Foreign secretary set to address senior diplomats later today The UK's foreign secretary is calling for closer collaboration with Europe to combat the growing threat of information warfare as hybrid attacks target countries on the continent.…

Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.

ABC says late night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of ‘doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killing * Watch what Jimmy Kimmel said about the Charlie Kirk shooting Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended “indefinitely” after the late night host’s comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC has announced, hours after the Trump appointed chair of the US broadcast regulator threatened to take away the broadcaster’s license. The network, which is owned by Disney, announced on Wednesday night that it would remove Kimmel’s show from its schedule for the foreseeable future. Continue reading...

Private firms’ profits soar, watchdog says, as prices nearly double in five years The cost of a single place in a residential children’s care home in England has nearly doubled in five years to an average £318,000 a year, with private firms racking up huge profits as a result of market failure, according to the public spending watchdog. The £3bn children’s homes market, which is increasingly dominated by private firms, some funded by private equity, is “dysfunctional” and too often fails to deliver a good service for youngsters or value for money, a National Audit Office (NAO) report said. Continue reading...