UK pledges £600m to defend against AI health and security threats
Published: October 24, 2026 02:49
The UK has pledged to spend £600m to defend the public against threats to health and security from artificial intelligence.
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The £1,000 mistake people are making with new iPhone purchase
https://news.sky.com/story/the-1000-mistake-people-are-making-with-new-iphone-purchase-13602560
Published: October 23, 2026 06:39
Apple's new iPhone Duo is the company's first foldable device - but at £1,999, it's not cheap.
Mounjaro rollout on NHS needs 'urgent' boost, say MPs
https://news.sky.com/story/mounjaro-rollout-on-nhs-needs-urgent-boost-say-mps-13602553
Published: October 23, 2026 06:01
Plans for rolling out weight-loss drug Mounjaro are "unambitious" and will reach a "woefully small number of people", according to MPs.
Military aircraft to be equipped to fight wildfires
Published: October 23, 2026 01:11
Military aircraft will be equipped to help tackle wildfires, the UK government has announced, after a summer of "unrelenting" blazes and sustained hot conditions.
'Wider wave of attacks' feared as 'critical' flaw hits websites worldwide
Published: October 22, 2026 02:00
Disruption from a "critical" flaw that led to websites around the world being taken down could become "more widespread", an expert had told Sky News.
Websites across Europe go offline after warning issued for critical software update
Published: October 21, 2026 13:28
Government websites and business across Europe have been taken down in a bid to protect organisations after a critical software update was issued over vulnerabilities in programming language.
Firefighting planes and barbecue bans needed to combat Britain's wildfire risk, MPs warn
Published: October 21, 2026 04:49
New firefighting planes and disposal barbecue bans are needed to tackle the growing danger of wildfires in the UK, MPs have urged.
Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon
Published: October 19, 2026 20:04
Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons.
Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say
Published: October 19, 2026 18:36
A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege.
Object thought to be Amelia Earhart’s missing plane likely just 'large trees', researchers find
Published: October 19, 2026 14:45
An expedition to investigate if an anomaly seen on a satellite image of a remote island in the South Pacific was Amelia Earhart’s missing plane has ended without recovering the wreckage.
Neanderthals capable of both violence and care, bones from Iraqi cave suggest
Published: October 15, 2026 18:25
Neanderthals were not the unintelligent cave dwellers of popular imagination, but may have been capable of showing both violence and care, researchers who have discovered bones dating back 75,000 years have said.
Severe drought declared in parts of England due to concerns over two reservoirs
https://news.sky.com/story/severe-drought-declared-in-parts-of-southern-england-13598962
Published: October 14, 2026 23:01
Severe drought has been declared in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex, the government has said.
World's oldest shipwreck found off Turkish coast
Published: October 14, 2026 14:26
The world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey, according to archaeologists.
New dinosaur species discovered in UK after fossil left in drawer for 100 years
Published: October 14, 2026 08:08
A new species of dinosaur has been discovered because of a fossil found on the Isle of Wight that has been "sitting in a drawer" for more than a century.
Tech firms promise to take down AI platforms if British secret services show they are unsafe
Published: October 13, 2026 16:30
OpenAI and Anthropic have promised to take down their AIs if the British secret services show them they are unsafe - activating what some describe as a "kill switch".
French supermarket fridges heated to 50C in cyber attack - causing fires and food losses
Published: October 12, 2026 15:56
Hackers carried out a cyber attack on hundreds of French supermarkets overnight - pushing temperatures in fridges up to 50C and sparking fires.