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An anonymous reader shares a report: Can deleting old emails and photos help the UK tackle ongoing drought this year? That's the hope, according to recommendations for the public included in a press release today from the National Drought Group. There are far bigger steps companies and policymakers can take to conserve water of course, but drought has gotten bad enough for officials to urge the average person to consider how their habits might help or hurt the situation. And the proliferation of data centers is raising concerns about how much water it takes to power servers and keep them cool. "Simple, everyday choices -- such as turning off a tap or deleting old emails -- also really helps the collective effort to reduce demand and help preserve the health of our rivers and wildlife," Helen Wakeham, Environment Agency Director of Water, said in the press release.

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He was found to have been under the influence of drugs

I can tell you the best places to find manta rays and whale sharks. And I can point you towards the country's best beaches, buzziest bars and the most generous food packages.

Wayne Lineker's daughter Tia has shared the first glimpse of her lavish Mallorca wedding on Instagram as she tied the knot with husband Harry Agombar on Sunday.

And yes, there’s the usual credit monitoring

Global staffing firm Manpower confirmed ransomware criminals broke into its Lansing, Michigan franchise's network and stole personal information belonging to 144,189 people, months after the extortionists claimed that they pilfered "all of [the company's] confidential data." …

Support for authoritarianism is strongest among young Reform UK voters with half preferring a leader who could make decisions quickly at the cost of some 'democratic freedoms'.

A seven-year-old boy was found sweating profusely inside a hot car in Heber, Utah on August 4. Police rescued the 'sluggish' boy and found out his mom, Eliana Suaza Argote, 34, was inside the DMV.

Google, Cisco, and McKinsey have reintroduced in-person interviews to combat AI-assisted cheating in virtual technical assessments. Coda Search/Staffing reports client requests for face-to-face meetings has surged to 30% this year from 5% in 2024. A Gartner survey of 3,000 job seekers found 6% admitted to interview fraud including having someone else stand in for them, while the FBI has warned of thousands of North Korean nationals using false identities to secure remote positions at U.S. technology companies. Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed in June the company now requires at least one in-person round for certain roles to verify candidates possess genuine coding skills.

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Grinning for the camera with a sign supporting her football team - she hardly looks an assassin. Yet Aimee Betro travelled 4,000 miles from the US to carry out a 'hit' on a man

The unnamed victim, 59, who has been described in local media as being slight in build, died in his home in the residential district of Campanha on the outskirts of Porto.

Keep calm and clear out that inbox. Also maybe lay off the GenAI

With many parts of England grappling with a water shortage, the UK's National Drought Group (NDG), which includes both government and non-government agencies, has suggested citizens can help by... clearing out their inboxes.…

Scientists have proposed a six-word message to send to the interstellar object shooting through space before it reaches a point they claim would be ideal for a covert approach on Earth.

Dani Dyer lives in Essex and recently married West Ham's captain

The Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle show, where she hosts guests in a rented house near her Montecito mansion for privacy reasons, will return on August 26.

Don't need to give Uncle Sam any more reason to think kill switches are a good idea

Nvidia may have the Trump administration's blessing to resume shipments of its H20 AI accelerators to China, but in Beijing, government officials are now pressuring companies to use what they describe as less-advanced semiconductors.…

Google is rolling out a new feature called "Preferred Sources" in the U.S. and India, which allows users to select their preferred choice of news sites and blogs to be shown in the Top Stories section of Google's search results. From a report: Enabling this feature means you will see more content from the sites you like, the company says. When users search for a particular topic, they will see a "star" icon next to the Top Stories section. They can tap on that icon and start adding sources by searching for them. Once you select the sources, you can refresh the results to see more content from your selected sources. Google said that for some queries, users will also see a separate "From your sources" section below the Top Stories section.

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Jennifer Clifford worked for the airline for almost 40 years before the Covid-19 pandemic, an employment tribunal heard.

Last year's attempt failed, but increased concern over the state of the BIS might make the second time the charm

The US government agency in charge of keeping advanced technology out of the hands of America's enemies desperately needs an IT modernization to accomplish its mission. So a group of elected officials is trying (again) to get the funds it needs to do so. …

The gains came just days before US President Donald Trump was to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on the war.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft is starting to roll out lightweight taskbar apps for Microsoft 365 users on Windows 11. These taskbar apps will automatically launch at startup and provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar straight from the Windows taskbar. The Microsoft 365 companion apps, as Microsoft calls them, are starting to roll out to business users of Microsoft 365 this month. The People companion provides a browsable org chart, as well as the ability to look up anyone in your company. You can also quickly start a Teams message or call with a contact, or email them directly.

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