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EU approves draft law to regulate AI – here’s how it will work
The EU's act will generally prohibit the use of real-time facial recognition in public spaces. DedMityay / Shutterstock The word “risk” is often seen in the same sentence as “artificial intelligence” these days. While it is encouraging to see world leaders consider the potential problems of AI, along with itsContinue Reading
The Idol review: HBO series starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd
I’m a fan of Sam Levinson’s series “Euphoria”, said Barbara Ellen in The Observer. It’s made for teenagers, but it has decent storylines and solid characters. Now, Levinson has co-created a six-part series for HBO (available to watch on Now) – and alas, it’s a “risible, cliché-riddled” dud. Lily-Rose DeppContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s statement in response to the Privileges Committee report in full
It is now many months since people started to warn me about the intentions of the Privileges Committee. They told me that it was a kangaroo court. They told me that it was being driven relentlessly by the political agenda of Harriet Harman, and supplied with skewed legal advice –Continue Reading
Man arrested after woman found dead in Dublin
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman was found dead in Dublin. The woman’s body was discovered in the early hours of Thursday morning at a house in Raheny. A man aged in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently detained at aContinue Reading
Junior doctors to resume strike as row over pay continues
A strike by junior doctors in England will continue on Thursday as new figures showed that more than half a million appointments and procedures have been postponed due to industrial action since December. Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will mount picket lines outside hospitals across the country forContinue Reading
Nadine Dorries demands answers about peerage before she resigns
N adine Dorries has said she will not formally step down as an MP until she gets answers from Downing Street about the decision to deny her a peerage – a move that will prolong the by-election struggle for Rishi Sunak. The former culture secretary insisted it is “absolutely myContinue Reading
Woman dies after she was hit by train in Sligo
Gardaí and emergency services are currently at scene of an incident which occurred on the train line at Knocks Park, Ballisadare, Co. Sligo this afternoon at approximately 4p.m. One female pedestrian aged in her 40s, was fatally injured, and her body remains at the scene. A second female, aged inContinue Reading
Government ‘showing lack of compassion in language about migrants’
T he Government is showing a “lack of compassion” in its harsh language about migrants, a Tory ex-minister has said. Lord Kamall, a Conservative former health minister who served in Boris Johnson’s government, urged ministers to tone down their harsh rhetoric about migrants crossing the channel. As the House ofContinue Reading
Elizabeth Gilbert and the debate over cancelling Russian culture
Decision to delay publication of novel set in 20th-century Siberia sparks intense debateContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak fires starting gun for by-election in Boris Johnson’s ex-constituency of Uxbridge
The Tory party moved the writs for by-elections in the west London seat and in the North Yorkshire constituency of Selby and Ainsty. Nigel Adams, a close ally of Mr Johnson, has quit as the local MP in this area. The by-elections are now set to take place between 21Continue Reading