The best fitness rings of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

We tested the best smart rings you can buy to help you accomplish your fitness goals that measure sleep, heart rate, body temperature, and more.

Source: ZDNet

Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram

Users of Reels report feeds dominated by violent and graphic footage after apparent algorithm malfunction

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has apologised after Instagram users were subjected to a flood of violence, …

Source: The Guardian

Microsoft to retire Skype in favor of Teams

The online call pioneer platform has been around for over two decades. Microsoft says shutting down Skype would help it focus on Teams by simplifying its communication offerings.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Anger mounts as Greece remembers deadliest train crash two years on

Greeks strike and hold hundreds of protests, directing their rage at the government two years after 57 people died.

Source: Al Jazeera

Amazon's new Alexa+ companion devices coming this fall

If you were expecting new devices to go with the Alexa+ launch, you'll have to wait a few months, says CEO Andy Jassy.

Source: ZDNet

After Insults and False Claims, Trump to Host Zelensky for Minerals Deal

President Trump will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday after falsely asserting that Ukraine started the war with Russia and calling him a “dictator without elections.”

Source: New York Times

Netanyahu wants to “continue the war” in Gaza but “less intense”

Gaza ceasefire update

Source: Al Jazeera

Trump claims he is ‘in the middle’ of Russia and Ukraine as he meets Zelenskyy

White House meeting comes after US and Ukraine agreed terms on mineral deal

Source: Financial Times

Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man convicted for 1991 murder

Kay Ivey says Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers, who maintains he was innocent, will serve life in prison without parole

The Alabama governor, Kay Ivey, on Friday commuted the death sentence of …

Source: The Guardian

The Verge hires Tina Nguyen as senior reporter to cover the Trump administration

Tina Nguyen is joining The Verge as a senior reporter, covering the Trump administration, Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government, and the tech industry’s embrace of the MAGA movement. …

Source: The Verge

Lara Love Hardin: From addict to identity thief to best-selling author

Our guest went from being a soccer mum of four to battling an opioid and heroin addiction, landing in jail and losing custody of her children. But the journey didn't …

Source: France 24

BBC made ‘rookie errors’ over Gaza film, says former news chief

Roger Mosey says mistakes were ‘not an unfortunate accident’ as shadow minister calls for independent inquiry

The BBC made “basic rookie errors” over a documentary about life in Gaza that …

Source: The Guardian