Author: Trendici
YouTube introduced some new filters to its advanced search tools today. Possibly the most exciting change is that Shorts are now listed as a content type, so the three-minute-or-less videos can be excluded as results in your searches.This is a welcome update for any of us who have been on the hunt for a long-form explainer only to wade through dozens of ten-second clips before finding anything close to our goal. Especially with the addition of even more AI slop last year thanks to the Google Veo 3 engine, an option to exclude Shorts may look even more appealing.The other…
Becky MortonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesSome people are waiting more than a year to have their disability benefit claims processed, which risks pushing them into debt and poverty, MPs have warned.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aims to process 75% of new claims for Personal Independence Payment (Pip) within 75 working days but in the last financial year only 51% of claims were processed within this timeframe.A report by the cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the department was providing “unacceptably poor service levels”.The DWP said that at the end of October, the average time taken for a Pip claim to…
Oh no. Arsenal drew 0-0 at home to Liverpool! They’re only six points clear at the top of the Premier League now. They’ll be absolutely devastated… Jokes aside, thank God the Premier League scheduled this game on its own on Thursday night after a hectic Wednesday consisting of eight matches, most of which were sodding mental. There was a naive expectation that – on the rainiest night ever, in the last Premier League game of this mad glut of fixtures, with Arsenal not needing to go out and win and Liverpool obviously delighted with a point – this game would…
After years of testing its humanoid robot (and forcing it to dance), Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is entering production. The robotics company said at CES 2026 that the final product version of the robot is being built now, and the first companies that will receive deployments are Hyundai, Boston Dynamics’ majority shareholder, and Google DeepMind, the firm’s newly minted AI partner.This final enterprise version of Atlas “can perform a wide array of industrial tasks,” according to Boston Dynamics, and is specifically designed with consistency and reliability in mind. Atlas can work autonomously, via a teleoperator or with “a tablet steering interface,”…
EPAThe deal is expected to expand the number of victims who can seek compensationSpain’s Roman Catholic Church has reached an agreement with the government to compensate victims of sexual abuse by members of the clergy.The accord follows complaints that religious leaders had failed to tackle the issue adequately.It means the government will manage possible compensation in co-ordination with the Church, handling cases where other legal avenues are no longer available because the alleged crime took place too long ago or the individual accused has passed away.Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards are estimated by the government to have suffered sexual abuse…
It’s hard to say this without making it sound like a backhanded compliment, but Liverpool’s expertly conceived and hard-won point from a goalless draw at Arsenal made a more compelling case for their revival than any of their recent wins. Liverpool’s results have clearly improved over recent weeks after a dire spell, but all season it’s been hard to shake the notion that Arne Slot’s side have played at pretty much the same vaguely disappointing level all season only to have that base performance level masked by contrasting streaks of compelling yet misleading results. The recent wins – and even…
Lumus got a major boost in brand recognition when one of its waveguides was selected for use in the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. But that already feels like old tech now because at CES 2026, the company brought some of its latest components to the show and based on what I saw, they seem poised to seriously elevate the optical quality of the next wave of high-end smartglasses.When the Meta Ray-Ban Displays glasses came out, they wowed users as they were (and still are) one of a handful of smartglassess to feature a full-color in-lens display with at least a…
The Egyptian Tennis Federation confirmed to the BBC Abdelkader has never been registered as an Egyptian player and had not been entered into the tournament on Egypt’s behalf.Egyptian Tennis Federation technical director Dia Nabil Loutfy said: “We would like to clarify that she is not registered with the Egyptian Tennis Federation, nor is she included in any of our official player lists.”Based on the information available to us, the player was previously residing in Kenya and participated in the ITF tournament in Nairobi through a wildcard granted by the Kenyan Tennis Federation.”The Egyptian Tennis Federation had no role whatsoever, whether…
Madeline HalpertMinneapolisEloise Alanna/BBCFlowers have been left at the scene of the shooting in tribute to Renee GoodMinnesota officials say the FBI has blocked their access to an investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.People have taken to the streets of Minneapolis to protest the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good, who died on Wednesday after being shot in her car.Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has accused the Trump administration of blocking state officials from involvement in the case, but the US vice-president said the investigation is a federal issue.Officials have offered differing…
Gary Neville has furiously criticised Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli over his reaction to Conor Bradley’s horror injury in Liverpool’s 0-0 draw at the Emirates. Arsenal and Liverpool played out a dull, goalless draw in the pouring rain on Thursday night. Gunners fans will be disappointed their team didn’t push harder, but it was ultimately a solid point for both sides. In an otherwise uneventful game, there was a melee late on when Bradley went down with what appeared to be a serious injury. Before the Northern Ireland right-back was stretchered off, Martinelli attempted to push him off the pitch to receive…