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Weighing just 212g, the HushJet Mini Cool Fan is designed to be used on the go, and can be held in your hand, hung around your neck, or propped up on your desk.

It's been a seaside staple for decades - but cod and chips could soon be off the menu thanks to overfishing and climate change, scientists have warned.

The Morning Poll: Who is the biggest winner from the Iran War?

A $500,000 "Survivor"-style corporate retreat for 120 Plex employees in Honduras "turned into a week-long disaster involving illness, wild animals, armed guards, and employees stranded on a remote island," reports the Daily Beast. The CEO was bedridden by E. coli, staff were collapsing in brutal heat during Navy SEAL-led drills, there were fire ant attacks, uncooked food, and failing utilities. At one point, a porcupine even crashed through the ceiling of a guest's room. Here's an excerpt from the report: Tech media company Plex flew its 120 employees to a Honduran resort in 2017 for what was billed as a Survivor-style getaway. They called it "Plexcon." The first harbinger of trouble was an email that arrived before the group departed, informing them that the hotel manager and chef had both quit within days of each other. Things went sharply downhill from there. CEO Keith Valory, 54, had flown out a day early, intending to channel his inner Jeff Probst and welcome his staff off the buses like a game show host. Instead, he spent the arrival morning flat on his back. "I got E. coli, which is maybe the worst thing you could get, possibly, ever," Valory told the Wall Street Journal this week. "Just as people were arriving on the buses, I was like, 'Uh oh.' I lost 8 or 10 pounds. They had a doctor come to me, which apparently is pretty standard. They nailed an IV bag to the bedpost." With the CEO incapacitated, chief product officer and co-founder Scott Olechowski, 52, stepped in to run proceedings -- beginning with a forced eating challenge in which one employee had to consume a dead tarantula. [...] Sean Hoff, 42, founder of Moniker Partners, the independent retreat agency that planned the trip, was running himself ragged attempting damage control -- the showers, water, and electricity kept cutting out. [...] Meanwhile, senior software engineer Rick Phillips, 53, was trying to sleep when he heard a crash in his room. He ignored it until morning. "I got up and went over to get in the shower, and there was a porcupine," he said. "It must have climbed a tree and fallen through the ceiling."

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Researchers found variants in a specific gene could also predict whether users are more likely to suffer side effects.

Michael J. Fox was forced to shut down wild death rumors after fans were sent into a frenzy over his supposed demise.

South Korea’s biggest theme park is also riding the VM migration roller coaster

Western Union has commenced a migration from VMware to Nutanix after deciding it didn’t want to do business with Broadcom.…

The former TOWIE star is determined to redeem herself from her short-lived jungle stint back in 2014, but lost the gruelling eating trial to actor Craig Charles.

Helps employees present data in Confluence in various ways

Atlassian is modernizing Confluence for the AI era, testing tools and agentic capabilities that give users the chance to turn their written notes into graphics and their ideas into software applications.…

The FBI says (PDF) Iran-linked hackers disrupted internet-connected systems used by U.S. oil, gas, and water companies. Even with the recent two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States and Israel, hackers backing Tehran say they won't end their retaliatory cyberattacks. The Hill reports: The report warned that similar companies across the country should be aware of an increased push by hackers to take over programmable logic controller (PLC) systems, which can be used to digitally control physical machinery from remote locations. Secure internet access for PLCs from one company, Rockwell Automation, were removed by Iran-linked coders who then "maliciously interacted with project files and altered data," according to the report. Hackers first gained access to some of the platforms in January of last year. All access to compromised platforms ended in March, the report said. The FBI said the move resulted in "operational disruption" and "financial loss." [...] Rockwell Automation wasn't the only company to recently face cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers. Stryker, a major U.S. medical device maker, was targeted by Iran-affiliated coders in mid-March. It was unclear if physical operations were affected by the security breach. FBI Director Kash Patel was personally impacted by hackers who leaked his emails and records related to his personal travels and business from more than 10 years ago. [...] The FBI urged companies to adopt network defenders and multifactor authentication to prevent future attacks. Tuesday's report was published alongside the National Security Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. "Government and experts have been warning about internet connected systems for years, and how vulnerable they are," one source familiar with the federal investigation into the hacks told CNN. Many companies have "ealready removed those systems and followed the guidance," the person added.

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A motorcycle and its driver went up flames on Thursday afternoon after the rider lost control of the bike on a residential road in San Antonio, Texas.

The former star of The Only Way Is Essex was not impressed when she saw her jungle home

The actor, 61, made the admission on Wednesday's I'm A Celebrity, his second time on the show after he dropped out of the 2014 series just days in when his brother passed away.

Almost 70 per cent of all voters are against Zack Polanski's party's controversial plans - with even 62 per cent of Green supporters either somewhat or strongly opposed.

Researchers have found that AI bots are more likely to echo a person's view if they state it, Jade Leung said.

Lisa Kudrow has revealed she returned to work almost immediately after giving birth to her only child, son Julian, in 1998.

Attorneys for Paris - asking the court to reprimand the estate and its attorneys - said that the legal battle was a 'painful ... distraction from her own life and her own career.'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered a chilly response when confronted directly with the harrowing reality facing innocent civilians trapped in Iran.

The broadcaster, 81, who was robbed twice between 2000 and 2001, said she feared being attacked if she failed to hand over her items.

The actor, from Belfast, was diagnosed with the illness in February 2023 and died on Tuesday at Northern Ireland Hospice where he had been admitted ten days earlier.