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The ‘forgotten’ migrant route into Britain: I’m the boss of a haulage company – and while everyone is outraged by small boats, THIS is what I find in the back of my lorries… and my drivers get the blame!
A Kent haulage-company owner says migrants are increasingly hiding in lorries travelling to Britain, leaving vehicles damaged and drivers facing legal and personal risks. He argues that hauliers are being unfairly expected to prevent illegal entry, while fearing fines, police scrutiny and violence despite reporting stowaways themselves. Lorenzo Zaccheo says five migrants were found in…
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Snap introduces a standalone AI assistant, Specs Intelligence
Snap has introduced Specs Intelligence, a standalone AI service designed to work with its redesigned augmented-reality glasses as well as mobile and desktop apps. It is intended to provide proactive, productivity-focused support by learning about users’ goals, routines and relationships through connected services, marking a broader AI push for Snap. The service could prepare reminders…
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Paramount threatens to leave California unless merger lawsuit dropped
Paramount chief executive David Ellison has threatened to move the studio out of California unless state officials drop their lawsuit opposing its proposed $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The dispute matters because Paramount’s departure could significantly harm Hollywood employment and California’s wider economy, although officials accuse the company of using the threat to…
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Japanese company develops a humanoid robot ‘ambulance’ for on-the-spot repairs
GMO Internet Group has launched what it calls Japan’s first “humanoid ambulance” onto the streets of Tokyo, a maintenance van that responds when its humanoid robots break down while on duty. Rather than shipping a malfunctioning robot away for repairs and disrupting its work, the vehicle brings engineers, diagnostic equipment, spare parts and even a…
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Reform in freefall, British mother missing in Malawi, Saudi-Houthi clashes escalate
Sixteen Durham councillors have now quit Reform UK amid its Welsh leader’s arrest, while Leicester mother Nusrat Osman remains missing in Malawi and Saudi Arabia says it downed a Houthi drone near Mecca; also: the EPA scraps power-plant pollution limits and Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro draws a muted reception.
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Paramount threatens to abandon Hollywood over anti-trust lawsuit
Paramount Skydance has warned California officials it is “deadly serious” about relocating its studio operations out of Hollywood ahead of an October 1 deadline, after the state’s attorney general and 11 counterparts filed an anti-trust lawsuit to block Paramount’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery. CEO David Ellison has reportedly threatened to move production…
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Bell Media Chief Sean Cohan on Risky ‘Heated Rivalry’ Bet Paying Off: “You Got to Take Shots”
Bell Media president Sean Cohan has credited the success of the steamy gay hockey drama Heated Rivalry with putting the Canadian broadcaster on the global map, calling it “the biggest global hit that Canada has ever produced.” Speaking at the Access Canada Summit, powered by The Hollywood Reporter, Cohan said the show’s success came from…
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Automattic interim executives secured severance whilst founder was temporarily ousted
Automattic’s interim CEO Mark Davies and Chief Legal Officer Andy Missan signed reciprocal severance agreements for each other during the brief 33-hour window in which founder Matt Mullenweg was ousted from the top job by the company’s board. Mullenweg has accused Davies of conspiring with three board members to force through his removal on 9…
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Bob the Builder ‘used to spread Net Zero propaganda’ as children’s TV icon returns for E.On solar power advert
Bob the Builder has returned to television for the first time in 15 years, voiced again by Neil Morrissey, to front an advert for energy firm E.On promoting the Government’s Net Zero agenda. In the advert, the children’s TV character explains that after a trip to Australia he enrolled at a “Net Zero training academy”…
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Snap unveils Specs wearable computer designed to reduce smartphone use
Snap is officially launching its long-awaited Specs augmented-reality glasses at an event in Los Angeles, with CEO Evan Spiegel due to deliver a keynote at 4pm PT on 16 September 2026. The device, first shown off earlier this year at the Augmented World Expo, has been pitched by Spiegel not as another pair of AI-powered…