Author: Olivia Carter

New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) have settled on new minimum-wage rules for rideshare drivers, Bloomberg reports. Drivers will receive a five percent raise under the new proposal, a compromise to keep Uber and Lyft from locking drivers out of their apps.The proposal needs to be voted on by the TLC’s board of commissioners before it goes into effect, but assuming it does, it’ll end months of uncertainty for drivers working in the city. Uber began sporadically locking drivers out of its app in May 2024, preventing them taking rides and earning money. The company was blocking access…

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson‘s Apple TV+ comedy series has paused production amid creative changes at the helm of the show. Variety has confirmed that the series, currently titled “Brothers,” had finished filming eight of its 10 episodes in Texas before the shutdown. David West Read — who served as the series’ writer, showrunner, and executive producer — has departed due to creative differences. Lee Eisenberg is currently in talks to take over as showrunner for the final episodes as well as reshoots. Eisenberg has previously worked with Apple on the anthology series “Little America” as well as the shows…

Asha PatelBBC News, NottinghamBBCNottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust oversees two main hospitals – Nottingham City Hospital (pictured) and the Queen’s Medical CentreThe NHS is largely funded by public money paid for through taxes and national insurance.In February, one of the busiest and biggest NHS trusts in England was given a record £1.6m fine over maternity failings in connection with the deaths of three babies.Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS trust is already at the centre of the largest maternity review of its kind in the NHS, following hundreds of baby deaths and injuries. When it was fined at Nottingham Magistrates’…

There are times when storylines in sports are the manufactured byproduct of media-driven or fan-powered narratives, and there are other times when the scripts write themselves. The latter takes center stage Friday, when the top story on the 15-game MLB slate involves one of the game’s biggest stars facing his former team less than a week after a blockbuster trade sent him to his new destination. Rafael Devers, now of the San Francisco Giants, suits up against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night when the AL East club makes a rare visit to Oracle Park to kickoff a three-game…

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga on Friday said that Vladimir Putin had shown “disdain” for the peace process between the two countries after the Russian president earlier said that the “whole of Ukraine” belonged to Russia.

Chris MasonPolitical editorBBCRed paint can be seen on parts of the planeThe home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, the BBC understands.Yvette Cooper is preparing a written statement to put before Parliament on Monday – which if passed will make becoming a member of the group illegal.The decision comes as a security review begins at military bases across the UK, after pro-Palestinian activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military planes with red paint.Palestine Action said it represented “every individual” who is…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati has raised $2bn for her new artificial intelligence start-up, in a deal which values the mysterious six-month-old company at $10bn. The deal, which closed recently, according to multiple people familiar with the transaction, was one of the largest “seed” — or initial — funding rounds in Silicon Valley’s history.San Francisco-based Thinking Machines Lab had not declared what it was working on, instead using Murati’s name and reputation to attract investors, said those familiar with the…

Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the problem is more widespread among leading AI models. On Friday, Anthropic published new safety research testing 16 leading AI models from OpenAI, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, and Meta. In a simulated, controlled environment, Anthropic tested each AI model individually, giving them broad access to a fictional company’s emails and the agentic ability to send emails without human approval. While Anthropic says blackmail is…

I could write here about how almost a fifth of women surveyed by Durex said using a sex toy was the most dependable way for them to climax. Or I could point out how Kinsey Institute research suggests regular masturbation can help relieve and prevent symptoms of menopause, such as vaginal atrophy. I could even tell you that studies demonstrate a significant correlation between intimate toy ownership and greater satisfaction – not only with sex but also with life itself.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.But the potted…

Botafogo stunned Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 on Thursday night in each club’s second match of the Club World Cup.Igor Jesus scored late in the first half, and the South American champions made it stand up through a tense second half while moving atop the group on six points.PSG hadn’t lost in any competition since May 3, but the European champions looked understandably weary at times before a lively Rose Bowl crowd of 53,699.Jesus’ stunning score in the 36th minute was the first goal allowed since May 17 by PSG, which routed Atlético Madrid 4-0 last Sunday in Pasadena.The…