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Microsoft is set to open a new artificial intelligence hub in London – and is looking for “exceptional individuals” to work there.The hub will work on Microsoft products that use artificial intelligence (AI) and also carry out research into the technology. It will be based at the US tech giant’s offices in Paddington.The company recently announced the creation of Microsoft AI, a new team within the company that will focus on artificial intelligence, led by Mustafa Suleyman, the British co-founder of AI giant DeepMind, which is now owned by Google.Mr Suleyman has said Microsoft’s new AI hub will “drive pioneering…

Motorcyclists have taken part in a memorial ride in honour of the late Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers.Myers died in February aged 66 following a battle with cancer. Si King, the other half of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo, said Myers “would have loved” the event. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any…

English cricket chiefs will next week take another step towards a radical revamp of the sport’s ownership structure by launching plans to sell stakes in The Hundred’s eight franchises.Sky News has learnt that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will interview bankers in the coming days as they prepare to raise funds by recruiting private investors into teams including the Northern Superchargers and Welsh Fire. Insiders said on Saturday that Goldman Sachs, Raine and Rothschild were in contention to advise the ECB on the auction process.Under the governing body’s plans, each host venue would own 51% of their individual…

A US actor who went missing after being charged in a domestic violence case in Kansas has been found dead in woodland, police have said.The body of Cole Brings Plenty, who appeared in a spinoff of the popular TV western series Yellowstone, had not been seen since police were called to an address in the city of Lawrence where a woman was screaming for help on Sunday. The 27-year-old’s body was discovered on Friday two days after he was charged with aggravated burglary, domestic battery and criminal restraint.An arrest warrant had been issued.The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has said in…

The UK’s construction industry has returned to growth after six consecutive months of decline, according to a closely watched survey.A boost in civil engineering and a stabilisation in housebuilding helped drive the recovery, S&P Global found. The firm’s purchasing managers index (PMI) score, calculated using the survey results, rose to 50.2 in March.The figure is up from 49.7 in February and is the highest since August last year. Any score above 50 represents growth in the sector.Tim Moore, economics director at S&P Global, said the near-term outlook for the industry “appears increasingly favourable as order books improved again in March”.…

Bridgerton and Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan has teamed up with Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood for the medieval comedy Seize Them! – a film about a dethroned queen who becomes a fugitive on her own land.For these two actresses, comedy and drama tend to go hand in hand. Aimee Lou Wood first shot on to our screens as Aimee Gibbs in the hit comedy series Sex Education, with the harrowing story of her character being sexually assaulted on the way to school.In Derry Girls, Nicola Coughlan was tasked with exploring “coming out” as a lesbian in Northern Ireland in…

Employees across the country have today been granted the legal right to request flexible working from the day they enter a new job.Previously, the right was only applicable if someone had worked for their employer for 26 weeks or more. The Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2023 gained Royal Assent in July as Kevin Hollinrake, the business and trade minister, backed the measure for “a happier workforce [which] means increased productivity”.Flexible working is a broad term but encompasses a different style of work from the conventional 9-5 in the office, and could include adaptations to where someone works, to save them…

It was 1979. I was 10 years old and gripped in the ABBA mania that was sweeping the country.I had a dream, but little did I know that it would be turned into reality, as I not only got to meet my heroes but sing with them on stage at Wembley as well. To honour UNICEF’s year of the child ABBA were on the hunt for children’s choirs to perform with them.I remember television presenters Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philben coming to my school, Wembley Manor, and interviewing us. While I can’t recall all the details I do remember being…

Disney+ will begin cracking down on password sharing within months, it has been announced.Walt Disney chief executive Bob Iger said the action would start in June in “a few” countries before a full rollout across the world in September. Sky News asked the company when exactly the changes will come into force in the UK, but it declined to comment.Rival streaming platform Netflix launched its own crackdown last year.Disney+ is expected to introduce similar measures, which are designed to stop users from sharing their login details with people living in a different household, allowing them to watch the service’s films…

A total solar eclipse will dazzle people on Monday in what’s been described as “our planet’s greatest spectacle”.The perfect alignment of Earth, the sun and the moon will be seen on 8 April – meaning people in North America will experience a total solar eclipse, which will plunge much of the continent into darkness. But people in parts of the UK will be able to see a partial eclipse too.So where can you see it, why is this one so special and is there anything you need to be aware of? Here’s everything to know.In the UK Although North America…