Nemanja Matic says Andre Onana is 'one of the worst' goalkeepers in Manchester United's history. The BBC Sport Ask Me Anything team take a look at the stats.

Thanks to Framework, one of the most transparent computer companies out there, we now have a sterling example of just how ridiculous President Donald Trump’s tariffs can make life in the year 2025. Today, the company made all of its computers more expensive. Then, it almost immediately reversed that to bring its computers back to […]

...a wild day ends with a 90-day 'pause' on tariffs

Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost indistinguishable from plastic, but break down more quickly

Donald Trump has paused his so-called "reciprocal" tariffs on most of America's trading partners for 90 days - while increasing those on China to 125%.

Were you clamoring for two AI-generated podcast hosts to talk through the key points of your document before you send it to your boss? No? Well, you’re getting it anyway. Google has announced new Gemini features coming to Workspace apps, including NotebookLM-style AI podcasts integrated right into Google Docs. There’s a wide spread of new […]

Nemanja Matic responds to Andre Onana's claim Manchester United are "way better" than Lyon, labelling him as one of the club's worst ever goalkeepers.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Britannia sailing team has withdrawn its intention to challenge for the next America's Cup.

Trump hikes China tariffs to 125% while cutting others

Another month, another month of Redox improvements and bug fixes. This month saw a ton of work on process management as part of the NLnet grant, massive improvements to the USB stack, including a USB hub driver, as well as the usual kernel and driver improvements.

President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs — including a now 125 percent levy on Chinese imports — will hit the smart home industry hard. Many smart home device makers are already struggling, thanks, in part, to Trump’s first round of tariffs. Increased competition from budget smart home companies largely based in China has also […]

Middle Kingdom to get 125%. So this is what it's like living in reality TV

World War Fee  The EU voted Wednesday to introduce 25 percent import tariffs on American goods, with the first duties being collected from European consumers on April 15. Bear in mind this action is a response to US President Donald Trump's earlier steel tariffs, and not the April 2 "tariff liberation day" duty hike.…

Wales' Gerwyn Price beats Northern Ireland's Josh Rock to win the 12th Players Championship darts event, as Luke Littler is knocked out early in Leicester.

Audio analysis of footage of an Israeli attack on an aid worker convoy last month suggests that some of the shots were fired from as little as 12 metres away.

One of our favorite doorbells, TP-Link’s Tapo D225 Video Doorbell Camera, is on sale for just $79.99 ($20 off) at Amazon. That’s a buck shy of its best price. A lot of video doorbells come with extra hidden subscription fees if you want to make the most of them, but this one doesn’t. It lets […]

The defence secretary will urge "coalition of the willing" nations to increase pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine as plans to support peace ramp up.

Rescue workers are searching for survivors of the incident, which killed at least 124 people and injured more than 150 others.

Governments love asking what scientific research will bring society, but the most important discoveries come from wondering without direction

Bed rest is commonly prescribed for high-risk pregnancies. It can't hurt and might help, right? Wrong, says Jacqueline Sears

Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, in Joshua Hammer's The Mesopotamian Riddle

Feedback is delighted to hear from a reader who proposes an ingenious new unit of data – but we have some quibbles with the maths

In the latest instalment of our Future Chronicles column, which explores an imagined history of inventions yet to come, Rowan Hooper reveals how brain-computer interface let us travel to Mars via robot avatars in the late 2020s

With a background in maths and design, Rebecca Kaya uses data to make sense of the natural world

Nafis Hasan's Metastasis is a deep dive into the economics and politics of cancer treatment. This makes for a dense and difficult read, but one that is well worth the effort

Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on a reread, Emily H. Wilson looks at how it holds up

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea, says Abigail Beall

Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on a reread, Emily H. Wilson looks at how it holds up

The family of a 60-year-old man shot dead in his home have paid tribute to the "much-loved father, granddad and partner".

President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal” tariffs have only been in effect since midnight ET, and he has already announced “a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff” of 10 percent for countries that haven’t retaliated against the tariffs he created. However, Trump also said in his post on Truth Social that he will […]

Nearly a year and a half after it first launched the EP-133 KO II synthesizer in late 2023, Teenage Engineering has released its first major software update. The OS 2.0 update, which can be downloaded to the synth through a web browser or installed using a USB cable, includes features like creating new samples from […]

Whether you’re buying your first pair of AirPods or replacing a well-used older pair, it’s easy to understand why so many iPhone owners prefer Apple’s earbuds and headphones over other options. Apple has spent years gradually adding new features that work best — and sometimes only work at all — within the company’s walled garden. […]

Whether you’re buying your first pair of AirPods or replacing a well-used older pair, it’s easy to understand why so many iPhone owners prefer Apple’s earbuds and headphones over other options. Apple has spent years gradually adding new features that work best — and sometimes only work at all — within the company’s walled garden. […]

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a father-of-seven in Cardiff.

WordPress.com has launched a new AI-powered site builder in early access that can construct your WordPress webpage, including fully written text, layout, generated images, and more. WordPress.com says the AI website builder can make “beautiful, functional websites in minutes.” However, it can’t yet do the heavy lifting of creating an ecommerce site or one with […]

Liverpool are moving closer to agreeing a new contract with forward Mohamed Salah.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller isn’t the only new Nintendo gamepad getting two back buttons: the Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip has the additional buttons as well, according to Nintendo’s online listing for the controller. Like the Pro Controller, the new back buttons are GL and GR that can be remapped to other buttons, the […]

Google is trying to make it easier for users of its video AI model Veo 2 to make cinematic-looking generations and edit real footage. The new Veo 2 capabilities are available to preview via Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, alongside other updates to improve Google’s text-to-image generator, Imagen 3, and audio-related AI models. New Veo […]

Jess Weatherbed is a news writer and part of our international team. Jess describes herself as “mostly a generalist who covers a wide range of stories before my US and Canadian colleagues jump online.” Their main beat, however, is with the creative industries, where they cover what tech and software they are using, how creators […]

Shakeil Thibou is found guilty of murdering Cher Maximen after stabbing her at Notting Hill Carnival.

Adobe has launched its largest typeface expansion in five years, giving Creative Cloud subscribers access to 1,500 new fonts that can be used on websites and apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. More than 750 of these fonts have been provided via a collaboration with Monotype, which owns the licenses for Helvetica, Gotham, and Avenir.  […]

Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) are again introducing their Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe, or NO FAKES, Act, which standardizes rules around using making AI copies of a person’s faces, names, and voices. This time, the bill — previously introduced in 2023 and 2024 — has the backing of a […]

The Duke of Sussex is in court for the second day of his appeal over his level of security in the UK.

The chancellor-in-waiting's conservatives have reached a coalition agreement with Germany's Social Democrats, five months after the last government collapsed.

At Y Combinator’s Little Tech Competition Summit in downtown DC last week, there was an air of optimism and something verging on camaraderie among a surprising crowd. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) — barely recovered from his 25-hour speech about preserving democracy on the Senate floor a day earlier — showed up to discuss the importance […]

A woman whose mother's murder has been unsolved for 30 years has issued a plea for help in finding her killer.

Novak Djokovic's wait for a 100th singles title continues after he exits the Monte Carlo Masters in a straight-set loss to Alejandro Tabilo.

Actor Mickey Rourke gets a formal warning for "offensive and unacceptable" language about JoJo Siwa.

A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior

A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior

The Last of Us’ second season hasn’t even debuted yet, but Warner Bros. Discovery renewed the show for a third season. The company hasn’t shared details about when the third season may air or how many episodes it might be. The second season’s first episode debuts on Sunday on HBO and Max. Season 2 is […]

Samsung’s home robot Ballie is finally poised to roll into our homes… and maybe our hearts? Following teasing a release sometime this year at CES 2025, the company has now announced that the cute rolling bot will arrive in the US this summer, with pre-registration open on Samsung’s website.  The ball-shaped robot is equipped with […]

Microsoft appears to be working on new 3D icons for its Office suite. Reddit users have discovered the new icons in an email survey from Microsoft, reports Windows Central. The survey includes a brief look at the new icons, with Microsoft asking for feedback on its changes to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office apps. […]

Amazon is aiming to launch its first operational satellites today to provide speedy internet connections in remote regions, but it will still take some time to catch up with its main competitor, SpaceX's Starlink  

A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human

Ancient rocks reveal there were several humid spells in Arabia’s past, which might have given early hominins a route out of Africa long before our genus migrated

Computers that use photons rather than electrons to manipulate data promise greater speed and energy efficiency, and the technology is developing rapidly

Sony is upgrading three of its wireless Bluetooth speakers with significant redesigns and new features as it integrates them into the ULT Power Sound series it introduced a year ago that includes speakers and headphones with improved bass-boosting sound modes. All three speakers will now have a dedicated ULT shortcut button for those sound modes […]

Earlier this month, we got a close look at Sony’s new Bravia 8 II OLED. Despite the name, this TV is actually the spiritual successor of the company’s acclaimed A95L. It’s going to be one of the very best TVs you can buy in 2025, and now Sony has revealed how much the Bravia 8 […]

Yep. It's Axiom's datacenters in SPAAAAACE

Axiom Space says it is planning to launch a pair of Orbital Data Center (ODC) nodes to low Earth orbit by the end of 2025.…

Two people are arrested after a police chase, which saw seven officers taken to hospital.

The cost of borrowing for the US government rose as confidence in the economy waned.

Lenders lower mortgage costs as experts forecast interest rates will be cut by more than expected.

England white-ball captain Harry Brook says he will not play in overseas franchise leagues for "a little while" as he manages his workload.

For a being named Murderbot, the star of Apple’s next sci-fi show is surprisingly relatable. The show — which is also called Murderbot — just got its first trailer, and it sets up the titular lead, played by Alexander Skarsgård, who has just become sentient and is, well, struggling. The bot is forced to hide […]

Samsung made waves at CES earlier this year when it announced The Frame Pro. We eventually learned that the company was over-selling the TV’s “Mini LED” technology, but the new model does come with legitimate upgrades like a Wireless One Connect Box, meaning the only cable running to the TV itself will be for power, […]

If you’ve ever been to an anime or any fan convention, you know that the place that’s often the busiest is artists alley. There, creators sell their wares ranging from commissioned artwork to stickers, enamel pins, stuffed toys, apparel, food, and more. Often these goods are made with the artist’s own hand. Other times, merchants […]

A "whole society" approach is needed to stop children doom-scrolling beyond the classroom with most schools already banning mobile phones, research has found.

A judge rules Joey Barton's social media posts about the former England striker were defamatory.

Following an announcement last week that Sphere Entertainment was creating an immersive version of The Wizard of Oz for its unique Las Vegas venue, we now have more details on how companies like Google and Magnopus are using AI to enhance the 86-year-old film to fill the Sphere’s massive 160,000-square-foot semi-spherical screen. But a collaboration […]

Committed $80B capex for DCs as recently as January. We wonder what changed?

World War Fee  Microsoft has called a halt to construction of three datacenter campuses in central Ohio, in a sign the tech giant is having to reappraise its infrastructure requirements amid uncertain economic circumstances and shifting AI demand.…

And coming up next, Trump's World War Fee

The hint of optimism to be found in February's tech jobs numbers? Yeah, it's pretty much gone, according to multiple analyses of the latest data out from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for March. …

Donald Trump is making it even more expensive for US consumers to shop online from Chinese retailers like Temu and Shein. In an executive order amendment published Tuesday night, Trump raised the tariff rate for packages valued under $800 entering the US from China and Hong Kong that previously were exempt. The increase essentially triples […]

The 47-year-old faces historical charges relating to two children who were understood to be around 10 years old at the time.

It’s looking like another busy summer of gaming news: Microsoft just announced its next Xbox Games Showcase livestream, which will take place on June 8th at 1PM ET. The company says that the event will include “a look at upcoming titles from across our first-party studios, in addition to incredible new titles from our third-party […]

Stormgate Press, publisher of Captain Hawklin and Pulp Reality, has put out four more in their series of Stormgate Press Quick Read Books. All are written by Charles F. Millhouse, who is the man behind Stormgate.

The image streams over YouTube in crisp grayscale: a young cahow — known outside Bermuda as the Bermuda petrel — scrambles through a sandy tunnel and pokes its tiny head above the ground for the first time. It’s a few months old, but it has never seen daylight. Gray fluffball hatchlings spend their whole lives […]

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre has reportedly left hospital after recently saying she had "four days to live".

A man has been found guilty of murdering a mother as she attended Notting Hill Carnival with her three-year-old daughter.

The UK government is considering nationalising the Chinese-owned firm which employs 2,700 people.

The family of a mother who was fatally stabbed as she attended Notting Hill Carnival with her three-year-old daughter has said "the feeling of loss is overwhelming, but so is the feeling of rage".

A domestic abuser who murdered her husband and buried him in their garden has been jailed for at least 22 years.

Firms say the rapid change in US trade policy, including big taxes on China, has left them in flux.

Even though policing department spent 2 years on study predicting which criminals will become killers

The UK's justice department has confirmed it is working on developing algorithms to predict which criminals will later become murderers.…

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been charged with historical child sex offences against a girl and boy.

Ministers want reforms to sentencing policy that will reduce the prison population by more than ten percent, Sky News has learnt.

The King and Queen have had a private meeting with the Pope at the Vatican.

King Charles has spoken of how current crises around the world have shown "peace is never to be taken for granted".

The Irish writer Brian Moore, who died in 1999 (he pronounced his first name in the Irish fashion — Bree-an) was one of the most interesting novelists of his time, at least based on the four books of his that I’ve read, all of which deal with areas where the supernatural, the philosophical, and the theological intersect and blur into each other.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is in advanced talks to take a stake in a London-listed marketing specialist backed by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party treasurer.

The company says the new site is expected to create 28,000 jobs and generate £50bn for the economy.

What were the chances of Declan Rice scoring two stunning free-kicks against Real Madrid? Just how good were they - and should they have been stopped?

This week's Masters heralds the start of the men's major season with Rory McIlroy still searching for how to win the coveted Green Jacket, writes Iain Carter.

Chocolate Factory doubles down on enterprise security at Cloud Next

Google will today reveal a new unified security platform that analysts think can help it battle Microsoft for a bigger chunk of the enterprise infosec market.…

Google is opening up its Google Maps Platform data so that cities, developers, and other business decision makers can more easily access information about things like infrastructure and traffic, the company announced on Wednesday. Google is integrating new datasets for Google Maps Platform directly into BigQuery, the tech giant’s fully managed data analytics service, for […]

After the US president hit China with tariffs of over 100%, Beijing retaliates with higher taxes on American imports.

Nat Sciver-Brunt is the "obvious choice" to replace Heather Knight as England skipper but will require a strong vice-captain, says former team-mate Lauren Winfield-Hill.

Hours after Donald Trump’s latest tariffs came into effect, China has announced retaliatory measures: an additional 50 percent tariff on US goods, on top of a planned 34 percent charge, and adding a further 12 US companies to its export control list. “The US’s practice of escalating tariffs on China is a mistake on top […]

The 1990s called – they're impressed

The FreeDOS Project has released version 1.4 of its fully open source DOS-compatible OS – but you'll need a BIOS for bare metal.…

A grief-stricken family has told Sky News they want "someone to take accountability" for the death of Lewis Stone, a retired butcher who was killed by a secure psychiatric unit patient released 10 days earlier.

Inquiry chair is acting amid grave concerns over payouts to victims after final report was published last year.