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Meta has axed a controversial feature that allowed users to modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI. The feature, which was rolled out earlier this week along with a batch of other AI tools, “missed the mark” and is no longer available, according to the company. Ear

Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from any public Instagram account c

Could Andy Burnham scrap stamp duty? - Published Since Andy Burnham emerged as prime minister-in-waiting, there have been few clear details as to what we could expect to see from a government led by the MP for Makerfield. The former mayor of Greater Manchester has promised to sti

Chaos and confusion reign as Harry loses media battle - Published Prince Harry's visit this week was meant to be the dramatic moment when his wife Meghan appeared before the UK public for the first time in almost four years. That would focus the world's attention on his passion p

Merino the unlikely hero again - as Spain wait for Lamine Yamal show - Published For almost any side looking to be successful they need match winners throughout the team - and Spain are proving they have them as Mikel Merino delivered in his role as super sub once again to send t

Lammens' error spells end for Belgium's golden generation - Published Fairytale goodbyes are a rarity in football. Belgium's 2-1 defeat by Spain in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup likely marked the final bow of the four remaining members of the Red Devils' golden generat

Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote - Published The Free Republic of Liberland doesn't look like much from the boat. You would never guess that this flat, muddy stretch of floodplain on the Danube River, dotted with alder trees, tents and tre

Forced to wait his turn, Marine Le Pen's deputy returns to the shadows - Published A stern-looking Jordan Bardella squinted in the sun as a reporter asked him whether he was relieved or disappointed that he would not be the 2027 presidential candidate for the National Rally (RN).

Russia trains sights on schools, offices and buses in busy Ukrainian city - Published It was five in the morning when Anna Holovchenko was woken up by glide bombs hitting the suburbs of her home city of Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine. Security has deteriorated sharply there in a

There are some obvious big picture issues that stand between us and useful quantum computing. Issues like whether we can make enough high-quality hardware qubits to connect into the error-corrected logical qubits we need, and how we generate the states needed to perform universal

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More cities and towns deployed drones to spot illegal fireworks during the Fourth of July celebrations commemorating America’s 250th anniversary—leading to a $100,000 fine in one instance and coming as part of a broader national trend of first responders turning to drone surveill

Twelve men and 12 women enter a Buddhist temple - will the monks help them find love? - Published A monk draped in burnt-orange robes faces a row of young men and women and tells them they're here on a mission to save their country. By finding a partner and one day having babies.

The Commerce Department on Friday moved toward easing export controls on the United Arab Emirates, including by saying it will "favorably review" export license applications for MGX, the UAE-backed investment firm that used a stablecoin linked to President Donald Trump's family f

The Commerce Department on Friday moved toward easing export controls on the United Arab Emirates, including by saying it will "favorably review" export license applications for MGX, the UAE-backed investment firm that used a stablecoin linked to President Donald Trump's family f

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets — claims company mentored incoming employees on bringing confidential information The chief hardware officer and io Products are also named. Apple filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the AI company and i

In March, Bluesky’s longtime CEO, Jay Graber, stepped down from that role to become its chief innovation officer. Graber was immediately succeeded by Toni Schneider, the founding CEO of Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress and Tumblr. Schneider, who has led the compa

China’s sprawling state-owned rocket developer, maker of the country’s Long March rocket family, announced it recovered a reusable orbital-class booster for the first time Friday in the South China Sea. The milestone mission began with the liftoff of a Long March 10B rocket from

Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging that engineers stole Apple secrets to advance the AI startup’s hardware plans. In its complaint, Apple says it uncovered “a pattern of theft of Apple’s trade secrets by OpenAI employees who were formerly at Apple.” In addition to OpenAI, the lawsui

New dinosaur species with neck as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand - Published Palaeontologists in Thailand say they have discovered a new species of dinosaur from fossils found in Kalasin Province in the country's north-east. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasau

Pugnacious, charismatic and she always answered the question - Chris Mason on Ann Widdecombe - Published You can see it in the facial expressions of our political leaders and hear it in the tenor and tone of their voices. People across Westminster and beyond are stunned at the ne

For the past two years, the artificial intelligence race has been easy to score: bigger models, better benchmarks and whichever company could claim the lead, at least until the next launch. That scorecard is starting to look incomplete. As companies move from testing AI to using

For the past two years, the artificial intelligence race has been easy to score: bigger models, better benchmarks and whichever company could claim the lead, at least until the next launch. That scorecard is starting to look incomplete. As companies move from testing AI to using