A member of rap trio Kneecap has been released on unconditional bail after appearing in court charged with supporting a proscribed terror organisation - as hundreds turned out to support him outside.

Rotten is as Rotten does

Opinion  It's 1976, and in the country of the Beatles, another guitar band is giving it some. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols isn't so keen on love and blackbirds. Instead, he sings lustily that he wants to be an anarchist, destroying passers-by and in general promoting anarchy in the UK.…

Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben and Robert Lewandowski feature in the Bunesliga's best opening goals of the season.

BBC Sport announce broadcasting rights for Bundesliga matches for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons.

Inflation is the economic phenomenon that consumers and politicians feel most directly, which makes news of a 3.8% increase in consumer price inflation (CPI) in July no surprise to shoppers, and unwelcome confirmation of a trend for the chancellor of the exchequer.

Tom Phillips and his children have been missing since 2021, in a case that has gripped New Zealand.

Ikea is teaming up with a Swedish designer for its latest collection, and the first product being teased is a dedicated plate for Ikea’s greatest product: meatballs. The 12-piece Gustaf Westman collection that’s launching on September 9th includes a chunky blue serving dish that is shaped to fit exactly 11 of the delicious morsels “in […]

Chipzilla quietly fixed the problems without responding to the person who found them

Security boffin Eaton Zveare has highlighted some serious holes in the online infrastructure of chip giant Intel – walking through services with coding flaws to gain access to supposedly internal documentation, from non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to the personal details of more than 270,000 Intel staffers.…

Robbie Williams has revealed details of several star collaborations on his upcoming album, Britpop - including a track with Gary Barlow.

UK Inflation has fallen from record highs but remains above the Bank of England's 2% target.

Foods like goat or sheep milk and buckwheat are behind many cases of severe allergic reactions, but may not be listed as such on a product's label

An actor and musician whose mother was the victim of a suspected murder-suicide in France has urged her friends not to attend his stepfather's funeral.

Burger slinger gets a McRibbing, reacts by firing staffer who helped

A white-hat hacker has discovered a series of critical flaws in McDonald's staff and partner portals that allowed anyone to order free food online, get admin rights to the burger slinger's marketing materials, and could allow an attacker to get a corporate email account with which to conduct a little filet-o-phishing.…

There’s good news if you’re an Xbox gamer who’s longingly stared at the sleeker design of Sony’s DualSense controller for the PlayStation 5. After revealing the final form of its Competitor gamepad at CES 2025, Hyperkin has announced it will be available sometime in October for $49.99 in black and white color options for North […]

Emma Raducanu recently appointed another full-time coach in Spaniard Francisco Roig - BBC Sport speaks to those who know him best.

Brazilian goalkeeper Fabio breaks former England international Peter Shilton's record for most competitive appearances in world football, say his club Fluminense.

An AI start-up which claims to act as an 'immune system' for software has landed $17m (£12.6m) in initial funding from backers including the ventures arm of Alphabet-owned Google.

Researchers use LLM in 'AI Space Cortex' to automate robotic extraterrestrial exploration

Businesses may be struggling to find meaningful ways to use artificial intelligence software, but space scientists at least have a few ideas about how to deploy AI models.…

Paul Weller is suing his former accountants after they stopped working with him after he alleged Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, according to a legal letter.

The makers of Labubu dolls - popular with celebrities including Rihanna, David Beckham and Paris Hilton - reported a near 400% increase in profits in the first half of this year after demand for the ugly-cute toys soared.

Uganda and Honduras have agreed to accept migrants of other nationalities who have been deported from the US, CBS reports.

England are heavy favourites. But they have been before, and lost. Who is best placed to upset the hosts at the Womens' Rugby World Cup?

The skies above southern Japan were illuminated late on Tuesday evening after dust or asteroid fragments burnt up in the atmosphere.

Prices in the UK rose even faster than expected last month, reaching the highest level in 18 months, according to official figures.

At least 17 children were among those killed after the bus crashed and caught fire on its way to Kabul.

There is a shortage of probation staff to manage offenders serving sentences in the community, a report shows.

Produces advice in a single day instead of two weeks – without job losses

The Australian arm of consultancy firm KPMG wrote a 100-page prompt to create an agentic system that prepares tax advice far faster than humans.…

Sarah Ezekiel was 34 with two children when motor neurone disease took away her ability to speak.

The closure of a hotel housing migrants in Epping and the Gallagher brothers make Wednesday's papers.

The potential deal could involve swapping government grants for shares in the chip making giant.

An investigation has been launched into the death of an internet streamer who was known for taking part in extreme online challenges.

Memory bandwidth boost appears to be the secret sauce in chips used for new memory optimized instance types

Amazon Web Services has revealed it’s started running some custom cuts of Intel’s Xeon 6 processors.…

Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.

While it was President Joe Biden who signed the law that would force  ByteDance to sell its stake in TikTok or face a ban, it’s his successor, Donald Trump, who has yet to fulfill his promise of arranging a deal to keep TikTok running, legally, in the United States. The current deadline for a deal […]

Police have not given a motive for the killings in a large peaceful region of central Mexico.

More than 23 million coins are being released, alongside 7.5 million new King Charles III coins.

Diabetes patients should have better and more equal access to newer medicines, says official healthcare body.

Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result

Engineers have developed a class of origami structures that unfold in one smooth motion to create flower-like shapes, which could have applications in space

Relations between the countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.

Noel Gallagher has said he is "proud" of his brother Liam after the pair reunited for this summer's Oasis Live '25 tour.

There are inherent contradictions in the idea of the guarantees meant to prevent Russia from attacking Ukraine again.

Afghan refugees in the US say they fear what would happen if they return to their country, which is now controlled by the Taliban.

There are almost 720,000 empty homes in England. And many more on social housing waiting lists. Is using one to help solve the other a case of a missed opportunity?

The TV ad depicted two black models with skin problems and a white model without.

Rami Sinno led Trainium and Inferentia development at Amazon

British chip designer Arm Holdings has reportedly recruited one of Amazon Web Services' top chip engineers.…

"It's an interesting moment," was how one government source described the High Court ruling that will force an Essex hotel to be emptied of asylum seekers within weeks.

Doubts surrounding Russell Martin's ability to turn Rangers' fortunes around intensify after a "mortifying" night at Ibrox, writes Tom English.

The bank holiday weekend for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland is just around the corner, but what does the weather have in store?

Reconfigure local app settings via a 'simple' POST request

A now-patched flaw in popular AI model runner Ollama allows drive-by attacks in which a miscreant uses a malicious website to remotely target people's personal computers, spy on their local chats, and even control the models the victim's app talks to, in extreme cases by serving poisoned models.…

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz might have lost in the revamped US Open mixed doubles - but they win the hearts of the New York crowd.

Google Docs will now let you generate an audio version of your documents using AI. In a post announcing the rollout, Google says you can customize Gemini’s AI audio output with different voices and playback speeds. This feature isn’t just for a document’s creator, as Google says readers can access a shared document’s AI-generated audio […]

A new tiny moon has been identified orbiting the planet Uranus, according to NASA.

Donald Trump has said American troops will not be sent to Ukraine, but the US may provide air support as part of a peace deal with Russia.

Callum Kerr, who appeared in Hollyoaks, said it would be "inappropriate" for the memory of his late mother to be associated with her husband.

Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah says it is "something I'll never forget and take for granted" after becoming the first player to receive three PFA Player of the Year awards.

The government will now have to find new places to house asylum seekers, while hoping other areas don't take similar legal action.

Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.

Google is one step closer to reaching its nuclear ambitions now that it’s working with public power utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to purchase electricity from a next-generation reactor. It’s the first power purchase agreement for technology this advanced that a US utility has made, according to the companies.  The plan is for TVA to […]

Intruders hoped no one would notice their presence

Criminals exploiting a critical vulnerability in open source Apache ActiveMQ middleware are fixing the flaw that allowed them access, after establishing persistence on Linux servers.…

While it didn’t feature much of Silksong outside of a brief tease — though there’s plenty more coming very soon — the main event for Gamescom, Opening Night Live, did have plenty to show off during its two hour runtime. Much of it was expected and teased ahead of time, including fresh looks at Call […]

On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, took over a plaza at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, as part of a No Azure for Apartheid protest. They declared the area a "Liberated Zone" encampment and said they had changed its name from East Campus Plaza to "The […]

Alexander Isak says promises have been "broken" by Newcastle United and "the relationship can't continue" as he looks to force through an exit this summer.

Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah wins the Professional Footballers' Association men's player of the year award, with Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers named young player of the year.

Trent Rockets keep the pressure on Southern Brave at the top of the table in the men's Hundred with a seven-wicket thrashing over Manchester Originals.

When is a duck not also a rabbit? When it's a canard

Vision language models exhibit a form of self-delusion that echoes human psychology – they see patterns that aren't there.…

Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey is named the Professional Footballers' Association women's player of the year as her new team-mate Olivia Smith wins the young player award.

The songwriter added it was great to be back in a band with his brother Liam after 16 years apart.

For the second summer in a row, "asylum hotels" have become a flashpoint of protest, with some turning violent.

The facial recognition technology deployed at this year's Notting Hill Carnival has "significantly improved" from previous years and will be used without bias, the Metropolitan Police has said. 

Raphaël Graven, also known as Jeanpormanove, was found dead at a residence in Contes, a village north of Nice, prosecutors said.

Don't be afraid of the dark

HANDS ON  Even when you have dark mode enabled in Windows 11, some important dialog boxes stay white. But that could be changing, if a new, hidden beta feature becomes widely available.…

It comes a day after Hamas said it accepted a proposal for a 60-day truce, during which around half of the 50 hostages would be freed.

Joe Root of Trent Rockets says he was "the most surprised person" in Trent Bridge after taking a catch "like a young whippersnapper" to dismiss Manchester Originals' Matty Hurst in the Men's Hundred.

It's that or a replacement for its aging H200 NVL PCIe cards

Nvidia is reportedly prepping a new Blackwell-based GPU for the Chinese market that'll outperform its controversial H20 accelerators.…

Props, costumes and set pieces from the popular British historical drama Downton Abbey are being auctioned for charity in London.

The ruling means all asylum seekers must be moved out of the The Bell Hotel by 12 September.

Meta is bringing its AI translation tool to more users on Facebook and Instagram, which automatically dubs your reels into another language. The feature also uses AI to make its dub match up with the sound of your voice and the movement of your mouth. For now, you can only translate your reels from English […]

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon that is small and dim in orbit around Uranus. The discovery brings the planet's total to 29, and scientists say there are probably more to be found

Nissan stunned us all when it released the specs for its refreshed Leaf: new crossover body; dual charging ports; and over 300 miles of range. Today, the Japanese released the starting price for the Leaf, and lo and behold, it’s still a hell of a bargain. When it reaches dealerships this fall, the 2026 Leaf […]

Promises of security guarantees for Ukraine have been lauded as "game-changing" and "historic" in the hope of bringing an end to the war with Russia.

Apple is manufacturing more of its iPhone 17 phones for the US in India instead of in China, and for the first time, the full lineup of new models will ship from India at launch, according to Bloomberg. The company is also working on a successor to the iPhone 16E that it plans to make […]

$1 trillion of new deployment needed by 2030

Colocation capacity in North American datacenters has dropped to a record low, with much of the construction pipeline already pre-leased, making this a key brake on growth. Keeping up with demand could take as much as $1 trillion in fresh datacenter builds before the decade is out.…

A device that has been likened to a pacemaker for the brain has given a man with severe depression great relief

Ukrainians have given a lukewarm reaction to this week's White House summit.

We might have a new king of esports gaming monitors — one with fewer compromises than usual. Asus has just announced the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W at Gamescom 2025. Not only does it offer a 26.5-inch 2560 x 1440 QHD OLED screen at a blazing-fast 540Hz, it’s also a dual-mode panel that can switch to […]

But 3.13 adoption lags as most devs stick with earlier releases

The Python Software Foundation (PSF), in association with tools vendor JetBrains, has published the eighth Python Developer Survey, with more than 30,000 contributors, making it the biggest yet.…

The body of baby Victoria was found decomposing in an allotment shed in Brighton in 2023.

The Welsh Rugby Union is poised to unveil a plan that would cut half of the Welsh professional sides, leaving Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets under threat.

Ukraine's leader has taken issue with the American map, because of the amount of control it gives Russia.

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Manchester Originals complete only the third 10-wicket victory in the history of The Hundred women's competition as they beat Trent Rockets at Trent Bridge.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing a ticket broker for allegedly using “illegal means” to buy up hundreds of thousands of live event tickets, including for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Key Investment Group, which also does business as Epic Seats, TotalTickets.com, and Totally Tix, is accused of violating the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act […]

Thousands have fled parts of Gaza City in recent days amid airstrikes and advancing Israeli troops, new satellite imagery shows.

One of Britain's most legendary TV dramatists, Sir Phil Redmond, is no stranger to tackling difficult issues on screen.

In the last month, the war in Gaza has become an inescapable facet of the public consciousness as a new surge of images of Palestinian children - their faces impossibly sunken, their limbs reduced to skin and bone - flooded the internet. As the pictures became ubiquitous, the outcry became louder than ever. These conditions […]

The family of a British couple, detained in Iran on espionage charges, says they are "seriously worried" after the pair were moved to the country's "harshest prisons".

BBC Sport looks at some Premier League players who really need to move on or face playing no football this season.

Funding fights and Starship stumbles could still bring it back down to Earth

NASA has begun assembling the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send humans on a lunar landing mission in 2027.…

Sony is finally ready to take on the likes of SteelSeries, Razer, and Logitech with its InZone brand of PC gaming accessories. While InZone started with monitors and headsets in 2022, with a few new products since then (including its great InZone Buds and the sleek but pricey M10S OLED), Sony is making a concerted […]