55 minutes ago About sharing By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor The tech world is in shock. On Friday, Sam Altman – one of the brightest stars of the booming artificial intelligence industry, a man who for many had become the go-to spokesperson for AI – was unceremoniously dumped from the company he co-founded, a firm…
8 hours ago About sharing Bradford teenagers Zaara, Emari and Eesa (l-r) are not especially open to the idea of marrying a cousin By Sue Mitchell BBC News The number of people in Bradford’s Pakistani community who have married a cousin has fallen sharply in the past 10 years, a study suggests. Higher educational attainment,…
3 hours ago About sharing Sean Combs and Cassie at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in 2015 By Emily McGarvey BBC News Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and R&B artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura have settled a legal case one day after she accused him of rape and sex trafficking. The pair said…
4 minutes ago About sharing By James Clayton North America technology reporter An advertising boycott of social media platform X is gathering pace amid an antisemitism storm on the site formerly known as Twitter. Apple, Disney, Comcast and Warner Brothers Discovery have all halted advertising on X, US media report, following hot on the heels…
Clemence Felix Mtenga was an agriculture intern in Israel at the time of the Hamas attack.
2 hours ago About sharing By Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News Israel says it will allow two fuel trucks a day to enter the Gaza Strip, after pressure to do so from the US. A US State Department official says around 140,000 litres of fuel will be allowed in every two days. Most of that…
31 minutes ago About sharing David Tennant returned as Doctor Who for a special Children in Need clip David Tennant has returned as Doctor Who for a Children in Need sketch. The clip saw Tennant once again as the Time Lord accidentally crashing his Tardis at the “genesis of the Daleks” – the long-standing enemy…
2 hours ago About sharing Ashling Murphy’s murder caused widespread shock and prompted vigils across Ireland and the UK Ashling Murphy’s boyfriend and sister confronted her murderer Josef Puska in court on the day he was sentenced to life. They told him about their loss and suffering. These are excerpts from their victim impact statements,…
39 minutes ago About sharing Sam Altman, the head of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, has been ousted by the company’s board, which said it had lost confidence in his ability to lead the company. The board said Mr Altman had not been “consistently candid with his communications”, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. Mr…
1 hour ago About sharing By Mike Wendling BBC News The White House has accused Elon Musk of repeating a “hideous lie” about Jewish people, after the X owner appeared to respond approvingly to an antisemitic post on the platform. On Wednesday, Mr Musk replied a post sharing an antisemitic conspiracy theory, calling it “actual…