British police have released the name of the suspect in the stabbing on the Doncaster-to-London train: Anthony Williams. The 32-year-old man faces charges including attempted murder (10 counts) and possession of a weapon. On October 31, Halloween, the United Kingdom was shocked by a knife attack on a train bound for London. Ten people were […]
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine, have won a lawsuit against a French magazine. Paris Match had published photos of the Prince of Wales’s family’s ski vacation earlier this year. A French judge ruled that this violated the family’s privacy. “The Prince and Princess of Wales have been successful in legal proceedings brought in […]
Nvidia’s market capitalisation surpassed $5 trillion on Wednesday. The American chip giant is the first company ever to surpass that mark. What was still a question mark on Wednesday morning is now an exclamation point: chip giant Nvidia is worth $5 trillion. To be clear, that’s a 5 with no fewer than 12 zeros after […]
Elon Musk and his startup xAI have launched Grokipedia. The online encyclopedia is intended to counter the biased Wikipedia website, which Musk considers biased. On Monday evening, version 0.1 of Grokipedia debuted on the World Wide Web, already boasting over 885,000 AI-generated definitions. Wikipedia currently boasts 7 million English-language pages. The site is free to […]
The sale of TikTok’s US operations is expected to close on Thursday, according to the US Treasury Secretary. Oracle will acquire a major stake in the popular video streaming service. The streaming service must be sold to the US government to continue operating in the country. TikTok, owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, is currently […]
London police have arrested three men on suspicion of spying for Russia. The agency announced this in a press release. The locations in west and central London where the three men in their forties were arrested are being searched. A search is also being conducted at another address in west London. According to Dominic Murphy, […]
Microsoft has confirmed a nasty bug in the Windows 11 security update it released on October 14. In certain situations, it causes USB mice and keyboards to suddenly disable. The issue is caused by the update KB5066835. After installing it, users of Windows 11 (version 25H2) experience problems when opening the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), […]
The US state of California introduced stricter regulations for AI-based chatbots earlier this week. The legislation follows several tragic suicides of teenagers who had relationships with such AI systems. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed regulations on Monday aimed primarily at protecting minors. Chatbots must now verify age, display regular warnings, and follow suicide prevention protocols. […]
The British postal company Royal Mail has been fined again for delivery delays, according to a report by communications watchdog Ofcom. This is the third consecutive year this has happened. The fine this year amounts to £21 million. The regulator warned that the postal company could face further fines if it fails to meet delivery […]
It’s an open secret that Apple is working behind the scenes on the next version of its silicon chip, the M5 SoC (system-on-chip). Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman expects the first products with this new power source to be announced as early as this week. Gurman is typically very knowledgeable about future Apple products. On Bloomberg, […]
