Conservation work has revealed "exceptionally rare" silver-coloured objects in a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts unearthed by a metal detectorist.

The veteran actress blamed nerves for her releasing wind at a tense moment during the game.

Valdet Bujupi says giving in to his daughter's sweet tooth led to him buying a winning ticket.

Oracle slurps your data whether you like it or not... for the good and bad of the planet

Comment  If you're an Oracle customer – throw a pebble into a crowd of 100 CIOs and you're bound to hit one – then Big Red has vectorized you. Or, more accurately, it has vectorized your data, according to Larry Ellison, co-founder and CTO, who lobbed about the terminology in this week's conference keynote as if it conferred some sort of mystical technological incantation.…

The family of Hollywood star Diane Keaton have revealed that the Oscar-winning actress died of pneumonia.

"Put them in camps and deport them."

Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton took his own life, an inquest has heard.

The world's biggest packaged food company, Nestle, is to cut 16,000 jobs in the next two years, it announced on Thursday.

Windows 10 is the least of some people's problems

Windows 10's free support has shuffled off this mortal coil for most customers – but that's merely the headline act in Microsoft's October support massacre. Older versions of Office and Windows Server have also been shown the door.…

A double rapist who faked his own death and fled the UK intends to appeal his conviction.

The cereal-maker's new boss says he wants to instil a "performance mindset" and prioritise earnings.

A number of men who were stationed at or connected with a British Army base in Kenya have been declared the fathers of Kenyan children by the High Court.

Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl drops out of the race to become Rangers' new head coach.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the chancellor needs to find £22bn to make up a shortfall.

Minister pins hopes on low Earth orbit satellites to plug crap rail connectivity

Data-hungry rail passengers will have to wait until at least 2030 before getting something like universal mobile data coverage across the UK, a minister confirmed this week.…

Drivers of larger vehicles, such as Range Rovers and SUVs (sports utility vehicles), could face higher charges for parking in a UK city centre under new plans.

As Manchester United search for back-to-back wins, BBC Sport looks at why their next four games could be key for Ruben Amorim.

Police fired tear gas at protesters who could be seen sheltering in doorways.

Australia's rainforests are the first in the world to make the "concerning" switch, say scientists.

Both this government and its Conservative predecessor had deep worries about Chinese espionage, writes the BBC's political editor.

The US president says the move is "a big stop", but there has been no confirmation so far from Delhi.

About 75 fans watched Jonjo Shelvey's debut in the third tier of the United Arab Emirates - but he says he has not moved for money.

Danielle and her three children have moved four times in a year after her landlord wanted to sell their flat.

Ian Currie had been attempting to walk from Glenfinnan to Knoydart when he got into difficulty.

The government is facing questions about why the case collapsed just weeks before a trial was due to go ahead.

Boris Johnson's ex-Downing Street aide says Beijing obtained "vast amounts" of "secret" data.

A 39-year-old man died in hospital alone, miles from his family, after being detained by US immigration officials.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is facing legal action from thousands of people in the UK who are accusing the global healthcare giant of knowingly selling talcum powder contaminated with asbestos.

The now-collapsed case against two men accused of spying for China is front and centre for a number of the papers.

Bookmakers say the stars are front-runners for the prize, which is held in Newcastle on Thursday.

It is understood that some people accused of abuse could still be beneficiaries of the group's assets.

The Paris-inspired proposed monument in Washington DC is meant to commemorate the US 250th anniversary.

The rock band discuss the themes that fuelled their critically-acclaimed new album, From The Pyre.

Instead of using private contractors to provide hotel rooms to asylum seekers, could paying councils to buy more properties be the solution?

No custom Arm CPUs to speak of yet

Meta on Wednesday entered into a partnership with Arm Holdings with the aim of helping its software run more efficiently on the British chip designer's CPUs.…

The group's armed wing says it has returned the bodies it can reach in Gaza's ruins, but needs specialised equipment and more time to retrieve others.

Free Software Foundation project aims to reverse-engineer non-freedom respecting firmware

To bridge the gap between Android distributions and true mobile phone freedom, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched an initiative called Librephone.…

The late sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre wrote in her memoir that Prince Andrew was "entitled" and "believed having sex with me was his birthright".

The late sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre alleged in her memoir that Prince Andrew was "entitled" and "believed having sex with me was his birthright".

Chelsea forward Alyssa Thompson was a "bright spark" as she scored her first goal, and her best is "still to come".

The ROG Xbox Ally works with Game Pass out of the box, meaning gamers start off with hundreds of games.

The destruction and hunger that Sudan's war has brought leaves parents with some impossible choices.

In the last two months, Russia has hugely upped its attacks on Ukraine's trains and rail network.

Some are only now coming forward with accounts of loved ones who disappeared during the civil war and are presumed dead.

The Government publish new evidence from the deputy national security adviser

Donald Trump has refused to say if the CIA has the authority to assassinate Venezuela's president, after approving covert operations in the country to tackle alleged drug trafficking.

Federal agencies have seven days to patch F5 products

An unidentified nation-state hacking crew targeting vulnerable F5 products to break into US government networks poses an "imminent risk" to federal agencies, American cyber officials warned on Wednesday – while also blaming Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown and insisting that the staffing cuts haven't hurt cyber defenses at all.…

Britain's hopes of becoming a critical minerals superpower have been dealt a severe blow after one of its leading companies abandoned its plans to build a rare earths refinery near Hull.

Activists say the unprecedented round-up could be the beginning of a wider crackdown on China's underground churches.

Meet [user] from [location]

In an effort to help human readers figure out whether they can trust the source of information (or opinion) posted on X, Elon Musk’s social network plans to add a new "About this account" screen with metadata from each user, including their location, how long they’ve had the account, and how many times they've changed their usernames.…

The takeaways from BBC Wales' head-to-head with six of next week's Senedd by-election candidates.

Virginia Giuffre, who took her life earlier this year, gives her account of meeting Prince Andrew.

Google is making videos created with the AI filmmaking tool Flow even more realistic — and harder to identify as AI-generated at first glance. The company announced Wednesday that users can add in and change the shadows and lighting of their AI videos. The expanded editing features in Flow are tied to the Veo 3.1 […]

When we meet Vicki, she is clinging to an Israeli flag, her eyes moist with half-formed tears.

If you build it, they will come and expect the service to be free

OpenAI is losing about three times more money than it's earning, and 95 percent of those using ChatGPT, which generates roughly 70 percent of the company's recurring revenue, aren't paying a dime to help stem the losses.…

When my household quit cable four years ago and I lost access to Seattle Mariners games on TV, I started streaming the radio broadcast on the Google Home speaker in my kitchen. Honestly? Baseball on the radio rules. You get to walk around and do stuff to the pleasant background sounds of the crowd. Sometimes […]

Apple recently announced revised 14-inch MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models, each equipped with the new M5 processor. As expected, Apple's new M5 chip is supposedly faster than the M4, with better performance for graphically demanding applications. Apple also says the M5 is significantly better at handling AI-based tasks because its 10-core GPU has a […]

Oh and the CPU is up to 15% faster for those that could care less about articifically intelligent Apple products and more about getting work done

Apple's fifth-generation of M-series silicon is starting to trickle out with the launch of the M5 MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pros this week.…

The bodies of two more Israeli hostages have been handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas - but uncertainty still hangs over the fate of the missing remains of others.

Tokyo cries foul over Sora slop abusing 'irreplaceable treasures' of anime, manga - oh, and copyright law

OpenAI’s Sora 2 video generator has gone viral, particularly among users churning out anime that looks suspiciously like Studio Ghibli and other copyrighted works. Alarmed by the threat to one of its prized cultural exports, Japan has reportedly lodged a formal request that the American firm knock it off.…

About 2,000 people are likely to be charged, meaning 400 trials could need to be held.

After a near-miss against Pakistan, England are unlikely to survive any more batting scares with their toughest opponents in India and Australia on the horizon.

Fifteen UK charities have launched a fresh appeal for donations to Gaza to address "catastrophic levels of need" in the devastated region.

The Pentagon says Hegseth and other military leaders on board, who were travelling back from a Nato meeting, are safe.

An aircraft carrying US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has had to make an "unscheduled landing" in the UK.

Apple’s new M5-powered iPad Pro is the first iPad to officially support the Thread smart home protocol. It comes with Apple’s new N1 wireless networking chip, which adds Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread — the three wireless protocols the Matter smart home standard runs on. While other iPads and Macs reportedly have Thread radios, […]

Big Tech and big money unite to back world’s biggest bit-barn buyout

The AI bubble just keeps getting bigger. A consortium featuring BlackRock, Microsoft, Nvidia, xAI, and MGX is buying Aligned Data Centers in a deal valuing the operator at around $40 billion, in what is reportedly the biggest datacenter acquisition to date.…

PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.

Scientists are designing mRNA vaccines to produce virus-like nanoparticles, which should lead to a more robust immune response with even fewer side effects than either of these immunisation approaches on their own

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens may have coped better than our close relatives

This will be the fourth consecutive winter of outages since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Following the debut of Amazon’s $39.99 Fire TV Stick 4K Select, the company told The Verge that a name change was coming to the existing “Fire TV Stick 4K” to clarify where it sat in the lineup. Now, Amazon has introduced that new branding, relaunching the product as the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus. […]

Palestinians in Gaza are reported to be stockpiling food, amid anxiety that the ceasefire will unravel.

Hello and welcome to a post-October Federal Holiday edition of Regulator. Last week, I caught wind that House Speaker Mike Johnson, along with several top House Republican leaders, had held an exclusive press briefing about the government shutdown that was restricted to "new media." The contents of the meeting were published as a "scoop" by […]

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) from poorer families are being left behind, a report into England's education system warns.

A group of Democratic lawmakers are asking questions about YouTube’s $24.5 million settlement with President Donald Trump. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, five Senators — Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) — asked for details about any settlement […]

With enthralling visuals and intense performances, this version of Mary Shelley's sci-fi tale reminds us to ask not only if we can create life, but if we can live with our creations, says Davide Abbatescianni

Our experiments have revealed that we're getting it wrong when it comes to crime and punishment. This is undermining society, say Raihan Alam and Tage Rai

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

The British government isn't the only one looking to introduce digital ID cards. There is so much to worry about here, not least the threat of hacks, says Annalee Newitz

Feedback isn't entirely convinced by a new piece of research that claims by 2339 "there will be no humans", even though the authors used three methods to make their calculation

Our bond with cats – which has seen them go from hunter to house pet – may be more diverse than with any other animal. And Jerry D. Moore's Cat Tales: A history rounds up the lot, says Bethan Ackerley

Chilli powder is touted as a cheap, easy, safe option to protect your garden from foxes and squirrels. James Wong casts a scientific eye on this popular remedy

In Ken Liu's All That We See or Seem, a once-famous hacker must find a missing dream-weaver. One for AI fans, but it didn't quite work for Emily H. Wilson

A report on the state of the climate has concluded coral reefs are on a knife-edge, even as the world shifts away from making good on net zero

Now England have booked their place at the 2026 World Cup attention turns to how they might fare in North America next summer - and how some of their rivals are looking.

If you’re looking for a great 360-degree action camera for your next adventure, the Insta360 X5 is an excellent pick that’s on sale in black at Amazon and Best Buy for $499.99 ($50 off) through October 16th, which is an all-time low. It’s also available directly from Insta360’s online storefront for the same price with […]

BBC Verify investigates the damage done by two years of war, which could take $70bn and decades to repair.

The move comes after fresh fighting and reports of Pakistani air strikes in Kandahar and Kabul.

A woman who accompanied her husband as he took his own life at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland has been told by police she will not face criminal charges.

FIFA has told Sky News the US government does have the right to determine if cities are safe for the World Cup - after Donald Trump threatened to remove the Boston area from hosting.

Basketball's world governing body Fiba suspends the British Basketball Federation and bars the British men's team from international competition because of governance issues.

The equalities watchdog says updated guidance on single-sex spaces needs to be approved quickly.

England slip to 79-7 against Pakistan before heavy rain abandons their group stage game at the Women's World Cup in Colombo.

The spectre of Max Verstappen has hung heavily over both Mercedes drivers this season - and over Britain's George Russell more so than rookie Kimi Antonelli.

Logitech is launching a digital stylus for Apple Vision Pro that makes it easier to write, draw, and manipulate 3D designs. The Logitech Muse is essentially a pen-shaped Vision Pro controller that can be used like a paintbrush or pencil when navigating apps, making annotations, or creating art, providing a more natural experience in mixed […]

England avoided a shock defeat by Pakistan at the Women's World Cup, being saved by heavy rain in Colombo.

Russell Findlay says the process for deciding on prisoner release needs to be modernised.

Mint Mobile is trying something a bit less “mobile” with its new prepaid 5G home internet plan that goes for as little as $30 a month. To get that price, you will need to also have a Mint phone plan and pay for at least three months up front. But it’s still one of the […]

Only 13% are AI-ready; the rest are bolting it on and hoping for ROI

Contrary to popular belief, you can't succeed in business (or AI) without really trying. Many orgs are jumping on the AI bandwagon without the infrastructure they need to make it work or track results, Cisco says. Most haven't even defined what they want their AI agents to do.…