Aston Villa have fixed their goalscoring issues, but their terrible record from the penalty spot is a growing problem.

The Cambodian national is charged with running scam compounds that stole from people all over the world.

An increase in deadly incidents has been partly caused by climate change, an inquiry found.

In 1645, the stronghold of Caerphilly's famous medieval castle was besieged and captured by the forces of Oliver Cromwell.

Microsoft is joining the AI browser wave with the official launch of a new “Copilot Mode” in Edge. The option, first announced in July, turns Copilot into your portal to the web, with each new tab opening a chat window where you can either ask a question, conduct a search, or enter a URL. Copilot […]

Vladimir Putin has described Donald Trump's sanctions against two major oil firms as an "unfriendly act".

What?! No complimentary credit monitoring?

The Canadian outpost of retailer Toys R Us on Thursday notified customers that attackers accessed a database, stole some of their personal information, then posted the data online.…

The race to make the Lego Game Boy play actual Game Boy games ended before it even began. The same day Lego officially launched the set, Natalie the Nerd revealed she'd already transformed it to play real Game Boy cartridges on real Game Boy chips. Turns out she's not stopping there! Natalie is now working […]

Thirteen people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured on Bloody Sunday in January 1972 at a civil rights demonstration in the Bogside area of Derry.

The process to chose a chair for the inquiry was thrown into chaos when two leading the leading recused themselves from the job, the BBC understands.

Apple has lost a landmark lawsuit over fees in the App Store, which could benefit around 36 million iPhone and iPad users in the UK.

President Trump says he wants to tackle the drugs trade but many believe he is trying to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro.

Nike is showing off new performance apparel today that it says it designed with climate change in mind. It introduced its new Aero-FIT performance cooling technology today, which it says will make its debut in football kits Nike federations wear in 2026.  The company claims the technology boosts sweating efficiency by allowing for more air […]

Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison in 2024 after pleading guilty to violating money laundering laws.

If you’re tight on time to read through your backlog of books, audiobooks might be a more convenient way to get caught up. Amazon is offering a steep discount on Audible Premium Plus that lets new and lapsed subscribers pay $.99 (usually $14.95) per month for three months. The subscription includes one credit per month, […]

The man is understood to have been removed under the "one in, one out" scheme a month ago.

Google’s latest pledge to support a new clean energy technology is… a gas project? To be precise, it’s a gas-fired power plant outfitted with filtering devices to capture its planet-heating carbon emissions. Is this just a polluting fossil fuel project in sheep’s clothing?  Google just inked an agreement to support the development of a new […]

EA is partnering with Stability AI, the company that develops the Stable Diffusion AI image model, to help infuse AI into its development processes. The two companies will “co-develop transformative AI models, tools, and workflows that empower our artists, designers, and developers to reimagine how content is built,” EA says. The company says that humans […]

A restaurateur has been charged with murder after the death of his 100-year-old mother.

In the last few seasons, Rangers went toe-to-toe with Athletic Bilbao, Benfica, Red Bull Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. Now they're getting routed by Brann.

Jeremy Mogford, from Oxford, is charged alongside Sarah Pickering after an incident in Buckinghamshire in 2022.

The 41-year-old grime MC is accused of driving off after hitting a man in north-east London.

It was a welcome designed to catch our attention, for a visit that meant everything to the King.

The London property market is in crisis with "nothing like enough new homes being built", forcing the government to water down targets for affordable housing, the cabinet minister in charge has told Sky News.

On Thursday, Nike announced Project Amplify, “the world’s first powered footwear system,” which it says isn’t intended for pros—in fact, quite the opposite. Much like e-bikes provide pedal assistance, Project Amplify uses a lightweight robotics system to boost running and walking speed.  “The first-generation product, created alongside robotics partner Dephy, isn’t designed for competitive, faster […]

iPhone and iPad users vexed by denial of spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel for the past week has been hanging or crashing on iOS and iPadOS devices, to customers' great annoyance.…

Thieves stole €88m worth of French crown jewels in broad daylight on Sunday morning.

Fallout 4 will turn 10 on November 10th, and to celebrate the milestone, Bethesda is releasing a new anniversary edition of the game that same day on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X / S. With Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition, you’ll get the base game, six official expansions, more than 150 pieces […]

As much as I love decorations, it’s the music that really gets me into the holiday spirit. Luckily for those looking to capitalize on the upcoming holiday season, JBL’s newer Charge 6 is on sale at Walmart for $154 (about $46 off), which is one of the lowest prices we’ve seen for the portable Bluetooth […]

Watch highlights as India secure the last spot in the Women's World Cup semi-finals, eliminating New Zealand and Sri Lanka with victory over the White Ferns in Navi Mumbai.

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of crypto exchange Binance, was pardoned by President Trump today, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move comes after months of lobbying by the company and Zhao’s own efforts to boost the Trump family’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial. In April of 2024, Zhao was sentenced to four months in […]

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Social engineering? Check. Trojanized open source? Check. Lazarus’ pet RAT? Also check

North Korea's Lazarus Group has successfully compromised Europe's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector with its Operation DreamJob campaign, which promises job seekers lucrative employment opportunities - but then delivers a malware-laced offer and a compromised computer.…

A growing body of research suggests testosterone replacement therapy can alleviate menopausal symptoms such as a decrease in libido, mood swings and brain fog. But some in the field are sceptical

‘Soldier F’ is found not guilty of murdering two people on Bloody Sunday.

Krafton, the company behind games such as PUBG: Battlegrounds and the Sims-like InZOI, is making a big push into using AI within the company. Under this new “AI First” strategy, Krafton plans to use agentic AI to help automate work and implement an “AI-cenetered” management system, according to a translation of a press release. The […]

India secure the final spot in the World Cup semi-finals and eliminate New Zealand and Sri Lanka with a 53-run victory (DLS) over the White Ferns in Navi Mumbai.

Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant camera. With just a click of a button, you can capture a moment in a photo that you can see and touch almost immediately. Images captured by an instant camera […]

The BBC's Russia editor says Trump's decision to call off his Putin talks and impose oil sanctions will not go down well in Moscow.

The chair of the panel called the conduct of Sgt Joe McIlvenny and PCs Philip Neilson and Martin Borg a "disgrace".

Three of the rumored potential buyers for entertainment titan Warner Bros. Discovery are tech companies. Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are all interested in buying Warner Bros. Discovery as a whole or acquiring pieces of the company, like its content libraries and production assets, according to Bloomberg.  Earlier this week, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was […]

The ringleader behind an arson attack and plot to kidnap a billionaire Russian dissident had been "groomed" by a chatbot, operated by Wagner mercenaries, a court was told.

The prayer closes a gap that stretched back to the Reformation in the 16th century.

The government plans to introduce the scheme for workers by the end of parliament in 2028.

Anthropic is rolling out an update for Claude that will let the AI chatbot “remember” past conversations without prompting. The upgrade for all paid subscribers should make Claude more useful and convenient.  Max subscribers will be able to turn on Claude’s “memory” in their settings from today, Anthropic said. The feature, which has been available […]

Airbus, Leonardo and Thales seek to 'strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy in space'

Three European aerospace giants plan to combine their space units into a single heavyweight, hoping to boost the continent's space autonomy.…

US sanctions against Russia's two largest energy companies, the state-owned Rosneft and privately held Lukoil, are perhaps the most significant economic measures imposed by the West since the invasion of Ukraine.

But bills are still due to rise to fund improvements to water infrastructure.

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on The Charlatans guitarist Mark Collins with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Nintendo Switch 2 owners will have just a little bit longer to venture into The Lands Between. Developer FromSoftware announced today that its upcoming port of the open-world RPG Elden Ring — dubbed “Tarnished Edition” — won’t be launching in 2025 as originally planned. Instead, it will be out at some unspecified point in 2026. […]

Plus: Model 3/Y recall over battery-pack contactors that can cut drive power

Feeling a bit blinded by the light when a Cybertruck rolls by? It's not just you — Tesla's recalling most built to date because the boxy pickup's front parking lights are too bright.…

Four survivors have resigned from the consultation panel of a national inquiry into grooming gangs.

Downing Street says Parliamentary time should be used for "other important issues".

The pair have presented the show together since 2014 and said hosting the show had been "an absolute dream."

The head teacher of the Southport attacker's former school has told a public inquiry she felt like he was "building up to something".

A community leader has described migrant children barricading themselves in hotels due to "urban warfare" on the streets of Dublin during the riots.

EU ministers meet hours after the EU and the US announced new sanctions against Russia's oil industry.

Scientists are finding out how coffee beans are transformed when they pass through the guts of Asian palm civets in the hope of replicating the process without using animals

It’s been nearly 30 years since Microsoft’s Office assistant, Clippy, first graced our screens as an annoying paperclip. After the Groucho-browed interruptions of Clippy came to an end in 2001 with Office XP, Microsoft tried to revive the spirit of an assistant with Cortana on Windows Phone. The technology still wasn’t quite there a decade […]

Microsoft is rolling out some significant changes to its Copilot AI assistant today. There’s a new groups feature that connects multiple people into a Copilot chat, memory to let Copilot learn things about you, a new “real talk” mode that will bring back some of Copilot’s early personality, and more. Copilot Groups is designed for […]

Talented Game Boy modder Natalie the Nerd was the first to turn Lego’s impressive brick-built replica into a functional Game Boy. She’s currently developing a kit so anyone can upgrade Lego’s Game Boy to actually play games, but the creators of the BrickBoy have beaten her to the punch by taking a few shortcuts. Natalie’s […]

Well, that’s not very subtle. In an earnings call last night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he needs more control over Tesla, as well as a pay package that could be worth nearly $1 trillion, in exchange for building a “robot army.” Otherwise, he could get ousted as CEO, and then, well, who would control […]

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission says years of progress are being undone amid current administration's cuts

America's once-ambitious cyber defences are starting to rust, according to the latest annual report from the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), which warns that policy momentum has slowed and even slipped backwards thanks to Trump-era workforce and budget cuts.…

The FBI has led a "co-ordinated takedown" on illegal gambling and sports rigging, the agency's director has said, with more than 30 arrested on Thursday.

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. What if you could make hundreds of millions of dollars with cheaply produced content, all while sidestepping powerful distribution platforms like Netflix and YouTube? This promise is at the core […]

Amazon is launching a new AI-powered tool that’s supposed to help you choose which product to buy. Now, when you look at multiple similar items on Amazon’s app or mobile website, it may display a “Help me decide” button that picks one for you based on your browsing activity, searches, shopping history, and preferences. As […]

The White House and several other buildings are exempt from the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

Women's marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich is banned for three years after the Kenyan admits to anti-doping rule violations.

Google is expanding its AI features within Google Earth. It’s now easier to chat with Google Earth AI models, introduced in July, to identify infrastructure vulnerable to an oncoming storm, for example, or spot communities at risk of dust storms during a drought.  Google Earth now uses Gemini to connect various Earth AI models — […]

The increase in the number of reported assaults coincides with a push to have passengers report incidents.

Buried underground near the surface, frozen regions of Mars could have tiny hidden channels full of liquid water, which could be a habitable environment for microscopic organisms

Razer is launching the Raiju V3 Pro, a $219.99 wireless controller made for the PlayStation 5 and PC. It’s an alternative to Sony’s $199.99 DualSense Edge, which it shares many traits in common with, like adjustable trigger pull distances, swappable rear paddles, extra stick nubs, and a hard carrying case. Plus, it comes with a […]

Pressure from Microsoft to achieve industry-topping profit margins has led to Xbox being butchered over the last two years, after not imposing specific targets on the gaming unit in the past. Citing sources with knowledge of internal matters, Bloomberg reports that Microsoft CFO Amy Hood set across-the-board targets of 30 percent profit margins in fall […]

When is an issue not an issue? When it's intentional

Microsoft accidentally broke several things in the October 2025 Windows Update, but smart card authentication was not one of them. That was intentionally broken, and the temporary workaround requires a registry hack.…

Joanne Hodson said Axel Rudakubana was the most "unusual" pupil she had ever encountered.

A leaked letter, seen by Sky News, warns government that victims of the Post Office scandal find compensation schemes 'worse than the original injustice'.

Weak demand for iPhone Air and delays to a costly foldable tablet suggest Cupertino's hardware experiments are struggling

Apple's run of hardware experiments appears to be hitting some turbulence: The company's ultra-thin iPhone Air has reportedly failed to catch on with buyers, while its long-awaited foldable iPad is slipping further down the calendar amid engineering snags and soaring costs.…

Intense discussion approves AI – but subject to full responsibility and disclosure

The Fedora Council has approved AI-assisted contributions to its Linux distribution, following intense debate and subject to strict conditions.…

Dylan Earl is due to be sentenced for his role in a plot ordered by operatives from the Wagner Group.

Fujifilm has announced the third iteration of its entry-level X-T30 interchangeable lens camera. The original debuted in 2019, while the X-T30 II launched in 2021 with minimal upgrades. The new Fujifilm X-T30 III also isn’t a complete reimagining of the camera, carrying forward the previous model’s 26.1-megapixel X-Trans CMOS 4 image sensor. But it comes […]

Mr Justice Lynch said troops had "lost all sense of military discipline" but cast doubt on the level of evidence provided on who fired the shots.

England's third T20 against New Zealand is washed out in Auckland, as was the first match, but captain Harry Brook says the 1-0 series win has been beneficial.

Check Point helps exorcise vast 'Ghost Network' that used fake tutorials to push infostealers

Google has taken down thousands of YouTube videos that were quietly spreading password-stealing malware disguised as cracked software and game cheats.…

Pokémon TCG Pocket is about to celebrate its one-year anniversary with a bunch of new features, events, and some very powerful monster cards. Today, the Pokémon Company announced TCG Pocket's forthcoming Mega Rising set, which will introduce a number of Mega Evolved pokémon that first appeared in the X / Y DS games (and return […]

Netflix is bringing the Stranger Things series finale to theaters. The show’s final episode will hit theaters at the same time it premieres on the streaming service on December 31st at 8PM ET. It’ll be available in more than 350 theaters across the US and Canada, and will run through January 1st, 2026. The finale, […]

A national inquiry into grooming gangs in England and Wales is in turmoil - how did we get here?

Israel has placed boundary markers up to 520m deeper inside Gaza than expected under the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Walkout will the the 13th of long-running dispute between government and British Medical Association.

Fault in DynamoDB system cascaded through AWS services, knocking major sites offline for hours

Amazon has published a detailed postmortem explaining how a critical fault in DynamoDB's DNS management system cascaded into a day-long outage that disrupted major websites and services across multiple brands – with damage estimates potentially reaching hundreds of billions of dollars.…

Resident doctors in England will go on strike next month, the British Medical Association has said.

An autistic man who was told he could no longer stack shelves at Waitrose when he asked to be paid has been offered a job by Asda.

After 53 years of controversy and campaigning, the criminal process has ended with no conviction.

The musician, best known for Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, died in his sleep at home.

The young woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann's family said in police interviews she never intended to harm them, a jury has been told.

Synth-pop musician Dave Ball, who was one half of the popular 1980s band Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66.

England's stars won the Rugby World Cup less than four weeks ago, but they have packed a lot into their celebrations and PWR preparations.

Share price dips as cloud sales outlook disappoints amid slow US public sector bookings

SAP disappointed investors today after reporting full-year cloud revenue at the bottom end of its guidance range, with execs saying customers in manufacturing and the public sector are taking longer to sign contracts.…

Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be biosignatures of life elsewhere in the galaxy

Wyze has announced a new budget-friendly doorbell camera. The Wyze Battery Video Doorbell looks similar to the Video Doorbell v2 the brand released in 2023, but as the name implies, it adds a rechargeable battery so it’s easier to install without the need for wiring or access to power. But wired power is also an […]

Leica is announcing a new type of M-mount camera, its first that’s not actually a rangefinder. The new M EV1 is based on the M11-P from 2023, but it strips out the traditional rangefinder in favor of a 5.76-million dot electronic viewfinder — hence the omitted viewfinder window on its front. The new camera is […]