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'Switch to MAX, by any means necessary' — Inside Russia’s great internet crackdown

After censoring the internet for years, the Kremlin is now pushing citizens to the state-controlled MAX by further targeting VPN usage. But the disconnect over the Telegram shutdown could be the needed turning point.

Tesla sales grew by 6% in Q1, but company has an overproduction problem

Between January and March, Tesla built 50,000 more cars than it could sell.

Tesla’s sales recover slightly, but the trend lines are all bad

Tesla's first quarter sales report is out, and depending on how you look at it, the numbers are good but also bad. The company's sales are up a modest 6 percent year over year, but that's probably not the best way of looking at it considering the extraordinary circumstances surrounding Tesla - Elon...

TikTok pulls Israeli ultranationalist’s account for breach of hate speech rules

Dozens of videos have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram showing harassment of Palestinians and activists

What nearly went wrong on Nasa's space mission - and what still could

The Artemis II crew are now hurtling around the Earth's orbit, carrying out final tests and checks before they head towards the Moon.

Starmer sente Meloni, 'urgente de-escalation in Medio Oriente'. Tajani: 'Creare corridoio umanitario per fertilizzanti con Onu'

A margine del summit virtuale dei 35 Paesi per risolvere la chiusura dello Stretto di Hormuz

AI & cost of legacy systems in UK banking

UK banks spend ~£3.3bn/year just maintaining legacy core systems, and AI is exposing the cracks.

Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink

Amazon wants in on the low-Earth orbit Internet action.

Uganda: Four children stabbed dead at Kampala kindergarten

The suspected assailant was arrested at the scene and remains in police custody. His motive remains unclear.

AI hype and the quality hangover

As AI accelerates software development, quality assurance must evolve to prevent instability and costly outages.

Microsoft’s new ‘superintelligence’ game plan is all about business

Mustafa Suleyman has been preparing for his new job description for a long time. Suleyman is Microsoft's inaugural CEO of AI, but after the company underwent a large-scale restructuring in mid-March, he's handed off some duties and shifted focus to chasing superintelligence. Though the news was only...

Google has doubled its storage allowance for its AI Pro plan, and it’s just one-upped ChatGPT — here’s how they compare

Google's AI Pro subscription tier has had a storage boost, taking its allowance from 2TB to 5TB.

A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?

Today on Decoder, we’re talking about the landmark social media addiction trials that just resulted in two major verdicts against Big Tech. There’s one case in New Mexico against Meta, and another in California against both companies, which have said they plan to appeal. These are complicated cases...

Indie Pass is a new subscription service just for indie games

Indie.io, which offers a platform to help independent game developers publish their titles, is launching a new subscription service called Indie Pass. The service will cost $6.99 per month and have more than 70 titles, including indie.io's Echoes of the Plum Grove and games from the Fire Emblem-like...

How have Trump’s Iran war aims changed and has he achieved any of them?

President has said US will shortly achieve its objectives – but it is not clear what exactly those objectives are

Almasri, l'Italia deferita a Corte l'Aja

Per "inadempimento a una richiesta di collaborazione"

Major clearance sale drops the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 to just £59

You can grab yourself a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 at Three for just £59 when you use this limited-time code.

Why hands-on digital skills will define the value of AI

AI is transforming work, but a widening skills gap threatens organizations' ability to keep up.

“Sono rimasto fermo tre giorni a Malpensa per la guerra in Iran. Ho mangiato in tutti i locali dell’aeroporto”: le recensioni di Nicola Jiang

Lo scorso mese diversi voli sono stati cancellati a causa dell’improvviso scoppio del conflitto in Iran. Tra i passeggeri rimasti a terra all’aeroporto di Milano Malpensa c’era anche lo YouTuber Nicola Jiang, pesarese di origini cinesi che, in teoria, doveva volare verso la Cina l’8 marzo con scalo...

Iran's focus on survival means same regime still firmly in place

Tehran is showing resilience despite Trump's claims of regime change, writes BBC Persian editor Amir Azimi.

Diverse teams start with diverse VCs

It is the path of least resistance for a growth-stage company to hire from the familiar Silicon Valley pipelines but if a founder wants a diverse team, that value has to be put into practice from the very first hire. 

La volta in cui il popolo di Vanitopoli bocciò la riforma del Grande Libro

Il regno di Vanitopoli era stato costruito sulle sabbie mobili e le città avevano i confini segnati con l’inchiostro di china. Le leggi più importanti, raccolte in un Libro troppo grande per essere letto tutto d’un fiato, erano custodite all’interno della Torre, nella quale i Misuratori della Giusti...

La pillola anticoncezionale aumenta il rischio di tumore?

'Be serious... don't speak every day': Macron criticises Trump approach to Iran war

The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader's sometimes contradictory stance on the US-Israeli war against Iran.

Diese Karnevalswagen erzürnen Putin – Haftstrafe für Künstler

Wegen satirischer Karnevalswagen verurteilt ein Moskauer Gericht den deutschen Jacques Tilly in Abwesenheit zu achteinhalb Jahren Haft.

“Il cambiamento della stupidità non è ancora avvenuto. L’AI? Se uno chiede un aiuto rischia di prendere una mazzata sulla testa”: così Iginio Massari

Le lancette dell’orologio segnano le due di notte. Mentre il mondo dorme, Iginio Massari è già nel suo laboratorio. Non è solo il regno dove nascono le sue celebri creazioni, ma un rifugio personale dove il Maestro della pasticceria italiana trova la libertà di sperimentare, scrivere poesie — un’abi...

A Private Company Wants to Block the Sun, Responsibly

Stardust sold geoengineering to investors. Now it needs to sell it to the public.

This even smaller credit card-sized e-reader has one tragic flaw

There’s a new smallest e-reader in my life. The Xteink X3 is even smaller and thinner than Xteink’s X4 while also improving on the X4 with refined (but still far from great) software, simplified buttons, and an improved magnetic mount on the back. It’s a better compact e-reader than the X4 if extrem...

Trump: “Non possiamo occuparci di asili nido e assistenza sanitaria. Siamo in guerra, dobbiamo occuparci di difesa militare”

“Siamo un grande Paese, stiamo combattendo delle guerre. Non possiamo occuparci di asili nido. Non possiamo occuparci di cose individuali, come asili nido, Medicare, Medicaid”. Lo ha detto il presidente degli Stati Uniti, Donald Trump, in una recente conferenza stampa. “Possiamo solo occuparci di un...

Google Home’s latest update makes Gemini better at understanding your commands

Google is launching another update to its Home app, which is supposed to make controlling your smart home with its Gemini AI assistant "more natural and reliable," according to this week's release notes. With the update, you can describe the type of lighting you want, such as "the color of the ocean...