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A FORMER Arsenal prodigy who orchestrated the smuggling of £600,000 worth of cannabis through Stansted Airport has been jailed today

A FORMER Arsenal prodigy who orchestrated the smuggling of £600,000 worth of cannabis through Stansted Airport has been jailed today

Fans have taken to social media in recent months to debate if the young adult looks more like her mother Angelina Jolie or father Brad Pitt. In this image, she certainly looked like her dad

An Israeli study has found that patients taking the weekly jab - or similar drugs - were twice as likely to suffer from a serious degenerative eye disease compared to those not on the drug.

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OpenAI said it disrupted several attempts [non-paywalled source] from users in China to leverage its AI models for cyber threats and covert influence operations, underscoring the security challenges AI poses as the technology becomes more powerful. From a report: The Microsoft-backed company on Thursday published its latest report on disrupting malicious uses of AI, saying its investigative teams continued to uncover and prevent such activities in the three months since Feb. 21. While misuse occurred in several countries, OpenAI said it believes a "significant number" of violations came from China, noting that four of 10 sample cases included in its latest report likely had a Chinese origin. In one such case, the company said it banned ChatGPT accounts it claimed were using OpenAI's models to generate social media posts for a covert influence operation. The company said a user stated in a prompt that they worked for China's propaganda department, though it cautioned it didn't have independent proof to verify its claim.

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Jacqueline Durand, who was just 21 and a student at Texas University when she was viciously attacked, has revealed updates on her new face four years later.

Caroline, who hails from the UK, boasts 213,000 followers on TikTok where she regularly shares her top tips for aspiring vendors.

A woman who lost almost half her body weight in one year has shared the simple meal changes that helped her. Not only was she fuller for longer, she 'built muscle' and became 'tighter and toned'.

Dramatic footage released showed how the suspected thief sped between groups of pedestrians crossing the road in the middle of the capital as he was pursued by motorbike cops.

A-ha band member has announced that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, as he comes to grips with the uncertainty of his artistic future.

In a previous episode of the Channel 4 show, property expert Ben Hillman was on a mission to help Ian and Emily find their family friendly holiday home in Mallorca, Spain.

Four years on from Daniel Craig's hugely dramatic exit from the world of James Bond, an Irish actor is set to step into the frame as the world's most famous spy.

Police are working with national and international law enforcement to establish how the man tragically ended up in the lane

It's the go-to video app for millions of people around the world. But if you use YouTube, you might want to check that the app is still running on your smartphone.

Our police chiefs have now quite obviously grown too big for their helmets. Their heads have got too swollen, while their feet have gone soft from lack of contact with the pavement.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Vibe coding might sound chill, but Andrew Ng thinks the name is unfortunate. The Stanford professor and former Google Brain scientist said the term misleads people into imagining engineers just "go with the vibes" when using AI tools to write code. "It's unfortunate that that's called vibe coding," Ng said at a firechat chat in May at conference LangChain Interrupt. "It's misleading a lot of people into thinking, just go with the vibes, you know -- accept this, reject that." In reality, coding with AI is "a deeply intellectual exercise," he said. "When I'm coding for a day with AI coding assistance, I'm frankly exhausted by the end of the day." Despite his gripe with the name, Ng is bullish on AI-assisted coding. He said it's "fantastic" that developers can now write software faster with these tools, sometimes while "barely looking at the code."

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The ballot, which resulted in 97 percent of workers voting in favour of strike action on a 75 percent turnout, means strike action could last until December.

by George Whittaker

In the realm of Linux desktop distributions, few names stand out as prominently as Pop!_OS, the custom-built operating system from System76. Known for its user-centric design, seamless hardware integration, and a progressive attitude toward Linux usability, Pop!_OS has earned a special place in the hearts of developers, engineers, gamers, and power users alike.

With the release of Pop!_OS 24.04, System76 boldly pushes the limits of what Linux desktops can do—particularly in the domain of hybrid graphics. This version introduces a host of under-the-hood improvements and user-facing enhancements aimed at solving a long-standing pain point for Linux laptop users: managing systems that have both integrated and dedicated GPUs.

This article dives into what makes Pop!_OS 24.04 a game-changer, focusing especially on its sophisticated, yet user-friendly approach to hybrid graphics.

A Leap Forward: What’s New in Pop!_OS 24.04

Pop!_OS 24.04 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, meaning it inherits long-term support, stability, and updated software packages. But Pop!_OS never simply repackages Ubuntu; it transforms it. Here are some of the standout features introduced in this release:

• COSMIC Desktop Enhancements: System76’s in-house desktop environment has matured, delivering better window management, smoother animations, and more customization options. COSMIC is designed from the ground up using Rust, and this release brings faster performance and reduced resource consumption.

• Kernel and Driver Upgrades: Linux kernel 6.8+ ensures better hardware compatibility and performance, especially for newer CPUs and GPUs. The latest NVIDIA and Mesa drivers are pre-integrated and optimized.

• Refined Installer and Recovery: The Pop!_OS installer now includes better detection for hybrid graphics setups and offers system recovery options right from the boot menu.

However, the crown jewel of 24.04 is undoubtedly its radical improvements in hybrid graphics support.

Understanding Hybrid Graphics and Why It Matters

Most modern laptops come with two GPUs:

1. Integrated GPU (iGPU) – Built into the CPU (e.g., Intel Iris Xe, AMD Radeon Graphics), offering energy-efficient graphics rendering.

2. Discrete GPU (dGPU) – A powerful standalone GPU (e.g., NVIDIA RTX, AMD Radeon), ideal for gaming, 3D modeling, and heavy computation.

This setup, known as hybrid graphics, allows users to conserve battery power when performance isn’t needed and tap into powerful hardware when it is.

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