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Arne Slot believes failure to qualify for the Champions League would be unacceptable for Liverpool this season but might not determine his future at the club.The Premier League champions lie sixth, five points off fourth place, although fifth is likely to yield a Champions League spot. Liverpool, who spent almost £450m on players last summer, are heavily reliant on Champions League revenue for their self-sustaining business model but have won once in seven league games before Wednesday’s visit to Sunderland.Slot said: “If we don’t have Champions League football, it’s definitely not been an acceptable season.” The head coach added: “When…

Tomas Magnusson scored a late winner as the Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts defeated Hibernian 1-0 in a tense Edinburgh derby to tighten their grip on top spot.Magnusson, on as a substitute, popped up with the game’s decisive moment in the 88th minute to spark jubilant scenes inside Tynecastle.The Jambos are now six points ahead of Rangers, who have a game in hand, and nine in front of Celtic, who have two games in hand.Derek McInnes, the Hearts manager, handed a first start to the club’s January signing Islam Chesnokov, while Frankie Kent replaced Craig Halkett, who was suspended after his…

Apple’s revamped compact workout Beats earbuds stick to a winning formula, while slimming down and improving comfort.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.The new Powerbeats Fit are the direct successors to 2022’s popular Beats Fit Pro, costing £200 (€230/$200/A$330). They sit alongside the recently redesigned Powerbeats Pro 2 as Apple’s fitness alternatives of the AirPods.The Fit take Beats’ standard earbud design and add a flexible silicone stabiliser wing that curves around the inside of your concha, rather than around the outside of your ear like the Pro 2.…

OpenAI will not use the name “io” for its forthcoming line of AI hardware devices, according to a Monday court filing.The motion is part of a trademark infringement lawsuit filed last year by audio device startup iyO, which sued OpenAI after the ChatGPT maker acquired famed Apple designer Jony Ive’s startup io. Peter Welinder, OpenAI’s vice president and general manager, said in the filing that OpenAI had reviewed its product-naming strategy and “decided not to use the name ‘io’ (or ‘IYO,’ or any capitalization of either) in connection with the naming, advertising, marketing, or sale of any artificial intelligence-enabled hardware…

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT’s deep research tool with a full-screen viewer that you can use to scroll through and navigate to specific areas of its AI-generated reports. As shown in a video shared by OpenAI, the built-in viewer allows you to open ChatGPT’s reports in a window separate from your chat, while showing a table of contents on the left side of the screen, and a list of sources on the right.Deep research, which OpenAI first launched last year, has ChatGPT scour the web to compile an in-depth report about the topic of your choosing. With this most recent update,…

After responding to numerous security incidents and analyzing the root causes of major breaches, one truth stands out: while every attack appears different on the surface, the underlying patterns are strikingly similar. Whether the victim is a university, a hospital, a Fortune 500 company, or a small business, the same fundamental mistakes often leave doors open to attackers.Human error, unpatched systems, weak authentication, and poor network segmentation remain the most common vulnerabilities. Despite headlines about nation-state actors and zero-day exploits, most breaches begin with something far simpler: phishing and social engineering. Attackers rarely need cutting-edge tools when organizations neglect basic…

A lobbying firm co-owned by Peter Mandelson worked for OpenAI before the US tech company signed a wide-ranging agreement with the UK government to explore deploying AI in Britain’s justice, security and education systems.In 2024, the $500bn-valued maker of ChatGPT was a client of Global Counsel, which Mandelson co-founded and part-owned. Keir Starmer subsequently appointed Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.OpenAI last summer signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK government to develop partnerships “to expand public engagement with AI technology”.In September it signed another deal to provide 2,500 ChatGPT licences to UK civil servants, starting in the Ministry of…

Of the many cultural flashpoints in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time performance on Sunday, one that few observers saw coming was his decision to wear two outfits by the Spanish high street brand Zara.As the most-watched event on US television, the Super Bowl half-time show is a marketing moment as much as a musical one. From Rihanna’s pregnancy reveal to Kendrick Lamar’s show-stealing jeans, the 13-minute showcase has long doubled as a luxury fashion parade.Bad Bunny and his dancers brought Puerto Rican imagery to the Super Bowl stage. Photograph: Kindell Buchanan/PAAnd few musicians are as plugged into that world as…

On a sidewalk, an unassuming junction box sits strapped to a fence. Inside, dozens of keychains, stickers, mini figurines, and other novelties wait to be discovered by eagle-eyed passersby or trinket traders who have traveled across the city to exchange their treasures. Trinket trading has taken off on social media in recent weeks. The trend first originated in Philadelphia, where Philly’s Trinket Trove began documenting the contents of a repurposed electrical junction box on TikTok in September of last year. @phillytrinkettrove We’ve rebranded and made some upgrades! After a small identity crisis, we’re back as @phillytrinkettrove. Same little box full…

The Labour party spent 14 years in the wilderness, following the general election of 2010. It has taken only 18 months for the political project with which it returned to power to implode. The resignation of Morgan McSweeney, Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and the man credited with orchestrating his path to Downing Street, has left the prime minister isolated, rudderless and at the mercy of events he is in no position to control.Mr McSweeney fell on his sword after taking responsibility for backing the appointment of Lord Mandelson as US ambassador, despite what was known about the peer’s…