American actress and Wild at Heart star Diane Ladd has died aged 89.

Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Liverpool for the first time since moving to Real Madrid on Tuesday, when he will discover if absence has made Anfield hearts grow fonder.

South Korea's president laughed, so perhaps it was funny? Unlike China's censorship and snooping

Chinese president Xi Jinping has joked that smartphones from Xiaomi might include backdoors.…

Australia seamer Ryan Harris needed a second chance at being a professional cricketer, but when it came he formed one of the Ashes most clinical partnerships with Mitchell Johnson.

Jan Sears says the passengers were told to run as fast and as far away as they could from the station.

Alain Berset, Council of Europe secretary general, said human rights laws may need to "change or adapt".

Police probing other knife-related incidents and the chancellor flagging "tough decisions" in a pre-Budget speech leads the papers.

Jamie Melham becomes only the second female jockey to win Australia's most famous horse race.

Superapp company that chased Uber away built its own model to do the job right

Proprietary large language models are bad at interpreting Asian languages, according to Singaporean super-app company Grab, which has built its own model instead.…

55 cuffed last week after court ruled sting operation was legal

Australian police last week made 55 arrests using evidence gathered with a backdoored messaging app that authorities distributed in the criminal community.…

Prince William has talked about the need for more good leaders, as well as putting on a display of his less serious side, on the first day of his tour to Brazil.

'Unified Edge' designed so even retail workers can replace a server

Cisco entered the server market in 2009 because the company thought incumbent vendors weren’t satisfying customers. On Monday, the networking giant entered the edge infrastructure market for the same reason.…

If you want your First Amendment rights, make money the Palantir way

Palantir CEO Alex Karp used his quarterly shareholder letter to take aim at critics after the company beat Q3 2025 earnings estimates.…

Demand for weight-loss drugs has soared in India, home to millions with obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo will either lead a breakaway state or seek to take control of the whole country, Sudanese say.

Kardashian plays a divorce lawyer in drama All's Fair but is more keen on criminal law in real life.

Campaigners say IVF treatment should be less stigmatised in the workplace and come with legal entitlements to time off

Four rival carnivore families battle it out for rule over a remarkable river valley in Zambia.

But some people said borrowing from their nearest and dearest had affected those relationships.

Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka was called the signing of the season - and then came his biggest contribution so far with his strike against Everton.

After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?

A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more. One of the best smart home […]

With 10 games gone in the Premier League season, BBC Sport looks at what history tells us we can read into the table.

Even AI has doubts about the claim that '80% of ransomware attacks are AI-driven'

Do 80 percent of ransomware attacks really come from AI? MIT Sloan has now withdrawn a working paper that made that eyebrow-raising claim after criticism from security researcher Kevin Beaumont.…

Granit Xhaka scores his first Sunderland goal as the Black Cats come from behind to draw with Everton and move up to fourth place in the Premier League.

Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents.

OpenAI says ChatGPT’s behavior “remains unchanged” after reports across social media falsely claimed that new s updates to its usage policy prevent the chatbot from offering legal and medical advice. Karan Singhal, OpenAI’s head of health AI, writes on X that the claims are “not true.”  “ChatGPT has never been a substitute for professional advice, […]

Apple has just released iOS 26.1, which includes a new transparency toggle for Liquid Glass. The toggle helps address some of the legibility issues introduced in iOS 26 by allowing iPhone users to tone down the glassy design for buttons, tabs, and other navigational elements. As teased during the iOS 26.1 beta, with the toggle, […]

If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-expanding AirPods lineup. Both the newer AirPods Max and AirPods 4 (with or without ANC) now consistently receive discounts, as do the second-gen AirPods Pro with USB-C. Events like Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday often bring the steepest discounts, though […]

The prince has key environmental work planned with the Earthshot Prize and a speech at the COP30 summit - but started with a cable car trip up Sugarloaf Mountain.

"We were blessed to have her," said her daughter, actress Laura Dern. The two acted together in many films and the HBO show Enlightened.

A judge in Colorado has rejected a plea deal for a funeral home owner accused of storing nearly 190 decomposing bodies in a bug-infested building, after relatives of the deceased argued the proposed 15 to 20-year sentence was far too lenient.

Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms

A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager at two separate cybersecurity firms have been indicted for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks of their own against multiple US companies.…

While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day, many great iPad deals are available outside of those times. The day-to-day discounts come and go like changing winds, so there’s often some amount to be saved, particularly on Apple’s most affordable iPad, the iPad Mini, and the […]

Still available via API, the developer-facing AI isn't even really designed to answer general-purpose questions

If Google's Gemma were an employee, it might be facing HR right now. The company yanked the model from AI Studio after it allegedly invented criminal accusations about a US senator and a conservative activist. However, it seems like the aggrieved parties went out of their way to get the offending output.…

Sir Keir Starmer says AI will improve public services, put money in your pocket, create jobs and improve your children's future.

Last month, General Motors added its name to the growing list of automakers who are pursuing a novel type of partially automated technology called "eyes-off driving." What they didn't do, though, is provide a thorough description of how they'll take responsibility when something goes wrong. Not to be confused with the type of "eyes-off" distracted […]

Guns N' Roses will also top the bill at the rock and metal festival, with dozens of other acts to appear.

Gary O'Neil pulls out of the running to become Wolves manager after coming close to a shock return.

Zohran Mamdani calls himself "Donald Trump's worst nightmare". They are the words of a man living the dream.

Last year's winner scored a $65M funding round on a $300M valuation

Cloud and AI security startups have two weeks to apply for a program that fast-tracks access to investors and mentors from Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike, and Nvidia.…

And what does new polling tell us about how US voters see Trump?

Apple has launched its App Store on the web, offering a central hub where you can browse through different categories of apps across all of the company’s devices, as spotted earlier by MacRumors and 9to5Mac. Now, when you navigate to apps.apple.com, you’ll see the revamped interface instead of a webpage that just contains information about […]

Gaming laptops come in various shapes and sizes, though many of the heavy hitters remain thick and beefy machines that maximize cooling to get the most out of their powerful chips. Most are awash in RGB lighting and edgy designs geared toward capital-G Gamers, but there are also thinner, lighter options that are more portable […]

Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps tells BBC Sport she did not write her autobiography to "tear anyone down" and feels reaction to it has been "distorted".

A person claiming to be one of the University of Pennsylvania hackers says that about "1.2 million lines of data" will be kept private for the group to sell before it is made public. The group also plans to make other documents public. In comments to The Verge, the hacker or hackers distanced themselves from […]

England back row Ben Earl says he trusts Steve Borthwick if the head coach decides to deploy him as a starting centre.

Strangulation pornography will be banned following a review which found such images have helped to establish it as a sexual norm.

Stephen Crean was among those injured in a knife attack on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday evening.

Euro 2028 co-hosts England face playing one group match and a possible last-16 game away from Wembley.

BBC Verify uses witness statements and video evidence to piece together a timeline of a devastating stabbing.

With everything from the next Knives Out movie to the final season of Stranger Things on the way, there’s going to be a ton of great stuff to stream in the coming weeks. And if you want to watch it all in glorious 4K resolution, Google’s TV Streamer (4K) is a great streaming device that’s […]

Apple has shared a new intro sound and video that will accompany things you watch on the newly-renamed Apple TV streaming service. Apple rebranded Apple TV Plus to just Apple TV last month, and the previous intro prominently highlighted the plus, so it makes sense that Apple made a new version to accompany the updated […]

Your Party membership stands at 50,000, Sky News can reveal.

A force is investigating three other knife-related incidents in Peterborough over the weekend.

The UK has begun sharing quantum research with other members of the G7 and Australia, as the race to develop the new technology heats up.

Witnesses talk about what they saw on the train where a mass stabbing has taken place.

Amazon deal still dwarfed by $250B Azure commitment made as part of OpenAI's for-profit transformation

OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion agreement with Amazon Web Services, adding another hyperscaler alongside Microsoft Azure for its growing AI compute needs. Where it's getting all this money was not disclosed.…

The technology secretary says O2's higher-than-expected price increase is "disappointing" given the cost of living.

The prime minister has commended the "heroic" driver and staff who were working on board a train when multiple people were stabbed on Saturday night.

A victim of the Cambridgeshire train stabbings has spoken of the injuries he suffered, as an investigation was launched into whether the suspect was involved in other incidents.

Accenture to poke around the beleaguered airline's IT infrastructure

Alaska Airlines has called in consultants to advise it on what went wrong during a late October IT meltdown that grounded flights and wreaked havoc for two days.…

Peter Mandelson was sacked in September due to his links with Jeffrey Epstein being exposed.

The spending will continue until ROI improves

Tech companies continue to sling crazy amounts of money at AI, with Microsoft announcing deals worth billions in Texas and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while Google parent Alphabet is selling bonds in Europe to raise cash for more AI expansion.…

The ex-footballer goes on trial over social media posts about presenter Jeremy Vine and pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward.

The seven-year agreement will see OpenAI gain access to Nvidia graphics processors to train its artificial intelligence models.

Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age

Cybercriminals are increasingly orchestrating lucrative cargo thefts alongside organized crime groups (OCGs) in a modern-day resurgence of attacks on freight companies.…

New Ofsted inspections will go ahead as planned this month after the NAHT union's failed legal challenge.

More than 700 officers will be on duty for Aston Villa's Europa League match against Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday.

The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an anti-piracy organization representing Japanese IP holders like Studio Ghibli and Bandai Namco, released a letter last week asking OpenAI to stop using its members’ content to train Sora 2, as reported by Automaton. The letter states that “CODA considers that the act of replication during the machine learning […]

Coca-Cola is once again using generative AI to reimagine its classic Coke caravan holiday commercials, and in doing so, killing some of the festive joy you have for the brand. After receiving backlash for airing three AI-generated holiday commercials last year that featured gliding wheels and uncanny-looking faces, the company has doubled down with a […]

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says there could be more facial recognition CCTV after a mass stabbing on a train.

England's Lucy Bronze is named in the Fifpro Women's World XI for the eighth straight year while Barcelona's Lamine Yamal becomes the youngest player in the Men's XI.

A gym instructor who called himself the "Anglo Jihadi" has been found guilty of planning a bomb and chemical attack on a major shopping centre.

Police horses, dogs and drones will be on patrol on Thursday as protesters plan demonstrations.

The Grammy-winning reggae singer says the storm was "very frightening, especially for my young kids".

Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on brain health

Researchers point to risks in high-stakes applications as well as the potential to spread misinformation

Large language models often fail to distinguish between factual knowledge and personal belief, and are especially poor at recognizing when a belief is false.…

A member of the train staff remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition after Saturday's attack.

For Big Tech, a penny invested in AI is a penny earned… Maybe. After an indeterminate amount of time. Investors hope. On earnings calls last week, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta reported more than $350 billion this year on capital expenditures, or longer-tail investments in a company's future. All four told investors to expect the […]

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have hinted at tax rises to come when the chancellor delivers the budget later this month.

The Reform UK leader rows back on his party's previous promise to deliver £90bn of tax cuts.

Avanti says it could be "a number of days" before normal service between Glasgow and London resumes.

A search is continuing in the Dolakha district for four other foreigners who are feared dead.

Counter-terrorism police want to see an increase in the mental health services for violence-fixated individuals, Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer has said.

The 19-year-old from Teesside, who was charged with drug trafficking, is eight months pregnant.

Memory safety trumps retro computing: Alpha, PA-RISC, m68k, SH4 face the chop in 2026

Debian's APT package manager will have a "hard requirement" on Rust from May 2026. This move may make some rather big waves.…

Thousands who fled a key frontline city in Sudan's war as it fell to paramilitaries were targeted in killing fields around it by the group, after the military's top brass secured their own safe passage.

A rickshaw driver who stole £31,000 worth of fine wine and champagne from upmarket restaurants has been spared jail after returning some of the stolen goods.

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise

A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the rules themselves are flawed

Scunthorpe United footballer Jonathan Gjoshe, 22 and Nottingham Forest fan Stephen Crean were stabbed.

Rescue teams are trying to free a worker buried under rubble in Rome after a medieval tower collapsed during renovation work.

If you haven’t upgraded your Apple Watch in years (or haven’t tried one at all) the Apple Watch SE 3 (40mm GPS) offers the best bang for your buck, and the Starlight color is down to a new all-time low of $199.99 ($50 off) at Amazon. Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song was impressed with how […]

Waymo said it plans on launching commercial robotaxi services in three new cities: San Diego, Las Vegas, and Detroit. The announcement comes after the company said it would begin rapidly scaling to bring its fully driverless technology to more people on a faster timeline. Waymo didn’t say exactly when it plans on opening up its […]

OpenAI has struck a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services that will give the AI giant access to “hundreds of thousands” of Nvidia GPUs to power its AI models. The seven-year partnership comes as Microsoft continues to loosen its grip on OpenAI, dropping its status as its exclusive cloud provider and losing the first […]

Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

Help me, HOBI-WAN, you're my only hope for lunch

The European Space Agency (ESA) has coined a tortured acronym for its project to feed astronauts on long-duration missions: HOBI-WAN (Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria In Weightlessness As a source of Nutrition).…

How the Buffalo Bills beat the Kansas City Chiefs, plus the best performers, games and talking points from week nine in the NFL.