2026/08/10 Daily Edition

The incident raised questions about how a disrupted power supply can have such a widespread impact.

The backlash to what some dub ‘pervert glasses’ is growing – but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changing Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast One summer day earlier this year, Rhys left a cafe in Melbourne where he had been working remotely, when his phone pinged with a message on the dating app Grindr. The message was a photo of him sitting at a table outside the cafe on his laptop, with his dog seated on the ground next to him. In the foreground, in a man’s hand was an iPhone unlocked...

The firm is a key supplier of components to UK and US frigate and submarine programmes.

Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer Donald Trump has ordered a new 15% tariff on imported products made of polysilicon, an important ingredient in microchip manufacturing that is primarily produced by China. The new tariff, which will take effect on 4 December, is aimed at supporting US chip and solar panel supply chains to compete with Beijing on artificial intelligence and energy...

The retailer has been around for 50 years but struggled to compete with newer rivals such as Amazon. Can its new owners turn it around?

While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action As France and Spain battle historic wildfires, comparisons to the second world war abound. “One of the continent’s biggest evacuation efforts since World War II,” reports the Associated Press. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called the wildfires his country’s “most difficult situation since the second world war”. The images crossing all our screens certainly feel war-like – emergency aircraft and black smoke fill the skies, frantic civilians seeking shelter, historic towns lying in ruins, charred forests and burned-out vehicles, exhausted and sweat-soaked emergency responders...

Dallas' financial industry is growing amid a larger Texas business boom. But can it really steal New York's crown?

Why food companies love labels like "organic" and "high protein," why our brains are misled by them — and how to avoid paying extra for marketing.

Minutes after four top researchers said they were leaving, Google said that Demis Hassabis, the Nobel-winning scientist who led the company’s A.I. lab, was stepping into a new job.

Day will briefly turn into night for parts of Europe this week as the continent experiences its first solar eclipse in nearly three decades.

Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people.

TikTok did not give a detailed reason for the layoffs, which will shutter its Nashville office.

The man charged in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most notorious unresolved murders, goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces one charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death.

A quarter of the UK population – including the new prime minister – have at least one tattoo, but they still divide opinion in the workplace.

In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.

Jeff Dean, who for years was one of Google’s most important executives, is leading the new artificial intelligence company with the backing of Google.

The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.

The prime minister is embarking on a UK tour with a series of announcements aimed at easing living costs.

These everyday hassles are small, but they add up – especially in a cost of living crisis. That’s why my government will tackle them head-on Andy Burnham is the UK prime minister Burnham vows crackdown on ‘rip-off’ business practices It’s remarkable how much of modern life can seem designed to wear us down. Every “sale” seems to come with an asterisk. Consumer contracts often find a way of costing more than you expected. And too many companies want you to sign up in seconds, but then make it feel impossible to leave. It’s exhausting. They might not be the issues that keep you up at night. But they’re often the reason you go to bed ticked off. Westminster has got used to telling people that these everyday hassles are just part of life. The response has too often been a shrug of the shoulders or just calling it bad luck. Andy Burnham is prime minister of the United Kingdom..

Resolution Foundation proposes £2bn emergency scheme to help people facing higher costs this winter Labour should draw up an emergency plan to cut energy prices for low-income families by up to £175 this winter, the Resolution Foundation has said. One of Andy Burnham’s first policy announcements as prime minister was to remove VAT temporarily from electricity bills, saving households about £45 a year...

Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface A telescope in Chile has captured evidence of the impact caused by part of a SpaceX rocket slamming into the moon while travelling at 8,690km/h (5,400mph). The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope observed “spectral lines” – a colourful illustration of sodium and lithium gas – in the plume of lunar dust stirred up by the impact...

Researcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete From Homer’s Odyssey to Agatha Christie’s crime fiction, humans have produced plenty of tales to grace the bookshelf. But research suggests artificial intelligence may now be providing some competition. In a study published in the journal Judgment and Decision Making, 1,682 adults were asked to read one of six short stories, three of which were written by humans and three by ChatGPT. Each AI story had a similar theme to one of the human-authored works...

Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400mph A four-tonne piece of a discarded SpaceX rocket that has been floating in space since last year is believed to have unintentionally crashed into the moon at high speed, in a collision that posed no danger to Earth but was expected to blast out a new lunar crater. The object, the height of a five-storey building, was part of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched two commercial lunar landers, one from the US and one from Japan, towards the moon in January 2025...

Research suggests addressing risk factors for poor cardiovascular health between the ages of 45 and 65 could help reduce risk of cognitive decline Scientists claim to have identified three health measures in middle age that can ward off dementia for more than a decade. Having normal blood pressure, no type 2 diabetes, and not smoking between the ages of 45 and 65 were associated with almost 13 additional years, on average, of dementia-free life, a study shows...

Scientists have proved that a species of plant covered with sticky hairs is carnivorous, confirming Darwin’s 150-year-old hunch.

A new fund called the Phoenix Species Project will provide $200 million to help pull imperiled wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

A flight in Canada has been cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt.

Daniel Kinahan has been remanded in custody after appearing before an Irish court charged with directing an organised crime group.

Lekjaa’s decision to join a political party has fuelled speculation about his political ambitions.

The latest Houthi attacks come less than 24 hours after an earlier barrage struck al-Makha (Mocha) and its commercial port.

Daniel Kinahan, accused of leading a family crime syndicate, was flown home from Dubai on an Irish government jet on Sunday.

Some people need to ensure they are named on their energy bill before the deadline to qualify for help.

Trump says US will wait for economic pressure to mount on Iran, as Israel formally rejects 15-point Gaza peace plan.

Frans Mathipa was shot while driving - we got access to the prosecution case against eight accused men.