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The crash which took place at Highcliffe Care Home, Sunderland, on July 10 contributed to the death of two elderly residents and hospitalized eight people after a ceiling collapsed.

Bionca Ellis, 34, was told she would never be eligible for parole at her sentencing in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday for the June 2, 2024, murder of Julian Wood.

The former EastEnders star, 49, looked effortlessly chic in a white Primark cardigan which featured a stylish black knit trim while out with her pet dog in East Molesey.

The anti-monarchy protester - from the campaign group Republic - shouted questions about the Prince and convicted sex trafficker Epstein as the King visited Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire.

Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of murdering conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. He spoke off-camera during his hearing on Monday.

Maria Whitefield had been travelling to a hospital appointment on October 17 but found herself in a 20-minute standoff with two passengers.

An anonymous reader shares a column: As the AI boom develops, consultants are in a tricky spot. The pandemic, inflation and economic uncertainty have encouraged many of their big clients to tighten expenditure. The U.S. government, one of the biggest spenders, has been cancelling multiple billion-dollar contracts in an effort to conserve cash. In March, 10 of the largest consultants including Deloitte, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM and Guidehouse were targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency to justify their fees. As a result, the largest listed players' shares have collapsed by up to 30% in the past two years, against the S&P 500's 50% jump. AI is, in some respects, a boon. In September, Accenture said it had helped it cut 11,000 jobs, and CEO Julie Sweet is set to augment that with staff that cannot be retrained. Salesforce recently laid off 4000 customer support workers. Microsoft has halted hiring in its consulting business. Unfortunately, big clients are cottoning on to the advantages too. One finance chief of a large UK company outlined the issue for Breakingviews via an illustrative example. Say an outsourced project costs the client $1 million to do themselves, and Accenture and the like have historically been able to do the same job for $200,000. With the advent of machine learning, companies can do the same work for just $10,000. This gives clients considerable leverage. If consultants won't lower their prices to near the relevant level, the client can find one who will. Or just do the job itself.

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A man who lost half of his face when a drunk driver collided with him as he cycled with friends has been given a confidence boosting lifeline - a 3D printed prosthetic.

How many 1080p screens can you fit on a pinhead? These German physicists reckon about one

Micro-OLED displays with 1080p (1920x1080) resolution have been around for a few years now, but a group of German researchers has taken things to the next level. They've engineered an OLED pixel so small that an entire 1080p display could fit into a single square millimeter, potentially changing the game for wearable displays.…

Employees are using AI to generate fake expense receipts. Leading expense software platforms report a sharp increase in AI-created fraudulent documents following the launch of improved image generation models by OpenAI and Google. AppZen said fake AI receipts accounted for 14% of fraudulent documents submitted in September compared with none last year. Ramp flagged more than one million dollars in fraudulent invoices within 90 days. About 30% of financial professionals in the US and UK surveyed by Medius reported seeing a rise in falsified receipts after OpenAI released GPT-4o last year. SAP Concur processes more than 80 million compliance checks monthly and now warns customers to not trust their eyes. The receipts include wrinkles in paper, detailed itemization matching real menus and signatures. Creating fraudulent documents previously required photo editing skills or paying for such services. Free and accessible image generation software has made it possible for anyone to falsify receipts in seconds by writing simple text instructions to chatbots.

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The exact date Sean Combs will be freed from prison has been shared on the Bureau of Prison's website.

The Miami-based content creator died 'extremely suddenly' after missing a dinner date, his girlfriend Reem confirmed on social media over the weekend.

The Swedish actor passed away on Saturday from cancer, Kristina Lindstrom, who directed a documentary about his life, said, adding they had 'learned about it from his daughter'.

Strictly star Amber Davies was 'unfazed' by photos of her pro dance partner Nikita Kuzmin kissing her on the forehead, sources revealed to the Daily Mail.

Alan Carr and Paloma Faith's Celebrity Traitors feud has deepened after the comedian snubbed her pregnancy announcement. 

Council agrees plans for new skate park which will be 'real asset for the youths'

Benjamin Franklin once said the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. 

The 43-year-old actress is set to release a CBC podcast on November 4 titled Uncover: Allison After NXIVM as it will mark the first time she has ever opened up about herself and the experience.

Caretakers of the dogs living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have recently reported seeing some dogs with blue-colored fur, a phenomenon never before observed in the area.

Microsoft's next Xbox console will run full Windows and allow users to exit the Xbox interface to access Steam, Epic Games Store, Battle.net, and other PC storefronts, according to Windows Central. The device will launch without a multiplayer paywall. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer told users last week to look at the Xbox Ally handheld for an indication of where Xbox is headed. The company has been using the Ally as a beta test to gather feedback on the experience that will power its next wave of console hardware. The new Xbox will include the entire Xbox console library spanning original Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S titles. These games will run natively and launch through the Xbox launcher's library. Users staying within the Xbox ecosystem will encounter an onboarding experience similar to current consoles. Those who choose to access Windows will be able to install PlayStation PC titles like God of War and Spider-Man purchased through Steam or Epic Games.

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