China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said on Monday it has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of Manus, an agentic AI startup founded by Chinese engineers that relocated to Singapore before Mark Zuckerberg scooped it up late last year. The move marks one of China’s most significant interventions in a…
AI still needs to reshape our relationship with our computers.
Keir Starmer has said the “tide could be turning” on shoplifting, pointing to a 17% rise in people charged for what has become a hot political issue. CCTV footage that could be shared immediately with the police should be used more widely, the prime minister said, adding that “the hope of technology” could make a…
Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is a doubt for the El Clasico against Barcelona next month because of a hamstring injury. The France captain was replaced after 81 minutes of the 1-1 La Liga draw with Real Betis on Friday. Real said Mbappe had been “diagnosed with an injury to the semitendinosus muscle in his…
The Oprah Podcast is joining Wondery. Per the deal, announced Monday, The Oprah Podcast will expand to two episodes per week starting this summer, with Wondery gaining exclusive distribution and advertising rights to the show’s audio and video. The deal also includes rights to The Oprah Winfrey Show library, and Oprah’s Book Club and Oprah’s…
German chancellor warns the US risks becoming bogged down in another quagmire similar to Iraq and Afghanistan. Published On 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the United States is being “humiliated” in its war with Iran, warning that Washington lacks a clear path out of the conflict as Tehran gains the…
An artist’s impression of a star with two planets transiting across it NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) Astronomers have identified more than 10,000 candidate planets in data from a NASA telescope, the most ever found in a single haul. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched in 2018. It is tasked with looking…
There is a meaningful difference between studying your user and being your user. The wearable breast pump space has never been more crowded. In the last three years alone, dozens of new devices have hit the market, each one positioned as more feature-packed than the last. Night lights. Stronger and stronger suction. Electric charging cases….
Keir Starmer will face a vote on whether to launch an investigation into claims he misled the Commons over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. Sources have told the Guardian that the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, is expected to allow a debate on Tuesday on potentially referring the prime minister to the…
Welcome back to Jackass: Paramount Pictures has released a trailer for the stunt-comedy franchise’s fifth and final film. “Jackass: Best and Last” will be released in theaters on June 26. Originally beginning as an MTV show 26 years ago, “Jackass” has since become a decades-spanning property, spawning four feature films and a slew of spinoffs…
