4 hours ago By Matthew Wall, Technology reporter Getty Images Apple is due to rollout its new AI-powered operating system Our mobile phones are getting a whole lot smarter, but what about the telecoms networks they run on? Last week, Apple became the latest mobile phone firm to announce that it will be adding artificial intelligence (AI) […]
All Ben Keenan wanted was a bowl of cereal for breakfast. Normally, that would entail a stroll from his bed to the kitchen. But it wasn’t so simple in his temporary Mexico residence: For a month, he had to walk outside in the 95-degree heat, find a host to get seated and place an order […]
Labour is facing pressure to deliver more radical reforms of private renting amid fears landlords will find new ways to evict tenants despite the party confirming it would end no-fault evictions, ban bidding wars and introduce time limits to fix potentially lethal mould. In a campaign push aimed at the “rip-off private rented sector”, Labour’s […]
Murray was playing again at Queen’s less than 24 hours after winning his first-round match against Australia’s Alexei Popyrin. From the start, the three-time Grand Slam champion looked uncomfortable during the points and was heavily limping between them. Murray said the issue was not a back spasm, but caused a “loss of strength, coordination and […]
45 minutes ago By Tom Espiner, BBC business reporter • Faisal Islam, Economics editor, @faisalislam Getty Images Inflation has hit the Bank of England’s target for the first time in almost three years. Prices rose at 2% in the year to May, down from 2.3% the month before, official figures show. The economy is a key talking point in the run-up […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Athletes often speak in generalities as a defense mechanism. Rather than go in-depth on a potentially controversial topic, or even address the issue at all, they provide non-answers, using cliches and pre-programmed talking points to stay at a safe distance. A part of me would like to believe that that’s what Caitlin Clark did […]
There have been no new “significant leads” in trying to discover the parents of an abandoned newborn girl, police said. Elsa was discovered by a dog walker on 18 January, wrapped in a towel inside a bag in east London. The BBC and PA Media recently reported that the baby girl was a full sibling […]
President Joe Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation, according to administration officials. The issue of immigration has proven an election-year headache for Mr Biden, who recently issued a sweeping executive action to curb record migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico […]
1 hour ago By Jane Deith and Alys Harte, BBC File on 4 Alex Smith Georgina, 16, is one of 601 children waiting for heart surgery in England The number of children receiving treatment in private hospitals across the UK rose by almost a quarter last year to more than 46,000, according to new data seen by […]
13 hours ago By Yolande Knell, BBC Middle East correspondent • David Gritten, BBC News EPA Benjamin Netanyahu had faced demands from far-right ministers to join the war cabinet Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his six-member war cabinet, a widely expected decision that follows the departure of centrist opposition leader Benny Gantz and his ally Gadi Eisenkot. A […]