California is moving to strengthen oversight of advanced artificial intelligence systems, with Governor Gavin Newsom signing an executive order that puts an emergency “kill switch” for frontier AI models among the measures the state will...

Nearly 1 million Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans are set to receive $500 refund checks from the Trump administration, with payments expected to begin in October 2026. The White House announced the “Working...

Asian high-school students have once again emerged as global leaders in reading, mathematics and science, according to the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The latest assessment by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

Apple could be on the verge of its biggest iPhone redesign in years. The company is widely expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone at its “Surprise and shine” event, with the launch reportedly scheduled...

A bizarre prediction attributed to the late Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga is making the rounds ahead of 2027, with her followers claiming that a mysterious disease or genetic experiment could give a small number of...

The United Nations has backed a move to promote a different world map projection, reviving a centuries-old argument over how accurately a flat map can represent a spherical Earth. The UN General Assembly voted 164-1...

Mount Everest’s Khumbu Glacier is facing an unusual source of human-caused warming: the heat carried by urine from thousands of climbers and support workers who gather at base camp each spring. A new study published...

South Korea and the United States are negotiating semiconductor investments as Washington prepares to impose a new tariff regime on imported chips, adding another layer of complexity to the two countries’ broader trade talks. A...

Apple’s long-rumoured foldable iPhone may have finally appeared in the wild—at least in prototype form. A video posted by Canadian tech creator Lewis Hilsenteger, better known as Unbox Therapy, appears to show a foldable iPhone...

Apple and Google have renamed Lake Ontario as “Lake America” on their mapping platforms for users in the United States, escalating a growing naming dispute between Washington and Ottawa. The change follows an executive order...