Donald Trump Given Nobel Peace Prize By Venezuela’s Opposition Leader — But Nobel Committee Says It Is Not Transferable

Donald Trump Given Nobel Peace Prize By Venezuela’s Opposition Leader — But Nobel Committee Says It Is Not Transferable

Donald Trump has his long-awaited Nobel Peace Prize, but only symbolically. Yesterday at the White House, Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the prize late last year, gave her model to the POTUS in recognition of his committment to Venezuela’s freedom. This cam...

The best midrange smartphone for 2026

The best midrange smartphone for 2026

Gone are the days in which you needed to spend a fortune to get a good smartphone. In 2026, features once exclusive to high-end smartphones – big batteries, multi-camera arrays, high refresh rate OLED displays and more – have made their way down to more affordable models. Yes, you’ll still nee...

NASA prepares first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years

NASA prepares first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years

NASA's first moonshot with astronauts in more than a half-century is set to take place as soon as early February. The moon rocket moves to the pad this weekend at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, with a fueling test to be conducted by early next month. Until all that is completed, a launch date canno...

Latur: Cong wins LMC polls with 43 of 70 seats; BJP settles for 22

Latur: Cong wins LMC polls with 43 of 70 seats; BJP settles for 22

Congress is leading in the Latur Municipal Corporation elections, ahead of the BJP in early trends. This closely watched contest unfolds amidst Maharashtra's ongoing civic polls, where the ruling alliance has shown strong performance. The LMC results follow a tight race in 2017, with the BJP then em...

Uncle Sam the shareholder

Uncle Sam the shareholder

Trump has been on an acquisition spree, taking direct stakes in 14 companies spanning steel, rare earth minerals, semiconductors, and more

Experts provide policy roadmap to reduce dementia risk

Experts provide policy roadmap to reduce dementia risk

A national panel of experts has issued the strongest call yet for the Department of Health and Social Care to overhaul how it approaches dementia prevention, pointing to vital evidence that dementia risk can be reduced and providing a framework for the development of new government policy that could...

I'm not sure Animal Crossing: New Horizons' busted megaphone and other Switch 2 bits are worth £4.19, but 3.0's a welcome nudge back into Nintendo's lovely world

I'm not sure Animal Crossing: New Horizons' busted megaphone and other Switch 2 bits are worth £4.19, but 3.0's a welcome nudge back into Nintendo's lovely world

I cannot begin to tell you how much I was looking forward to hoisting megaphone and bellowing insults at Chops from halfway across my island in Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Switch 2 Edition, but the whole voice recognition thing is so flakey - so prone to drawing the attention of entirely the wron...

Are we ready for OpenAI to put ads into ChatGPT? 

Are we ready for OpenAI to put ads into ChatGPT? 

Imagine you’re talking to someone and they suddenly start to add advertising to the exchange. What might that look like? In a 1965 episode of the classic sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, the protagonist uses her magical powers to create fake parents for herself in order to impress a date. She crafts th...

The world is getting tougher on kids’ online safety in 2026

The world is getting tougher on kids’ online safety in 2026

The new year is a time for resolutions. This year, governments, platforms, and campaigners all seem to have hit on the same ones: Children should spend less time online, and companies should know exactly how old their users are. From TikTok’s infinite scroll to chatbots like xAI’s Grok that can ...

Three technologies that will shape biotech in 2026

Earlier this week, MIT Technology Review published its annual list of Ten Breakthrough Technologies. As always, it features technologies that made the news last year, and which—for better or worse—stand to make waves in the coming years. They’re the technologies you should really be paying att...