Press review · Friday, 23 May 2025
23 May 2025
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bbc.com Top stories ·
Robbery gang guilty of Kim Kardashian heist in Paris
The robbers have been given jail time for stealing millions of dollars' worth of jewellery belonging to the US celebrity.
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loudounnow.com Top stories ·
Protestors Line Up at Trump National as President Meets Crypto Buyers
The sidewalks and lawn at the entrance to Trump National Golf Course were filled with protestors Thursday night as the president attended a private dinner at the venue with buyers
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whitehouse.gov Top stories ·
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: One, Big, Beautiful Bill Clears House
President Donald J. Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill — a once-in-a-generation opportunity to cement an America First agenda of prosperity, opportunity,
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cbsnews.com Top stories ·
Arizona hiker Hannah Moody's body found off trail day after she was reported missing
The body of hiker Hannah Moody was found off a trail in central Arizona Thursday some 16 hours after she was reported missing, Scottsdale police say.
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Jussie Smollett to pay $50,000 to Chicago charity in settlement
The donation brings a legal battle with the city of Chicago to an end, after Smollett allegedly staged a hate crime in 2019.
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gizmodo.com Tech ·
Anker’s 14-Port Docking Station Drops to Its Lowest Price, Covers Everything From HDMI to USB-C
Anker's premium docking station is now available at a significant discount, but you need to move fast before it's gone.
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phonearena.com Tech ·
Pixel 10 and its Top 10 features that will try to convert us to Google in 2025
This time around, the "vanilla" Google flagship might pack an extra camera on its back.
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Billy Joel cancels tour after rare brain condition diagnosis
Doctors have told the veteran US singer to stop performing as he recovers from the rare condition.
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ign.com Tech ·
The HP Memorial Day Sale Starts Now: Save Big on Omen Gaming PCs and Laptops With Nvidia's Newest GPUs - IGN
Highlights include an RTX 4070 Super gaming PC for $1,430.
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fortune.com Top stories ·
Trump’s big crypto dinner this Thursday will host 220 guests, including a Chinese billionaire—while a U.S. Senator plans to join a protest outside
An email received by the 220 invited guests touts a “once-in-a-lifetime” evening with the President.
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nytimes.com Top stories ·
Hurricanes are on the brink of an identity crisis: ‘I didn’t know what I was watching’
After Game 1 against the Panthers, the Hurricanes were resolute in their philosophy. After Game 2, not so much.
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cnbc.com Top stories ·
Boeing, Justice Department reach deal to avoid prosecution over deadly 737 Max crashes
Boeing and DOJ reached an agreement that will avoid prosecution for fraud over the deadly 737 Max charges.
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businessinsider.com Top stories ·
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun says he received a $100k Trump-branded watch at the president's meme coin dinner
"I really appreciate everything the Trump administration has done to our industry," Sun said in a video.
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msnbc.com Top stories ·
Judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling the Education Department
There’s no evidence the government’s actions are making the department more efficient, a federal judge wrote.
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gov.ca.gov Top stories ·
‘Make America Smoggy Again:’ Governor Newsom responds to illegal Senate vote aiming to undo state’s clean air policies | Governor of California
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androidpolice.com Tech ·
Gemini is bringing a truckload of smart new features to Google Home
Google is integrating Gemini with its Home APIs, bringing Nest's intelligent camera features to third-party developers
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Verdict in Kim Kardashian heist trial expected in Paris
Prosecutors are seeking the toughest jail terms of 10 years for the four men accused of carrying out the robbery.
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nbcnews.com Top stories ·
House passes tax bill that would ban Medicaid from covering transition-related care
The bill would also prohibit marketplace plans available under the Affordable Care Act from covering transgender care as an essential health benefit.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
White House: Dems have 'never been more radical, out of touch' after voting against 'big, beautiful bill'
The White House said Democrats have "never been more radical and out of touch with the needs of the American people" after voting against President Donald Trump's legislation.
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theguardian.com Top stories ·
Fear on campus: Harvard’s international students in ‘mass panic’ over Trump move
Students at the oldest US university are feeling shocked and frightened by an attempt by the Trump administration to ban foreign scholars
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Satellite images show the catastrophic damage to North Korea's new destroyer that's lying on its side
After a bungled launch, the vessel appears to be stuck and lying on its side in the water. North Korea said it was a 5,000-ton destroyer.
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thegamepost.com Tech ·
Massive Battlefield 6 Labs Playtest Leak Drops 90 Minutes of Gameplay, Showcasing New Classes, Movement Mechanics, UI, and More
A huge Battlefield 6 Labs playtest leak just dropped, featuring 90 minutes of new gameplay.
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fortune.com Top stories ·
U.S. economy is experiencing 'death by a thousand cuts', says Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid says Moody's recent debt downgrade continues a drip of bad fiscal news for the American economic outlook.
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theverge.com Top stories ·
OpenAI and Jony Ive’s AI super-gadget
On The Vergecast: io… and I/O.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Dems call budget bill ‘bureaucratic water torture’ as GOP ‘glad to have the ball in our court’
Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts
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videogameschronicle.com Tech ·
Monolith Soft says procedurally generating assets in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 ‘reduced man-hours considerably’ | VGC
The studio says automating the creation of some of its 100,000 assets allowed more time to focus on gameplay…
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lifehacker.com Tech ·
Xbox Game Pass Has Finally Addressed Its Lack of Retro Games
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass is teaming up with Antstream Arcade to offer Game Pass subscribers a collection of retro games with titles from the original Atari, MS-DOS, and the PlayStation.
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npr.org Top stories ·
Fired Copyright Office head sues Trump administration over removal
Shira Perlmutter's termination came shortly after the Copyright Office published a long-anticipated report on artificial intelligence.
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nbcsandiego.com Top stories ·
Investigators search for answers in rubble of deadly jet crash in San Diego
A federal investigation continued Friday after a private jet smashed into a San Diego neighborhood, damaging several homes and injuring 8 people on the ground while killing multiple people on board.
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cnbc.com Top stories ·
Trump signs orders to overhaul Nuclear Regulatory Commission, speed reactor deployment
The NRC overhaul could result in staff reductions at a time when the agency has a heavy workload.
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pbs.org Top stories ·
Supreme Court 4-4 vote ends Oklahoma's taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school
The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. But it leaves the issue unresolved nationally.
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abc7.com Top stories ·
Witnesses recount seeing fire, debris outside their homes after deadly San Diego plane crash
San Diego residents who were awakened by an incredible explosion and fire everywhere following a deadly plane crash are speaking out.
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Senzo Mchunu: South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims
Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.
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techcrunch.com Tech ·
Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla | TechCrunch
The deal could be interesting if it went through, as Digg could leverage Pocket's existing user base to fuel interest in its relaunch.
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Under Trump, the Small Business Administration Clamps Down
At the Small Business Administration, deep staffing cuts and stricter loan terms are making it harder for entrepreneurs to get access to capital, contracts and technical assistance.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Trump signs executive orders bolstering nuclear industry, domestic uranium mining
President Donald Trump is set to enforce "gold standard science" in federal research, reform nuclear reactor testing and boost uranium mining to reduce foreign reliance.
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npr.org Top stories ·
9 things to know about the big, private-school voucher plan in Republicans' tax bill
NPR asked researchers, advocates, tax experts, a parent and a public school leader for their thoughts on this first-of-its-kind national voucher plan. Here's what they said.
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Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive's OpenAI deal | TechCrunch
Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Investors were happy about the hefty returns they got from the sale of io to OpenAI.
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Twelve injured in knife attack at Hamburg railway station
A suspect has been arrested and a major operation is under way, German police say.
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Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation
Arrest warrants issued for ringleaders after investigation by police in Europe and North America
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npr.org Top stories ·
Ukraine and Russia begin the largest prisoner-of-war exchange since the invasion
Ukraine and Russia have begun the exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war, the largest such swap since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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androidcentral.com Tech ·
This is not a test — the Pixel 9 Pro XL has returned to its lowest price EVER during Amazon's Memorial Day sale
I shouldn't buy it, but I REALLY want to.
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Trump Live Updates: Apple and EU Tariffs, Harvard Lawsuit and More
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wired.com Top stories ·
A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner
On Thursday evening, US president Donald Trump attended a private banquet with two hundred of the largest investors in his personal crypto coin. Here's what happened.
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Republican Lawmakers and Agriculture Groups Question MAHA Report
The G.O.P. chairmen of the House and Senate agriculture committees said they were “troubled” by the Make America Healthy Again Commission’s findings and urged it to use sounder science.
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House Republicans narrowly passed Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill. Here's what's in it
Republicans are trying to make permanent the individual income and estate tax cuts passed in Trump's first term plus enact promises he made in the 2024 campaign to not tax tips, overtime and interest on some auto loans.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
US and Iran clash over uranium enrichment as nuclear talks resume in Rome
U.S. and Iran resume nuclear talks in Rome amid publicized demands. Khamenei criticizes U.S. stance on uranium enrichment, complicating potential deal.
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nintendolife.com Tech ·
'Shadow Labyrinth' Injects Some Pac-Man Nostalgia Into Its Latest Trailer
Waka-waka, eh ehhh
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With death of Jim Irsay, Colts lost a lifer and Indianapolis lost an icon
From late-night phone calls to his sometimes stunning honesty in front of cameras and microphones, the Irsay Experience was an adventure.
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Why Making an iPhone in the U.S. Would Be So Difficult
Apple has resisted pressure to make its most important product in the United States since 2016, and instead has moved some production to India.