The top 20 men's and women's players send a letter to the four Grand Slams asking for more prize money.
Arm-based silicon to help Google hardware muscle in on territory of Microsoft's own Arm-based PCs
MediaTek is bringing out a new chip for Chromebooks that blurs the boundary with Copilot+ PCs, sporting an 8-core CPU cluster and a neural processing unit (NPU) rated at 50 TOPS.…
Though the last season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ended on a perilous note, when the Paramount Plus series returns, it’s going to lean into the whimsical energy that made the original ‘60s show feel fun. Ahead of Strange New Worlds’ season three premiere, Paramount Plus has dropped a new trailer teasing how the […]
Shares of Apple, Amazon, and other tech stocks are getting walloped on Thursday as the markets digest the impact of President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs announced on Wednesday evening. Shares of Apple were down about 9 percent on Thursday morning, which would mark the biggest drop in about five years if it holds […]
Five years after Nikon released its entry-level and more affordable alternative to its original Z7 and Z6 full-frame cameras, the company is finally updating its Z5 with improved autofocus and image stabilization, and a much brighter electronic viewfinder. Nikon says the new Z5 II is also its first camera that can capture video in its […]
Microsoft’s business-oriented “Link” mini-desktop PC, which connects directly to the company’s Windows 365 cloud service, is now available to buy for $349.99 in the US and in several other countries. Windows 365 Link, which was announced last November, is a device that is more easily manageable by IT departments than a typical computer while also […]
Samir Shegwara was arrested after the BBC reported the existence of evidence linking Libya with the bombing.
Donald Trump's trade war escalation has sparked a global sell-off, with US markets seeing the biggest declines.
US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.
Founder shares 4K Altair BASIC source ahead of 50th anniversary
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has shared the 1975 source code for Altair BASIC.…
The decision by the chair of Prince Harry's Sentebale charity to spend almost half a million pounds on consultancy fees, and who she decided to pay, will form part of a Charity Commission investigation, according to an expert in charity governance.
The mother of Manchester attack victim Martyn Hett has reached her goal of introducing a new law.
The Charity Commission has launched an investigation into the dispute at the Sentebale charity.
Two men have appeared in court amid a major police investigation into a feud between crime gangs in Edinburgh.
Arsenal defender Gabriel requires surgery on his hamstring that will rule him out for the remainder of the season.
The BBC gets hands-on with the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, launching in June.
The value proposition of the Nintendo Switch 2 may seem pretty clear, but it’s much more obvious when you use one. Nintendo’s new console is the Switch but slightly bigger and slightly better, and that has been apparent since the device was first revealed in January in a mostly detail-free presentation. Now, we finally have […]
A new Mario Kart is usually built around some kind of notable feature. Double Dash added co-op play, while the DS iteration let you play other people online. With Mario Kart 8, it was gravity-defying tracks and, later, the idea of expanding the game through DLC courses. With Mario Kart World, perhaps the biggest launch […]
One of the most exciting parts of Nintendo’s new console is, well, an old console. GameCube games are coming to the Switch 2 for Nintendo Online subscribers, and it’s starting off with a pretty killer trio of releases: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (which somehow was never ported to the Switch), Soulcalibur II […]
Perhaps the most noticeable difference between the original Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2 — besides the more expensive price — is the new Joy-Con controller and its come-out-of-nowhere mouse functionality. I got the chance to demo them at a hands-on event, and damn are my shoulders and wrists sore. There were several games at […]
Despite the increasing number of potential buyers, neither the app nor its Chinese owner have confirmed they will do a deal.
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.
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.
Last year's winner I Am Maximus heads the field for Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree as a maximum line-up of 34 runners is named.
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.…
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.
A 10% rate of import tax will apply globally - with higher rates for a list of Trump's "worst offenders".
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.
After years of rumors, Nintendo has finally announced a release date for the Switch 2. The long-awaited successor to the Switch will be available on June 5th for $449.99, bringing a handing of games and accessories along with it. It will be available for preorder in the US from select retailers starting on April 9th, […]
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.
