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Musk sues OpenAI and Microsoft for up to $134bn over ‘wrongful gains’

Elon Musk has launched a $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming both companies unjustly profited from his early backing of the artificial intelligence pioneer and abandoned its founding mission. In a federal court filing on Friday, lawyers for Elon Musk said OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and $109.4 billion as a result of Musk’s initial funding, reputation and strategic input after he co-founded the organisation in 2015. Microsoft, which owns an estimated 27...

Lindsey Graham meets with Mossad director during trip to Israel

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina announced on Sunday that he met with Israel’s Mossad Director David Barnea. ‘Just met with my good friend David Barnea, Director of Mossad. Wow, these people are clever. God Bless America. God Bless Israel,’ Graham wrote in a post on X, which includes a photo of himself and Barnea smiling and giving a thumbs up. The Mossad’s website explains, ‘The institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Mossad) is...

ROB SCHNEIDER: Go woke, go broke isn’t a slogan — it’s becoming Hollywood’s reality

Towards the end of the fifth season of ‘Stranger Things,’ the character of Will Byers gathers his family and friends together. He has good reason. They need to prepare for the final battle against Vecna, a terrifying, skinless monster with a penchant for mass murder and apocalyptic terrorism. But instead, Will comes out as gay. This is perhaps the most anticlimactic moment in television since Pam woke up to reveal that the entire tenth season...

Facial recognition pilot cuts crime in south London, says Met

A pilot of live facial recognition technology in south London has helped cut crime and led to more than 100 arrests, according to the Metropolitan Police, as the force prepares to defend its use of the technology in the High Court. The three-month trial in Croydon, which began in October, marked the first time the Met has deployed fixed live facial recognition (LFR) cameras mounted on street furniture rather than using mobile vans. Fifteen cameras...

Rand Paul says US in ‘active war’ with Venezuela: ‘I still hope it works out for the best’

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on Sunday that the U.S. is engaged in an ‘ongoing war’ with Venezuela following what he described as recent U.S. actions involving the country. During an appearance on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press,’ Paul said the U.S. continues to be in conflict with Venezuela over its oil. ‘That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,’ Paul said. ‘I...

From roundtable to the camera: The Traitors’ Brian Davidson celebrates record-breaking year for Studio Snap

Fresh from his nerve-shredding run on BBC hit The Traitors, Brian Davidson has swapped the infamous roundtable for the photographer’s studio, and the move has paid off handsomely. Davidson, a professional photographer and owner of Glasgow-based Studio Snap, is celebrating his strongest trading year to date, with revenues up more than 70 per cent in 2025. The surge follows his memorable appearance on series two of The Traitors, which turned him into a familiar face...

Reeves opens corporate bond market to small investors in bid to unlock UK savings

Rachel Reeves is opening up Britain’s corporate bond market to small investors as part of a wider push to channel more household savings into UK businesses and revive London’s capital markets. The chancellor will on Monday launch a government-backed initiative designed to make corporate bonds accessible to retail investors for the first time in years, scrapping barriers that had effectively restricted the market to institutions and wealthy individuals. Under the new rules, individuals will be...

Reeves set to back self-driving car firm with tens of millions in taxpayer funding

Rachel Reeves is preparing to channel tens of millions of pounds of public money into a British self-driving technology company as Labour moves to accelerate the rollout of autonomous vehicles on UK roads. The £28bn National Wealth Fund (NWF), backed by the Treasury, is understood to be close to agreeing a major investment in Oxa, the Oxford-founded driverless vehicle start-up previously known as Oxbotica. The business was established in 2014 by Oxford University academic Professor...

Employers rethink healthcare benefits as weight-loss drugs reshape workplace provision

UK employers are being forced to reassess their healthcare and benefits strategies as demand for weight-management drugs surges among employees, according to new research. More than a quarter of UK workers have already used a weight-management drug such as Ozempic, while two in five believe their employer should fund access to these treatments through workplace healthcare plans. As a result, 44 per cent of employers say they are now reviewing, or fundamentally redesigning, their healthcare...

Iran accused of killing 16,500 in sweeping ‘genocide’ crackdown: report

Iranian protesters are facing their deadliest days yet as security forces unleash mass killings and executions in a sweeping crackdown some have labeled ‘genocide,’ new reports say. According to The Sunday Times, a report compiled by doctors entrenched in the region and reviewed by the outlet, estimates that security forces have killed at least 16,500 protesters and injured more than 330,000 others. The report also described the violence as an ‘utter slaughter,’ warning that the...