45 m. ago Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them | John Naughton

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrongThere are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is – wrongly – supposed to have said) and weeks when decades happen. We’ve just lived through a few weeks like that. We’ve known for decades that some American tech companies were problematic for democracy because they were fragmenting the public sphere and fostering polarisation. They were a worrying nuisance, to be sure, but not central to the polity.And then, suddenly, those corporations were inextricably bound into government, and their narrow sectional interests became the national interest of the US. Which means that any foreign government with ideas about regulating, say, hate speech on X, may have to deal with the intemperate wrath of Donald Trump or the more coherent abuse of JD Vance. Continue reading...

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55 m. ago Nearly 30,000 season ticket holders quit Premier League club and don't come back

West Ham have suffered a huge drop-off in season ticket sales since moving to the London Stadium, with more than half of the initial 50,000 season ticket holders not renewing

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2 h. ago Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies he’d wield power over in top Trump job

Dr Oz ran a failed 2022 bid to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate as a Republican

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2 h. ago Gasperini claims offence unintended in calling Lookman ‘one of worst penalty takers’

Atalanta manager says: ‘I didn’t want to offend anyone’Striker called manager’s comments ‘deeply disrespectful’Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini said he never intended to offend Ademola Lookman by saying the striker is “one of the worst penalty takers he has ever seen” after their home Champions League defeat by Club Brugge.Belgian side Club Brugge stunned Atalanta 3-1 in the second leg of their playoff tie to dump the Italian side out with a 5-2 aggregate win and reach the last 16. Lookman, Atalanta’s hero last season when they won the Europa League, pulled back one goal for the Italian side when they were 3-0 down. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago England v Scotland referee Pierre Brousset was pulled from Six Nations game at last minute

Pierre Brousset will finally make his tournament debut in a huge clash at Twickenham on Saturday

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2 h. ago Warren Buffett celebrates Berkshire Hathaway's success over 60 years as CEO while admitting mistakes

Warren Buffett is celebrating the successes of Berkshire Hathaway’s companies last year and in the 60 years since he took over a struggling New England textile company and began converting it into a massive conglomerate

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3 h. ago England set Australia 352 to win Champions Trophy opener after Duckett hits 165 – live

Over-by-over updates from Group B game (9am GMT)Get in touch with Tanya here | Sign up to the SpinOH MY GOOD GOLLY WHAT A CATCH! Alex Carey has pulled off a blinder to get rid of Phil Salt!1st over: England 12-0 (Salt 10, Duckett 0) Yep the wicket and outfield look like the sort a batter would drool over. England get twelve off the first over as Salt bunts down the ground for four and then flicks off his pads in real style for SIX! Flamboyant from the opener. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Top shale boss says US oil companies will not flock back to Russia

Harold Hamm warns executives will be wary of any peace deal between Trump and Putin

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4 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing tour chaos almost forced Sarah Hadland to quit

Another Strictly Come Dancing star has admitted to almost quitting the BBC show's live tour after their partner was forced to pull out of the running following an injury

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4 h. ago Olly Murs says he's 'broken' in health update after being forced to cancel Dubai show

The singer, 40, said he was ‘gutted’ as he pulled out of the concert just hours before the start time

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5 h. ago Coronation Street fans left 'fuming' as ITV pull episode from schedule once again

Coronation Street has been pulled from ITV schedules once again, and viewers of the ITV soap have been left 'fuming' as the huge schedule shake up was confirmed

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6 h. ago Ugly Betty star 'ripped hair out of woman's head' before bar brawl arrest

Eric Mabius, who shot to fame as Daniel Meade on Ugly Betty, was arrested on Thursday morning after allegedly pulling a woman's hair out in a bar brawl in Florida

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7 h. ago Customers of 27 energy companies must apply for £150 before February 28

The money can help with paying for gas and electricity at the most expensive time of the year

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7 h. ago Martin Bakole vs Joseph Parker TV channel, live stream and ringwalk times

Joseph Parker was initially slated to face Daniel Dubois for the IBF heavyweight title on Saturday evening, until 'DDD' was forced to withdraw through illness - with Martin Bakole now stepping in

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8 h. ago Emergency services descend after man 'shot in buttock' in street

Police believe a car pulled up and a passenger opened fire

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8 h. ago Scotland rugby star Finn Russell 'spent three days boozing' – and still pulled off magic

Finn Russell has been named in the Scotland side to face England at Twickenham on Saturday, and one former Six Nations winner has hailed his impact – even after three days of drinking

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8 h. ago Daniel Dubois fight return date as Frank Warren explains decision – 'we don't take risks'

FRANK WARREN COLUMN: Daniel Dubois was forced to pull out of his clash with Joseph Parker due to illness - but 'Dynamite' will return to the ring soon

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8 h. ago Tesco and Spar shoppers warned 'do not eat' these cheese and crisps

All the latest product recalls issued by the Food Standards Agency and why they've been pulled from supermarket shelves

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9 h. ago Toxic Town: Jodie Whittaker is absolutely flawless as she battles real

The hasty regeneration of Corby’s old steelworks poisoned a generation. Now the story of how it came to court is told in a harrowing, if slightly melodramatic, new Netflix seriesJack Thorne writes the kind of meaningful, worthwhile dramas that you definitely – no, honestly – do plan to watch but just maybe not tonight. Best Interests from 2023, about a distraught mother battling the NHS doctors who decide to allow her severely ill teenage daughter to die, was warm, miraculously funny, and as gripping as a thriller. It was also so traumatising that it could make the viewer feel as if they were in actual physical pain. Before that, there was The Accident, whose matter-of-fact title only hinted at the harrowing subject matter: the series covered the aftermath of a construction site explosion in Wales that killed eight children.Toxic Town (Thursday 27 February, Netflix) – Thorne’s new four-part series – could be considered a companion piece to The Accident: it also deals with a dea...

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9 h. ago 'Finn Russell spent three days boozing and still pulled off magic – he's a game

EXCLUSIVE: Finn Russell has been passed fit to face England in Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash - and one former team-mate has illustrated just how big an impact he can make for Scotland

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