The US Supreme Court rules Louisiana’s congressional map unconstitutional, sharply limiting the consideration of race in redistricting. The decision is seen as a major weakening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, with multiple Republican-led states facing redraw pressure.
The US House passes the Senate version of the DHS funding bill, and Trump signs it into law, ending a record-breaking 75-day departmental shutdown. Core agencies including TSA will resume normal operations.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory jointly identify mysterious ‘Little Red Dot’ objects in the early universe, providing new clues about galaxy formation in the cosmos’s first hundreds of millions of years.
Apple acknowledges that Mac Mini and Mac Studio desktops are facing severe supply shortages driven by unexpected AI demand, with consumers facing wait times of several months.
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) has been discovered in cPanel and WHM, with hackers actively exploiting it to take over servers, putting millions of websites worldwide at risk.
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel and WHM is being actively exploited in the wild, putting millions of websites at risk of server takeover.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Images 2.0 feature has gained strong traction among Indian users for creative use cases like avatars and cinematic portraits, but adoption in other markets remains slower.
The entire jury of the Venice Biennale resigns just nine days before the prestigious art exhibition opens, amid controversy over Russia’s return for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The CEO of Yara, one of the world’s largest fertiliser producers, warns that disruption to fertiliser supplies due to the Iran conflict could cost up to 10 billion meals per week, with poorest countries hit hardest.
China announces zero-tariff policy for 53 African nations starting May 2026, excluding only Eswatini. It is the first major economy to offer unilateral zero-tariff treatment to Africa.