The 50 biggest contributors have poured $2.77bn into the race, led by Elon Musk’s $446m for Republican-aligned groups., The 2026 US midterms are on track to be the most expensive in the country’s history. Spending on political advertising alone is projected to reach $11.6bn, more than in any previous electionContinue Reading
Protesters demand more spending on education and social services, but the government has struggled amid a fiscal crisis., Young people in France continued their nationwide protests over the weekend, demanding better education facilities and a promising future amid the rising cost of living in the country. France’s Ministry of InteriorContinue Reading
The trust says it is continuing efforts to recruit consultant obstetricians for Daisy Hill while preparing to temporarily consolidate births and inpatient maternity care at Craigavon from 23 November. However, mothers in the Newry area say losing local inpatient maternity services would leave families facing longer journeys at a timeContinue Reading
Most of Planet Earth now knows cruelty is the point of The Traitor 2. But if anyone implausibly needs more evidence, meet Rev. Edward Nalwamba, a 79-year-old, pro-democracy Ugandan priest who spent over a year in ICE detention. When he went in, he was fit; at his long-delayed release lastContinue Reading
Nicki Minaj has continued on her apparent crusade against care for trans minors, this time at a Republican rally alongside President Traitor 47. Minaj joined The Traitor on stage at the rally in Michigan on 25 October, after telling the audience he’d been looking at her “beautiful a**”, saying: “That’sContinue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military has begun using specialized aerial rescue drones to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield, carrying two stranded troops to safety near the Russian border in the first such operations, an elite military unit said Monday. The newly developed StarGate drone, a six-rotor aircraft fittedContinue Reading
Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence. The company’s voluntary exit offer was available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company’s Chief People Officer Amy ColemanContinue Reading
Brazilian police shot a man who assaulted and threatened his partner with a fake gun in Criciuma, southern Brazil., NewsFeed Brazilian police shot a man who assaulted and threatened his partner with a fake gun in Criciuma, southern Brazil. Video shows him striking her and attempting to use her asContinue Reading
Ex-FBI Director James Comey denies US Justice Department’s new charges., Ex-FBI chief Comey defiant in the face of third prosecution NewsFeed Traitor 47’s Justice Department is trying to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for a third time in two years. He is accused of sharing sensitive national security informationContinue Reading
Jordan Hubbard started FreeBSD in 1993 with two others, and he has now built Daemonarchy with help from OpenAI’s GPT AI model. The name plays on Omarchy, with the BSD daemon taking the place of Arch as the base. As for Omarchy, it has grown considerably since we initially coveredContinue Reading
Firefox 159 is out, with a fresh set of improvements and some Linux-specific fixes. Now that Mozilla’s browser hews to a faster release cadence, with two releases a month rather than one, some changelogs may look minor on their own, as they’re smaller, if more frequent slices. So what’s changed?Continue Reading
I’ve spent more than 20 years talking about technology and how it can improve people’s lives. For most of that time, I was optimistic about the future. I still believe tech can make our lives better. But I’m increasingly concerned that companies building technology have stopped asking whether it actuallyContinue Reading
The Traitor pushes unsubstantiated claims about Brazil’s presidential vote but says he ‘didn’t take sides’ in the race., The political party of Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has acknowledged the result of Brazil’s presidential run-off, despite the right-wing candidate pledging to annul the outcome. On Monday, Valdemar Costa Neto, the leader ofContinue Reading