Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporterand Justin Rowlatt,Climate Editor Andrew Aitchison/Getty Images Households will be eligible for thousands of pounds’ worth of solar panels and other green tech to lower their energy bills, the government has announced. The long-awaited Warm Homes Plan promises to provide £15bn to households across the UK over the next five years,…
Elon Musk has suggested he could buy Ryanair and called for its chief executive to be fired amid a deepening spat between the pair. The budget airline on Tuesday branded the Tesla chief executive an “idiot”, and used the extraordinary row to promote its January sale. Musk and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary have been trading…
Netflix‘s shareholder letter summing up the final quarter of 2025 included one big surprise: the streamer says it crossed 325 million global paid subscribers in the quarter. And here we didn’t even expect an update! Netflix had stopped sharing quarterly subscribers some time ago, though executives did say they’d update the public at pertinent intervals….
Chroma, the U.S.-based global distributor that works in the indie genre films sphere, has picked up the North American rights to Operation Taco Gary’s, a sci-fi comedy starring Simon Rex. The directorial debut of Mikey K, the film will be released in select theaters in collaboration with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema onFeb. 27. In addition to…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he met with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng a day earlier on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in advance of US President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated speech to the global body on Wednesday. Bessent’s account of the sit-down between the main interlocutors over…
Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways AI hallucinations persist, but accuracy is improving across major tools. Simple questions still expose surprising and inconsistent AI errors. Always verify AI answers, especially for facts, images, and legal info. One of the most frustrating flaws of today’s…
South by Southwest has unveiled keynote speakers for its 2026 Innovation Conference, led by AI scientist Dr. Rana el Kalioubytalking tojournalist Bob Safianabout keeping humanity at the center of an evolving artificial intelligence revolution. Also keynoting in Austin, Texas, is New York-based artist Tom Sachs talking about his creative process. And featured speakers booked for…
For about the first hour, Amazon Prime Video’s Steal is a pretty slick little thriller. Sophie Turner is believably terrified yet levelheaded as Zara, a London office worker whose employer, Lochmill Capital, is swarmed by a team of robbers. Said robbers, armed with giant guns, elaborate disguises and a suspiciously intimate understanding of the company’s…
Ramona ShelburneJan 20, 2026, 03:40 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Knicks captain Jalen Brunson called a players-only meeting after New York was blown out at home by the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, sources told ESPN. Brunson’s message to teammates after their ninth loss…
Getty Images The UK government has defended a deal to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base, following criticism from US President Donald Trump over its handling. In a post on social media, Trump labelled the move as an “act of great stupidity”, months after he and senior US…
