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This afternoon, May 6, councillors refused planning permission for a McDonald’s on Old Shoreham Road in Hove. Ahead of the meeting, resident’s living near the proposed site hosted a protest outside Hove Town Hall. It comes after several other protests against the plans over the recent months. Brighton and Hove City Council’s Planning Committee spent almost two hours dealing with the application as members asked questions and debated the burger chain’s plans. Potential McDonalds site on Old Shoreham Road Hove – Image by Sarah Booker-Lewis Local Democracy Reporting Service The key concerns raised were about road safety and traffic, including…

Location : The M20 westbound between junctions J9 and J8 . Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 20:15 and 20:30 on 6 May 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 20:00 and 20:15 on 6 May 2026. Lanes Closed : There are lane closures. Source link

A new wave of AI startups is targeting one of the world’s oldest and slowest-moving industries: real estate. Paris-based startup Davis is the latest to step into the space, announcing a $5.5 million pre-seed round aimed at compressing early-stage development timelines from months to days. The round was led by Heartcore Capital and Balderton Capital, with participation from Evantic, Yellow VC and Entrepreneurs First, alongside a group of angel investors that includes members of the SpaceMaker founding team and operators from companies such as Meta, Hugging Face and Supabase.   Rethinking a Slow-Moving Industry   Despite being one of the…

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 7:16 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 12, for the next launch to deliver science, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This will be the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital outpost for NASA. Carrying about 6,500 pounds of cargo, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Dragon is scheduled to dock autonomously at about 9:50 a.m. Thursday, May 14, to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module. Watch NASA’s launch and arrival…

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space company that also houses his AI company, xAI, is considering spending $55 billion, at least initially, to build a semiconductor factory in Grimes County, Texas, according to a proposal on the county website. The company estimates it may spend a total of $119 billion on the project, which would be a “multi-phase, next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility,” according to the filing. Musk has previously outlined plans for the project, dubbed “Terafab,” that will also see Tesla contributing resources. The companies have roped chipmaking giant Intel into the effort, aiming to develop…

Chrome on Android now lets users share their approximate location with websites rather than their precise location, Google announced this week. The tech giant says that while some cases require precise location, such as when you’re placing a delivery order or trying to find the closest ATM, there are instances when your approximate location is enough, like when you’re getting access to local weather and news. “By letting you share your approximate location, we’re giving you more control over your location data,” Google explained in a blog post. “And you can still share your precise location when it’s needed —…

Wednesday 06 May 2026 5:06 pm TACTICA AI, an Abu Dhabi-based start-up, today introduced its multi-domain decision-support platform to a wider market during Make it in the Emirates 2026. At a time of increasing operational complexity and pressure to make faster, better-informed decisions, the platform is designed to transform fragmented intelligence, sensor, and operational data into real-time decisions. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260506006177/en/ Already active in operational environments, TACTICA AI is believed to be the first publicly known platform of its type developed in the region, creating a new category of operational AI that…

Glasgow the Welcoming City will take place at Glasgow City Chambers on Sunday, June 7 from 3pm. The event will be hosted by the Lord Provost, church, and civic leaders. Attendees will be able to enjoy a range of music and songs delivered by St Anne’s Dennistoun, Southside Fiddlers, Ukrainian musicians and singers, the St Mungo Ensemble, and the St Mungo Singers. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the Satinwood Suite. Source link

A preliminary hearing into the 28-year-old boxer’s death took place todayJohn Cooney(Image: Matthew Pover/Matchroom)The inquest into the death of John Cooney hopes to “examine the systems designed to protect boxers” his family’s legal representation has said.A preliminary hearing into the 28-year-old’s death took place on Wednesday, May 6, at Belfast’s Laganside Court ahead of a full inquest which is hoped to take place next year. Evidence still needs to be submitted from a number of parties that will be involved in the inquest.Mr Cooney died as a result of injuries he sustained during a boxing match at the Ulster Hall…

You might think the big story out of Match Group’s first-quarter earnings is Tinder’s turnaround. The dating app’s revenue is slightly up again after quarter-after-quarter of declines. But we’d like to point to a comment the chief financial officer made about how the company is slowing its hiring right now because it needs more money to pay for AI tools for its employees. Ah, yes, the good ol’ “let’s blame AI” strategy! While speaking to analysts on the first-quarter earnings call, Match Group CFO Steven Bailey talked about how the dating app giant was investing in AI technology for internal…