33 h. ago McLaren boss sends message to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri as F1 title race heats up

Andrea Stella hopes that open dialogue between the McLaren team will prevent tension as the F1 title race unfolds

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8 d. ago Do you use a towel to reserve a sun lounger? Take our poll and have your say

Sunbed wars are heating up at hotels everywhere - as holidaymakers race to reserve loungers with nothing but a towel. But is it a clever strategy - or just plain rude?

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1 week ago Max Verstappen F1 title comment says it all amid consequences of Spanish GP headloss

The Spanish Grand Prix saw McLaren drive home their title advantage with Oscar Piastri on top and Lando Norris close behind while Max Verstappen lost significant ground

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1 week ago F1 standings: Title latest after Oscar Piastri beats Lando Norris at Spanish Grand Prix

McLaren rivals look poised for epic championship battle as reigning world champion Max Verstappen trails behind

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1 week ago We’re close to translating animal languages – what happens then?

AI may soon be able decode whalespeak, among other forms of communication – but what nature has to say may not be a surpriseCharles Darwin suggested that humans learned to speak by mimicking birdsong: our ancestors’ first words may have been a kind of interspecies exchange. Perhaps it won’t be long before we join the conversation once again.The race to translate what animals are saying is heating up, with riches as well as a place in history at stake. The Jeremy Coller Foundation has promised $10m to whichever researchers can crack the code. This is a race fuelled by generative AI; large language models can sort through millions of recorded animal vocalisations to find their hidden grammars. Most projects focus on cetaceans because, like us, they learn through vocal imitation and, also like us, they communicate via complex arrangements of sound that appear to have structure and hierarchy. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lando Norris offers unusual verdict after latest costly mistake in Oscar Piastri title battle

Oscar Piastri took pole for the Spanish Grand Prix after Lando Norris made too many mistakes on his final qualifying lap, though his response was rather different to usual

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1 week ago Oscar Piastri says relationship with Lando Norris unaffected by title battle

The McLaren pair have won six of this season’s eight races between them.

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2 w. ago Lewis Hamilton speaks out on Ferrari race engineer relationship after F1 radio tension

Lewis Hamilton has played down his heated radio message to Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami in Monaco, insisting the Italian is "amazing to work with"

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2 w. ago F1: Lando Norris wins Monaco Grand Prix to cut Oscar Piastri's title lead to three points

McLaren driver held off home favourite Charles Leclerc

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3 w. ago McLaren would rather Max Verstappen win than prioritise Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri

McLaren have both their drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, gunning for the Formula 1 drivers' title while Max Verstappen is the only Red Bull driver in that fight

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3 w. ago Oscar Piastri in 'world of pain' as Christian Horner goads McLaren over Max Verstappen win

Max Verstappen won at Imola to keep in touch with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the F1 title race and Red Bull boss Christian Horner questioned McLaren's approach to the race

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3 w. ago Red Bull confident Verstappen’s Imola win will be a turning point in F1 season

Christian Horner: ‘At all times, Max had the pace’McLaren admit surprise at speed of Red Bull carChristian Horner believes Max Verstappen’s victory at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix demonstrated Red Bull might have reached a turning point in their attempt to catch McLaren in the Formula One world championship, potentially igniting the season.Verstappen won in Imola having pulled off a striking pass to overtake the pole-sitter and title leader Oscar Piastri for the lead through the Tamburello chicane on the opening lap. After which the world champion went on to control Sunday’s race from the front with pace that was more than a match for the McLarens who had previously dominated the season. It marked the first time this year that Red Bull had definitively held the upper hand in race pace , having not overworked their tyres in doing so and Horner felt it indicated they were in the title fight. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Manchester United can agree transfer to give Bryan Mbeumo perfect welcome gift

Latest Manchester United news and rumours as the race for Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo heats up

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4 w. ago Lando Norris rejects F1 title claim and speaks his mind about Oscar Piastri outshining him

McLaren are living up to the billing as pre-season Formula 1 title favourites but Lando Norris is not the one leading their charge, with Oscar Piastri in red hot form

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last month Microsoft to axe 3 per cent of workforce in latest round of job cuts

LinkedIn owner joins Meta and Amazon in rebalancing workforce as artificial intelligence race heats up

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last month Microsoft to axe 3% of workforce in latest round of job cuts

LinkedIn owner joins Meta and Amazon in rebalancing workforce as artificial intelligence race heats up

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