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The 'Zizians', described as a transgender, radical vegan 'death cult', have already been linked to six killings, one attempted murder and one faked death in the US.

She's been working around the clock to prepare for her Friday runway show in Paris.

Following the debut of Meghan Markle's latest Netflix show royal fans are already calling for a fresh satirical episode of South Park, which previously mocked the couple in its Worldwide Privacy Tour.

king*jojo shares a report from The Register: The Opera web browser now boasts "agentic AI," meaning users can ask an onboard AI model to perform tasks that require a series of in-browser actions. The AI agent, referred to as the Browser Operator, can, for example, find 12 pairs of men's size 10 Nike socks that you can buy. This is demonstrated in an Opera-made video of the process, running intermittently at 6x time, which shows the user has to type out the request for the undergarments rather than click around some webpages. The AI, in the given example, works its way through eight steps in its browser chat sidebar, clicking and navigating on your behalf in the web display pane, to arrive at a Walmart checkout page with two six-packs of socks added to the user's shopping cart, ready for payment. [...] Other tasks such as finding specific concert tickets and booking flight tickets from Oslo to Newcastle are also depicted, accelerated at times from 4x to 10x, with the user left to authorize the actual purchase. Browser Operator runs more slowly than shown in the video, though that's actually helpful for a semi-capable assistant. A more casual pace allows the user to intervene at any point and take over.

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A massive brawl between parents watching their children compete at the NCA All-Star National Championship over the weekend led to 10 people being injured and a large police presence. 

Meghan Markle, 43, took to Instagram this evening to update her followers from New York following the release of her highly anticipated Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.

FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday backed a lone developer's brave effort to overturn a pivotal court ruling that threatens to undermine the AGPLv3 – the foundation's GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.…

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands channelled old Hollywood glamour this evening as she joined husband King Willem-Alexander at a state banquet at the Presidential Palace in Cyprus.

At this rate we may need more smelling salts. Urgent signal to quartermasters: sal volatile stocks dangerously low, please resupply soonest.

Fabled RepairTuber and right-to-repair crusader Louis Rossmann accuses Brother of implementing forced firmware updates that block third-party ink cartridges and remove older firmware versions from support portals. These updates also prevent color calibration with aftermarket ink, rendering cheaper cartridges unusable. Tom's Hardware reports: As mentioned in the intro, Rossmann has seen two big issues emerge for Brother printer users with recent firmware updates. Firstly, models that used to work with aftermarket ink, might refuse to work with the same cartridges in place post-update. Brother doesn't always warn about such updates, so Rossmann says that it is important to keep your printer offline, if possible. Moreover, he reckons it is best to keep your printers offline, and "I highly suggest that you turn off your updates," in light of these anti-consumer updates. Another anti-consumer problem Rossmann highlights affects color devices. He cites reports from a Brother MFP user who noticed color calibration didn't work with aftermarket inks post-update. They used to work, and if the update doesn't allow the printer to calibrate with this aftermarket ink the cheaper carts become basically unusable. Making matters worse, and an aspect of this tale which seems particularly dastardly, Rossmann says that older printer firmware is usually removed from websites. This means users can't roll back when they discover the unwanted new 'features' post-update. While he admittedly can't do much about these printer industry machinations, Rossmann says it feels important to document these changes which show that property rights for individuals are disappearing. Additional info about Brother's issues are available on Rossmann's wiki.

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The 'happiest place on Earth' turned into the 'loneliest place on earth' for a child who was abandoned by their parents at Disneyland last month. The video of the incident went viral.

A well-known Disney star has faced major backlash after she was seen in a bizarre act on a beach in Hawaii. The actress posted a video of her in the act sometime over the weekend.

Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have signed yet another big-money deal, as they plot to make millions out of a film of their upcoming reunion tour.

It came as Mr Trump's swingeing new tariffs on imports from Mexico , Canada and China took effect - and all three countries said they would retaliate.

Air to ship with M3 while base model gets the A16

Apple on Tuesday unveiled an updated iPad Air with fresh-ish new M-series silicon alongside a new Magic Keyboard with function keys.…

Labour has been accused of placing its ties with authorities in Beijing over its national security interests after government chose to leave China off its updated register of foreign influence.

In a message sent to all Conservative MPs, the Tory chief whip Dame Rebecca Harris told them to 'ensure the facts are clear' before taking to social media.

Kimberly Burch, 56, plunged to her death from a private balcony on the first night of a seven-day 80s-themed cruise aboard the Royal Carribean's Explorer of the Seas.

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg said on a podcast he aims to eventually hand over leadership to a single successor rather than "a committee," amid growing calls for him to step down following his legal battle with hosting company WP Engine. On a recent episode of Lenny's Podcast, Mullenweg discussed his succession strategy for Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, WooCommerce and Tumblr. "I want to pass it to someone else who could have a role similar to mine, and really sort of try to be a steward," Mullenweg said, comparing the position to "being like a mayor than a CEO" as the leader would remain accountable to users and contributors.

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The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene in Paradise Road, Stockwell, after police received reports of a shooting at around 2.30pm on Tuesday.