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The warehouse appears to have been storing ammunition; Zelenskyy referred to a detonation after the drone strikes, and to a police investigation into why ordnance was stored close to residential properties, which is prohibited. Criminal proceedings on charges of negligence have also begun. “Those who allowed this to happen must be held accountable for their decisions,” he said.  Russia is bombarding Kyiv with “virtually nonstop attack from jet-powered drones,” Zelenskyy added. In a separate video address Friday evening, he admitted Ukraine needs to “significantly accelerate” production of interceptors capable of taking down the Iranian-designed, jet-powered Shahed drones. In response to…

1. Fiscal rulesThe biggest risk of Burnham as prime minister was always whether he would spook the bond markets and set in train a Liz Truss-style meltdown.Starmer’s allies often played up this fear but there is no doubt that Burnham had to ensure that markets knew he was a serious operator. Gilt yields rose after an interview last year in which he said the government was “in hock to the bond markets”.So, Burnham has committed to Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules on debt and borrowing, though he has indicated he will “use, obviously, any flexibility within them” where he can borrow…

Control of the Senate will hinge on a handful of competitive races this November, with nominees of both parties honing talking points to hammer their opponents.In Georgia, a Republican congressman has sought to attack the incumbent Democratic senator on his immigration record. In Alaska, the Democratic challenger has emphasized the stock trades and ballooning personal wealth of the sitting Republican senator. And in Texas, the Republican nominee has highlighted statements his opponent has made about Christianity.Here is a look at those claims.What Was Said“He voted against the Laken Riley Act when he had the chance to save lives.”— Representative Mike…

Retro, the friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram product engineers Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson, has raised north of $21 million in Series A funding, according to an SEC filing. The fundraise is a testament to the enduring need for social apps that connect people with one another more directly, instead of through personalized algorithms filled with creator content and now, often, AI slop. “Something that has to be true and will be true is that people will still want to see more of their friends,” Sharp told TechCrunch in December, referring to how For You-style feeds have taken over…

ServiceNow released security patches for three new maximum-severity AI Platform vulnerabilities that can be exploited in code injection, SQL injection, and privilege escalation attacks. The ServiceNow AI Platform (formerly known as the Now Platform) is an enterprise-grade Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that helps integrate AI into core enterprise workflows and powers more than 100,000 enterprise AI apps at 85% of all Fortune 500 companies. In a Thursday advisory, the company said it patched its cloud-based platform against the three critical security flaws (CVE-2026-18885, CVE-2026-18886, and CVE-2026-74820) and advised customers to secure their self-hosted instances. The first is a code injection vulnerability that can…

In brief Formerly software firm MicroStrategy, Strategy transitioned to a Bitcoin treasury company model after adopting BTC as its primary reserve asset at the behest of co-founder and chair Michael Saylor Strategy has sold 6,948 BTC for roughly $432.5 million since May, abandoning its “never sell Bitcoin” stance in favour of a goal to “never be a net seller.” It now holds two separate pools of dollars alongside its Bitcoin: a USD Reserve ring-fenced for dividends and interest, and an unrestricted USD Cash account that can be spent on anything, including buying more Bitcoin. Today, Strategy is one of the…

Wired for Profit: Fifth in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Darrell Nance knows he’s being watched. We all are.  Nance, a longtime resident of the city and founder of DeFlock Birmingham, can easily point out the cameras to you if you’re interested. It’s not much of a challenge. Every few blocks, it’s inevitable. Another surveillance camera, or two, or three, tucked at the top of a power pole, or two, or three, carefully recording from above.  Here in the Magic City and across the country, the…

“If you’re invited to a barbecue, have your dinner before you go.” It is the wisest advice my dad has ever given me. Barbecues are one of life’s perennial disappointments. The romance of eating outside quickly degenerates into a recipe for mucky fingers, smelly clothes and more mess than you bargained for, with grills that you can never get clean, uncomfortable seating that makes your back ache or, dafter still, eating while standing up. Worst of all is the true barbecue legacy – the nagging hunger that follows bitty dining, leaving you with the aggrieved sense that you missed a…

A Russian drone strike triggered a major fire and explosions at a warehouse on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, killing at least 27 people and forcing hundreds to evacuate, ⁠regional governor Tymur Tkachenko said on Saturday. Writing ​on ‌the Telegram messaging app, he ‌added that ​42 people were also wounded and that ​more than ​380 ​were being evacuated from ​the strike area in the Bucha ⁠district.  A fire broke out and was “accompanied by explosions”, Tkachenko said. “More than 200 people have already been evacuated from the scene, including children.” Russia and Ukraine have for several months been intensifying…

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysstillOS is a new Linux distro aimed at consumers.This distro makes it incredibly easy to start using Linux.You can customize the desktop without having any Linux skills.Every Linux distribution approaches the onboarding process differently. Some take a minimal approach, while others hold new users’ hands every step of the way. And then there’s the rare distro that finds the sweet spot where it makes it easy to take your first steps with Linux, but doesn’t make long-time users feel like they’re using a distribution with training wheels.Also: 5 of the…