The thing about carrying multiple devices is you usually end up hauling a nest of cables along with them. Now imagine trimming your kit down to a single, versatile cord that can provide power to your smartphone and laptop simultaneously. That’s where Anker’s 140W 2-in-1 USB-C to USB-C Cable comes in, and right now you […]

Can sea slugs form abstract thoughts? Do we dare to see any "purpose" in evolution? Is the subjective just a complicated form of the objective? Nikolay Kukushkin's One Hand Clapping is a bold voyage around the mysteries of the human mind, finds Thomas Lewton

Feedback comes across a YouTuber's efforts to build a large language model in Minecraft and is impressed at the scale of it – even if it doesn't quite live up to its promise to blow your mind "in spectacular fashion"

COP's negotiations this month will focus on money for climate change adaptation. While more money is essential, even a big increase won't be enough on its own and we need to face up to this, warns Susannah Fisher

The US government's decision to stop supporting a telescope facility that would have given us unprecedented insight into the early universe is calamitous, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

The internet is not what it once was, with so many apps and websites mere shadows of themselves. Thankfully, the inventor of the web Tim Berners-Lee, has a fix that we should adopt

Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes

In Ed Sayers's breathtaking documentary, a global community of film-makers capture the wildlife in their local areas. It's a bold departure from the glossy perspective of traditional nature documentaries, says Simon Ings

Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur is jailed for life for the murder of 37-year-old Gurvinder Johal.

The Paris prosecutor says the jewels are not yet recovered and there could be a bigger gang behind the theft.

Migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from prison, has claimed in an interview with Sky News that he tried to hand himself in to police a day before he was arrested, but was ignored by officers.

A man has been charged after a triple stabbing in west London.

A man has been charged after a triple stabbing in west London.

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How far would you take your flight simulation hobby? Perhaps some extra screens? Maybe some custom controllers? Or would you go as far as to revive a scrapped Boeing 747 cockpit to satisfy your simulation needs?…

There has been plenty to leave Donald Trump buoyant during his trip around Asia.

Julia Wandelt is cross-examined at her trial, where is accused of stalking Madeleine McCann's parents.

England suffer a 125-run defeat by South Africa in the World Cup semi-final after Laura Wolvaardt's majestic 169 and Marizanne Kapp's five-wicket haul.

Microsoft Azure, including Office 365, Minecraft, X-Box Live, Copilot and many other services, was down for thousands of users on Wednesday due to issues with its domain name system.

The US chip-maker has rapidly climbed from a niche graphics-chip manufacturer to an AI titan.

The police operation targeting a criminal gang in a densely-populated area of Rio is the deadliest in the city.

The Jamaican authorities are trying to assess the impact of Hurricane Melissa - footage on social media is revealing the scale of the damage left behind

Laura Wolvaardt's 169-run innings and Marizanne Kapp's five-wicket haul helps South Africa to a huge 125-run win over England to reach the final of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.

A former policeman has been found guilty of second-degree murder after the fatal shooting of a woman in the US.

Halo coming to PlayStation is one of those events that, five years ago, would have been the tell that "something is not right here" in a show about time travel or alternate universes. Looking at the state of Xbox with its layoffs, game cancellations, price hikes, studio closures, and a soft release schedule light on […]

Uxbridge residents ran out with baseball bats to protect one of the men attacked on Monday.

The Big Four biz’s big fat fail exposed a boatload of secrets online

A Dutch cybersecurity outfit says its lead researcher recently stumbled upon a 4TB+ SQL Server backup file belonging to EY exposed to the web, effectively leaking the accounting and consulting megacorp's secrets.…

Harry Pitman, 16, died after he was stabbed at Primrose Hill, north London, on 31 December 2023.

US President Trump says "nothing" will jeopardise the two-week-old ceasefire despite the flare-up of violence.

The government's chief legal adviser says the trial would have gone ahead if new legislation had been in force.

If you want one of the best home theater experiences LG can provide, the 65-inch LG G5 OLED is down to a new record low price. Regularly $3,399.99, you can buy the TV for around $1,996.99 at Amazon and directly from LG. Other configurations are also on sale, with the 77-inch going for around $3,456.99 […]

You’re going to start seeing more warnings in Chrome when accessing insecure sites. Starting next October, Chrome will soon warn users when they visit a public website without an encrypted HTTPS connection. Chrome already issues a “Your connection is not private” message when you visit pages that have an HTTPS connection that’s misconfigured. But this […]

The man who invented the web is aware of the many issues it faces, from problematic social media use to the rise of unfettered AI. He also has a plan to remedy the situation

The unamed Briton passed information to Russia while working as a military instructor, prosecutors say.

The Israeli military says it has carried out a fresh strike on Gaza, in a move that will further raise concerns about the fragility of its ceasefire with Hamas.

Tesla’s Cybercab isn’t scheduled to go into production until 2026, but when it does, it may end up stuck with a vestige of the automotive past: a steering wheel. To be sure, we still use steering wheels. But the Tesla Cybercab was meant to be the first vehicle of the new future, and there’s nothing […]

Noncitizens, prepare to have your mugshot stored for up to 75 years

Planning to visit the United States in the near future? If so, get ready to have your picture taken – and stored for decades – upon both entry and exit under a new Customs and Border Protection rule.…

The two suspects arrested over the Louvre jewellery heist have "partially" confessed to their involvement in the robbery, according to a prosecutor.

A teenager has been found guilty of murder over the stabbing of a 16-year-old at a New Year's Eve event.

RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.

The prime minister fails to repeat a promise not to raise income tax rates, VAT or National Insurance next month.

TypeScript was ranked top programming language

The Indian software developer community will outgrow the US's by 2030, GitHub's Octoverse 2025 report shows. However, today, the United States remains in the lead.…

Google introduced support for the ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless protocol with the Pixel 6 Pro in 2021. But if you’ve been struggling to get your Pixel phone to precisely locate one of the few Android-compatible trackers that support UWB, it’s because that feature is only enabled on the Pro models of the Pixel 8 and above, […]

Parliament's spending watchdog has asked the Crown Estate to explain the rationale behind Prince Andrew's "peppercorn" rent at Royal Lodge.

The Southport killer had "left-wing extremist behaviour" which worried support workers who were working with him to counter his isolation and anxiety, the inquiry into the murders has heard.

The BBC's Bernd Debusmann looks at video clips of the strikes that have killed at least 57 people in the Caribbean and Pacific.

Nvidia has become the world’s first $5 trillion company. Shares soared by up to 5 percent to over $211 around 9:30AM ET on Wednesday morning, according to Bloomberg, marking the latest milestone for a company that only just hit the $4 trillion mark in July. Nvidia shares have been on the rise as the company […]

England flanker Guy Pepper was first identified by Steve Borthwick in 2022 and will now start against Australia.

Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr apologises to supporters for his reaction to being substituted in Sunday's fiery El Clasico win against Barcelona.

Oscar-winning author and performer would prefer Copilot did not offer her writing assistance

Dame Emma Thompson's expletive-laden takedown of AI writing assistants may strike a chord with frustrated users everywhere.…

Grieving families have been mourning dozens of people killed during a lethal police operation against gang members in Rio de Janeiro, days before Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit.

Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is seeking £64m in damages over the 2008 drivers' championship, which was won by Lewis Hamilton.

The inquests heard Mr Daulby held synagogue door for two minutes as Al-Shamie tried to get inside.

Liverpool City Council says decision to quash fine was incorrect, despite social media star's earlier victory

GPU giant teams with partners to create digital twin blueprint for next-gen datacenters

Nvidia unveiled Omniverse DSX at its GTC event in Washington DC — a blueprint for designing and operating gigawatt-scale AI datacenters using digital twin technology.…

Google smart home users in the US can now get an early taste of the new Gemini for Home assistant, which began rolling out in early access on Tuesday. It’s slated to replace the current Google Assistant on Nest devices, marking one of the most significant updates yet to Google’s smart home ecosystem. It runs […]

After Nothing’s recent flagship Phone 3 ditched its trademark Glyph Lights in favor of a dot matrix display, the new Phone 3A Lite brings them back — but only one of them. The affordable  phone launches today in the UK and Europe, but won’t get a release in the US. The 3A Lite features just […]

The majority of Amazon smart speakers lean more into the "smart" than the "speaker," except for the Echo Studio. That device, which arrived in November 2019, was an imposing, sound-quality-first speaker that delivered Alexa functionality alongside impressive sound for a $200 device. But that was nearly six years ago - an eternity in tech product […]

I love the Echo Dot Max. It's an excellent speaker, a good listener, and comes in purple - which is just fun. It's got new, easier-to-use controls and more smart home sensors and radios than earlier models. It's also one of the first devices designed for Alexa Plus. And while the AI-powered assistant isn't mandatory […]

TikTok announced three new features at its US Creator Summit yesterday. They include an update to revenue sharing for creators that offer subscriptions plus tools that can help with both the early planning stages of a video, and the process of editing longer clips into multiple shorter ones. Smart Split is an AI-powered editing tool […]

World champion Luke Littler is forced to withdraw from Wednesday's Players Championship 33 event in Wigan after arriving late for registration.

The AI chatbot app, which has millions of users, said it was responding to parents and regulators.

Bosses banking on automation? 55% will regret those job cuts

Many organizations rushing to cut staff in the name of AI efficiency are expected to quietly rehire those roles — often "offshore or at lower salary."…

Apple is planning to incorporate OLED displays across more of its devices, including the MacBook Air, iPad Mini, and iPad Air, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company added an OLED display to the iPad Pro last year and the upgraded M5 model released this month, offering improved brightness, better contrast, and […]

A small boat migrant who stabbed a man to death in a high street bank has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 25 years.

OpenAI is ending October with a new for-profit structure, a new deal with Microsoft, and an entirely new level of pressure to achieve artificial general intelligence. The generally accepted definition of AGI is an artificial intelligence system that equals or surpasses human cognitive ability. But even as it's become a goalpost for the entire AI […]

AI writing aid Grammarly is now part of Superhuman, alongside Coda, Superhuman Mail, and a new AI assistant called Superhuman Go. The new Superhuman suite, including all those tools, will be available starting today for everyone with a paid Grammarly Pro subscription. Superhuman Go will be available to subscribers for no extra cost through February […]

Character.AI is gradually shutting down chats for people under 18 and rolling out new ways to figure out if users are adults. The company announced Wednesday that under-18 users will be immediately limited to two hours of "open-ended chats" with its AI characters, and that limit will shrink to a complete ban from chats by […]

YouTube has announced several new features that aim to improve the viewing experience on TV screens, including an instant shopping tool and visual upgrades for low-resolution videos. Specifically, YouTube says it will start automatically upscaling videos uploaded below 1080p, using AI to bump them to HD resolution, and plans to support upscaling to 4K “in […]

Keeping track of checks, 1990s style

The early versions of Windows NT were the last hurrah for the Windows 3.1-esque Program Manager. But getting the Windows 95 shell into the codebase occasionally required using CAPITAL LETTERS.…

Black, who was the SNP deputy leader at Westminster, will play a detective in the eight-part series in her first acting role for television.

Crew of Coral Adventurer only realised the 80-year-old Australian was missing hours after they left Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

Uber has picked the first city for the launch of its new robotaxi service with Lucid and Nuro. No surprise, it’s San Francisco. The companies have already begun on-road testing after the delivery of their first vehicle, a Lucid Gravity SUV modified with Nuro’s self-driving software. But they will still need to obtain the driverless […]

Emails confirm payroll and bank details lifted in cyberattack on US subsidiary

Global marketing giant Dentsu is writing to current and former staff after a cyberattack on a subsidiary led to bank, payroll, and other sensitive data being stolen.…

Seoul will also invest $350bn in the US as part of the deal, which Donald Trump says is "pretty much finalised".

60% of government services rely on Amazon, Google, or Microsoft's clouds

The UK government will publish a plan for handling future cloud outages after last week's AWS failure knocked out several departments.…

On Monday, a new online “encyclopedia” sputtered to life. Grokipedia is the brainchild of Elon Musk and his startup xAI, and the billionaire is promoting it as a supposedly less woke and less biased version of Wikipedia. Musk’s goal? “The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” In both format and style, Grokipedia […]

The Capture IT system predated Horizon, and victims are potentially in line for payouts of up to £300,000.

Cameo is suing OpenAI over Sora 2’s “cameo” feature, accusing the ChatGPT maker of using the name to compete directly with its personalized celebrity video service. The trademark infringement lawsuit filed in a California federal court on Tuesday alleges that OpenAI’s usage of cameo is “highly likely to dilute and tarnish” Cameo’s branding by confusing […]

The US central bank has cut interest rates for the second time this year in a move consistently sought by President Trump.

A man who made a bomb hoax call to a synagogue days after the Manchester synagogue attack has been jailed for 10 months.

A man and a woman have been arrested over the death of a one-year-old girl who is thought to have "come into contact with chemicals", police have said.

A £4bn data centre investment in the UK by one of the industry's biggest companies has been confirmed today, Sky News can reveal.

Bill Gates wants us all to be more upbeat about climate change. He argues that we've made great progress on the problem, aided in large part by technological advances. So it's time to focus more on improving people's lives, particularly by fighting hunger and disease, he writes in a memo published Tuesday. Of course, he […]

The two world leaders are set to hold talks in South Korea, after months of escalating trade tension between the US and China.

Computers built with analogue circuits promise huge speed and efficiency gains over ordinary computers, but normally at the cost of accuracy. Now, an analogue computer designed to carry out calculations that are key to AI training could fix that

Apple's Vision Pro remains the best VR headset by a mile, and there are many moments when it feels magical to use. I love staring at 3D photos, watching movies on huge screens, and working across a bunch of floating windows. But I noticed something weird after I wrote my first review in 2024: I […]

ICO fined Bharat Singh Chand £200,000 after receiving 19,138 complaints

Britain's data watchdog has fined a sole trader £200,000 for nearly a million spam texts targeting people in debt – almost 20 pence per message.…

A new congestion charge affecting parts of Oxford comes into force today.

Since Brendan Rodgers resigned as Celtic manager on Monday, several candidates have emerged as the Northern Irishman's long-term successor.

The notes were thrown overboard just a few days into a voyage to join the battlefields of France more than a century ago.

Housebuilders tell the government's budget watchdog the new homes target for England is too optimistic.

Essential food assistance for millions may run out this weekend due to the government shutdown.

So can you really say you have a ceasefire if one side has spent the night bombing the other, killing dozens of people? Can a peace deal encompass such violence? 

It's been nearly two weeks since Microsoft, a multi-trillion dollar company, shipped a $600 handheld "Xbox" that can't be relied on to sleep, wake, or hold a charge while asleep in my tests. Neither Microsoft nor Asus would admit there's a problem with the white Xbox Ally or offer a timeline to fix it after […]

The claims relate to checks carried out between the 1970s and 2010s at a number of locations.

At least 104 people, including 46 children, have been killed overnight in Gaza after Israel launched new strikes, hospital officials have said.

Next is now expecting to report a pre-tax profit of just over £1.1bn at the end of January 2026.

Onboard cores use a Linux stack based on Ubuntu

Ubuntu Summit  One of the more unexpected talks at last week's Ubuntu Summit 25.10 in London was by Antonio Salvemini of Bolt Graphics, who introduced the company's forthcoming range of Zeus graphics accelerator hardware. These are very unlike any conventional GPUs – or indeed anything else.…

Wildlife trusts attempt to raise £30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.