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- Engadget
The Morning After: Musk wants to buy OpenAI. It doesn’t want to be bought.
The biggest news stories this morning: TikTok suggests Android users in the US should sideload the app, OnePlus 13 phone review, Apple will reportedly announce a new iPhone SE this week.
- Reuters
Shopify beats holiday-quarter revenue estimates on higher consumer spending
U.S.-listed shares of the company fell 9% in premarket trading. Shopify expects its revenue to grow at a mid-twenties percentage rate in the current quarter, while analysts expect a rise of 24.4% from a year earlier to $2.31 billion according to data from LSEG. Shopify has invested in building out artificial intelligence-based tools and features across its services that help sellers on its platform with tasks ranging from image generation and inventory management to gathering customer and sales data.
- Reuters
Trump's accusations against South Africa spark 'white privilege' self-mockery
U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on what he alleges is South Africa's mistreatment of its white minority are being met with mockery on social media by some white South Africans poking fun at their own privilege. Trump said last week that "certain classes of people" were being treated "very badly" in South Africa, referring to a bill signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa aimed at addressing racial disparities in land ownership. He then cut aid to South Africa and offered refugee resettlement in the United States to Afrikaners, the descendants of early European settlers, stating they were "victims of unjust racial discrimination".
- The Independent
Warren Gatland news LIVE: Wales coach set to leave role immediately amid dismal Six Nations
Gatland has endured a dire second spell in charge of Wales, with the team on a record 14-game losing streak
- The Canadian Press
Virginia governor declares storm emergency as snow and ice bear down on mid-Atlantic states
A wintry mess was bearing down on mid-Atlantic states Tuesday with forecasts of significant snow and ice accumulations prompting warnings of potential power outages.
- Evening Standard
Luis Rubiales tells court Jenni Hermoso gave him consent to kiss her
The striker said that she did not agree to the kiss during Spain’s World Cup celebrations
- The Canadian Press
Rubiales tells judge that Hermoso gave him consent for kiss after 2023 Women's World Cup
MADRID (AP) — Former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales reiterated before a judge on Tuesday that forward Jenni Hermoso gave him consent for a kiss at the 2023 Women’s World Cup final presentation ceremony.
- The Canadian Press
JD Vance rails against 'excessive regulation' of AI at Paris summit in rebuke to European efforts
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday warned global leaders and tech industry executives that “excessive regulation” could cripple the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry in a rebuke to European efforts to curb AI’s risks.
- BBC
The Debate: Do Trump's tariffs mean the end of the post-war free trade world?
President Trump has proposed a sweeping set of tariffs. Does this mark the end of the post-war free trade world?
- Yahoo Life UK
The exact age your child should have a smartphone according to experts
Alesha Dixon says she is working 'super hard' to prevent her daughters having smartphones.
- BBC
UK will not immediately respond to US metal tariffs
"Cool heads" are needed to avoid escalating trade tensions with Donald Trump, sources have told the BBC.
- The Independent
Met Police loses challenge over vetting of officer accused of rape
Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the ruling has ‘left policing in a hopeless position’
- The Independent
Plus-size passengers: What do airlines offer to make flying easier and how much does it cost?
People are getting larger, and planes are flying fuller
- The Independent
How Sweden’s worst mass shooting unfolded at a small town school - and why police have ‘no clear motive’ one week on
IN FOCUS: As Sweden falls silent for the victims of the Orebro killings their families are still waiting for answers, Alex Croft croft writes
- Evening Standard
ITV faces 'increasing pressure' to address Gino D'Acampo allegations of 'inappropriate' behaviour
The TV chef is facing more than 40 complaints of misconduct spanning 12 years—allegations he denies
- BBC
British and European champion Harris retires because of lack of opportunity
Welsh boxer Jay Harris has retired from the sport because of a lack of opportunities.
- The Independent
Trump brings back plastic straws – because he claims paper ones ‘explode’
Trump condemned the ‘ridiculous situation’ created by the Biden administration in its attempt to phase out single-use plastic from federal operations
- WFTS-Tampa
Rollins H.S. basketball player recognized for courage following hurricanes
We all know rebounding is a big part of basketball, but this past year, Rollins High School senior Aby Salina Jean realized it’s also a big part of life after she lost her home, car, and nearly her life during Hurricane Helene. “So, I was actually laying down with my dog in my bed, and then my nana came into my room, she said, ‘it’s flooding,’ and I was like, ‘what’s going on?’” said Aby. “So I went outside, and my car was in the garage, and it was completely flooded, the home, it started flooding really like 12 a.m. in the morning, we had to get out because the sockets were starting to explode, so we had to leave, and by the time we left the water was up to our waist.” Jean is used to playing road games on her high school basketball team, but since September, her entire life has been a road trip, staying at friends’ houses and hotel rooms as she waits for her home to be repaired.
- The Canadian Press
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly.”
- Evening Standard
Met Police ‘predators’ could return to uniform as force loses vetting case brought by ‘rapist’ officer
Met Police ‘predators’ could return to uniform as force loses vetting case brought by ‘rapist’ officer