Labour's drive to build AI data farms 'will send water bills rocketing' by 30 per cent over next five years, report warns
The banks of computer equipment needed to advance AI models require huge volumes of water to fuel cooling systems.
250,000 missed appointments and an £87million bill for the NHS: The crippling cost to patients forecast for five-day doctors' strike
Resident doctors - previously known as junior doctors - will strike for five days from Friday in pursuit of a 29 per cent pay rise.
Thought the Coldplay kiss cam was scandalous? Wait till you see the in-office CCTV! JANA HOCKING confesses her own past as a workplace mistress
Caught on kiss cam in the VIP section of Gillette Stadium, tech CEO Andy Byron was filmed cradling his company's HR director, Kristin Cabot, like she was his wife. One problem: she's not his wife.
The popular apps that are SPYING on you: Cybersecurity experts issue urgent warning over 'data hungry' apps that can access your location, microphone and data
They're some of the biggest apps in the world, used by millions of people every day. But according to an investigation, 'data hungry' smartphone apps ask for 'shocking' levels of access to personal data.
Labour warned NOT to slash special needs entitlements for pupils as charities predict dire consequences
The Disabled Children's Partnership (DCP) said any Government reforms must not 'dilute' the legal rights of children who need support.
Figma Aims At $16.4 Billion Valuation As Tech IPOs Bounce Back
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Figma is targeting a fully-diluted valuation of up to $16.4 billion in its initial public offering, as the cloud-based design software firm prepares for a debut on the NYSE that could inject fresh momentum into a resurgent market for tech listings. The San Francisco-based company, along with some investors, is eyeing proceeds of up to $1.03 billion by selling nearly 37 million shares priced between $25 and $28 each, it said on Monday. The listing could be a major milestone for Figma, coming more than a year after its $20 billion sale to Adobe failed due to regulatory hurdles in Europe and the UK. Figma's IPO is expected to occur the week of July 28th, offering shares priced between $25 and $28. It'll trade under the symbol "FIG".
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Dell scoffs at breach, says miscreants only stole ‘fake data’
No customer, partner info stolen, spokesperson tells The Reg
Dell has confirmed that criminals broke into its IT environment and stole some of its data — but told The Register that it's "primarily synthetic (fake) data."…
Love Island bosses announce villa first in major show shake-up as famous artist is set to surprise contestants with performance
Love Island bosses have announced a show first as a famous artist enters the villa in a major format shake-up on Tuesday's episode.
Manchester Airport 'police attacker' denies he 'saw red' and began 'pummelling' officer who was trying to arrest his brother, court hears
Footage of the confrontation last July went viral on social media after PC Zachary Marsden was caught on film kicking prone suspect Mohammed Fahir Amaaz.
Airbnb host stunned after guest flees stunning farm at sight of Trump-Vance flag nailed to fence post
Danielle Durham's luxurious farm stay in Lexington, south of Winston-Salem, offers guests the opportunity to escape the city and experience farm life first hand.
REVEALED: Why there's a mysterious surge of great white sharks haunting America
The rise in shark sightings near US beaches may be alarming to some, but one expert says people need to get used to sharing their summers with these apex predators.
NVIDIA Makes More Hopper, Blackwell Header Files Open-Source
NVIDIA has released additional open-source header files for its Blackwell and Hopper GPU architectures, continuing its effort to support open-source drivers like Nouveau/NVK and the NOVA Rust driver. Phoronix reports: Last week NVIDIA open-sourced 12k lines of C header files for Blackwell GPUs to help in the open-source driver efforts, namely for Nouveau / NVK and the in-development NOVA Rust driver. On Friday they made public some additional header files for helping in the Blackwell and Hopper open-source driver enablement.
Following the previously-covered open-source header activity, on Friday this commit was pushed to their open-source documentation repository that provides Hopper and Blackwell DMA-copy class header files. [...] In turn the code has already been imported into Mesa Git.
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Elon Musk unveils bizarre new kids project after humiliating anti-Semitism disaster
Elon Musk made a shocking announcement Saturday night on X, in a post that quickly drew over 28 million views within 24 hours.
Mother of six-year-old boy who 'killed a newborn on French maternity ward' had been told twice to keep an eye on her child but he continued to roam unsupervised, victim's family claims
Five-day-old Baby Zayneb-Cassandra was found lying unresponsive on the floor beside her crib with a traumatic brain injury.
Another massive security snafu hits Microsoft, but don't expect it to stick
Move along, nothing to see here
comment Here we go again. Another major Microsoft attack, with this one seeing someone — most likely government-backed hackers — exploiting a zero-day bug in SharePoint Server that Redmond failed to fix.…
Woman claims her life is shattered after Harvard hospital allegedly severs artery during routine surgery
Elizabeth Kousoubris, 54, is suing Massachusetts General Hospital over accusations that an egregious mistake during a simple lung surgery caused her entire lung to die.
Paul Gascoigne's management give update on England legend's condition after he was rushed to intensive care last week following a collapse at home
DOMINIC KING: Gascoigne, 58, was found collapsed in the bedroom of his home in Poole by Steve Foster, his close friend and personal assistant.
Sharon Stone reveals her mother Dorothy has died in heartbreaking message to fans
Sharon Stone is mourning the loss of her mother Dorothy Stone, who died at age 91 in March. The actress took to Instagram to share the news, nearly four months after her mom passed away on March 26.
Trump dumps 230,000 never-seen-before MLK Jr. assassination files as his allies demand more on Epstein
The Trump administration released a huge batch of previously classified documents on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on Monday.
X tells the French police 'non' to its request for algorithmic data
Claims it's all a witch hunt by local lawmakers
The site formerly known as Twitter has said it will not hand over any information to French police over an investigation into its recommendation algorithms.…