A new immunotherapy treatment has produced striking early results in men with advanced prostate cancer.Researchers reported that the drug VIR-5500 shrank tumours in several patients during a phase one trial. Prostate cancer remains the most common cancer in men in many countries.About 1.5 million new cases appear worldwide each year. VIR-5500 works by linking killer T-cells directly to tumour cells.This approach helps the immune system recognise and destroy cancer.The drug activates mainly inside the tumour, which reduces harmful side effects. Fifty-eight men whose disease no longer responded to standard therapies received the treatment.Most participants experienced only mild side effects. Among…
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Burger King has introduced an AI chatbot for restaurant staff in the United States.The system connects to employee headsets and supports daily operations. The company calls the voice assistant “Patty.”It listens during customer interactions and detects polite service phrases.Managers receive insights into overall service patterns. Burger King says the tool does not score individual workers.It aims to coach teams and improve the guest experience.The system should help managers recognise strong performance. The wider BK Assistant platform automates several tasks.It removes unavailable items from digital menus in real time.It guides staff through recipe steps during food preparation.It can also flag when…
A once-daily pill helped people with type 2 diabetes lose up to 8% of body weight.Researchers tested the drug orforglipron against oral semaglutide. Orforglipron lowered blood sugar and reduced appetite without fasting before use.Participants also achieved better glucose control than with semaglutide. More than 1,500 adults joined the year-long international study.Those taking orforglipron lost more weight than patients on semaglutide tablets. Gastrointestinal side effects caused higher dropout rates with the new drug.Regulators have not yet approved it. Experts see major potential for easier, cheaper tablet treatments.Long-term safety and cardiovascular effects still require further study.
Aston Martin will cut up to 20% of its workforce as it tries to save about £40m. The move could affect roughly 500 employees. The luxury carmaker confirmed the decision after reporting deeper pre-tax losses for 2025. Losses rose to £363.9m from £289.1m the previous year. The company had already reduced 170 roles at the start of 2024. The group said it had reviewed its structure earlier in 2025. It concluded further changes were necessary to support future plans. Chief executive Adrian Hallmark called the cuts an important step toward a leaner business. Aston Martin has struggled since its 2019…
The UK has delayed a clinical trial on puberty blockers after the medicines regulator demanded a higher minimum age. Officials warned about unknown long-term biological risks and called for stricter safeguards. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will hold talks with King’s College London next week. The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed that recruitment will not start until they resolve the concerns. The Pathways trial followed a recommendation from the Cass review. That review found weak evidence for the benefits of puberty blockers in young people. Dr Hilary Cass said a controlled trial was the only way…
China has overtaken the United States as Germany’s top trading partner in 2025.Total trade between Germany and China reached €251bn, according to official data. Germany imported €170.6bn in goods from China and exported €81.3bn in return.Trade with the US fell to €240bn, partly linked to tariff disputes. The figures were released as Chancellor Friedrich Merz prepared for his first official visit to Beijing.He will meet Prime Minister Li Qiang and President Xi Jinping for talks on trade, Ukraine and human rights. Germany’s economy remains closely tied to the Chinese market.Major carmakers such as Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz depend heavily on…
OpenAI said it identified the account of Jesse Van Rootselaar months before a deadly school attack in British Columbia.Its systems flagged the activity in June for the “furtherance of violent activities”. The company reviewed whether to alert the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.It decided the case did not meet its threshold for referral.That threshold requires a credible and imminent risk of serious harm. Van Rootselaar later killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge before taking their own life.Police said the victims included a teaching assistant and several students.The attacker had previous mental-health-related contact with authorities. After the shooting, OpenAI contacted the RCMP…
Amazon’s cloud division suffered outages last year that were reportedly triggered by its own AI systems.One 13-hour disruption in December occurred after an AI agent autonomously deleted and rebuilt part of its environment. AWS underpins large parts of the internet, so even brief failures draw scrutiny.Another outage in October knocked dozens of websites offline and renewed concerns about reliance on a few major providers. Amazon said the incidents were caused by user configuration errors, not by artificial intelligence itself.It added that only one event affected customer-facing services and that extra safeguards are now in place. The report comes as Andy…
Airbus has proposed splitting Europe’s future fighter project into two separate aircraft to end a long dispute with Dassault Aviation.The clash centres on who leads the fighter element of the Future Combat Air System. Chief executive Guillaume Faury said a dual-jet approach could save the wider programme.FCAS also includes drones and a combat data network that are progressing without major issues. Tensions increased after Friedrich Merz said the current design does not meet Germany’s needs.France wants a nuclear-capable aircraft, while Germany does not.The partner nations must soon decide whether to continue with the fighter phase. Airbus reported a 23% rise…
Leading Alpine skiers have raised alarm over accelerating glacier loss during the Winter Olympics in Cortina.Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin said the changes are visible across the mountains where they train.Federica Brignone warned the retreat threatens the planet, not only skiing. Glaciers once visible from Cortina have largely disappeared.Italy has lost more than 200 square kilometres of glacier area since the late 1950s.Scientists report the decline has accelerated in the past two decades. The remaining ice in the Dolomites now sits at higher elevations.Major glaciers such as the Marmolada are shrinking rapidly.A massive collapse there in 2022 killed 11 hikers.Researchers…
