The chancellor hit back at the idea that the government faces so large a gap between spending and tax income.

As quantum computers get larger, they may become truly useful – 3D-printing a key component of some quantum computers may make it easier to build larger arrays of qubits to make them more powerful

Storing carbon dioxide underground is seen as a way to mitigate climate change, but the world could run out of safe storage space within 200 years if we keep on burning fossil fuels

Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species

Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse's entire brain as it decides how to complete a task - and the results could explain the origin of our gut feelings

From cloud IDEs to autonomous assistants, company says future is agentic

Gitpod, best known for cloud-hosted dev environments, has rebranded as Ona and is now pitching itself as an AI agent platform.…

From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss

After years of requests from users, Instagram will finally have a dedicated app for iPad. Beginning Wednesday, September 3rd, users will be able to download the new app built specifically for Apple’s tablet. But it will be slightly different than the mobile app users are accustomed to. Most significantly, the iPad app will open directly […]

Manchester United and England midfielder Grace Clinton is closing in on a move to Manchester City before Thursday's transfer deadline.

Two women have been arrested on suspicion of public order offences after a Sky News interview in Nuneaton was disrupted by women shouting.

Controversial efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in cattle are likely to fail unless there's greater urgency and funding from the government, scientists have warned.

When NBC's adaptation of The Office first debuted in 2005, the series was panned for being a pale and uninspired imitation of its English predecessor. It took an entire season for showrunner Greg Daniels to figure out how to infuse his take on The Office with a quirky, satirical energy calibrated to appeal to American […]

When it comes to finding a device to read ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tablet or use your phone, but those devices are multipurpose and can be used for a ton of things, like surfing the web or doom-scrolling on X or Bluesky. If you are […]

I've interviewed Angela Rayner a number of times and know her to be a robust operator with a very thick skin. 

It’s rare to find a gadget that can handle two totally separate tasks very well, but Google’s TV Streamer 4K pulls it off. The 4K set top box allows you to stream your favorite TV shows and movies, and is also an impressive smart home hub, with support for Matter and a built-in Thread radio. […]

New Alabama HQ to be named the Donald J. Trump Space Command Center, says local Senator

The US President, Donald Trump, has announced his intention to relocate the US Space Command headquarters from its current location in Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.…

Protesters are being urged to demand they are taken into custody if they are arrested for supporting Palestine Action this weekend - which may threaten to overwhelm police resources.

The revered band will play four nights at London's O2 Arena in November as part of a European tour.

A year-long investigation found James Anderson's firm committed eight breaches of fundraising rules.

The molten magma streamed down one of the world’s most active volcanoes and put on another fiery show on the Island of Hawaii.

The High Court judge described the shadow justice secretary's message as "ill thought through".

The comeback in February 2026 will come five years after the chain closed its stores.

It's the mother of all break-ups.

A rapist who staged his own death and fled the UK has been brought to justice - with help from a tip-off sent to Sky News.

An image with the likeness of Mr Mangione was used to advertise a white, short-sleeved shirt.

Engineers wrangle 55 TB restore and traffic replay as millions of messages queue up

A RAID failure has taken the Matrix.org homeserver offline, leaving users of the decentralized messaging service unable to send or receive messages while engineers attempt a 55 TB database restore.…

Emma Roth is a news writer here at The Verge, “and for me,” she explains, “that means every day is different. During the four years I’ve been here, I’ve covered breaking news and written about basically everything in the realm of tech, whether it’s streaming price hikes, the latest in AI chatbots, privacy issues surrounding […]

In early 2025, we got volume five of The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Will Murray. Murray has been doing new stories with Doc Savage, The Spider, Tarzan, and other pulp characters. As with the previous volumes, we get 10 new canon stories, all taken from various anthologies from the MX series as well […]

The Football Association will not appeal against the decision to clear West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta of four spot-fixing charges.

Garmin just announced its Fenix 8 Pro series of smartwatches, which adds both cellular and satellite connectivity via the company’s InReach tech. The Fenix 8 Pro series also adds a MicroLED display version that gets a maximum brightness of 4,500 nits. The catch is the watches will start at $1,199.99, with the MicroLED version going […]

The retail chain said similar action could be taken in its other stores worldwide.

Beauty chain Lush has shut its UK shops, website and factories in protest at the Israeli government "preventing urgent humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza".

In the few short years since Brexit, numerous rule changes have impacted the number and type of students coming to the UK.

The court was told the accused was given permission to take flowers from the city centre display.

President Xi shows off his power and influence in an open challenge to US supremacy and the world order.

How two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka has rediscovered her form in New York, two months after a dispiriting Wimbledon exit.

The deputy prime minister has referred herself for an ethics probe by the PM's adviser.

The government believes the struggling sector's six companies should be merged together, sources tell the BBC.

The chancellor will set out her plans for the UK economy in November with speculation growing over tax rises.

Speaking during the spectacle in Beijing, China's President Xi Jinping said the world faced a choice between peace and war.

Any revamp of the County Championship may not take place until 2027 – if changes are implemented at all.

The beatings will continue until usage improves

Techie hiring service Andela says it has trained 200 software developers in the nuances of GitHub Copilot as part of a multi-year effort to bridge the alleged AI talent gap.…

Netflix will now let you create and share highlight clips of your favorite shows and movies right from the Netflix app on your phone. Last year, Netflix launched a feature that let you bookmark spots from shows and movies and save them to your account to watch again later or share with others. Starting today, […]

The UK’s larger energy supplier, Octopus Energy, is launching its own EV charger. The Octopus Charge is designed to pair with the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff, which offers up cheaper electricity rates overnight for EV charging. Octopus Energy has designed and built its own EV charger and is backing it with a three-year warranty. There’s […]

Have you ever wanted Windows 11 to automatically switch between light and dark modes based on a schedule, or help you find keyboard shortcut conflicts? Well, Microsoft is about to solve both of these missing Windows features with PowerToys. The latest 0.94 release of PowerToys, the useful addons for Windows power users, includes a new […]

There is "considerably more doubt" over when future interest rate cuts can take place, the governor of the Bank of England has said.

BBC Sport's NFL experts make their season predictions, including who will win the Super Bowl in February and who will be crowned MVP.

A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after a 15-year-old boy was shot dead in a park in West London during a "family fun day".

But it's OK to use it for docs and translations

The latest status report from the FreeBSD Project says no thanks to code generated by LLM-based assistants.…

A year after Remarkable introduced its Paper Pro digital notebook with an 11.8-inch color E Ink screen, the company is following up with a smaller version that prioritizes portability. The new Remarkable Paper Pro Move feels like what you’d be left with if you were to snap last year’s Paper Pro in half over your […]

AC Milan midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek says that he 'completely forgot' about playing for England during his near seven-year absence from the national team.

The veteran presenter has hosted more than 1,000 epsiodes of the programme over the past 26 years.

Claude maker hits $183B valuation as bubble fears grow

Opinion  Anthropic has just pocketed another $13 billion, pushing its valuation to a staggering $183 billion – fresh proof that investors still can't kick their AI habit.…

Samsung may be partly to blame for unleashing the party speaker upon the world — its Giga line launched over a decade ago — but in recent years its entrants to the field have been strangely restrained, with only small light strips along the sides. Not so with its two new Sound Towers, which add […]

Three parliamentarians want an investigation into the case of a group of former Premier League players who say they were victims of "financial abuse".

Minimum salaries for players in the top two tiers of professional women's football in England are being introduced for the first time this season.

The holy grail of the smart home is ambient computing - technology that disappears into the background, anticipating your needs without a word or a tap. Lights turn on as you walk in, doors unlock as you approach, coffee brews before you reach the kitchen. This is the proactive home: a space that adapts to […]

Esther Ghey has written to the government to call for a statutory ban on phones in schools in a campaign backed by high-profile celebrities.

The health secretary says ministers wanted police to focus on street crime rather than posts on social media.

Six years in the making, but some features do not work yet, and has the tool been overtaken by AI?

JetBrains has updated ReSharper, its .NET plugin for Visual Studio, with an out-of-process design that achieves a 61 percent reduction in UI freezes, the company claims. However, the new mode has reduced functionality.…

Angela Rayner has admitted she did not pay the right amount of stamp duty on the purchase of her second home and has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards. 

Londoners face almost a week of travel disruption when Underground workers go on strike next week.

The Mineral Products Association says the decline threatens to impact the government's housing plans.

The arrest of Father Ted's co-creator over social media posts has reignited arguments over what you should and shouldn't be allowed to say online.

Board calls move a mutual decision but offers no details on what went wrong

The GNOME Foundation is once again hunting for a new boss after executive director Steven Deobald departed less than four months into the role, a move the board described as mutual.…

An 80-year-old woman in Japan sent money to an online fraudster who told her he was an astronaut stranded on a spaceship - and needed the cash to buy oxygen.

More than a thousand high street jobs will be put at risk this week when Bodycare, the health and beauty retailer, is forced to call in administrators.

The Trump administration has signalled a willingness to use military force against drug cartels.

Beyond the hype and shiny new weapons, here are our five takeaways from China's military parade.

JBL has expanded its lineup of flashy Bluetooth speakers with three new models that let you blast tunes without being tied to a power source. The launch includes the new $1,099 PartyBox 720, which is JBL’s largest battery-powered speaker to date, weighing 7 pounds (3kg) more than the visually similar PartyBox 710 that was released […]

Acer is refreshing some of its gaming laptops for IFA 2025, with a big new Predator Helios 18P AI at the high end and pair of more affordable Nitro V 16 models. The Predator Helios 18P will have up to an RTX 5090 GPU and Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX processor, though in any configuration […]

Did you know Acer acquired a Japanese design firm called Amadana late last year that makes classy coffee gear, retro calculators, air purifiers, and all manner of minimalist low-fi tech? Neither did I till today — but it goes a long way to explaining why a few of Acer’s new monitors at IFA 2025 are […]

Acer is announcing a new Swift Air 16 at IFA 2025, and it’s an absolute featherweight of a 16-inch laptop. Weighing in at 2.18 pounds / 0.99kg with an IPS display or 2.43 pounds / 1.1kg with its optional OLED, the Swift Air is lighter than even a 13-inch MacBook Air. It also packs more […]

Acer's new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is the company's first laptop to use the Arm-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. That chip was used in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 that launched earlier this summer, and it was key to delivering excellent performance and marathon battery life in that […]

Google is overdue an update to its smart home setup, and now we know when it’ll come: October 1st. The company has teased some sort of launch or announcement for that day, promising that “Gemini is coming to Google Home.” The company announced Gemini for Home at last month’s Made by Google event, promising early […]

Chief Constable Gavin Stephens says police were notified about over 3,000 summer protests and warns against an "increase in tension and polarity".

Warnings of internal skills shortages fail to quell appetite for hand-holding

The UK Home Office has upped its planned spending on external data and tech consultants by £100 million to a maximum of £350 million.…

A major new study of vapes seized from schools has found that more than 10% contain the synthetic drug spice – and Sky News can reveal the liquids are being openly advertised on social media.

The health secretary insists that high caffeine energy drinks should be banned for under-16s in England, saying they impact children's health and learning.

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said he was acting on concerns for children's health.

A woman known as the "Ketamine Queen" has officially pleaded guilty to selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him.

After hitting the highest level this century on Tuesday, the cost of long term UK government borrowing has now hit a fresh 27-year high.

Have you ever looked at your pizza oven and wished it was just a little bit smarter? Ooni has, and so its new Volt 2 comes loaded with “Pizza Intelligence,” an adaptive heating system designed to deliver a more even and consistent cooking temperature. The Volt 2 is an indoor oven, able to cook pizzas […]

The search giant is not being broken up -so how much will it be affected by the remedies a judge has instead ordered?

Goes after Computacenter too, seeks £100 million damages

UK supermarket giant Tesco has sued Broadcom for breach of contracts pertaining to its VMware licenses, named Computacenter as a co-defendant, and warned it may not be able to put food on the shelves if the situation goes pear-shaped.…

When it comes to acquiring world-class free transfers, Real Madrid are in a league of their own.

Chelsea and England forward Lauren James has criticised fans as "too quick to judge" during her struggles at Euro 2025.

China's status as a military superpower was on full display as Beijing marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

More than 354,000 people have been affected by the worst floods since 1988, as rescue efforts continue.

The display of might comes as Beijing positions itself as a global counterweight to the United States.

The government needs to look at whether police are "getting the balance right", Wes Streeting has said, after the arrest of the co-writer of Father Ted over social media posts.

BBC Sport examines the state of play at troubled Sheffield Wednesday, and what is preventing a takeover from being finalised.

‘Universities are being used to proxy offensive government operations, turning research access decisions political’

Censys Inc, vendor of the popular Censys internet-mapping tool, has revealed that state-based actors are trying to abuse its services by hiding behind academic researchers.…

Abi Burton's Rugby World Cup debut against Samoa last weekend marked an extraordinary return to the top after a rare illness almost cost her her life.

Is apologising for a net cord courteous or meaningless? BBC Sport looks at why tennis etiquette is back on the agenda at the US Open.

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was murdered by his grandparents Michael and Kerry Ives at their home.

The secrets of the Neanderthal discoveries in the Mandrin Cave in France are revealed.

Hundreds of security staff are set to take action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Whatever you might think of the politics, the performance was nothing short of perfect.

Novak Djokovic sets up a blockbuster US Open semi-final encounter with Carlos Alcaraz after battling past American Taylor Fritz.