The UN`s review of national climate plans shows the world is well off track to limit warming Read...

How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District. Read...

AMD and Oak Ridge National Labouratory partner with the US Department of Energy in a USD $1 billion investment to launch two AI supercomputers, Lux AI and Discovery. Read...

Indian Origin Pride New Zealand has become the first ethnic organisation to win an award at the New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards. Read...

In the final part of our series on the inner workings of the national selection panel, we explore 27 months of deliberations on the Australian cricket team to play England this summer. Plus, vote on who should get the nod. Read...

If you’re looking to spruce up your computer with some great wallpapers, you might one day decide to download and install the Bing Wallpaper app by Microsoft. It was first made available in 2020, then brought to the Microsoft Store in 2024. But you might want to think twice about it, especially if you hate malwarish behavior. On paper, the Bing Wallpaper app is fine. It offers a wide range of photos from sources like Getty Images and National Geographic, along with AI-generated images, that you can use as wallpapers for your Windows 11 desktop background. (Yes, some of us still use wallpaper apps!) But according to Windows Latest, a recent update to the app has introduced a mindblowingly dumb “feature” that surely no one actually asked for: clicking anywhere on the desktop opens a new browser tab with a Bing search for whatever is in the wallpaper. Furthermore, upon installation, the app asks to set Bing as your default homepage and your default search engine for Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. Fortunately, you can disable the desktop-click-search behavior in Bing Wallpaper’s settings—look for the one labeled “Desktop click opens Bing.” You can also disable Microsoft’s recommendations and the news feed, which are also enabled by default. Funny enough, this isn’t the first time the Bing Wallpaper app has been slammed for disgusting behavior. Back in November 2024, when it first came to the Microsoft Store, Neowin called it “predatory” and “borderline malware” for doing things like tapping into browser cookies, installing the Bing Visual Search extension, changing browser settings, and setting Edge as default browser. Yuck. Read...

Meet Prince Tui Teka, Pukaha National Wildlife Centre’s feathered chatterbox who has gone viral for picking up human-like speech and most famously repeating: “Who said that?” Read...

In the second part of our series on the inner workings of the national selection panel, we reveal the real stories behind some of cricket’s most controversial selection decisions. Read...

The city has been named one of the top 25 global destinations for 2026 by National Geographic. Read...

After starting a rival quiz company, Mike Nahu is returning to the national championships - and it may be his last appearance Read...