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DisneyTom Hanks’s Woody (right) and Tim Allen’s Buzz are back but facing a new threatThe fifth instalment of Toy Story has received mixed reviews from critics, who have described it as being “a warm and wry update” to an otherwise now “played out” franchise.But one thing most reviewers agreed on is that the message of the film – which finds Woody, Buzz and Jessie fighting with a new digital device called Lilypad for children’s attention – is a “cautionary” one.Toy Story 5 is released in UK cinemas on Friday, just days after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a forthcoming…
Amensisa Ifa / BBCNone of the usual crowds attend burials in this Bunia cemetery at the momentNyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, a city in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, is much busier than usual.”Today is the sixth time I have come to the cemetery,” says Joel Lonza Makumbu as he explains how the virus has devastated his family and community.”Yesterday I buried my father. Today I have come to say goodbye to my mother.”As he fills the grave with soil, he says he has also lost three sisters and a brother-in-law to…
Getty ImagesApple CEO Tim CookApple plans to raise the prices of its products as the cost of the memory chips it uses has surged, the technology giant’s boss has said.Tim Cook, Apple’s outgoing chief executive, told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that price increases are “unavoidable” as the situation around memory chips has become “unsustainable”.He did not say when prices will rise or which products will be affected. It is also unclear whether the price hikes will affect the iPhone 18, which is expected to be launched in September.Memory chips are essential components in smart devices like mobile phones, but…
English HeritageThe huge stones at Stonehenge mark the movements of the Sun Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles (5km) away from the prehistoric monument.All that remains of the older structure is two holes in the ground, but the team says they held wooden posts that lined up with the Sun on the summer and winter solstices – the longest and shortest days of the year – in the same way as Stonehenge.The site has been dated to about 5,000 years old, which predates Stonehenge by 500 years.Artefacts were also found at…
MindgardA redacted image created by Mindgard after OpenAI said it had addessed the promptThe latest public version of ChatGPT can be made to generate sexualised images or depict scenes of graphic violence with a simple prompt, researchers have told the BBC.British AI security startup Mindgard figured out how to make ChatGPT create graphic pictures by slightly altering a widely-shared instruction, or prompt, which was originally designed to produce humorous results.After being contacted by the BBC, ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI said it had taken action to stop the chatbot responding with those types of images.”After investigating this trend, we’ve introduced additional safeguards…
This was an England we haven’t seen for years – and it was funFun to watch and full of intent – this was an England we have not seen for years, writes Phil McNulty.1 hr agoEngland Men
Getty ImagesGirls have been offered the HPV vaccine since 2008Around 200 lives have been saved in England so far thanks to a vaccine which protects against cervical cancer, according to analysis published in the Lancet.The first study of its kind showed that deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls were offered the human papillomavirus (HPV) jab in 2008.Between 2020 and 2024, no cervical cancer deaths were recorded in women aged 20 to 24 – the first time that had happened over a five-year period.Without vaccination, around 23 deaths would have been expected.The study also found that those children vaccinated at…
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Scientists have found the oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago — some 200 years earlier than previously thought.The disease has sickened humans for thousands of years and wiped out a significant chunk of Europe’s population in the 14th century during what’s known as the Black Death. Though rare, the plague is still around today and is treated with antibiotics. “To understand our own history, we believe that understanding the history of plague is extremely important,” said study co-author Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary geneticist with the…
The Federal Trade Commission and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, in the latest push by President Donald Trump’s administration and others to limit gender-affirming care for transgender minors.The suit alleges the group, known widely as WPATH, made deceptive claims about gender-affirming care for minors and its members profited off the claims. Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas filed along with the FTC.“Parents have a right to make informed decisions about their children’s health,” FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said on X. “The FTC will not allow parents and children to be deceived by medical organizations…
Watch: Japan’s defence minister sits down with the BBC’s Japan correspondentJapan must “strengthen its defence capabilities”, Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has told the BBC, emphasising the need to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined the country since World War Two.He said boosting defence, “reinforcing its alliance with the United States, and expanding collaboration with like-minded countries” was part of “building multi-layered deterrence critical for ensuring that no new war breaks out in this region”.He spoke of the recent changes in Japan’s defence policy, such as relaxing decades-old arms export rules. For the first time in about 50 years, Tokyo…