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British Airways flight from Barbados ‘is cancelled after aircrew enjoyed vodka and beer drinking session at £500-a-night honeymooners’ resort’
A British Airways flight from Barbados to the UK was reportedly cancelled after members of its cabin crew were said to have taken part in a heavy drinking session at a £500-a-night honeymoon resort the night before they were due to fly. The incident left up to 336 passengers stranded in the Barbadian capital, Bridgetown,…
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AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round
AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11B valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.
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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
“HalluSquatting” weaponizes LLMs’ inability to say “I don’t know.”
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Dallas Cowboys player who died by suicide diagnosed with brain disease
Marshawn Kneeland, a Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman who died by suicide in November 2025 aged 24, has been posthumously diagnosed with stage 1 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center have said. The finding matters because it adds to mounting evidence that the degenerative brain disease, caused by repeated blows to the…
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Pokémon Champions Has Now Surpassed 10 Million Downloads Worldwide
The Pokémon Company has announced that its free-to-download title Pokémon Champions has surpassed 10 million cumulative downloads worldwide, combining figures from both the Switch and mobile versions. The battle-focused game launched on Switch in April before arriving on smartphones the following month, and the milestone marks a solid start for the competitive-play title. To mark…
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Sheffield man caught with 2,000 indecent images of children avoids prison
“I can fairly confidently predict that if you breach your terms, you will go to prison”
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DOOM’s Developer id Software Has Supposedly Lost Around 50% Of Its Team
Following a major restructuring of Microsoft’s gaming division under new Xbox boss Asha Sharma, DOOM developer id Software has reportedly lost around half of its staff. The cuts form part of Microsoft’s confirmed plan to eliminate over 3,000 gaming roles within the next 12 months, of which roughly 1,600 have already gone. The scale of…
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Wes Anderson Was Trapped in Academy Museum Elevator After ‘Bottle Rocket’ Anniversary Event
Director Wes Anderson was trapped in a lift at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday, shortly after taking part in an event marking the 30th anniversary of his debut feature, Bottle Rocket. He and producer James L. Brooks were stuck for around 30 minutes before the Los Angeles Fire Department freed them, in…
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Australia dock workers call for 28-hour week in AI talks
A union says workers are “in the crosshairs” of automation as AI is being tested across ports.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Icon Confirms Major Change For Season 4
Apple TV’s flagship comedy Ted Lasso is returning for a fourth season, and star Hannah Waddingham has confirmed a significant shift in the show’s premise: Ted Sudeikis’s character will come back to AFC Richmond to coach the club’s women’s team rather than the men’s side. The change matters because Ted Lasso was pivotal in establishing…