YouTuber Look Mum No Computer chosen as UK entry for Eurovision 2026

Singer-songwriter Sam Battle has built online fanbase through building and playing unusual instrumentsThe YouTuber and experimental singer-songwriter Look Mum No Computer will represent the UK at the Eurovision song contest in Vienna in May, the BBC has announced.The performer and self-professed Eurovision fan, whose real name is Sam Battle, launched his YouTube channel in 2016. He has amassed more than 85m views and 1.4 million subscribers and followers across his various social accounts. Continue reading...

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Anderson Cooper to leave 60 Minutes amid turmoil at CBS News

Cooper is leaving the fabled news show after nearly 20 years amid a shake-up under new editor-in-chief Bari WeissAnderson Cooper will leave the CBS News program 60 Minutes after nearly two decades, he said on Monday, in the latest staffing shake-up to hit the storied news magazine amid broader newsroom changes under the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss.“Being a correspondent at 60 Minutes has been one of the great honors of my career. I got to tell amazing stories, and work with some of the best producers, editors and camera crews in the business,” Cooper said in a statement. “For nearly twenty years, I’ve been able to balance my jobs at CNN and CBS, but I have little kids now and I w..

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Spain to investigate social media firms over AI-generated child sexual abuse material

PM says action is looking at potential criminal liability in order to protect children and end ‘impunity’ of online platformsThe Spanish government will ask prosecutors to investigate the social media companies X, Meta and TikTok to determine whether they have committed criminal offences by allegedly allowing their AI to generate and disseminate child sexual abuse material.Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said his government had taken the decision to protect “the mental health, dignity and rights of our sons and daughters” and to end the “impunity” of huge social media platforms. Continue reading...

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