He worked his way up from a Milan department store to a global empire that changed the way we dress.
Angela Rayner is a "massive hypocrite" for failing to pay enough stamp duty on her home, former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has said.
Ubuntu 24.04.3, with a prettified Xfce 4.18
Linux Lite 7.6 is the latest, slightly updated release of this technologically moderate distro from New Zealand.…
TCL has been making its E Ink-inspired Nxtpaper phones for years, but it’s taken the company until now to realize that parents are a likely demographic for it. That’s finally been remedied with the Nxtpaper 5G Junior, a kids phone launching in Europe with a focus on eye health and screentime, which arrives alongside the […]
Baseus has announced a new accessory that can wirelessly charge a Qi2-compatible smartphone directly on an outlet, making it useful as a hands-free wall mount. It’s reminiscent of a similar wireless charger that Zens released last year, but Baseus’ new EnerGeek GT01 has additional functionality, including a 10,000mAh battery that can be separated from the […]
Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died aged 91 - with the worlds of fashion and showbiz paying tribute to a "giant" and a "master of his craft".
One of France's largest nuclear power stations partially shut down after the jellyfish blocked cooling filters.
Four new species of aquatic birds related to modern penguins have been described from fossils found in New Zealand, showing how these creatures flourished around 60 million years ago
In case you missed it last week among other big news items, Google shipped a phone camera with a zoom feature that uses generative AI. That's right: the Pixel 10 Pro comes with AI right inside the camera app that cleans up otherwise crappy digital zoom images all the way up to 100x. It's a […]
Eight years after breaking every record with an $800, 7,541-piece Star Wars Millennium Falcon, the Lego Group is introducing its first $1,000 set. It’s an intricately detailed Death Star nearly two feet tall (52.3cm), a foot and a half wide (48cm) and over a foot (38.3cm) deep, with enough compartments to re-enact nearly every iconic […]
Strava is bringing what it calls a “cleaner and more intuitive” experience to the Apple Watch along with Live Segments. The changes are meant to address growing demand from athletes turning to Apple’s wearable, according to Strava: In 2024, Strava saw a nearly 20 percent year-over-year increase in the share of device-uploading athletes using an […]
LinkedIn is trying to help put a stop to recruitment scams by requiring anyone with a recruitment-related job title to verify their place of employment. Executives will have to go through the same process, while company page verification is now rolling out more widely too. Existing recruiters won’t need to go through verification immediately, but […]
Adobe is bringing its video editor Premiere to iPhone, promising “pro-level” editing on the go for free. The app will launch later this month, with an Android version also under development. The Premiere app features a familiar multi-track timeline, with support for an unlimited number of video, audio, and text layers. There’s automatic captioning, 4K […]
Nvidia announced last month that it’s planning to upgrade its GeForce Now cloud gaming service to RTX 5080 GPUs. Now, we have a date for that upgrade: September 10th. The upgrade will allow GeForce Now subscribers to rent what’s effectively an RTX 5080 in the cloud, with a huge 48GB of memory and DLSS 4 support. Nvidia’s […]
A man whose arrest sparked a series of protests outside an Essex hotel housing asylum seekers, has been found guilty of sexual assault.
Farage-led party conferences used to be relatively ramshackle affairs.
TCL is not a brand that elicits desire, typically, yet here I am, looking at its IFA 2025 announcement of the PlayCube, wondering how a projector that pays homage to both a Rubik’s Cube and TARS can fit into my life. The all-in-one Google TV projector with up to 3-hours of battery life — introduced […]
Overly complex architecture featuring SpaceX's Starship to blame
A former NASA administrator has told the US Senate Commerce Committee that it is "highly unlikely" the US will return humans to the Moon before a Chinese taikonaut plants a flag on the lunar surface.…
At least one phone in Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 range may look a little different to what we were expecting, and a lot more like Apple’s iPhone 17 series. That’s going by a photo of dummy phones shared by leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson, who has a pretty good track record for sourcing accurate Apple […]
When armies invade, hurricanes form, or governments fall, a Wikipedia editor will typically update the relevant articles seconds after the news breaks. So quick are editors to change “is” to “was” in cases of notable deaths that they are said to have the fastest past tense in the West. So it was unusual, according to […]
The presidents of China and Russia were overheard discussing transplants as a way to prolong life.
The number of people killed following a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen sharply to 2,205, according to the Taliban government.
Mike Cannon-Brookes, the CEO of enterprise software giant Atlassian, was one of the first users of the Arc browser. Over the last several years, he has been a prolific bug reporter and feature requester. Now he'll own the thing: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company, the New York-based startup that makes both Arc and the […]
Luxury appliance manufacturer Miele is entering the outdoor cooking market with its new exterior kitchen range, which provides customizable modules and smart grilling capabilities. The “Dreams” modular outdoor kitchen introduced at IFA today includes “Fire Pro IQ,” which is a smart gas grill feature that automatically regulates temperatures and follows the grilling steps in whatever […]
Businesses have cut jobs at the fastest pace in almost four years, according to a closely-watched Bank of England survey which also paints a worrying picture for employment and wage growth ahead.
World number two Iga Swiatek challenges a journalist after her US Open defeat against Amanda Anisimova, rejecting the suggestion that she needs a "mental break" after the straight sets loss at Flushing Meadows.
Police investigating racist and abusive social media messages sent to England footballer Jess Carter have arrested a second man.
Nexthink estimates ESU bills could top $7.3B as millions of devices set to miss upgrade deadline
Free support is ending for many editions of Windows 10 on October 14, and enterprises unable to make the jump are on the hook for billions to keep the fixes flowing.…
Lloyds Banking Group's policy puts 3,000 jobs at risk, with staff to be told they must improve their work or lose their job.
A 30-year-old is arrested in Derbyshire after the messages were sent during the Women's Euros.
Paul Doyle, 53, denies 31 charges including causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
The man returned with the one-year-old as soon as he realised the mistake, and an investigation into the centre's safety protocols has been opened.
German giant takes aim at US hyperscaler dominance as some EU customers fret amid Trump 2.0 rhetoric
SAP says it will pump €20 billion into expanding sovereign cloud infrastructure in Europe over the next ten years, pitching itself as a secure and compliant alternative to American cloud giants.…
Local media reports suggest a cable came loose along the railway's route, causing it to lose control - a national day of mourning is being observed
The French women's team will not compete at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool because the results of their gender tests were not delivered on time.
Chatbots pretending to be Star Wars characters, actors, comedians and teachers on one of the world's most popular chatbot sites are sending harmful content to children every five minutes, according to a new report.
The take-down of the site has been championed as a major victory for live sports broadcasters.
First Minister John Swinney has called on the UK government to agree to another referendum on Scottish independence if a majority of SNP MSPs are elected at the 2026 Holyrood election.
ARIA spent £16.5M, has £600M in the tank, and no one asked for it back
ARIA – the UK science and technology agency inspired by DARPA in the US – was not asked to make savings leading up to the Spending Review, unlike other government departments.…
After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft’s first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and early employee Ric Weiland to run on the 6502 CPU that […]
Chris Brain was the leader of the evangelical movement the Nine O'Clock Service in Sheffield.
Huawei has announced the Mate XTs, its second-generation trifold phone, which is available to order now in China. It’s only a minor upgrade on the first edition, but comes with new colors, stylus support, and a slightly lower price tag. The biggest addition is the ability to use a stylus on the folding screen, though […]
The Game of Thrones actress will star in the new Prime Video show, helmed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Roborock is launching an updated Qrevo Curv robot vacuum that offers an impressive 25,000 Pa of suction power — topping the 18,500 Pa available with last year’s model. That’s not all that’s new with the Qrevo Curv 2 Pro, either, as the newly announced robovac comes with a dual-spinning mop system that automatically detaches before […]
Roborock, a company best known for its robovacs, is entering a new product category: robot lawnmowers. During the IFA 2025 tech conference, Roborock took the wraps off a trio of robot mowers, with its premium RockMow Z1 featuring an all-wheel drive system to handle steep slopes of up to 80 percent, or around 38.66 degrees. […]
Aryna Sabalenka's consistency at the Grand Slams is unrivalled in the women's game but, going into the US Open semi-finals, her three titles feels below par.
Brazil midfielder Lucas Paqueta considering legal action against the Football Association after being cleared on spot-fixing charges.
If you've been eagerly awaiting Samsung's long-teased trifold phone or Project Moohan XR headset, the company's IFA launches may feel a little prosaic: an affordable spinoff of its flagship phone line, and a pair of Android tablets. The Galaxy S25 FE and Tab S11 series may not be Samsung's most exciting launches of the year, […]
I’ve never been quite sure what to call the category Samsung’s Galaxy FE belongs to. Upper midrange? Midrange plus? Low flagship? Whatever we’re calling it, Samsung is bringing the concept back again this year in the Galaxy S25 FE, which continues to stand for Fan Edition. It’s still $650 like the S24 FE before it […]
Aeotec announced its Smart Home Hub 2 at the IFA tech show this week, marking the end of an era. The hub, produced in partnership with Samsung, is the fourth generation to support the SmartThings home automation platform, and the first without a Z-Wave radio. The Smart Home Hub 2 has twice the performance of […]
A man accused of driving into crowds at Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade has pleaded not guilty to all 31 charges.
AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
A UK government department's three-month trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot has revealed no discernible gain in productivity – speeding up some tasks yet making others slower due to lower quality outputs.…
A number of people have been taken to hospital after a bus struck pedestrians on a busy London street.
A greater proportion of electric cars were sold last month than at any point this year, industry data shows.
BBC political editor Chris Mason breaks it down in 90 seconds for Newscast.
Israeli bombardment of Gaza City is pushing more Palestinians out of their homes, residents have said.
London Underground services are set to face disruption from Sunday to Thursday.
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has arrived at court in London at the start of his trial, in which he is accused of harassing a transgender activist.
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has gone on trial accused of harassing a transgender activist.
Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom
Sainsbury's, Britain's second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech in two of its stores to curb shoplifting.…
Anker took its portable and incredibly bright Nebula X1 projector and jammed it into a 30 x 17 x 13.5-inch box with a 160W subwoofer to create the Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro. The resulting Google TV party projector — announced at IFA 2025 — weighs 72.4 pounds, so Anker also gave it a retractable handle and […]
Just one week after EcoFlow launched the fastest 99Wh power bank yet, Anker is firing back at IFA 2025 with a souped-up portable battery of its own. Anker’s Prime Power Bank (26k, 300W) supports 250W of input, or up to 300W of output to charge multiple devices simultaneously, making it a decent runner-up. It arrives […]
Anker is the latest company to announce an AI-powered voice recorder designed to transcribe, summarize, and highlight important moments from a conversation or meeting. Its functionality is similar to what’s offered by devices like the Bee or Plaud NotePin, but the Soundcore Work manages to further shrink the hardware down to an even smaller coin-sized […]
Eufy, Anker’s smart home brand, has announced a new outdoor security solution with a stationary 4K wide-angle camera that can spot intruders and then trigger a pair of 2K cameras to pan, tilt, and zoom in to get a closer look at their faces, even when they’re up to 164 feet away. Priced at $299, […]
Who needs legs? Eufy, Anker’s smart home brand, believes it has solved the problem of how a single robot vacuum can clean multiple floors in your home. Its new MarsWalker robot is equipped with four arms to carry a vacuum between levels, so you don’t have to lug it up the stairs yourself or buy […]
A new scheme that will allow worried families and patients to seek a rapid second opinion on their care is being rolled out to every acute hospital in England.
The UK and other allies hope to obtain clear US backing for their efforts to shore up Ukraine's defences.
Protesters rallied outside Holyrood today amid a call for the Scottish government to implement the landmark legal ruling on the definition of a woman.
Aqara’s at IFA in Berlin where it just announced a slew of new smart home products, highlighted by a new wired doorbell camera, a video recording hub for Aqara cameras, and the company’s first battery-powered camera for outdoor use. The new Doorbell Camera G400 is only available for wired installations, and works with Apple’s HomeKit […]
The Reform UK leader gives evidence to US lawmakers but gets a rough reception from some Democrats.
Belkin is launching four new affordable earbuds, including a wired option that provides active noise cancellation (ANC) for users who don’t want to worry about battery life. The SoundForm USB-C Wired Earbuds with ANC will be available sometime in October for $34.99, according to Belkin’s press release, and come in white or black. They feature […]
Belkin has announced new charging accessories at the IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany, including a wireless charging puck that doubles as a kickstand for your devices. The UltraCharge Magnetic Charger features a collapsible ring-shaped stand on the back that can either be used to prop up your phone, allowing you to stream hands-free content […]
Number eight Alex Matthews will captain England against Australia in their final Rugby World Cup pool match on Saturday.
Philips Hue has announced the biggest revamp of its smart lighting line in years, introducing lower-cost lights, support for Matter over Thread, and a new generation of brighter light strips. The update includes the launch of a new Essentials line, motion-sensing technology across all Hue lights, and what the company calls the "brightest and best […]
Philips Hue has announced that its smart light bulbs - both new and existing models - are being upgraded to feature built-in motion sensing. The new feature, called Hue MotionAware, uses radio-frequency (RF) sensing to detect changes in the Zigbee signal between bulbs, allowing them to respond to movement without the need for separate motion […]
Hue is teaming up with Sonos to let you control your smart lights using its built-in voice assistant. As rumored, the new function, which launched at IFA 2025 this week, lets you turn your Hue lights on, off, and dim them, as well as control scenes, simply by asking your speaker. The controller processes everything […]
After a Philips Hue app update leaked a new Hue video doorbell in March, parent company Signify is making it official this week. The $169 Hue Secure video doorbell is arriving in October to complement Hue’s other Secure indoor and outdoor camera offerings. The Hue Secure video doorbell looks much like any other smart doorbell […]
Smart lighting company Philips Hue debuted a bunch of new products this week at the IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany, and most of them are available now. The launch, which is the biggest in the company’s history, includes cheaper smart lights, a new bridge for its Zigbee ecosystem, a redesigned line of light strips, […]
It is unclear whether the individuals the deputy PM consulted had expertise in complex tax law.
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GOTO 1976
Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.…
Angela Rayner has given a lengthy explanation as to why she underpaid stamp duty on the purchase of her second home, but there are still many unanswered questions.
Tickets for next year's FIFA World Cup will use dynamic pricing, meaning fans will pay different prices according to demand.
Portuguese authorities have declared three days of mourning after Lisbon's iconic Gloria funicular crashed, killing 17 people and injuring 23.
She's still only 19, but Britain's Tiah-Mai Ayton has set her sights on becoming the youngest ever undisputed champion in boxing.
Harrods is to remove sculptures of Mohamed al Fayed who is accused of raping and sexually assaulting dozens of women.
Hundreds of patients have been helped by rule, which makes it easier to get an urgent second opinion.
Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission
France’s data protection authority levied massive fines against Google and SHEIN for dropping cookies on customers without securing their permission, and also whacked Google for showing ads in email service.…
Aukey has announced a new modular charging solution called the MagFusion Ark. It combines a base station featuring up to three Qi2.2 charging pads with spherical power banks that each have their own Qi2.2-compatible pads. The spheres support passthrough charging and can wirelessly charge another device while they’re on the base station, but they can […]
A new project hopes to boost the dwindling number of computing science teachers.
Steven Cook vanished in Crete in 2005 before his remains were eventually found at the bottom of a well.
More than 1,000 Wales fans have made the 7,000 mile round trip to Astana for the World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan, with colourful tales to tell.
There has been a lack of clarity over the age of the Hadrian's Wall tree which was illegally felled.
The Anthropic CEO calls for more regulation and explains how AI could take your job.
An exploration of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, intended to enshrine Ukraine's security.
Angela Rayner's admission that she underpaid stamp duty on her flat in Hove dominates Thursday's papers.
Jannik Sinner continues his US Open title defence in dominant fashion as he sweeps past fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti to reach the semi-finals.
The move is in response to a lower court ruling that some tariffs did not fall within the president's mandate.
Shift to self-service will apparently improve support, presumably Big Blue's bottom line too
IBM Cloud will update the services it provides under its Basic Support tier, which will move to a self-service model in January 2026.…
Beijing's military parade shows how Trump has created new international bedfellows in just months, writes Anthony Zurcher.
