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In the last few days, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini has had what is best described as an absolute kicking online. Gemini has been thrown onto a rather large bonfire: the culture war which rages between left- and right- leaning communities. Gemini is essentially Google’s version of the viral chatbot ChatGPT. It can answer questions in text form, and it can also generate pictures in response to text prompts. Initially, a viral post showed this recently launched AI image generator (which was only available in the US) create an image of the US Founding Fathers which inaccurately included a…

Sony has announced it will lay off 8% of PlayStation employees globally, amounting to approximately 900 people. In addition to cuts in the US and Japan, the gaming giant said this would mean closing PlayStation’s London Studio entirely. In a blog post sharing an email sent to employees, boss Jim Ryan called the move “sad news” and said it was “a difficult day at our company”. “We have concluded that tough decisions have become inevitable,” he said. “The leadership team and I made the incredibly difficult decision to restructure operations, which regrettably includes a reduction in our workforce impacting very…

Apple has reportedly cancelled its plans to build electric vehicles (EV) a decade after the iPhone maker was rumoured to be working on the project. The firm has never publicly acknowledged the project, which involves around two thousand people. Many employees from the project will be moved to the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence (AI) division, according to Bloomberg News. Apple did not immediately respond to a BBC request for a comment. The Apple car team was reportedly known as the Special Projects Group as part of its chief executive Tim Cook’s Project Titan. As it spent billions of dollars on…

Currys has rejected a second takeover approach from US firm Elliott, saying the offer “significantly undervalued” the electronics chain. Elliott valued the retailer at around £757m, up from its initial £700m valuation earlier this month. The US company is up against Chinese rival JD.com which has also expressed an interest in buying the British firm. Currys has more than 800 stores globally, but has seen slowing sales due to the cost-of-living crisis. It said that over the Christmas period, which is usually busy for retailers, it saw a 3% drop in sales compared with the same period a year earlier. Like many…

Thirty one people have died after a bus flipped over and plunged off a bridge in Mali on Tuesday. The bus had been en route to neighbouring Burkina Faso from the Malian town of Kenieba when it veered off a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. At least ten others were injured – some suffering serious injuries. Local officials said the likely cause was “the driver’s failure to control the vehicle”. The accident happened at around 17:00 local time (17:00 GMT). “A bus… that was leaving Kenieba commune for Burkina Faso tipped off a bridge. The likely cause is the driver…

Spain’s Jenni Hermoso says “football continues to give me life” six months on from winning the World Cup, when former Spanish federation chief Luis Rubiales kissed her. Hermoso was speaking at her first international news conference since the incident, which she says was not consensual. Spain face France on Wednesday in the inaugural Women’s Nations League final. “I’m lucky to be back in a final after six very long months,” said Hermoso. “Today I’m enjoying football, competing with Spain to win another tournament.” Hermoso, 33, filed a legal complaint against Rubiales after he kissed her on the lips following Spain’s victory…

Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabriella Kingston and son in law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, has died at the age of 45, Buckingham Palace has announced. He was found dead at an address in Gloucestershire on Sunday evening, with emergency services called to the scene. There were no suspicious circumstances and no-one else was involved. King Charles and Queen Camilla sent their “most heartfelt thoughts and prayers” to his family. A statement from Mr Kingston’s widow Lady Gabriella and his family, issued by Buckingham Palace, paid tribute to Mr Kingston: “Tom was an exceptional man who lit…

The boyfriend of a US-Russian citizen detained in Russia on suspicion of treason has called on the US government to help bring her home. Ksenia Karelina, 33, was detained by Russian authorities in Yekaterinburg after travelling there on a family visit last month. She was also accused of fundraising for Ukraine’s armed forces. Chris Van Heerden said his partner would be appearing in court on Thursday ahead of a trial beginning in April. She was, he told BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight programme, a “normal American citizen that made a mistake”. “She was so naive, she doesn’t watch the news,…

China’s biggest private property developer Country Garden is facing a winding-up petition, which has been filed in Hong Kong by a creditor. A firm called Ever Credit Ltd filed the case for non-payment of a loan worth HK$1.6bn ($204.5m; £161.2m). Country Garden, which defaulted on its overseas debt in October, says it will “resolutely oppose” the petition. Last month, rival real estate giant China Evergrande was ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court. The court has set the first hearing date for the petition on 17 May, Country Garden said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Ever Credit…

French police have seized 72 firearms and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of screen legend Alain Delon. A shooting range was also found at the actor’s home in Douchy-Montcorbon, about 135km (84 miles) south of Paris. Prosecutors said Mr Delon did not have a permit to allow him to own a gun. The actor, 88, was a star of the golden era of French cinema, known for his tough-guy persona on screen in hits like The Samurai and Borsalino. The search on Tuesday was ordered after a court-appointed official sent to Mr Delon’s home noticed a…