2025
AI fights split Republicans in high-stakes NDAA talks
{Beacon} Technology The Big Story AI fight has divided Republicans in NDAA talks, with a fight between Republican lawmakers over the future of US AI policy threatening to derail passage of the annual defense bill. © Maryam Zuhaib, The Associated Press Lawmakers are struggling over whether to prevent state AI regulations and other complex AI……
Stock jumps on revenue beat, strong guidance
MongoDB shares rose 15% in after-hours trading on Monday after the company announced third-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates and issued a strong forecast. The database software maker reported a revenue of $628 million, which was up 19% year over year, blowing past the $592 million expected by LSEG analysts. The company’s adjusted earnings…
2026 NFL draft questions: Top prospects, QB class, risers
There’s no official start to NFL draft season. But there’s no better time than the present to kick it off, as the calendar turns to December. The 2025 college football regular season just concluded, with conference championship weekend, the 12-team College Football Playoff and bowl games up next. Plus, the 2025 NFL season has only…
Fears grow inside military over illegal orders after Hegseth authorized follow-up boat strike
Amid reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered troops to “kill everyone” in a boat attack in September, there are growing fears among service members that they may be asked to carry out an illegal order. The concerns are reflected in an increase in calls for the Orders Project – which provides free legal advice…
Meta’s Instagram orders employees back to the office 5 days a week
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Instagram will require U.S.-based employees to work five days a week in an office, Meta confirmed on Monday. The new return-to-office policy will take effect on Feb. 2 and…
Vikings waive Thielen to let WR find bigger role in last season
Kevin SeifertDecember 1, 2025, 12:39 PM ET to close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer covering the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Washington Times. He is…
FBI sources criticize Kash Patel in leaked report: What to know
According to the New York Post, a new report details various issues at the FBI under Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino. The 115-page report includes criticism of Patel by active-duty and retired FBI agents and analysts, with one source describing the bureau as a “rudderless ship” under the first-year director. Here is……
Shopify resolves outage disrupting merchants on Cyber Monday
Earlier today, Shopify suffered a major disruption that disrupted the operations of many merchants, leaving them unable to complete transactions. According to Shopify status pageThe company has found the problem and fixed it. The disruption is especially problematic because customers were actively searching for deals on Cyber Monday, one of the busiest online shopping days…
Synopsys deal is ‘culmination of everything I showed you’
In this year’s flurry of massive artificial intelligence deals – for which a couple of billion dollars is pocket change – Nvidia ‘s announcement on Monday of a $2 billion investment to expand its long-time partnership with Synopsys might seem just incremental. Not so, asserted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in an interview with Jim Cramer…