Key Points The U.S. government on Monday announced the U.K. would drop its demand for Apple to provide a “back door” to user data. The move represents a triumph for the iPhone maker and, more broadly, for end-to-end encryption. Tech companies say that building an encryption “back door” would not only undermine user privacy, but…
On Friday, prized Phillies trade deadline addition Jhoan Duran was carted off the field after taking a comebacker off his foot. Even scarier, the Phillies announced on Friday that ace Zack Wheeler was dealing with a blood clot in his upper right arm. On a positive note, Duran was back in action two days later,…
Air Canada flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) hold a picket at one of four airports to highlight their pay demands in contract negotiations with Canada’s largest airline, outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada August 11, 2025. Carlos Osorio | Reuters The Air Canada strike has ended after flight…
Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowned Saturday in a Utah reservoir, police said. Herriman police said Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir after going underwater about 35 yards from shore. Mayar, 22, was a graduate student who joined the Mavericks after playing two seasons for Summit League rival North Dakota. Mayar, from Salt Lake City, started…
The exterior of a Best Buy store is seen on May 29, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy is launching a third-party marketplace, as it tries to bulk up the variety of merchandise it offers and reverse slower sales. Starting on Tuesday, shoppers who go to Best Buy’s website and…
General view of a Home Depot store in Midtown Manhattan on February 26, 2025 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Corbis News | Getty Images Home Depot stuck by its full-year outlook on Tuesday, even as the company came in slightly shy of Wall Street’s expectations for quarterly earnings and revenue. The home…
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U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 18, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters On the face of it, talks on Monday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders went…
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the UK had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a “back door”. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the U.K. had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a “back door” that would have enabled access to…
Joel Klatt Lead College Football Analyst Thinking about how the 2025 college football season is going to play out? Well, I had a pretty good year with my picks last season, so you might want to listen up. I correctly predicted six of the eight College Football Playoff quarterfinalists and three of the four semifinalists…
