A Massachusetts congressman has drawn a red line forbidding his staff from participating in the growing prediction market sector. Seth Moulton announced this week that employees in his office are barred from accessing prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. The policy applies to all staff members…Continue Reading
Islamabad reprises its role as diplomatic broker as US and Iran edge closer to wider confrontation., Islamabad, Pakistan – In the middle of 1971, at the height of the Cold War, a Pakistani government plane carrying US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flew overnight from Islamabad to Beijing. The trip wasContinue Reading
Norway, as well as other NATO countries, has been under pressure from the US to boost defence spending., Norway, as well as other NATO countries, has been under pressure from the US to boost defence spending. Norway is set to raise defence spending by 3.5 percent of its gross domesticContinue Reading
Species are vanishing faster than ever, and many are disappearing before scientists even know they exist. Now, an international team is racing against time to uncover hidden life beneath the waves by building a massive open-access genomic database of European marine worms. These tiny but vital creatures help keep oceanContinue Reading
Turns out massive caches are good for more than games. House of Zen boasts 5-13% perf boost over prior-gen part AMD aims to extend its lead in desktop gaming with a new CPU, dubbed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. This top-of-the-line part has 16 cores fed by an absolutelyContinue Reading
“Wow. The Traitor is going to resign?” hit back the press team of California Gov. Gavin Newsom., Read MoreContinue Reading
“This just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. This is as bad as Stalin’s personality cult,” wrote one critic online., Read MoreContinue Reading
commentary At its April meeting, the Democratic National Committee must have an open debate on its support of Israel Published March 27, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin should acknowledge the view of the party’s base on Israel ((Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) When theContinue Reading
Canonical engineer Julian Andres Klode, who works on Ubuntu’s secure boot signing, has put forward a proposal on Ubuntu’s community forums to significantly cut down the GRUB bootloader for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10. The proposal takes aim at GRUB’s parsers, which Julian describes as a “constant source of security issues,”Continue Reading
Age verification is sadly here to stay, as the politicians pushing these laws don’t seem to care much about what people actually think. Open source projects have been left to deal with the fallout, either by starting compliance work, taking a public stance, or outright blocking users from affected regions.Continue Reading
The International Olympic Committee has approved a new eligibility policy that will bar transgender women from competing in women’s events at the Olympic Games, marking a major shift in how the global body governs gender categories in elite sports. The decision, announced Thursday, introduces a standardized rule across all OlympicContinue Reading
Internal emails obtained by a government watchdog group reveal that a top Homeland Security attorney suggested agents should have “just started hitting” protesters during anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles., Read MoreContinue Reading