‘Additional cuts are not needed’ with rate hikes now on the agenda
The Reserve Bank governor has opened the door to interest rate hikes in 2026, but how soon will she walk through it? ⌘ Read more

Quiz: Test you knowledge of Australian geography
Which state has the longest land border? Test your knowledge in today’s quiz. ⌘ Read more

How Peter Jackson fought for his Middle-earth dream, armed with a VHS tape
Peter Jackson’s life wouldn’t be the same after that red carpet event on December 10, 2001, but it’s fair to say cinema, and New Zealand, wouldn’t be the same either. ⌘ Read more

Member of UK armed forces dies in accident in Ukraine
He died in an accident away from Ukraine’s front lines on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft To Invest $17.5 Billion in India
Microsoft announced on Tuesday its largest-ever investment in Asia – $17.5 billion over four years starting in 2026 – to expand cloud and AI infrastructure across India, fund skilling programs, and support ongoing operations in the country. The commitment adds to a $3 billion investment the company announced in January 2025 that is on track to be spent by the end of 2026. A new hyperscale cloud … ⌘ Read more

Dozens of residents win right to remain in Melbourne housing estate
Residents of a former migrant hostel have won the right to keep living in their homes, years after they were first threatened with eviction because of a zoning issue. ⌘ Read more

Member of UK armed forces dies in accident in Ukraine
He died in an accident away from Ukraine’s front lines on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says. ⌘ Read more

Trump criticises ‘decaying’ European countries and ‘weak’ leaders
The US president says European countries have failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. ⌘ Read more

Ashes history offers little statistical hope for England - Zaltzman
Comedian and BBC cricket statistician Andy Zaltzman looks at how stats suggest England have little chance of winning this Ashes - but also offers some straws to clutch. ⌘ Read more

2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution
From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved to be so different from other primates ⌘ Read more

Canonical To Distribute AMD ROCm Libraries With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
AMD previously talked of simplifying the in-box Linux support for ROCm during the second half of 2025. So far we haven’t seen any groundbreaking changes from that initiative besides AMD working on various package archives/repositories to make it easier to install the latest ROCm on different Linux distributions. But today a big announcement is now public that Canonical with next year’s Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release will provide official ROCm packages al … ⌘ Read more

Member of UK armed forces dies in accident in Ukraine
He died in an accident away from Ukraine’s front lines on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says. ⌘ Read more

Member of UK armed forces dies in accident in Ukraine
He died in an accident away from Ukraine’s front lines on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says. ⌘ Read more

Linux Foundation’s Newest Endeavor: The Agentic AI Foundation
The Linux Foundation today announced it’s formed another foundation under its growing umbrella that extends well beyond the traditional “Linux” landscape: the Agentic AI Foundation… ⌘ Read more

Nigel Farage meets French far-right leader in London
National Rally president Jordan Bardella says he believes the Reform UK leader will become the next British PM. ⌘ Read more

Member of UK Armed Forces dies in accident in Ukraine
He died in an accident away from Ukraine’s front lines on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says. ⌘ Read more

Thousands forced to flee as Thailand-Cambodia border clashes spread
More than 140,000 civilians have been evacuated from border regions since fresh fighting between Thailand and Cambodia began on Sunday, officials said. ⌘ Read more

Member of UK Armed Forces dies in accident in Ukraine
He died in an accident away from Ukraine’s front lines on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says. ⌘ Read more

Member of UK Armed Forces dies in accident in Ukraine
He died in an accident away from Ukraine’s front lines on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says. ⌘ Read more

What Happens When an ‘Infinite-Money Machine’ Unravels
Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, built a financial model that some observers called an “infinite-money machine” by stockpiling hundreds of thousands of bitcoins and issuing stock and debt to buy more, but that machine appears to be breaking down. The company’s stock peaked above $450 in mid-July and ended November at $177.18, … ⌘ Read more

Firefox 147 Beta Released With XDG Base Directory Support
With Firefox 146 released, which is exciting for delivering fractional scaling on Wayland, Firefox 147 Beta is now available and it’s also quite exciting to Linux users for another reason… ⌘ Read more

MI5 closely involved in handling of IRA spy Stakeknife, says report
The final report of Operation Kenova says the security service had “greater knowledge” of Stakeknife than it had first stated. ⌘ Read more

**Judge rules Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury records can be unsealed **
In his ruling, Judge Paul Engelmayer cited a new law passed last month requiring the release of files on Jeffrey Epstein. ⌘ Read more

Trump criticises ‘decaying’ European countries and ‘weak’ leaders
The US president says European countries have failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. ⌘ Read more

Xbox Is Bleeding Out
Microsoft’s Xbox consoles were conspicuously absent from Black Friday’s winners, failing to crack the top three in U.S. sales during one of the retail calendar’s most important weeks. According to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, the PlayStation 5 captured 47% of Black Friday week console sales ending November 29, followed by the Nintendo Switch 2 at 24% and – somewhat remarkably – the NEX Playground, a Kinect-like Android device … ⌘ Read more

**Judge rules Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury records can be unsealed **
In his ruling, Judge Paul Engelmayer cited a new law passed last month requiring the release of files on Jeffrey Epstein. ⌘ Read more

Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Baroness Anne Longfield will chair the three-year inquiry which has been beset by problems. ⌘ Read more

MI5 closely involved in handling of IRA spy Stakeknife, says report
The final report of Operation Kenova says the security service had “greater knowledge” of Stakeknife than it had first stated. ⌘ Read more

Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Baroness Anne Longfield will chair the three-year inquiry which has been beset by problems. ⌘ Read more

Starbucks workers and unions to join UK protests in support of striking US baristas
Starbucks workers and union allies in 10 countries are set to demonstrate on Wednesday in support of striking US employees. ⌘ Read more

Trump criticises ‘decaying’ European countries and ‘weak’ leaders
The US president says European countries have failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. ⌘ Read more

The Rarest of All Diseases Are Becoming Treatable
In February, a six-month-old baby named KJ Muldoon became the first person ever to receive a CRISPR gene-editing treatment customized specifically for his unique genetic mutation, a milestone that researchers say marks a turning point in how medicine might approach the thousands of rare diseases that collectively affect 30 million Americans. Muldoon was born with a type of … ⌘ Read more

Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more

MI5 closely involved in handling of IRA spy Stakeknife, says report
The final report of Operation Kenova says the security service had “greater knowledge” of Stakeknife than it had at first stated. ⌘ Read more

Trump criticises ‘decaying’ European countries and ‘weak’ leaders
The US president says European countries have failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. ⌘ Read more

Scheduler Woes: Bisecting Early Performance Regressions Found In Linux 6.19
Yesterday I noted some early performance regressions I’ve found on the Linux 6.19 kernel compared to Linux 6.18 LTS stable. Those initial benchmarks were on an AMD EPYC server. Since then I’ve seen many of the same workloads regressing similarly on an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation between Linux 6.18 and Linux 6.19 Git. Given the significant impact and AMD Threadripper processors always helping out to speed-up Linux kernel build time … ⌘ Read more

New flu strain is circulating - so should you buy a vaccine this year?
Flu has come early and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season, with a new strain circulating. ⌘ Read more

Minimum wage should not go any higher, suggests Badenoch
Badenoch claimed Labour had tipped the balance too far against workers and in favour of welfare. ⌘ Read more

Much of £11bn Covid scheme fraud ‘beyond recovery’, report finds
The response to the pandemic led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error”, a report says. ⌘ Read more

Trump criticises ‘weak’ European leaders over Ukraine and immigration
In his latest public criticism of Europe, the US president claims countries are “decaying”. ⌘ Read more

Trump criticises ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe as he lashes out at immigration
The US president criticises Europe’s “weak” leaders and claims EU nations are “decaying” due to immigration. ⌘ Read more

Two charged over Heathrow suitcase robbery and suspected pepper spray attack
Two men have appeared in court charged with robbery and administering a noxious substance. ⌘ Read more

Trump criticises ‘weak’ European leaders over Ukraine and immigration
US president Donald Trump claims European leaders are weak and have failed to control migration. ⌘ Read more

‘Colleges Oversold Education. Now They Must Sell Connection’
A tenured USC professor is arguing that universities need to fundamentally rethink their value proposition as AI rapidly closes the gap on human instruction and a loneliness epidemic grips the generation most likely to be sitting in their lecture halls. Eric Anicich, an associate professor at USC’s Marshall School of Business, wrote in the Los Angeles Times … ⌘ Read more

Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more

Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more

AMD EPYC Embedded 2005 Series Announced For BGA Zen 5 CPUs
AMD today announced their newest member of their expansive EPYC family: the EPYC Embedded 2005 series. The new AMD EPYC Embedded 2005 Series are intended primarily for networking, storage, and industrial devices while these BGA processors will likely see other interesting thin-server uses as well. ⌘ Read more

Ukraine to send US revised peace plan as Zelenskyy rules out ceding territory
Donald Trump’s initial proposal to end the war was judged by Ukraine’s allies to be overly favourable to Russia. ⌘ Read more

Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable
Microsoft Excel, the 40-year-old spreadsheet application that helped establish personal computers as essential workplace tools and contributed to Microsoft’s current valuation of nearly $4 trillion, has weathered both the rise of cloud computing and the current AI boom largely unscathed. In its most recent quarter, commercial revenue for Microsoft 365 – the bundle i … ⌘ Read more