Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s multi-billion-dollar pay package. The package is now worth $44bn (£34bn). The package was once as much as $56bn (£44bn) but has declined in value in tandem with Tesla’s stock. The proposal passed despite opposition from some large institutional investors and proxy firms. Onstage at the annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, the billionaire described ...

People are risking “dangerous consequences” by using “powerful” weight loss drugs to get “beach body ready”, a senior NHS doctor has warned. Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director, said he was concerned about medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy being used by people who are “otherwise healthy” and “just want to lose a few pounds”. Buying such drugs ...

Microsoft won’t be releasing its controversial AI Recall feature with the rest of its updates next week. The feature that takes screenshots of users’ laptops every few seconds is being investigated by the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) over security concerns. In a blogpost on Thursday, Microsoft said Recall won’t be “broadly available” from 18 June on Copilot+ PCs but instead, ...

The England team are taking no chances ahead of Euro 2024 as they sport titanium health rings worn by some of the world’s biggest celebrities. As the team trained for their first Euro 2024 against Serbia on Sunday, manager Gareth Southgate was spotted wearing an Oura tracking ring. Midfielder Conor Gallagher was spotted wearing one too and defender John Stones ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can now detect whether your cat is in pain by looking at its face, using an app built by vets and developers in Japan. The AI app was trained using 6,000 pictures of cats, and developers say it is more than 95% accurate. The head of the Animal Medical Centre at Nihon University worked on the app. ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is appearing in every part of our lives, from voice assistants in our speakers to smart washing machines.  This week, Apple announced a new slew of AI features in its phones which Elon Musk said could become an “unacceptable security violation”. Last month, Microsoft sparked security concerns when it announced a feature that would take screenshots of ...

Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s $56bn (£44bn) pay package. The proposal passed despite opposition from some large institutional investors and proxy firms. Onstage at the annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, the billionaire described himself as “pathologically optimistic”. “If I wasn’t optimistic this wouldn’t exist, this factory wouldn’t exist,” Musk said to resounding applause. “But I do deliver in ...

As climate change pushes temperatures up, invasive mosquitoes are embedding into European countries – bringing dengue fever with them.  In 2023, there were 130 locally acquired cases of dengue reported in the EU, compared to 71 in 2022, according to an update from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The rise is even more stark when you ...

Elon Musk has moved to drop a lawsuit he filed against ChatGPT maker OpenAI and learned he is facing a fresh investor claim relating to his sale of Tesla shares. The tech billionaire, who had launched his complaint early this year, looked to drop the action just 24 hours before a San Francisco judge was to hear a bid by ...

A Tory social media campaign suggests the party fears a Labour landslide in the upcoming general election, as minister Grant Shapps says they are fighting to avoid a Labour “supermajority”. The Conservatives’ latest advertising campaign appears to target potential Reform voters, warning them that the Tories could be reduced to just 57 seats in the next parliament, even if Reform ...