Lewis Hamilton has revealed the inspiration for his Met Gala look is one of the UK’s first black gardeners. John Ystumllyn was abducted as a child in western Africa in the 18th Century and raised in Gwynedd, north Wales. “Through adversity, he really triumphed,” said the F1 star, who was appearing at his fifth Met….
Apple Inc. is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, according to people familiar with the situation, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI industry. The two companies are in active negotiations to let Apple license Gemini, Google’s set of generative AI models, to…
Google’s new threat intelligence solution includes a generative artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that can analyze potential malware and quickly provide a summary for customers so they can tackle threats faster. Google Threat Intelligence is a new offering from the company that combines its Mandiant threat intelligence team, VirusTotal community of over one million users, and Google’s network of billions of signals…
After more than three billion doses, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn. AstraZeneca said it was “incredibly proud” of the vaccine, but it had made a commercial decision. It said the rise of new coronavirus variants meant demand had shifted to the newer updated vaccines. Its vaccine was estimated to have saved millions of…
The Bank of England boss has said it needs to “see more evidence” that price rises have slowed further before cutting interest rates. Andrew Bailey said he was “optimistic that things are moving in the right direction” as rates were held at 5.25%. He said the Bank expected inflation, which measures the rate prices rise…
Greta Thunberg has been found guilty by a Swedish court of disobeying police orders during an environmental protest in March. Speaking after the hearing on Wednesday, the climate activist described the ruling as “absurd”. Ms Thunberg had blocked an entrance to parliament on two occasions during a sit-in. She denied the charges of two counts…
“A major reset of the internet to make it much safer” is how Ofcom’s Gill Whitehead described the communications watchdog’s child safety announcements to me. But can it really deliver that kind of a sea-change in the protection of children online? Turning faulty tech off then on again is a tried and trusted fix, but “resetting the…
