Author: BBC

Microsoft has been incorporating AI-assisted tools for coding, and other purposes, into its software and other offerings for businesses. Sales of Copilot started in November. The programme can summarise meetings held in Teams for anyone who chooses not to attend. Copilot can also draft emails, create word documents, spreadsheet graphs, and Powerpoint presentations. Source link

The wreck appeared on the shores of a small town in Newfoundland, capturing residents’ imagination. Source link

But from Wednesday, the main change is the introduction of “export health certificates” on imports of “medium risk” animal products, as well as plants and plant products imported to Britain from the EU. The trade rules cover goods ranging from cut flowers, to cheese, fish and meats. Source link

BBC’s Paul Adams asks whether US strikes on Iraq and Syria made a regional conflagration more likely. Source link

It once dominated the payments industry but firms like Apple, Zelle and Block are taking market share. Source link

Only six UK firms became a unicorn last year by achieving a valuation of more than a billion dollars. Source link

The court voids Khan’s marriage with a faith healer, in the latest case against the Pakistani ex-PM. Source link

Rachel Reeves tells the BBC that she would not reinstate the cap scrapped last year. Source link

Conservative MP Miriam Cates has called on Rishi Sunak to consider banning under 16s from social media and smartphones.Speaking during PMQs, Ms Cates claimed there has been a rise in “poor teen mental health” and “children addicted to pornography” since 2010.Rishi Sunak said that the Online Safety Act “protects children from harmful or inappropriate” material. Source link

The British Antarctic Survey hope the new technology will change what we know about global warming. Source link