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The view of one pupil said that "school is the best and I feel very safe here"

Fans have been left doing a double take after Billy Zane took on the role of Marlon Brando in his new film, Waltzing With Brando.

The Barstool Sports chief is one of many high-profile figures to have spoken out on the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, which has rocked America to its core this week.

Charlie spoke directly to young men at a moment when so many feel lost or vilified simply for who they are.

Footage circulating online shows two members of Kirk's modest detail standing behind him as he addressed a crowd of 3,000 at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: [D]espite the AI industry's attempts to make itself seem omnipresent, a new report this week shows that adoption at large U.S. companies has declined. The report comes from the Census Bureau and shows that the rate of AI adoption by large companies -- that is, firms with over 250 employees -- has been declining slightly in recent weeks. The report is based on a biweekly survey, dubbed Business Trends and Outlook (or BTOS), of some 1.2 million U.S. firms. The survey, which asks businesses about their use of AI tools, such as machine learning and agents, found that -- between June and now -- the rate of adoption had declined from 14 to 12 percent. Futurism notes that this is the largest drop-off in the adoption rate since the survey first began in 2023, although the survey also showed a slight increase in AI use among smaller companies. The moderate drop off comes after the rate of adoption had climbed precipitously over the last few years. When the survey first began, in September of 2023, the AI adoption rate hovered around 3.7 percent (PDF), while the adoption rate in December 2024 was around 5.7 percent. In the second quarter of this year, the rate also rose significantly, climbing from 7.4 percent to 9.2. The new drop-off in reported usage comes not long after another study, this one published by MIT, found that a vast majority of corporate AI pilot programs had failed to produce any material benefit to the companies involved.

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Spectacular images of our sky and galaxy have been revealed following thousands of entries to the Astronomy Photography of the Year competition.

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has dubbed the upcoming military exercises 'very aggressive' and has closed the country's border with Belarus in anticipation of the intimidating display.

Ovoid-themed in-memory malware offers a menu for mayhem

Infosec outfit Bitdefender says it’s spotted a strain of in-memory malware that looks like the work of Chinese advanced persistent threat groups that wanted to achieve persistent access at a “military company” in the Philippines.…

Not many films are revered quite like This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner's 1984 spoof which is often credited with pioneering the 'mockumentary' genre.

The seating chart at awards shows are determined by a variety of factors, including whether or not someone is set to present or is up for an award.

As he returns to screens in Anemone, Ronan's directorial debut, he has now admitted that he just 'intending on doing other things.'

Unveiling a blueprint for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), he vowed to drive through the plan by only allowing those who are committed to it to work on it.

Microsoft has eliminated the one-time fee for publishing apps on its Windows Store. According to The Verge, "Individual developers in nearly 200 countries can now sign up to publish apps on the Microsoft Store with just a personal Microsoft account, and no more one-time fees." From the report: Microsoft started cutting its $19 one-time fee to publish apps to its Windows store in June in certain markets, and it's now essentially removing this fee for all developers worldwide. Apple still charges an annual $99 fee to developers, and Google charges a one-time registration fee of $25. "Developers will no longer need a credit card to get started, removing a key point of friction that has affected many creators around the world," explains Chetna Das, senior product manager at Microsoft. "By eliminating these one-time fees, Microsoft is creating a more inclusive and accessible platform that empowers more developers to innovate, share and thrive on the Windows ecosystem." [...] The Microsoft Store is now used by more than 250 million monthly active users, according to Microsoft. Microsoft is now encouraging more developers to make use of the store, where they can publish a variety of Win32, UWP, PWA, .NET, MAUI, or Electron apps. Developers can even use their own in-app commerce system to keep 100 percent of their revenues on non-gaming apps.

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Being named as the official biographer of Queen Elizabeth is a prize beyond price, leaving potential contenders on tenterhooks while the King assesses their strengths and weaknesses.

Haven't we always been taught that doing crosswords is an excellent way of exercising the brain as we age, keeping it sharp and staving off dementia?

Vice President JD Vance stood front and center as Charlie Kirk's coffin was loaded off a hearse in Salt Lake City on Thursday.

As the old line, trotted out again in the movie The Usual Suspects, starring Mandelson's chum Kevin Spacey, has it: The best trick the Devil pulled off was to convince people he didn't exist.

'It's comfortable and looks really good too'

Fresh concern has been raised over the welfare of a young woman living in a remote woodland camp with a self-proclaimed African 'royal tribe' amid growing speculation that she may be pregnant.