Police are hunting for two prisoners mistakenly released in the past week.

For now it works only with the web version of the Microsoft Store

hands on  Normally, when you install an application in Windows, it comes either from a direct download or as a single choice from the Microsoft Store. But what if you could install several different apps at the same time by creating a custom group?…

Apple is preparing to power its AI-upgraded Siri with a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker will reportedly pay Google around $1 billion annually to gain access to the technology, which will generate summaries and perform planning-related tasks. As noted by Bloomberg, Apple […]

Last week, Nintendo surprised everybody with an announcement: Over four years after its "last major free content update," Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Switch 2 upgrade and a free update for all players. It's not often that an incredibly popular game goes years between updates, but since when has anyone been able to […]

A prisoner serving a life sentence for killing his stepdaughter has been found dead in his cell.

Jeremy Vine tells a court he found Joey Barton's posts on X about Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko "vicious".

Using the Helios-1 quantum computer, researchers have used a record-breaking number of error-proof qubits to run the first and biggest quantum simulation of a model for perfect conductivity

The chief executive of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv has denounced "falsehoods" and hatred being spewed about their supporters, leading to them being banned from Aston Villa, while accepting there is work to do to eradicate racism in the fan base.

An hour’s tablet training and a soldier was sending the bird on autonomous errands

Who needs a drone when you can fly a Black Hawk from a tablet? DARPA's $6 million award to Sikorsky paid off when a National Guard soldier, trained in under an hour, used a handheld tablet to command an optionally piloted Black Hawk through multiple autonomous missions. …

Northern Ireland captain and Birmingham City striker Simone Magill announces she is pregnant and will sit out the rest of the season.

The opulent Ritz Hotel, in the heart of Paris, is likely to be a prominent target of the investigation.

Third-party controller makers that have figured out how to wirelessly wake the Switch 2 from its standby mode are generally loud and proud about that feature. That’s because there still aren’t many controllers that can mimic one of the $89.99 Switch 2 Pro’s biggest selling points, which is letting owners turn the console on from […]

Administrator's report shows firm owes £39m to HMRC on top of £148m owed to Department of Health

An offer was made to avert the resident doctors' strike but the union said it did not go far enough.

The legislation is designed to help reduce the concentration of rural land ownership among a small number of people.

Ministers are making changes to the curriculum in England after a review of what is taught in schools.

Amazon built a portal to Kraft Mac & Cheese, Goldfish crackers, and Nestlé Drumsticks inside one of its Whole Foods stores — and it plans to do the same at others. In a blog post on Wednesday, Amazon details a Whole Foods concept store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where shoppers can order grocery items from […]

With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.

A former Scottish police officer who was injured in the incident that led to Sheku Bayoh's death has said she isn't 'racist' and that 'part of me died' that day.

It was an encouraging night for the Democratic Party who scored some decisive wins. Here's what we learned.

Unfair Flips is a game about flipping a coin. And despite being designed around random chance, it has a vibrant speedrunning community, racing to see who can get to 10 heads the fastest. That's the only goal. You earn money with each heads and can spend that on four things: a more valuable coin, a […]

A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into classic science fiction. Read it! says Emily H. Wilson

Feedback discovers a robot that can mimic Turkish ice cream vendors, who are known for playing tricks on their customers. Researchers concluded that customers, perhaps predictably, don't trust it

Neurologically, the flexibility of the future promised by liberal democracy can be a challenge because it brings with it uncertainty. But there are solutions, say Florence Gaub and Liya Yu

Lise Barnéoud's Hidden Guests shows how this fascinating new field brings with it profound implications for medicine, and even what it means to be human, finds Helen Thomson

The battle to save the magnificent but endangered Amur tiger detailed in Jonathan Slaght's Tigers Between Empires is an inspiring look at what collaboration across borders can achieve, finds Adam Weymouth

If you’ve ever had to leave your car parked for a few days while traveling — or returned to find a new dent that wasn’t there before — Baseus’ PrimeTrip VD1 Pro might be worth checking out. The dash cam records in 4K and keeps watch even when the car’s turned off, and right now, […]

Gwent Police said the dog involved was a six-year-old XL bully that had been officially registered.

Second time's the charm for after Wiz rejected Google's $23B offer last year

Google's second attempt to acquire cloud security firm Wiz is going a lot better than the first, with the Department of Justice clearing the $32 billion deal, which ranks as Google's largest-ever acquisition.…

In 2006 and 2008, Tor books sought a revival of Sword & Planet fiction with two books by S. M. Stirling. It didn’t quite work out but the readers got some interesting results, including a book that is now in my top ten of S&P novels.

The DoE’s planned funding runs through 2030

America's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will receive up to $125 million through 2030 to develop hybrid computing systems that link quantum and supercomputing technologies.…

Plans to get more people working pose some challenges for employers, employees and health services.

SNP MP Pete Wishart says he is seeking legal advice over the "disturbing" AI-generated social media post.

Nintendo is stepping further away from its original Switch console, with the company now planning to dedicate most of its attention to its successor. In a financial results briefing on Wednesday, Nintendo said that “going forward, we will shift our primary development focus to Nintendo Switch 2 and expand our business around this new platform.” […]

Discord is expanding the safety controls parents and guardians have access to in its Family Center, including increased visibility of their teens’ activity, allowing guardians to control sensitive content filtering and data privacy settings, and giving them more control over who can DM their teens.  New Social Permissions toggles will allow guardians to choose whether […]

The killer's brother and father have been speaking to the public inquiry into the dance class murders.

A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them

If you want a great laptop, you’re going to have to fork over a ton of money, right? Not necessarily. There are dozens of good laptops on the market at various price points. However, it can feel overwhelming to find the right one for your needs (some are better suited for, say, college students, whereas […]

If you’ve been reluctant to update to the new Apple Home architecture, you now have a few more months before Apple forces your hand. Apple has pushed back the deadline to February 10, 2026, rather than fall 2025.  The refreshed version of Apple Home has been available for a couple of years now and adds […]

Another AI-powered wearable is coming to market. It’s not a pendant like Friend, nor a wristband like Amazon’s Bee. This time, it’s a smart ring called the Stream Ring from the company Sandbar founded by former employees of the neural interface startup CTRL-Labs that was acquired by Meta. Users can preorder the Stream Ring now […]

The economy ministry said proceedings would last until Shein proved all of its content complied with French law.

Black Friday will bring huge discounts on all sorts of tech. But sometimes you just can’t wait, especially if you just lost your last pair of earbuds, or perhaps they no longer hold a charge. If you need a great set of noise-canceling wireless earbuds — and you use an Android phone — you may […]

Debian 13 base, minus systemd and RISC-V build

Old school enough to favor Debian, but averse to systemd? Good news: Devuan 6 "Excalibur" is here, and all you need to do is draw it from the stone master its installer.…

Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has told a jury he felt "wickedly torn down for no reason" by ex-footballer Joey Barton, whose online posts led him to take civil action.

T-Mobile is opening up access to its Starlink-powered emergency texting service. The carrier announced on Wednesday that anyone with a compatible phone — even AT&T and Verizon customers — can sign up to text 911 over satellite for free. In July, T-Mobile launched its “T-Satellite” service to customers across the US for $10 per month, […]

Teenage Engineering’s Riddim looks like just another take on the company’s EP–133 KO II sampler. But it actually has a lot more going on, especially when paired with the new EP–2350 Ting mic.  The Ting has fun CB-radio vibes, and TE describes it as being “lo-fi by design.” It’s got four built-in voice-changing effects, including […]

Rory McIlroy and wife Erica receive an apology over the abuse they suffered at the Ryder Cup from the boss of the PGA of America.

CEO Lisa Su says next-gen MI400 GPUs and architecture gaining traction with hyperscalers

AMD plans to launch its Helios rack-scale architecture in 2026 as a direct challenge to Nvidia in the AI infrastructure market, pending successful integration of its next-gen GPUs and processors.…

Left-wingers like Jeremy Corbyn and Zack Polanski see it as a victory for their brand of socialism.

The charitable view of the latest prison release blunder that has plunged the government into another political crisis is that it's extremely bad luck rather than an act of incompetence by ministers. 

Chelsea say their academy players were racially abused during a 5-0 win against Qarabag in Baku in the Uefa Youth League.

A dog that killed a nine-month-old baby in Rogiet, southeast Wales, on Sunday was an XL bully, police have said.

A man in his early 30s drove deliberately into people on Oléron, off the French coast, officials say.

OpenAI didn't plan to make a browser. Not at first, anyway. But ever since the company launched ChatGPT, it started to see lots of users do the same thing. "You'd have this tab open on chatgpt.com, and you'd be working on something else somewhere in your browser," says Adam Fry, a product lead on the […]

Neuroscientist Matthew Sacchet is revealing how mastering meditation can not only enable transcendental states of bliss, but also reshape how we experience pain and emotion

Ever since Disney invested $1.5 billion in Epic Games to build a “persistent universe,” there’s been very little indication as to what that may eventually look like. But the latest collaboration between the two companies might be the biggest hint yet — and it looks a lot like Disneyland. On November 6th, Disney is launching […]

S/4HANA migration? Many still worried about business process change

Around two fifths of North America's SAP users have yet to begin migrating to S/4HANA with just two years until mainstream support ends for legacy systems.…

Humans have "possibly" impacted the climate, but only "modestly", Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice MP has told Sky News.

The Prince of Wales posed beneath the Christ the Redeemer statue 34 years after his mother did.

Australia's squad is older than England's and many are playing in their last Ashes, but they remain an outstanding team, says Stephan Shemilt.

Prince William posed in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue - the same spot his mother had stood in Rio - on day three of his trip to Brazil.

Local privileges required to exploit flaw in Ryzen and Epyc CPUs. Some patches available, more on the way

AMD will issue a microcode patch for a high-severity vulnerability that could weaken cryptographic keys across Epyc and Ryzen CPUs.…

I recently picked up the revised and expanded edition of Gideon Cain: Demon Hunter, edited by Van Allen Plexico and published by his White Rocket Books in 2022. The first version came out in 2010 from Airship 27 with seven stories by various authors.

The holidays have a way of sneaking up on us. One minute you're trick-or-treating with your kids, and the next you're panic shopping in a Buc-ee's gift aisle. But it doesn't have to be that way. With the right cheat sheet, you can keep the holiday spirit high and stress levels low. Fortunately, we did […]

The player says he acted in self-defence when Cardiff City fans confronted before the clubs faced each other in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Dayna Arnold said the man left her lying on the floor after she pleaded "please don't".

Elon Musk’s AI company compelled its employees submit their own biometric data to train its “Ani” female chatbot, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ani, an anime avatar with blond pigtails and an NSFW setting, was released over the summer for users who subscribe to X’s $30-a-month SuperGrok service. After testing it, The Verge’s Victoria […]

The term "vibe coding" has been named the Collins Word of the Year for 2025, beating contenders like "clanker", "glaze" and "aura farming".

The US Congress has written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor requesting an interview with him in connection with his "long-standing friendship" with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The Motion Picture Association — the trade group in charge of movie ratings — has asked Meta to stop using its “PG-13” rating when referring to the type of content that teen accounts will see on Instagram. The MPA sent a cease and desist order to Meta on October 28th, saying Meta’s use of the […]

Over the last two decades, Eddie Marsan has established himself as one of Britain's most versatile and acclaimed character actors. From major blockbusters like the Sherlock Holmes films and Mission: Impossible III, to his roles on the TV series Ray Donovan, and more recently the sci-fi drama Supacell.

Meanwhile, others tried to social-engineer the chatbot itself

Nation-state goons and cybercrime rings are experimenting with Gemini to develop a "Thinking Robot" malware module that can rewrite its own code to avoid detection, and build an AI agent that tracks enemies' behavior, according to Google Threat Intelligence Group.…

Researchers warn that the alga Karenia cristata, which has killed around a million animals in Australian waters in one of the biggest algal blooms ever seen, could harm marine life elsewhere

Google Maps is bringing Gemini’s AI chatbot to more features, including more “conversational” route planning and the use of landmarks and nearby business for navigation. Google has slowly been adding AI to many of its products, including Maps, which last year got an updated version of Immersive View that allows users to ask questions about […]

There will be a huge police presence when Aston Villa face Maccabi Tel-Aviv, but what's the issue and what might happen?

PlayStation has announced that cloud streaming is officially rolling out to the PlayStation Portal, after a beta test period that started last year. Starting later today, PlayStation Premium Plus members will be able to stream select titles from their own library without the need to connect to their PS5 console. The device also has a […]

Zohran Mamdani owes his win as New York City mayor substantially to his internet presence. Mamdani - as numerous writers have outlined - is good on social video. He picked a message, stuck to it, and adapted that platform to snappy soundbites across multiple mediums. But Mamdani's best trait as an online communicator wasn't knowing […]

Memory safety costs money: Maintainers Fund to directly pay developers for their work

The Rust Foundation has launched a Maintainers Fund to support developers sustaining the language, addressing a long-standing challenge in open source software.…

News Group Newspapers settled a claim at the High Court in November 2024.

The 34-year-old state assemblyman from Queens has risen from obscurity to national prominence with a bold, left-wing platform.

Home Office sources say Wednesday's return flight included the man who returned to the UK last month.

Twenty-eight dogs have been trapped in a sanctuary as intense rain leads to flooding in Wales.

Nintendo has released an official Nintendo Store app, allowing more fans to access the eShop on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Five years after exclusively launching in Japan as the “My Nintendo” app, Nintendo has now expanded the iOS and Android experience under a new name to other regions, including the US, UK, Canada, and […]

The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.

Fire crews have been tackling a major incident after flooding hit parts of southwest Wales overnight, with people trapped in their homes and vehicles.

Kemi Badenoch is calling for the government to "get Britain drilling again" - as Sir Keir Starmer heads to COP30.

The two Milan football clubs announce plans to demolish San Siro and build a new stadium - but they can they claw the back the gap with English clubs?

Marks & Spencer's online and in-store sales were hit by a cyber attack which it said cost it £101m

A man who murdered a "Good Samaritan" by driving into the middle of a wedding brawl has been sentenced to 26 years in prison.

On July 1st, Perez Hilton uploaded a YouTube video with breaking news.  “Hello everybody, it is Perez, the queen of all media, the original influencer, and allegedly, I have been subpoenaed by Blake Lively,” Hilton said, stretching out the four syllables in the word “allegedly” as far as they could go. Since the actress sued […]

The star gives an impassioned speech saying progress for female film-makers has reversed in recent years.

The Duke of Sussex says humour and self-deprecation are what he loves about Britain, in an essay for Remembrance.

Axel Rudakubana's father has said he is "desperately sorry" for failing to challenge his son's violent behaviour over the years before the Southport attack.

Stability AI, the creator of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, was largely victorious against Getty Images on Tuesday in a British legal battle over the material used to train AI models. The case originally looked set to produce a landmark ruling on AI and copyright in the UK, but it landed with a thud […]

Another foreign prisoner is on the run after being mistakenly released, Sky News has learnt.

Buyers still struggling to differentiate data platforms in era of AI

Cloud data platform vendor Snowflake has made its set of PostgreSQL extensions open source in a bid to help developers and data engineers integrate the popular open source database with its lakehouse system.…

Sir Keir Starmer will be the latest figure to appear as a giant effigy at a town’s Bonfire Night celebrations – following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, Liz Truss and Oasis.

Craig Bellamy understands why he has been linked with the vacant managerial role at his ex-club but is "fully committed" to Wales.

A man who arrived on a small boat has been sent back to France for the second time in less than two months.

Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, and didn't chop down the island's forests