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The retail giant has used robots in its warehouses for years, but it appears that the company is ramping up in a big way.
Paul Ingrassia says ‘unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time’ and withdraws nominationThe Central Intelligence Agency is providing the bulk of the intelligence used to carry out the controversial lethal air strikes by the Trump administration against small, fast-going boats in the Caribbean Sea suspected of carrying drugs from Venezuela, according to three sources familiar with the...
BoM warning of 39C would surpass 38.2C October record from 2004. Follow today’s news liveOctober heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the normGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBrittany Higgins has dropped her appeal against the Western Australia supreme court decision that she defamed Linda Reynolds in a series of social media posts, according to...
Report on Paul Ingrassia featured messages where he allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’US politics live – latest updatesPaul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee federal whistleblower protections, has dropped out after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week.Ingrassia, currently a White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security, was the subject of a report on Monday...
Six arrests made after crowd hurled fireworks and other missiles at officers during protests following alleged sexual assault on a young girlSix people have been arrested after Irish police battled hundreds of protesters outside a Dublin hotel used to house asylum seekers after an alleged sexual assault on a young girl.The crowd burned a police vehicle and hurled fireworks and other missiles at officers outside the...
Adelita Grijalva was elected last month but Republican House speaker has so far blocked her from taking seatArizona’s attorney general is suing to force the Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, to swear in Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a congressional special election in September.Grijalva was elected on 23 September in the southern Arizona district that her father, Raúl Grijalva, held until his death earlier...
New law ‘puts needs of survivors above the needs of rapists’, says MP Natalie Fleet, who campaigned for the changeSex offenders will no longer be entitled to parental responsibility for children conceived through rape, under new measures proposed in parliament.In a government-backed amendment to the Victims and Courts Bill, due to come before parliament on Monday 27 October, parental responsibility will automatically...
A LADbible led survey finds that Gen Z has a complicated relationship with adult content.
The Apple MacBook Pro with the M4 chip and 512GB is down to $1,349 at Amazon, saving shoppers $250.
As of Oct. 21, Save $300 on the Samsung Odyssey G7 gaming monitor at Amazon.
Netflix has been investing a lot of time and energy into gaming, but the company sees its work on games as part of a broader initiative around interactivity, co-CEO Greg Peters said in today’s Q3 2025 earnings call. “We’ve mostly talked so far about our work in this space as games because that’s an easy […]
The LG 45-inch Ultragear OLED gaming monitor is down to its best price ever of $1,597 at Amazon, saving shoppers 20%.
Kosovo is an outlier in the region, whose other leaders say ‘looking for places to dump immigrants’ is evidence the UK is in ‘a very dark place’Kosovo has become the first country to indicate it will accept Britain’s refused asylum seekers as part of government plans to set up “return hubs” in third countries.Albin Kurti, the prime minister of Kosovo, said he “wants to help the UK” and confirmed discussions were taking...
Investigation after federal officers shot at man during ‘targeted traffic stop’ and agent was hit by ricochet bulletUS politics live – latest updatesAn investigation is ongoing after federal agents shot a man in the elbow and a deputy US marshal was hit in the hand by a ricochet bullet during an immigration enforcement operation in south Los Angeles, police said.The Los Angeles police department said the incident was...
Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix "not worried about AI replacing creativity."
The iPhone 17 series launched just over a month ago, but Adobe’s camera app Project Indigo still doesn’t support the latest iPhones — you can run it on an iPhone 12 Pro if you have one handy, but I can’t use it on the iPhone 17 Pro on my desk. The holdup seems to be […]
As of Oct. 21, the Bluetti Apex 300 is on sale at Amazon for $1,599. That's a 33% discount.
Get a lifetime of MS Office Home and Business 2021 for Mac for just $69.97 (reg. $219).
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle No. 394 for Wednesday, Oct. 22.
Over 6 million eggs were caught up in a salmonella-related recall in September. Now, the FDA says there's a "reasonable probability" of serious illness.
Grounds, including governor’s office, searched after authorities found what appeared to be a homemade objectThe Wyoming capitol building, including the governor’s office, was evacuated on Tuesday after a suspected explosive device was found. The grounds were being searched with drones and bomb-sniffing dogs.The evacuation that began at 9.30am was still ongoing at mid-afternoon. Continue reading...
Government consults on allowing regulator to use lower civil standard of proof and introducing automatic penaltiesWater companies in England could face more, and automatic, fines for sewage dumping under new Environment Agency powers.The government is consulting on allowing the regulator to use a lower, civil, standard of proof instead of the higher criminal standard, for minor to moderate environmental offences....
‘Groundbreaking’ repeal of presumption of parental involvement in England and Wales ‘will ensure courts place safety of children above all else’The family courts will no longer work on the presumption that having contact with both parents is in the best interests of a child, in a landmark change that domestic abuse campaigners have said “will save so many children’s lives”.The move has been heralded as “groundbreaking”...
Apple's iOS 26.1 Beta 4 brings two significant new settings to the iPhone.
Hello and welcome to Regulator. Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration's power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile apps from its stores could have been connected to a legal battle over Fortnite V-Bucks. Yes, we are talking about the in-game digital currency that […]
Amazon, the nation's second-largest employer, has big plans to slow human hiring and speed up robotic automation.
OpenAI's new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.
Starting today, creators in YouTube’s Partner Program are getting access to a new AI detection feature that will allow them to find and report unauthorized uploads using their likeness. As shown in this video from YouTube, after verifying their identity, creators can review flagged videos in the Content Detection tab on YouTube Studio. If a […]
Sam Reich, Dropout CEO, explains where your subscription fees go—if you want to pay more.
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We already know that the next-gen Xbox console isn’t locked to a single store, will use an AMD chip inside, and will maintain compatibility with an existing library of Xbox games. Now, Microsoft appears to be teasing that the next-gen Xbox will be some type of hybrid console and PC. Xbox president Sarah Bond sat […]
What's the best MacBook of 2025? Mashable's senior shopping reporter rounds up five options for school, photo editing, and more.
Defence secretary says UK will play ‘anchor role’ in US-led civil military coordination centreBritish troops have been sent to Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza after a request from the US.The defence secretary, John Healey, announced the deployment of a small number of planning officers, including a senior commander, at an event on Monday night. He said the UK would play an “anchor role”. Ten days ago the...
Artists and listeners are protesting Spotify's ties to military AI and ICE. If you’re switching platforms, this step-by-step guide will help you transfer your playlists.
Brian Haidet, a scientist creating videos on YouTube under the handle AlphaPhoenix, showed off a camera in a new video that can capture footage of a laser pointer at the speed of light. The camera is an update on a previous design that could capture footage at one billion frames per second, but it comes with a major caveat: it can only shoot one pixel at a time.Haidet's camera is made from a gimbal-mounted mirror, two...