Home Office launches probe into asylum seeker gambling as lax rules let migrants use taxpayer handouts at betting shops and casinos
The Daily Mail revealed this week that there have been thousands of transactions using pre-paid cards meant to fund basics such as food and clothing.
Labour is accused of betraying critics of China in UK who fled to Britain by opening door to extraditions
Critics fear a legal change quietly announced by the Government will end the five-year ban on people being sent from the UK to face justice in the former colony.
From The Mountain's Edge by Ed Jackson: What nearly dying (twice!) taught me about living
After breaking his neck, Ed Jackson defied the odds to walk again but, when climbing one of the world's tallest mountains five years later, death reared its head again...
Captives and Companions by Justin Marozzi: Everywhere had slaves - it wasn't just the West
The presence of slavery has been far reaching. While the West attempts to find a means of reparation there is a history of slavery in the East that is often neglected.
Which King would Holly Jackson take to a desert island?
Holly Jackson answers our burning questions, what's she reading, what book would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, what left her cold?
Food for thought... how we comfort eat our way to 344,064 calories a year
A quarter of Britons questioned in the survey said they would describe themselves as an emotional eater - admitting to eating 28,672 'comfort calories' a month, or 344,064 a year.
AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More
AMD CEO Lisa Su said that chips produced at TSMC's new Arizona plant will cost 5-20% more than those made in Taiwan, but emphasized that the premium is worth it for supply chain resilience. Bloomberg reports: AMD expects its first chips from TSMC's Arizona facilities by the end of the year, Su said. The extra expense is worth it because the company is diversifying the crucial supply of chips, Su said in an interview with Bloomberg Television following her onstage appearance. That will make the industry less prone to the type of disruptions experienced during the pandemic. "We have to consider resiliency in the supply chain," she said. "We learned that in the pandemic."
TSMC's new Arizona plant is already comparable with those in Taiwan when it comes to the measure of yield -- the amount of good chips a production run produces per batch -- Su told the audience at the forum.
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Laptop farmer behind $17M North Korean IT worker scam locked up for 8.5 years
Plus she has to cough up a slice of Pyongyang’s payday
An Arizona woman who ran a laptop farm from her home - helping North Korean IT operatives pose as US-based remote workers - has been sentenced to eight and a half years behind bars for her role in a $17 million fraud that hit more than 300 American companies.…
Firms cut more jobs as Labour's tax raid delivers 'sustained' damage
There is evidence that Rachel Reeves' £25 billion raid on employer national insurance - alongside a sharp rise in the minimum wage - is squeezing profits and making it harder to hire staff.
Lauren Goodger's pals are concerned over 'toxic' Charles Drury romance as they fear TOWIE star is 'planning a future and more children with him'
Lauren Goodger's inner circle are reportedly concerned about her growing closeness with her ex Charles Drury as they fear she is 'planning a future with him.
Trump, Who Promised To Save TikTok, Threatens To Shut Down TikTok
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Donald Trump vowed to save TikTok before taking office, claiming only he could make a deal to keep the app operational in the US despite national security concerns. But then, he put Vice President JD Vance in charge of the deal, and after months of negotiations, the US still doesn't seem to have found terms for a sale that the Chinese government is willing to approve. Now, Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has confirmed that if China won't approve the latest version of the deal -- which could result in a buggy version of TikTok made just for the US -- the administration is willing to shut down TikTok. And soon.
On Thursday, Lutnick told CNBC that TikTok would stop operating in the US if China and TikTok owner ByteDance won't sell the app to buyers that Trump lined up, along with control over TikTok's algorithm. Under the deal Trump is now pushing, "China can have a little piece or ByteDance, the current owner, can keep a little piece," Lutnick said. "But basically, Americans will have control. Americans will own the technology, and Americans will control the algorithm." However, ByteDance's board has long maintained that the US can alleviate its national security fears -- that China may be using the popular app to manipulate and spy on Americans -- without forcing a sale. In January, a ByteDance board member, Bill Ford, told World Economic Forum attendees that a non-sale option "could involve a change of control locally to ensure" TikTok "complies with US legislation" without selling off the app or its algorithm.
At this point, Lutnick suggested that the US is unwilling to bend on the requirement that the US control the recommendation algorithm, which is viewed as the secret sauce that makes the app so popular globally. ByteDance may be unwilling to sell the algorithm partly because then it would be sharing its core intellectual property with competitors in the US. Earlier this month, Trump had claimed that he wasn't "confident" that China would approve the deal, even though he thought it was "good for China." Analysts have suggested that China views TikTok as a bargaining chip in its tariff negotiations with Trump, which continue to not go smoothly, and it may be OK with the deal but unwilling to release the bargaining chip without receiving key concessions from the US. For now, the US and China are enjoying a 90-day truce that could end in August, about a month before the deadline Trump set to sell TikTok in mid-September.
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Ghislaine Maxwell answered 'every single question' during secret meeting with Trump's DOJ amid Epstein 'cover-up' claims
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell answered 'every single question' asked of her by Trump's Justice Department her attorney said.
Police officer caught in VERY compromising position by Google Street View camera
A police officer was shocked to find Google Street View had published a naked photo of him - and now he's won a lawsuit against the tech giant.
Jessica Alba's new romance with Top Gun's Danny Ramirez 'takes a surprising turn' as they enjoy date night
In new photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, the actress was spotted enjoying dinner with new boyfriend Danny Ramirez at the Italian restaurant Alba in Los Angeles.
Trump promises he won't put his boot on Musk's neck
We're all businesspeople here, right?
Elon Musk could use a win after Tesla's weak second-quarter earnings, and he sort of got it when President Donald Trump proclaimed he wasn't going to use the power of the presidency to destroy his businesses. …
Vogue readers furious after spotting 'disturbing' models in an ad in the prestigious magazine
It looks like fashion label Guess is not shying away from using artificial intelligence in its ad campaigns - after the brand ran a two-page spread in this month's August edition of Vogue.
Shocking Ancient Egypt burial reveals unthinkable acts carried out on corpses after death
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Egyptian graves that reveal strange and haunting rituals and acts carried out on the dead that may rewrite what we knew about early religion.
Google URL Shortener Links Will Stop Working Next Month
New submitter davecotter writes: So Google's staring at its old goo.gl links and thinking, "Why is this perfectly functioning service still even a thing?" After many businesses and users adopted it like it was the second coming of the way-too-long hyperlink, Google's now decided to yank the plug. Starting August 23, 2024, you'll get a flashy "don't say we didn't warn you" pop-up, and by August 25, 2025, goo.gl links (unless made by Google itself) will vanish into the 404 abyss.
Translation: Thanks for trusting us -- now pack up and find a new shortener.
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Euro healthcare giant AMEOS Group shuts down IT systems after mystery attack
Good luck getting an appointment with your doctor
The AMEOS Group, which runs over 100 hospitals across Europe, has shut down its entire network after crims busted in.…
Is this Netflix's sexiest show ever? The Hunting Wives - a murder mystery featuring MAGA women having lesbian romps - leaves viewers hot and bothered
The series is based on American author May Cobb's erotic thriller of the same name and adapted by Rebecca Cutler, who revealed she was in 'awe of its flagrant horniness'.