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I am a pretty hopeless churchgoer but whenever I have attended a service in our village I have found myself talking to a nice old boy who has always gone out of his way to make me feel welcome.

BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Cloud storage company Backblaze has partnered with StorageReview to make a massive dataset containing 314 trillion digits of Pi publicly accessible. The digits were calculated by StorageReview in December 2025 after months of heavy computation designed to stress modern hardware. The dataset now hosted in the cloud weighs in at over 130TB, while the full working dataset used during the calculation reached about 2.1PB when intermediate checkpoints were included. The report notes that the Pi digits have been broken into roughly 200GB chunks to make it more practical for researchers or enthusiasts to download. Here's what StorageReview founder Brian Beeler said about the project: "Pushing [Pi] to 314 trillion digits was far more than a headline number. It was a sustained, months-long computational challenge that stressed every layer of modern infrastructure, from high core-count CPUs to massive high-speed storage, and it gave us valuable insight into how extreme, real-world workloads behave at scale. Making this dataset available in the Backblaze cloud takes the project a step further by opening access to one of the largest raw outputs ever generated in a single-system calculation. Hosting multi-petabyte files for the broader community is no small feat, and we appreciate Backblaze stepping up to ensure researchers, developers, and enthusiasts can explore and build on this record-setting achievement."

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The councils said an increase in unspent funds is 'not unusual due to fluctuating levels of council activity'

Emily Atack made sure to catch the eye in a bold leather beret and matching jacket as she attended Cheltenham Festival on Friday. 

Hegseth lectured the press about unfavorable headlines but refused to answer questions about the military's plan to curb the Islamic regime's efforts to deepen the global oil crisis.

The actress, whose real name was Jean Dike, died on February 22 at her home overlooking Sutton Harbour in Plymouth with her loved ones by her side, just weeks after celebrating her birthday.

British holidaymaker Andrea Pendrey and her partner found themselves stuck in the Maldives after their flight home was cancelled due to the ongoing conflict.

The Friends of St George Park planted more than 30,000 bulbs in their local park on Saturday, with nearly 70 'volunteers ranging from 9 months old to early 80s' coming together.

The maker of blockbuster weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound has issued an urgent warning against knockoff versions of the medications over 'critical safety issues.'

The Daily Mail has rounded up the biggest and most luxurious jewels ever worn to the Oscars awards - as we anticipate who will shine brightest this year.

He has finally achieved the global attention he long craved as one of the toxic male influencers featured in Louis Theroux' s hit new Netflix documentary Inside The Manosphere.

Here, the Daily Mail takes a closer look at the fan favorite titles that did not make the Oscars' Best Picture list.

Meta has delayed the release of its next major AI model after internal tests showed it lagging behind competing systems from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The New York Times reports: The model, code-named Avocado, outperformed Meta's previous A.I. model and did better than Google's Gemini 2.5 model from March, two of the people said. But it has not performed as strongly as Gemini 3.0 from November, they said. As a result, Meta has delayed Avocado's release to at least May from this month, the people said. They added that the leaders of Meta's A.I. division had instead discussed temporarily licensing Gemini to power the company's A.I. products, though no decisions have been reached. [...] It takes time to improve A.I. models, and Meta can still catch up to rivals, A.I. experts said. But a longer timeline has set in at the company, with Mr. Zuckerberg tempering expectations for Avocado in the past few months. "I expect our first models will be good, but more importantly will show the rapid trajectory we're on," he said on a call with investors in January. A Meta spokesperson said in a statement: "As we've said publicly, our next model will be good but, more importantly, show the rapid trajectory we're on, and then we'll steadily push the frontier over the course of the year as we continue to release new models. We're excited for people to see what we've been cooking very soon."

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There have been several serious or fatal collisions on the busy road

This was Daily Mail Sport's live blog of day three at the 2026, Gold Cup Day as we brought you the latest tips, racecards and results from one of the biggest horse racing events in the calendar.

An incident in Macau

A 70-year old woman in China loudly shouted at a robot to leave her alone, but the bot instead stood its ground and did a “raise the roof” move when the woman called it “freaking crazy.”…

Making money tends to take time, effort and sustained commitment. Investing is an exception. All you need is to commit just under an hour of your time to get started.

It was a rare public outing for Annie Kilner, but one where she almost managed to crack a smile. Posing with her sister Sian, the embattled WAG appeared happy and content at lunch.

Kelly Osbourne laid a bouquet of flowers for her late father Ozzy Osbourne on Friday as she visited the Buckinghamshire home where he is buried. 

Valdo Calocane had a history of violence and mental illness when he was set free to kill three people in Nottingham in 2023. But a police union boss warns a police brain drain is a major problem