Andrew Garfield refuses to name JK Rowling as he claims Harry Potter has become toxic because of her trans views
The British-American actor (pictured), 42, declined to explicitly mention the author of the infamous series of children's novels when discussing it in a recent interview.
Miranda Hart 'in secret talks with BBC as she becomes perfect contender to replace Claudia Winkleman on Strictly Come Dancing' amid reshuffle
The comedian, 53, who has worked for the broadcaster throughout her career, would be a 'massive coup' for the popular series.
Eat your greens: Diets low in fibre linked to bowel disease
More than half a million Britons suffer with IBD - a figure that has increased by 30 per cent in the past decade and is predicted to rise further.
Millionaires fear Queen Elizabeth II's memorial will be used as a hiding place for muggers and cause a surge in antisocial behaviour
Plans to build the statue of late Queen Elizabeth II, as well as a new bridge in the central London park, have been submitted to Westminster City Council.
Leicester Tigers boss Geoff Parling involved in X-rated exchange with TNT Sport presenters over pre-match incident
As MacDevitt ran up and struck the ball towards the posts and close to the Leicester players, Parling and a member of his coaching staff could be seen approaching the TNT presenters.
Emma Bunton and Holly Willoughby wear Mickey Mouse ears as they lead the stars at the launch of Disneyland Paris' World of Frozen
The Spice Girl, 50, and TV presenter, 45, were in attendance for the press day of the newly renamed Disney Adventure World in Paris.
Named: EIGHT England players released from Thomas Tuchel's camp - including three Arsenal stars with injury concerns - as Three Lions boss casts his eye over team in huge World Cup audition vs Japan
Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel named a 35-man squad for this international camp, which is giving him his final look at players up close and personal before he names the players he is taking to the World Cup.
Town centres across Britain face losing their car parks as administrators threaten to abandon sites after collapse of NCP
The sudden closure of National Car Parks, which is the biggest operator of car parks in the country, saw the business abruptly become insolvent earlier this month. Pictured: File photo
One of Britain's most high-profile gangland figures is arrested in Bali months after being released from custody in Dubai
Steven Lyons, head of a dominant Scottish crime group, which was embroiled in a bloody over two-decade-long feud with rival Daniel group, has been arrested by Indonesian police.
Dramatic moment CNN journalist is put in CHOKEHOLD by armed Israeli soldiers before news crew is detained
Photojournalist Cyril Theophilos was forced to the ground during a violent confrontation with members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday.
Meghan Markle's estranged father Thomas, 81, finds love again with Filipina nurse 35 years his junior
Thomas Markle, 81, says he feels 'blessed' to have found joy again after suffering years of anguish after his daughter allegedly 'dumped' him after her wedding to Prince Harry.
Teenager, 18, and man, 41, are arrested after 13-year-old boy dies in scooter crash
Humberside Police received reports of an incident at approximately 6pm on Tuesday.
Olivia Attwood's ex Bradley Dack is accused of 'cheating on her with multiple women' as it's revealed they were never really married
The former Love Island star, 34, and footballer, 32, separated in January after nearly three years of marriage, with Olivia since hinting at his infidelity.
Don't forget! Volunteers adjust historic timepieces at country houses as clocks go forward tonight
This comes as the UK is set to welcome summer this weekend, bringing lighter evenings and darker mornings as the nation's time zone shifts - marking the start of British Summer Time (BST).
Four people are arrested on suspicion of murder after death of young woman who was found unconscious in the street
The young woman had suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital for immediate medical treatment, but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte left his widow eye-watering seven-figure sum when he died aged 65
The 65-year-old musician passed away on Christmas Eve last year after a short illness.
After four years of SNP cover-ups and lies over Jordan Linden sex scandal, First Minister is FINALLY forced to say sorry to his victims
John Swinney was last night forced to issue a grovelling apology to the victims of SNP sex predator Jordan Linden.
SystemD Contributor Harassed Over Optional Age Verification Field, Suggests Installer-Level Disabling
It's FOSS interviewed a software engineer whose long-running open source contributions include Python code for the Arch Linux installer and maintaining packages for NixOS. But "a recent change he made to systemd has pushed him into the spotlight" after he'd added the optional birthDate field for systemd's user database:
Critics saw it not merely as a technical addition, but as a symbolic capitulation to government overreach. A crack in the philosophical foundation of freedom that Linux is built on. What followed went far beyond civil disagreement. Dylan revealed that he faced harassment, doxxing, death threats, and a flood of hate mail. He was forced to disable issues and pull request tabs across his GitHub repositories...
Q: Should FOSS projects adapt to laws they fundamentally disagree with? Because these kinds of laws are certainly in conflict with what a lot of Linux users believe in.
A. Unfortunately, in a lot of cases, the answer is yes — at least for any distribution with corporate backing. The small independent distributions are much more flexible to refuse as a protest.
If we ignore regulations entirely, we risk Linux being something that companies are not willing to contribute to, and Linux may be shipped on less hardware. I'm talking about things like Valve and System76 (despite them very vocally hating these laws). That does not help us; it just lowers the quality of software contributions due to less investment in the platform and makes Linux less accessible to the average person. We need Linux and other free operating systems to remain a viable alternative to closed systems.
Q. Do you think regulations like these will reshape desktop Linux in the next 5-10 years where we might have "compliant Linux" and "Freedom-first Linux"?
A. Unfortunately, yes, to some degree this is likely. I imagine the split will be mostly along the lines of independent distributions and those with corporate backing.
We're already seeing it as far as which distributions plan on implementing some sort of age verification and which ones are not, and that sucks. I'd rather nobody have to deal with this mess at all, but this is the reality of things now. As I said in the previous response, the corporate-backed distributions really have no choice in the matter. Companies are notoriously risk-adverse, but something like Artix or Devuan? Those are small and independent enough where the individual maintainers may be willing to take on more risk.
I was actually thinking about what this would look like if we added it to [Linux system installer] Calamares and chatting about that with the maintainers before that thread got brigaded by bad actors posting personal information and throwing around insults. I completely support the freedom for the distro maintainers to choose their risk tolerance. If the distribution is based out of Ireland or something (like Linux Mint) without these silly laws in the jurisdiction the developer operates in, I think that we should leave it up to them to make a choice here.
They think the installer should have a date picker with a flag to disable it, and "We can even default it to off, and corporate distributions using Calamares or those not willing to take the risk could flip it on if they need to. That way if maintainers of the distributions do not wish to collect the birth date, they won't have to, and no forking is required to patch it out."
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Harry Biker Si King shares his guilt at filming without late co-presenter Dave Myers
King, 59, whose on-screen partnership with Myers endured for two decades, said he couldn't even contemplate working in the year following his best friend's death from cancer in 2024.
Sunday league football team in Stratford-upon-Avon stunned after Formula One star SPONSORS them for the season - as surprise link is revealed
The driver has been sponsoring weekend league team Shottery United, who play in the Evesham & District Sunday Football League Division Two and are currently mid-table.