1 hour ago About sharing Demis Hassabis sold his AI firm Deepmind to Google in 2014, but has remained in the UK. By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of Google Deepmind, one of the UK’s biggest AI firms, says the booming industry should not follow the same path adopted by the older…
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1 hour ago About sharing By Tom Symonds Home Affairs correspondent The head of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has called for import restrictions on the motors used on small boats to reduce people smuggling. Graeme Biggar said cheap outboard motors commonly used on the makeshift vessels are made in China and bought by criminal…
2 hours ago About sharing The mask was valued at €300,000 by the auctioneers but sold for 14 times as much By Henri Astier BBC A second-hand dealer in France has appeared in court accused of deceiving a couple by paying €150 (£130) for an African mask which he resold for €4.2m. The pensioner couple…
3 hours ago About sharing In a statement, the mayoralty of the 14th arrondissement wrote that the acts “recall the events of the 1930s” Stars of David have been found graffitied on buildings in the Paris area, in acts that political leaders have said “recall the 1930s”. Some 60 Stars of David were painted on…
14 minutes ago About sharing By Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Boris Johnson agreed with some Conservative MPs who thought Covid was “nature’s way of dealing with old people”, the Covid inquiry was told. The allegation comes from diary entries from former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. Ex-adviser Dominic Cummings told the inquiry the government…
42 minutes ago About sharing The Queen and King with Kenya’s President Ruto, on the first of the state visit By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent King Charles has spoken of the “abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans” during their independence struggle. On his state visit to Kenya, the King addressed the “wrongdoings”…
7 minutes ago About sharing Messages from people including Dominic Cummings (right) and Boris Johnson have been aired during the inquiry By Sean Seddon BBC News At the centre of the UK’s response to Covid-19 was a small cast of politicians and officials tasked with steering the country through the crisis. But private messages aired…
2 hours ago About sharing David Walliams and Matt Lucas created and starred in award-winning show Little Britain By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter A Little Britain sketch has been deemed “explicitly racist and outdated”, with some viewers surprised it is still available to watch on BBC iPlayer. TV watchdog Ofcom showed people a number of…
5 minutes ago About sharing Ms Robison confirms the first minister will hand over his unredacted WhatsApp messages to the UK Inquiry The Scottish government will hand over more than 14,000 electronic messages to the UK Covid Inquiry, the deputy first minister has announced. Shona Robison also said First Minister Humza Yousaf would share his…