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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick enjoyed a New York City date night on Thursday at a glittering gala.

Student protests descended into anarchy across France today with a video showing a rioter blasting a woman in the face with a flamethrower. 

Two a month per submitter, starting now, and you can thank science slop for the change

He said that he "should have just stopped" when he was arrested

The European Commission has rolled out Element Pro as a self-hosted "sovereign back-up" to Microsoft Teams and the reviews aren't great. Politico reported that several officials questioned its usefulness and usability, with one calling it "absolute shit." Politico reports: "I don't understand the added value here," one official wrote on an internal staff message board, seen by POLITICO. Another described the tool as "absolute shit." A third official said that, judging matters on how well Element Pro works compared to Teams, the U.S. would "instantly win the war" if it ever decided to switch off its technology. All the officials were granted anonymity to speak freely. The Commission hosts the Element system on its own infrastructure rather than relying on Microsoft's cloud. That gives the institution greater control over its communications data and systems. "That is not the case with Teams, where all we have is a guarantee that Microslop will not peek inside," a fourth official wrote, presumably referring to Microsoft, in internal communications viewed by POLITICO. Element is a U.K. company whose software is used by governments and public-sector organizations in Europe. The application works much like Teams, allowing staff to hold "audio and video calls with Commission colleagues, send and receive files, and create dedicated 'rooms' for projects and conversations, much like chats and channels in M365 Teams," according to the Commission memo. "Obviously there are going to be some teething issues," said Element CEO Matthew Hodgson, adding there will always be "cognitive dissonance" when switching to a new app, if only because the "buttons" are in a different place. He noted that the United Nations and NATO also use Element Pro. "Change is always painful, particularly if it's a switch from a much-used program like Teams."

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My surgeon's kind face gave nothing away as I sat down to hear how my operation had gone. He knew, as I did, that what he was about to tell me would shape the rest of my life.

Caroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay criticised plans for Green members to pass a motion that defines Zionism as support for 'an ethnonationalist Jewish State'.

The American pontiff attempted to halt Christa Pike's lethal injections before officials failed to execute the convicted Satanic killer.

Hawaii's famous Hōlei Sea Arch has fallen into the Pacific Ocean after standing tall for 500 years

The clip showed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's black Lab Pula playing with a soft toy shaped like Meghan's As Ever raspberry spread jar that she launched the American brand with.

Mostly 'routine research tasks,' and 'some involved government websites, which our models often use,' AI giant tells The Reg

Residents have voiced growing concern over a water leak in a Southend street, with frustrations that 'nobody is listening'

Residents have voiced growing concern over a water leak in a Southend street, with frustrations that 'nobody is listening'

Chris Brain, 69, has been on trial at Inner London Crown Court for a series of sexual offences, including one count of rape, against women dating back to the 1980s.

It took 30 years for Christa Pike's sentence to be set in motion. Thirty years of agony for the family of the teenage student she'd killed in a crime still embedded in public consciousness.

Jodie Comer cut a striking figure in a red halterneck top as she joined the likes of Eddie Redmayne and his wife Hannah Bagshawe at Givenchy's Paris Fashion Week show on Friday.

M25 closed anti-clockwise before junction 25 for Enfield after a multi-vehicle crash in Holmesdale Tunnel, causing 66-minute delays.

M25 closed anti-clockwise before junction 25 for Enfield after a multi-vehicle crash in Holmesdale Tunnel, causing 66-minute delays.

Some of the names might make you double take

A federal judge has dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media accusing Google of harming publishers by using their content in AI Overviews and other AI search features without compensating them or providing a meaningful opt-out. Ars Technica reports: The lawsuits were filed in 2025, and Google requested a dismissal earlier this year. Chegg, an education and learning platform, claimed in its lawsuit that Google illegally scraped its educational content. This allowed Gemini models to essentially recreate that content and reduce the site's traffic. Penske, which owns publications like Rolling Stone and Variety, filed a similar case that alleged lost traffic. Specifically, the publisher claimed it was unfair that sites indexed for organic search would also have their content harvested for AI answers, with no way to opt out. These arguments did not sway the judge, who noted that Google's implicit agreement with websites is not legally relevant. "Plaintiffs have pleaded only that they have an 'expectation' that Google will send them search "traffic if they make their content available for free," wrote Mehta. "But an expectation is not an agreement. It is simply how a general search engine works." Since Google never had a formal arrangement with either Chegg or Penske, antitrust law doesn't apply. And Mehta is aware of the legal issues surrounding search. He also heard the DOJ's long-running search antitrust case against Google, eventually finding that Google violated the law. However, the government didn't get the harsh penalties it wanted in that case.

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