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Iran hits oil tanker off Dubai as fighting continues on all fronts

Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, raising concerns about leakage, but on Tuesday city officials said the blaze had been extinguished "with no oil spill occurring or any injuries recorded."

Sports

Arizona advances to first Final Four in 25 years after running down Purdue in second half of Elite Eight

Arizona advances to first Final Four in 25 years after running down Purdue in second half of Elite Eight The No. 1 seeded Wildcats are headed to Indianapolis after rallying to defeat the No. 2 seeded Boilermakers to win the West Regional By Cameron Salerno Mar 28, 2026 at 11:47 pm ET • 1 min

UFC Fight Night results: Joe Pyfer scores TKO of Israel Adesanya in main event of wild card in Seattle

UFC Fight Night results: Joe Pyfer scores TKO of Israel Adesanya in main event of wild card in Seattle Pyfer grabbed the biggest win of his career against the UFC legend By Shakiel Mahjouri Mar 28, 2026 at 11:01 pm ET • 1 min read Join the Conversation comments SEATTLE -- A new era is

UConn survives Michigan State’s comeback try; Tennessee beats Iowa State, heads to Elite Eight

UConn survives Michigan State's comeback try; Tennessee beats Iowa State, heads to Elite Eight The Big Ten has half of the teams in the Elite Eight which gets underway Saturday By Isaac Trotter , Cameron Salerno  & David Cobb Mar 28, 2026 at 12:52 am ET • 1 min read Join the Conversation comments The

2026 MLB Opening Day winners and losers: Rookies make a mark in debuts, a home run streak dies and more

2026 MLB Opening Day winners and losers: Rookies make a mark in debuts, a home run streak dies and more The 2026 regular season is officially underway after a packed Opening Day By Mike Axisa Mar 26, 2026 at 11:11 pm ET • 1 min read Join the Conversation comments Major League Baseball's Opening Day

2026 NCAA Tournament takeaways: Florida becomes first No. 1 seed to fall, Alabama dominates Texas Tech

2026 NCAA Tournament takeaways: Florida becomes first No. 1 seed to fall, Alabama dominates Texas Tech The Gators met their match in Iowa, while the Crimson Tide thoroughly dominated the Red Raiders to advance to the Sweet 16 By David Cobb , Cameron Salerno  & Isaac Trotter Mar 23, 2026 at 12:44 am ET •

2026 NCAA Tournament takeaways: Florida becomes first No. 1 seed to fall, Alabama dominates Texas Tech

2026 NCAA Tournament takeaways: Florida becomes first No. 1 seed to fall, Alabama dominates Texas Tech The Gators met their match in Iowa, while the Crimson Tide thoroughly dominated the Red Raiders to advance to the Sweet 16 By David Cobb , Cameron Salerno  & Isaac Trotter Mar 23, 2026 at 12:44 am ET •

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UN calls for reparations to remedy the ‘historical wrongs’ of trafficking enslaved Africans

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations as "a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs."

Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots

Amazon has confirmed that it has acquired Fauna Robotics, a two-year-old startup founded by former Meta and Google engineers who are developing kid-size humanoid robots for the home. The acquisition was first reported by Bloomberg. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. What we do know is that Fauna’s employees, including its two founders, will join

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters

When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle—a cavernous 50,000-square-foot facility that, Resnick estimates, won’t be fully set up until later in the year—potentially November. Still, the big (and for now, largely empty) building offers the promise of a fast-growing company intent on conquering its particular

Culture

The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’

This month, Tesla customers erupted in outrage over what some called a “bait and switch” by the electric vehicle manufacturer.Initially, the company had offered to transfer the Full Self-Driving feature, which is now only available through a subscription model but could once be purchased for a “lifetime” fee that ran as high as $15,000, to

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Airbnb is introducing a private car pick-up service

Airbnb announced Tuesday it is expanding its services feature with a new category for car pick-ups across 125 cities around the world. The company is partnering with transportation company Welcome Pickups to let users book a private car service in cities including Paris, Bali, and Mexico City. The travel company said that it has been

The Silicon Valley congressional race is getting ugly

The primary isn’t until early June, but the CA-17 race between five-term incumbent Ro Khanna and tech founder Ethan Agarwal is already getting nasty. Agarwal entered the race in March, backed by a roster of prominent tech billionaires largely in response to Khanna’s public support for a proposed California ballot measure that would impose a

Why OpenAI really shut down Sora

OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab? According to a new WSJ investigation, the real explanation is considerably

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Iran hits oil tanker off Dubai as fighting continues on all fronts

Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, raising concerns about leakage, but on Tuesday city officials said the blaze had been extinguished "with no oil spill occurring or any injuries recorded."

The Silicon Valley congressional race is getting ugly

The primary isn’t until early June, but the CA-17 race between five-term incumbent Ro Khanna and tech founder Ethan Agarwal is already getting nasty. Agarwal entered the race in March, backed by a roster of prominent tech billionaires largely in response to Khanna’s public support for a proposed California ballot measure that would impose a

Figure skating season ends with redemption and heartbreak. What do fans watch next?

American figure skater Ilia Malinin won his third consecutive world title this weekend, just weeks after missing the podium at the Winter Olympics.

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Airbnb is introducing a private car pick-up service

Airbnb announced Tuesday it is expanding its services feature with a new category for car pick-ups across 125 cities around the world. The company is partnering with transportation company Welcome Pickups to let users book a private car service in cities including Paris, Bali, and Mexico City. The travel company said that it has been

The Silicon Valley congressional race is getting ugly

The primary isn’t until early June, but the CA-17 race between five-term incumbent Ro Khanna and tech founder Ethan Agarwal is already getting nasty. Agarwal entered the race in March, backed by a roster of prominent tech billionaires largely in response to Khanna’s public support for a proposed California ballot measure that would impose a

Iran hits oil tanker off Dubai as fighting continues on all fronts

Iran attacked and set on fire a massive Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai overnight, raising concerns about leakage, but on Tuesday city officials said the blaze had been extinguished "with no oil spill occurring or any injuries recorded."

Figure skating season ends with redemption and heartbreak. What do fans watch next?

American figure skater Ilia Malinin won his third consecutive world title this weekend, just weeks after missing the podium at the Winter Olympics.

Why OpenAI really shut down Sora

OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab? According to a new WSJ investigation, the real explanation is considerably

The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great

For years now, smartphone makers have made the camera bump on devices bigger in order to chase camera improvements. Even if that kind of design makes cameras better, at times it creates usability issues. With the Pixel 10a, Google took a new approach of entirely removing the camera bump and making a flat phone that

The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’

This month, Tesla customers erupted in outrage over what some called a “bait and switch” by the electric vehicle manufacturer.Initially, the company had offered to transfer the Full Self-Driving feature, which is now only available through a subscription model but could once be purchased for a “lifetime” fee that ran as high as $15,000, to

The AI Race Is Pressuring Utilities to Squeeze More From Europe’s Power Grids

European countries are racing to bring new data centers online as AI labs across the globe continue to demand more compute. The primary limiting factor is energy—and specifically the ability to move it.Though Europe is on track to generate enough energy, utilities experts say, grid operators broadly lack the infrastructure needed to transport it to

Trump weighing all options on Iran’s Kharg island

President Trump says that negotiations with Iran are going well, and that Tehran "out of a sign out of respect" will allow 20 oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

Trump says he has ‘no problem’ with Russian oil tanker bringing relief to Cuba despite blockade

ABOARD AIRFORCE ONE — President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade.

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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature

Superhuman, the tech company behind the writing software Grammarly, is facing a class action lawsuit over an AI tool that presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—none of whom consented to have their names appear within the product.Julia Angwin, an award-winning investigative journalist who founded The Markup, a nonprofit news

71 Best Podcasts (2026): True Crime, Culture, Science, Fiction

Podcasts are to radio as streaming services are to television, and we're lucky to be living through a golden age of both. But you need help finding the best podcasts worthy of your ear because, while you can find a podcast about almost anything these days, with great choice comes great mediocrity. Our expertly curated

The 10 Best Shows to Stream Right Now (March 2026)

Spring is in the air—and so are at least two cocktails of radioactive elements. As we near the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, CNN is diving deep to offer up never-before-seen footage from the costliest disaster in human history, and people who experienced the events are speaking out for the first time.Hulu, too, is

The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’

This month, Tesla customers erupted in outrage over what some called a “bait and switch” by the electric vehicle manufacturer.Initially, the company had offered to transfer the Full Self-Driving feature, which is now only available through a subscription model but could once be purchased for a “lifetime” fee that ran as high as $15,000, to