Tech The Etsy Inc. headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Etsy said Wednesday it’s laying off about 220 employees, or roughly 12% of its workforce, as the online marketplace looks to simplify its organizational structure and innovate faster in […]
Digital Trends Google Home’s latest update introduces several new features, including Gemini-powered Interactive Storytime. While I’m not sure who asked for the feature, it lets families build original stories about specific topics on the fly, instead of just listening to a known story. So what’s the big new feature here? You can ask for something […]
BBC News The University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has resigned “with immediate effect”. Prof Jason Arday said he had “concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away”. Earlier, the university said it had launched an investigation “following new information” about Arday’s […]
BBC News Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country in December, despite facing the death penalty there for crimes against humanity. Hasina, who denies the charges, was tried in absentia after fleeing to India during an anti-government uprising in 2024. On the second anniversary of being ousted, Hasina said […]
Tech Alexandr Wang, chief AI officer of Meta, during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta is rolling out its first coding agent called Muse Code as the company tries to challenge leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI. Muse […]
BBC News The recent youth-led protests have weakened Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “terribly”, says leading activist Sonam Wangchuk whose hunger strike galvanised the movement. Wangchuk told the BBC that the atmosphere in the country had changed following mass demonstrations which triggered the resignation of the education minister on 25 July. Young people now have […]
Tech Jay Parikh, executive vice president of CoreAI at Microsoft, speaks at a Siemens news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2026. Caroline Brehman | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft is telling developers working on AI coding projects to rely on OpenAI’s top-tier model over rival products as part […]
BBC News Howe certainly set the standard. The Englishman took charge of a side in relegation trouble, kept them up, then went on to end Newcastle‘s long wait for silverware by winning the EFL Cup in 2025 – and also qualified for the Champions League on multiple occasions. However, last season was a bruising one […]
