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• A startup TextWeave garantiu US$ 10 milhões em financiamento seed no mês passado para utilizar LLMs na geração de copy de marketing para pequenos comércios. • A plataforma atende a necessidades de nicho na criação de conteúdo, demonstrando como soluções de IA especializadas impulsionam o crescimento de startups. • Esse financiamento se alinha às tendências de adoção corporativa, onde a IA generativa lidera as notícias de startups de tecnologia para tarefas como escrita automatizada.

Philip Young muda todas as declarações para culpado após negar inicialmente as acusações de produzir imagens indecentes de crianças. Um ex-vereador conservador que admitiu quase 50 crimes de dopar, estuprar e agredir sexualmente sua ex-esposa declarou-se culpado de crimes adicionais de produção de imagens indecentes de crianças. Philip Young, 49, declarou-se culpado em janeiro no Winchester crown court de 11 acusações de estupro e 11 acusações de administrar uma substância com a intenção de dopar sua ex-esposa Joanne Young, 48, que renunciou ao seu direito ao anonimato. Continue lendo...

• Anthony Odiong é acusado de abusar sexualmente de três fiéis do sexo feminino espiritualmente vulneráveis em Waco • Planos estão em andamento para que a arquidiocese católica romana de New Orleans remova o nome de um padre de uma capela que ele ajudou a construir nos arredores da cidade, enquanto um julgamento criminal se aproxima no Texas para o clérigo sob acusações criminais de que ele abusou sexualmente de três fiéis do sexo feminino espiritualmente vulneráveis no local, apurou o Guardian. • Anthony Odiong teria arrecadado US$ 600.000 para construir e, em seguida, inaugurar a Our Lady of Guadalupe Healing Chapel em Luling, Louisiana, em 2020, enquanto era pároco em uma igreja adjacente, anos antes de as autoridades o acusarem criminalmente no Texas, onde ele também havia exercido o ministério anteriormente.

Motoristas parecem não se intimidar com os altos preços dos combustíveis e as previsões de tempo fechado, enquanto obras de engenharia indicam atrasos para passageiros ferroviários. Motoristas foram alertados para esperar o tráfego de feriado bancário de maio mais movimentado no Reino Unido em anos, apesar dos altos preços dos combustíveis e do fim iminente do período ensolarado que ameaça desanimar o feriado prolongado. Mais de 19 milhões de viagens de lazer de carro eram esperadas durante o feriado prolongado, de sexta a segunda-feira, de acordo com uma pesquisa da organização automobilística RAC — o maior número desde 2016. Obras de engenharia também devem interromper viagens ferroviárias neste fim de semana. Continue lendo...

• Veículo passava por Juvisy-sur-Orge quando saiu da pista e caiu no rio • Quatro pessoas foram resgatadas do Seine, perto de Paris, após um ônibus conduzido por um motorista em treinamento colidir com um veículo estacionado antes de mergulhar no rio • O ônibus passava pela cidade de Juvisy-sur-Orge, a sudeste da capital francesa, quando saiu da pista e caiu no Seine, disseram promotores

• A FOX Business Network (FBN) superou a CNBC em audiência durante o horário comercial, horas de mercado e programação diária total durante abril de 2026, de acordo com dados da Nielsen Media Research divulgados em 29 de abril. • Os programas principais da FBN, "Varney & Co." e "Kudlow", mantiveram suas posições como os dois principais programas de negócios na televisão, alcançando seus 50º e 55º meses consecutivos superando seus respectivos concorrentes da CNBC. • A vitória na audiência ressalta o domínio competitivo da FOX Business no mercado de notícias financeiras durante um período de anúncios significativos de política do Federal Reserve e volatilidade do mercado.

• Ativistas afirmam que as ordens de proteção de espaços públicos também estão sendo usadas para criminalizar diversas atividades cotidianas • Um em cada cinco conselhos locais proibiu o uso de palavrões sob novas ordens de 'intromissão', um aumento em relação a um em cada 20 conselhos em 2022 • Um novo relatório da Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life descobriu que as ordens de proteção de espaços públicos (PSPOs) – originalmente destinadas a combater comportamentos antissociais graves – estão sendo usadas por conselhos na Inglaterra e no País de Gales para criminalizar uma ampla gama de atividades cotidianas, incluindo ficar em grupos, gritar e recolher pedras. Continue lendo...

• Detentores de cartões e cuidadores relatam ter sido assediados, filmados e ameaçados por estranhos que pensam que eles estão fingindo deficiências. • Pessoas com deficiência que utilizam os blue badges para realizar suas atividades diárias afirmam estar sendo assediadas, questionadas e até agredidas, à medida que a retórica contra benefícios se torna mais comum no Reino Unido. • Cerca de 3 milhões de pessoas no Reino Unido possuem agora um blue badge, incluindo 1 em cada 15 adultos na Inglaterra. O número de pessoas qualificadas para o programa – que permite aos motoristas estacionar em vagas mais acessíveis – levou alguns a alertar sobre mau uso e fraudes. Leia mais...

Sky Roberts disse que os sobreviventes 'ainda lutam para serem ouvidos' depois que o rei, cujo irmão Andrew foi acusado de agressão por Giuffre, não se reuniu com eles.

Imagens de câmeras de segurança circulando nas redes sociais mostraram crianças no centro de recreação Little Aresha, em Yogyakarta, a maioria com menos de dois anos, deitadas no chão usando apenas fraldas, com as mãos e os pés amarrados com trapos.

Lauren Ashley Mastrosa given 18-month community corrections order after book was read by handful of advance readersThe author behind an offensive novel depicting toddler role-play has been convicted but spared jail for penning child abuse material.Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, a 34-year-old former marketing executive for a Christian charity, wrote Daddy’s Little Toy under the pen name Tori Woods and published it through an online pre-release in March 2025. Continue reading...

Police warn of violent pornography and ‘toxic’ influencers as suicides outstrip homicides for third year runningThe first teenage girl has been identified as having been driven to kill herself after domestic violence, as police chiefs blamed violent pornography and “toxic” influencers for being behind a rise in teen abuse.Suicides after domestic abuse have outstripped homicides for the third year running, according to the Domestic Homicide Project, which records deaths in England and Wales after domestic abuse. Continue reading...

• Delta Air Lines reported first-quarter net income of $1.8 billion, up 22% year-over-year, benefiting from strong leisure and business travel demand with average fares rising 8% despite lower capacity growth across the industry. • CEO Ed Bastian stated that forward bookings through summer 2026 indicate "resilient demand," with premium cabin bookings up 15%, offsetting concerns about potential economic slowdown and suggesting corporate travel spending remains solid. • The strong results bolstered airline sector sentiment, lifting Southwest Airlines and United Airlines stocks by 2.4% and 1.9% respectively on optimism about sustained pricing power and margin expansion through peak summer travel season.

Students aged 12 to 15 steered bus to safety and called for help after driver lost consciousness from asthma attackMiddle school students in Mississippi acted quickly to halt their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a highway, prompting the operator to declare: “They saved my life.”The bus in question had just left the Hancock middle school in the Mississippi community of Kiln on Wednesday when the driver, Leah Taylor, suffered an asthma attack and lost consciousness. Continue reading...

Kendrick Guidry, alone among judges, initially ruled that the state supreme court’s decision to uphold a ‘lookback window’ for abuse claims did not set a binding precedentOnly one judge in Louisiana has ruled in favor of the Catholic church’s ongoing attempts to strike down a law there which allowed old abuse claims their day in court – even after a state supreme court decision upheld the constitutionality of that so-called “lookback window”.But now, that judge – Kendrick J Guidry of Lake Charles – is being forced to acknowledge that his ruling benefited a specific church on whose finance committee he sits, giving him a direct financial interest that required his recusal under the state’s judicial code. Continue reading...

Labour MPs are reportedly urging colleagues to demand Burnham’s return in order to position him as Starmer’s eventual successorIf Keir Starmer is looking for a saviour to keep him in No 10 after the May elections and the scandal of the Mandelson saga, there is an unlikely figure in the north-west who might help him – temporarily.It has been the week where the prime minister seemed at his most isolated. But Labour MPs told the Guardian they were urging colleagues not to depose Starmer next month, and were instead preparing to demand that Andy Burnham return to parliament in order to succeed him before the next general election. Continue reading...

Police allegedly found images on iCloud account of singer accused of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas HernandezA Los Angeles prosecutor said that the singer D4vd, who was charged this week in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, was in possession of a “significant amount of child pornography”.Police allegedly found the images on the iCloud account of the 21-year-old singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke. Continue reading...

HMRC owed more than £640,00 by company that advised clients such as TikTok, GSK and PalantirPeter Mandelson’s former consultancy business, Global Counsel, went bust owing £4.6m – including more than £600,000 to the taxman – a report by the group’s administrators reveals.The company, which provided advice to high-profile clients including Chinese-owned TikTok, US tech business Palantir and UK pharmaceutical firm GSK, collapsed into administration in February, after it lost a series of accounts over the peer’s relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

Analyst who worked on Internet Watch Foundation report says content exists ‘across all social media platforms’ and is ‘very easy’ to findThe number of commercial child sexual abuse websites has doubled in a year as experts say that criminal gangs are making “huge profits” from online sexual exploitation.According to data collected by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), 15,031 commercial child sexual abuse sites were found in 2025, compared with 7,028 found in 2024, a 114% increase. Continue reading...

Partner of soldier accused of war crimes says the couple discussed possibility of moving overseas to ‘create some normalcy in our lives’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith was planning to leave Australia to live overseas and had a business class flight out of the country booked in four days’ time when he was arrested at Sydney airport this month, court documents allege, with investigators telling a court “his willingness to return to Australia to face prosecution cannot be judged”.Roberts-Smith was ultimately granted bail last week under strict conditions, a move opposed by prosecutors who said there was potential concern he was a flight risk and might try to avoid ever having to face trial for a series of alleged murders he committed in Afghanistan. Continue reading...

• The number of small businesses in the United States continues to grow amid entrepreneurial optimism. • Owners report increasing difficulty securing startup capital needed to launch and expand operations. • Policies associated with President Trump are cited by business leaders as dampening access to financing for new entrepreneurs pursuing the American Dream.

Exclusive: Corrective Services investigates how Richard Guilliatt of The Australian was able to interview Rob and Karen Gilfillan for Shadow of DoubtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCorrective Services New South Wales is investigating how a journalist from The Australian was able to interview a man and a woman convicted of abusing their daughter for a podcast that raised questions about their guilt.After legal restrictions were lifted last month the victim said the podcast had been highly detrimental to her mental health. Continue reading...

Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’US politics live – latest updatesHouse judiciary Democrats have launched a formal inquiry into FBI director, Kash Patel’s alleged drinking habits, demanding he complete a standardized alcohol abuse assessment and submit the results to Congress.In a letter sent on Tuesday, led by Jamie Raskin, a Maryland representative, Democrats on the committee called on Patel to take the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (Audit) – a 10-question World Health Organization screening tool used to identify harmful patterns of drinking – along with a sworn statement attesting to his answers. Lawmakers also requested all security clearance questionnaires Patel has completed since taking the role. Continue reading...

ABF, which owns Kingsmill, Twinings and Patak’s, to demerge fashion chain to maximise shareholder returnsBusiness live – latest updatesPrimark is to break free from its sister food company, which owns Twinings, Kingsmill and Patak’s, next year despite warning that the conflict in the Middle East is likely to hit consumer spending.The fashion chain’s owner, Associated British Foods (ABF), confirmed the plan to split off Primark from the rest of the group, first mooted last year. Continue reading...

‘Stone age’ system of booking cross-border rail tickets holding back climate action by consumers, says thinktankEurope’s “stone age” system of booking train tickets makes it needlessly difficult for travellers to avoid polluting flights, a report has found.Booking equivalent train tickets is “difficult or impossible” on almost half of the EU’s busiest international air routes, analysis from the Transport & Environment (T&E) thinktank shows. Continue reading...

Preston Davey died aged 13 months after ‘routine abuse’ by Jamie Varley and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, jury hearsA baby boy was “routinely ill-treated, sexually abused and physically assaulted” before he was killed by a secondary school teacher adopting him, a jury has heard.Jamie Varley, the teacher, 37, and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were in the process of adopting Preston Davey. Continue reading...

The 82-year-old was accused of abusing girls in the 1960s but was acquitted in Perth despite judge finding the alleged victim was telling the truthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former champion footballer Barry Cable has been acquitted of a slew of historical child sexual abuse charges despite a judge finding the alleged victim was likely telling the truth.The 82-year-old faced a judge-only criminal trial over allegations he abused a girl aged about eight or nine at his family home in the late 1960s. Continue reading...

Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unitBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesElon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino – the former chief executive of X – were on Monday summoned for “voluntary interviews”, while other employees of the platform were scheduled to be heard as witnesses throughout this week, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Continue reading...

Retail analysts say breaking up food and fashion group would make sense in challenging business environmentPrimark may break free from Kingsmill, Twinings and the sugar business this week when Associated British Foods announces plans on a mooted demerger.The potential split comes at a tricky time for the group controlled by the billionaire Weston family, with its fashion and food arms facing tough competition and rising costs. Continue reading...