Emails handed to Buckingham Palace six years ago appear to show that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential information while he was a government trade envoy, it has been reported. The BBC said on Saturday that an archive of more than 30,000 emails was handed to the lord chamberlain, the most senior officer in the royal household,…
The United States military has known for years that enemies could use location data to track troops’ phones—and it’s also long been aware of easy fixes for the problem. The Pentagon adopted almost none of these protections, though, in spite of admitting in a letter exposed this week that US adversaries are actually using the…
Teenagers are smashing it in sport right now. Luke Littler (19) is ruling darts. Joao Fonseca (19) has just dumped all-time tennis great Novak Djokovic out of the French Open. Kimi Antonelli (19) leads the F1 world championship. Max Dowman (16) played his part in Arsenal’s Premier League win. And at the IPL, a 15-year-old…
Egypt races to salvage Gaza ceasefire as Israeli attacks and displacement threats push deal to the brink of collapse. Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026 Egypt has launched an urgent diplomatic intervention to rescue a fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement that is on the brink of collapse. The government warned Israel against expanding its occupation…
15 May 2026, Bavaria, Würzburg: Carsten Breuer, Germany’s chief of defence, takes part in a panel discussion at the 104th German Catholic Day under the motto “Between deterrence and diplomacy”. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa – ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full reference to the above credit (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty…
The events were canceled “to ensure public order and safety,” the authorities said. Jewish leaders had objected to the concert by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who has a history of antisemitic remarks.
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 130, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, don’t forget to hydrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Victor Wembanyama and mahjong and Merlin Mann’s pearls of…
For decades, the computing industry has followed a simple formula: make transistors smaller and pack more of them onto a chip. That strategy fueled the extraordinary rise in computing power predicted by Moore’s law. But as components approach atomic scales, engineers are increasingly running into the physical limits of silicon and the effects of quantum…
Hollywood can breathe a sigh of relief: Generation Z is not only going to the movies, it’s driving box office growth. During the pandemic, when theaters shut down and streaming became a dominant force in the media landscape, fears rose that this young cohort would shun the big screen as they matured into more engaged…
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer that was billed as the holy grail of oncology has failed to achieve its main objective in a major clinical trial, according to data presented at the world’s largest cancer conference. The goal of the study involving 142,000 NHS patients in the UK was to…
