Venezuela debates sweeping amnesty for political prisoners Relatives of political prisoners hoist a banner with the Spanish word for "Democracy" outside the National Assembly emblazoned with images of former President Hugo Chavez and independence hero Simon Bolivar, in Caracas,...

Veteran Belarus dissident who refused exile releasedReutersIn September 2025, Mikola Statkevich was seen sitting in no man's land at Lithuania's border crossing, after refusing to leave BelarusBelarus has released jailed veteran opposition politician Mikola Statkevich, who refused to go into exile last year in a US-brokered prisoner release. The 69-year-old was now at home and recovering from a...

Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account The developer of the popular file encryption software VeraCrypt says Microsoft has blocked access to the account he used for sending updates to Windows users, and warned that anyone who encrypts their PCs with his software may soon face issues accessing their computers....

Remember HQ? ‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a daily mobile game show Scott Rogowsky is a comedian – he knows how to make fun of himself. That’s how he ended up roaming New York City Comic Con with his own photo printed out like a “Wanted” poster, filming himself asking strangers, “Have you seen this man?” These passersby showed a flicker of recognition, looking at the...

Threads is testing a shortcut to quickly start DM conversations 9:58 AM PST · February 26, 2026 Threads is testing a shortcut to make it easier to DM someone, the Meta-owned company announced on Thursday. Users who are part of the test can type “DM me” or “Message me” in a post or reply to automatically generate a hyperlink that invites others to start a private...