In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google pulled an ad it showed during the Olympics that touted its AI chatbot Gemini writing a fan letter to an athlete. Google has pulled an Olympics ad for its chatbot Gemini from airwaves following backlash for the way it depicts a little girl using
A very nasty summer sell-off has been under way now in stock markets around the world for the last 48 hours – and nervous investors got another reason to carry on selling on Friday. The US non-farm payroll figures – essentially a measure of how many jobs were added to the US economy last month
Fireworks and flares are now being advertised for sale on a Telegram messenger group that was used to call for a street presence in Southport in advance of this week’s riot. Sky News has identified the individual responsible. Follow latest:Updates as police deal with protests and disorder ‘If this is the wrong channel join ours’
Kamala Harris has won the delegate votes needed to become the Democrats’ presidential nominee – which will make her the first woman of colour to top a major US party’s election ticket. The current vice president has been the frontrunner to stand against Republican Donald Trump since incumbent Joe Biden dropped out of the race
In this article XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Exxon Mobil gas station in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 28, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images ExxonMobil on Friday posted its second highest results for the second quarter in the past decade, as the company achieved record production in Guyana and the
Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Juan Pablo Montoya will return to NASCAR for the first time since 2014 when he races for 23XI Racing at Watkins Glen International next month. 23XI, the team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, said Friday that Montoya would drive
Robert Jenrick has said the political system he was part of is broken as he claimed he is the person who can change that as Tory leader. The former minister told a leadership race rally in his Newark constituency he wants to “breathe new life into our party” and will ensure it becomes a “mass
LONDON, UK – JUNE 12: The 9th edition of the Artificial Intelligence Summit kicks off with the participation of international technology companies, in London, United Kingdom on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.K. government has canceled £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) worth of
VinFast (VFS) announced it has officially begun shipping its new mini electric SUV, the VinFast VF 3. Starting under $13,000, the new VF 3 generated strong buzz, with VinFast calling it a “social media phenomenon” ahead of shipments. VinFast kicks off VF 3 shipments for under $13K After introducing the VF 3 in January, VinFast
In Gaza there is only one place left for civilians to go. It is called al Mawasi, a collection of fields, sand dunes and broken buildings that have been overwhelmed by a great blanket of humanity. According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), around 1.9 million have squeezed themselves into this territory. Israel has designated
In this article AMZN MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT EzDubs founders Amrutavarsh Kinagi (left), Kareem Nassar and Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy pose for a photo in Palo Alto, California, in August 2023. EzDubs, a developer of language-translation technology, got started the way many tech startups get off the ground. It launched on public clouds from
At the end of a mixed fortnight’s worth of trading updates from the US tech giants, it was down to the biggest of them – Apple – to lift investor spirits. The $3.35trn (£2.63trn) giant, established again in June as the world’s biggest company after five months during which Microsoft was bigger, reported sales of
Charli XCX has combined forces with Billie Eilish on a remix of the British popstar’s song Guess – continuing “Brat summer”. The 32-year-old singer, real name Charlotte Aitchison, coined the term following the release of her sixth studio album – “Brat”. It references an effortless “it” girl state of mind, reflected in the neon green
Labour has pulled £1.3bn of investment in tech and AI projects promised by the Tories. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said the funding committed by the previous Conservative administration was not allocated in its budget and so will not proceed. It included £800m for the creation of a next-generation exascale supercomputer at
The culture secretary has said BBC newsreader Huw Edwards should return his salary after he admitted accessing indecent images of children. Edwards was paid £200,000 after he was arrested in November while he was suspended by the broadcaster up until he resigned in April on medical advice. On Wednesday, the 62-year-old BBC veteran pleaded guilty
Freed journalist Evan Gershkovich has raised the plight of other political prisoners still being held in Russian jails. Speaking on the tarmac after touching down on US soil, the reporter said he was overwhelmed by the show of support from those gathered. Mr Gershkovich was among around two dozen people involved in the biggest prisoner
Fourteen people were arrested and 10 sex trafficking victims rescued in an undercover sting operation at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego. The California Justice Department ran the operation at the annual event – which celebrates superheroes, comic books and pop culture – from 25 to 27 July. Officers from the human trafficking task force
Police have released images of eight people they are looking to identify after “criminal activity” at a protest outside a hotel housing migrants in Aldershot. Hampshire Police said one of their officers suffered a minor injury in the disruption outside the Potters International Hotel on Wednesday evening. They say a minority of the 200 people
In this article SQ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dado Ruvic | Reuters Block beat on profit in its second-quarter earnings report on Thursday. The stock rose in extended trading. Here is how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG. Earnings per share: 93 cents adjusted vs. 84 cents expected Revenue:
A senior Labour politician who lost their seat in a shock result on election night has hinted at a future to return to parliament. Jonathan Ashworth, the former Labour MP for Leicester South who was defeated by an independent candidate, told Beth Rigby’s Electoral Dysfunction podcast that he was “still around” and “not going anywhere”.