US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds 19. October 2026 (12:00) Exclusive: Using test accounts acting as 13-year-olds, Tech Transparency Project downloaded 135 apps with features to generate nonconsensual nude imageryIn December 2025, Morgan Dorfman received distressing news: a student at her daughter’s Pennsylvania high school was making AI-generated pornographic material using the daughter’s image.He was using an artificial intelligence image-editing app called Movely to create sexual videos from pictures of her daughter and five other girls. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
The Story of Billy Evans and ‘Theranos 2.0’ 19. October 2026 (12:00) Elizabeth Holmes’ husband is a major figure in Nathan Fielder’s new documentary. But who is Billy Evans—and is he really working on a second blood-testing company?(Wired)
Trump to head to Kansas to show support for embattled Marshall – US politics live 19. October 2026 (11:59) Incumbent Republican senator is facing strong challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton in state that has been red for almost a centuryVice-president JD Vance is expected to hold rally in North CarolinaThe US vice-president JD Vance is expected to hold rally in North Carolina on Monday as the Trump administration continues ramping up rallies to support candidates in the 2026 midterm elections. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza 19. October 2026 (11:54) Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famineThis winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after sweeping aid cuts forced the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to end support for more than half a million people each month, the agency’s director for Palestine said.More than a year after a Trump-brokered ceasefire came into force, promised reconstruction has not begun, there are few jobs and the vast majority in Gaza still rely on aid to eat. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labour adviser says welfare should be curbed to get NEETs into work - as Burnham warns crisis among young people is 'economic catastrophe'
Viral image of elderly couple stripped and surrounded by rioters in France was 'made or edited with AI'
Federal MP Helen Haines fighting for life after being hit by a car outside her office - as shaken Prime Minister confirms she was 'attacked' and counter terror units investigating
Football club president who built 24ft 'eyesore man cave' in garden faces £100,000 court battle with neighbour who wants it demolished