BBC News The administration has sought to assure Americans that US missile stockpiles remain robust, even after the military used vast quantities of difficult-to-manufacture weapons during the combat operation known as Operation Epic Fury and the tit-for-tat strikes since. CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, reported the US has used much of its global stockpile […]
BBC News Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ordered an urgent review of grooming gang cases involving offenders that may be eligible to be freed from jail early under the government’s release scheme. The announcement of the review comes after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch raised concerns that child sex offenders could leave jail well before the […]
Tech Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., one of the authors of the “AI Kill Switch Act,” said Thursday that the ongoing hacks by rogue artificial intelligence agents are adding urgency to getting the bill passed. “We need to get this bill across the finish line this year because the advanced closed-weight models are already doing, as […]
Digital Trends Google Maps has spent nearly two decades helping people get from point A to point B. But if Google’s latest update is any indication, simply giving directions is no longer enough. The company now wants Maps to help you plan your day, make decisions, and even take care of some of the busywork […]
BBC News Reality TV contestant Stephen Bear has been jailed for 16 months after admitting breaching a restraining order that banned him from posting online about his ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison. The order was imposed when Bear was sentenced to 21 months in prison in 2023 after he filmed and shared a video of the pair […]
BBC News EasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US firm Apollo. The deal was announced after rival suitor Castlelake said it was dropping out of the bid battle for the no-frills airline. EasyJet is one of Europe’s largest airlines. It employs more than 19,000 people, and flies around 1,200 […]
Business News A Fox Sports camera during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 18, 2022 at tIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fl. David Rosenblum | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Fox won’t negotiate a new NFL media rights deal before 2030, when its current contract with the league expires […]
Digital Trends Bose has officially launched the QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen), confirming most of the features that surfaced through recent leaks. The new model has a cleaner design, improved noise cancellation, lossless USB-C audio, and Bose Immersive Audio modes previously limited to the more expensive QuietComfort Ultra series. Preorders open August 8 through Bose and […]
BBC News Many mainstream schools in England were given attendance targets specific to their school in a widespread trial last year, but on Thursday the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed that every school would be getting their own target and that it would be monitored for the first time. The BBC understands there will be […]
Business News The Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk logos. Mike Blake | Tom Little | Reuters The diverging paths of two GLP-1 drugmakers were on full display this week. Both Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk beat second-quarter estimates and raised their full-year outlooks. But while investors cheered Lilly’s results, sending shares higher on Wednesday, they […]
