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Boris Johnson ‘won’t apologise’ for burka comments
Boris Johnson ‘has caused offence’, PM says The former foreign secretary has been criticised for saying Muslim women wearing burkas “look like letter boxes” and…
Deepfakes porn has serious consequences
BBC This image of Natalie Portman was computer-generated from hundreds of stills and featured in an explicit video In recent weeks there has been an…
Priti Patel outlines measures to curtail disruptive activists’ travel
PA Media Courts will get new powers to stop disruptive activists attending protests, the home secretary has said. In a Tory conference speech, Priti Patel…
Bedford art exhibition questions the role of AI in photography
Fergus Laidlaw/Arnab Chakravarty An AI image recreated from the description of another photo that said “smiling woman, holding a bouquet of sunflowers in front of…
Adidas ends ‘fight’ with Kanye West over antisemitic comments
Adidas has ended its “fight” with Kanye West over antisemitic comments he made in 2022, which scuppered the sports brand and US rapper’s “Yeezy” collaboration.…
Poo converts CO2 to useful chemicals
BBC Dr Rhiannon Chalmers-Brown runs the research project at the steelworks Gases from the firm’s Port Talbot steelworks are mixed with tiny bacteria from sewage…
The men vying for Merkel’s job
EPA From L-R: Friedrich Merz, Armin Laschet and Norbert Röttgen are rivals to run Mrs Merkel’s party Angela Merkel has long dominated European and international…
Eight things we learned about new businesses in lockdown
BBC Since September we have been speaking to people who created start-ups during the pandemic for our business advice series CEO Secrets. Series producer Dougal…
The ones to watch at Europe’s new top table
Reuters The European Commission’s next president Ursula von der Leyen addresses lawmakers The EU parliament has approved incoming Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s new…
Rihanna, Lizzo and Marilyn Monroe shine in V&A’s Diva exhibition
V&A Rihanna is among the divas who are represented in the exhibition What springs to mind when you hear the word diva? Mariah, who proudly…