Aggregator

The Princess of Wales has a covetable jewellery collection, spanning everything from high street buys to priceless royal heirlooms.

These are some of the Essex rapists and sexual offenders to have been locked up so far this year

From Campus Cat Pebbles to the towers accommodation, former and current students alike share the unique experiences that defined life at the University of Essex

Opera star Geoff Sewell has share the stage with Beyonce but has now found himself facing a decidedly less glamorous audience - local council planners.

Judge Daniel Sawyer, who sits in Portsmouth, faced allegations he breached judicial guidance on social media and abused his position by targeting Dr Charlotte Proudman on X.

Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems — but he now sees a "real possibility" Colorado's law might exclude open-source. Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who co-authored Colorado's bill, and then posted on X.com that the Senator "suggested excluding open source software from the bill." Richell: This appears to be a real possibility. Amendments are expected... It's my hope we can move fast enough to influence excluding open source.. No illusions, it's an uphill battle, but we have an open door to advocate for the open source community. Vague language has been a recurring problem with new state age-verification legislation. Richell pointed out later that "In one proposed bill, Garmin would have to verify the age of their watch customers at device setup." Richell also sees New York's bill as "unlikely to be applicable to Linux distributions," since its language calls for "commercially reasonable age assurance" that free operating systems could use — and Richell isn't sure one exists as described by the bill. "As written today, it's extremely broad and vague and that makes it scary." Richell answered several follow-up questions about operating system age-verification laws. "What about California?" someone asked... Richell: We hope to make sensible, strong arguments for excluding open source which then becomes a standard for other states. It's going to be difficult. Q: Open source is not the only target to exclude. Please ensure that the bill is amended so that it does not require applications that have no possible use for the age bracket to ask about it. Richell: We discussed this as well. I proposed that apps that do not require age to modify app behavior or access by some other legislation be barred from reading age brackets to better protect privacy.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Karlie Sone was found unresponsive in the early hours of Tuesday and died moments later in the block of flats in Ipswich, Suffolk.

China's most dangerous technology has already been deployed, and you're likely already within the system's database.

The holiday park is one of few to make the five star standard

Scotland must surely be sick by now of being the gatecrashers at someone else's party.

The deal to take control of TikTok's U.S. business came with an unusual condition, according to people familiar with the matter. The investors — which include Oracle, Abu Dhabi investor MGX, and private-equity firm Silver Lake — "paid the Treasury Department about $2.5 billion when the deal closed in January," reports the Wall Street Journal, "and are set to make several additional payments until hitting the $10 billion total." The $10 billion payment would be nearly unprecedented for a government helping arrange a transaction, historians have said... Investment bankers advising on a typical deal receive fees of less than 1% of the transaction value, and the percentage generally gets smaller as the deal size increases. Bank of America is in line to make some $130 million for advising railroad operator Norfolk Southern on its $71.5 billion sale to Union Pacific, one of the largest fees on record for a single bank on a deal. Administration officials have said the fee is justified given Trump's role in saving TikTok in the U.S. and navigating negotiations with China to get the deal done while addressing the security concerns of lawmakers... The TikTok fee extracted from private-sector investors is the administration's latest transaction involving the nation's largest businesses. Trump took a nearly 10% stake in semiconductor company Intel and has agreed to take a chunk of chip sales to China from Nvidia in exchange for granting export licenses. The administration has also taken equity stakes in other companies and has a say in the operations of U.S. Steel following a "golden share" agreement with Japan's Nippon Steel in its takeover. Reuters notes earlier this month, a lawsuit was filed by investors in two of TikTok's social media rivals, seeking to reverse the approval of the deal. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the news.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be hosted by the King and Queen at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, where they will attend a state banquet as guests of honour.

John F Kennedy Jr often juggled more than one girlfriend at a time. Unfortunately, that meant there was often overlap, which could lead to awkward moments.

Britain's second largest city has been described as a 'slum area' and 'as bad as Victorian Britain' as it continues to reel from one of the longest-running industrial disputes of modern times.

Casey Harrison from Colchester says it was an “emotional rollercoaster” to raise funds for charity by taking on a half marathon whilst dressed as Ozzy Osbourne.

There's everything from beaches to shops and restaurants within a small distance

Casey Harrison from Colchester says it was an “emotional rollercoaster” to raise funds for charity by taking on a half marathon whilst dressed as Ozzy Osbourne.

Overall, critics were pleasantly surprised by The Claudia Winkleman Show when it graced screens on Friday night.

Fronted by The Traitors icon Claudia Winkleman, the new chat show takes on a similar format to The Graham Norton Show with a moodier, after hours vibe.

Dear Bel, My friend and I were university students together sharing a room and soon became firm friends. After a night out drinking, we returned to our room and ended up in bed together.