17 h. ago Celebrity astronauts, pig lungs and cyborgs: the biggest tech and science stories of 2025

From pop stars in space to the woolly mammoth revival, Will Rogers-Coltman picks 2025’s science milestones

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22 h. ago So you think you know the royals? Take RICHARD EDEN'S Royal Quiz of the Year to find out how well you REALLY remember the biggest stories of 2025

Time to test your knowledge of all the biggest stories that came out of the Palace this year about your favourite members of the family.

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40 h. ago Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025

Journalists with The Associated Press have captured some of 2025's most uplifting stories amid global challenges

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64 h. ago The ultimate tech Christmas gift guide for gadget lovers and those due a good phone, laptop or tv upgrade

Whether you're looking for looking to upgrade your old iPad or invest in a new console the whole family will love, our gift guide has you covered.

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3 d. ago Pulse by Cynan Jones review – short stories that show the vitality of the form

The Welsh author vividly captures the solitude, hard labour, dramas and dangers of rural lifeIn these six stories of human frailty and responsibility, Welsh writer Cynan Jones explores the imperatives of love and the labour of making and sustaining lives. Each is told with a compelling immediacy and intensity, and with the quality of returning to a memory.In the story Reindeer a man is seeking a bear, which has been woken by hunger from hibernation and is now raiding livestock from the farms of a small isolated community. “There was no true sunshine. There was no gleam in the snow, but the lateness of the left daylight put a cold faint blue through the slopes.” The story’s world is one in which skill, endurance, even stubbornness might be insufficient to succeed, but are just enough to persist. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'AI godfather' says tech billionaires are on road to destroying society and themselves

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the 'godfathers' of AI, has warned that tech billionaires pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence might be destroying society and themselves

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3 w. ago Our tech reporter has sourced the top Black Friday Amazon deals on iPads, laptops, headphones and more you don't want to miss

Get ready to unlock unmissable savings on must-have tech during Amazon's Black Friday Week, with deals to be had across a huge array of the site's devices.

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3 w. ago ‘Fearing for our lives’: Australians tell of Chilean mountain horror where five hikers perished

Hikers say authorities should have closed popular trail due to horrendous weather conditions, and camp staff offered minimal assistanceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAbout 100 metres below the most challenging summit in a remote nature reserve in Chilean Patagonia, Australian woman Emily Dong was among a group of hikers who thought they were going to die.Less than a day later, five hikers would be confirmed dead in the Torres del Paine national park after winds hit 190km/h and temperatures plummeted to –5C. Taking into account wind chill, it felt like –20C. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tech fans snap up 'bright and crisp' Fire Max 11 tablet for £120 off in Black Friday sale

Amazon has slashed £120 off this latest tablet, which shoppers say has an 'excellent' battery life.

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3 w. ago Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity | Finn Mackay

Stereotypes that centre mens’ worth in their work are strangling sensible debate, and letting down women tooFinn Mackay is an academic and the author of Female Masculinities and the Gender WarsFirst it was mechanisation threatening our jobs, then AI and now this: the Great Feminisation is taking over the workplace. Well, that’s according to American journalist Helen Andrews, who popularised this thesis in a speech to the National Conservatism conference in Washington DC.The idea is that too many women in the workplace, and in positions of power, has led to the dominance of stereotypical feminine values, to the detriment of everyone. Girly things like conflict resolution rather than manly plain speaking, fussy HR departments, or a lack of healthy aggressive competition, have all created an imbalance in the workplace and in the world, suppressing stereotypical masculine values. Andrews fears for her sons and their future in the feminised world that she believes threatens us all.Finn M...

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3 w. ago Tech reporter selected Black Friday deals on top rated laptops, iPhones, headphones, TVs and more

Whether you're looking for a great deal on a new laptop, iPhone, headphones, or TV, there has never been a better time to shop.

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4 w. ago Jeeves Again review – new Jeeves and Wooster stories by celebrity fans

This collection of new short stories about Bertie and his valet pays homage to the genius of PG Wodehouse – just in time for ChristmasAs with most of the giants of late 19th- and early 20th-century English literature, the vast majority of PG Wodehouse’s readers today are non-white. Perhaps it was brutal colonial indoctrination that ensured the modern descendants of the aspirant imperial middle classes from Barbados to Burma, with their tea caddies, gin-stuffed drinks cabinets and yellowing Penguin paperbacks, still devour Maugham, Shaw and Kipling. Perhaps they just have good taste.Wodehouse’s detractors are many – Stephen Sondheim (“archness tweeness flimsiness”), Winston Churchill (“He can live secluded in some place or go to hell as soon as there is a vacant passage”), the Inland Revenue – but for millions around the world he remains the greatest comic writer Britain has ever produced. And he clearly still sells here, as this collection of a dozen new officially sa...

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last month The Traitors winner Alan Carr becomes cover star for Beano 'Unwrapped' 2025

The iconic comic has released a special edition round-up of 2025's biggest stories, with some huge names featuring.

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