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Ian YoungsCulture reporter andSam HarrisonBBC NewsMoment Graham Linehan appears to grab phone of trans activistFather Ted co-creator Graham Linehan “relentlessly” posted abusive comments about a teenage transgender campaigner on social media before throwing her phone in a road, a court has been told.The Irish writer is on trial in London on charges of harassment and criminal damage. He has pleaded not guilty.Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told that the 57-year-old used social media to publish a series of “abusive and vindictive” posts about Sophia Brooks, 18.Mr Linehan told police it did not amount to harassment. He also said exposing the tactics…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. With about two-and-a-half years to go until a planned crewed-mission to the moon, NASA is still deciding which company will receive a greenlight to build the Artemis program’s lunar terrain vehicle (LTV). In the meantime, they’re also on the lookout for a good set of tires. Last week, the agency opened submissions for its “Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge,” a competition to see who can design the impending LTV’s four wheels. A lunar rover doesn’t simply sport a set of super-durable rubber tires. Engineers must…

“We’re all really excited to bring our renowned Celebrity hospitality to our river ships.”Celebrity Cruises has shared more detail about their planned river cruise product, which is slated to launch with two ships, Celebrity Compass and Celebrity Seeker, in 2027. I caught up with Celebrity Cruises President Laura Hodges Bethge during a hard hat tour of Celebrity’s upcoming ocean ship Celebrity Xcel at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard late last month. That ship is bringing a host of new spaces in something of a modest departure from the Edge Class sister ships, but I was much more curious about the river…

Alice CuddySenior international reporter, in Lisbon ReutersThere is a palpable sense of shock on the faces of people looking at the wreckage of a funicular crash in the Portuguese capital where 16 people died – but a three-year-old German boy was among the lucky survivors.He was pulled from the carriage where his father reportedly died and his mother was among more than 20 other people who were injured.Nationals of Portugal, South Korea, Switzerland, Canada, Germany and Ukraine are believed to be among the dead, police say. It is still unclear what caused the crash. The capital’s public transport operator, Carris,…

ToplineThe migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open, an appellate court ruled Thursday, pausing a lower court’s order to cease operations and scoring a win for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation goals.The appellate court decision was issued Thursday. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted a motion from the Department of Homeland Security to pause the order calling for the shutdown of the facility.The ruling allows the facility to continue operations as DHS fights a lawsuit filed by multiple environmental groups and the Miccosukee…

The luxury membership platform Vivrelle, which allows customers to rent high-end goods, announced Thursday the launch of an AI personal styling tool called Ella as part of its partnership with fashion retailers Revolve and FWRD. The launch is an example of how the fashion industry is leveraging AI technology to enhance customer experiences and is one of the first partnerships to see three retailers come together to offer a personalized AI experience. Revolve and FWRD let users shop designer clothing, while Revolve also has an option to shop pre-owned. The tool, Ella, provides recommendations to customers across the three retailers…

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing a prominent artificial intelligence image generator for copyright infringement, escalating a high-stakes battle involving the use of movies and TV shows owned by major studios to teach AI systems. The lawsuit accuses Midjourney, which has millions of registered users, of building its business around the mass theft of content. The company “brazenly dispenses Warner Bros. Discovery’s intellectual property” by letting subscribers produce images and videos of iconic copyrighted characters, alleges the complaint, filed on Thursday in California federal court. “The heart of what we do is develop stories and characters to entertain our audiences, bringing…

Tottenham’s European trophy success last season came against the backdrop of a difficult Premier League campaign in which the team finished 17th under head coach Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked in the summer and replaced by Thomas Frank.There were a number of protests aimed at Levy last season, with prominent banners at the home defeat by Leicester in January carrying the messages “Our game is about glory, Levy’s game is about greed” and “24 years, 16 managers, 1 trophy – time for change”.There were also regular chants of “Levy out” during the campaign.During his tenure, Levy oversaw the switch from…

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Neuralink’s attempt to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis, citing pending applications by another person for the same trademarks.Neuralink, the brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk, filed to trademark the names in March. But in letters sent to Neuralink in August, the trademark office is refusing to allow the applications to move forward. It says Wesley Berry, a computer scientist and a cofounder of the tech startup Prophetic, previously filed trademark applications for Telepathy in May 2023 and Telekinesis in August 2024. Prophetic is building a wearable headset to…

Security guarantees for Ukraine have been agreed at the Paris meeting of the Coalition of the Willing to help Ukraine in its existential fight against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.