sugar kelp off Stonington, Connecticut, and now sells out each season while trying to build local demand and infrastructure for U.S. seaweed…
Local beach access in parts of the Caribbean is shrinking as large resort developers build exclusive complexes that restrict shorelines historically used by residents, campaigners, lawyers and local officials say.…
Airlines and travel platforms are increasingly marketing destinations in Western Sahara as part of Morocco, even as rights groups and legal experts warn this risks legitimising Morocco’s occupation and misinforming…
Sun Pharmaceuticals agreed to buy New York‑listed Organon & Co. for $11.75 billion in late April, marking the largest outbound acquisition by an Indian company in nearly two decades and…
Second-hand clothing markets across East Africa remain crowded despite policy moves to curb imports, and governments face a tension between protecting local garment makers and preserving livelihoods tied to the…
Spotify announced a broad slate of AI features that extend the platform from human-created music and shows toward AI-generated music, podcasts, and audiobooks, and introduced tools that let users and…
The merchandise site for FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline after reports that hackers had hijacked the site to distribute an infostealer malware strain, according to initial reporting and…
Apple asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower-court ruling in the company’s long-running dispute with Epic Games, arguing that the injunction allowing external links in App Store apps…
Google added disco-ball–style app icons to Pixel phones’ custom icon feature, joining a brief wave of glitter-themed home-screen icons that began after Spotify’s temporary disco-ball icon drew widespread attention online.…