Apple’s new CEO Ternus takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years
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Apple’s new CEO Ternus takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years

Apple’s new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure during which the company’s value skyrocketed to US$4.6 trillion thanks to the iPhone’s enormous popularity. The transition to a new CEO comes at a pivotal time for Apple. Artificial intelligence has unleashed the greatest upheaval within the industry since Steve Jobs unveiled the first ...

Suspected cyberattack puts data of 33,054 customers using group-buying app at risk
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Suspected cyberattack puts data of 33,054 customers using group-buying app at risk

The private data of about 33,000 customers of TVB-owned group-buying platform Neigbuy has been compromised in a suspected cyberattack, with police saying they have received six reports of scammers posing as staff. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data confirmed on Tuesday that it had received a data breach notification from the company on Sunday, and had initiated a formal inves...

Suspected cyberattack puts data of 33,054 customers on group-buying app at risk
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Suspected cyberattack puts data of 33,054 customers on group-buying app at risk

The private data of about 33,000 customers of TVB-owned group-buying platform Neigbuy has been compromised in a suspected cyberattack, with police saying they have received six reports of scammers posing as staff. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data confirmed on Tuesday that it had received a data breach notification from the company on Sunday, and had initiated a formal inves...

UK needs 'substantial change', says PM Andy Burnham in maiden parliament speech

UK needs 'substantial change', says PM Andy Burnham in maiden parliament speech

France 24

The United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham sais the UK needed 'substantial change' at his maiden speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday for the first time since taking office six weeks ago. Burnham has promised to deliver renewed national optimism after the downbeat two-year tenure of predecessor Keir Starmer, who announced Tuesday that he would resign his seat in Parliament after 11 ...

UK PM Andy Burnham faces MPs for first time since taking office

UK PM Andy Burnham faces MPs for first time since taking office

France 24

The United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham will face lawmakers in the House of Commons on Tuesday for the first time since taking office six weeks ago. Burnham has promised to deliver renewed national optimism after the downbeat two-year tenure of predecessor Keir Starmer, who announced Tuesday that he would resign his seat in Parliament after 11 years.Watch his speech live on FRANCE 24 ...

Live: UK PM Andy Burnham faces MPs for first time since taking office

Live: UK PM Andy Burnham faces MPs for first time since taking office

France 24

The United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham will face lawmakers in the House of Commons on Tuesday for the first time since taking office six weeks ago. Burnham has promised to deliver renewed national optimism after the downbeat two-year tenure of predecessor Keir Starmer, who announced Tuesday that he would resign his seat in Parliament after 11 years.Watch his speech live on FRANCE 24 ...

Alleged Charlie Kirk killer faces ruling on standing trial and death penalty

Alleged Charlie Kirk killer faces ruling on standing trial and death penalty

The Guardian

Tyler Robinson has not yet entered a plea, but should a judge find probable cause, an arraignment could followSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailNearly a year after Charlie Kirk was shot dead at a Utah university, a judge on Tuesday is expected to rule ⁠on whether the Utah ⁠man accused of ​killing the conservative activist will stand trial and whether he should face the death penalty...

Alleged Charlie Kirk killer faces judgment on standing trial and death penalty

Alleged Charlie Kirk killer faces judgment on standing trial and death penalty

The Guardian

Tyler Robinson has not yet entered a plea, but should a judge find probable cause, an arraignment could followSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailNearly a year after Charlie Kirk was shot dead at a Utah university, a judge on Tuesday is expected to rule ⁠on whether the Utah ⁠man accused of ​killing the conservative activist will stand trial and whether he should face the death penalty...

Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says

Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says

The Guardian

Meteorologists say average mean temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisisThis year’s summer was the UK’s hottest on record, according to provisional Met Office data, with the season’s mean temperature made 130 times more likely as a result of the climate crisis.The summer saw record-breaking and back-to-back heatwaves scorch much of Europe. In England, temperatures peak...

Los Angeles villa that was hub for German exiles fleeing Nazis reopens after narrow wildfire escape

Los Angeles villa that was hub for German exiles fleeing Nazis reopens after narrow wildfire escape

The Guardian

Spectacular Villa Aurora, which was nearly destroyed in last year’s fires, leading the recovery as Pacific Palisades emerges from a dark chapterA hillside villa that served as a cultural hub for German writers and artists fleeing the Nazis and narrowly escaped destruction in last year’s Los Angeles wildfires reopened its doors to the public this weekend, marking the latest milestone in the city’s ...

Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’

Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’

The Guardian

Campaigners say some care boards in England flouting their legal duty, resulting in ‘cruel’ postcode lotterySeriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many parts of England is flouting its legal duty to provide the care needed to make that happen, critics say.The widespread failure to provide at-home end-of-life care is forcing children who want to die at ...

Starship could create more debris than an anti-satellite test if it explodes in orbit

Starship could create more debris than an anti-satellite test if it explodes in orbit

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As Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, gears up for an attempt to finally reach Earth’s orbit, experts say the risk of an in-flight catastrophe – and a cloud of debris – “needs to be of concern”. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expected to launch the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster for the launch system’s 14th test flight and first orbital test flight later this month. Accord...