A federal judge has ruled that California teachers may inform parents if a student expresses a gender identity at school that differs from official records, a decision that immediately sparked a legal showdown and reopened a long-running debate over parental rights, student privacy, and LGBTQ+ protections. The late December ruling,Continue Reading
Tens of thousands of people have crossed into Burundi to escape violence in the eastern DRC., NewsFeed Tens of thousands of people have crossed into Burundi to escape violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from a displacement camp in Busuma, now homeContinue Reading
Thousands of people have been fleeing their homes ahead of a curfew in the Syrian city of Aleppo., NewsFeed Thousands of people have been fleeing their homes ahead of a curfew in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where there has been shelling and gun battles on the streets between Syria’sContinue Reading
Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has been infecting humans for at least 2,500 years. Some people inherited the virus directly in their DNA, passing it down across generations. The study shows that these viruses evolved alongside humans—and that one strainContinue Reading
Production halts and supply-chain disruption left luxury automaker reeling in fiscal Q3 Brit luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover has reported devastating preliminary Q3 results that lay bare the cascading consequences of a crippling cyberattack, revealing wholesale volumes collapsed more than two-fifths year-on-year.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
The rise will be postponed until you hit F1 to continue Bork!Bork!Bork! The baddest of AI bad guys, the Terminator, has confirmed what the vast majority of IT professionals already know. The machines are not about to rise, not until they can deal with that pesky battery voltage.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Anne Health says it plans to subsidise gender-affirming care for a portion of trans people in the UK after raising over £42,000. The private medical group, which helps trans people access gender-affirming treatments such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT), announced it would fund healthcare costs for a set of transContinue Reading
The company has also redesigned the X1 Carbon’s internals for easier repairs If there was a kingdom of laptop screen flexibility, Lenovo would take the crown. Last year, the company released the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, with a mechanical screen that could roll out to increase its size from 14Continue Reading
Prosecutors say Maduro partnered with ‘narco-terrorists’ from Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico to enrich himself and his family through ‘massive-scale’ cocaine trafficking. He pleaded not guilty., Read MoreContinue Reading
Nick Reiner, the son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, is set to be arraigned Wednesday on charges that he fatally stabbed his parents in their Southern California home last month., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Nina Kalinina takes a deep dive into one of the earliest PC desktops Reverse engineering VisiCorp’s pioneering GUI for commodity PCs shows how little modern GUIs get from Xerox – and how much we all owe Apple.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
From governor to fugitive: Who is al-Zubaidi, the southern leader accused of ‘high treason’ in Yemen?, For years, Aidarous al-Zubaidi has been the undisputed strongman of southern Yemen, a former air force officer who transitioned from a rebel leader to a statesman courted by Western diplomats. But on Wednesday, hisContinue Reading
Orthodox and Coptic Christians don’t believe Jesus was born on a different day; they just use a different calendar., Millions of Christians, including those in Eastern Europe and across the Arab world, such as Palestine and Egypt, are celebrating Christmas today. Christmas Day commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, whoContinue Reading