Spotify is launching a new AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what you’ve already heard without needing to rewind. The company likens the feature, called Recaps, to a “previously on” segment at the start of episodes in a TV series.  Recaps will be available automatically in the iOS app for a limited number of English-language […]

Government picks Wylfa on Anglesey for initial trio of units, but power unlikely before mid-2030s

The UK will build its first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear plant at Wylfa on Anglesey, an island off northwest Wales - but it won't generate power until the mid-2030s.…

The Hunger Games: On Stage brings Panem to life in a purpose-built 1,200 seat arena in Canary Wharf.

Valve has created a PC-based game console that lives under your TV. The Steam Machine takes everything that's great about the Steam Deck and adds the raw power to compete with the latest PlayStation and Xbox consoles. It also puts a huge amount of pressure on Microsoft to perfect its Windows and Xbox combination, as […]

Around two-thirds of women in the armed forces experienced sexualised behaviour - from wolf-whistles and dirty jokes to touching and unwanted sexual activity - in the past 12 months, a damning internal survey has revealed.

Eighteen-year-old Kai Trump will not be short of high-profile supporters when she makes her LPGA debut in Florida on Thursday.

The Budget somehow has to provide certainty, boost consumer and business confidence, and fill a large fiscal gap.

The message sent by Epstein reads: "Yes she [Giuffre] was on my plane and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew"

The Canadian hip-hop artist is serving a 10-year sentence for an attack on the female rap superstar.

A&E departments and ambulance crews faced their busiest October on record - and now the NHS is braced for "one of the toughest winters the health service has faced".

Chris O'Shea, the boss of Centrica, which owns British Gas, says the energy transition is correct, but worries over the impact on jobs.

Scottish ministers wants to use bonds to raise money from investors to fund infrastructure projects.

A Hollywood tribute to the Black Panther star, who died in 2020, is to be unveiled later this month.

A woman claiming to be a victim of an alleged Pakistani grooming gang has urged Scotland's first minister to launch a national inquiry.

Majority of customers plan to favor domestic providers as sovereignty fears rise

A survey of CIOs and tech leaders in Western Europe has found 61 percent want to increase their use of local cloud providers amid global geopolitical uncertainty.…

Operation Endgame also takes down Elysium and VenomRAT infrastructure

International cops have pulled apart the Rhadamanthys infostealer operation, seizing 1,025 servers tied to the malware in coordinated raids between November 10-13.…

The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ago imagined the creation of the cosmos looked like

After launching exclusively in China last month, DJI is announcing wider global availability for its Neo 2 selfie drone, including Japan, Canada, the UK, and other countries where the company sells its drones. But as with the Mavic 4 Pro and 8K Osmo 360 camera, the Neo 2 won’t be available in the US. “DJI […]

Saturday Night Live UK has announced its top creative team ahead of the series launching next year.

Broadband provider says damaged fiber and dormant failover path knocked customers offline for nearly 24 hours

UK broadband provider Hyperoptic learned the importance of testing backup systems this week after the service went dark for customers in London.…

Sitting in her favourite armchair, looking out at the autumnal colours in the field, Ed is blunt about her situation.

Synnovis's 18-month forensic review of Qilin intrusion completed, now affected patients to be notified

Synnovis has finally wrapped up its investigation into the 2024 ransomware attack that crippled pathology services across London, ending an 18-month effort to untangle what the NHS supplier describes as one of the most complex data reconstruction jobs it has ever faced.…

The Steam Machine is a console designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV.

An amber weather warning has been issued as Storm Claudia looks set to batter parts of the UK on Friday.

An amber weather warning has been issued for parts of England and Wales today, as Storm Claudia prepares to bring heavy downpours and potential flooding.

The announcement of plans to issue Scottish government bonds is a "very proud day for Scotland", First Minister John Swinney has said.

As France marks 10 years since the Paris attacks, an ex-girlfriend of a jihadist survivor is arrested for an alleged plot of her own.

The cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing and weighed on growth in the economy, figures show.

At the end of September, the backlog stood at 7.39 million in England.

To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context - analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page

To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context - analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page

BBC Sport tells the story of how Sir Jim Ratcliffe ripped apart and rebuilt Manchester United's leadership team.

Sexual activity in young people is on the decline, but why? And what's more, should we be worried about what this means for society and the future of the human race?

A damning independent report into the failings by the various authorities who came into contact with Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-old should never have been placed in the care of her father and stepmother, describing the killers as a "lethal combination".

England captain Ben Stokes takes six wickets on the opening day of his side's solitary warm-up match before the Ashes begins next week.

Former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua is in talks to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, says promoter Eddie Hearn.

Google says that it’s softening its plan to require every Android developer — even outside of the Play Store — to verify their identity, a move which critics warned could kill sideloading for good. The company now says it’s developing a workflow to allow “experienced users” to install apps from unverified developers. Mandatory verification for […]

As the BBC searches for a new chief, who are the potential candidates and is it a poisoned chalice?

With just one point from their first seven Women's Super League matches this season Liverpool are not where they want to be, but the January transfer window could be key to their campaign.

Reputable gadget leaker Evan Blass has taken to X with “some confirmed details” on Samsung’s upcoming trifold phone. It’ll be called the “Galaxy Z TriFold,” according to Blass, with a 6.5-inch cover display that maxes out at 2600 nits brightness. It unfurls to produce a 10-inch display on the inside capable of reaching a peak […]

Systemd-free option still available if you choose that download

MX Linux 25 "Infinity" is now available, and the new version has some significant differences from the 2023 release, with things that used to be boot-time choices now more loaded pre-install decisions.…

Two suspects have appeared in court charged with murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice after the body of a man was found in an Inverclyde field.

Trump emerges from the shutdown having made little in the way of substantive concessions to Democrats in Congress.

The Duchess of Edinburgh toured the world's oldest river gunboat, which was built in the UK over 100 years ago, on the second day of her visit to Peru.

"They're committing acts of sexual violence and atrocities," says the US secretary of state, "and it needs to end immediately".

The Scottish government and For Women Scotland's long-running legal battle over the definition of a woman is yet to come to a close.

Surging childhood obesity has driven rates of high blood pressure in kids to almost double since 2000, an analysis suggests.

The Prime Minister is "incandescent" at way all of this has played out, writes BBC's political editor.

With Valentina Shevchenko's flyweight title defence against Zhang Weili at UFC 322 on Saturday being described as a "super-fight", BBC Sport look at how the pair compare statistically.

England fast bowler Mark Wood will have a hamstring scan after leaving the field on the first day of the Ashes warm-up match against England Lions in Perth.

We'll get to the actual economics in a moment - to the questions of why the economy is flatlining and what it means for Rachel Reeves' forthcoming budget. But before that, let's take a moment to ponder something rather extraordinary.

How much attention have you paid to what's happened in the world of sport over the past seven days?

A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the country's parliamentary elections, Baghdad's electoral commission has said.

Networks have changed profoundly, except for the parts that haven’t

Systems Approach  When my colleague and co-author Bruce Davie delivered his keynote at the SIGCOMM conference, he was asked a thought-provoking question: How should we think about educating the next generation of students about networking, given how different and more complex the internet is today?…

The UK's economic slowdown gathered further momentum during the third quarter of the year with growth of just 0.1%, according to an early official estimate that makes horrific reading for the chancellor.

New emails suggesting Donald Trump knew about the conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dominate Thursday's papers.

A man has been charged with murdering a pensioner who was found with fatal injuries at a flat in Northamptonshire.

Northern Ireland goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell feels Michael O'Neill's squad is "the strongest we've been" as they prepare for Friday's crunch World Cup qualifier away to Slovakia.

BBC Sport takes an in-depth look at why England lack centre-forward options behind Harry Kane - a far cry from when the likes of Les Ferdinand only won 17 caps.

Chace, 11, from Warwickshire, has been supported by Shine a Light, a childhood cancer charity.

Some 28kg of ketamine have been found washed up on the island's beaches in the past two months.

Almost four years of conflict have taken their toll and the war of attrition is continuing on the homefront - but many Ukrainians are fighting to keep morale high.

The deputy PM turned Meta executive on the influence of tech bosses like Mark Zuckerberg.

Brennan Johnson should be a key player for Wales but, as well as being in and out of Spurs' team, he finds himself out of favour for his country.

Go home, comrade clanker, you look drunk – and worryingly angry

A semi-autonomous humanoid robot said to be Russia’s first such machine has fallen over within seconds of facing the public for the first time.…

He signed it into law just hours after the House of Representatives voted 222-209 to approve it.

This will be the fifth time that the Princess of Wales has led the Together at Christmas carol service.

Promises some easing of rules that knobble indie devs, eventually

Google has decided to loosen some of its recently introduced rules regarding registration of Android developers and their apps, but isn’t rushing to deliver the modest changes it plans.…

Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.

The stars sign a letter asking the government to take action after promising to cap resale prices.

They show cells that control blood sugar are more vulnerable in early childhood.

Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.

Tickets will not be sold using dynamic pricing for Euro 28 in Britain and Ireland, organisers have pledged.

The company says it plans to open more physical shops and expand the business around the world.

Bills fell 10 percent after granular tests suggested JVM tweaks that improved performance

Atlassian twice marked Amazon Web Services’ Graviton CPUs off-limits for production purposes, but recently relented and now uses the processors to power thousands of server instances that run its Jira and Confluence products. So what changed?…

The 100 trillion-parameter models of the near future can't be built in one place

Microsoft believes the next generation of AI models will use hundreds of trillions of parameters. To train them, it's not just building bigger, more efficient datacenters – it's started connecting distant facilities using high-speed networks spanning hundreds or thousands of miles.…

The rumored MMO set in Sony’s post-apocalyptic Horizon universe is real — and we’ve seen a video spilling details about the game before it’s been announced.  The new game is called Horizon Steel Frontiers, and Sony and the Korean video game company NCSoft are working on it together. Based on a more than 10-minute video […]

After five seasons the show is coming to an end, but a spin-off is already in development.

A provocative new book warns that counting castes may entrench them further instead of dismantling the system.

Updated model may deliver a bit more unwanted content, but will be polite about it

OpenAI on Wednesday introduced GPT-5.1, an AI model update that's "warmer," more conversational, and slightly more willing to blurt out unwelcome observations about sex, violence, and mental health in a way that invites emotional dependence.…

Some of the biggest names in music - including Coldplay, Dua Lipa and Radiohead - have urged the government to honour a pledge to cap ticket resale prices and shutout touts.

Manchester United's victory over PSG was significant - but conversation before, during and after was dominated by goalkeepers.

Global emissions from fossil fuels are expected to hit another record high in 2025, but China’s carbon emissions appear to be reaching a peak

Fiona Ferris was filmed giving CPR to Dominic McGrath, who died after being hit by a bus in Newry last December.

Sir Keir Starmer has apologised to his health secretary after allies of the prime minister accused him of plotting a coup.

South Korea's national college entry exam is notoriously hard - but blind students face unique challenges.

Anthony Joshua could be set to end his 14-month hiatus with a last-minute fight against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

Today’s robot vacuums are becoming a bit like cars: with all the features, upgrades, and fancy trimmings available these days, it’s easy to forget that they can just be simple machines that get us from point A to point B. Yes, some bots blow hot air on their bums (mop pads), deftly navigate dog poop, […]

And the US president is mentioned in new Epstein emails

Manchester United continue their winning run in the Women's Champions League, beating Paris St-Germain on Mary Earps' return to Old Trafford.

Jannik Sinner drives Alexander Zverev to distraction with a composed performance to reach the knockout stages of the ATP Finals.

Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.

Sir Keir Starmer has expressed "sincere regret" over signing off the appointment of a Labour donor as the first chair of England's new football regulator.

But only a few states plus Puerto Rico will accept it

Need to fly domestically, but want to leave your passport or driver's license at home? Apple has you covered, as long as you're using an iOS device and traveling between or within one of the dozen or so states that support digital IDs and Apple Wallet. Unfortunately, it's not clear which states those are, and the TSA's web site is not up to date thanks to the ongoing government shutdown.…

The newly released files have dragged Donald Trump's name back into one of the darkest scandals of modern American life.

600+ phishing websites and 116 of these use a Google logo

Google has filed a lawsuit against 25 unnamed China-based scammers, which it claims have stolen more than 115 million credit card numbers in the US as part of the Lighthouse phishing operation.…

Paris St-Germain's Olga Carmona fires home an "extraordinary" equaliser for her side in their Women's Champions League match against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Microsoft internal financials also suggest AI flag bearer is nowhere close to $13 billion in revenues

OpenAI may be burning far more capital serving its GPT-family of models than previously thought. Leaked documents show the company paying more than $12 billion to Microsoft for compute power since 2024 and suggest much weaker revenue than it needs to pay for all those expenses.…

In its new Steam Frame VR headset, Valve put dual audio drivers on each side in the included head strap. That puts the audio near your ears while you’re wearing it, and in my brief time trying the device at Valve’s headquarters recently, I thought the sound was just fine. But the choice to have […]

The most high-stakes United Nations climate change conference in years is taking place this November in Belém, Brazil. It’s the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris agreement, which committed nearly every country on Earth to working together to limit global warming. They’re off track, making this an important moment to show the world whether world […]