Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images WhatsApp says its new AI feature embedded in the messaging service is “entirely optional” – despite the fact it cannot be removed from the app. The Meta AI logo is an ever-present blue circle with pink and green splashes in the bottom right of your Chats screen. Interacting with...
One of my greatest frustrations with my liberal friends is their utter unwillingness to acknowledge that the people they trust lie to them almost every moment of the day. It’s not just the Pravda Media, although for the life of me, I cannot understand why anybody would trust The New York Times or the Washington...
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has defended Adam Idah and hit out at people trying to “expose” footballers after a video of the striker appearing to throw up in a taxi circulated on social media. Rodgers revealed the 24-year-old Republic of Ireland international phoned him on the team’s day off on Thursday to explain the situation....
On April 7, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to enter two elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). According to LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, the agents were trying to contact five students who they alleged entered the U.S. without documentation, and they lied to school officials by...
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken the witness stand in a landmark antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations that his company operates a social media monopoly. His testimony is part of a case first brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2020 during the final days of the first Trump administration. The...
Ottilie Mitchell BBC News, Sydney Richard Arculus The imposition of tariffs on the Heard and McDonald islands were meant to close “ridiculous loopholes”, said the US Commerce Secretary The US Commerce Secretary has defended the country’s decision to impose tariffs on a group of uninhabited islands, which are populated only by penguins and seals. The...
Former Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap was involved in the dance and said she did not have a problem with it as it was more about celebrating the occasion. “We’ve got to let people be themselves and be the personalities they are,” she told the Scrum V podcast. “I feel for Jaz, I think some of...
World champion Mikaela Mayer outpointed Briton Sandy Ryan for the second time to defend her WBO welterweight title in Las Vegas. American Mayer, 34, was the deserved winner in an entertaining rematch between the two bitter rivals. After some close early rounds, she dominated the middle of the fight with her higher punch output, shot...
The governing body did not offer any details around the investigation’s findings, which it said were “final and binding” and that it was “analysing the decision”. However, in his own statement, seen by BBC Sport, Herdman defended his actions and behaviour. “I acknowledge the Disciplinary Committee’s decision, which concluded with an admonishment, without suspension or...
Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta has defended Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts, saying that “too much emotion makes you do crazy things”. Mateta needed 25 stitches to his left ear after being kicked in the head by Roberts during Palace’s FA Cup win on 1 March. Roberts was sent off, while the French striker, 27, was...