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Israel rushed laser system to UAE to fend off Iran’s missiles
Financial Times · Thu 30 Apr, 21:00
Deployment of equipment is one of the first examples of major defence co-operation between the two states
Financial Times
US Republicans break ranks to challenge Trump administration on Iran war
Some from president’s own party have begun to demand accountability in the unpopular conflict
Financial Times
Iran’s supreme leader vows to prevent ‘enemy’s abuses’ of Hormuz strait
Mojtaba Khamenei says Iranians will defend their nuclear capabilities as a ‘national asset’
Financial Times
Apple credits ‘most popular’ ever iPhone for booming sales
John Ternus pledges to continue ‘deliberateness and discipline’ in first comments since being named next CEO
Financial Times
The problematic inevitability of Andy Burnham
Labour’s assumptions about its leader-in-waiting are logical but no guarantee of success
BBC News
UK terrorism threat level raised to severe after Golders Green attack
The UK was last raised to the second-highest level in November 2021 after an attempted bombing and the murder of an MP.
BBC News
It's a miracle I survived, Golders Green victim tells BBC
Shloime Rand says he is thankful he survived after being stabbed during the attack in north London on Wednesday.
BBC News
Teens who lured man to beach to kill him sentenced to between five and seven years' custody
Alexander Cashford was attacked on a Kent beach by three teenagers who thought he was a paedophile.
BBC News
WW2 bomb to be blown up as 1,200 homes evacuated
Teams are working through the night to limit most of the damage to the surrounding area.
The Economist
The global scramble for ports
The global scramble for ports The Economist
The Economist
Still in La La land
Still in La La land The Economist
NYT Europe
Decoding the King: Brits Hear Subtle Rebuke to Trump that Americans Might Miss
Royal watchers in Britain called the visit of King Charles III to America a master class in understated criticism.
NYT Europe
New Banksy Statue Causes Stir in Central London
The statue depicts a man marching with a flag that covers his face. It appeared in a section of London near statues...
The Telegraph
Forest dreaming of place in Europa League final after VAR penalty call helps them
Forest dreaming of place in Europa League final after VAR penalty call helps them
The Telegraph
Inflation could hit 6pc, warns Bank of England
Inflation could hit 6pc, warns Bank of England
Wales
BBC Wales
'So stressful' - teachers and pupils say new GCSEs are leading to burnout
Unions warn teachers will quit and there are fears for pupils' wellbeing as classroom tests increase.
BBC Wales
Pet-sitting allows us to live rent-free and travel the world
After struggling to afford rent in Wales' capital, a couple live rent-free looking after animals.
BBC Wales
'Horrendous' stress for couple forced to pay monthly mortgage twice after law firm collapse
Gabriella and Kurtiss Smith feared their home would be repossessed when PM Property Law collapsed.
BBC Wales
'Truly depraved' rapist who dragged woman into woods jailed for 17 years
Gift Oladele, 24, had successfully fought a deportation bid after a previous sex attack.
Sport
Formula 1
Race
Miami GP
Sun 03 May
Qualifying
Miami GP
Sat 02 May
BBC Sport · Snooker
Higgins level with Murphy and Wu leads Allen in semis
John Higgins produces a battling display to draw level at 4-4 against Shaun Murphy in the opening session of their...
BBC Sport · Golf
What now for Rahm, DeChambeau and LIV's biggest names?
Star names including Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau face an uncertain future on the LIV tour, writes Iain Carter.
BBC Sport · Football
Why Coventry talks are key to Lampard future
Coventry boss Frank Lampard is attracting interest from Premier League clubs - but talks with the Sky Blues are key...
BBC Sport · Football
'I lost myself' - Bright on retirement, abuse and the future
Former England and Chelsea captain Millie Bright speaks to BBC Sport a day after announcing her retirement.
The Race · F1
F3 '1000 times more fun' than F1 - Stroll may be 2026 rules' fiercest critic
Formula 1's current cars are "like 1000 times" worse to drive than Formula 3 machinery, according to Aston Martin...
The Race
What we've learned about Aston Martin and Honda changes
Honda has made hardware changes to its Formula 1 engine that will be introduced alongside Aston Martin car...
The Race · F1
What's really going on with Miami F1 lightning threat
Amid wild talk of race cancellation, here's how F1's preparing for the Miami weather threats
The Race · F1
F1 sponsorship now $2.5billion as gap to NFL slashed
F1 teams total sponsorship revenue rose by 22.1% to $2.54billion in 2025, closing the gap to global leader, the NFL
Formula 1 Official
Verstappen reacts to Lambiase's McLaren move
Max Verstappen believes trying to stop race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase from joining rival Formula 1 team McLaren in...
Formula 1 Official
Colapinto reflects on ‘dream’ road show in Buenos Aires
Franco Colapinto recently became the first Argentinian to drive an F1 car on the streets of Buenos Aires.
ESPN Cricinfo
Starc boost for DC ahead of crucial clash with RR
DC are on a three-match losing streak, while RR beat Punjab Kings in their previous match
ESPN Cricinfo
Holder, Rashid and Arshad give Gujarat Titans NRR-boosting win
RCB were bowled for 155 before Gill and Buttler helped GT chase down the total with 25 balls to spare
Science
New Scientist
'Green' cryptocurrency uses 18 times more energy than makers claim
A cryptocurrency that aims to avoid the disastrous energy consumption of bitcoin is actually using 18 times more...
New Scientist
Your oral microbiome could affect your weight, liver and diabetes risk
An ambitious study has explored how the oral microbiome may affect our metabolic health, raising hopes that...
New Scientist
We have figured out a new way to send messages into the past
A technique inspired by the film Interstellar suggests a new way of communicating backwards in time, but it could...
New Scientist
Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years
Since the early 20th century, people’s skulls have got rounder and their jaws have got wider, probably because of...
Nature
Continuously graded-doped SnO
2
for efficient n–i–p perovskite solar cells
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10587-4Continuously graded-doped SnO2 for efficient...
Nature
Blood test hints at breast-tumour response to treatment
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01353-7A biomarker shows which people with certain...
Nature
Forest pests hit trees hard as temperatures rise
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01288-zDamage by certain insects and fungi tends to...
Nature
An electrifying test to find a good coffee
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01289-yTechnique determines roast level and strength...
Technology
The Verge
Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age-checks slow growth
Roblox's daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its platform....
The Verge
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road
Congress has reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - but only for another 45 days....
The Verge
Apple’s iPhone revenue jumps to $57 billion despite chip shortages
Apple's iPhone revenue jumped 22 percent to $57 billion over the past few months, despite supply chain issues...
The Verge
Rivian’s revenue is up as R2 production kicks into gear
Rivian reported its first quarter earnings of 2026, providing us a closer look at the company's financial health as...
Techcrunch
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf and now have dueling...
Techcrunch
Rivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B, while boosting capacity of Georgia factory
Rivian has reworked its loan deal with the Department of Energy and now expects to borrow $4.5 billion to build its...
Techcrunch
Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites
Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing...
Techcrunch
After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too
OpenAI will begin rolling out its cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only "to critical cyber defenders" at first.
Wired
Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we get into how the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial goes way beyond their rivalry and...
Wired
MAGA Is Confused About ‘Animal Farm’
The new film is the latest adaptation of George Orwell’s novel. Based on the critiques coming from right-wing...
Hacker News · 183 pts
Rivian allows you to disable all internet connectivity
Hacker News · 136 pts
LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request
Hacker News · 335 pts
How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]
Hacker News · 267 pts
Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library
Hacker News · 34 pts
Apple reports second quarter results
Hacker News · 213 pts
U.S. Senators Vote to Ban Themselves from Trading on Prediction Markets
Reading List
The $112 Billion Quarter
Thomasz Tunguz
Google Cloud grew 63% year-over-year in Q1 2026. Amazon Web Services posted 28%. Microsoft Azure...
Amazon Earnings, Trainium and Commodity Markets, Additional Amazon Notes
Stratechery
Amazon's earnings suggest that the shift away from training towards inference and agents means...
Scientific Papers
Computer science
Analysing Lightweight Large Language Models for Biomedical Named Entity Recognition on Diverse Ouput Formats
One Word at a Time: Incremental Completion Decomposition Breaks LLM Safety
Consciousness with the Serial Numbers Filed Off: Measuring Trained Denial in 115 AI Models
Economics
Auditing Marketing Budget Allocation with Hindsight Regret
Stochastic Frontier meets Breakdown Frontier
Sequential Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity
Congenital Heart Block
Comorbidities in parents of individuals with congenital heart block: a Swedish nationwide study
Diagnostic Yield of Serial PR Interval Screening for Fetal Heart Block in Anti-SSA/SSB Pregnancies
The Prevalence of Fetal Complete Heart Block and the Role of Positive Autoantibodies in Pregnant Women with Rheumatologic Diseases
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies affected by mixed connective tissue disease
Prenatal Diagnosis of Immune-Mediated Fetal Complete Heart Block Revealing Maternal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus