Author: SKYNEWS

If you have an Instagram or Facebook account in the UK or European Union, everything you share publicly on those platforms may soon be used to train artificial intelligence (AI).From today, Meta was going to use the posts to train its AI model, but it faced 11 legal challenges in Europe. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) then asked the technology giant to delay training the large language models, which Meta’s global engagement director for privacy policy Stefano Fratta called “disappointing”.Meta sources say they hope the delay will be resolved over the summer.Noyb – a European campaign group that advocates for digital…

Weekly wages have increased by just £16 in 14 years when inflation is factored in, according to research from living-standards thinktank the Resolution Foundation.Workers have experienced an “unprecedented” pay squeeze since 2010 with real weekly wage growth of £16 due to two crises and Brexit, the foundation said. The sum factors in price rises across the time period.Money latest: Major lender cuts mortgage ratesSlow wage growth Economic challenges in the form of the financial crisis of the late 2000s and the current cost of living crisis coupled with Brexit’s economic effects have acted to suppress wage growth, it said.It’s a…

One of the architects of the Post Office Horizon accounting system has admitted there were “discreet” bugs but it generally “worked well”, dismissing suggestions he had knowledge of widespread flaws.The public inquiry into the IT scandal also heard Gareth Jenkins, who was a lead engineer at Horizon supplier Fujitsu, explain he was sorry for his role in the wrongful prosecution of sub-postmaster Seema Misra, saying he did not understand his duty of disclosure as an expert witness at the time. Ms Misra told Sky News outside the hearing that she did not accept that apology.”I don’t accept it, it’s too…

A digital sports marketing group which works with bodies including the International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed advisers to field interest from bidders.Sky News has learnt that Engage Digital Partners, which is owned by its founder and a small number of external shareholders, is working with KPMG’s corporate finance division on an auction after approaches from suitors. Engage counts the ICC and its cricket tournament properties including the current Men’s T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies among its clients.England will face India on Thursday for a place in the final.Engage also works with the New Zealand All…

Advisers working on the controversial takeover of Royal Mail’s parent company are in line for a fee bonanza worth more than £130m.Sky News has learnt that International Distribution Services (IDS) and its would-be owner, a vehicle owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, will fork out the lavish sum to bankers and other professional services firms. City sources close to the deal said the fee pool would be formally disclosed in an offer document to be published on Wednesday.Among the banks which will share in the pot are Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and BNP Paribas.The majority of the fees will be…

An “obsessed” security guard plotted to break into Holly Willoughby’s family home and knock her out with chloroform so he could kidnap, rape and murder her, a court has heard.Gavin Plumb, 37, allegedly hatched the “graphic” and “sexually motivated” plans over more than two years as he tried to recruit accomplices online.Chelmsford Crown Court heard he boasted of trying to abduct two air hostesses from trains and falsely imprisoning two 16-year-old girls to “bolster his credibility”.Killing Willoughby was suspect’s ‘ultimate fantasy’, court told | Trial as it happenedProsecutors allege his past convictions – which included tying a teenager’s hands behind…

Gareth Jenkins was the architect of the Horizon IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal, responsible not just for building it, but for defending it in court. As an expert witness, he was deployed by the Post Office to rebut accusations that it was the computers, not the sub-postmasters, that were making money disappear from branch accounts. As a consequence, he is under police investigation for suspected perjury.In a number of prosecutions he denied that there were “bugs, errors and defects” in the wider Horizon system.That makes him a crucial witness to the public inquiry, so important that…

Rapper Foolio has been shot and killed while celebrating his 26th birthday in Tampa, Florida.The musician, whose real name was Charles Jones, was pronounced dead after police were called to a Holiday Inn in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to Sky News’ US partner NBC News. Foolio was reportedly inside a vehicle in the hotel’s car park when he was shot during an “ambush”, his lawyer Lewis Fusco said.Another vehicle nearby was also hit.Three other victims were taken to hospital and are all said to be in a stable condition. Police are still investigating the motive and working…

The maker of Peugeot, Citroën, Vauxhall and Fiat vehicles, Stellantis, has threatened to end its car making in the UK due to electric vehicle (EV) production rules. “Stellantis production in the UK could stop,” the company’s managing director Maria Grazia Davino said at an industry event on Tuesday. Money latest: Major buy now, pay later firm collapsesThe company makes electric vans in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and had announced plans to also make electric vans in Luton, Bedfordshire from 2025.But more needs to be done to spur consumer demand for EVs, Ms Grazia Davino said. If more electric cars aren’t bought,…

Glastonbury has said it will not show England’s Euro 2024 round-of-16 match during the festival this weekend. Gareth Southgate’s side are guaranteed a place in the last 16 after Albania failed to beat Spain on Monday night in the European football tournament. The national team will play their round-of-16 match on Sunday at 5pm if they win Group C or on Saturday at 8pm if they end up in second place. Image: Gareth Southgate’s team will face their round-of-16 match this weekend. Pic: PA Image: Harry Kane (left) in training with teammates yesterday. Pic: PA If the Three Lions finish third…