Apple just released iOS 18.1.1, but it’s iOS 18.2 that will come with exciting image generation features, such as “Image Playground,” Apple’s image creation feature that creates cartoon-like images from text descriptions. Here’s what you need to know about the Apple Intelligence feature, including what it is, how to use it, and when it launches. …

X is filled with accounts that mimic real-life public figures, ranging from politicians to sports professionals and artists. While some accounts mention “Parody” in their display names, others mention it in their bios, leading some people to mistake them for real accounts — including news anchors. According to a few app reverse engineers, the platform…

A restored Notre-Dame cathedral will soon re-open in Paris – five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic building. On Friday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited the cathedral to mark its imminent re-opening, kicking off a programme of ceremonies that will end with an official “entry” into the cathedral on 7 December and the first…

Eritrean residents in Ethiopia’s capital have reported widespread arrests among their community, sparking fear among refugees and asylum seekers who fled their homes in search of a better life. While not unprecedented, the scale and intensity of the current crackdown in Addis Ababa is significant, with hundreds reportedly detained in recent weeks. The city’s police…

John Horton Network Rail engineers are working to establish what caused the derailment An investigation has been launched after a high-speed train derailed in Kent. The train was travelling at a low speed in a sidings at Ramsgate railway maintenance depot on Thursday night when it left the tracks, according to Network Rail. There were…

Watch: Riot police and pro-EU protesters clash in Georgia Riot police in Georgia used pepper spray and water cannon against protesters who turned out on the streets of Tbilisi after the government suspended moves to join the European Union. Forty-three people were arrested at the demonstrations in the capital on Thursday night, the government said.…

A restored Notre-Dame cathedral will soon re-open in Paris – five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic building. On Friday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited the cathedral to mark its imminent re-opening, kicking off a programme of ceremonies that will end with an official “entry” into the cathedral on 7 December and the first…

An appeal has been launched by police to find viral TikTok personality Harrison Sullivan, known as HSTikkyTokky. The 23-year-old is wanted by Surrey Police for failing to appear in court in relation to several driving offences in Virginia Water in March. The force said Mr Sullivan, who has links to Essex, is believed to have…

Getty Images Politics, with a big majority government, will be much quieter, some said. Not a bit of it. Here we are on a Friday, traditionally the sleepiest of Westminster’s weekdays, and MPs confront a potentially generational defining vote on assisted dying while the government confronts its first cabinet resignation. The first cabinet resignation is…

BBC Ian Harvey was medical director at the Countess of Chester hospital The former medical director of the hospital where Lucy Letby murdered babies has apologised to consultants “if they felt intimidated” by him. Ian Harvey was the most senior doctor at the Countess of Chester Hospital when the nurse killed seven infants and tried…