Britain avoids recession with faster than expected growth Britain skirted a "triple dip" recession by growing faster than expected in the first three months of the year, providing some cover for a government under fire over its austerity drive. More
News Corp settles phone hacking case News Corp reaches a $139m (£91m) settlement with shareholders over complaints filed in relation to the UK phone hacking scandal. More
Boston blasts prompt UK review of London Marathon British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the deadly bombs that hit the race in Boston.... More
BBC faces dilemma as anti-Thatcher song tops chart Opponents of the late Margaret Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest over her polarizing policies. More
It’s sad that Hugh Grant v Rupert Murdoch won’t go to court, but good can come of it His starring role in the long-running legal action against the Sun newspaper for phone hacking instead proves ... press”, Grant settled with Rupert Murdoch when offered such an “enormous ... 04/18/2024 - 5:03 am | View Link
Hugh Grant Resolves Privacy Case Involving Rupert Murdoch’s Publication for ‘Enormous Sum’ The lawsuit was against News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publisher of The Sun newspaper, as reported by AP News. According to the actor's attorney, Grant, famous for his role in Notting Hill alleged ... 04/18/2024 - 1:03 am | View Link
Hugh Grant Settles Lawsuit Claiming Murdoch’s Tabloid Hacked Phone, Broke Into Home Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers has been sued by several celebrities, including Hugh Grant—but has strongly denied any wrongdoing. 04/17/2024 - 10:08 am | View Link
Actor Hugh Grant settles privacy lawsuit against Murdoch's Sun tabloid By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper, The Sun, over claims journalists used ... 04/17/2024 - 12:37 am | View Link
Rupert Murdoch’s UK empire hit by a further £51mn in costs over phone hacking Rupert Murdoch’s UK empire hit by a further £51mn in costs over phone hacking on facebook (opens in a new window) Rupert Murdoch’s UK empire hit by a further £51mn in costs over phone ... 04/8/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Enlarge / Tech brands love hollering about the purported thrills of AI these days. (credit: Getty)
Logitech announced a new mouse last week. A company rep reached out to inform Ars of Logitech’s “newest wireless mouse.” The gadget’s product page reads the same as of this writing.
I’ve had good experience with Logitech mice, especially wireless ones, one of which I'm using now.
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Trendy, unproven "vampire facials" performed at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico left at least three women with HIV infections. This marks the first time that cosmetic procedures have been associated with an HIV outbreak, according to a detailed report of the outbreak investigation published today.
Ars reported on the cluster last year when state health officials announced they were still identifying cases linked to the spa despite it being shut down in September 2018.
The HMD Pulse base model. [credit:
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HMD has been known as the manufacturer of Nokia-branded phones for years now, but now the company wants to start selling phones under its own brand. The first is the "HMD Pulse" line, a series of three low-end phones that are headed for Europe.
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In the world of AI, what might be called "small language models" have been growing in popularity recently because they can be run on a local device instead of requiring data center-grade computers in the cloud. On Wednesday, Apple introduced a set of tiny source-available AI language models called OpenELM that are small enough to run directly on a smartphone.