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Microsoft will invest $30 billion in the U.K. through 2028 to expand AI infrastructure and operations, including building the country's largest supercomputer with 23,000 GPUs in partnership with Nscale. CNBC reports: On a call with reporters on Tuesday, Microsoft President Brad Smith said his stance on the U.K. has warmed over the years. He previously criticized the country over its attempt in 2023 to block the tech giant's $69 billion acquisition of video game developer Activision-Blizzard. The deal was cleared by the U.K.s competition regulator later that year. "I haven't always been optimistic every single day about the business climate in the U.K.," Smith said. However, he added, "I am very encouraged by the steps that the government has taken over the last few years." "Just a few years ago, this kind of investment would have been inconceivable because of the regulatory climate then and because there just wasn't the need or demand for this kind of large AI investment," Smith said. Microsoft's announcement comes as President Donald Trump embarks on a state visit to Britain where he's expected to sign a new deal with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer "to unlock investment and collaboration in AI, Quantum, and Nuclear technologies," the government said in a statement late Tuesday.

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Naomi Campbell looked sensational as she posed up a storm in a stylish black dress for the One Battle After Another premiere at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square on Tuesday night.

The English singer, 37, has won 16 Grammys , 12 BRIT Awards , an Oscar, an Emmy and a Golden Globe during her near-20 year career.

Britain's 'outdated' home buying and selling process is costing home movers £560m every year due to failed transactions, a leading high street bank today reveals.

Lloyds Bank is warning of a sharp uptick in romance scams targeting older customers with thousands of pounds of savings being lost to this ruse.

Ariana Grande has doubled the length of her residency in London next summer following a huge demand for shows.

The trust admitted the report "makes difficult reading"

Ricky Hatton's son Campbell has shared a heartbreaking tribute to his late father days on from the British boxing star's death at the age of 46. 

BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: The Fedora Project has announced Fedora Linux 43 Beta, giving users and developers the opportunity to test the distribution ahead of its final release. This beta introduces improvements across installation, system tools, and programming languages while continuing Fedora's pattern of cleaning out older components. The beta can be downloaded in Workstation, KDE Plasma, Server, IoT, and Cloud editions. Spins and Labs are also available, though Mate and i3 are not provided in some builds. Existing systems can be upgraded with DNF system-upgrade. Fedora CoreOS will follow one week later through its "next" stream. The beta brings enhancements to its Anaconda WebUI, moves to Python 3.14, and supports Wayland-only GNOME, among many other changes. A full list of improvements and system enhancements can be found here. The official release should be available in late October or early November.

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RECAP: The Duchess of Kent's funeral was held at Westminster Cathedral, with King Charles leading the Prince and Princess of Wales among other royals in attendance.

The mom of an 11-year-old accused of a school shooting plot says her family was ruined by his perp walk - and no one noticed when the charge was dropped.

Despite being worth £370million, Ed Sheeran has revealed one of his best minibreaks was a getaway to budget holiday resort Butlin's in Minehead. 

Fans of '90s TV and film were in for a treat when one of the decade's most recognizable stars made a rare appearance in Los Angeles.

Fresh from picking up six trophies at the Emmy awards, the team behind Adolescence have revealed they are plotting a sequel.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Taliban leader banned fibre optic internet in an Afghan province to "prevent immorality," a spokesman for the administration said Tuesday. It's the first time a ban of this kind has been imposed since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, and leaves government offices, the private sector, public institutions, and homes in northern Balkh province without Wi-Fi internet. Mobile internet remains functional, however. Haji Attaullah Zaid, a provincial government spokesman, said there was no longer cable internet access in Balkh by order of a "complete ban" from the leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. "This measure was taken to prevent immorality, and an alternative will be built within the country for necessities," Zaid told The Associated Press. He gave no further information, including why Balkh was chosen for the ban or if the shutdown would spread to other provinces.

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Intrusions bear the same hallmarks as recent Nx mess

The npm platform is the target of another supply chain attack, with crims already compromising 187 packages and counting.…

The times we spent with the Queen are memories Melania and I will cherish forever. At our State Dinner three years ago, we got along wonderfully, talking the whole evening.

Tech evolved from PoC to global campaign in under two months

An attack called FileFix is masquerading as a Facebook security alert before ultimately dropping the widely used StealC infostealer and malware downloader on Windows machines.…

Redmond names alleged ringleader, claims 5K+ creds stolen and $100k pocketed

Microsoft has seized 338 websites associated with RaccoonO365 and identified the leader of the phishing service - Joshua Ogundipe - as part of a larger effort to disrupt what Redmond's Digital Crimes Unit calls the "fastest-growing tool used by cybercriminals to steal Microsoft 365 usernames and passwords."…

Eric Greener, 77, and his partner, Sheila Jackson, 83, (pictured) died in an arson attack in St Helens on July 15. A man and a woman have since been charged with murder as well as drug offences.