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Thomas Niven was found dead in a wheelie bin at Cash's Park, Coventry, at around 5pm last Friday.

Longtime Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Users of Samsung PCs are reporting the inability to access the C: drive after the Windows 11 February update. The bug seems to be in connection with the Samsung Galaxy Connect app, which allows Samsung phones and tablets to connect to Windows machines. [A previous stable version of the app has been re-released to prevent this problem from spreading.] This parody explains the situation with humor. The issue stems from update KB5077181 and is impacting Samsung PCs running Windows 11 25H2 or 24H2. Microsoft and Samsung have confirmed the issue and published a workaround, but as PCWorld notes, it will take some time. The workaround "requires removing the Samsung application, then asking Windows to repair the drive permissions and assigning a new owner, then restoring the Windows default permissions, including patching in some custom code that Microsoft wrote."

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Flattery and delusional talk have negative outcomes

Sometimes a compliment is no help at all. Chatbot flattery, a well-known and common problem, makes things worse for humans experiencing mental health issues.…

Students at the University of Kent are demanding the campus be shut down immediately after the UK Health Security Agency declared the meningitis outbreak a 'national incident'.

Khali Goodman spoke to presenters Ed Balls and Susanna Reid about her 21-year-old daughter Keeleigh's condition, who fell ill last week after attending the night club on March 12.

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old ancient Roman artifact in the Americas suggests the ancient civilization may have discovered the New World.

Colchester Zoo has revealed the highly-anticipated name of the adorable baby chimpanzee born earlier this year.

Colchester Zoo has revealed the highly-anticipated name of the adorable baby chimpanzee born earlier this year.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain plans to consider requiring labels on AI-generated content to protect consumers from disinformation and deepfakes, the government said on Wednesday, as it outlined other areas of focus to tackle the evolving global challenge. Technology minister Liz Kendall stressed the need to strike the right balance between protecting the creative industries and allowing the AI sector to innovate, saying in a statement that the government would take time to "get this right." The next phase of the government's work on copyright and AI would also look at the harms posed by digital replicas without consent, ways for creators to control their work online and support for independent creative organizations, she said. [...] Louise Popple, a copyright expert at law firm Taylor Wessing, noted that the government had not ruled out a broad exception that would allow AI developers to train on copyright works. "That's a subtle difference of approach and could be interpreted to mean that everything is still up for grabs" she said. "It feels very much like the hard issues are being kicked down the road by the government." In 2024, Britain proposed easing copyright rules to let developers train models on lawfully accessed material, with creators able to reserve their rights. On Wednesday, Kendall said that having engaged with creatives, AI firms, industry bodies, unions and academics, the government had concluded it "no longer has a preferred option." "We will help creatives control how their work is used. This sits at the heart of our ambition for creatives – including independent and smaller creative organizations -- to be paid fairly," she said.

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Baywatch newcomer Jessica Belkin slipped into the iconic red swimsuit for the first time as she joined shirtless co-star Noah Beck to film the show reboot on the beach in LA this week.

Carina Silva told the court how her friend Tarryn Baird was 'hysteric' after she told her about the alleged sex attack by Christopher Trybus. Ms Baird hanged herself at their home in Swindon, Wiltshire.

It all became too much for Married At First Sight bride Bec Zacharia after another tension-filled dinner party.

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, was discovered living in rural Wales after 21 years on the run over a series of bombings in San Francisco.

The 2026 Annual Threat Assessment released by the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's office reveals that terrorism threats are on the rise.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 36, took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal what beauty treatments she had done - ranging from Botox to a boob job.

During the press tour, she has been turning heads with a series of bridal-inspired looks, swapping one white gown for another.

The Barking Riverside project in east London has been approved, including 4,000 affordable housing properties - with 50,000 people potentially housed on the new development.

Meta is shutting down its VR social platform Horizon Worlds, which was once a key piece of the pivot to the metaverse. The company said the app will be taken off the Quest store at the end of March, and fully removed from Quest headsets by June 15. After that date, it will shift to a standalone "mobile-only experience." CNBC reports: The shift for Horizon Worlds, which was once a central part of the company's push into virtual reality, comes weeks after Meta cut over 1,000 employees from Reality Labs, the unit responsible for the metaverse. [...] The social platform has never drawn more than a couple hundred thousand active users a month, CNBC previously reported. The virtual 3D social network where avatars could interact and play games with other users officially launched in late 2021. It operated exclusively on the Quest VR platform until Meta launched a mobile app version in September 2023. The mobile version of Horizon Worlds was built to provide an entry point for users without VR headsets, functioning similarly to Roblox.

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Dressed in black, Victoria Beckham and her best friend Tana Ramsay might have appeared sombre as they came together for a girls' night out on Tuesday.

The White House has registered a new domain that aligns with President Donald Trump's UFO disclosure plans.