Sam Billings says there has been no contact from England over the vacant men's white-ball captaincy.

The Office for National Statistics is under review after criticism about the reliability of its data.

The King carries out his first public engagement since experiencing side effects from his cancer treatment last Thursday.

Grant Paterson was on a break in Rome when the B&B in the city's Monteverde area collapsed on 23 March.

'There needs to be a better economic as well as copyright framework', Thomson Reuters CPO tells us

Interview  Thomson Reuters, based in Canada, recently scored a partial summary judgment against Ross Intelligence, after a US court ruled the AI outfit's use of the newswire giant's copyrighted Westlaw content didn't qualify as fair use.…

The most senior and long-serving civil servants could be offered a maximum of £95,000 to quit their jobs as part of a government efficiency drive.

Smartphones are great. They’re also… a lot. The idea of a more balanced device, one that gives you all of the most important and useful features of a smartphone but keeps you out of the infinite-doomscrolling loops, has been an enticing one for a long time. Nailing that balance, though, turns out to be almost […]

Ann Bigger took up the sport in January and has earned her yellow striped belt.

Dbrand wants you to feel less guilty about having your face buried in a screen all day and not getting outside to ‘touch grass.’ The company’s latest collection of skins lets you wrap your gadgets in bright green artificial turf so you can touch grass whenever you want and no matter where you are. The […]

Police have shot dead a man in Milton Keynes.

Substack plans to protect foreign writers “residing lawfully” in the US who may be targeted by the government for what they write. The company is partnering with the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) to provide legal support to impacted writers — whether they publish on Substack or not — citing recent attacks […]

The research found a correlation between looking at a screen in bed and reporting insomnia and sleep loss.

Commerce chief threatens to pull grants so firms double down on US spending

More doubt is being cast over the US CHIPS Act program with the Trump administration threatening to halt payments unless companies in line to receive funding commit to substantially expand their own investments.…

A man who stalked Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas for six years has avoided jail.

Though Sony’s initial plans to release Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse in 2024 didn’t quite work out, the film finally has a new premiere date that seems like it will stick. Last night at this year’s CinemaCon expo, Sony announced that it now intends for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse to hit theaters a little over two […]

It’s finally time for the biggest video game event of the last few years. In January, Nintendo officially unveiled the successor to the Switch, helpfully called the Switch 2. The short video showed off some of the console’s features, like magnetized Joy-Cons, and provided a brief glimpse at a new Mario Kart game. But it […]

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social media presence in 2025, you really, truly only have four options on April Fools’ Day: So far, we’ve seen […]

On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak — and give away two giant cardboard checks for $1 million. Attendance at the event was limited to people who had added their names to a petition against “activist judges,” created by Musk’s America PAC. He has promised money […]

Another 23 female potential victims have reported that they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou - the Chinese PhD student detectives believe may be one of the country's most prolific sex offenders.

A British tourist who was seriously injured after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a three-storey B&B in Rome has died.

The UK government must be thrilled

Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it'll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT admins.…

How’s that 5G rollout going in your area? Even in 2025, there’s no guarantee you’re going to be able to get reliable cell service everywhere you go, especially if you happen to live somewhere that’s especially crowded or remote — or if you work in your company’s basement. That’s where Wi-Fi calling comes in, which […]

Google is updating Gmail to allow enterprise users to send encrypted messages to any inbox in just a few clicks. Google says it’s developed a new encryption model that, unlike the current encryption feature on Gmail, doesn’t require senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange encryption certificates. The feature is rolling out in […]

More than 20 former players involved in a class action have received a seven-figure sum.

PC Trevor Lock, a hero of the famous Iranian embassy siege in London, has died at the age of 85.

Fulcrum is region's latest challenge to the hyperscalers

An alliance of cloud service providers in Europe is investing €1 million into the Fulcrum Project, an open source cloud federation tech that gives an alternative to local customers anxious about using US hypercalers.…

The sentencing judge says Kyle Shaw made a "menacing threat" against Shirley Ballas and her family.

Emergency services found a bus and car alight on Monday evening and three people died at the scene.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner tasks Yuki Tsunoda with "getting as close as possible" to Max Verstappen.

So much of our online and technological lives rely on standards, the sets of rules designed to make sure our favorite gadgets and services work together. At their best, they make everything work seamlessly, and we never need to worry about what’s happening behind the scenes. But at their worst, they leave us perplexed about […]

At the Dakshineswar temple complex in India, Hanuman langurs beg for food by grabbing visitors’ legs or tugging on their clothes – and they don’t stop until they get their favourite snacks

Betty Webb MBE worked at Bletchley Park during World War Two intercepting enemy messages.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is out for up to seven weeks with an ankle injury suffered in Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final win at Bournemouth, says manager Pep Guardiola.

Tne trade secretary says the UK will be hit by tariffs on Wednesday but can negotiate an exemption.

Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation's full details for first time

The UK's technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government's Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing to act against specific threats under consideration.…

Several bills are going up at the start of what some commentators have dubbed "awful April".

Every time I see “mAh” on a consumer product, I cringe. Megahertz are starting to bruise, too. That’s because the most critical components of portable gadgets — batteries and processors — should really be measured in watts: it’s the one common spec that gives you a real idea of what your device can do. With watts, […]

The scheme, piloted in Greater Manchester, is being rolled out across England and Wales.

The press takes a leading role destroying the rule of law

The first of April marks the turn of the financial year as well as Fool's Day, but the cost of living increases arriving this month are no joke. 

The convicted sex offender was ordered to pay a woman he abused when she was 12 more than £500,000.

Buying a giant battery for the next blackout or off-grid adventure can be daunting, especially when hundreds or even thousands of dollars are on the line. Get it wrong and you’ve either spent too much money for something you’ll never use or discover that you didn’t buy enough capacity to keep your most important devices […]

James Anderson will miss the first month of the County Championship with injury but says he could play another three years at Lancashire.

Matt's daughter was attacked by an XL bully - he agreed to meet an owner to find out why anyone would want one.

A powerful storm in the Aegean Sea has triggered flash flooding on the Greek holiday island of Paros.

What counts as failure in New Space?

Comment  Yet another rocket exploded over the weekend and – you guessed it – its CEO called the test flight "a great success." This raises the question: what even counts as failure anymore in the world of so-called "New Space" – the VC-fueled and risk-friendly private rocket sector?…

Donald Trump is expected to unleash a massive escalation in his trade war, with the UK not expected to be spared punitive tariffs set to take immediate effect.

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan are among the stars who will play The Beatles in Sam Mendes' biopics.

Gary Glitter has been made bankrupt after failing to pay more than £500,000 in damages to a woman he abused when she was 12 years old.

A Bitcoin tycoon has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in what is the first manned spacecraft to circle Earth over the North and South poles.

Gangs control most of the capital but the attack seems to suggest they are expanding to other towns.

Rumours are swirling that Ukraine may soon hold elections. Would that ever work during a war?

A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world over the past seven days.

Modern 64-bit-only chips are leaving the original Arm operating system behind

A new funding effort from RISC OS Open seeks to modernize the operating system for future Arm hardware.…

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan will play Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the upcoming Beatles films - with a Stranger Things star also portraying one of the Fab Four.

There are more billionaires than ever before - and Elon Musk is the richest of them all, according to Forbes' latest billionaires list.

Mark Zuckerberg — having spent months cozying up to President Donald Trump — will now be looking to reap the benefits as European tech regulators bear down on Meta. The EU is expected to impose fines against the social media giant any day now, having preliminarily ruled in July 2024 that Facebook and Instagram’s “pay […]

Distance runner Ben Connor says he is declining his selection by Great Britain for the European Road Running Championships after being asked to pay to compete.

A tractor has crashed into two houses in Chester, knocking down their front walls.

Three people have died after a crash between a car and a bus near Heathrow Airport late last night. - with both vehicles catching fire.

Lenders told of £175 million project top-up for 2025, four years after buyout

The UK's third-largest supermarket has seen the expected costs of its tech divorce from former US owner Walmart rise to nearly £1 billion ($1.3 billion) after news broke that the project is now expected to run into calendar Q3 of year four, overshooting its original three-year timeline.…

Sewage was illegally poured into the Lake District's famous Lake Windermere for a record number of days last year, campaigners say, citing new analysis.

Not exactly Snowden levels of skill

A student at Britain's top eavesdropping government agency has pleaded guilty to taking sensitive information home on the first day of his trial.…

The priciest judicial contest in US history will indicate voter sentiment towards President Trump's billionaire ally.

ChatGPT’s latest image generator — which has gone viral for its ability to generate uncanny recreations of Studio Ghibli art — is now available for everyone, after OpenAI initially delayed the rollout beyond its paid tiers following heavy demand. CEO Sam Altman announced on X that the image generation update has “now rolled out to […]

Doctor Who's new companion Varada Sethu feels getting into the acting industry can be tough for South Asians.

Sir Keir Starmer has said US-UK trade talks are "well advanced" ahead of tariffs expected to be imposed by Donald Trump on the UK this week - but rejected a "knee-jerk" response.

A woman has been rescued from an earthquake-shattered building in Myanmar, 91 hours after becoming encased in rubble.

Three and a half million low-paid workers saw their wages increase on 1 April.

March was one of the driest and sunniest on record for some parts of the UK.

Optimistic much?

Arm expects to see its architecture account for half of the datacenter CPU market by the end of this year, up from 15 percent in 2024, all thanks to the AI boom.…

The cost of temporary accommodation is adding further pressure to council budgets.

Piles of black rubbish bags are filling the pavements of Birmingham, as the city deals with an ongoing bin strike.

The developers of Palworld and PUBG: Battlegrounds have announced details of dating simulators set in the universes of their respective games. The Palworld dating sim, technically called Pal♡world! ~More Than Just Pals~, was actually announced ahead of April Fools’ Day last year. But yesterday, developer Pocketpair released a second trailer for the game and published […]

Daria Kasatkina says she feels "emotional" after switching allegiance from Russia to Australia but "didn't have much choice".

Residents near the scene say the child was playing in the water during a day off from school.

Blame the 23andMe implosion, rise in far-right govt

OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April.…

Ampler made one of the first modern e-bikes I ever tested, and now it’s selling the first commercial electric bikes — the Nova and Nova Pro — I’m aware of that can be charged over a USB-C port integrated right into the frame. Hell, that same jack will even charge your gadgets in a pinch, but not […]

How about making sure Windows crashes less, and stops hassling us to use Edge? That would improve productivity, too

Microsoft has quietly revealed it’s redesigning the Blue Screen of Death, the notification that Windows presents after it crashes so badly a reboot is the only way out.…

The Premier League is back after two weeks off - here's a reminder of how things stand at both ends of the table... and when the title and relegation can be decided.

Images taken in Shetland, Orkney, Highlands and Edinburgh were among the winners.

Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discuss Carlo Ancelotti's long reign as king of the Champions League and the reasons behind his success.

European rightwingers react to the French far-right politician being banned from running for public office.

After becoming an indoor 60m European and world champion, Welsh sprinter Jeremiah Azu turns his attention to the outdoor season.

A mixture of headlines dominate the front pages of UK papers on Tuesday.

British citizen Momodou Taal had his visa revoked due to protest activities opposing Israel.

Democracy Minister Rushanara Ali is planning measures to protect against foreign political interference.

OK, AMD it is, then. Or Nvidia, Arm, Qualcomm, RISC-V, MOS 6502 ...

Intel's newly appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan has used his first major speech to admit the x86 goliath needs to shape up, and sketched out plans to turn things around.…

BBC West investigations uncover reports expressing serious concerns about parts of a site where four people died.

Producing this stuff is bad enough, but d'ya really have to leave all of it on the web for anyone to find?

Jeremiah Fowler, an Indiana Jones of insecure systems, says he found a trove of sexually explicit AI-generated images exposed to the public internet – all of which disappeared after he tipped off the team seemingly behind the highly questionable pictures.…

China's military says it has begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan.

A spokesperson tells the BBC Ms Giuffre "greatly appreciates the support and well wishes people are sending".

Humorous headlines once flooded the papers on 1 April. Experts explain why it does not happen today.

Exclusive data shows how neglect of this common mental health condition costs the UK nearly £10bn a year.

Resurge an apt name for malware targeting hardware maker that has security bug after security bug

Owners of Ivanti’s Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateway products have a new strain of malware to fend off, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA.…

The deaths of 15 people including paramedics in a convoy have been blamed on Israel's military.

Victims of crime in England and Wales will be able to attend parole hearings to decide whether a prisoner can be released from jail.

OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a new investment round led by SoftBank, vaulting the company to a $300 billion valuation. It’s the largest funding round for a private tech company in history, according to CNBC. OpenAI is set to receive $10 billion up front (SoftBank will invest $7.5 billion along with $2.5 billion “from […]

Indiana Uni rm -rf online profiles while agents haul boxes of evidence

A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly since federal agents raided their homes late last week.…

'Awful April" will see a range of household bills rise, but there are ways to ease the pain.