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Getty ImagesElon Musk has stepped up his ongoing feud with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI with a revived lawsuit against the firm, adding Microsoft as a defendant.Mr Musk, a co-founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) company, accused it and the tech giant of operating a monopoly in an amended legal complaint on Thursday.It follows previous lawsuits accusing the firm of breaching the principles he agreed to when he helped found it in 2015.Microsoft declined to comment on the lawsuit.An OpenAI spokesperson said Mr Musk’s refreshed complaint was “baseless”.”Elon’s third attempt in less than a year to reframe his claims is even more baseless…

The Chief of Staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being investigated by police over allegations of altering documents relating to the 7 October Hamas attack to portray his boss in a more favourable light.Tzachi Braverman, one of Netanyahu’s closest advisors, was questioned by the Israeli police Lahav 433 major crimes unit for over five hours on Thursday, according to reports in Israeli media.Detectives have confirmed an investigation is under way.The accusation is focused around two telephone calls that Netanyahu received as the Hamas cross border raid was unfolding on 7 October 2023.Braverman is suspected of having altered the…

BBCMcGuinness ended his ride at the BBC’s studios in GlasgowBBC Radio 2 presenter Paddy McGuinness has crossed the finish line to complete his epic Children In Need cycling challenge, after riding 300 miles from Wales to Scotland on a Raleigh Chopper bike.The former Top Gear and Question of Sport host, 51, has raised more than £7.5m on his five-day journey on a customised 1970s children’s bike called Patch.”What a sight, what a feeling!” he said, as he finished his journey at BBC Scotland’s HQ in Glasgow just before 10:30 GMT on Friday.This year’s televised Children in Need appeal starts at…

Clare SmyrellClare Smyrell says it feels “petty” to ban special offers on formulaThe high price of baby formula makes parents feel “punished” for not breastfeeding, mums and dads have told the BBC.The cost of baby milk has surged in recent years, while retailers in the UK are not allowed to advertise or offer discounts on infant formula because it might discourage breastfeeding.Parenting site Mumsnet says this rule has raised the price of formula rather than breastfeeding rates, while the competition watchdog has recommended the ban on price promotions be overturned.Clare Smyrell, who was not able to breastfeed due to medical…

Getty ImagesThe UK’s economy barely grew between July and September, with uncertainty about the Budget being blamed for the weak growth.The economy grew by just 0.1% over the three-month period, and shrank during September itself.Labour made boosting economic growth its top priority when it came into power but Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was “not satisfied” with these latest figures which cover the first three months of the new government. However, many businesses have criticised tax rises in the Budget which they say will hit employment and push up prices.Major companies, including Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s, have hinted they…

A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year in the case involving the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange being hacked in 2016 and the theft of almost 120,000 bitcoin.He laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with the help of his wife Heather Morgan, who used the alias Razzlekhan to promote her hip hop music.At the time of the theft, the bitcoin was worth around $70m (£55.3m), but had risen in value to more than $4.5bn by the time they were arrested. At today’s…

Satirical news publication The Onion has purchased Infowars, the media organisation headed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, which spread false rumours about the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.The sale price was not immediately disclosed.Infowars and its assets were auctioned off to pay Jones’s debts. He declared bankruptcy after the Sandy Hook families won $1.5b (£1.18b) in defamation damages against him.Jones founded Infowars in 1999. He has vowed to continue broadcasting using a different platform.

Getty ImagesSydney Sweeney’s rom-com Anyone But You made $220m at the box officeAnyone But You star Sydney Sweeney has said the idea of women supporting each other in the film and TV industry is “fake”.In an interview with Vanity Fair, the actress, who’s also known for Euphoria and White Lotus, said: “This entire industry, all people say is ‘women empowering other women’.”None of it’s happening. All of it is fake and a front for all the other [stuff] that they say behind everyone’s back.”Earlier this year, the star hit back at “shameful” comments made about her by a female Hollywood…

MARK MARLOW/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockThis is the first time pharmacists have voted to take action in their historyPharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of cutting opening hours and stopping home deliveries for the first time, in a protest over government funding.The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which ran the ballot, is calling for an annual £1.7bn funding increase to plug the “financial hole”.The NPA represents 6,500 of the UK’s community pharmacies – that’s around half of them. It says 99% of those that responded to the vote said they were willing to limit their services unless funding was…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning what she calls the “biggest pension reform in decades” in an attempt to boost economic growth.The government wants to merge the UK’s 86 council pension schemes into a handful of “pension megafunds”.It is hoped the changes will lead to billions of pounds being invested in the UK in areas such as energy infrastructure, tech start-ups and public services.Reeves told the BBC that UK public sector pension funds in their current form were not big enough to generate good returns for British savers, but critics say the measures could put savers’ money at risk.The chancellor told…