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The Register's Richard Speed reports: Baffled by the plethora of Outlook options out there? You aren't alone. Microsoft veteran Scott Hanselman posted a list of some more variants that could be used to do the same thing. It's a problem common to several Microsoft products. A file needs to be opened, but which app should be used? Should it be Outlook New, or Outlook (New)? With tongue firmly in cheek, Hanselman listed some more options: Outlook (Zero Sugar), Outlook (Caffeine Free), and so on. Hanselman, Developer Community veep at Microsoft, also included Outlook '95, although to our mind the peak came with the version of Outlook in Office 97. A happier, more trusting time when security was less important. While users can create multiple Outlook profiles to store email account details and data locations, Hanselman's post on Bluesky highlights an issue facing many users of Microsoft's software: which incarnation of the application to use. Teams users often find themselves presented with a variety of applications -- Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams (Personal), for example, can often appear side by side in the system tray. [...] There is a cautionary tale about what happened when a soft drinks company tried to replace a well-liked product with a "new" version and renamed the previous preferred version as "classic." The list posted by Hanselman -- who is also notable for tips on managing Microsoft's personal information manager -- is amusing, but also highlights the perils of having multiple, similarly functioning options to do the same thing, and the potential for confusing users.

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Ben Affleck has opened up about his 'excruciating' behind-the-scenes struggle on the panned Batman films.

Amy Pascal will produce the next 007 movie, it was announced Tuesday.

Pope Francis, 88, who is due to meet King Charles and Camilla next month when they visit Italy, was released from hospital last Sunday after five weeks fighting double pneumonia.

The former Manchester City midfielder, 42, said he was 'disappointed' after being found guilty of assault following a two-day trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Yevgeny Savostyanov, who used to head up the KGB in Moscow, said the continent must 'wake up quickly' to Vladimir Putin 's expansionist ambitions or risk falling into irrelevance.

Prince Harry will step down from the charity he founded nearly 20 years ago after 'unthinkable' controversy from within, it has emerged.

His death was announced in a social media post by band co-founder Carole Pope.  'He was a bright light that will burn forever,' she wrote on Instagram. The cause of death was not shared.

The couple were seen with daughter Wyatt, 10, and son Dmitri, eight, taking in the sights, including the world-famous Colosseum and Roman Forum.

Doug, 32, and Alex, 30, from Oxfordshire appeared on the first episode of the new season of Channel 4's George Clarke's Amazing Spaces on Tuesday night.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has quietly released a new large language model that's already sending ripples through the artificial intelligence industry -- not just for its capabilities, but for how it's being deployed. The 641-gigabyte model, dubbed DeepSeek-V3-0324, appeared on AI repository Hugging Face today with virtually no announcement (just an empty README file), continuing the company's pattern of low-key but impactful releases. What makes this launch particularly notable is the model's MIT license -- making it freely available for commercial use -- and early reports that it can run directly on consumer-grade hardware, specifically Apple's Mac Studio with M3 Ultra chip. "The new DeepSeek-V3-0324 in 4-bit runs at > 20 tokens/second on a 512GB M3 Ultra with mlx-lm!" wrote AI researcher Awni Hannun on social media. While the $9,499 Mac Studio might stretch the definition of "consumer hardware," the ability to run such a massive model locally is a major departure from the data center requirements typically associated with state-of-the-art AI. [...] Simon Willison, a developer tools creator, noted in a blog post that a 4-bit quantized version reduces the storage footprint to 352GB, making it feasible to run on high-end consumer hardware like the Mac Studio with M3 Ultra chip. This represents a potentially significant shift in AI deployment. While traditional AI infrastructure typically relies on multiple Nvidia GPUs consuming several kilowatts of power, the Mac Studio draws less than 200 watts during inference. This efficiency gap suggests the AI industry may need to rethink assumptions about infrastructure requirements for top-tier model performance. "The implications of an advanced open-source reasoning model cannot be overstated," reports VentureBeat. "Current reasoning models like OpenAI's o1 and DeepSeek's R1 represent the cutting edge of AI capabilities, demonstrating unprecedented problem-solving abilities in domains from mathematics to coding. Making this technology freely available would democratize access to AI systems currently limited to those with substantial budgets." "If DeepSeek-R2 follows the trajectory set by R1, it could present a direct challenge to GPT-5, OpenAI's next flagship model rumored for release in coming months. The contrast between OpenAI's closed, heavily-funded approach and DeepSeek's open, resource-efficient strategy represents two competing visions for AI's future."

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The wife of Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin, who is accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill him, could be free after a judge granted her bail.

Police have released confronting vision of a hit-and-run in which a nine-year-old boy suffered injuries in the hopes of catching the driver.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said the decision taken by the World Athletics Council was further evidence his organization would 'doggedly' protect the female category.

IAN HERBERT: Netflix's Drive to Survive has found a dramatic hero for its new series. And would you believe, it's Christian Horner.

Mail Sport reported in December that the champions of Europe were certain Alexander-Arnold would be their man and were planning for life with the England international in their team.

Motorists who leave renewing their insurance to the last minute are paying £164 more, on average, than those who renew 26 days earlier, data shows.

The Duchess of Sussex , 43, took to her Instagram Stories to share some behind-the-scenes footage from the studio where Confessions of a Female Founder was presumably recorded.

Jose Diaz, 36, and Ricardo Leal, 37, were arrested on Friday for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old boy onboard Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas cruise ship.

On the already tense Upper West Side campus, discomfort is simmering. After over a year of protests, the young students are incandescent with renewed rage.