22 August 2026, in sixty words

A US Department of Energy lab is investigating if Chinese lidar sensors, used in self-driving cars, pose a security threat.

Amazon has raised the cost of various items in its Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, and Eero ranges; some of these increases are substantial.

Tesla has removed all public mentions of its solar roof from its website, with the product's URL now redirecting to a generic solar page.

A humanoid robot called Lightning, developed by smartphone maker Honor, ran 100 metres in 9.32 seconds, breaking Usain Bolt's human world record.

Police have re-arrested two men on suspicion of manslaughter after Liam Potts, 22, a Coldstream Guards soldier, was found dead in a river.

Manchester United began the Premier League season with a 2-0 defeat against Hull City, who had just been promoted.

Leeds United secured a 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest as Anton Stach scored a winning free-kick near the end of the match.

Around 3,750 male sex offenders in prisons across England and Wales might get drugs to control their sex drives from December 2028.

The McLaren driver earned his eighteenth career pole by posting a lap of one minute and 11.163 seconds just as rain started to fall.

The Mercedes driver held his lead from pole position across all 24 laps, crossing the line just as rain started falling in Zandvoort.

Police reprimanded a 48-year-old father after he left his seven-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji for several hours on Thursday.

A man on a stolen dirt bike was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday after leading police on an erratic, high-speed chase.

The central bank bought nearly £900bn in government debt over a decade but is now actively selling it off.

A passenger's laptop caught fire on an American Airlines flight from Atlanta, with the pilot reporting a "cabin fire in the back of the airplane".

Moroccan families are travelling to the Spanish territory of Ceuta, searching for relatives who went missing during a large wave of migration last month.

The site is already 65% finished and includes underground bomb shelters designed to survive drone or missile strikes.

US Vice President JD Vance claimed the Biden administration is responsible for the country's record $40 trillion national debt.

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration's ban on immigrant visas for 75 countries was "contrary to law." Judge Jeannette Vargas found the policy was outside the authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

French police have found serious assault rifles in migrant camps in northern France, raising security concerns.

Como, a historic Italian lakeside city, is banning bikes from about 30 streets in its centre from September.

Seven people, including two police officers, were killed in a crash on the A66 in South Bank, Teesside, early on Saturday morning.

The head of CONCACAF, the North American football body, warned Gianni Infantino his visit would overshadow the under-14 games.

The US president launched a fresh economic campaign against Iran on Wednesday after military strikes failed to secure an agreement.

More than one million people have used LinkedIn's "Seems like AI slop" button since it launched on July 30th.

About one in five job ads on digital boards are 'ghost jobs', meaning companies have no real intention of filling the role.

The waste industry trade body, the ESA, says these dangerous blazes now break out more than ten times a week.

The president also joked about bombing Iran during a Friday campaign event for a Senate candidate in South Carolina.

The supermarket saw its debt hit £7.5bn last year, pushing bosses to consider selling about £1bn in store properties.

Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said Friday his ministry asked the interior ministry to seek Interpol red notices for Benjamin Netanyahu and Afek Moskovitch, citing arrest warrants an Istanbul court issued on 14 July over genocide charges.

Uber has been hit with an €825 million ($966 million) fine from the Dutch data protection authority for using automated systems to deactivate driver accounts without adequate notice.

China's biggest car recall this year affects Tesla's Model 3, Y, X, and S vehicles.

New US tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods came into effect on Saturday after last-minute trade talks broke down.

Saja El-Khawas died on Friday, having been rescued from the sea near Shoreham in West Sussex three days earlier.

At least 16 people died and over 130 were hurt yesterday when Russian drones hit a shopping centre in central Ukraine.

The Met Office, the UK's national weather service, says this El Niño event is likely the strongest in over a century, with Pacific sea temperatures expected to rise by 3C.

Over 81,000 UK 18-year-olds plan to live at home this year, making it the highest number in nine years.

New data indicates approximately 600,000 men in the UK are currently affected by prostate cancer, an increase of 100,000 since 2020.

Shoppers and staff had to leave a Tesco Extra store in Glasgow on Wednesday after a car blaze in its covered car park.

TikTok has agreed to pay $400m to the US to settle a lawsuit claiming it broke child privacy laws.

Astronomers believe a mysterious object named Phoebe, detected in 2019, could be a primordial black hole, formed when the universe first began.

Queen Camilla plays a key role in resolving the disagreement involving Prince Harry, Meghan, and other members of the royal family.

Vivienne, the daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is dropping 'Pitt' from her name, a move her elder siblings have also made.

Royal Mail delivered 85% of first-class mail the next day in the first quarter, falling short of Ofcom's 90% target.

Two men were hurt in Canada after a 27-year-old was arrested following a stabbing at a Nanaksar Sikh Gurdwara on Friday.