Kash Patel confirmed to head FBI despite fears he will go after Trump foes

Kash Patel, a fierce Donald Trump loyalist, has been confirmed as the new head of the FBI. Critics fear that Patel has been placed on the position to run the …

Source: France 24

'They risk everything': Iranians are not only asking for change, they are making the change'

Iran's grassroots Woman, Life, Freedom movement two years on: As the Islamic Republic experiences ever-evolving forms of resistance from all walks of life and all facets of society, François Picard …

Source: France 24

Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan

Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. But Egypt and Jordan flatly rejected cooperating.

Source: New York Times

Asus’ new “Fragrance Mouse” is a wireless mouse that also smells

Does your PC's mouse smell like anything? The answer could soon be "yes."

Source: Ars Technica

DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online

The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role.

Source: Wired

About all this ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ chatter

Nice global financial system you got there, be a shame if something happened to it

Source: Financial Times

Can Turkey play a role in Ukraine's future?

Like the EU, Turkey has also been shut out of US-Russian conversations on Ukraine. President Erdogan wants to change all that and play a bigger role in future negotiations, even …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner refused to sign memo saying Trump was not antisemitic, book says

Pair declined to give public endorsement of Trump in wake of 7 October attacks, All or Nothing by Michael Wolff reveals

Donald Trump’s Jewish daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump …

Source: The Guardian

New evidence expected in dig for missing Beaumont children

Decades-long search to find any trace of three young children, who disappeared from an Adelaide beach in 1966, restarts

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Source: The Guardian

How DeepSeek used distillation to train its artificial intelligence model, and what it means for companies such as OpenAI

DeepSeek's sudden emergence has put the AI industry's focus on a technique called distillation.

Source: CNBC

EU planning to send Ukraine ‘very strong message’ with new aid package – Europe live

Defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius says the EU’s position is ‘very clear’ as the bloc is committed to peace through strength’

European Commissioner for defence Andrius Kubilius gets asked about the …

Source: The Guardian

In case you missed it: Here's what happened with Trump this week, from Ukraine to DOGE

NPR rounds up what happened this week, the fourth week of President Trump's administration, and takes a look at some developments that have been overlooked.

Source: NPR