AWS CEO Matt Garman said Amazon’s recent $50 billion investment in OpenAI, after its long partnership including $8 billion of investment in Anthropic, is the type of conflict of interest the cloud giant is used to handling. Garman has worked at Amazon since he was a business school intern in …

Canva announced on Wednesday the dual acquisition of Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent management platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation company. The financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Canva says the acquisitions are part of its continued investment in AI and marketing infrastructure. Both …

Is Poke an OpenClaw for the rest of us? That’s the idea coming from a new startup offering an AI agent that you can access via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and, in some markets, WhatsApp. The AI agent Poke launched publicly in March, allowing consumers to access a personal assistant that …

The death of a duck in the Austin, Texas enclave of Mueller Lake has neighbors raising concerns about autonomous vehicles and whether they belong there. While humans are responsible for killing animals with their cars all the time, this incident has brought negative attention to the new technology. Local media …

WireGuard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a key part of its Microsoft developer’s account and unable to ship software updates to Windows users. Jason Donenfeld, the creator of the open source WireGuard VPN software, …

Is BTS losing its K-pop identity as it aims for a bigger world stage? "BTS 2. 0 is just getting started!" J-Hope declared as he stood alongside the other six members of the world's biggest band. It was 21 March and, after a long break, J-Hope, RM, Suga, Jin, Jimin, …

'Fragile ceasefire at risk' and 'Putin mocks Starmer' "And still it goes on" says the Daily Mirror, with its main picture showing burning cars following an Israeli strike on Beirut. It says "cracks" are showing in the ceasefire deal, calling Israel's attacks "brutal". The Daily Mail says the ceasefire is …

He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes case One of the most significant moments in Australian military history unfolded without fanfare on a tarmac at Sydney airport, when Ben Roberts-Smith was calmly escorted off a plane and into a waiting police car. …

Five of Queen Elizabeth II's most iconic outfits - from new royal exhibit She was arguably the most famous woman of her time, and Queen Elizabeth II's style - though restrained and often conservative - was instantly recognisable. Just as she remained a constant presence during her 70 years on …

A man who died after being stabbed on Primrose Hill has been named as Finbar Sullivan by the Metropolitan Police. The 21-year-old was found with knife wounds near the viewing point at the north London beauty spot after reports of a fight shortly after 18:30 BST on Tuesday. Paramedics treated …