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The Northern Lights were spotted in the skies across the UK on Monday night.Video shows a timelapse above the North Sea, it consists of 782 separate photographs, taken over three hours and 40 minutes.The display was captured from Flamborough in East Yorkshire, by Astro Dog, an astronomy and astrophotography business based in nearby Scarborough.Space weather forecasters say there is another chance of seeing the aurora on Tuesday night.

Getty ImagesFake texts about unpaid tickets and tampered machines that secretly steal your card details are two common parking scams Fresh warnings have been issued by police forces and councils across the country after a rise in parking scams over the summer. From fake text messages about unpaid tickets to tampered car park machines that secretly steal your card details, fraudsters are becoming increasingly creative.BBC scams expert Nick Stapleton told Morning Live there are easy ways you can protect yourself so you don’t fall victim to some of the most common tricks.1. Check your fine has these three detailsGetty ImagesParking…

Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it violated federal law by misleadingly labeling cartoons on YouTube so it could illegally collect children’s personal data.The FTC alleges that Disney failed to label some videos of its popular kids cartoons it uploaded to YouTube as “Made for Kids” — a designation that makes such videos ineligible for certain features, like the collection of personal information. It’s a way YouTube makes it harder to target kids with personalized ads. But rather than mark individual videos as either “Made for Kids” or “Not Made…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “In Space, No One…,” Season 1, Episode 5 of “Alien: Earth,” now streaming on Hulu. In Episode 5 of the first season of “Alien: Earth” — written and directed by show creator Noah Hawley — we get a new view into the character of Morrow. As played by British actor Babou Ceesay, Morrow has to this point been something of a cipher: We know that he was piloting the research vessel Maginot when it crash-landed on our planet, and that he is an enhanced human being — a cyborg — but little more than…

Seth WalderSep 1, 2025, 06:30 AM ETCloseSeth Walder is an analytics writer at ESPN, specializing in quantitative analysis. He is also a regular on “ESPN Bet Live” and helps cover sports betting. Seth has been at ESPN since 2017. He previously worked at the New York Daily News covering the Jets and Giants. You can follow Seth on X via @SethWalder.If you don’t want spoilers for the 2025 NFL season, look away.I typically write about the NFL in terms of probabilities — the chance the Eagles repeat as Super Bowl champions, the probability the Bengals get back to the playoffs,…

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that US forces attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States, killing 11 “narcoterrorists” from a gang allegedly tied to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. 

Kraft Heinz, the US company behind kitchen staples such as Philadelphia cheese and Heinz tomato ketchup, has announced plans to split into two independent businesses a decade after it was created in a mega merger.The Chicago-based packaged food group said it would separate into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off to try to reduce complexity and improve financial performance after years of falling sales.The breakup will undo the 2015 merger of Kraft and Heinz, engineered by the veteran US investor Warren Buffett and the Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital, creating a $45bn multinational two years after the…

With original reporting and sharp analysis, WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast covers today’s biggest stories in tech. We demystify companies like Palantir, trends like vibe coding, and figures like Sam Altman; we break down our essential coverage of DOGE and ICE; we guide listeners through breakthrough innovations like generative AI and sweeping policy changes like the Trump administration’s tariffs.On September 9, at 7 pm PDT, WIRED is partnering with KQED for Uncanny Valley’s first live show of the podcast. The first part of the event will feature WIRED editor in chief Katie Drummond in conversation with Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon.…

The government is planning a new law in England to stop anyone under the age of 16 buying energy drinks such as Red Bull, Monster and Prime from shops, restaurants, cafes, vending machines and online.Up to a third of UK children are thought to consume these types of drinks every week, despite most supermarkets having already introduced a voluntary ban. Some popular drinks contain more caffeine than two cups of coffee. Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said he was acting on the concerns of parents and teachers and tackling the issue “head on”, to protect young people’s health.Lower-caffeine…

Giant impact structures, including the potential remains of ancient “protoplanets,” may be lurking deep beneath the surface of Mars, new research hints. The mysterious lumps, which have been perfectly preserved within the Red Planet’s immobile innards for billions of years, may date back to the beginning of the solar system.In a new study, published Aug. 28 in the journal Science, researchers analyzed “Marsquake” data collected by NASA’s InSight lander, which monitored tremors beneath the Martian surface from 2018 until 2022, when it met an untimely demise from dust blocking its solar panels. By looking at how these Marsquakes vibrated through…