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US households are using buy-now-pay-later services such as Klarna to cover rent, utilities and other essential expenses, according to reporting cited by Futurism.
Splitting an essential bill can bridge a short delay in income, but repeated borrowing can leave households owing old installments when the next rent or utility payment comes due.
President Donald Trump called for Washington’s Smithsonian museums to present American slavery in a less “woke” way, directing political pressure at the institution’s public history.
Exhibition reviews, federal funding decisions and curatorial caution can alter what millions of museum visitors are told about slavery even without a public order to remove an artifact.
WIRED observed a Manhattan war game in which about 30 insurance executives simulated Volt Typhoon hackers disabling 5,000 US water utilities under a countdown clock.
Budgets shaped by the exercise could determine whether utilities buy visible cyber products or also fund manual controls, repair crews and reliable public warnings.
Reuters reported, citing a source, that Anthropic plans to change its enterprise data-retention policy, although the available report does not specify the final terms.
Enterprise customers may need to review contracts, account settings, privacy notices and deletion procedures before deciding whether earlier assurances remain accurate.
Sri Lanka allocated 4.8 billion rupees, about $14 million, to truck water to nearly 72,000 people in seven drought-affected districts.
Families must stretch 75 litres across two or three days, making truck routes, storage containers and missed deliveries immediate health and household concerns.
Bumble changed its dating app to allow men to initiate conversations and extended the response window for matches from 24 hours to 72 hours.
The change redistributes the effort of initiating, screening and rejecting contact while testing whether Bumble retains meaningful protections without its defining rule.
Shasta County Registrar Clint Curtis announced plans to hire Tina Peters, the former Colorado clerk convicted in 2024 on seven counts related to election interference.
The hire could give a prominent election denier an official role involving public records or election work, although Curtis says Peters would not access voting systems.
England’s 2026 GCSE results showed more resits, a narrower attainment gap between boys and girls, and a wider divide among regions.
Students in lower-performing regions face more resit preparation, school administration and uncertainty over courses, training and other next steps.
A Tuesday-afternoon landslide collapsed an artisanal gold mine at Zamboye in western Central African Republic, where recovery workers reported finding more than 100 bodies.
An unknown number of miners were underground, leaving families in Central African Republic and Cameroon dependent on recovery, identification and an investigation for reliable answers.
The UN migration agency says intensified fighting has newly displaced more than 200,000 people in Kordofan while attacks have damaged power and water systems in El Obeid.
Electricity failures can stop water pumps, hospital equipment and phone service, pushing more residents to leave while weakening the towns and aid systems expected to receive them.
Leading US law firms are recruiting first-year law students earlier, prompting concern among students and executives about career decisions made before candidates gain much legal experience.
Earlier offers can provide financial certainty, but they also reduce the time students have to explore legal work, compare employers and reconsider the professional path they want.
A Chinese court sentenced Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life in prison nearly five years after the property developer defaulted with more than $300 billion in liabilities.
Creditors and buyers of unfinished homes still depend on asset recovery, project completion and a broader accounting of the institutions that enabled Evergrande’s expansion.