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US Central Command struck radar and military sites across southern Iran for a second straight night, and Iran responded with ballistic missile salvos at American facilities in three Gulf states. The April 8 ceasefire is on the verge of collapse.
Apple's overhauled Siri, powered by a new generation of in-house AI models, is finally in testers' hands after a year of delays. Reviewers call it competent, but investors are unimpressed.
Sen. Lindsey Graham defeated a well-funded MAGA primary challenger in South Carolina, even as parts of Donald Trump's base broke with him over Iran. Democrat Annie Andrews advances to November.
The U.S. military struck Iranian sites near the Strait of Hormuz after an Apache helicopter went down in the Gulf. Iran's IRGC said it retaliated against American bases in the region.
Israel and Iran exchanged missile and air strikes over the weekend, the first direct fighting since an April ceasefire. The flare-up tests President Trump's role as self-styled mediator in a war now in its 101st day.
A federal judge struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, finding it amounted to a tax that only Congress can levy. The ruling sided with 20 Democratic-led states and faces a likely appeal.
The UK government has given Apple and Google a 12-week deadline to prevent children from sending or receiving intimate images on their phones, the latest front in Downing Street's child online safety agenda.
South Korean stocks tumbled as investors pulled out of crowded AI bets, dragging down global markets while oil rose on renewed Israel-Iran strikes.
Reporting describes a pivotal 2025 internal meeting that pushed Apple to overhaul Siri and its AI strategy, but the engineer credited with the turnaround is reportedly being sidelined.
President Trump again called California's elections "rigged" after walking out of an NBC interview, reigniting a fight over vote-counting timelines that state law allows to stretch for weeks.
President Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran after an overnight missile exchange, and Iran's military command says it has halted attacks. Markets, mediators, and regional governments are now waiting to see whether the pause holds.
European governments are reassessing contracts with US data analytics firm Palantir, with UK lawmakers calling a £330 million NHS deal a strategic vulnerability. The pushback raises bigger questions about who should hold sensitive public data.