Image source, Getty Images Item information Author, Natalie Sherman Role, BBC news 1 hour ago After sharply raising borrowing costs in recent years in an effort to quell rising prices, countries around the world are shifting gears. The European Central Bank (ECB) announced its first interest rate cut in five years on Thursday, lowering key … Read more
Item information Author, Liv McMahon Role, Technology reporter 3 hours ago Plans to use public posts and images of people on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools from parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights groups. The social media giant recently informed UK and European users of the platforms that, … Read more
Item information Author, Liv McMahon Role, Technology reporter June 6, 2024, 2:21 PM Dutch time Plans to use public posts and images of people on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools from parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights groups. The social media giant recently informed UK and European users … Read more
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, ECB President Christine Lagarde Item information Author, Lucy Hoeker Role, Business reporter, BBC News June 6, 2024 The EU became the second major global economy to cut lending rates this week as it said it had made progress in tackling inflation. The European Central Bank (ECB) announced a cut … Read more
Image source, Nicola Haseler/BBC Image caption, Sophie Vatore (right) created creepy theatrical makeup for her latest Bedford College project called Into the Unknown Item information Author, Alex Pope Role, BBC News, Bedfordshire June 6, 2024 If Universal gets the green light to build a new theme park on a 480-acre plot of land south of … Read more
Image source, President’s Choice/YouTube Image caption, Loblaw’s former president Galen Weston appears in an advertisement for the grocer Item information Author, Nadine Yousif Role, BBC News, Toronto 1 hour ago Canada is looking for an international grocer to enter its domestic market after years of shoppers’ anger over high food prices, much of it aimed … Read more
Image caption, Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the force is struggling with inadequate funding and low recruitment Item information Author, Jess Warren Role, BBC news June 5, 2024, 1:29 PM Dutch time Updated 4 hours ago The Metropolitan Police is heading for its lowest staffing levels in a decade in March next year, Commissioner … Read more
Image source, Getty Images Item information Author, Esme Stallard Role, Climate and science reporter, BBC News June 5, 2024 Britain is at risk of ‘uncontrolled chemicals’ that could harm people and the environment, experts say. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has called for the creation of a Chemicals Agency to take charge of regulating … Read more
Image caption, SunDrive’s Maia Schweizer thinks Australia has what it takes to become a solar panel manufacturing hub Item information Author, Hanna Ritchie Role, BBC News, Sydney June 5, 2024 Hidden among dense bushland on the outskirts of Sydney’s south lies a sprawling facility that houses a technological breakthrough. It is here that the Australian … Read more
Image source, Victoria Arthur Image caption, Victoria Arthur and two of her children Item information Author, Daniel Thomas Role, Business reporter 1 hour ago When Victoria Arthur’s child support payments weren’t paid Monday, her first concern was that she wouldn’t be able to afford diapers and milk for her four-month-old daughter. Like many, the mother-of-three … Read more