Furious Aldi shopper left 'humiliated' after staff asked to search her bag to check she hadn't stolen anything before checking out her groceries
Karen Sharman, 61, claims she was 'singled out' after a routine trip to the budget chain's Brighton store on March 26th 2025, turned into a dramatic confrontation.
easyJet boss hints more flights could come to Southend Airport in the future as it launches new base
The chief executive of the airline said there could be opportunities for further growth
'Growling' Hollywood action hero looks unrecognizable as he steps out in New York
The 45-year-old action star was seen out in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood after a meal at the popular Italian restaurant Il Buco.
Lottie Moss shows off the shock results of her facial fillers being removed as she tells her surgeon: 'You fixed me'
Lottie Moss has showcased the results of having her facial filler removed as she gave a glimpse of the process.
Anthropic Will Begin Sweeping Offices For Hidden Devices
Anthropic said it will start sweeping physical offices for hidden devices as part of a ramped-up security effort as the AI race intensifies. From a report: The company, backed by Amazon and Google, published safety and security updates in a blog post on Monday, and said it also plans to establish an executive risk council and build an in-house security team. Anthropic closed its latest funding round earlier this month at a $61.5 billion valuation, which makes it one of the highest-valued AI startups.
In addition to high-growth startups, tech giants including Google, Amazon and Microsoft are racing to announce new products and features. Competition is also coming from China, a risk that became more evident earlier this year when DeepSeek's AI model went viral in the U.S. Anthropic said in the post that it will introduce "physical" safety processes, such as technical surveillance countermeasures -- or the process of finding and identifying surveillance devices that are used to spy on organizations. The sweeps will be conducted "using advanced detection equipment and techniques" and will look for "intruders."
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Moaning federal workers make disgusting discoveries as they return to office after Trump ended WFH
Thousands of federal workers who were forced to return to their offices after President Donald Trump ended work from home options have made some disgusting discoveries.
New homes could be built on 'potentially hazardous' college site in Saffron Walden
Locals have raised concerns about the potential of 7 new homes to be built on the historic site
Meghan Trainor finally admits to using weight-loss drug after 'smoke show' makeover
The 31-year-old Grammy winner has shed a substantial amount of weight over the past year
Revealed: The mystery woman pictured with Tom Brady at David Beckham's birthday bash
The NFL legend attended soccer icon David Beckham 's star-studded 50th birthday bash at the Cipriani Downtown Miami in Florida on Sunday where he was spotted with the gorgeous brunette.
Braintree school makes improvements to curriculum, monitoring Ofsted inspection finds
In an Ofsted monitoring inspection on January 28, 2025, it was found the school has made progress
Appeal to replace billboard with LED display in Witham refused by planning inspector
It was highlighted that the sign's proximity to the traffic signals would likely divert drivers' attention away from the road.
Bride-to-be diagnosed with deadly tumour has wedding paid for by stranger
Bethany was diagnosed with a grade three brain tumour while she was 34-weeks pregnant with their son
First Flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum Rocket Lasted Just 40 Seconds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday. The booster's nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance from its Arctic launch pad in Norway, punctuating the abbreviated test flight with a spectacular fiery crash into the sea. If officials at Isar Aerospace were able to pick the outcome of their first test flight, it wouldn't be this. However, the result has precedent. The first launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket in 2006 ended in similar fashion. "Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch," Daniel Metzler, Isar's co-founder and CEO, wrote on X early Monday. "Can't beat flight testing. Ploughing through lots of data now."
Isar Aerospace, based in Germany, is the first in a crop of new European rocket companies to attempt an orbital launch. If all went according to plan, Isar's Spectrum rocket would have arced to the north from Andoya Spaceport in Norway and reached a polar orbit. But officials knew there was only a low chance of reaching orbit on the first flight. For this reason, Isar did not fly any customer payloads on the Spectrum rocket, designed to deliver up to 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of payload mass to low-Earth orbit. [...] Isar declared the launch a success in its public statements, but was it? [...] Metzler, Isar's chief executive, was asked last year what he would consider a successful inaugural flight of Spectrum. "For me, the first flight will be a success if we don't blow up the launch site," he said at the Handelsblatt innovation conference. "That would probably be the thing that would set us back the most in terms of technology and time."
This tempering of expectations sounds remarkably similar to statements made by Elon Musk about SpaceX's first flight of the Starship rocket in 2023. By this measure, Isar officials can be content with Sunday's result. The company is modeling its test strategy on SpaceX's iterative development cycle, where engineers test early, make fixes, and fly again. This is in stark contrast to the way Europe has traditionally developed rockets. The alternative to Isar's approach could be to "spend 15 years researching, doing simulations, and then getting it right the first time," Metzler said. With the first launch of Spectrum, Isar has tested the rocket. Now, it's time to make fixes and fly again. That, Isar's leaders argue, will be the real measure of success. "We're super happy," Metzler said in a press call after Sunday's flight. "It's a time for people to be proud of, and for Europe, frankly, also to be proud of." You can watch a replay of the live launch webcast on YouTube.
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Parents who were branded bigots for removing their boy from school after 'identity' row speak out amid 'transphobic' toddler saga
Sally Rowe and her husband Nigel appeared on GB News this evening where they described recent events as a reflection of the 'tragedy of our society'.
Top cybersecurity boffin, wife vanish as FBI raids homes
Indiana Uni rm -rf online profiles while agents haul boxes of evidence
A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly since federal agents raided their homes late last week.…
IKEA expands with new store opening in former Homebase at Essex retail park
IKEA is set to open a new Essex store as part of the retailer’s expansion plan to be closer to where customers live, work, socialise and do their daily or weekly shopping
IKEA expands with new store opening in former Homebase at Essex retail park
IKEA is set to open a new Essex store as part of the retailer’s expansion plan to be closer to where customers live, work, socialise and do their daily or weekly shopping
'I'm not late, I just identify as BST': Rayner gives workers right to 'choose their timezone'
A new workplace movement is seeing some employees reject the annual switch to BST - enabling them to enjoy an extra hour in bed.
Joshua Jackson reveals most hated Dawson's Creek storyline: 'I don't really think we needed to go there'
Joshua Jackson, who will always be Team Pacey for what it's worth, shared one storyline that he still doesn't like, 22 years after Dawson's Creek went off the air.
British pro-lifer's protest in Bournemouth sparks row with Donald Trump - as US 'vows no free trade without free speech'
The US state department issued a statement on Sunday night in relation to the case of an anti-abortion campaigner, with a source later suggesting there should be 'no free trade without free speech'.