Getty Images The announcement was made in Stockholm, Sweden The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI” and said he was flabbergasted. He resigned from Google in 2023, and […]
Labour won’t be able to rely on ethnic minority voters as ‘bloc’ of support in future, says major report Good morning. Labour has already been in office for almost 100 days, but in some respects it still feels like we’re at the start of a new political season. This morning Keir Starmer is chairing his […]
A rebellion led by women during the Highland Clearances 150 years ago is to be remembered by a new art installation. The community in Coigach, an area in the north west Highlands, resisted attempts by their landowner to clear them off land where generations of families had lived. The area was be turned into a […]
In the spot, two-time NBA champion and six-time NBA All-Star Kawhi Leonard and two-time NBA All-Star Anthony Edwards are joined in the center circle by three-time NBA All-Star Bam Adebayo, five-time NBA All-Star Luka Dončić, reigning NBA champion and five-time NBA All-Star Jayson Tatum, and 2023-24 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama as they compete to be the first to get their […]
BBC Dorothy Masasa is one of the thousands of women diagnosed with cervical cancer every year in Malawi Dorothy Masasa happily walks down a dirt road on a sunny afternoon, her baby securely strapped on her back. Just six months ago the 39-year-old, originally from southern Malawi’s Thyolo district, was in Kenya for life-saving radiotherapy. […]
Getty Images People waiting for an Uber should be patient enough to wait a few minutes longer for an electric car, the boss of the ride-hailing firm has said. “A couple of minutes isn’t going to kill anyone,” Dara Khosrowshahi told the BBC in an interview. Uber is rolling out new options to encourage customers […]
More than 6,200 people are staying with relatives or in makeshift shelters after massacre in central Haiti town. Survivors of a deadly gang attack in central Haiti last week have described waking up to gunfire and walking for hours in search of safety, as the country continues to grapple in the aftermath of the assault that […]
Woodrow Mayes More than 40 school children were in the bus when it crashed A double-decker bus carrying more than 40 school children has crashed in County Down. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) declared it as a “major incident”, but has since stood it down. It said the bus was carrying 43 school children, […]
Covid Inquiry Tamsin Mullen was giving evidence to the Covid inquiry about the impact on maternity services A mother of premature twins has told the Covid inquiry she did not feel like she was treated as a parent after giving birth in the early stages of the pandemic. Tamsin Mullen said she was kept in […]
People color in a U.S. electoral map during a 2020 presidential election watch party at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images The counting of ballots can take longer in some places than in others. In presidential elections, that difference can cause […]