admin, Author at Brief Briefing

Wimbledon school crash: ‘Shining star’ eight-year-old girl who died is named

An eight-year-old girl who died after a Land Rover crashed into a primary school in southwest London has been named. A total of 16...

Business

House prices see biggest annual drop in more than 10 years but only because of 2022’s ‘historic highs’

House prices have fallen at the greatest annual rate in more than 10 years, according to the Halifax house price index. The mortgage lender...

Iowa teenager who killed teacher over bad grade is sentenced

A teenager who beat his high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat over a bad grade has been sentenced to life...

Alzheimer’s: First drug to slow progression of disease gains approval of US regulator the FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved a drug that slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease for the first time. The...

Business

This is how AI could change the future of journalism

Sky News has been testing the limits of Artificial Intelligence to see what effect it could have on the future of journalism. Our experiment...

Business

Ministers told to set out plans for ‘floundering’ HS2 station

The delay to HS2 work at Euston shows ministers do not know what they are “trying to achieve” with the “floundering” station, MPs have...

Elle Edwards murder: Connor Chapman jailed for a minimum of 48 years after sub-machine gun attack on Christmas Eve

A man who murdered a 26-year-old beautician when he fired a sub-machine gun into a crowd outside a pub on Christmas Eve has been...

Environment

Germany’s economy is stagnating. And these 5 charts show how

Germany entered a technical recession on May 25, and economists have predicted that GDP growth is set to stagnate for the rest of the...

World

New satellite images show unidentifiable shapes at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Two new satellite images show unidentified white shapes on top of Reactor 4 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The images, taken by satellite imagery...

Britney Spears ‘hit in the face’ by NBA star Victor Wembanyama’s bodyguard

Britney Spears has claimed she was hit in the face by a security guard when she tried to tap a 7ft 4in tall NBA...

Alzheimer’s: First drug to slow progression of disease gains approval of US regulator the FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved a drug that slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease for the first time. The...

Sports

Cameraman has orbital fracture from wild throw

ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2023, 02:29 PM ET The camera operator struck by an errant throw during Wednesday’s game between the “Every time...

Sports

Francona writes ’14’ on cap to honor late Doby

Associated Press Jul 6, 2023, 07:02 PM ET CLEVELAND — 1 Related “His dad couldn’t eat at the same place my dad could, and...

Sports

ESPN Football Recruiting – 300 Player Rankings

RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 QB-PP Belleville, MIBelleville High School 6’4” 205 92 2 OT Charlotte, NCProvidence Day School...

Technology

Why Japan is lagging behind in generative A.I. — and how it can create its own large language models

Japan is known for its futuristic technology. But the nation is lagging behind in the generative AI race and is trying to create its...

Technology

Amazon CEO explains how the company will compete against Microsoft, Google in AI race

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy doesn’t believe the retail and cloud computing giant should be counted out of the artificial intelligence race just yet. In...

Technology

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood warned employees not to ‘build a gold toilet’

From left, Tim Stuart, chief financial officer of Xbox at Microsoft; Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s CEO of gaming; and Microsoft finance chief Amy Hood arrive...

Technology

Twitter accuses Meta of stealing trade secrets for its new Threads app

Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at...

Business

Cost of living: A severe money market shift signals worse to come for personal and public finances

Money markets have begun to price in a Bank of England interest rate of 6.5%. The interest rate on 10-year government bonds (the gilt...

Business

Savings rates: Official at banking regulator FCA says it is not for him to force lenders to offer better returns

A top City watchdog official has declared it is not his job to set savings rates at banks, as lenders are urged to do...