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Microsoft is testing new Xbox Game Pass features with Insiders, letting Core and Standard subscribers stream cloud-enabled titles they own or access via subscription across more devices, including supported TVs and browsers. These tiers will also gain access to select PC game versions for the first time. From a Xbox blog post: We're always exploring more ways to make your Xbox experience centered around you -- your content, benefits, and playstyle. That's why we're making it easier to enjoy the games you love, wherever you are, and on any device. Starting today, Xbox Insiders are invited to try out new updates in Xbox Game Pass that make it easier to stream and play across more devices. Xbox Insiders subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard now have even more freedom to play wherever they are with Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta). As part of this Insider experience, Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers will be able to stream cloud playable games included with their subscription or select cloud playable games they own, making it easier to jump in from any supported device. [...] We're expanding the ways players can experience PC gaming through Xbox Game Pass. As part of testing, Xbox Insiders subscribed to Game Pass Core or Standard will for the first time gain access to PC versions of select titles, giving you even more flexibility and the choice to play on a PC or Windows handheld."

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Energy company Drax yesterday revealed that the FCA had launched a probe into 'certain historical statements' regarding the sourcing of wood pellets used in its biomass plant.

Atomic is an action-packed chase adventure, starring Alfie Allen and Shazad Latif as two unlikely friends on the run from a drugs cartel, a special forces unit, Islamist extremists and the secret services.

Each pack costs about £3, so the cost of each bar has risen by around 10p.

The hit singer, 37, underwent a mastectomy in June amid her battle with breast cancer , and taking to Instagram on Thursday she revealed she has now found out she needs a second surgery.

Based, like the original, on the novel by Warren Adler, it sees two Brits - a successful architect called Theo (Cumberbatch) and a rising chef called Ivy (Colman) - fall in love at first sight.

Expectations of this Netflix comedy, by writer-director Noah Baumbach, were sky-high.

The La La Land actress, 36, is the star of Bugonia, a new movie by director Yorgos Lanthimos.

Emma Stone explained she believes in aliens at a press conference in Venice on Thursday, to promote a film in which she plays a woman who may - or may not - be an alien herself.

Some 750,000 of us who've discovered how effective Mounjaro is in aiding weight loss have been given the shock of discovering we've been caught up in a transatlantic drug price row.

Dozens of marchers - some wearing hoods, others with face coverings and carrying English flags - made their way to The Bell Hotel, which houses asylum seekers this evening.

This week, Freddy Brazier claimed that his grandmother got him hooked on cannabis at the age of 12 and revealed that he had been sectioned.

As the helicopter came low over the English countryside, heads turned. 'It was like God out of the heavens,' says Dame Helen ­Mirren, who was filming a scene in a graveyard last summer.

The singer, 31, had sparked rumours of trouble in his relationship to Hailey, 28, over lyrics in his new album SWAG where he discussed his troubles and marriage woes.

Travellers to this popular holiday destination will be thrilled to learn about this fantastic new deal, which allows them to travel totally FREE of charge.

A cruise director has revealed all about her life at sea and shared how she helps first-time cruisers. Bettyann Chun has spent the last eight years at sea with her job.

Stellantis has put its fully developed Level 3 driver-assistance system on hold due to high costs, technical hurdles, and weak consumer demand. Reuters reports: As recently as February, Stellantis said its in-house system, which is part of the AutoDrive program, was ready for deployment and a key pillar of its strategy. The company said the system, which enables drivers to have their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road under certain conditions, would allow them to temporarily watch movies, catch up on emails, or read books. That Level 3 software was never launched, the company confirmed to Reuters. But it stopped short of saying that the program was canceled. "What was unveiled in February 2025 was L3 technology for which there is currently limited market demand, so this has not been launched, but the technology is available and ready to be deployed," a Stellantis spokesperson said. The three sources, however, said that the program was put on ice and is not expected to be deployed. When asked how much time and money was lost on the initiative, Stellantis declined to say, responding that the work done on AutoDrive will help support its future versions. [...] Stellantis said it is leaning on aiMotive, a tech startup it acquired in 2022, to deliver the next generation of the AutoDrive program. Stellantis declined to say when that program would be ready for market or if it would include Level 3 capability.

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Plus millions of other people across 80+ countries

China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to a top FBI cyber official.…

They are the nations favourite presenting duo and Ant and Dec are reportedly set to land the ultimate joint 50th birthday present this autumn. 

How well do you know Japan? One solo traveller has revealed a few of the things that shocked her when she arrived in the country.