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Newly-single Orlando Bloom brushed off his awkward reunion with ex-fiancée Katy Perry as he headed to Oasis' reunion show in Manchester on Saturday. 

Slashdot reader BrianFagioli shared this report from Nerds.xyz: NVIDIA just put out a new security notice, and if you're running one of its powerful GPUs, you might want to pay attention. Researchers from the University of Toronto have shown that Rowhammer attacks, which are already known to affect regular DRAM, can now target GDDR6 memory on NVIDIA's high-end GPUs when ECC [error correction code] is not enabled. They pulled this off using an A6000 card, and it worked because system-level ECC was turned off. Once it was switched on, the attack no longer worked. That tells you everything you need to know. ECC matters. Rowhammer has been around for years. It's one of those weird memory bugs where repeatedly accessing one row in RAM can cause bits to flip in another row. Until now, this was mostly a CPU memory problem. But this research shows it can also be a GPU problem, and that should make data center admins and workstation users pause for a second. NVIDIA is not sounding an alarm so much as reminding everyone that protections are already in place, but only if you're using the hardware properly. The company recommends enabling ECC if your GPU supports it. That includes cards in the Blackwell, Hopper, Ada, and Ampere lines, along with others used in DGX, HGX, and Jetson systems. It also includes popular workstation cards like the RTX A6000. There's also built-in On-Die ECC in certain newer memory types like GDDR7 and HBM3. If you're lucky enough to be using a card that has it, you're automatically protected to some extent, because OD-ECC can't be turned off. It's always working in the background. But let's be real. A lot of people skip ECC because it can impact performance or because they're running a setup that doesn't make it obvious whether ECC is on or off. If you're not sure where you stand, it's time to check. NVIDIA suggests using tools like nvidia-smi or, if you're in a managed enterprise setup, working with your system's BMC or Redfish APIs to verify settings.

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Former head of merchandising, Olivia Brooks, said she was 'treated in a way no one should experience'.

It comes following her husband Christian was released from his operational duties as the boss of Red Bull one year after the scandal that engulfed him.

Sadly, when it comes to car and home insurance, customer loyalty still counts for zilch.

After three series on the hit TV show, based on the James Herriot novels, the 77-year-old carved out a successful career as an author.

Britain's boffins have spun out companies in the past that are listed on the stock market. Here are three to consider...

Robinhood's stock hit is up more than 160% for 2025, reports CNBC, and the trading platform's own stock hit an all-time high on Friday. But "Despite its stellar year, the online broker is facing several headwinds..." Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened a formal investigation into Robinhood Crypto on Thursday, alleging the platform misled users by claiming to offer the lowest-cost crypto trading. "Robinhood has long claimed to be the best bargain, but we believe those representations were deceptive," Uthmeier said in a statement. The probe centers on Robinhood's use of payment for order flow — a common practice where market makers pay to execute trades — which the AG said can result in worse pricing for customers. Robinhood is also facing opposition to a new 25% cut of staking rewards for U.S. users, set to begin October 1. In Europe, the platform will take a smaller 15% cut. Staking allows crypto holders to earn yield by locking up their tokens to help secure blockchain networks like ethereum, but platforms often take a percentage of those rewards as commission. Robinhood's 25% cut puts it in line with Coinbase, which charges between 25.25% and 35% depending on the token. The cut is notably higher than Gemini's flat 15% fee. It marks a shift for the company, which had previously steered clear of staking amid regulatory uncertainty... The company now offers blockchain-based assets in Europe that give users synthetic exposure to private firms like OpenAI and SpaceX through special purpose vehicles, or SPVs. An SPV is a separate entity that acquires shares in a company. Users then buy tokens of the SPV and don't have shareholder privileges or voting rights directly in the company. OpenAI has publicly objected, warning the tokens do not represent real equity and were issued without its approval... "What's important is that retail customers have an opportunity to get exposure to this asset," [Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in an interview with CNBC], pointing to the disruptive nature of AI and the historically limited access to pre-IPO companies. "It is true that these are not technically equity," Tenev added, noting that institutional investors often gain similar exposure through structured financial instruments... Despite the regulatory noise, many investors remain focused on Robinhood's upside, and particularly the political tailwinds.

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Rita Ora has shared that she feels Liam Payne 's presence nine months after he tragically died as she described him as a 'great friend'.

Taxpayers will have to fork out an eye-watering £500 million a year just to service the spiralling debts run up by John Swinney's SNP government.

Kate, 43, placed her hand on the American's arm and offered words of comfort following the 23-year-old's 6-0, 6-0 loss to Iga Swiatek on Centre Court.

After a nail biting day of men's semi finals at Wimbledon on Friday the stars were out once again on Saturday for day 13 of the tournament. 

The AA Driving School has analysed 5.5 million answers from its driving theory test app to discover the trickiest questions to answer correctly, with less than a fifth of qualified drivers very confident they could pass a retake

A 63-year-old woman died in front of distraught onlookers yesterday at a Scots beauty spot.

She once said love is lovelier the second time round when she found romance again following divorce.

Chelsea winger Pedro Neto has penned a touching tribute to Diogo Jota's after the former Liverpool star tragically died in a car crash in northern Spain on July 3 aged 28.

An SNP quango has handed out £18.4 million to defence firms in the past five years, despite ministers claiming the Scottish Government does not fund companies involved in munitions.

Thousands hard-pressed Scots are raiding their savings to pay for cataract surgery amid soaring NHS waiting lists, MailOnline can reveal.

The American was comforted by the Princess of Wales after being demolished in just 57 minutes on Centre Court by Iga Swiatek.

It killed tens of millions of people in 14th century Europe," CNN reports, though "today, it's easily treated with antibiotics." And yet "A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday." Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually in the U.S., most of them in the western states, according to federal health officials. The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local officials said... The bubonic plague is the most common form of the bacterial infection, which spreads naturally among rodents like prairie dogs and rats. There are two other forms: septicemic plague that spreads through the whole body, and pneumonic plague that infects the lungs. Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread.

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