Jemimah Rodrigues and Amanjot Kaur make half-centuries as India comfortably beat England in the second T20 in Bristol to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Jurors in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs have reached a verdict on four of the five counts against him - but the hip-hop mogul will have to wait to learn his fate.

India take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series after another dominant performance at Bristol.

X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts. Like humans, the “AI Note Writers” will be able to submit a Community Note, but they will only actually be shown on a post “if found helpful by people from different perspectives,” X […]

Leonna Ruka died after being injured in a Southend park and her family calls her "a light in our lives".

It is possible to make a material absorb more radiation than it has to re-emit, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient

Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing last year, that will let you assign people “Admin” and “Member” roles. People with Admin status have full control of all the devices, services, and […]

Emergency episode: 'Bittersweet' welfare reform bill waved through on government vote

Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane emissions

After a long stretch of slim pickings, the last couple of years have been huge for Android smartwatches. Now there are more good options than ever — with more on the way soon. Much like Android phones, this market is fragmented. Wear OS 5 is here for Samsung’s Galaxy Watches, Google’s Pixel Watch 3, and […]

T-Mobile is bringing some of its Uncarrier energy to Ultra Mobile, the carrier’s international-focused MVNO that operates on its network. It announced that its plans now have slightly higher data caps and more international perks, but with the same prices as before for new and existing subscribers — a rare thing to see these days. […]

The president has said he views the legislation as an integral part of his political legacy.

Two people have been arrested after Palestine Action claimed to have blockaded the entrance of an Israeli defence company's UK headquarters.

The bargain between content makers and crawlers has broken down

ai-pocalypse  Cloudflare has started blocking AI web crawlers by default in a bid to become the internet's gatekeeper.…

Senate Republicans today passed a sweeping spending bill that narrowly avoided punitive tax measures on renewable energy but still threatens to stall its growth in the US.  After wrangling over hundreds of amendments for more than 24 hours in a so-called “vote-a-rama” on Monday and Tuesday, Senate Republicans advanced the bill with provisions that make […]

The UK's YouTubers, TikTok creators and Instagram influencers have been surveyed on mass for the first time ever, and are demanding formal recognition from the government.

Crew members were able to quickly rescue the pair, who were on the last day of a Disney cruise to the Bahamas.

BBC Sport pundit Naomi Broady discusses the reasons why the current Wimbledon & French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz isn't the world number one.

Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo signs a new contract which will keep him at Vitality Stadium until the summer of 2030.

British number one Jack Draper starts his Wimbledon bid with a comfortable victory over clay-court specialist Sebastian Baez.

Check whether your MP voted for or against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

Labour's welfare reforms bill has passed, with 335 MPs voting in favour and 260 against.

When it comes to finding a device to read ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tablet or use your phone, but those devices are multipurpose and can be used for a ton of things, like surfing the web or doom-scrolling on X or Bluesky. If you are […]

Customizations not saved with security baseline policy update

Microsoft Intune administrators may face a few days of stress after Redmond acknowledged a problem with security baseline customizations.…

Grammarly plans to acquire the buzzy email app Superhuman, according to a press release.  Email is already the “number-one use case” of Grammarly for professional users, the company says, with “the AI assistant helping to revise over 50 million emails per week across more than 20 email providers.” Buying Superhuman makes some sense, then: it […]

Earlier this year, Sonos permanently dropped the price of its Era 100 speaker to $199, making it more affordable for people looking to build a multiroom wireless speaker setup. Now, the small-but-mighty speaker is even cheaper to kick off summer. Sonos is offering the refurbished Era 100 for just $119 ($40 off), the lowest price […]

Major League Soccer (MLS) is now nearly halfway through its 2025 season, and Apple is giving fans a great reason to tune in. For a limited time, the MLS Season Pass is available for just $49, offering new and returning subscribers access to every remaining match at half the regular price. If you’re an Apple […]

Santander is to buy TSB, becoming the UK's third biggest bank in the process.

Trump's budget bill moves back to the House with some mods

It took a tie-breaking vote from the Vice President JD Vance to pass Trump's budget reconciliation bill through the Senate on Tuesday, but a controversial section that would have barred states from regulating AI was struck down in a much clearer fashion. …

England's first-Test victory over India was another reason to defend the longest format of the game, writes Stephan Shemilt.

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Laptop Mag is shutting down after nearly 35 years of providing consumers with in-depth information about laptops and other technology. In a staff meeting seen by The Verge, Faisal Alani, the global brand director at Laptop Mag owner Future PLC, said, “After careful consideration and a review of our long-term strategy, we’ve made the decision […]

R&D teams are 'separable' says biz, which is open to offers for parts or the whole

European RISC-V biz Codasip has put itself up for sale, citing an expression of interest during a recent funding round, and is now openly touting for buyers.…

He didn't cover his tracks very well, the iGiant claims in a court filing

An ex-Apple employee who allegedly thought he was clever enough to sneak out the back door to a job at Snap loaded up with Cupertino's secrets has instead found himself on the receiving end of a lawsuit. …

BBC Sport pundits Todd Woodbridge and John McEnroe explain how Jack Draper is able to use his serve to his advantage as a left hander, similar to that of Rafael Nadal.

Nothing's first pair of over-the-ear headphones has arrived, bearing the company's signature retro-transparent design that it introduced with the Phone 1. But until now, that design has mostly been in your pocket or peeking out of your ears. With the $299 Nothing Headphone 1, you have to commit to having that aesthetic wrapped around your […]

Nothing has launched its first pair of over-ear headphones, imaginatively named the Headphone 1. At $299, these are priced to compete with flagship fare, distinguished primarily by their distinctive Nothing design language — right down to the buttons. While the boxy outline calls to mind Apple’s AirPods Max, the semi-transparent detailing on the outside of […]

“The Glyph interface is not a gimmick,” Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei told the press as he revealed the Nothing Phone 3 for the first time, shortly before announcing that its new iteration lets you play Spin the Bottle on the back of the phone. It’s mixed messaging, but in Nothing’s defense, you couldn’t […]

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 and without ANC) now consistently receive discounts, as do the latest AirPods Pro with USB-C. The same goes for the original AirPods Max, which are nearly indistinguishable from the last-gen […]

Finn Russell and Jamison Gibson-Park could be a devastating Lions partnership against the Queensland Reds and beyond, writes Tom English.

The UK has recorded its hottest day of the year so far – while Europe has also faced extreme heat, and wildfires have raged in Turkey.

Vice-President JD Vance casts the tie-breaking vote after more than 24 hours of intense debate, sending the bill back to the House.

Apple is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing confidential Vision Pro headset research before leaving to join Snap’s product design team. In the complaint filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court on June 24th, Apple accuses Di Liu of downloading thousands of documents containing proprietary information from Apple’s internal systems and saving them to […]

Sir Ephraim Mirvis hit out after Bob Vylan's controversial performance at Glastonbury was aired by BBC.

Temperatures are set to fall after a scorching days in parts of England.

AT&T is launching a new Account Lock feature that’s designed to protect wireless users against SIM swapping attacks. The feature, which you can enable from the myAT&T app, prevents unauthorized changes to your account, like phone number transfers, SIM card changes, and updates to billing information. SIM swapping attacks have become increasingly common in recent […]

Body stays coy on details but alludes to similarities with 2023 espionage campaign

The International Criminal Court (ICC) says a "sophisticated" cyberattack targeted the institution, the second such incident in two years.…

The Royal's annual accounts show travel is a huge expenditure for the King and Queen

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out

Threads has officially launched direct messaging for everyone. You can now privately message other users on the Meta-owned X rival, though Threads will only allow DMs between your followers or mutual followers on Instagram to start. You can send a DM on Threads by selecting the envelope icon in the toolbar at the bottom of […]

The sentence comes off the back of a souring of relations between French and Algeria.

A seven-year-old girl who died after a tree partially collapsed at a park in Essex has been named.

Manchester City are heading home from the Club World Cup after a shock defeat by Saudi side Al-Hilal, so what now for Pep Guardiola's side?

A 15-year-old boy told his headteacher "I'm not right in the head" after fatally stabbing a fellow pupil in the heart, a jury has been told.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dysfunctional cycle of fighting over the president’s “Big Beautiful” domestic policy bill has returned to the spotlight, with the president telling reporters Tuesday morning that “we’ll have to take a look” into deporting the billionaire. He also proposed targeting Musk with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying, “We might […]

The Nationwide says the fall may reflect weaker demand following April's changes to stamp duty.

As it stands, Republicans in the Senate are yet to convince key holdouts to support Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The kings of K-pop are returning after all seven members completed their military service.

Community vetoes plans to axe i686 compatibility and switch X11 forks

The Fedora community has quickly dropped a couple of recent proposed changes – one highly controversial, the other rather less so.…

Publishers including Condé Nast and Sky News have welcomed the new tech from internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare.

Casio’s $120 CRW001-1 (AKA the Ring Watch) is back in stock on Casio’s website for the first time since it launched — then swiftly sold out — in December. The Ring Watch was released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its original digital watch. While it may look like a novelty, the fully-functional watch impressed […]

As previews for Donkey Kong Bananza come in ahead of the game’s July 17th release date, one tidbit has stood out on the development of this game. It’s been several years since Super Mario Odyssey and now we know what that team has been up to, as Nintendo has officially revealed that the developers of […]

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans

Official figures show that the birth rate in England and Wales went up for the first time since 2021.

A man has been charged with murder and child destruction after the death of a pregnant woman in Northern Ireland.

The risk of a power bank causing a fire, which is the result of a chain reaction known as a thermal runaway, is low. But when it does happen, the fires are intense, occasionally explosive, and difficult to extinguish. Early in June, Anker recalled more than 1.1 million aging power banks, and while the company […]

Official figures show nearly 20,000 people have crossed the English Channel from France since January.

Stricken probe giving US space agency the silent treatment

NASA has extended recovery efforts for its stricken Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft to mid-July, but is warning that if the probe remains silent, the mission could end.…

Arsenal complete the £5m signing of goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga from Chelsea.

The Federal Communications Commission will suspend the enforcement of a rule that would lower the price of prison phone and video calls. On Monday, the Trump-appointed FCC Chair Brendan Carr announced that prisons won’t have to comply with the pricing rules until April 1st, 2027, reversing plans to apply the caps this year. Family members […]

The legal team for mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has withdrawn a bid to introduce fresh evidence in his appeal against a decision in a civil case in which a woman accused him of raping her.

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder in South Wales.

176 expressions of interest to erect 'gigafactories' across 16 member states, with 3 million GPUs needed

It's pork barrel time in Europe for Nvidia (and possibly AMD) as corporations bid for a slice of the €20 billion ($23.6 billion) fund to build proposed AI Gigafactories to advance the EU's AI credentials.…

Allison Johnson is a reviewer for The Verge who writes about phones and mobile technology. “Occasionally,” she adds, “I yell at your wireless carrier.” I asked her if there were any items that she especially liked using, and after thinking about it, she eventually came up with… a pencil sharpener. Where did you first hear […]

AMC Theatres is making it easier for moviegoers to know the actual start time of their film screening and avoid sitting through lengthy ads. A new notice has started appearing when people purchase tickets via the AMC website, warning that “movies start 25-30 minutes after showtime.” This already mirrors the estimated runtime of AMC’s pre-show […]

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss of inland ice sheets and severe impacts on wildlife

A leg found on a beach in South Ayrshire is understood to be part of a body found on the Northern Ireland coast in May.

The US president suggests the cost-cutting agency the tech titan helped set up could be used against him.

Copilot's confidence was... misplaced

Not content with humiliating ChatGPT at the hands of Video Chess on an Atari 2600 emulator, Robert Caruso has tried again, this time with Microsoft's Copilot.…

The US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to remove a moratorium on states regulating AI systems from the Republican “big, beautiful bill.” Legislators agreed by a margin of 99 to 1 to drop the controversial proposal during a protracted fight over the omnibus budget bill, which is still under debate. The vote followed failed attempts to […]

As promised, the first trailer for director Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel The Running Man is here — and it looks like a playful throwback to ‘80s action movies. The story centers on a struggling man named Ben Richards, played by Glen Powell, who is a contestant on a mega-popular TV game show […]

One way to think about the tech industry is just as a series of people trying to build stuff they saw in movies. Ready Player One helped kick of a flood of interest in the metaverse, despite the movie's deeply dsytopian undertones. If you've talked to anyone working in AI, they've surely told you about […]

Switzerland may be known for its snow-covered mountains, cosy chalets and world-class skiing, but the sun-scorched country is looking very different for Euro 2025.

Several moments of my two-hour hands-on preview of Donkey Kong Bananza felt like I was playing the gritty 2009 action game Red Faction: Guerilla - except this time I was actually playing as a gorilla. For example, I had to level a multistory building during a timed minigame. Just like in Guerilla, I targeted the […]

The retailer continues to recover from a cyber attack that is expected to hit profits by £300m.

More than 20,000 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK in the first six months of this year, a rise of almost 50% on the number crossing in 2024 and a new record for the first half of a year.

The Google graveyard has claimed another victim: the company has killed the Apple Watch version of its Keep app. While the note-taking app is still available for iPhone and iPad, the 2.2025.26200 Google Keep App Store update released on Monday has removed watchOS support, bringing the total number of Google apps for Apple Watch back […]

The 19-year-old from Billingham is refused bail at a pre-trial hearing in Tbilisi.

Heather Watson's Wimbledon hopes are ended in the opening round as the former British number one is beaten by 23rd seed Clara Tauson.

Sure, everyone hates record labels - but the AI industry has figured out how to make them look like heroes. So that's at least one very impressive accomplishment for AI. AI is cutting a swath across a number of creative industries - with AI-generated book covers, the Chicago Sun-Times publishing an AI-generated list of books […]

Plus: Consumers respond to imminent Win 10 cutoff date with collective 'Meh'

World War Fee  Total PC shipments in the US will increase by just 2 percent this year, thanks to Trump's tariffs and little appetite from consumers for spending on "big-ticket" items, despite the looming end of Windows 10 support.…

The attack on a factory in the city of Izhevsk was more than 1,000km (620 miles) from the border.

On June 2nd, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy traveled to Newark Liberty International Airport to celebrate the reopening of runway 4L-22R. This was unusual: few runway openings are glamorous enough to warrant a visit from the airport's CEO, let alone a cabinet secretary. But as we reported last month, few airports have come to symbolize […]

Senators are debating a nearly 1,000-page bill that is pivotal to President Donald Trump's domestic agenda.

All three worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016, when Letby killed babies at the neonatal unit.

Ryland Headley, who was 34 when he raped and strangled Louisa Dunne, was told he will die in prison.

Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells form could tell us something about the chances of life elsewhere

Kernel 6.16 may be the last with the new disk format

The geek titans are clashing once again, and Linux supremo Linus Torvalds has warned: "I think we'll be parting ways" as of kernel 6.17.…

"If people get out, there's not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons."

A total of £53.5m of prize money is up for grabs at Wimbledon this year, up 7% from 2024's competition when it was £50m.