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New figures show that GB News beat both the Beeb and Sky News in terms of viewing figures during key slots in July.

The Black Sabbath rocker died aged 76 on July 22 and was laid to rest in a private funeral at his Buckinghamshire home on Thursday.

Hundreds gathered outside Manchester Piccadilly station on Saturday as supporters of far-right group Britain First prepared to march into the city.

Ralph sadly died in his sleep, and leaves behind his twin brother, a sister and his mum and dad

In Shanghai at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (which ran until Tuesday), the Chinese government "announced an international organization for AI regulation and a 13-point action plan aimed at fostering global cooperation to ensure the technology's beneficial and responsible development," reports the Washington Post. The theme of the conference was "Global Solidarity in the AI Era," the article notes, and "the expo is one part of Beijing's bid to establish itself as a responsible AI leader for the international community." CNN points out that China's announcement comes "just days after the United States unveiled its own plan to promote U.S. dominance." Chinese Premier Li Qiang unveiled China's vision for future AI oversight at the World AI Conference, an annual gathering in Shanghai of tech titans from more than 40 countries... While Li did not directly refer to the U.S. in his speech, he alluded to the ongoing trade tensions between the two superpowers, which include American restrictions on advanced semiconductor exports — a component vital for powering and training AI, which is currently causing a shortage in China. "Key resources and capabilities are concentrated in a few countries and a few enterprises," said Li in his speech on Saturday. "If we engage in technological monopoly, controls and restrictions, AI will become an exclusive game for a small number of countries and enterprises...." Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, also called for "robust governance" of artificial intelligence to mitigate potential threats, including misinformation, deepfakes, and cybersecurity threats... Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reiterated the call for international collaboration, explicitly calling on the U.S. and China to work together... "We have a vested interest to keep the world stable, keep the world not at war, to keep things peaceful, to make sure we have human control of these tools." China's plan "called for establishing an international open-source community," reports the Wall Street Journal, "through which AI models can be freely deployed and improved by users." Industry participants said that plan "showed China's ambition to set global standards for AI and could undermine the U.S., whose leading models aren't open-source... While the world's best large language model is still American, the best model that everyone can use free is now Chinese." "The U.S. should commit to ensuring that powerful models remain openly available," argues an opinion piece in The Hill by Stability AI's former head of public policy. Ubiquity is a matter of national security: retreating behind paywalls will leave a vacuum filled by strategic adversaries. Washington should treat open technology not as a vector for Chinese Communist Party propaganda but as a vessel to transmit U.S. influence abroad, molding the global ecosystem around U.S. industry. If DeepSeek is China's open-source "Sputnik moment," we need a legislative environment that supports — not criminalizes — an American open-source Moon landing.

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Japanese walking is becoming the latest fitness craze - taking over trendy workouts like Pilates, yoga and spin classes.

Tired of having to choose between designer bags that cost a fortune and plastic high-street versions? Enter midi bags: styles made to last - without the price tags.

Evyatar David's family approved the use of the terrorist organisation's video on Saturday, which shows him bare chested on a dirty mattress inside a tunnel in Gaza .

Jo Taylor, 73, was stunned when she received a letter from Norwich City Council warning her over food regulations after she dished out the popular snacks at the annual NR2 Yard Sale.

Essex Police say he is wanted in connection with a breach of a court order

Ruta Indrasiunaite, 38, from Mitcham, south London , was accused of having a relationship with then-17-year-old Royston Perry at HMP Cookham Wood, a Young Offenders' Institution in Kent.

Lively had issued subpoenas to Google and X to obtain the personal data of more than a dozen journalists and small creators, in connection with her legal war against Justin Baldoni.

Angela Webb-Milinkovich, a health worker from Minnesota , thinks she has lineage stemming from the affair which is speculated have taken place following the death of Victoria's husband Prince Albert.

It's the perfect place to enjoy some peace and quiet

Former Dragons' Den star Julie Meyer has been stripped of her MBE three years after she was scolded by a British judge for being 'selfish' after refusing to turn up to court or pay her lawyers.

Lauren Musselwhite, 42, from Portsmouth, paid £3,000 for the two-week voyage around the Spanish coast on the MSC Cruises Virtuosa with her two children.

The former glamour model, 47, is a mum of five, with each of her children from different chapters of her life.

The King is selling his mother's eight-seater red 2009 Sikorsky and will instead use two environmentally friendly jets, believed to cost £8.5m each.

The vehicle "once led the Space Shuttle down the runway at Edwards Air Force Base," The Drive reported in 2022, noting it was won in an auction for $21,061 (beating 18 other bidders). "I just figured the NASA brand combined with Airsteam hip seemed like a can't lose combination," the buyer says now, in a listing for the vehicle on the on the automotive sales site Hemmings.com asking $199,000.. They're touting it as a priceless marketing/publicity prop — "a once in a lifetime opportunity" to own what was once an "onsite command center complete with communications and atmospheric monitoring... Imagine pulling into Burning Man driving this..." The seller points out it's the only custom-built "Airstream" trailer ever sold by NASA. (The others were crushed, except for one donated to the Kennedy museum.) But for this one "Apparently there was some miscommunication when the vehicle was decommissioned. It should have been offered to museums but the sales team did not know what it was.") "Has only 8240 miles on it as driven from Ohio to California then around the Edwards base." The seller apparently first tried listing it on eBay in May for $50,000. ("Reserve not met," says that listing page now. "Very well maintained, minor dings on exterior...") Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the news.

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Starring alongside Gene Wilder as the lucky winner of the Golden Ticket, the former actor once described his pay check as 'paltry.'