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The Open Document Format reached its 20th anniversary on May 1, marking two decades since OASIS approved the XML-based standard originally developed by Sun Microsystems from StarOffice code. Even as the format has seen adoption by several governments including the UK, India, and Brazil, plus organizations like NATO, Microsoft Office's proprietary formats remain the de facto standard. Microsoft countered ODF by developing Office Open XML, eventually getting it standardized through Ecma International. "ODF is much more than a technical specification: it is a symbol of freedom of choice, support for interoperability and protection of users from the commercial strategies of Big Tech," said Eliane Domingos, Chair of the Document Foundation, which oversees LibreOffice -- a fork created after Oracle acquired Sun.

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The individual, a man believed to be in his 70s, drove into Aniston's property while the Friends star was home.

Princess Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, on May 6, 1960, in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

The Cabinet Office is reviewing whether to update Britain's 'homeland defence plan' that sets out how the Government responds to a declaration of war, according to The Telegraph.

Good news for royal fashion fans: the Princess of Wales' beloved Boden jumper has returned in a range of spring-ready hues.

Crowning the monarch is one of the most poignant moments during a Coronation, so it comes as no surprise that the former Archbishop of Canterbury, was worried about it. 

In contrast to royal tradition, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex chose to keep the birth of their son, Prince Archie, private.

The star, 42, who has been at the center of plastic surgery rumors as of late, displayed her smooth visage as she attended fashion's biggest night.

Riot Games has reduced cheating in Valorant to under 1% of ranked games through its controversial kernel-level anti-cheat system Vanguard, according to the company's anti-cheat director Phillip Koskinas. The system enforces Windows security features like Trusted Platform Module and Secure Boot while preventing code execution in kernel memory. Beyond technical measures, Riot deploys undercover operatives who have infiltrated cheat development communities for years. "We've even gone as far as giving anti-cheat information to establish credibility," Koskinas told TechCrunch, describing how they target even "premium" cheats costing thousands of dollars. Riot faces increasingly sophisticated threats, including direct memory access attacks using specialized PCI Express hardware and screen reader cheats that use separate computers to analyze gameplay and control mouse movements. To combat repeat offenders, Vanguard fingerprints cheaters' hardware. Koskinas admits to deliberately slowing some enforcement: "To keep cheating dumb, we ban slower." The team also employs psychological warfare, publicly discrediting cheat developers and trolling known cheaters to undermine their credibility in gaming communities.

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Sydney Sweeney's 2025 Met Gala look has been dubbed 'boring' and 'not on theme'

Hailey Bieber cut a somber figure as she made her return to the Met Gala on Monday without husband Justin, four years after she was heckled by fans of his ex Selena Gomez.

The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood appeared to do her best to steer clear of her former costar Walton Goggins on the Met Gala red carpet - even as she hung out with another of her cast mates.

Met Gala 2025 delivered a goldmine of hilarious memes on Monday. Fashion's biggest night, held at the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute in New York City , explored Black dandyism.

Madonna debuted a stunning new natural look as she attended the 2025 Met Gala on Monday - with fans quipping her 'face lift had disappeared'.

Sabrina Carpenter had an awkward run-in with ex Barry Keoghan a t the 2025 Met Gala on Monday - one year after they first confirmed their romance at the same event.

A young beautician has been stabbed to death in the streets of the Iranian city of Islamshahr by her father, after she was accused of revealing that he was having an affair. 

Pamela Anderson embraced a more understated style while appearing at the Met Gala 2025 in New York City on Monday.

South Korean experts found the jab, offered routinely on the NHS, gave significant protection from serious cardiovascular events in a study involving nearly 1.3million people.

A stone curlew — one of Britain’s rarest and most secretive birds — caused a stir among birdwatchers.

A stone curlew — one of Britain’s rarest and most secretive birds — caused a stir among birdwatchers.