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OpenAI’s ChatGPT to hit 700 million weekly users, up 4x from last year

OpenAI is set to hit 700 million weekly active users for ChatGPT this week, up from 500 million in March, marking a more than...

Business

Motor finance operators can breathe big sigh of relief

Bank stocks have enjoyed a boost as traders digest the Supreme Court’s ruling on the car finance scandal. Some of the country’s most exposed...

Business

Tesla approves $29bn share award to Elon Musk

Tesla’s board has signed off a $29bn (£21.8bn) share award to Elon Musk after a court blocked an earlier package worth almost double that...

Tesla approves bn share award to Elon Musk

Environment

Trump’s penalty threat puts India in a bind over Russian oil

The Reliance Industries Ltd. oil refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, on Saturday, July 31, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India is navigating...

Soulja Boy arrested on suspected weapons charge during traffic stop

Soulja Boy has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm during a traffic stop. The rapper, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez...

World

‘It is truly monstrous’: Inside the besieged Sudanese city where families are forced to eat animal feed to live

Al Fashir is being suffocated to death. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has held the capital of North Darfur hostage in a 14-month...

Sports

Marlins def. Yankees, earn 1st-ever sweep of N.Y.

ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2025, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Gil, the reigning AL Rookie of the Year, struck out...

Sports

Rodriguez makes history with another 20-20 year

ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2025, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Rodriguez hit a two-run shot in the third inning —...

Sports

White Sox place Vargas on IL with oblique strain

Associated Press Aug 3, 2025, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Chicago White Sox placed infielder Miguel Vargas on the...

Martin Lewis reveals who is due for car finance compensation – and how much they’ll get

Martin Lewis says motorists who were mis-sold car finance are likely to receive “hundreds, not thousands of pounds” – with regulators launching a consultation...

World

Hamas ‘ready’ to deliver aid to hostages after outcry over footage of Israeli captive

Hamas has said it is ready to cooperate with a request to deliver food to Israeli hostages in Gaza, if Israel agrees to permanently...

Politics

£100m border security boost – as govt vows ‘major crackdown’ on people smuggling gangs

The government has vowed to push for a “major new crackdown” on people smuggling gangs with a £100m cash boost for border security. The...

How Air India crash victim’s grieving family discovered remains mix-up

Almost two months after Air India Flight 171’s deadly crash, some of the 53 British nationals on board are only now being laid to...

World

New US plan for Gaza starting to emerge despite sanitised tour for Trump peace envoy

We’ve seen this many times before. Highly anticipated talks and meetings with America, Israel’s closest ally and the one country with the power to...

Business

FCA considering compensation scheme over car finance scandal – raising hopes of payouts for motorists

Thousands of motorists who bought cars on finance before 2021 could be set for payouts as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it...

Politics

More children from Gaza to be brought to UK for urgent medical treatment

Efforts to bring Gazan children to the UK for urgent medical treatment are set to be accelerated under new government plans. Under the scheme,...

Technology

Figma CEO’s path from college dropout and Thiel fellow to tech billionaire

Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, signs the guestbook on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on July...

Science

China Launches PRSS-01 to Elevate Pakistan’s Space and Disaster Response

In a major fillip to Pakistan’s space and disaster management applications, China Thursday launched the first ever Remote Sensing Satellite-1 (PRSS-01) exclusively for Pakistan....

Science

Mysterious Planet Nine May Still Lurk in the Outer Solar System

The concept of a large, hidden planet or planets lurking in the most distant regions of our solar system has been known since before...

World

Sydney Harbour Bridge pro-Palestine protest so busy it was ‘perilous’, police chief says

Tens of thousands of Sydney residents marched across the city’s iconic Harbour Bridge to support Palestinians in Gaza and call for an end to...