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Donald Trump's visit to Scotland this weekend will 'undoubtedly stretch' police resources, a senior officer has warned.

ItsJustAPseudonym shares a Reuters story:The International Cycling Union (UCI) has intensified its fight against mechanical doping, employing intelligence-driven methods to combat increasingly sophisticated alleged cheating in professional cycling. ItsJustAPseudonym adds: They call the use of hidden motors "mechanical doping". In 2010 it led to the ban of a rider from Belgium who had a hidden motor in her seat-tube during a cyclocross event. "It's a bit of a technological arms race. Components are getting lighter, smaller. Easier to conceal, which is harder to detect", according to Nick Raudenski, the UCI Head of the Fight Against Technological Fraud.

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Bryan Kohberger stared coldly at the families of his victims and even appeared 'relaxed' as they shared their grief at his sentencing on Wednesday.

Little Evan, who lives in Maidstone in Kent, was only told he had the debilitating condition on February 8 this year after going to a laser tag birthday party with friends.

Women lose protection against bone fractures when they stop taking HRT and go on to have a temporarily heightened risk of cracks, a study suggests.

The largest great white shark ever tagged in the Atlantic has been tracked swimming dangerously close to one of America's top summer vacation spots.

Colorado pastor Eli Regalado and his wife Kaitlyn have been indicted on 40 felony charges of theft, securities fraud and racketeering in connection to an alleged cryptocurrency scam.

A local television reporter was visibly shaken after spotted something while filming a segment in a river in Bacabal, a city in the northeast Brazil state of Maranhão.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Sony is testing a Power Saver mode for the PlayStation 5, explaining in a new PlayStation Blog update that the option will permit games to run with lower power consumption. While the upcoming feature was revealed as part of the system update beta, the feature will not be available during the beta phase. However, when the feature does hit your console, players will gain access to a new option called Power Saver. With Power Saver enabled, "supported PS5 games will scale back performance and will allow your PS5 to reduce its power consumption," explained Shuzo Kikuchi, VP of product management at Sony Interactive Entertainment. "If not enabled, or if games do not support the feature, the performance will not be scaled back and power consumption will not be reduced." As for what scaled-back performance actually means, SIE indicates that VR mode will be unavailable and that "some gameplay features may be limited." So that's one very clear change, and one vague, game-specific change.

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Liverpool defender Kostas Tsimikas has revealed a new tattoo in honour of his late team-mate Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash earlier this month.

Unlike traditional input, no cameras or surgery needed, they claim

Researchers at Meta have come up with a wristband that picks up your muscle twitches and turns them into real-time computer commands - no cameras or implants required.…

A Labour MP I spoke to recently is in despair at the Prime Minister. 'He's insane', he told me. 'How can he say that? How can he honestly think there's huge amounts of spare housing? It's mad.'

Billy Joel's biggest revelation after filming his new documentary was uncovering the truth that his absentee father Howard Joel was a driving force behind his music and life.

Ladies - if it feels pretty bleak on the dating apps at the moment, scientists might have worked out the reason why.

A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue each other over climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases. BBC: But the judge at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday said that untangling who caused which part of climate change could be difficult. The ruling is non-binding but legal experts say it could have wide-ranging consequences. It will be seen as a victory for countries that are very vulnerable to climate change, who came to court after feeling frustrated about lack of global progress in tackling the problem.

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US DOE among breached government agencies

More than 400 organizations have been compromised in the Microsoft SharePoint attack, according to Eye Security, which initially sounded the alarm on the mass exploitation last Friday, even before Redmond confirmed the critical vulnerabilities.…

David Lewis confronted Robert Davies MBE outside the lawyer's office in Newport.

The restaurant launched this morning and has created 70 new jobs

Daniel Perry - who uses 'they/them' pronouns - staged the protest during a curtain call of Il travatore earlier this month.

Ozzy's death at age 76 on Tuesday shocked the world. Medics flew by chopper to his mansion in Buckinghamshire, but he couldn't be saved...