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Google on Wednesday released the first beta of Android 17, which brings performance improvements and a way to add new features to media and camera apps. Most importantly, it’s changing how developers get access to new APIs and features of the latest version. With this release, the company is ditching developer betas and adopting a continuous Canary channel to push updates for developers. This is similar to how Google approaches web browser development, as Google has a Canary channel for the Chrome browser, too. The company said that because of this approach, features and APIs become available to developers as…

England opener Zak Crawley has extended his Kent deal.Crawley’s extension will mirror his one-year England Central Contract, with the 28-year-old available to Kent head coach Adam Hollioake at the start of their Rothesay County Championship Division 2 campaign.Zak Crawley – has signed a new Kent contract. Picture: Barry GoodwinThe Academy product has signed up for his 10th season as a first-team player with the county, having made 156 all-format appearances, in which he has scored 6,514 runs and managed 10 centuries.“I feel very proud to be heading into my 10th year at Kent,” said batsman Crawley.“I’m excited to play for…

DeepSeek’s breakout moment wasn’t China’s first open-source success. Alibaba’s Qwen Lab had been releasing open-weight models for years. By September 2024,  well before DeepSeek’s V3 launch, Alibaba was saying that global downloads had exceeded 600 million. On Hugging Face, Qwen accounted for more than 30% of all model downloads in 2024. Other institutions, including the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence and the AI firm Baichuan, were also releasing open models as early as 2023.  But since the success of DeepSeek, the field has widened rapidly. Companies such as Z.ai (formerly Zhipu), MiniMax, Tencent, and a growing number of smaller labs…

Andy Grace Edwards, a writer and mental health and disability adviser from Glasgow, and David Ross Linklater, a poet who studied at the University of Glasgow, are among nine recipients of the 2026 New Writers Award. The annual scheme, run by the Scottish Book Trust, offers emerging writers a £2500 cash prize, mentorship from experienced authors and industry professionals, a week-long retreat and opportunities to connect with key figures in publishing. They have also worked with theatre companies Lung Ha and Birds of Paradise and currently serve as a script reader for the National Theatre of Scotland. Reflecting on their…

Police are appealing to the public for help09:33, 12 Feb 2026Updated 09:37, 12 Feb 2026The Westlink at Clifton Street(Image: Google)Police have urged witnesses to come forward following a report of an assault following a road rage incident a busy Belfast junction.The assault occurred on the Clifton Street and Westlink junction on Thursday, February 5, and officers want to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident or has video footage.A police spokesperson said: “We are appealing for any witnesses to an assault that occurred on the Clifton Street and Westlink junction after a road rage incident.”If anyone has seen this incident,…

Over the past few years, the US has become a hub of DefenceTech, and for good reason. The country has been heavily involved in some of the world’s recent geopolitical tensions, including playing a big part in the end of the Israel-Hamas war and mediating tensions in Iran. But the US isn’t taking any chances. In fact, since these wars began, the country has seen a huge wave of innovation and funding in the sector. When it comes to investment in DefenceTech, this doubled to $17.9 billion in 2025, up from just $7.3 billion in 2024. A huge jump. (Defence…

Monica shut it down at the Marc Jacobs Spring 2026 show on Monday held at the Park Avenue Armory in leopard oversized coat that screamed fierce. After just coming off tour with Brandy, Monica is back on the scene showcasing the most chicest ensembles like the true fashionista she is. Layering over a black turtle neck, and styling with black pointy toe thigh high boots, her leopard coat was a stand out moment. With a dramatized collar, and large black buttons down the center, her coat, this was the perfect bold choice. When it came down to her glam, she…

In a sense, this whole thing was inevitable. Elon Musk and his coterie have been talking about AI in space for years — mainly in the context of Iain Banks’ science-fiction series about a far-future universe where sentient spaceships roam and control the galaxy.  Now Musk sees an opportunity to realize a version of this vision. His company SpaceX has requested regulatory permission to build solar-powered orbital data centers, distributed across as many as a million satellites, that could shift as much as 100 GW of compute power off the planet. He has reportedly suggested some of his AI satellites will…

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​Netflix’s $82.7 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is facing significant new resistance. Investment group Ancora Holdings announced it has purchased $200 million in WBD shares and opposes Netflix’s offer. Instead, Ancora is throwing its support behind a rival bid from Paramount. The WSJ had the exclusive.  ​In a press release on Wednesday, Ancora aligned itself with Paramount’s arguments: It claims the Netflix deal is inferior, involves more regulatory risk, and doesn’t deliver as much immediate cash to shareholders.  ​Just one day earlier, Paramount improved its bid by offering WBD shareholders a new incentive: $0.25 per share for…