After a week of global mourning for Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at age 88, was laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The service marked a poignant moment in Catholic history, drawing dignitaries from around the world to the Vatican.... Read more

At 12:30 pm local time on Monday, the power went out. Across Spain and Portugal trains, planes, and traffic lights abruptly stopped working. Reports emerged of people being stuck in lifts, and Google Maps live data showed traffic jams in big cities, including Madrid and Barcelona, as they became... Read more

Thatgamecompany (TGC), the artistic game studio behind Journey and Sky: Children of the Light, has teamed up with CoreBlazer, the global game investment brand of Hypergryph, to co-host a global game jam for emerging indie game developers. The company said the idea is to champion emotionally impactful games and a new generation of... Read more

All three of the ChoiceJacking techniques defeat the original Android juice-jacking mitigations. One of them also works against those defenses in Apple devices. In all three, the charger acts as a USB host to trigger the confirmation prompt on the targeted phone. The attacks then exploit various weaknesses in... Read more

The Chase Sapphire Preferred has a limited-time welcome bonus that can help you save on travel this year. Viva Tung/CNET I consider any opportunity to save on travel worth my time. So when the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card* comes along with a boosted bonus, I take notice. It’s already one... Read more

Specs are not bare-bones but are far from luxe; the 14-inch touchscreen has a 2,880 x 1,800-pixel resolution, and the system is powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 268V CPU. That’s a few steps up from the basic processor model, but still a step down from higher-end options... Read more

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition must be incredibly difficult to assemble. I’ve noticed numerous categories where the puzzle maker falls... Read more

Grid batteries have a halo effect for other power generators too. Most thermal power plants—coal, gas, nuclear—prefer to run at a steady pace. Ramping up and down to match demand takes time and costs money, but with batteries soaking up some of the variability, thermal power plants can stay... Read more

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More French AI startup Pleias made waves late last year with the launch of its ethically trained Pleias 1.0 family of small language models — among the first and only to... Read more

What is the best internet provider in Palm Springs? According to our CNET experts, Spectrum is the best internet service provider in Palm Springs for most households, thanks to its wide availability, reasonable pricing and fast speeds. However, the service isn’t available everywhere in Palm Springs, so Frontier Fiber... Read more