Looking to the history of U.S.-Iran relations to understand the future Looking to the history of U.S.-Iran relations to understand the future Audio will be available later today. In many ways, the conflict between Iran and the U.S. and Israel has been decades in the making. Ramtin Arablouei, host of NPR's podcast "Throughline,"...

Can Google Wow Us at I/O 2026? Here's What It Has to Get RightIt feels like Google is trying to push its way through a crowded room in order to be the center of attention.Google I/O, the company's annual developer conference, is a week away -- and tech experts expect there'll be announcements of new AI features, integrations and devices that could change our daily lives.Last week at The...

How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months The co-founders of startup Ricursive Intelligence seemed destined to be co-founders. Anna Goldie, CEO, and Azalia Mirhoseini, CTO, are so well-known in the AI community that they were among those AI engineers who “got those weird emails from Zuckerberg making crazy offers to us,” Goldie told TechCrunch, chuckling. (They...

War criminal Ratko Mladic close to death, lawyers seeking release from jail say1 hour agoPaul KirbyEurope digital editorAFP via Getty ImagesRatko Mladic has been in detention since 2011 and lost his appeal 10 years laterLawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is...

Want to Watch a James Bond Movie? These Are My Top PicksSo you're new to this whole James Bond thing. You're wondering: Where do I start? It's a good question. You've got more than two dozen movies to choose from, with six different actors portraying 007 in the official franchise across distinctly different eras and approaches.I'm here to help you with that. I grew up watching Bond movies and...