The Christmas specials will also air, with the BBC acknowledging it had not been a "straightforward decision".
Originally published in November 1990. In addition to the stories, Orson Scott Card provided two essays entitled “Foreword: How Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Changed My Life, Part I (The Tunesmith)” and “Afterword: How Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Changed My Life, Part II (The Tunesmith),” both original to this volume.
The King will become the first British monarch to pray in a church service with a pope since the Reformation.
As OpenAI allow chatbot to spout erotic content, former British prime minister makes true feelings known
After a string of marriages and innumerable affairs, former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has come clean about his new squeeze.…
In theory and according to international law, Hungary should arrest Vladimir Putin the moment he steps foot in Budapest for his meeting with Donald Trump.
The woman's death has triggered widespread anger in Taiwan following speculation that she was overworked.
The King will become the first British monarch to pray publicly with the Pope since the Reformation 500 years ago during a state visit to the Holy See next week.
Beau Greaves confirms she will play in the PDC World Darts Championship and take her place on the professional tour.
Three neo-Nazis who plotted terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues have been jailed for a total of 29 years.
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has appeared in court ahead of a trial for alleged child sex abuse.
Varun Yadav lost his entire life savings after he was a victim of romance fraud on a dating app.
A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow it to outrun the limits of miniaturisation
After enthusiastically rolling AI chatbots out everywhere, Meta has announced new options for parents to get an idea of how teens are chatting with the digital characters and set some limits on use. The move comes as Meta works to rehabilitate its image after disturbing reports of its tools’ romantic interactions with minors and faces […]
Eight-year telco blunder had a profound impact on three wrongly accused in Wales
Details have emerged of a troubling case in which a basic engineering mistake wrecked a digital evidence investigation and led to wrongful accusations.…
A BBC Gaza documentary breached the broadcasting code, an Ofcom investigation has found.
The co-founder of 777 Partners - which made an unsuccessful bid to buy Everton - is charged with a $500m fraud in the United States.
South Korean writer Baek Se-hee was known for her 2018 bestselling memoir about her struggle with depression.
Bolton is the third of the US president's political opponents to face charges in recent weeks.
Anthropic is integrating its Claude AI assistant with Microsoft 365 services so it can surface content from Word documents, Teams messages, and Outlook emails in conversations with the chatbot. It’s part of a series of updates to Claude to make the chatbot more useful at work. Claude will now connect with Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive […]
'Global phase spectroscopy' makes ultraprecise optical timekeepers even more precise
Researchers at MIT say they have discovered a way to double the precision of optical atomic clocks by quieting the quantum noise that clouds their ticking.…
Tiah-Mai is set to fight Hungarian bantamweight Beata Dudek at London's York Hall later.
The project would have given the UK a strategic foothold in the rare earths industry.
Drugmakers in India have been told they must bring their manufacturing facilities up to international standards after at least 24 children died in the country from consuming cough syrup with a high level of toxicity.
Former Bayern Munich star Jerome Boateng is facing a backlash against a planned coaching internship after he was found guilty of physically abusing a former partner.
The shot, given six times a year or every other month, is an alternative to taking daily pills to protect against ever catching the virus.
A German museum has seen hundreds of fans visit a painting depicted in the the singer's video .
Energy Secretary Miliband promises renewable utopia for green and pleasant land... filled with datacenters
Energy is essential for delivering the UK governments' AI ambitions, but Britain faces a critical question: how can it supply enough power for rapidly expanding datacenters without causing blackouts or inflating consumer bills?…
England fast bowler Mark Wood says he is "quietly confident" of being fit for the first Test of the Ashes series in Australia.
A week of absolute scenes leaves the organisation in limbo.
The Metropolitan Police are offering a £20,000 reward for information that might help identify the killer of a retired primary school teacher 30 years after her death.
What the world's been waiting for: a stapler with wheels to help humans afflicted by RSI
It was only a matter of time. Having invaded the software world, AI has now fixed its sights on once-benign household objects and desk fodder.…
Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka withdraws from the Japan Open through injury as tennis players continue to struggle.
Young adults are drinking less, so the likes of Nick Mackenzie are having to expand the appeal of pubs.
A week of preposterous drama as the anti-trans organisation seems to fall apart completely.
Laurence Fox's claim for libel after being called a racist on social media will go to a retrial, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Authorities believe three-year-old was abducted from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong in January 1970.
The 1990s called with a reminder that in the time before ransomware, infosec panics could be quite quaint
On Call By Friday it's only natural to look back upon the working week with a certain nostalgia, an emotion The Register celebrates each week in On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your tales of tech support trauma.…
The youngster's birth is caught on CCTV and she takes her first steps less than an hour later.
A "game-changing" HIV-prevention treatment is set to be approved for use in England and Wales.
Everything seems to be getting back-to-back price hikes right now, why not your home internet bill too? AT&T is raising prices by $5 a month on all AT&T Internet plans, the company confirms to The Verge. That’s on top of its $5-a-month increase from November 2024, and, it appears, a $5-a-month increase on some customers […]
Aged 17, Francesco Camarda has already broken several records - so is the AC Milan striker set be Italy's next great number nine?
Evan McPherson's field goal with seven seconds left gives the Cincinnati Bengals a dramatic 33-31 victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney doesn't believe the environment was to blame for Marcus Rashford's inconsistent performances for the Red Devils.
'Crabs' are a collection of decapods that have evolved over millions of years to look the same.
Henry, a 10-year-old Springer Spaniel, was a "lost soul" who found his purpose as a detection dog.
Rape Crisis Scotland argues Dr Andrew McFarlane has distressed his son's victim and may cause harm to other rape survivors.
Des lost £14,000 in a timeshare scam that duped more than 3,000 victims.
The rollout can serve as a "case study" for how a wider scheme for all Britons will work, minister says.
Kiss founding member Ace Frehley, the rock band's original lead guitarist, has died aged 74.
Typically a shopping event that begins on 11 November - Singles Day has kicked off earlier this year.
American forces have struck a vessel in the Caribbean suspected of carrying drugs, leaving some survivors, according to reports.
The three leading candidates for New York City mayor took the stage in Manhattan to make a case to lead America's biggest city.
Around 100 firefighters were called to tackle a blaze which engulfed a shop in southeast London.
The phone conversation, held while Zelensky was flying to Washington, stole a march on his big moment.
China holds a near-monopoly in the processing of the elements crucial for making everything from smartphones to fighter jets.
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Around the middle of last year, Pim de Witte started reaching out to a handful of prominent AI labs to see if they'd be interested in using data from […]
The collapsed China spy case leads the majority of the papers for the second day in a row.
Let's talk about sweat... From Alan Carr and scores of celebrities openly discussing it, to the trend of professionals using saunas for business meetings
Stopping Israeli football fans from attending a match in Birmingham has raised fresh concerns about Britain's ability to protect the Jewish community - two weeks after the deadly terror attack on a Manchester synagogue.
Apple just announced 14-inch MacBook Pro updates that add a new generation M5 processor, faster storage, and a promise of 24-hour battery life, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now reports next year’s refresh will be more thorough. For several years, Gurman has said that, according to his sources, the next major MacBook Pro revamp would add […]
Bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have paid tribute to an "irreplaceable rock soldier".
Teaching an old bot new tricks
Paying Anthropic customers can now teach their Claude new tricks, which the company calls Skills.…
How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?
Analysts say the unit has become so influential that it rivals the power of the regular army.
CEO C.C. Wei cites strong demand for AI products. Intel may also be a factor
TSMC is accelerating the rollout of advanced process nodes at its Arizona fabs to meet growing demand for American-made AI products.…
A list of nearly 500 employers fined more than £10m for failing to pay the minimum wage is released.
The chancellor is planning moves to help households with the cost of living in the Budget.
Why we must revive American engagement and democratic leadership.
And potentially 50 times more profitable
People receiving an AI phishing email are 4.5 times more likely to click on the malicious link or file, according to Microsoft.…
Lando Norris says he will face "consequences" for his first-lap collision with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Amazon shared some new details about its plans to help deploy more nuclear energy across Washington State, where the company is headquartered. About a year ago, Amazon announced an agreement with Energy Northwest, a consortium of public utilities in Washington, to support the development of up to 12 advanced reactors by the early 2030s. Once […]
For many social media users, it was the subtitles that stole the show.
August 3rd, we highlighted the first three stories of The Chain Story 2 – Sword and Sorcery. All these stand-alone stories are “chained” together with a common element (a common magical artifact represented in the logo), with different contributors showcasing their own characters/worlds.
Thousands of children in England are not receiving free school meals despite meeting the eligibility criteria, a new report has found.
Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.
"I didn't think that was going to happen at all," the star says, as judges laud his "classic" album.
A Post Office Capture victim says delays in the justice system have left him fearing he may never live to see his name cleared.
Hey! I'm Sean Hollister, and I've been The Verge's unofficial handheld gaming PC reviewer since 2022, when the Steam Deck and kin took over my life. (I also helped launch this website back in the day!) I also just spent the past week reviewing the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, Microsoft's very first "Xbox" […]
On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation banning the use of price-fixing software by landlords to set rental rates. New York is the first state to outlaw algorithmic pricing by landlords, following a number of city-wide bans in Jersey City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle. Software companies such as RealPage offer […]
Former Donald Trump adviser John Bolton has been charged with illegally storing and transmitting classified information.
Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his album People Watching.
Lewis Hamilton says a report that Ferrari are considering Christian Horner as their future team principal is "distracting".
Datacenter hopefuls looking to cash in on AI craze are setting up shop in Lone Star State in search of cheap power
Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes the GPU bit barns at the heart of the AI boom.…
A mysterious excess of gamma rays in the middle of the Milky Way may come from dark matter particles smashing into one another and annihilating
Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where they’re supposed to be, keys never go missing, and remotes never slip between the couch cushions. And then there’s the rest of us — the folks who can’t ever seem to find the thing that was right there a few seconds ago. For us, there […]
As ever with Vladimir Putin, timing is everything.
And the Chancellor plans ‘targeted action’ on bills in the budget.
The US and Israeli-backed GHF group was heavily criticised before it announced a “pause” on its operations.
Donald Trump says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for face-to-face talks in Hungary after the pair made "great progress" during a "very productive" phone call on Thursday.
CVE and CVSS systems suffer from misaligned incentives and inconsistency
Aram Hovespyan, co-founder and CEO of security biz Codific, says that the rating systems for identifying security vulnerabilities and assessing threat risk need to be overhauled.…
If someone sends you a coding test, be wary of downloading it
If you're a software developer looking for a job, North Korean scammers have an offer for you that's off the chain, the blockchain that is. These gangs have recently adopted a technique called EtherHiding, hiding malware inside blockchain smart contracts to sneak past detection and ultimately swipe victims' crypto and credentials, according to Google's Threat Intelligence team.…
It feels like a game of diplomatic chess.
The Trump administration’s heightened monitoring of immigrants’ social media accounts seeking grounds to revoke their visas stifles the speech rights of both noncitizens and citizens alike, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) alleges in a new lawsuit. The lawsuit seeks to end the State Department’s “Catch-and-Revoke” policy, which threatens to strip visaholders of their legal status […]
Judge Sara L. Ellis of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said during a hearing Thursday morning that she would require ICE agents in Chicago engaged in “Operation Midway Blitz” to use body cameras. But the logistics of enforcing her order are yet to be worked out, since Chicago was not […]
Premier League clubs are divided over whether to introduce a controversial new 'salary cap' prior to next month's vote on financial regulations, BBC Sport has been told.
Aston Villa confirm no away fans will be permitted to attend the Europa League match at Villa Park against Maccabi Tel Aviv in November.
Fujifilm has announced an update to its Instax Mini LiPlay that first launched in 2019. The new Instax Mini LiPlay Plus offers similar functionality as the original with the ability to snap digital photos that can be immediately printed on the company’s Mini instant film and the option to record an accompanying audio clip. Now, […]
The Israeli prime minister's comments come after Hamas said it could not access the bodies of 19 hostages in Gaza.
Pinterest is rolling out a tool that allows users to “dial down the AI” in their feed, the company says. Users can select which categories they want populated with more or less AI-generated content. But Pinterest stops short of promising a feed that’s completely free of AI: the tool will work only on “eligible image […]
Hamas has told Sky News that it is committed to every detail of the ceasefire agreement but says it faces "enormous difficulties" in recovering the remaining bodies of Israeli hostages.
