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Prison officer Brian Stack was shot in the back of the head by a member of the IRA while attending a boxing event in Dublin in 1983. He was paralysed and died 18 months later.

Apple's new MacBook Neo is "easier to repair than other modern MacBooks," according to Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham. It introduces a more repairable internal design that makes components like the battery and keyboard easier and cheaper to replace. An anonymous reader quotes an excerpt from the report: Replacements for pretty much any component in the Neo are simpler and involve fewer steps and tools than in the M5 MacBook Air. That includes the battery, which in the MacBook Air is attached to the chassis with multiple screws and adhesive strips but which in the Neo comes out relatively easily after you get some shielding and flex cables out of the way. But the most significant change in the Neo is that the keyboard is its own separate component. For essentially all modern MacBooks, going back at least as far as the late-2000s unibody aluminum MacBook designs, the keyboard has been integrated into the top part of the laptop case and is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to replace independently. [...] Apple hasn't yet listed MacBook Neo components in its parts store, but based on the repair prices it has announced, Neo components should cost quite a bit less than those for higher-end MacBooks. An out-of-warranty battery replacement for the Neo will cost $149, down from $199 for current Airs and $229 for current MacBook Pros; fixing accidental screen or external enclosure damage will cost AppleCare+ subscribers $49 for a Neo, down from $99 for other MacBooks.

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Wood, who was born in Connecticut but had been living in Chile for nearly 13 years, had been at a beach in Algarrobo on Monday evening.

Automated checks raised doubts, though key questions remain unanswered

American parents of school-aged children may want to pay attention to where their cars are parked and for how long, as license plate reader data is now being cited by at least one school district when challenging whether students live where they say they do.…

So that's what put the kibosh on the al Quds hate march through London in support of Iran this weekend? Er, not as such.

International cops stuck down 23 servers in 7 countries

Cops from eight countries this week disrupted SocksEscort, a residential proxy service used by criminals to compromise hundreds of thousands of routers worldwide and carry out digital fraud, costing businesses and consumers millions.…

Maria Solecki's daughter Maya (pictured) suffered severe damage to her kidneys in January 2024.

A new study has revealed that fast food restaurants outnumber supermarkets by a staggering 534 per cent across the UK.

The funny man was one of the last people to see the director before his life came to an abrupt halt inside his Los Angeles mansion on December 14.

Zara and Mike Tindall appeared as loved up as ever while attending the third day of the Cheltenham Festival today.

Perplexity AI has introduced a "Personal Computer" agent system that can run on a local machine such as a Mac mini, giving its AI agents access to a user's files and applications to automate tasks. According to CEO Aravind Srinivas, the heavy AI processing runs on Perplexity's "secure servers" but sensitive actions will require user approval. There will also be activity logs and a kill switch available to help ease concerns. AppleInsider reports: Perplexity Computer is, effectively, an AI that is a go-between for other AIs. Instead of issuing specific instructions to multiple AIs, you provide the general outcome of the task to Perplexity Computer. Perplexity Computer then breaks down the task into subtasks, which it then provides to sub-agents to do the actual work. In effect, you're talking to a project manager, who then delegates the task to other AIs, before combining the results and presenting them to you. The managing AI has a lot more freedom in how it orders its subordinates than users may think. While one may create documents while another gathers data, the manager may go as far as to order the creation of software to complete its tasks. Personal Computer is an extension of this, in that it is a locally run app that ideally runs on a Mac mini. The app gives always-on, local access to the Mac's files and apps, which Perplexity Computer and the Comet Assistant can use and alter if required.

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Solma Ahmed, 65, was elected to the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) last month in the same vote that saw Jeremy Corbyn become its de facto leader.

James Coltella (pictured), 42, taught English and acted as Oxbridge coordinator at Tonbridge School in Kent from 2020 to 2022.

Defence Secretary John Healey said the only winner from the present situation was Russia's Vladimir Putin whose war coffers have been boosted by the spike in oil prices.

Amanda Wixon, 56, a former cleaner and volunteer at Tewkesbury Abbey, kept the woman in a filthy, mouldy room, restricted food and beat her if she failed to complete jobs.

Goalkeeper Amelia Aplin, 15, passed away whilst playing for Oxford United in a fixture against Fulham at the club's training centre in Horspath on Saturday.

It's safe and secure, Redmond insists, but don't expect medical advice

Microsoft wants to store your healthcare data so that its AI "delivers personalized health insights that you can act on," but without the liability that comes with actual medical advice.…

An elderly man was fast asleep at the wheel of his Tesla as it barreled down a California freeway this weekend, according to a video sent to a local news station.

Her weight, of course, has been ­targeted (being a size 12 was deemed too big for TV), as has her hairstyle (too messy, apparently). Even the mole on her face has been fair game for trolls.