The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has entered a second week, with drones and missiles crisscrossing much of the Middle East and death tolls rising.
Watch: Moment Iran's state TV announces Supreme Leader has been killedIran's state media has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, after attacks across Iran by Israel and the US, which began on Saturday morning local time.Reading a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council, state TV outlets in Iran confirmed Khamenei's death. The confirmation came after US...
Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu wrote in a late-night post on X. “It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what’s possible.” Less than a day later, on Tuesday afternoon, xAI co-founder...
How AI is supercharging Russia's online disinformation campaignsDaria MosolovaBBC MonitoringSocial MediaA legitimate reel posted by King's College London was manipulated with an AI-generated voice-over of Dr Read, and the doctored version shared in a Russia-linked synthetic videoAs any habitual social media user, King's College London professor Alan Read did not pay much heed to the occasional...
Moment crew docks at International Space StationFour astronauts have docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after blasting off from Earth on Friday. The crew will spend eight months aboard the ISS after replacing a team that evacuated last month due to a medical emergency. On board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft travelling to the ISS were two Nasa astronauts from the US, Jessica Meir and...
Trump brings in new 10% tariff as Supreme Court rejects his global import taxesNatalie ShermanBusiness reporterWatch: BBC inside Trump press briefing slamming Supreme Court tariffs rulingUS President Donald Trump has imposed a new 10% global tariff to replace ones struck down by the Supreme Court, calling the ruling "terrible" and lambasting the justices who rejected his trade policy as...