Steep fall in young smokers in past decade

Steep fall in young smokers in past decade

Getty Images Fewer than one out of every 10 young adults in the UK smoke cigarettes – a steep drop from a quarter of 18-24-year-olds 12 years ago, according to official estimates. Smoking rates among UK adults have been falling over the past decade, with nearly 12%, or six million people, smoking in 2023, the … Read more

Award-winning journalist who exposed cyberscams is arrested

Award-winning journalist who exposed cyberscams is arrested

Getty Images Mech Dara has been honoured for his work by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist who has reported extensively on human trafficking and corruption, has been arrested and charged with incitement. Dara, who has reported for the BBC, has been charged over five social media posts which … Read more

DreamWorks Animation at 30: Painting a bright path forward with ‘The Wild Robot’

DreamWorks Animation at 30: Painting a bright path forward with ‘The Wild Robot’

Filmmaker Chris Sanders had finally cracked “The Wild Robot.” Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living in the wilderness, had been sitting on the shelf at DreamWorks Animation for a bit. No one had quite figured it out. Then Sanders, the man behind beloved animated features from “Lilo & Stitch” to “How to … Read more

‘ever present’ personal AI assistants are coming

‘ever present’ personal AI assistants are coming

Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants with “really good long-term memory” are about a year away, according to Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman. Products which can recall conversations, projects and problems will encourage users to invest more time and share more of their personal history with them, he said in an exclusive interview with the BBC. … Read more

Euro zone inflation, September 2024

Euro zone inflation, September 2024

Visitors pass shops on a pedestrianized street in the old town in A Coruna, Spain, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Manaure Quintero | Bloomberg | Getty Images Euro zone inflation fell to 1.8% in September, coming in below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Tuesday. The reading was … Read more