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Jacob Bethell is set to become England’s youngest men’s captain in an international match after being selected to lead the side in three T20s in Ireland next month.The 21-year-old is on the Test fringes but he is already a white-ball mainstay and the esteem in which he is held is emphasised by his appointment to captain England from 17-21 September n Dublin.When he does so, Bethell will eclipse the existing record held by Monty Bowden, who was 23 years and 144 days old when he oversaw England in a Test against South Africa in Cape Town in 1888-89.“Jacob Bethell has…

Never mind the GPT-5 complaints; Sam Altman says he believes ChatGPT is on track to have more conversations per day than all human beings combined.“If you project our growth forward, pretty soon billions of people a day will be talking to ChatGPT,” said the CEO of OpenAI during a dinner with journalists in San Francisco. “ChatGPT will be having more conversations, maybe, than all human words put together, at some point. I think it’s unreasonable to expect a single model personality or style to work for all of that.”The remarks followed the chaotic launch of a long-awaited new flagship model,…

In a landmark victory for civil society and coastal communities, the Western Cape High Court has set aside the South African government’s decision to grant environmental authorisation for offshore drilling in Block 5/6/7, along the South-West Coast. Judge Mangcu-Lockwood delivered her judgment  on Wednesday, 13 August. Following an intense legal challenge by The Green Connection and Natural Justice that exposed serious flaws in how the environmental and social risks were evaluated, the court has now returned the matter to the Department of Minerals and Petroleum, requiring fresh assessments, additional information, and public participation. While the authorisation was initially granted to…

Heavy rains are forecast to start with the storm expected to become a major Category 3 storm over the weekend.Hurricane Erin has formed in the Atlantic Ocean as it approaches the northeast Caribbean, as forecasters warn of possible flooding and landslides in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.The storm is expected to remain over open waters, although tropical storm watches were issued for Anguilla and Barbuda, St Martin and St Barts, Saba and St Eustatius and St Maarten.Heavy rains were forecast to start late on Friday in Antigua and Barbuda, the US and British Virgin Islands, and southern and eastern…

The attorney general of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the platform of failing to implement basic safety controls and making the site the “perfect place for pedophiles.” The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by Attorney General Liz Murrill, alleges that Roblox “has and continues to facilitate the distribution of child sexual abuse material and the sexual exploitation of Louisiana’s children.” It also accuses the platform of purposely not rolling out basic safety controls to protect children from predators and failing to notify parents of risks. Roblox, which launched in 2006, has 82 million daily active users. The lawsuit…

Disaster agency says the majority of deaths happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan.The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 164 people, according to the disaster authority.Most of the deaths, 150, were recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, including 78 people who died in the flood-hit Buner district, the National Disaster Management Authority said on Friday.Later, a helicopter on a rescue mission in the flood-hit province crashed due to the bad weather, killing the five crew members, the government said.Reporting from…

20. Anything to Be With You (2023)Carly Rae Jepsen loves to squirrel away killer songs for her now-standard B-side collections. The opener to The Loveliest Time (the companion to 2022’s The Loneliest Time) evinces several CRJ trademarks: a love of odd production in the drily funky guitar and playful percussion, breathy falsetto – and obsessive, intense lyrics about being willing to do anything for love.19. This Kiss (2012)You can plot Jepsen songs on a spectrum of “laser-eyed intensity” to “dreamy reverie”. This Kiss, from her first pop album Kiss (after her dreary post-Canadian Idol debut, 2008’s Tug of War), epitomises…

Who: Mallorca vs BarcelonaWhat: Spanish La LigaWhere: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix in Mallorca, SpainWhen: Saturday at 7:30pm (17:30 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 4:30pm (15:30 GMT) in advance of our live text commentary stream.Barcelona begin their defence of their La Liga title on Saturday after flying to the island of Mallorca.The Catalan club disposed of their fierce rivals and winners of the previous year’s title, Real Madrid, on all fronts last season.Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at the first major match of the new La Liga season and what clues there…

Yankuba Minteh’s talents have taken him all the way to the Premier League but it was on a sandy pitch in Bakoteh, West Africa, where he honed his skills.And while his mother did not approve of how much time Minteh, now 21, spent playing football in The Gambia, the future Brighton & Hove Albion winger was driven by the desire to improve his family’s fortunes.Five years ago he took the decision to leave his parents, six siblings and friends to chase his dream in Europe.”I wanted to change their life and take them out of poverty,” Minteh told BBC Sport…

Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesGerman car making giant Volkswagen (VW) has introduced a subscription for UK customers wanting to increase the power of some of its electric cars.Those who buy an eligible car in its ID.3 range can choose to pay extra if they want to unlock the full power of the engine inside the vehicle.VW says the “optional power upgrade” will cost £16.50 per month or £165 annually – or people can choose to pay £649 for a lifetime subscription. The firm said it was “offering customers choice” with the feature.Auto Express, who first reported the story, said a lifetime…