How is it already June when January lasted about three years? Well, somehow, we’ve made it to the halfway point of 2025 and the best streaming services are ramping up their offerings as we head into the summer season. With the rising cost of inflation kicking in pretty much everywhere, it’s not always optimal to…
Today, we’re launching a new Search experiment in Labs – Audio Overviews, which uses our latest Gemini models to generate quick, conversational audio overviews for certain search queries. Searching for a topic you’re not familiar with? An audio overview can help you get a lay of the land, offering a convenient, hands-free way to absorb…
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France Federico Cabello/Getty Images The UN Ocean conference has been heralded a success, with more countries ratifying a key treaty to protect marine life and more progress on curbing plastics and illegal fishing in our seas. Nearly 200 countries came together in Nice, France…
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Flight map of the Middle East after Israel airstrikes on Iran at 12:25 UTC on June 13th, 2025. FlightRadar24 Airlines around the world canceled flights to Israel and were skirting a large swath of airspace in the Middle East on Friday after Israel’s overnight missile strikes on Iran. Iran later…
A row has erupted after a senior minister said the majority of people crossing the English Channel in small boats he had seen were “children, babies and women”. Treasury minister Darren Jones and Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf clashed on the BBC’s Question Time over the age and sex of people making the journey. Conservative leader…
Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published June 13, 2025 Lectra, the French specialist in digital solutions and cutting equipment for the soft materials industry, has appointed Maximilien Abadie, a member of its executive committee, as deputy managing director. Maximilien Abadie – Lectra Abadie has been working at Lectra for nearly 14 years. He was named head…
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Netflix In Netflix’s Adolescence the camera had to be attached to a drone while filming Three strong knocks from the police battering ram and the front door bursts open. There’s a lot of shouting. We follow heavily-armed officers as they stream into the house, a woman drops to the floor as…
AI is so powerful that it will inevitably destroy the world—at least, that’s what the people who sell AI software keep saying, and I can’t think of any reason why they might lie about how amazing they are. Still, I can’t help but wonder: What is AI useful for right now, before it ends civilization? I’ve done…
Dust storms on Mars are electric MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Electrified whirlwinds on Mars can produce lightning-like discharges, which could pose a threat to the rovers trundling around on the Red Planet’s surface. Severe weather on Mars can sometimes create dust devils, whirlwinds of Martian soil that spin for a few minutes before vanishing. Dust…
