Microsoft digs up Vista-era animated wallpaper for Windows 11. Here's how to get it
Debuted in 2007, an old feature is coming back
hands on If you're tired of staring at the same old static wallpapers in Windows 11, there's help on the way. Microsoft has just added support for animated video backgrounds in the latest Insider builds of its popular operating system, heralding their likely appearance in a production update soon.…
CLARKSTON review: Heartstopper's Joe Locke has nailed this coming of age part says PATRICK MARMION
Here we go again with Heartstopper actor Joe Locke.
Cardi B confesses she underwent butt reduction surgery that left her bedridden for MONTHS
The star, 32, said she 'already' got the procedure done while addressing unsolicited comments about her body from people telling her to reduce her Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL).
Ex-Liberal Democrat leader Ming Campbell hailed as a 'true giant' following his death aged 84
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem, who led the Lib Dems between 2006 and 2007, died in London on Friday in the presence of his grandson following a period of respite care.
Dua Lipa shares sizzling snaps as she flashes sideboob in white strappy dress while preparing for her latest shows in Miami
The songstress, 30, has been working hard and playing harder in recent weeks, while travelling across the globe for her shows.
Why King Charles can't cut off Prince Andrew - even if he wanted to, according to royal experts
Palace Confidential reveals a complex web of family loyalty, legal constraints, and lingering scandal that keeps the disgraced Duke of York tethered to the monarchy.
Immigration pushes UK population to 69.3m - up 755,300 in a year and the second-biggest rise since 1950
Numbers rose by 755,300 between mid-2023 and mid-2024 - the second-biggest annual increase since 1950.
What is cognitive banking and can it make our financial lives easier?
With bank branches increasingly closing - some 163 this year so far - and a rising number of branchless challenger banks, it is becoming harder to visit a branch.
I had been suffering from acid reflux for 20 years... then I discovered exactly what causes it, the foods that make it worse and how experts say you can cure yourself permanently
Paula Gresty would gasp in pain as the terrible - and all-too-familiar - scorching sensation rose up into her throat at night.
Driver seriously injured after major two-car crash in Halstead as police seek witnesses
The driver was taken to hospital
'A honeypot for hackers': Cybersecurity experts BLAST the UK government's plan to introduce digital ID cards - as they claim it could allow criminals to extort billions from British taxpayers
Cybersecurity experts have blasted Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's plans to introduce mandatory digital ID cards for every UK citizen.
London and Stansted Airport train lines suffer major delays due to system fault
TRAINS between London and Stansted Airport are severely delayed due to an earlier system fault.
Girl found dead in D4vd's Tesla was AGED 12 when they met online. Now as masked men guard his mansion, friends unravel the truth... and tell of the chilling moment her texts stopped
Two masked men were caught on video pacing outside the Hollywood Hills rental home vacated by D4vd, days after police raided the property in search of blood evidence linked to a dead teen.
UK and US security agencies order urgent fixes as Cisco firewall bugs exploited in wild
CISA gives feds 24 hours to patch, NCSC urges rapid action as flaws linked to ArcaneDoor spies
Cybersecurity agencies on both sides of the Atlantic are sounding the alarm over Cisco firewall vulnerabilities that are being exploited by an "advanced threat actor."…
Keir's immigration mea culpa: Labour has 'shied away' from toughening borders even it has been 'too easy' to enter the country and work illegally, PM admits
Keir Starmer delivered the mea culpa as he desperately tries to convince Brits that he is taking tough action on borders.
Dublin's beloved spice bag lands in the UK at Wetherspoons - and fans say it's the 'best meal' at the chain
The meal, made of chicken, chips, vegetables, and curry sauce, is rumoured to hail from Sunflower, a Chinese takeaway in Dublin that served the dish as off the menu from 2006 onwards.
Boy, two, is left paralysed in crash after his mother let her cocaine dealer drive her children home
Single mother Shayna Bowman, 29, agreed to let Rhys Farry give her, her two sons and daughter a lift from a football tournament even though she knew he had been drinking and taking drugs.
11 people are killed and ten more left fighting for life after drinking homemade booze in Colombia
Many of the dead were homeless individuals from the city of Barranquilla, who are known to consume 'cochoco' - a cheap but often deadly cocktail of ethyl alcohol and methanol.
Disastrous Oracle Implementation At Europe's Largest City Council.
Longtime Slashdot reader whoever57 writes: Birmingham City Council, the largest such entity in Europe, has been declared effectively bankrupt. There are a couple of reasons for this, but one of them is a disastrous project to replace the city's income management system using Oracle. The cost of this has risen to $230 million, while the initial estimate was $24 million. There was a failed rollout of the new system earlier this year. "Original plans for the replacement of SAP with Oracle Fusion set aside a 19.965 million-euro budget for three years implementation until the end of the 2021 financial year," reports The Register. "Go-live date was later put back until April 2022 and the budget increased to 40 million euros. After the council realized it would need to reimplement all of Oracle, the budget for running the old system and introducing the new one increased to 131 million euros."
"In a hastily convened Audit Committee meeting this week, councilor heard how that date has now been put back until November, expressing their anger that the news hit the media before they were told." Testing failed with only a 73.3% pass rate and 10 severe deficits, "below the acceptance criteria of a 95 percent pass rate and zero severe deficits.
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Woman 'petrified' after fox jumps onto train between Southend and London during commute
She said it was "agitated" and felt like it might bite