BBC News Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney produced a thrilling solo ride to the summit of Mont Ventoux to claim her first Tour de France Femmes stage win and the overall race lead. The iconic climb of Mont Ventoux was included in the Tour de France Femmes for the first time for this year’s ‘queen stage’. Niewiadoma-Phinney began […]
Digital Trends It’s August, which means one thing if you follow smartphones even remotely closely: new Pixels are almost here. Google is holding its next Made by Google event on August 12, and this year, we’re expecting another packed lineup of phones. The Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 […]
Tech Airbnb shares surged 15% Friday after the company delivered one of its strongest growth quarters in years and raised its full-year outlook — a turnaround CEO Brian Chesky is directly crediting to artificial intelligence. In an exclusive interview with CNBC after the earnings report, Chesky said Airbnb will spend “a lot more” on AI […]
Digital Trends A smartwatch designed to help parents keep tabs on their children turned out to be surprisingly easy to hijack. In a new demonstration, security researchers showed how hackers could secretly monitor someone wearing a GPS-enabled kids’ smartwatch. They can take photos, listen through its microphone, and even track location without the wearer noticing. […]
BBC News In its most recent appeal in June of this year, the Irish chain argued both it and McDonald’s had coexisted in Ireland for around 40 years and there had been no evidence of confusion. Its legal team also argued there is “no reasonable likelihood that the relevant public would mistake a Supermac’s restaurant […]
BBC News It remains unclear exactly why tens of thousands of migrants attempted to cross into Ceuta, but the EU’s Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner has suggested criminal networks spreading disinformation were to blame – an assertion the Spanish government has agreed with. The crossings came after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea […]
BBC News “Congress has not ceded unfettered authority to the Executive Branch to dramatically redesign, reshape, and reconstruct the White House — the People’s House — to fit a particular President’s desires,” the panel said. The three-judge panel, in a 2-1 decision, said: “Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White […]
Business News A detail view of cans of Celsius, a sparkling energy drink, on ice before a game between the Maryland Terrapins and the Nebraska Cornhuskers at SECU Stadium on October 11, 2025 in College Park, Maryland. Aaron M. Sprecher | Getty Images The billionaire founder of Rockstar Energy has purchased millions of shares of […]
BBC News Three weeks into his premiership, Andy Burnham has “hit bumps in the road” in the estimation of one long-serving Labour MP with the row over the early release of some prisoners from jail. His political opponents are already sharpening their attacks, believing they have found an issue with which to discomfit a new […]
BBC News A train operator is running services lasting more than five-and-a-half hours despite having no toilets available on board. The Lumo trains run on the West Coast Main Line, covering the new 417-mile (671km) route between Stirling and London Euston. Lumo, which is owned by FirstGroup, first warned about a “fault” with the toilets […]
