Baldur’s Gate 3 was the big winner at this year’s BAFTA Games Awards, taking home five prizes including the prestigious best game. It also won BAFTAs for music, narrative, and performer in a supporting role for Andrew Wincott, along with the EE players’ choice award, which is voted for by the public. The Dungeons and Dragons-based game faced strong competition ...
The government should use TikTok to help combat misinformation directed at young people, a group of MPs has said. Members of the cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee said ministers need to adapt to new apps and platforms that appeal to those who are increasingly turning away from traditional news sources. The call comes despite the app being being banned ...
Millions of people were mesmerised by a total solar eclipse in Mexico, the US and Canada on Monday which briefly plunged large parts into darkness. So, where you can see the next one? You will be able to witness the rare phenomenon in Spain and Portugal on 12 August 2026. It will also be visible in Greenland, Iceland, and Russia. ...
Sky Mobile is down for some customers, with people experiencing issues with 3G, 4G and 5G services. Users reported not being able to use the internet on their phones at around 9am on Thursday morning. One user on X wrote: “I have a phone that won’t work for anything if I turn off my WiFi and I need to leave for ...
A migraine pill which could change the lives of thousands of people who suffer from the “incredibly debilitating” condition should be made accessible on the NHS “swiftly”, a charity has said. Atogepant – sold under the brand name Aquipta and made by AbbVie – has been given the green light for NHS use under new final draft guidance from the ...
Some frogs scream at an ear-splitting volume for other animals but its frequency is inaudible to humans, scientists have discovered. While out in the Amazonian jungle studying frogs, researchers in Brazil noticed something strange. Small leaf litter frogs were arching their backs, throwing back their heads and opening their mouths wide. They looked like they were screaming but the scientists ...
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs, whose pioneering theory led to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94. The “truly gifted” scientist predicted the existence of the new subatomic particle as far back as 1964. His theory would not be confirmed until 2012, when experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern finally proved the particle’s ...
The US launched a reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Tuesday, the second reconnaissance satellite to go up in as many days. On Monday, South Korea sent its second into space, after the first went up in December. The country has a contract with SpaceX to send up three more reconnaissance satellites by 2025. North Korea sent up its own in ...
Artificial intelligence can be a “sword and a shield” against misinformation as billions of people head to the polls, Sir Nick Clegg has said. During a year in which more than half of the world’s population elects their leaders, “we should be vigilant but we should also think of AI as a tool to navigate that landscape,” he said during ...
On Monday, an estimated 31.6 million people across America will be in the path of the biggest solar eclipse since 2017. Scientists will be able to study its effects on layers of the atmosphere, but according to conspiracy theorists, it could also be the end of days. The internet is running wild with some outlandish claims. Signs from God Republican ...