The Global Update

We stay on top of updates for our phones and laptops. Some of us even make sure our smartwatches and security cameras are running the latest firmware. But routers often get overlooked. If it’s working, we assume it’s fine, but that mindset can be risky. Now, the FBI has issued a warning that cybercriminals are…

Detroit Tigers star Tarik Skubal asserted himself as one of Major League Baseball’s best pitchers on Sunday with a dominant performance in a win over the Cleveland Guardians. Skubal completed what is known in the majors as the “Maddux” – a nod to Baseball Hall of Famer Greg Maddux. To attain the feat, a pitcher…

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans welcomed President Donald Trump‘s highly critical Oval Office statements Wednesday about killings in the country, according to analysts.  The President showed video clips and gave South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa a sheaf of news clippings he said show farm murders.  Many believe this “ambush” by President Trump toward the South African…

Marine veteran Anthony Longo is acutely aware of the inner battles many veterans face long after leaving the combat zone. He has also experienced the healing that can come from having “man’s best friend” as a companion. That is why Longo, who served in Fallujah, Iraq, and earned the Department of State’s Medal of Heroism…

Former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison pushed back on reporting from Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book about former President Biden on Sunday, calling the claim that the former president didn’t recognize him a “bold-faced lie.”   “In the book, it says that you had an interaction with President Biden where he didn’t recognize you….

OpenAI has just made a move that’s turning heads across the tech world. The company is acquiring io, the AI device startup founded by Jony Ive, for nearly $6.5 billion. This isn’t your typical business deal. It’s a collaboration between Sam Altman, who leads OpenAI, and the designer responsible for some of Apple’s most iconic…

Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum brought it to the Chicago Sky on Sunday night. Plum scored a game-high 28 points on 9-of-18 from the field with six 3-pointers and added eight assists and two rebounds as the Sparks won the game 91-78. She also had a taunt for Sky forward Angel Reese during the…

FIRST ON FOX: A slew of veterans’ groups, along with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, are criticizing Senate Democrats for delaying key agency nominations over what some have called unserious or “DOGE-type” concerns. One top nominee currently facing the collective procedural roadblock ahead of Memorial Day is wounded warrior Sam Brown, a former Nevada…

President Donald Trump last week announced he would normalize U.S. relations with Syria by lifting decades-old sanctions, and he became the first American president to meet with the leader of the Middle Eastern nation in 25 years – a move that some have seen as an indirect hit on Iran. The news was a surprising…