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 ...

Following a drab year for UK stock market flotations in 2023, there was a real shot in the arm for sentiment for the London Stock Exchange this morning, with the affordable computer supplier Raspberry Pi getting off to a rip-roaring start to life as a public company. Shares in the business were priced at 280p each – at the top ...

African elephants have names for each other that are spoken through rumbles, scientists have found, in a “really exciting” discovery. It’s the first time an animal has been discovered creating individual names for each other, instead of just mimicking the other’s noises like parrots and dolphins do. “It’s really exciting,” said Dr Joyce Poole, scientific director of ElephantVoices, who was ...

A factory in China is developing hyper-realistic humanoid robots that could be used in psychotherapy and counselling. In the factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian, neck-length silicone masks lie alongside silicone arms and feet, while disembodied heads sit on display and humanoid robots in various stages of construction stand nearby. Drawings of robot designs adorn a wall. Humanoid ...

YouTube star Ben Potter has died aged 40 “in an unfortunate accident,” his wife has announced. She said Potter, an American comic book creator known as Comicstorian, died on Saturday. He had a YouTube following of more than three million subscribers. Nathalie Potter, his wife, wrote on X: “To many of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing stories from across multiple ...

Researchers have found the route of one of Europe’s busiest winter getaways – the annual migration of millions of insects heading south through a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees. Using video cameras and butterfly nets, researchers from the University of Exeter recorded an estimated 17 million flies, wasps, butterflies and dragonflies pouring through a single 30-metre-wide pass between two ...

Since ChatGPT was launched to the public in 2022, Apple has said little publicly about generative artificial intelligence (AI). That was until Monday, when its chief executive announced a series of AI products, including a deal with the makers of the chatbot and its own personalised AI system called “Apple intelligence”. Apple Intelligence is a collection of features that includes ...

A joint investigation into a data breach at a DNA testing company has been launched by UK and Canadian watchdogs. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced the investigation into the October 2023 incident. US-based genetics company 23andMe analyses its customers’ DNA through home saliva collection kits to provide insights on ...

Apple is set to integrate artificial intelligence into its new phones, but billionaire Elon Musk has threatened a ban of the devices at his companies over what he alleges are security fears. The tech giant held its annual developer conference in California on Monday during which it made the long-awaited announcement that it was bringing AI to its devices. Dubbed ...

A glowing dye that sticks to cancer cells gives surgeons a “second pair of eyes”, according to experts at the University of Oxford. The dye clings to prostate cancer cells and then starts glowing when illuminated during surgery. This means doctors can remove more of the cancer during the operation and reduces the chance of it coming back. Although the ...