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The Duchess of Sussex , 43, said that her new lifestyle brand As Ever is her 'heartsong' as she gushed about her new venture.

The Open Source Initiative's Board of Directors election "has become embroiled in controversy..." writes Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at The New Stack. "The real issue is the community's opposition to the open source AI definition (OSAID), which the organization released last October," he adds — but "the election process has been criticized because the OSI has refused to accept the candidacy of Debian developer Luke Faraone, citing a missed application deadline." Faraone claims they submitted their application around 9 p.m. PST on Feb. 17, while the OSI maintains the deadline was 11:59 p.m. UTC (3:59 p.m. PST) on the same day. The dispute has raised a firestorm about the clarity of communication regarding deadlines and time zones. Critics argue that the deadline's time zone was not clearly specified on the OSI's public-facing website. Tracy Hinds, chair of OSI, acknowledged this oversight but stated that full members received multiple emails with the correct time zone information. "Everyone who is qualified to run for elections (full members of OSI) received emails with the time zone," wrote Hinds, in an email to The New Stack. "The public-facing web page did not have the time zone, and we've now updated it for clarity going forward. "Extending the deadline would be unfair to the other candidates...." On LinkedIn, Bruce Perens, one of the OSI's founders wrote, "Open Source Initiative invents rule at the last minute to deny opposition candidate's nomination for their board election." There are three board sets up for election in March, the article points out. "Two well-known figures in the open source world — Richard Fontana, Red Hat's principal commercial counsel and a former OSI board member, and [Bradley] Kuhn, policy fellow and hacker-in-residence at the Software Freedom Conservancy — are running on a joint platform of repealing the open source AI definition." In a blog post Faraone promised a similar platform (also supporting a repeal of the definition) — had their candidacy not been rejected.

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From Kublai Khan to Chairman Mao, China has a storied history of towering figures when it comes to state affairs. None, though, have loomed larger than former basketball star Yao Ming.

The former glamour model claims 'intruders' have been illegally flying drones over her five-acre plot at Fripps Farm in Lindsell, and then editing the footage to manipulate fake evidence of animal cruelty.

Geraldine Joaquim, 54, opened up about the best secret spots as well as the sought-after destinations that aren't as good as they seem exclusively to DailyMail.com.

It is not unreasonable to imagine that some of Marcos Llorente's 2.3 million Instagram followers are just in it for the fitness tips. So how does the Atlético Madrid man stay in such amazing condition?

Georgina Gharsallah, then 30, vanished without trace in Worthing, West Sussex on March 7 2018. The investigation was only upgraded to a murder probe in August 2019.

These pictures show pups in Essex back in the glory days and how they are a vital part of life

It was closed to normal passengers for six years

These pictures show pups in Essex back in the glory days and how they are a vital part of life

A new Coggeshall salon, created in the memory of a Colchester teen that died suddenly, saw huge success at its grand opening last weekend.

Last Monday, someone drove a car into crowds in the German city of Mannheim. He killed two people and injured many more. Yet in a couple of days the entire event had vanished from headlines.

Fantastical rumours that the US President was literally a Russian mole began to circulate in 2016, around the time he launched his first election campaign. Now they are circulating again.

Having worked as a toxicologist in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at King's College London for ten years, I know just how poisonous microplastics are.

Kate Middleton has marked International Women's Day with a poignant tribute to 17-year-old photographer Liz Hatton - who died of cancer late last year.

Extraordinary footage showed the pair veering out of control towards cars beneath them before appearing to snag on a lamp post between the two sections of highway.

Two migrants died in the English Channel today as they tried to reach Britain on a massively overcrowded small boat.

The WAG, 42, is going to become the latest famous face to be part of a At Home With... style programme, according to reports.

Equuleus42 (Slashdot reader #723) brings word that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sharing a new tool for fighting back against cellphone surveillance by Stingray cell-site simulators. Android Authority reports: "Rayhunter" uses an open-source software package designed to look for evidence of IMSI catchers in action, running on an old Orbic Speed RC400L mobile hotspot. The great thing about that choice is that you can pick one up for practically nothing — we're seeing them listed for barely over $10 on Amazon, and you can find them even cheaper on eBay. There's an installation script for Macs and Linux to automate getting set up, but once the Orbic is flashed with the Rayhunter software, it should be ready go, collecting data about sketchy-looking "cell towers" it picks up. Right now, much of the use of IMSI catchers is still shrouded in mystery, with the groups who regularly employ them extremely hesitant to disclose their methods. As a result, a big focus of this EFF project is just getting more info on how and where these are actually used, giving protestors a better sense of the steps they'll need to take if they want to protect their privacy.

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Former Conservative minister Richard Holden's Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Bill is due to return before the House of Commons on Friday and seeks to outlaw first cousin marriage.