EA is promising Battlefield 6 will offer “the best PC experience in the history of the franchise,” including 4K resolution, 21:9 and 32:9 ultrawide monitors, HDR, uncapped framerates, both PS5 and Xbox gamepad support on PC, the ability to create and browse servers, streamer and incognito modes, and more — but it won’t require powerful […]

After all those raised hopes of peace, the second-worst night of air attacks on Ukraine since the war began.

Eczema can be very distressing for children – and now it seems that its roots may at least partly lie in their mothers experiencing high levels of stress during pregnancy

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is understood to retain the support of the club ownership despite last night's shock Carabao Cup defeat at League Two Grimsby.

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, abused a position of trust, police say.

Fubo is launching a new Sports plan on September 2nd that costs $55.99 per month and comes with over 20 live sports and news-focused channels, including the ESPN and Fox Sports channels, as well as local stations owned by ABC, CBS, and Fox. Where available, this package includes coverage for network TV-broadcast pro and college […]

Think BYOC will solve all your sovereignty and privacy worries? You might be missing the point

INTERVIEW  Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is a concept gaining traction as companies seek ways to resolve sovereignty and privacy issues, but its implementation can vary widely depending on interpretation.…

A big draw of Kobo e-readers has always been Pocket integration. But, when Mozilla announced in late May that it was shutting down the read-it-later app in July, the Kobo community was left in a bit of a lurch. To the company’s credit, in late July, it announced that it would be replacing Pocket with […]

Investigations have been launched following the footage posted to Instagram - which has since been deleted.

So I heard you want to play Kirby on hard mode: tough bosses, tricky platforming, complicated puzzles, hidden collectibles, and maybe even punishments for failing. The Star-Crossed World expansion in Kirby and the Forgotten Land's Switch 2 edition certainly introduces new challenges. There's pressure from time constraints and consecutive platforming sequences, multistep puzzles, and bosses […]

Anthropic will start training its AI models on user data, including new chat transcripts and coding sessions, unless users choose to opt out. It's also extending its data retention policy to five years - again, for users that don't choose to opt out. All users will have to make a decision by September 28th. For […]

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January while on a motorcycle world tour.

The mayor of Minneapolis has called for a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons after a deadly school shooting.

Microsoft is making a big change to how Word for Windows saves documents. The word processing app will soon automatically save new documents to the cloud, instead of Word users having to enable AutoSave and cloud storage options. “We are modernizing the way files are created and stored in Word for Windows,” says Raul Munoz, […]

The tour will include five dates in London - the only shows currently announced outside North America.

A woman has told a court that she did not flee from her home following an alleged rape attack in fear her "son might not have a mother right now".

Because not every bot wants to live inside Microsoft's walled garden

Google and code editor company Zed Industries have introduced the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) as a standard way for AI agents to integrate with an IDE, with the idea that this will prevent developers getting locked into VS Code.…

This week, Netflix shared a few more details about its budding location business: The company will open its very first Netflix House in Philadelphia on November 11th, with a second location set to open in Dallas on December 11th. Both locations will span across 100,000 square feet, and offer ticketed experiences related to Netflix franchises […]

Mark Drakeford says he has "listened" and is proposing "small changes" to the controversial rules.

The president has accused Cook of mortgage fraud, and cited constitutional power that he says allows him to fire her.

Lawyers for The Bell Hotel owners are challenging the decision for a temporary injunction at court.

In the deadliest strike, a missile ripped through the middle of a low-rise block of flats.

If FromSoftware’s multiplayer take on Elden Ring was just a little too easy for you, the developer has just the thing coming up. The studio announced “Deep of Night,” a new mode for Nightreign that is focused specifically on difficulty. Namely, it sounds like it’ll make things much harder. From describes it as “a high-difficulty […]

The morning after the night before, the Lincolnshire town reflects on its team's historic win.

Senior judges have been warned an injunction which would ban asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel could spark further protests if they decide not to overturn it on Friday.

If you’re considering a gaming laptop, but you understandably don’t want to spend anywhere near $2,000, MSI’s Katana gaming laptop with the midrange RTX 5070 GPU is $1,099 (was $1,499.99) at Walmart. This machine has a lot to offer aside from a solid graphics chip for gaming. It includes a 15.6-inch QHD screen with a […]

Recent wildfires scorched vast areas across Turkey, but one orchard in the north-western province of Bursa stood untouched.

Regulator points to lack of 'basic access controls' between internet-facing systems, internal network

South Korea's privacy watchdog has slapped SK Telecom with a record ₩134.5 billion ($97 million) fine after finding that the mobile giant left its network wide open to hackers through a catalog of bungles.…

A governor of the US central bank has made good on her threat to sue the Trump administration, which has attempted to fire her.

The officer driving the van behind the boys in Ely should face a misconduct hearing, the IOPC says.

A South Wales Police officer should face a gross misconduct hearing after two teenagers died in an e-bike crash, a watchdog has said.

Company cleared to launch again after April failure

Firefly Aerospace has been given the green light to resume launches after its April failure.…

Honor's Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn't tell. It's just 0.1mm thinner - that's four-thousandths of an inch - than the Oppo Find N5 or Samsung's recent Galaxy Z Fold 7. If that's a difference you claim to perceive, then I'm afraid I simply don't believe you. […]

Honor is bringing the Magic V5 — the world’s thinnest foldable phone, though only just — to Europe, where it’s available to order now following its Chinese launch last month. It’s joined by a new MagicPad 3 tablet and MagicBook Art 14 laptop. I’ve just reviewed the Magic V5, which is a whole 0.1mm thinner […]

England captain Zoe Aldcroft is ruled out of the rest of the pool stage of the Women's Rugby World Cup with a knee injury.

Taco Bell’s plan to outfit hundreds of drive-thrus with an AI voice assistant isn’t going exactly as the chain expected. Dane Mathews, Taco Bell’s chief digital and technology officer, admitted to The Wall Street Journal that the company is re-evaluating where to deploy the tech as customers air their frustrations on social media, and others […]

Martin Rafferty performed for 24 hours straight at a bandstand in Armagh city.

More than 500 staff at the United Nations have urged its human rights chief to describe the Gaza conflict as a genocide.

One of the most devastating parts of grief is how it can strike out of nowhere. There you are, doing a perfectly normal, everyday thing, and then that perfectly normal, everyday thing reminds you of something or someone who is no longer there. And when that presence you lost was intimately connected with your life, […]

Speaking at the US Open, after her second round win, Emma Raducanu said Carlos Alcaraz "owns" his new haircut.

Credit agency offers own services as compensation

Credit scoring and monitoring biz TransUnion says that it recently suffered a breach affecting nearly 4.5 million individuals.…

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome suffers multiple injuries in a training crash in southern France.

The cost of Mounjaro, one of Britain's biggest-selling weight loss drugs, will be heavily discounted across UK pharmacies when the official list price soars next week, Sky News has learned.

The UK, France and Germany are planning to revive UN-backed sanctions on Iran over fears it is developing nuclear weapons.

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on The Cut star Orlando Bloom with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Police have released new details about the killer in the US Catholic school shooting - including that they "idolised" mass murderers and they wanted to "watch children suffer".

Shadowserver counts more than 13,000 appliances still wide open – including thousands in US, Germany, and UK

Thousands of Citrix NetScaler appliances remain exposed to a trio of security flaws that the vendor patched this week, one of which is already being actively exploited in the wild.…

British four-time Tour de France winning cyclist Chris Froome was airlifted to hospital following a crash in training.

Up to 550 roles are to be cut across car maker Lotus's UK operations, the company said.

Four-time Tour de France-winning cyclist Chris Froome has been airlifted to hospital following a "serious" crash in training.

Another 17 people were injured in Wednesday's attack, which unfolded as children attended a worship service.

Reports suggest the government is considering shaking up the property tax system to raise revenue.

A 59-year-old is arrested in Lancashire after the messages were sent during Euro 2025, police say.

Miljödata meltdown leaves 200 local authorities scrambling over 1.5 BTC

Sweden's municipal governments have been knocked offline after ransomware crooks hit IT supplier Miljödata, reportedly demanding the bargain-basement sum of $168,000.…

ChargePoint is ramping up the power for its next-generation DC fast charging architecture to 600 kW for passenger vehicles, and up to 3.75 megawatts (3,750 kW) for heavy-duty trucks — enough to power an entire football stadium. Most EVs on the road aren’t able to accept more than 350 kW of power while charging, but […]

When this article was originally written in February 2022, the big Spotify controversy was that artists were abandoning the audio service in protest of the company's contract with podcaster Joe Rogan, and some subscribers were deciding to follow the musicians' example. More recently, some users have threatened to bail after CEO Daniel Ek invested in […]

Microsoft blames incoming UK Online Safety Act, says you have until 2026

Microsoft has begun emailing users of its Xbox gaming platform with likely unwelcome news: users will need to verify their age if they want to keep access to the company's various social services, and it's blaming the UK Online Safety Act.…

The talks come as Israel prepares to seize Gaza City as a step towards full control of the territory.

You can now add swappable magnetic PopSocket grips to Kindle e-readers without undertaking any DIY hacks. PopSocket has launched new PopCase Kindle cases that come with a built-in MagSafe ring, optimally positioned for hand placement and weight management when a MagSafe-compatible PopGrip is attached.  The $40 cases are available for 11th and 12th-generation Kindles in […]

DJI is making its latest wireless lavalier microphone system even smaller without scrimping on features or battery life. The DJI Mic 3 is half the size and weight of its Mic 2 predecessor and introduces new capabilities, including two adaptive gain control modes, three voice tone presets, and a sizable increase in storage capacity for […]

Officers investigating racist and abusive messages sent to England defender Jess Carter say they have arrested a man.

As Manchester United reach a new low after their EFL Cup defeat at Grimsby, BBC Sport assesses whether Ruben Amorim can recover.

US payments platform back in action, says it's informing affected customers

Shoppers and merchants in Germany found themselves dealing with billions of euros in frozen transactions this week, thanks to an apparent failure in PayPal's fraud-detection systems.…

A report from the makers of Claude said the AI tool had been used to commit cyber-attacks and fraud.

Viewers are asked to start "acting normal online" amid the build-up to the show's dramatic climax.

Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren’t listed on the official App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told TorrentFreak that Apple has revoked his distribution rights to publish apps in any alternative iOS stores, […]

Head coach Sean Lynn makes seven changes to the starting XV for Wales' must-win Rugby World Cup game against Canada on Saturday.

Apology issued after names tied to redress scheme revealed in mass mailing

A London law firm leaked the details of nearly 200 people who requested to receive updates about the redress scheme set up for victims of abuse at the hands of the Church of England (CoE).…

Prince Harry will return to the UK on the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death next month for a charity awards ceremony.

One young boy says he was protected from gunfire in a church by a friend who lay on top of him and was shot.

The actor has previously said he denies the charges of rape and sexual assault "entirely".

Scotland make one change to the side that blew away Wales in their World Cup opener, with hooker Elis Martin starting against Fiji on Saturday.

Labor group says new technologies could increase inequality if we're not careful

AI-Pocalypse  Over half of the British public are worried about the impact of AI on their jobs, according to employment unions, which want the UK government to adopt a "worker first" strategy rather than simply allowing corporations to ditch employees for algorithms.…

Nin Pandit runs the PM's team in Downing Street and has only been in the role for ten months.

Parcels from China that are exempt from UK import tax more than doubled in value to £3bn last year.

For all the trillions being spent in the pursuit of artificial intelligence (AI) it still cannot answer the existential question: is AI a truly transformative technology, akin to the railways, or a bubble about to burst, taking global markets with it?

UK starts early warning system combing through stuff that folks flush away

The UK Health Security Agency is looking to set up an early warning system ahead of future pandemics, launching a £1.3 million (around $1.75 million) program to identify "cutting-edge technologies" which could turn people's pee and poop into valuable data on the spread of viruses.…

None of the main childhood vaccines in England reached their uptake targets in 2024/25, new figures have revealed.

After a lawsuit and many failed team bids, Donald Trump looked to have ended his 40-year feud with the NFL - but is their relationship set for another twist?

Every week, our Money team interviews top chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more.

The increase comes after three months in a row of falling sales, according to industry data.

Wales captain Aaron Ramsey is left out of the squad for the World Cup qualifier in Kazakhstan as he eases his way back from injury.

Tennis star Jelena Ostapenko has denied she was racist after reportedly telling Taylor Townsend she has "no class" and "no education" during a fiery exchange at the US Open.

Idit Levine on going from startup to a billion-dollar valuation

Interview  "I feel that a founder always needs to be a little bit stupidly optimistic." Solo.io CEO Idit Levine has been on an interesting journey in cloud computing since starting the networking and API management company in 2017.…

Sanjeev Gupta, the metals tycoon whose main British business was forced into compulsory liquidation last week, is facing a deepening probe by Australian regulators into his operations in the country.

Two children were killed when an attacker opened fire through the windows of the city's Annunciation Church.

The Lib Dem leader says he wants to send the president a message that he has the power to end the crisis.

BBC Scotland chief sportswriter Tom English on Russell Martin's troubling beginning at Rangers.

13 governments sound the alarm about ongoing unpleasantness

China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies continue their years-long hacking campaign targeting critical industries around the world, according to a joint security alert from cyber and law enforcement agencies across 13 countries.…

BAFTA-winning actor Micheal Ward has been granted bail after appearing in court charged with two counts of rape.

Is it time to move on from Cole Palmer? How do you replace Bukayo Saka? And the age-old question of Erling Haaland or Mohamed Salah?

The leaders of North Korea and Russia will attend China's military parade next week - a win for Xi.

After a 22-year absence, rugby league's Ashes rivalry between England and Australia returns, and Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters cannot wait.

Last month it emerged that the details of almost 19,000 people who had applied to move to the UK were leaked.

A former Metropolitan Police volunteer has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child.

Nvidia remains exposed to geopolitical tensions between the US and China.

Stolen painting still mising, sadly

Police in Argentina reportedly raided a home in a coastal town on Monday after someone spotted a real estate ad that included images of art the Nazis looted in the Second World War.…

With the Champions League draw taking place on Thursday, predict how a record six Premier League sides will fare this season.

Two men who are reportedly Afghan asylum seekers have pleaded not guilty over charges relating to the alleged rape and abduction of a 12-year-old girl in Warwickshire.

Former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev is fined more than £30,000 for his behaviour in a extraordinary first-round exit.