Google is trying to make it easier for users of its video AI model Veo 2 to make cinematic-looking generations and edit real footage. The new Veo 2 capabilities are available to preview via Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, alongside other updates to improve Google’s text-to-image generator, Imagen 3, and audio-related AI models. New Veo […]
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Shakeil Thibou is found guilty of murdering Cher Maximen after stabbing her at Notting Hill Carnival.
Adobe has launched its largest typeface expansion in five years, giving Creative Cloud subscribers access to 1,500 new fonts that can be used on websites and apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. More than 750 of these fonts have been provided via a collaboration with Monotype, which owns the licenses for Helvetica, Gotham, and Avenir. […]
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) are again introducing their Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe, or NO FAKES, Act, which standardizes rules around using making AI copies of a person’s faces, names, and voices. This time, the bill — previously introduced in 2023 and 2024 — has the backing of a […]
The Duke of Sussex is in court for the second day of his appeal over his level of security in the UK.
The chancellor-in-waiting's conservatives have reached a coalition agreement with Germany's Social Democrats, five months after the last government collapsed.
At Y Combinator’s Little Tech Competition Summit in downtown DC last week, there was an air of optimism and something verging on camaraderie among a surprising crowd. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) — barely recovered from his 25-hour speech about preserving democracy on the Senate floor a day earlier — showed up to discuss the importance […]
A woman whose mother's murder has been unsolved for 30 years has issued a plea for help in finding her killer.
Novak Djokovic's wait for a 100th singles title continues after he exits the Monte Carlo Masters in a straight-set loss to Alejandro Tabilo.
Actor Mickey Rourke gets a formal warning for "offensive and unacceptable" language about JoJo Siwa.
A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior
A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior
The Last of Us’ second season hasn’t even debuted yet, but Warner Bros. Discovery renewed the show for a third season. The company hasn’t shared details about when the third season may air or how many episodes it might be. The second season’s first episode debuts on Sunday on HBO and Max. Season 2 is […]
Samsung’s home robot Ballie is finally poised to roll into our homes… and maybe our hearts? Following teasing a release sometime this year at CES 2025, the company has now announced that the cute rolling bot will arrive in the US this summer, with pre-registration open on Samsung’s website. The ball-shaped robot is equipped with […]
Microsoft appears to be working on new 3D icons for its Office suite. Reddit users have discovered the new icons in an email survey from Microsoft, reports Windows Central. The survey includes a brief look at the new icons, with Microsoft asking for feedback on its changes to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office apps. […]
Amazon is aiming to launch its first operational satellites today to provide speedy internet connections in remote regions, but it will still take some time to catch up with its main competitor, SpaceX's Starlink
A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human
Ancient rocks reveal there were several humid spells in Arabia’s past, which might have given early hominins a route out of Africa long before our genus migrated
Computers that use photons rather than electrons to manipulate data promise greater speed and energy efficiency, and the technology is developing rapidly
Sony is upgrading three of its wireless Bluetooth speakers with significant redesigns and new features as it integrates them into the ULT Power Sound series it introduced a year ago that includes speakers and headphones with improved bass-boosting sound modes. All three speakers will now have a dedicated ULT shortcut button for those sound modes […]
Earlier this month, we got a close look at Sony’s new Bravia 8 II OLED. Despite the name, this TV is actually the spiritual successor of the company’s acclaimed A95L. It’s going to be one of the very best TVs you can buy in 2025, and now Sony has revealed how much the Bravia 8 […]
Yep. It's Axiom's datacenters in SPAAAAACE
Axiom Space says it is planning to launch a pair of Orbital Data Center (ODC) nodes to low Earth orbit by the end of 2025.…
Two people are arrested after a police chase, which saw seven officers taken to hospital.
The cost of borrowing for the US government rose as confidence in the economy waned.
Lenders lower mortgage costs as experts forecast interest rates will be cut by more than expected.
England white-ball captain Harry Brook says he will not play in overseas franchise leagues for "a little while" as he manages his workload.
For a being named Murderbot, the star of Apple’s next sci-fi show is surprisingly relatable. The show — which is also called Murderbot — just got its first trailer, and it sets up the titular lead, played by Alexander Skarsgård, who has just become sentient and is, well, struggling. The bot is forced to hide […]
Samsung made waves at CES earlier this year when it announced The Frame Pro. We eventually learned that the company was over-selling the TV’s “Mini LED” technology, but the new model does come with legitimate upgrades like a Wireless One Connect Box, meaning the only cable running to the TV itself will be for power, […]
If you’ve ever been to an anime or any fan convention, you know that the place that’s often the busiest is artists alley. There, creators sell their wares ranging from commissioned artwork to stickers, enamel pins, stuffed toys, apparel, food, and more. Often these goods are made with the artist’s own hand. Other times, merchants […]
A "whole society" approach is needed to stop children doom-scrolling beyond the classroom with most schools already banning mobile phones, research has found.
A judge rules Joey Barton's social media posts about the former England striker were defamatory.
Following an announcement last week that Sphere Entertainment was creating an immersive version of The Wizard of Oz for its unique Las Vegas venue, we now have more details on how companies like Google and Magnopus are using AI to enhance the 86-year-old film to fill the Sphere’s massive 160,000-square-foot semi-spherical screen. But a collaboration […]
Committed $80B capex for DCs as recently as January. We wonder what changed?
World War Fee Microsoft has called a halt to construction of three datacenter campuses in central Ohio, in a sign the tech giant is having to reappraise its infrastructure requirements amid uncertain economic circumstances and shifting AI demand.…
And coming up next, Trump's World War Fee
The hint of optimism to be found in February's tech jobs numbers? Yeah, it's pretty much gone, according to multiple analyses of the latest data out from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for March. …
Donald Trump is making it even more expensive for US consumers to shop online from Chinese retailers like Temu and Shein. In an executive order amendment published Tuesday night, Trump raised the tariff rate for packages valued under $800 entering the US from China and Hong Kong that previously were exempt. The increase essentially triples […]
The 47-year-old faces historical charges relating to two children who were understood to be around 10 years old at the time.
It’s looking like another busy summer of gaming news: Microsoft just announced its next Xbox Games Showcase livestream, which will take place on June 8th at 1PM ET. The company says that the event will include “a look at upcoming titles from across our first-party studios, in addition to incredible new titles from our third-party […]
The image streams over YouTube in crisp grayscale: a young cahow — known outside Bermuda as the Bermuda petrel — scrambles through a sandy tunnel and pokes its tiny head above the ground for the first time. It’s a few months old, but it has never seen daylight. Gray fluffball hatchlings spend their whole lives […]
Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre has reportedly left hospital after recently saying she had "four days to live".
A man has been found guilty of murdering a mother as she attended Notting Hill Carnival with her three-year-old daughter.
The UK government is considering nationalising the Chinese-owned firm which employs 2,700 people.
The family of a mother who was fatally stabbed as she attended Notting Hill Carnival with her three-year-old daughter has said "the feeling of loss is overwhelming, but so is the feeling of rage".
A domestic abuser who murdered her husband and buried him in their garden has been jailed for at least 22 years.
Firms say the rapid change in US trade policy, including big taxes on China, has left them in flux.
Even though policing department spent 2 years on study predicting which criminals will become killers
The UK's justice department has confirmed it is working on developing algorithms to predict which criminals will later become murderers.…
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been charged with historical child sex offences against a girl and boy.
Ministers want reforms to sentencing policy that will reduce the prison population by more than ten percent, Sky News has learnt.
The King and Queen have had a private meeting with the Pope at the Vatican.
King Charles has spoken of how current crises around the world have shown "peace is never to be taken for granted".
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is in advanced talks to take a stake in a London-listed marketing specialist backed by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party treasurer.
The company says the new site is expected to create 28,000 jobs and generate £50bn for the economy.
What were the chances of Declan Rice scoring two stunning free-kicks against Real Madrid? Just how good were they - and should they have been stopped?
This week's Masters heralds the start of the men's major season with Rory McIlroy still searching for how to win the coveted Green Jacket, writes Iain Carter.
Chocolate Factory doubles down on enterprise security at Cloud Next
Google will today reveal a new unified security platform that analysts think can help it battle Microsoft for a bigger chunk of the enterprise infosec market.…
Google is opening up its Google Maps Platform data so that cities, developers, and other business decision makers can more easily access information about things like infrastructure and traffic, the company announced on Wednesday. Google is integrating new datasets for Google Maps Platform directly into BigQuery, the tech giant’s fully managed data analytics service, for […]
After the US president hit China with tariffs of over 100%, Beijing retaliates with higher taxes on American imports.
Nat Sciver-Brunt is the "obvious choice" to replace Heather Knight as England skipper but will require a strong vice-captain, says former team-mate Lauren Winfield-Hill.
Hours after Donald Trump’s latest tariffs came into effect, China has announced retaliatory measures: an additional 50 percent tariff on US goods, on top of a planned 34 percent charge, and adding a further 12 US companies to its export control list. “The US’s practice of escalating tariffs on China is a mistake on top […]
The 1990s called – they're impressed
The FreeDOS Project has released version 1.4 of its fully open source DOS-compatible OS – but you'll need a BIOS for bare metal.…
A grief-stricken family has told Sky News they want "someone to take accountability" for the death of Lewis Stone, a retired butcher who was killed by a secure psychiatric unit patient released 10 days earlier.
Inquiry chair is acting amid grave concerns over payouts to victims after final report was published last year.
China has announced it is to impose additional tariffs on US goods.
The BBC's Cost of Living Correspondent answers your questions about how the tariffs might impact your money
King Charles is giving a speech to both houses of Italy's parliament during his state visit to the country.
The statue has been restored after a member of the public attacked it with a hammer.
Universal, having just completed its latest Nintendo- and Harry Potter-filled theme park in the US, is now planning to build a new theme park and resort in the United Kingdom. The multi-billion dollar project will be Universal’s first European theme park, with construction on the 476-acre complex expected to start next year in Bedford, England, […]
SenseShield the latest company to fall foul of 24H2
Microsoft has thrown up a Windows 11 24H2 compatibility hold for devices running SenseShield Technology's sprotect.sys driver.…
"All options" remain on the table over the future of British Steel, the chancellor has said, as fears mount over the company's plant in Scunthorpe.
Camilla Hempleman-Adams has apologised for offence caused to the Inuit community on Baffin Island.
Updated programs suggest ARIA will keep singing for another year
The UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has appointed a second tranche of program leaders and announced new program areas, suggesting confidence in its long-term funding.…
Framework has confirmed it will no longer be opening US preorders for the new Laptop 12 today, or announcing a price, as it evaluates the impact of Trump’s tariffs. The modular, convertible laptop will still be available later today for buyers elsewhere, including Canada and Europe. The Laptop 12 is Framework’s smallest laptop yet, and […]
Prince Harry has arrived for the second day of his case challenging the level of security he gets in the UK.
Prince Harry's "safety, security and life" are at stake in his legal challenge to the level of security he receives in the UK, a court has heard.
A flag stolen from a lifeboat station has been returned after more than 50 years.
A major crash involving several police cars has shut the A1 on Tyneside in both directions, causing serious injuries and leading to long delays for motorists.
After 338 career games Declan Rice had never scored a free-kick, but fast forward 90 minutes and he has scored two - and on the biggest stage against Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Strangely no eighth tip to use something else
Microsoft has published seven tips for getting the most out of Windows 11, and the pitches for the operating system – which has failed to win hearts and minds of users – are not very compelling.…
A host of local and mayoral elections will be taking place across England on Thursday 1 May - the first voting day since the general election last year.
Microsoft has started testing a new update to its Copilot app on Windows that will let you share your screen or apps with the AI assistant. Copilot Vision was originally limited to Microsoft’s Edge browser, but it’s now extending to any app on your PC. Copilot Vision will be able to do things like coach […]
Getting your hands on a British passport will cost you 7% more from tomorrow.
Tributes have been paid to a "passionate and dedicated" former Royal Society of Biology (RSB) scientist whose dismembered body parts have been found in Colombia.
President Donald Trump’s promised higher tariffs have gone into effect today, targeting many countries whose goods imported to the US were already subject to a 10 percent base tariff that started on April 5th. The White House announced the tariffs on April 2nd, dubiously claiming they were “reciprocal” based on a nonsensical formula that far […]
Public-private partnership zaps photons at hotspots, hopes to ship by 2027
A startup backed by Sandia National Laboratories thinks it's found a cool new way to keep the world's supercomputers and datacenters cool enough to run efficiently: Zap ‘em with lasers.…
It's lambing season, so BBC Breakfast decided to visit a farm to meet some of the new arrivals.
Inspired by Breaking Bad and The Sopranos, Anthony Saunderson was part of an "industrial scale" drugs gang.
Recently formed AI Preferences Working Group has August deadline to develop ideas on how to tell crawlers to go away, or come for a feast
The Internet Engineering Task Force has chartered a group it hopes will create a standard that lets content creators tell AI developers whether it’s OK to use their work.…
Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs last week spooked the markets.
Ofcom is investigating whether the provider of a suicide forum has failed to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act.
The tariffs are a huge blow for countries like Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia that rely on exports.
A girl has relearned how to walk, talk and swallow after undergoing an operation rarely carried out on children, in which doctors stored part of her skull in her stomach.
After two matches against Belgium in the Women's Nations League, which Lionesses helped their case for Euro 2025 selection?
Unai Emery is Aston Villa's "X-factor" as he seeks redemption for his lowest Champions League moment on return to PSG, writes Phil McNulty.
There was an outpouring of support from the public after the death of Sarah and Gordon Brown's daughter Jennifer.
Working from home has been said to benefit parents - but how does it impact children?
Teachers also told a survey commissioned by BBC News they feel ill-equipped to tackle the issue.
The BBC's James Landale looks at how Iran might respond to Trump's threat to agree to a deal or face military action
BBC News found the forum, which has thousands of members, is linked to at least 50 deaths in the UK.
The UK is now a major market for cocaine in Europe - and that's affecting people around the world.
Besides a 10% rate globally, some countries billed as "worst offenders" have higher rates including 104% for China.
