The world's youngest country is banking on its young people to propel its national identity beyond the spectre of war, through hope, perseverance and a love of basketball.

Thanet District Council says it plans to review the evidence and consult on an amended order.

Sources say decision to pull products takes effect from end of 2025

Exclusive  Huawei's product portfolio in Britain is about to shrink again with suppliers informed that its battery energy storage systems (BESS) are to be discontinued locally by the end of 2025.…

For years, BMW has been teasing its forthcoming next-generation “Neue Klasse” electric vehicle platform, complete with better batteries, better range, and an all-new “superbrain” with enhanced computing power. Today, the German automaker finally revealed the first Neue Klasse vehicle: the iX3. And at first glance, it has a lot to take in. The iX3, which […]

London City Lionesses announce world record signing of France international Grace Geyoro for £1.4m.

Honda is bringing back the sporty Prelude as a technology-packed 200-horsepower hybrid to tug at nostalgia strings. It’s the first new Prelude in 25 years and the front-wheel-drive-coup antidote to crossover SUVs. Pricing hasn’t been announced but in Japan it starts at just under 6.18 million yen (around $41,600), according to Nikkei. It will arrive at US […]

It has been Vladimir Putin's best week since he launched his invasion of Ukraine. 

The US president has sought to refocus the department on "warfighting" and a "warrior ethos".

Richard Tice says manifesto pledges ahead of last year's general election are "not appropriate" for a future election.

Multiple administrations have been deposed by court interventions and military coups in recent years.

Mark Zuckerberg - not that one - is suing Meta, the owner of Facebook.

The ex-MP told the Daily Mail the Tory Party was dead and its members now "need to think the unthinkable".

Inter Miami's Luis Suarez has apologised for spitting at a member of another team's coaching staff during an on-pitch scuffle.

England batter Jacob Bethell, who made 58 off 40 balls in defeat by South Africa, needs time and space to learn his trade, says Jonathan Agnew.

Affinity Learning Partnership warns staff after Intradev breach

A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.…

Former world champions Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather are set to compete in an exhibition bout next year.

If you look up to the sky on Sunday, you might just see a rare celestial event - a total lunar eclipse.

Bickering continued despite mess putting cancer patients at risk

On Call  Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column in which we share your tech support stories.…

Plenty of autonomous lawnmowers have been showcased or introduced at this year’s IFA event in Berlin, but only one of them comes equipped with a robotic arm. NexLawn, a sub-brand of MOVA that sits under its Dreame parent company, has announced the Master X Series Concept, which it describes as “the first robotic mower with […]

BBC Sport tells the story of Gilberto Mora, Mexico's record-breaking 16-year-old star.

The former US president had been spotted with a wound on the right side of his head in recent days.

L-theanine supplements are touted for stress relief, focus and better sleep. Although the evidence so far is preliminary, studies suggest the compound may have several brain benefits

Timekettle has announced a new pair of real-time translation headphones called the W4 AI Interpreter Earbuds. They use bone conduction technology that helps improve accuracy in loud environments. Available now for $349 in navy blue and sandy gold color options, the earbuds are a more affordable alternative to the company’s $449 over-the-ear W4 Pro released […]

Fifteen people have been killed in Sri Lanka after a passenger bus veered off a 1,000ft cliff.

Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Carter is dismissed for spitting as his side beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 in a season opener that included a 65-minute weather delay.

Many in Westminster expect Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's fate to be decided today.

Fixes typos, creates timebombs

AI coding assistants allow developers to move fast and break things, which may not be ideal.…

Lands a fourth giant customer for bespoke AI accelerators

Broadcom has impressed investors by posting record revenues but admitted it has sold a lot of shelfware to VMware customers.…

Lenovo’s Legion Go was a polarizing handheld gaming PC, and that won’t change as the company officially announces its successor today: the new Legion Go 2 is slightly bigger, heavier, and costs at least $400 more than the original. But in many other ways, it looks like Lenovo listened — and so this handheld, with […]

Lenovo has decided that IFA is the ideal time to show off its most powerful (and most chunky) hardware. And easily at the top of that heap is the Thinkpad P16 Gen 3. With a starting price of $3,339, it’s the most expensive and the most powerful of the lot. It packs the latest Core […]

Lenovo has made laptop screens that roll, flip, and go transparent, and now for IFA 2025 it’s announcing a new concept with a screen that can rotate into portrait mode. The Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept is a pretty standard-looking 14-inch productivity laptop, but if you nudge the screen’s edge from its top-right corner, the whole […]

Lenovo’s Smart Motion Concept laptop stand, announced at IFA 2025, automatically raises and lowers itself and turns and tilts to position your laptop at an ergonomic eye level. It’s a lot like an amped-up Apple Center Stage webcam, but the whole laptop adapts to you and your posture. That’s basically what it felt like when […]

We’re all used to having our lights respond to verbal commands at this point. But normally, there’s a middleman passing our commands along, whether that’s our phone or a smart speaker that is actually listening to what we say. Lepro is eliminating the need for a separate controller by building a microphone directly into the […]

Amanda Anisimova fights back to beat Naomi Osaka and set up an enticing US Open final against defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.

Retail sales rose a surprising amount in July, as good weather and the Women's Euros led people to part with their cash, official figures show.

England defender Lucy Bronze sits down with Kelly Somers to talk about winning the Euros and life outside of football.

Adm Sir Tony Radakin says he is optimistic about the country's defence.

Parents speak of horrific experiences after their school-aged children bought the vape liquid via Snapchat.

Photos, letters and other documents will go on sale at an auction.

The fallout from Angela Rayner's stamp duty admission continues to dominate Friday's papers.

Fire services in England and Wales have dealt with a record 996 wildfires so far this year.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka says 'I'll try my best to kick his ass' if a proposed 'Battle of the Sexes'-style match with Nick Kyrgios goes ahead.

British pair Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski continue their pursuit of a first men's doubles Grand Slam crown by reaching the US Open final.

Rideshare giant also reveals 350-petabyte data lake it protects with tech adapted from Airbnb

Uber’s Indian arm has started using its app to offer rideshare and delivery drivers the chance to make a Rupee by classifying data used by AI systems.…

Former US president Joe Biden has had surgery for skin cancer, his spokesperson has said.

Ministers are being urged not to meet the Israeli president during an expected visit next week, as the government continues to condemn his country's expanded military offensive in Gaza.

The Facebook founder's namesake in Indiana says he has lost business because his social accounts keep getting shut.

The most recent earthquake on Thursday night sent people rushing out of their homes in panic.

Donald Trump is to rebrand the US Department of Defense as the "Department of War", according to the White House.

The US president made the remarks during a dinner hosting prominent tech leaders at the White House.

London City Lionesses agree a £1.4m world record deal for Paris St-Germain midfielder Grace Geyoro on the WSL's transfer deadline day.

Because nobody's going to spend billions to retrain a model built on dubiously legal content

Researchers have found promising new ways to have AI models ignore copyrighted content, suggesting it may be possible to satisfy legal requirements without going through the lengthy and costly process of retraining models.…

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 most recent iPad Pro and […]

The party has now been ahead in the polls for five months, but can it keep the momentum?

Shortly before his death, the star wrote dozens of notes for a musical set in 18th Century London.

You cut and pasted the machine key from the official documentation? Ouch

Unknown miscreants are exploiting a configuration vulnerability in multiple Sitecore products to achieve remote code execution via a publicly exposed key and deploy snooping malware on infected machines.…

Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa says financial restrictions "killed" the club in the summer transfer window.

Bella Culley is in prison in Georgia waiting to see if enough money can be raised for her release.

Highlights from the second ODI between England and South Africa of 2025.

Mother Mary comes to me is a raw, bruising, yet life-affirming portrait of Arundhati Roy's mother.

Sir Keir Starmer could be forced into a decision over Angela Rayner's future as early as today, as the prime minister's ethics adviser prepares his verdict on the Labour deputy's tax affairs.

It is much more than a battle over vaccines in the United States.

AI agent system said to have found more than 100 zero-day flaws in production apps

AI models get slammed for producing sloppy bug reports and burdening open source maintainers with hallucinated issues, but they also have the potential to transform application security through automation.…

The health secretary clashed with lawmakers as they accused him of restricting Americans' access to vaccines.

The first lady has taken a different - and selective - approach to her duties in the White House.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill said he "got the reaction we wanted" from his players in Thursday's 3-1 World Cup qualifying win over Luxembourg.

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney over claims the AI startup “brazenly dispenses its intellectual property as if it were its own,” as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. In the lawsuit, Warner Bros. Discovery alleges that Midjourney generated “countless” infringing images and videos of its copyrighted characters, including Superman, Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, and more. […]

Signs up JetBlue for in-flight connection, but not until 2027

Amazon showed off download speeds peaking at 1.28 Gbps from its nascent Project Kuiper internet satellite service and announced an airline deal with US commercial airline JetBlue to provide Wi-Fi in the sky.…

Investigators said the 18-year-old killed was the sister of the suspect, who was known to police.

Daniel Levy has left Tottenham after almost 25 years as executive chairman of the Premier League club.

The deputy PM has admitted underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.

Victims are calling for stiffer sentencing guidelines for those convicted of violence against women in Northern Ireland as it grapples with a femicide record described as an "epidemic".

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are among the companies committing to help prepare Americans for a world dominated by AI technology at a White House event on AI education Thursday. First Lady Melania Trump hosted a meeting of the White House’s AI education task force where several CEOs touted their commitments. President Donald Trump is expected […]

Interferences to satellite navigational systems occur almost daily, aviation officials say.

England's poor form in white-ball cricket continued as they were beaten by South Africa to lose the second one-day international and the series with a game to spare.

England's poor form in white-ball cricket continues as they are beaten by South Africa to lose the second one-day international and the series with a game to spare.

A prototype of bifocal eyeglasses uses liquid crystals and electric fields to switch between modes that aid in nearby and distance vision

Tottenham's success off the field under chairman Daniel Levy will always be overshadowed by failures on it, says chief football writer Phil McNulty

Hundreds of people have been arrested over alleged support for the group, which is banned under terror legislation.

At the end of last year, Apple launched its latest smartwatch, introducing the Apple Watch Series 10 alongside a black rendition of the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Each wearable has its own pros and cons, as does the second-gen Apple Watch SE, but the introduction of Apple’s newest wearables also means there are now more […]

Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits

A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search, according to ESET researchers.…

It is unclear what caused the crash in which 16 people died and more than 20 were injured, including many foreign nationals.

Nadine Dorries has never forgiven the Conservative Party for ousting her hero Boris Johnson, on whom she continues to lavish praise.

Agency wants a single private integrator to herd 74K bits of kit with only 40% of the funding so far

Get ready to start flying American skies with a renewed sense of confidence, at least eventually, as the Federal Aviation Administration has finally decided to start soliciting ideas for an overhaul of the US' antiquated air traffic control systems. In classic Trump administration style, the FAA wants a single private-sector integrator to run the overhaul, with the public footing the bill. …

The new Street Fighter movie, which has been in the works since 2023, now has a cast and a release date. The film hits theaters on October 16th, 2026, and the cast includes some big names like Jason Momoa, 50 Cent, Orville Peck, and Eric André, according to a series of posts from an X […]

Photographer Nicole Tung captures the tough world facing South-East Asia’s fishers and their families in this series of images, which won her the Carmignac Photojournalism Award for fieldwork

If you’ve ever wished your phone didn’t protrude so much while in your pocket, then the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge might be made for you. Samsung’s ultra-slim Android phone features the same 6.7-inch OLED display as the Galaxy S25 Plus, but the device’s 5.8mm thick design makes it feel completely different. Right now, you can […]

The Prime Minister refuses to say if he’ll sack his deputy, if she broke the rules.

At least 16 people died after a carriage on the city's famous Glória hillside railway derailed.

Four employees of a non-profit organisation and a transport worker are among those who died.

We’ve got hungry American datacenters to feed, argued the lawmaker - a revival Nvidia dubs ‘doomer science fiction’

+Comment  US lawmakers are looking to apply Trump's America-First agenda to advanced semiconductors by giving US buyers first dibs while restricting the sale of most high-end chips needed for AI to the rest of the world.…

Head coach Craig Bellamy feels Wales' World Cup qualifying group remains wide open after his side overcame "crazy" preparation to beat Kazakhstan 1-0 in Astana to move to the summit of Group J.

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) uses lasers and mirrors to look for black holes across the universe, and it turns out a Google DeepMind AI could make it even more sensitive

Former Conservative culture secretary Nadine Dorries has become the latest high-profile defection to Reform UK.

We’re in an age where you can realistically delegate tasks to smart hunks of metal, whether it’s a self-driving car or a robot that can clean on your behalf. Most of us probably won’t be able to afford the helpful sentient humanoids being developed in our lifetimes, but robot vacuums are an affordable way to […]

Neil Hopper claimed that injuries to his legs were the result of sepsis and not self-inflicted.

When players take the field at the start of the NFL season, many will be sporting the new, subtly different F7 Pro helmet, which some have speculated might be the safest one football has ever seen. That's significant for a sport that, over the past two decades, has become as well known for concussions as […]

A glass screen protector is one of a few essential accessories that every Switch 2 owner should make, along with buying a protective case for the console. In fact, it should be a priority to stick one onto the console’s screen as soon as possible to avoid accidental scratches.  I’ve been installing and removing Switch […]

Volunteers also allege say there is a "culture of bullying" at the organisation, run by Christopher Joell-Deshields.

Jacob Bethell hits Keshav Maharaj for four boundaries off one over as he and Joe Root lead England's chase of 331 against South Africa in the second ODI at Lord's.