Artificial intelligence poses a similar risk of human extinction as pandemics and nuclear war, experts have warned. The boss of the firm behind ChatGPT, the head of Google’s AI lab, and CEO of Anthropic – another major AI firm, have all signed an open letter. It reads: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should
The first US-built offshore wind substation is complete and headed to South Fork Wind – a major milestone for the US offshore wind industry. Offshore substations collect and stabilize power that the wind turbines generate, preparing it for transmission to shore. South Fork Wind’s 1,500-ton, 60-foot-tall substation was designed and engineered in Kansas, and built
Rishi Sunak faced a grilling over net migration as official figures are expected to confirm that numbers have increased, and Paul Bristow, the Conservative MP for Peterborough was asked to leave the chamber. Sky’s Joe Pike explains all you need to know about what happened in PMQs this week. Read more on: https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-accuses-rishi-sunak-of-breaking-promises-on-migration-12888324 #pmqs #pmqsunwrapped
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old has been fined by a medical board after speaking to media about the case. #news #cnn #shorts
One-third of the planets orbiting the most common stars across the Milky Way galaxy may hold onto liquid water and possibly harbour life, according to a study based on latest telescope data. The most common stars in our galaxy are considerably smaller and cooler, sporting just half the mass of the Sun at most. Billions
ESPN News Services May 29, 2023, 09:34 PM ET CONCORD, N.C. — Ryan Blaney held off William Byron to win the rescheduled Coca-Cola 600 on Monday at Charlotte Speedway, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the Memorial Day weekend’s top races in the United States. Josef Newgarden won a record-extending 19th Indianapolis 500
Russia has blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on Moscow that it said caused minor damage to buildings and injured two people. The defence ministry said Kyiv was behind the “terrorist attack”, but Ukraine denied the claim. “Eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were involved in the attack. All enemy drones are hit,” said the ministry.
Asda Group has said it will acquire petrol station operator EG Group’s UK and Ireland business, creating a company with combined revenues of nearly £30bn. The news confirms a report by Sky News City editor Mark Kleinman last week, which said the “finishing touches” were being put on the deal. Asda is the UK’s third-largest
A man has managed to prise a crocodile’s jaws from around his head when he was attacked near a luxury resort in Queensland, Australia. Marcus McGown was snorkelling about 17 miles (28km) off Haggerstone Island in Cape York when the reptile struck. “While checking out some coral and fish and talking to a fellow snorkeller,
Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost clip that uses a smartphone’s camera and flash to monitor blood pressure at the user’s fingertip. The clip developed by researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego, US, works with a custom smartphone app and currently costs about 80 cents (Rs. 5.6) to make. The researchers estimate
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – 2023/05/29: Nvidia president and CEO Jensen Huang speaks at a keynote presentation while holding the Grace Hopper superchip at COMPUTEX. The COMPUTEX 2023 runs from 30 May to 02 June 2023 and gathers over 1,000 exhibitors from 26 different countries with 3000 booths to display their latest products and to sign orders
Nine people have been injured in a shooting near a Hollywood Beach, Florida. One person has been arrested and police have said they are looking for one more suspect. Early reports said there was an altercation between two groups. Police said there would be a heavy presence of officers as the investigation continues. Advertisement
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are preparing to launch a legal battle over COVID secrets, just hours before a deadline for handing over sensitive material to the official pandemic inquiry. Mr Johnson, prime minister during the pandemic, is battling to prevent the Cabinet Office releasing all his unedited WhatsApp messages and diaries to the inquiry’s
Eamonn Holmes has claimed there was a “total cover-up” over Phillip Schofield’s affair with a younger male colleague on This Morning while he was married. Holmes, 63, who also presented on the show, has accused Schofield of “toxicity” amid the furore over the culture on the ITV daytime programme. Host Schofield, 61, admitted last Friday
As American cars and trucks continue to bloat, growing longer and wider decade over decade while roads and parking spaces stay the same size, there may be hope glimmering on the horizon: tiny electric vehicles. I’m not talking about small cars. I’m talking about tiny ones – micro-cars, if you will. They’re a small but
This video clip appears to show a naval drone reaching the Russian intelligence vessel known as Ivan Khurs. The day before it was filmed, the Russian military claimed that all drones had been destroyed before coming near the ship. Read the latest on Ukraine here: https://news.sky.com/topic/ukraine-6556 #ukrainewar #drone #zelensky #volodymyrzelenskyy SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel
The mother of Brian Laundrie, the man who killed his fiancée Gabby Petito and later himself in 2021, wrote an undated letter marked “burn after reading” to her son that said she would help him “dispose of a body.” Roberta Laundrie has said the letter was written before her son’s trip with Petito, and one
Harry Styles has broken the record for the highest-selling stadium show in Scotland as more than 65,000 fans flocked to see him perform, according to the gig venue. The former One Direction star sang his biggest hits including As It Was to crowds on Friday and Saturday at the BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. Promoter
HSBC will next month unveil a new name for the technology-focused bank it rescued earlier this year after its US parent collapsed. Sky News has learned that Europe’s biggest lender intends to rebrand Silicon Valley Bank UK (SVBUK) under the name HSBC Innovation Banking. The new identity is expected to be announced to coincide with
A mother has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse over the death of her six-year-old son in Arizona. Elizabeth Archibeque, 26, reached a plea deal with prosecutors this month and could face life in prison under the first-degree murder charge. Her son, Deshaun Martinez, had been locked inside a small bedroom closet without food
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew is pictured on the day he will testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled “TikTok: How Congress can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms,” as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein
May 29, 2023, 07:52 AM ET It’s Memorial Day, MLB fans! And that means you are free to officially look at the MLB standings. The saying goes, among baseball fans, that you should avoid checking the standings until Memorial Day, which puts us two months into the season. That gives teams time to play enough
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somnath on Monday said that the Chandrayaan-3- the third edition of India’s mission to the moon- will be launched this July. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. “I am very confident…” said Somnath today
The sun beats down on us. I’m sweating, and there is noise from every angle. Two marine engines thrum behind me, churning the water of the Mediterranean. You can smell the salt, but also the plastic of our boat, warmed by the early afternoon. Cloudless skies. I can hear shouts, cries, and also words of
The AYRO Vanish has grabbed headlines over the past year as it rolls ever closer to production at AYRO’s Texas factory. Now the electric mini-truck’s final step ahead of manufacturing has begun as the Vanish starts street-legal homologation. The AYRO Vanish is an electric utility vehicle that is designed to fit into the low-speed vehicle
This review contains spoilers for the final episode of Succession, which is already available to stream on Now TV. We’ll warn you again – stop now if you don’t want to know what happens. Final warning. After the picture below all will be revealed. You have been warned. Again. We finally have a successor to
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is visiting Mediterranean countries this week as part of a government focus on tackling illegal migration. He will be visiting Algeria, Tunisia and Italy, before heading to France. The Times reports the Italian government is expecting 400,000 people to enter the country from North Africa this year – in forecasts prepared
The Royal Navy has carried out the first trial of a quantum navigation system that could allow a vessel to know its precise position anywhere in the world without using GPS. It is hoped that this technological breakthrough will give the British forces an advantage during war and is currently being trialled on a Royal
Congressional Democrats erupt in laughter as GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) calls for decorum while presiding over a House session. #CNN #News #shorts
Phillip Schofield has hit back at critics in his first statement after admitting having an affair with a much younger colleague on This Morning. Less than half an hour before the programme was due to air on Monday, he posted a statement on Instagram. It read: “Now I no longer work on @thismorning I am
China will send its first civilian astronaut into space as part of a crewed mission to the Tiangong space station on Tuesday, its Manned Space Agency announced, as Beijing pushes ahead with its extra-terrestrial ambitions. The world’s second-largest economy has invested billions of dollars into its military-run space programme, trying to catch up with the
This Morning will return to TV screens today, in the wake of the Phillip Schofield controversy. Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary will present the ITV daytime show from 10am – the first time it has aired since ex-presenter Mr Schofield’s admitted an affair with a younger male colleague. It also comes after former This Morning
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 05:44 PM ET CONCORD, N.C. — Charlotte Motor Speedway has announced the Coca-Cola 600 has been postponed until Monday due to wet weather. The Cup Series race will begin at 3 p.m. ET. NASCAR has moved the Xfinity Series race up to an 11 a.m. start on Monday. The Xfinity