British companies and business groups have expressed alarm over President Donald Trump's 10% tariff on UK goods entering the US – but cautioned against retaliatory measures.
Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day?
Someone or something is probing devices made by Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks, and researchers think it could be evidence of espionage attempts, attempts to build a botnet, or an effort to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities.…
The expansion of Luton Airport has been approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.
A 15-year-old boy who tried to stab a teenage girl to death with a sword during a camping trip has been detained for 11 years.
British Steel's owner has cancelled coal and iron ore shipments to the Scunthorpe plant.
The Stena Immaculate was hit by the Solong cargo ship off the coast of East Yorkshire on 10 March.
The PM says Labour councils will work "hand-in-hand" with the government on issues like potholes and policing.
Fran Kirby and Chloe Kelly will miss England's home game against Belgium in the Women's Nations League with minor injuries.
The UK's charity watchdog has said it has opened a case into "concerns raised" about Sentebale - which the Duke of Sussex quit as patron of amid a boardroom battle.
Firefighters are battling wildfires in parts of the UK as emergency services warn of an "extreme" risk due to warm, dry weather.
As the US government launches investigations and threatens to pull federal funding, some elite universities have decided to take the path of least resistance. Colleges across the country have responded to the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity programs and student protesters by complying with these “anti-woke†witch hunts. In recent weeks, university administrators at Columbia […]
Verizon is announcing a new price lock policy today, and the timing is probably no coincidence. The company is extending a three-year price guarantee on certain plans, both for new and existing customers. The announcement comes a day after President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs, and Verizon says it’s hoping to give customers more “predictability” in […]
To be fair, it sounds like the team has ironed out the more controversial features
Comment The latest version of Zorin OS, a popular Windows-macOS-like Ubuntu Linux remix, looks good, but there's one change that causes this vulture some concern.…
Analysts have questioned claims that new tariffs are reciprocal and based on those charged against the US.
Reform UK "can't run themselves" let alone the country, Sir Keir Starmer said as he launched Labour's local election campaign.
Wimbledon is planning to renovate its iconic 'Henman Hill' and increase capacity for the tournament's 150th anniversary in 2027.
Martyn's Law aims to reduce the risk of physical harm and the impact of a terrorist attack.
ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too
The EU has issued its plans to keep the continent's denizens secure and among the pages of bureaucratese are a few worrying sections that indicate the political union wants to backdoor encryption by 2026, or even sooner.…
When Liverpool nearly missed out on signing Mohamed Salah, and how adopting the 'Moneyball' strategy revitalised the club.
Jockey Sean Bowen targets the Grand National after riding his 1,000th winner despite being allergic to horses.
When you jump into a video on YouTube or Netflix, a lot happens very quickly behind the scenes. Video data is rapidly downloaded to your device, which then has to unpack and normalize that information into a smooth, hiccup-free stream. The process of encoding and decoding video data has changed greatly over the years, with […]
Google has added a new feature to NotebookLM that lets the AI note-taking tool find its own web sources to summarize and narrate. Instead of manually uploading sources like documents or YouTube links, users can now tap the “Discover” button and simply describe the topic they want to get a better understanding of, with the […]
BBC Sport is told by the Premier League's refereeing body that James Tarkowski should have been sent off for his tackle on Alexis Mac Allister during Everton's defeat at Liverpool.
New legislation to make venues protect the public in the event of a terror attack, named in memory of a victim of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, has become law in the UK today.
Drinks such as sugar-free squash are off the menu for young children, say health advisors.
A painting by the US modern artist Joan Mitchell is "one of the most important" Tate has received.
People seem to be less impressed when others lose weight with the drug Ozempic than when they achieve it via lifestyle changes
Tariff moves threaten supply chain stability
The cost of buying servers for business will inevitably rise as a result of US President Donald Trump's trade policies, at least in the short term, as uncertainty grips the supply chain.…
Warm, bright conditions are expected but come with a warning about wildfires.
A man has admitted manslaughter after two people, including a seven-year-old boy, died in a house explosion caused by gas cannisters used to make cannabis sweets.
Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to attend a summit of the seven countries that border the Bay of Bengal.
BBC reporters look at how the latest US import taxes are seen in the EU, China, India, the UK and South Africa.
Officials investigating the deaths of a British couple in rural southwest France are treating it as a murder-suicide.
Joe Hart and Micah Richards discuss whether Sandro Tonali meant to score against Brentford or whether it was a happy accident.
Scientists' analysis of prehistoric tracks suggests predators and prey drank at the same lagoons.
As China’s vast electrical grid relies more on wind, solar and hydropower, it faces a growing risk of power shortages due to bad weather – and that could encourage the use of coal plants
The bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle, who previously lived in East Lothian, were found at their home near Toulouse.
Two men have been arrested in west London over alleged links to Hezbollah.
Recovery's never been harder in today's tangled, outsourced infrastructure
Comment Disaster recovery is getting tougher as IT estates sprawl across on-prem gear, public cloud, SaaS, and third-party ITaaS providers. And it's not floods or fires causing most outages anymore - ransomware now leads the pack, taking down systems faster than any natural disaster.…
How the world responds to the tariffs will have economic and political consequences for the UK, writes our political editor.
Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman were recently hired to oversee the hugely popular spy franchise.
The first batch of 27 Project Kuiper space internet satellites are scheduled to launch next week. Amazon has secured 80 such launch missions that will each deliver dozens of satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) to create a constellation capable of competing with Elon Musk’s Starlink juggernaut. Amazon says it expects to begin offering high-speed, […]
Newly released photographs have shown the moment two ships collided during last month's North Sea crash.
A Japanese politician says she received more than 8,000 death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets.
The UK is set to host the 2035 Women's World Cup as the sole "valid" bidder for the tournament, Fifa president Gianni Infantino says.
The star requested access to the sensitive documents in his defamation lawsuit over Not Like Us.
Nintendo revealed its Switch 2 in full yesterday, just hours before Trump took to the White House Rose Garden for his own launch: his latest, and largest, round of tariffs yet. Unfortunately for Nintendo, the tariffs hit the countries where it builds its consoles, with new rates of up to 49 percent that it may […]
The UK has been hit with 10% tariffs by the US, but there is uncertainty as to the impact of them.
Business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland tell us what US tariffs could mean for them.
Former official also points to processes driving up the cost of IT investment
The UK government does not have a clear picture of what it is spending on digital technology, and its approach to buying associated services and products drives up the cost of investment, MPs have heard.…
Young people should be removed from social media altogether if the Online Safety Act is watered down as part of US trade negotiations, the children's commissioner for England has said.
The UK looks almost certain to host the 2035 Women's World Cup after FIFA's president said there was only "one valid bid" for the competition.
There were five Asian nations in the 10 countries and territories hit with the highest tariffs.
An osprey who rose to fame during the first COVID lockdown has returned to his nest after fears he wouldn't make it back this year following an illness.
No one expected penguins to bear the brunt of Liberation Day.
Think tank report backs data mining for machine learning, leaving artists and rights holders behind
Opinion Former UK prime minister Tony Blair became famous for standing shoulder to shoulder with allies, even though the fallout from the Iraq war forever sullied his reputation. Nonetheless, the institute that bears his name makes it clear who it stands with when it comes to using copyrighted material to fuel the expansion of machine learning into every human domain.…
Ex-Marine Phil Jones says cold water swimming has been "a game-changer for me".
Max Verstappen says it "was not a mistake" that he liked a comment on social media criticising Red Bull's decision to demote Liam Lawson.
Stamp it out: Infostealer malware at German outfit may be culprit
Britain's Royal Mail is investigating after a crew calling itself GHNA claimed it has put 144GB of the delivery giant’s data up for sale, perhaps after acquiring it with the same stolen credentials it used to crack Samsung Germany.…
Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from Great Britain's squad for the Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup qualifiers in order to "look after her body".
Olympic 1500m medallist Yared Nuguse's ambition has always been to become an orthodontist, but a career as a professional athlete has put those plans on hold - for now.
Donald Trump's Rose Garden "Liberation Day" moment was a set piece event for the ages - an historic day he believes will kickstart a gradual American revival.
The BBC and Blizzard Entertainment have chipped in with contributions
The Open InfraFoundation has delivered a new version of OpenStack named “Epoxy” and thinks it’s an even better option for those seeking a VMware alternative.…
The developer says people lost their "reservation deposits" because buyers failed to exchange.
Watch the trailer for the new BBC documentary How to win the Champions League: Liverpool 2019.
Journalist Ben Black was "shocked" to discover his fake news from five years ago used by AI.
A record number of victims of so-called revenge porn reported intimate image abuse to a dedicated UK helpline last year.
Smartphone apps that track our driving behavior may be the key to safer road conditions. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety just published a study that found that using smartphone apps to monitor driver behavior, and then providing summaries of that behavior via text message or a data dashboard, leads to safer driving. Researchers borrowed […]
The president says the US has been "pillaged, raped and plundered" for years by international trade partners.
Most of Thursday's front pages lead on Trump announcing universal 10% tariffs on all imports into the US.
GPT-4o likely trained on O’Reilly books without permission, figures appear to show
Tech textbook tycoon Tim O'Reilly claims OpenAI mined his publishing house's copyright-protected tomes for training data and fed it all into its top-tier GPT-4o model without permission.…
The president acknowledged that he will face pushback from some, but he urged Americans to trust his instincts.
The BBC's Michelle Fleury breaks down what the import taxes mean for the US and countries around the world.
And how will the UK be affected?
Uriah Rennie uses a wheelchair after a rare condition left him paralysed from the waist down.
More than 3,000 people have died and thousands have been displaced in Myanmar.
Crawlers snarfing long-tail content for training and whatnot cost us a fortune
Web-scraping bots have become an unsupportable burden for the Wikimedia community due to their insatiable appetite for online content to train AI models.…
An inquiry says children are living in "appalling conditions" and suffering impacts to their health.
Aston Villa's match-winners against Brighton prove they are reaping the rewards of their January business, writes Phil McNulty.
A possible red card and potential offside in the build-up to the winner - did the officials get it wrong in the Merseyside derby?
Match of the Day's Micah Richards and Joe Hart discuss James Tarkowski's "Merseyside tackle of old" on Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister, and say Everton "were fortunate to still have 11 players on the pitch".
Tech slugged with higher duties, base 10% hike, semiconductors avoid retaliatory levies for now
US President Donald Trump has imposed a ten percent tariff on nearly all types of imports into America, and higher levies on goods from major producers of digital tech, such as China, South Korea, and Taiwan.…
Could the National Rally retaliate in parliament by attempting to bring down the fragile coalition government?
How assisted dying works in California and Canada.
An emotional Jack Grealish dedicates his first Premier League goal in almost 16 months to his younger brother Keelan in the 25th anniversary of his death.
Last week, Apple announced that lossless audio and ultra low latency would be coming to the AirPods Max with USB-C. It was a pleasant surprise for owners of Apple’s over-ear headphones, which have fallen behind the AirPods Pro in recent years when it comes to offering new features. The company briefly hit a snag in […]
There’s a 10% tariff on the UK and 20% on the EU.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot disputes the decision to only award a yellow card to Everton's James Tarkovski for his tackle on Alexis Mac Allister in his side's 1-0 Premier League win in the Merseyside derby at Anfield.
Before this morning, I knew I was going to buy the Nintendo Switch 2 but I didn’t know when. After watching Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct today, in which a purple block traced the GameCube’s stylized “G” logo, followed by high-res footage from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and F-Zero GX and an announcement […]
The Switch 2 is here — well, almost. Nintendo took the wraps off its new console during its latest Direct event, providing us with a closer look at the $449.99 console ahead of its release on June 5th. In many ways, the sequel is a generational leap from the original console / handheld hybrid that […]
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)is shutting down after more than 20 years of hosting its annual challenge for writers. In a video and an email sent to community members, the nonprofit organization explains that it can no longer continue “after years of financial struggles.” Before officially becoming a nonprofit in 2006, NaNoWriMo started out with […]
Rescue and relief workers seeking access to some of the worst quake-hit areas are being blocked by the military.
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The name's not Bond. It's O'Brien - Keith O'Brien, now-former global payroll compliance manager at the Dublin, Ireland office of HR software-as-a-service maker Rippling.…
It’s perhaps no surprise that Nintendo opened its Switch 2 Direct with Mario Kart World, a Switch 2-exclusive launch title that’s a sequel to the original Switch’s most popular game. But it was more of a surprise that the Direct’s second segment, instead of focusing on the console’s specs, was all about Nintendo’s Discord-like GameChat […]
At an event in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, Donald Trump unveiled a new set of planned tariffs that are being described as “short-sighted,” and having “no basis in logic,” and being compared to Great Depression-era policies. Holding a giant poster board blowing in the wind, Trump announced staggering new taxes on products coming into […]
An off-hand lie leads 17-year-old Olive into a spiral of unintended consequences.
For decades, trade and trade policy has been an economic and political backwater - decidedly boring, seemingly uncontroversial.
Seven gas turbines planned to juice datacenter demand by 2027
Developers on Wednesday announced plans to bring up to 4.5 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power online by 2027 at the site of what was once Pennsylvania's largest coal plant, as part of a proposed datacenter campus running AI and high-performance computing workloads.…
Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more book-like reading experience, with fewer distractions and less eye strain, and many include extra features, like adjustable frontlighting. Some really are pocketable. Others are waterproof […]
The US is "our closest ally" but "nothing is off the table" in response to Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on imports from the UK, the business secretary has said.
