Adam Breeden/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Smart TVs track viewing habits with ACR tech. Collected data fuels billions in targeted ads. Turning off ACR protects privacy but takes effort. Did you know that whenever you turn on yoursmart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with…
Thailand’s tourism authority has denied using artificial intelligence (AI) to produce a viral campaign image of Thai pop star Lalisa “Lisa” Manobal, after the highly polished visual became a lightning rod for online debate over the growing role of AI in creative work. The image, released under the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) “Amazing Thailand”…
Jeff LegwoldJan 25, 2026, 09:30 PM ET Close Jeff Legwold covers the Denver Broncos at ESPN. He has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years and also assists with NFL draft coverage, joining ESPN in 2013. He has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999, too….
Jan 25, 2026, 09:22 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Defending champion Madison Keys was knocked out of the Australian Open by fellow American, and podcast pal, Jessica Pegula. Pegula, seeded sixth, defeated the ninth-seeded Keys 6-3, 6-4 on Monday at Rod Laver Arena to reach the quarterfinals. Pegula, who has never claimed a Grand Slam,…
One of the smartest choices of Alex Gibney’s affecting new doc, Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, is to withhold, almost to the end, footage of the shocking 2022 attack at an education institution in Chautauqua, New York, during which a 24-year-old assailant rushed the stage, stabbing the author of The Satanic Verses 15…
Peter Hoskinsand Adam Hancock,Business reporters Hiba Kola/Reuters The price of gold has risen above $5,000 (£3,659) an ounce for the first time ever, extending a historic rally that saw the precious metal jump by more than 60% in 2025. It comes as tensions between the US and NATO over Greenland have added to growing concerns…
On Saturday night, as a major snowstorm hit much of the United States, and Minneapolis erupted in violence after the ICE shooting of a protestor, First Lady Melania Trump and director Brett Ratner held a private screening of their upcoming doc, Melania, at the White House. The black-tie event, which was not promoted or advertised,…
BBC Allana Falconer has competed in 20 different Hyrox races since taking it up in 2023 Hyrox is a fitness craze that shows no signs of dying out – with 1.3m people expected to compete in an event somewhere in the world this year. The competition, which is split between running and fitness exercises, has…
A property landlord has backed down and given tenants of a Hong Kong youth hostel an extra month to find alternative housing, following residents’ complaints about potentially having to return to cramped shoebox homes when the lease expires. Some residents of the BeLIVING Youth Hub in Causeway Bay said on Friday that its operator, the…
Nick Triggle,Health correspondentand Elena Bailey,Health reporter Getty Images Tens of thousands of children in England have spent more than a year waiting for NHS community care such as hearing services, speech and language therapy and disability support, the BBC has found. The analysis shows a quarter of the 300,000 children on waiting lists have been…
