BBC News If Infantino does vow to fight on, Uefa and countries from other confederations must look to find other ways to oust him. What other avenues are open? The Fifa Council could try to force Infantino’s hand through an emergency meeting. Such a gathering would be triggered if 19 of the 37 Fifa Council […]
BBC News Shares in Elon Musk’s SpaceX tumbled after the company’s first-ever earnings report revealed a huge jump in spending on artificial intelligence, spooking investors. While the firm’s quarterly revenue had nearly doubled to $7.8bn (£5.8bn) from a year earlier, its spending ballooned to $18.3bn, more than six times what it was a year ago, […]
Digital Trends Xbox is nearing its quarter-century of oversized controllers, achievement hunting, and Halo nights. To celebrate its 25th birthday, Microsoft is letting players open a few birthday presents early. The company has released a free collection of gamerpics, profile backgrounds, themes, and a dynamic Xbox console background created by community artists Klobrille and Ben […]
Tech AMD‘s stock plunged on Wednesday despite posting earnings that beat expectations, as investor enthusiasm for the Nvidia challenger waned. The stock was last down 8.2% in premarket trading. The market jitters come despite AMD revenue climbing 50% to $11.54 billion in the second quarter, ahead of analyst expectations of $11.28 billion, in a sign […]
BBC News Riders at the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift have had their clothing checked to prevent attempts to make “aerodynamic gains”. Issues have reportedly been raised about padding in bras that could result in riders gaining one second per kilometre. Race organiser ASO issued a statement following Dutch media reports of concerns some […]
BBC News Farmers source additional water for their crops and livestock over summer from a combination of stored winter rainfall on site, and by extracting it from natural sources – a process called abstraction. This can be from groundwater or from surface water, like rivers and streams. This summer has seen significant low rainfall affecting […]
BBC News The driver of the vehicle, Henry Long, received a 16-year sentence and is not eligible for early release. Speaking on the Today programme, Thames Valley police chief Jason Hogg urged the government to reconsider its position. Only prisoners convicted of rape, grooming, and serious child sex offences will be excluded from the scheme […]
BBC News US blogger Perez Hilton is recovering in hospital after members of the public reported that he had appeared to self-harm during a TikTok livestream. Emergency services were called to his home in Miami on Tuesday after concerned viewers reported a man “livestreaming acts of self-harm on social media”. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office told […]
BBC News A man has been charged in connection with the death of a nine-year-old girl in Arbroath. Officers were called to the Elliot Industrial Estate shortly after midnight on Sunday following reports that the child, from West Yorkshire, had been found injured. She was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee alongside four other people, […]
BBC News The man suspected of killing a Scottish aid worker in Greece has appeared in court in Athens. The body of Elisabeth Jane Ross was found in a suitcase at an abandoned building on 18 July, days after she had been reported missing. Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, arrived at the […]
