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Almost 3,000 websites have been blocked or seized for illegally streaming World Cup matches, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has said.More than 1,000 domains were shut down in the US alone during the tournament, with a similar number blocked in Colombia.Enforcement agencies in America and across South America carried out the action under investigations named “operation offsides” and “operation red card”.Ivan J. Arvelo, director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (NIPRCC), said unauthorised broadcasting of World Cup matches violated intellectual property rights and “fuels criminal organizations”.The DOJ said at the end of last month it had taken…

“If they’re hungry, they’ll eat. I don’t force them to because I think that can instil pressure,” says Doone, from London. She says her daughter Cora, two, used to be the “best eater” but seeing others at nursery turn their noses up at certain foods made her do the same.”I’m trying not to make a big deal of it. Even though they don’t eat it, I always put the broccoli on the plate so that they’re seeing it.”Emma suggests giving lots of options, so that kids think they are getting to choose. In Alfred’s lunchbox, she always adds two or…

The AI Minister, Kanishka Narayan, will be given a seat at the top table of government but the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has been scrapped.DSIT was created by the Conservative Sunak government in 2023 – its responsibilities will now be split between other government departments.It means there is no longer a dedicated technology secretary, a position filled by Liz Kendall until she was sacked by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.However, Narayan, who was appointed by Sir Keir Starmer, said the new prime minister inviting him to attend cabinet as minister for AI was a “sign of his…

Anita Le Brun, the face of a campaign to allow for alcohol to be served at care homes without a licence, is celebrating its success.

SpaceX’s share price has dropped below its stock market debut just over a month ago, falling sharply from a post-float peak.The price for a single share in Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence (AI) company fell to $132.62 (£98.24) on Wednesday, below its initial listing of $135 in June.SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) made Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Compared to its on-the-day high so far, the stock price is now down 41%.If the price holds, or falls further, it will mean that those who purchased stock around the time of its flotation will stand to lose money on…

An operation nearly 20 years ago left Donna Davies in constant pain but she only felt believed by medics after her husband spoke up.Donna, 56, now requires her large bowel to be removed because of her vaginal mesh medical device, which was removed after she felt it cutting into her.It was fitted after Donna, from Swansea, developed stress urinary incontinence in her 30s, and the procedure has since been paused by the NHS.She was invited to attend a women’s health summit in Wales this week, which looked at how women’s pain is too often dismissed as “normal” within healthcare.Donna is…

Two men who carried out a cyber-attack which crippled Transport For London (TfL) when they were teenagers have both been sentenced to five years and six months in prison. Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, and Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, pleaded guilty in June to carrying out the hack in 2024.They were described as computer-obsessed loners who carried out the hack as part of the cyber crime collective known as Scattered Spider.The cyber-attack disrupted TfL’s online services for months, stole the personal data of millions of people and left all 27,000 TfL employees needing to reset their passwords in…

Wentworth, who describes himself as “queer and disabled”, has recently had a series of urological problems. He says doctors often attribute his symptoms to his cerebral palsy first, rather than attempting to properly diagnose issues.”The thing is, disabled people know their bodies incredibly well,” he says.”So we should, I firmly believe, be trusted more than some other people, because we’ve been living in these bodies and we’ve been hyper-aware of them for so long. And the lack of trust is quite palpable.”Wentworth says he has complained to his local Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) on several occasions. It aims…

Chinese AI start-up Moonshot has unveiled a massive new artificial intelligence model it says can rival top American firms.The company launched Kimi K3, containing 2.8 trillion parameters, which serves as a measure of an AI’s scale and processing power. Kimi K3’s full capabilities – coding, knowledge work, and reasoning – will be known when it is released as an open-source model on 27 July. The sudden breakthrough suggests that China’s tech prowess is rapidly narrowing the capabilities gap, upending long-held assumptions in the West that Chinese developers trail their American peers. Its arrival later this month will make it the…

The ban comes after 1,100 responses to a consultation which strongly supported introducing an age restriction on the drinks, external.The new rules will come in via secondary legislation using powers from the Food Safety Act 1990.Too much caffeine can cause a rapid heart rate, abnormal heart rhythms and seizures.Although rare, there have been some deaths linked to excess caffeine.The sugary versions of the drinks can also contribute to obesity and damage teeth, according to The Association of UK Dieticians.Currently any drink, other than tea or coffee, with over 150mg requires a label warning of its high caffeine content that says…