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OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure.

Meta now lets you have voice conversations with your Muse AI agent in real time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today.

Some Democratic senators – and the very voters that swept them into power – are demanding new leadership.

Eight people have been killed and one seriously injured in a series of shootings in western Turkey.

Iranian forces say five oil tankers and a tugboat have caught fire in several incidents in the Strait of Hormuz.

Nasdaq heading for its worst day in 18 months in volatile trading on Wall Street The Nasdaq share index was on track for its worst day in 18 months after slumping by up to 5% on Thursday amid growing signs that the artif…

LIV Golf confirmed it is winding down operations after the league couldn't get the necessary financial commitment and player support to proceed with LIV 2.0.

Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz will start Monday night's game against the Buffalo Bills with Kyler Murray ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Notre Dame is preparing for multiple scenarios for Saturday's showdown with Miami following news of an ankle injury to Hurricanes star receiver Malachi Toney.

The Browns' Jared Verse says he spoke to his teammates about not defending him after a Steelers player was penalized for slamming him on a point-after try.

Paraguayan lawmakers voted to impeach President Santiago Peña minutes after his resignation, as the collapse of a digital bank tied to his government froze millions of people's savings.

Arab-majority party Ra’am and the Democrats have backed Gadi Eisenkot in a bid to form Israel’s next government.

Could football change after the death of Jesus de Miguel?

Planes forced into emergency landings or diversions two days after hoax alerts affected air travel Europe live – latest updates Hoax bomb threats have caused at least 25 flights across Europe to be disrupted, with some f…

OpenAI president Greg Brockman says the company could be ready to go public in 2027, pointing to accelerating enterprise revenue and a turnaround in its business.

Base rate increases from 3.75% and Bank governor signals another rise in near future to combat rising inflation Analysis: Interest rate rise in midst of cost of living crisis will leave many incredulous The Bank of Engla…

With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances.

Anthropic has a new pitch for managing your personal finances: let Claude do it instead, with a new Personal Finance feature that connects it to your bank and card accounts via the Plaid bank bridging platform.

The interior ministry estimates 600,000 people joined protests across France, while the unions say the number was far higher.

The market has been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry following the US mid-terms

Tech stocks lead US market slide as investors weigh impact of midterm election results on AI industry.

On Tuesday night, Democrats made history as they took control of the House and the Senate, and a blue wave swept through traditionally red and swing states - with the nation's first Black woman governor elected in Georgi…

The UK government says there are "well-established procedures for dealing with cases like this" and the risk to the public remains low.

The move follows a bank collapse and after the lower house of congress voted in favour of pursuing an impeachment trial against him.

At least 21 flights across Europe are affected in what the UK government calls a "malicious hoax threat".

Minister hints at restriction on selling technology ‘to certain users’ amid worries over surreptitious filming of women The government is considering placing restrictions on smart glasses amid concerns the technology is…

It's that time of year again: Jay Bilas is here to name the 65 best teams in the sport. You're welcome.

Most analysts expected the increase from 3.75% to 4%.

The AI-generated sci-fi film Gods Don't Give Gifts has added a bit of star power: Pop star Grimes is going to appear in the movie.

OpenAI is launching GPT-6 Cyber, the latest version of its cybersecurity AI model, which it says is better at finding vulnerabilities and less likely to go rogue and hack other platforms in the process.

As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries.

A prosecutor described Brand as a ruthless, calculating, manipulative "sexual predator." Brand, 51, denied the charges, saying he had never forced anyone to do something against their will.

A consultation will consider fines and other ways to clamp down on dangerous e-bike riders.

The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents.

The pollution caused the death of brown and migratory sea trout in the Inler river.

Telecoms group reports £1.1bn pre-tax profit in six months to end of September and share price touches five-year high Business live – latest updates BT has cut almost 8,000 jobs since the end of March as it pushes ahead…

Cost of servicing external debt is preventing developing countries from investing for future Debt owed by developing countries rose to a record $9.4tn (£7tn) last year, with the poorest paying the highest interest rates…

The BBC's economics editor views one more interest rate as likely, but thinks that will be all.

Job, loans and savings are all affected by the rise in interest rates announced by the Bank of England.

A new study looks at the recommended amount of daily exercise for adolescents — and how few are getting it.

Democrats have regained control of Congress. They have a long list of investigations into Trump planned. And, not all races have been called. Here's a look at how they could affect the Dems' majority.

Scientists have developed a revolutionary gel that could regrow lost tooth enamel by harnessing minerals naturally found in saliva, potentially overcoming one of dentistry’s biggest limitations.

Democrats’ success was helped by popular anger over tech, AI and the super rich – life for billionaires could become much more difficult The photo of Silicon Valley centibillionaires at Donald Trump’s inauguration – Musk…

The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter was brief.

All-round upgrades fit a bigger OLED screen in a smaller and lighter body with water resistance for first time The new iPad mini takes Apple’s fan-favourite tiny tablet and upgrades just about everything about it, includ…

Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Delivering net zero also at risk, say MPs as they call for centralised policy and funding for mines and diversification The UK is “dangerously” dependent on China for critical raw materials needed for the military, renew…

The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.

Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.

Musk spent nearly $500m in the 2026 US midterm elections, an individual election spending record.

Historically, most physicians who served in the House or Senate have been Republicans. In the next Congress, physicians who are Democrats made significant gains.

Patient is ⁠in ​stable condition and will be transferred to a specialist ‘high consequence’ infectious disease unit A British healthcare worker with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to t…

The number of deaths linked to cocaine use in England and Wales has nearly quadrupled in a decade.

The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said cold rooms storing blood were impacted by hackers.

Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as vo…

Scientists have discovered a compound that transforms a natural muscle-repair protein into a more powerful version dubbed "Super HGF," more than doubling its ability to bind to a key receptor while protecting it from age…

Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood products France’s national blood service has said hackers accessed control systems and boosted temperatures at…

MIT scientists have challenged two decades of conventional thinking by discovering that flexible molecular connections, rather than rigid ones, can unlock entirely new ways to arrange nanoparticles.

The prince says 2026 was the first summer he felt "worried about the scale of the wildfires".

NASA is exploring a daring plan to save the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from its eventual fiery plunge into Earth's atmosphere.

For nearly 90 years, scientists believed magnetism fell into just two categories, but researchers have now confirmed a remarkable third type called altermagnetism.

On Wednesday morning, Delhi's air quality index reading stood at 377, in the "very poor" category.

The prince says 2026 was the first summer he felt "worried about the scale of the wildfires".

Graduates are spending more time managing AI, but are they missing out on other work experience?

The aim is to detect hard-to-diagnose abdominal cancers, including liver, ovarian and pancreatic cancer, much sooner.

An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.

Researchers have been chasing the dream of a cancer vaccine for decades. Some recent successes with mRNA technology are garnering excitement from patients, doctors, government and investors.

Many people are swapping out their fluoride dental products for ones made with a mineral called hydroxyapatite. What do dentists say about it?

Concerns from staff, parents, carers or the child themselves will trigger an immediate escalation of care.

Sen. Chris Murphy is expected to fully recover from his stroke. The acronym BE FAST can help you remember the symptoms of stroke and what to do when it happens: Call 911 quickly.

Saskia Reeves-Priestley didn't know she had a Vitamin D deficiency until she suddenly collapsed at work.

There is no end in sight for the drivers of illegal mining, while police action appears ineffective Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships…

Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSF Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature of…

Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Ma…