England go into Saturday's final Rugby League Ashes Test against Australia with the series already lost. How well equipped are they for next year's World Cup?
In the political arena, you will often see people try to capitalise on the wrongdoings or failures of others.
England head coach Steve Borthwick changes and challenges his side with an eye on an all-court, high-energy style that can smother the best in the world.
US women's national team head coach Emma Hayes speaks to Kelly Somers about her struggles with anxiety after the menopause.
Emma Hayes sits down with Kelly Somers to talk about her childhood, working as a national team boss and balancing football with family.
The president's son-in-law wants to build a hotel on the ruins of the former Yugoslav Army headquarters.
The opt-out comes despite the US increasing pressure on allies to sever economic ties with Russia.
A loss in AI tech stocks and the conviction of a woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann make headlines on Saturday.
Sir Alan Bates has told Sky News that the government's new Capture Redress Scheme is "half-baked".
The organiser of Miss Universe has told Sky News he cannot stand down from his position - despite allegations he was aggressive towards a contestant.
The Trump administration did not have a legal basis to use troops to quell immigration protests, the judge wrote in a 106-page ruling.
Fans of the birds, whose lives have been compared to Game of Thrones, are currently waiting with bated breath for this year's chicks to fledge.
Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Atomic Kitten and Mis-Teeq reveal what life was like at the height of their fame.
With same-store sales down in the UK and Ireland, some shoppers are leaving Primark to go elsewhere.
Two men who helped expose a network behind illegal High Street businesses tell their story.
Despite not winning, Cat Burns, Joe Marler and Nick Mohammed have been the breakout stars of the series.
A month since GPs in England started offering online appointment bookings, patients recount their experiences.
Nearly four years on from Russia's invasion, the arts are back but the war permeates everything.
Friday marked the first day of flight cuts mandated by the US government at 40 of the nation's airports
The Zuck better hope his finance bros have deep pockets and a whole lotta patience to pull this off
Meta on Friday floated plans to invest $600 billion in US infrastructure and jobs by 2028 as part of a massive datacenter expansion.…
Israeli troops in Gaza have received the remains of another hostage.
All three acquitted a teen in a mock trial based on a case where a judge ruled guilty
Law students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law last month held a mock trial to see how AI models administer justice.…
Donald Trump declared a questionable "national energy emergency" when he entered the White House. Soon, he may have one for real.
Thousands of Kenyans, who fought for Britain, are buried in unknown locations and were never commemorated.
It started with a strong espresso in a simple cafe on a side street in north London.
The owner of a barber shop that was twice confronted by a man wielding a knife has questioned whether the Huntingdon stabbing attack could have been prevented, had the police taken his concerns seriously.
An NHS trust and a ward manager will be sentenced next week for health and safety failings - more than a decade after a young woman died in a secure mental health hospital.
You might have seen an article making the rounds this week, about a young
man who ended his life after ChatGPT encouraged him to do so.
On November 18th, Operation: Infinite will be released for Halo Infinite players with a battle pass and lots of new customizations, but according to the team, that’s it for this game’s content updates: With multiple Halo titles in development, we’ll need our whole team’s combined focus to deliver new experiences with the same passion and […]
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim accepts £73.7m striker Benjamin Sesko has struggled at times in his first few weeks at the club but urges him not to take criticism from club legends personally.
It comes after Lisa Nandy was founded to have breached rules during a Labour donor's appointment to the role.
A judge in India's Supreme Court has insisted that nobody can blame the aircraft's captain.
Shareholders have approved a pay package that puts an astronomical value on Elon Musk's value as a leader.
Aryna Sabalenka says winning an "incredible" semi-final against Amanda Anisimova will be "great preparation" for facing Elena Rybakina in Saturday's WTA Finals decider.
Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was one of two men let out in error from the prison within a week.
The heaps of twisted building material and water damaged equipment is being cleared as Jamaicans recover from Hurricane Melissa.
Lando Norris secures pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint race with McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri in third.
Chris Hinchliff says his focus remains on contributing to "Labour's historic mission".
Sgt Lawrence Hume was filmed calling for a Charing Cross police station detainee to be beaten up.
Your Party officials accuse Zarah Sultana of withholding funds despite publicly agreeing to transfer the money.
'Precision espionage campaign' began months before the flaw was fixed
A previously unknown Android spyware family called LANDFALL exploited a zero-day in Samsung Galaxy devices for nearly a year, installing surveillance code capable of recording calls, tracking locations, and harvesting photos and logs before Samsung finally patched it in April.…
For years - through its pandemic-fueled highs and its post-quarantine malaise - Peloton has held its earnings calls at a bright and bushy 8:30AM ET. Not yesterday. Instead, the company broke different news first thing in the morning: it issued yet another recall for 833,000 of its original Bike Plus units, before posting its Q1 […]
Study finds many tests don't measure the right things
AI companies regularly tout their models' performance on benchmark tests as a sign of technological and intellectual superiority. But those results, widely used in marketing, may not be meaningful.…
As one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, James Watson pioneered the field of genetics and left behind a complicated legacy
In 2025, you might wonder if Fitbit is still relevant. Despite being acquired by Google, Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable names in the industry. Fitbit trackers aren’t meant for the most hardcore of athletes, but they’re still excellent devices for tracking overall activity as well as monitoring certain health and wellness metrics, like […]
The former footballer directed posts on X towards Jeremy Vine and pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.
James Watson, the godfather of DNA who discovered the "secrets of life" has died aged 97.
Xi and Trump haven't gotten to discuss the chips, though they were supposed to
Nvidia's latest generation of Blackwell accelerators won't be available in China anytime soon, according to CEO Jensen Huang, who said there were no "active discussions" about selling the coveted chips to the Middle Kingdom.…
The long-awaited addition of Housing in World of Warcraft is going to cost you. On top of your monthly subscription and the cost of the Midnight expansion itself, some Housing items will require a new in-game currency called “Hearthsteel” that players will have to pay for with real money. World of Warcraft already has hundreds […]
Robert James Purkiss faces extradition over allegations he murdered Agnes Manjiru.
The COP climate summit in Belem opened with a diplomatic double-whammy.
Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor has named a trustee in sequestration to handle the former first minister's estate.
The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life
The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are tough
Blackmagic released an update to its free camera app with some new features that streamers and professional broadcasters will appreciate. Both the Android and iOS versions of the Blackmagic Camera app can now stream directly to YouTube, Twitch, and Vimeo, removing the need for third-party apps or additional encoding hardware. You just need to select […]
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
A tape-based piece of unique Unix history may have been lying quietly in storage at the University of Utah for 50+ years. The question is whether researchers will be able to take this piece of middle-aged media and rewind it back to the 1970s to get the data off.…
From weekend camping trips to unexpected power outages, having a reliable power source like the Anker 521 PowerHouse can be a lifesaver. Normally $249.99, right now you can buy the power station for the new low price of $128.99 at checkout at Amazon. The power station is essentially a portable backup battery with a 256Wh […]
Netherlands court still overseeing governance at the chipmaker
Tensions between China and the Netherlands over the state of chipmaker Nexperia have begun to ease, but the battle for company control doesn't appear to be entirely resolved yet. …
Valve is making Steam store pages wider as part of a new update rolling out today. With the changes, “many pages” will be widened from “940 pixels to now 1200 pixels,” Valve says. The company picked that 1200 pixels number because it found that it “felt like a good balance where we can show more […]
The Hellas Aphrodite crew have been freed from armed Somali pirates who seized it the previous day.
In Soviet times, Western observers would scrutinise video footage of state occasions, like military parades on Red Square, to try to learn more about Kremlin hierarchy.
The blockade, imposed by jihadists, has upended daily life in the landlocked nation.
After the UK's warmest ever Bonfire Night, Helen Willetts looks at how long the mild November weather will last.
Could an AI scientist help researchers come up with breakthroughs by analysing data and searching the existing scientific literature? That's the claim of the inventors of Kosmos, but not everyone is convinced
Texas AG Ken Paxton is accusing Roblox of “putting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of Texas children,” alleging in a lawsuit filed this week that it is “flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform.” The lawsuit accuses Roblox of deceptive trade practices for […]
The much-anticipated video game from Rockstar has been pushed back until the end of 2026.
It’s been five years since BioWare first announced it was working on a brand new Mass Effect game. But today, November 7th (N7 Day), BioWare shared a promising sign of life: the BioWare team is “heads-down and focused exclusively” on the game, according to its executive producer. “We have a lot of universe to cover, […]
While he has a penchant for cars and jets, the world's richest person reportedly lives a relatively modest life.
Even with more info, web giant says agent can't be trusted to keep you healthy, wealthy, and wise
Google's Gemini Deep Research tool can now reach deep into Gmail, Drive, and Chat to obtain data that might be useful for answering research questions.…
A group of five people were reported missing before being found in a crashed car two days later.
Last week I asked where the Trump phone was. The answer? Nowhere. There’s no update, no response, no sign of it. And since it’s still not here, I am — again — asking the same question. And I’m afraid I’m going to keep being here, week in, week out, until I have a T1 Phone in […]
Julia Wandelt began "telling anyone who would listen" she was the missing child in June 2022.
She plays a divorce lawyer in All's Fair, which one critic said "may be the worst TV drama ever".
Preston forward Milutin Osmajic is given a nine-game ban after being charged with racially abusing Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri.
A former British soldier wanted by Kenyan authorities over an alleged 2012 murder has said he does not consent to extradition.
X's new link experiment on iOS may be artificially inflating traffic. Websites like Substack and Bluesky noticed a sharp increase in "fake" views following the update, something that Nick Eubanks, the VP of owned media at the digital marketing platform Semrush, attributes to a new behavior that preloads content before users click on it. "What's […]
Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominees, while K-Pop breaks into the song of the year category.
Oliver Archer had wanted to find his dad his whole life. That changed when he went to a corner shop.
Samsung’s 65-inch Frame Pro is $1,447.99 ($752 off) — a new all-time low — at Woot. The 75-inch model is $1,897.99 ($1,302 off), also an all-time low at Woot. The TV’s main attraction is its “Art Mode,” which cycles through a gallery of famous paintings when you’re not actively using it. The artwork on the […]
Apple’s run of excellent sci-fi looks to continue with Pluribus. The series has some strong pedigree; it’s helmed by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, who also has a history in the genre working on The X-Files. It’s also a show that requires a lot of trust from viewers, with a strange […]
"It's him, it's him, it's him", the man told me urgently.
Chelsea haven't lost a match in the Women's Super League in 32 games, but could Arsenal be the team to finally end that record?
Canadian-based Ploopy announced the Nano 2 on Friday. It’s an update to the ultra-compact Nano trackball featuring a new button, improved performance, and a USB-C port that replaces the original’s chunky USB-B port. The company made a similar upgrade with its Classic 2 trackball mouse earlier this year. The Nano 2 is still designed to […]
After drone sightings cause Zaventem airport near Brussels to close temporarily, Belgium turns to its European allies for help.
A dwarf galaxy 100 million light years away is being stripped of its crucial star-forming gas, and it seems that the cosmic web is siphoning off this gas as the galaxy passes through
Lando Norris pips McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri to the fastest time at the very end of practice at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Kendrick Lamar is leading this year's Grammy nominations, up for nine trophies, including record, song and album of the year.
Pep Guardiola says he cannot believe the numbers he has achieved before taking charge of his 1,000th game in management when Man City host Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.
Multi-year wait for destruction comes to an end for mystery attackers
Security experts have helped remove malicious NuGet packages planted in 2023 that were designed to destroy systems years in advance, with some payloads not due to hit until the latter part of this decade.…
MIT researchers offer cure for illegible software
A pair of MIT researchers have detailed a proposed new model for software that would help both humans and AI code generators alike create better and more transparent applications. No more vibing!…
I recently picked up a complete set of a sadly short-lived fanzine, Robert Weinberg’s The Weird Tales Collector. This fanzine ran six issues from 1977 to 1980. All are 5.5- by 8.5-inches, 32 pages long, and saddle-stitched.
The surface of comet 3I/ATLAS may have been so radically altered by cosmic rays that deducing its home star system would be impossible
Between all the new phones, smartwatches, and laptops we see throughout the year, it often feels like we're constantly being nudged toward shinier, more expensive gadgets. And I get it. As a self-professed gadget nerd, few things are more exciting than unboxing and setting up a new device. But the truth is, you can still […]
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they're going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. Imagine you're minding your business on […]
President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is handing out billions in tax breaks, and a new analysis from Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) office is demonstrating just how substantial those sums are. Under the law, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, will save around $17.9 billion in taxes this year, an amount that Warren’s office found could’ve paid […]
The most striking moment of Tesla's annual shareholder meeting Thursday wasn't when Elon Musk won a impossible sounding pay package worth nearly $1 trillion. That was a foregone conclusion, given Musk's popularity with retail shareholders and his ability to vote his own extensive holdings. To me, the more illuminating moment was when the gathered crowd […]
Soldiers had to go to hospital this summer because of hearing and other issues after trialling the British Army's Ajax armoured vehicle, raising fresh fears about the problem-plagued platform.
Kate and Gerry McCann say, despite the guilty verdict, they "take no pleasure in the result."
