The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have officially ended following the closing ceremony in northern Italy. It took place at Verona Olympic Arena, despite none of the sporting events happening in the city, which is 75 miles from Milan. After beginning with a tribute to classic Italian opera, flagbearers representing the …

A wave of violence has broken out in Mexico after the country's most wanted drug baron was killed in a security operation to arrest him involving US intelligence. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", was the leader of the feared Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) drug cartel and died after …

Mescal and Abrams go red carpet official, a 'strong language' apology and other key Bafta moments 6 hours ago Noor NanjiCulture correspondent at the Baftas This year's Bafta Film Awards had it all. A-listers, a touch of royalty, Paddington Bear - and the sun even came out, for what felt …

Hamnet's Jessie Buckley and I Swear's Robert Aramayo win big at the Baftas 8 hours ago Emma SaundersCulture reporter I Swear star Robert Aramayo beat competition from the likes of Hollywood A-listers Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet to win best actor at this year's Bafta awards. The actor, who depicted …

Andrew charged taxpayers for massage when envoy, claim ex-civil servants 50 minutes ago Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged taxpayers for massages and excessive travel costs while working as the UK's trade envoy, whistleblowing retired civil servants have claimed. One former civil servant, who worked in the UK's trade department …

Billions in SEND funding to make schools more inclusive, ministers say 4 hours ago Nathan StandleyEducation reporter The government says it will spend billions to make mainstream schools in England more inclusive for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). 6bn over three years going directly to schools, early …

When we met this weekend in the government headquarters in Kyiv, he said that far from losing, Ukraine would end the war victorious. He was firmly against paying the price for a ceasefire deal demanded by President Vladimir Putin, which is withdrawing from strategic ground that Russia has failed to …

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An 18-year-old who allegedly killed eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, reportedly used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in ways that alarmed the company’s staff. Jesse Van Rootselaar’s chats describing gun violence were flagged by tools that monitor the company’s LLM for misuse and banned in June 2025. Staff …

The generative AI boom minted a startup a minute. But as the dust starts to settle, two once-hot business models are looking more like cautionary tales: LLM wrappers and AI aggregators. Darren Mowry, who leads Google’s global startup organization across Cloud, DeepMind, and Alphabet, says startups with these hooks have …