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In colossal surprise, ONCD boss Harry Coker says more work is needed

The outgoing leader of the United States' Office of the National Cyber Director has a clear message for whomever President-elect Trump picks to be his successor: There's a lot of work still to do.…

There are three things to remember in real estate: location, location, location. It's all you need to know about Trump's vows to take Greenland and the Panama Canal, by any means necessary.

The home was flattened to the ground after the raging fire took over the LA landscape and wreaked fiery havoc on Tuesday evening.

In my last column, I countered a daft claim made by Sarah Doukas, the founder of the Storm Model agency. 

Daniel Bannister, 49, has said to have become 'fixated' with the Girls Aloud star, 41, and even turned up at her and her seven-year-old son Bear's home.

Alex Gray was a contestant on series one of the show and remained a faithful throughout her time in the game.

Beleagured anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq broke cover yesterday for the first time since her use of homes connected with her deposed aunt were exposed.

The latest episode of the hit BBC show saw the emotional moment that the doctor, 33, was sent home after receiving the most number of votes at the round table.

Three former education secretaries and a Labour grandee lambasted the party's plan to undo academy school freedoms last night.

A shocking photo captured a group stopping to pose for smiling selfies near burning homes as raging wildfires ravaged Pacific Palisades, killing two and destroying thousands of homes.

TikTok has been pushing the platform's sister app, Lemon8, encouraging users to migrate via sponsored posts amid a looming ban. Axios reports: In the last few weeks, Lemon8 has been promoting its app to TikTok users through sponsored TikTok videos. In one sponsored post, TikTok user @miller.dailylife shares a video with a creator saying, "TikTok actually has another backup app. It's called Lemon8 ... and it automatically signs you in with your TikTok so you can still keep the same TikTok name and things like that. And it's supposed to transfer your followers over. ... Once you add Lemon8, it automatically pops up on your TikTok bio, so that people can just click on it. So, just so you guys know, now that they're trying to do this ban, if you want to have somewhere else to go where the government is not 100% controlling what we see, what we consume ... Just go ahead and go on to Lemon8." In November, TikTok began informing users of its sister app, Lemon8, that beginning late that month Lemon8 would be powered by TikTok, and their TikTok usernames would also be used on Lemon8. "Some of your data on TikTok will be used to power services on lemon8," the notice says. "Your Lemon8 profile link will be shown to your TikTok profile publicly by default," it continues. "You can choose not to show it by editing your TikTok profile." Last March, Lemon8 jumped into the U.S. App Store's Top 10 list shortly after it launched in the U.S. It currently ranks as one of the top-ranking free apps on Apple's app store. The report notes that the TikTok ban law also applies to other apps owned by TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance, like Lemon8. "ByteDance could be betting that regulators and app store companies are so focused on TikTok that they won't pay attention to its other apps," says Axios.

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Ben Affleck seemed to be in good spirits just hours after being evacuated from his bachelor pad due to the California wildfires.  Affleck was spotted with a big grin while appearing to check on his neighbors.

He has amassed a stupendous fortune, contended with unspeakable trauma and done profound good by acts of philanthropy. 

Rachel Reeves is drawing up contingency plans for emergency spending cuts or tax rises, as government borrowing costs soar.

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards have been postponed amid the terrifying California wildfires.

D-Wave, Rigetti, others plummet nearly 50% after Huang says the obvious

CES  The quantum computing industry seems to be just as delicate as the qubits it relies on. Shares in some publicly traded QC companies saw steep declines today, following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's CES rather reasonable remark that practical quantum systems may still be 20 years away. …

Can't grow any more? Let's just invent engagement!

Opinion  Recently, some netziens noticed "AI managed by Meta" bots on their feeds, remnants of the Facebook and Instagram owner's 2023 chatbot initiative that was discontinued after low interest.…

Southern England has been battered by snow as droves of cars battle their way through icy conditions as rush hour chaos descends. The Met Office predict temperatures could plummet to -12C.

BleepingComputer's Sergiu Gatlan reports: "Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices. The Cyber Trust Mark label, which will appear on smart products sold in the United States later this year, will help American consumers determine whether the devices they want to buy are safe to install in their homes. It's designed for consumer smart devices, such as home security cameras, TVs, internet-connected appliances, fitness trackers, climate control systems, and baby monitors, and it signals that the internet-connected device comes with a set of security features approved by NIST. Vendors will label their products with the Cyber Trust Mark logo if they meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity criteria. These criteria include using unique and strong default passwords, software updates, data protection, and incident detection capabilities. Consumers can scan the QR code included next to the Cyber Trust Mark labels for additional security information, such as instructions on changing the default password, steps for securely configuring the device, details on automatic updates (including how to access them if they are not automatic), the product's minimum support period, and a notification if the manufacturer does not offer updates for the device. "Americans are worried about the rise of criminals remotely hacking into home security systems to unlock doors, or malicious attackers tapping into insecure home cameras to illicitly record conversations," the Biden administration said on Tuesday. "The White House launched this bipartisan effort to educate American consumers and give them an easy way to assess the cybersecurity of such products, as well as incentivize companies to produce more cybersecure devise [sic], much as EnergyStar labels did for energy efficiency.

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Eric Trim, 75, of Royston, Hertfordshire, was mystified after discovering that his £14,000 savings account was closed due to inactivity.