The closure of airspace over the southern half of Azerbaijan is putting additional pressure on airlines scrambling to respond to disruption caused by the conflict in the Gulf. Flight traffic had already been severely disrupted in a region which in normal times acts as a significant hub for the global …

5 hours ago Thomas CopelandBBC Verify An unprecedented wave of AI-generated misinformation about the US-Israel war with Iran is being monetised by online creators with growing access to generative AI technology, experts have told BBC Verify. Our analysis has found numerous examples of AI-generated videos and fabricated satellite imagery being …

2 hours ago Faisal IslamEconomics editor Up until late on Thursday the rise in global oil markets appeared to be more of an unfortunate bump than imminent oil shock. The immediate response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a 10% price increase, appeared rather benign for what was …

Huge US bomber lands at UK air base A huge US bomber capable of carrying 24 cruises missiles has landed in the UK. 5m) B-1 Lancer arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Friday. It comes after Sir Keir Starmer granted the US permission to use British military bases but …

The US president who likes to keep the world guessing about his endgame in Iran is now telling the world what he wants. In a war widely described as his "war of choice", Donald Trump says he also wants to choose who will rule Iran now that its Supreme Leader …

Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) broke down last week after the two parties failed to come to an agreement over the degree to which the military could obtain unrestricted access to Anthropic’s AI. When the DOD made a deal with OpenAI instead, it seemed that …

Meta is facing a new lawsuit over its AI smart glasses and their lack of privacy, after an investigation by Swedish newspapers found that workers at a Kenya-based subcontractor are reviewing footage from customers’ glasses, which included sensitive content, like nudity, people having sex, and using the toilet. Meta claimed …

As agentic coding spreads, the working life of a software engineer has become dazzlingly complex. A single engineer might oversee dozens of coding agents at once, launching and guiding different processes as necessary. It’s a lot to keep track of, and human engineers’ attention has quickly become the limiting resource. …

On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5. 4, a new foundation model billed as “our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work. ” In addition to the standard version, GPT-5. 4 is also available as a reasoning model (GPT-5. 4 Thinking) or optimized for high performance (GPT-5. The API version …

A new report by Google found that about half of the zero-day bugs it tracked last year exploited enterprise devices, marking a new high for hackers who are increasingly finding new ways to target large companies and steal their data. According to the search and security giant’s annual report, 48% …