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Major cloud storage providers maintain unclear policies about deleting user data after subscription cancellations, Wired reports, with deletion timelines ranging from six months to indefinite preservation. Apple reserves the right to delete iCloud backups after 180 days of device inactivity but does not specify what happens to general file storage. Google may delete content after users exceed free storage limits for extended periods, though files remain safe for two years after cancellation. Microsoft may delete OneDrive files after six months of non-payment, while Dropbox preserves files indefinitely without expiration dates. All providers revert users to limited free storage tiers upon cancellation with Apple and Microsoft offering 5GB, Google providing 15GB, and Dropbox allowing 2GB.

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This is the terrifying moment Florida beachgoers watched in horror as a shark fought with a stingray right by the shore at Panama City Beach.

President Donald Trump continued to cheer on actress Sydney Sweeney in a Truth Social post Monday morning, pitting her against singer Taylor Swift.

He then removed the snap and hours later and re-uploaded it with an emoji covering Daisy.

Freedom Leisure will take over the operation of Braintree Council's leisure services from the start of September, taking over from Fusion Lifestyle.

The Scottish singer, 80, is currently on tour and since the news of Ozzy's death, he has been dedicating Forever Young to the rocker. He's since ramped up the tribute.

If it’s not on-prem, it’s on the menu

Opinion  The details of cloud data regionalization are rarely the stuff of great drama. When they’ve reached the level of an exec admitting to the Senate that a foreign power can help itself to that nation's data, no matter where it lives, things get interesting.…

Kludge causing production outages

Oracle has come under fire for failing to fix a known issue with Windows instances on its cloud infrastructure (OCI).…

BBC Radio 1 host Vick, 35, welcomed their baby during a home water birth at their property in Ibiza, where she flew after beginning her maternity leave.

Sydney Sweeney has been tight-lipped on her voting preferences, but they haven't come as a surprise to fans who have been noticing signs of her conservative political affiliations since 2022.

It's wedding season - and Essex has 14 venues that really stand out

In Scotland, police have warned drivers to stay away from two roads in Aberdeenshire and the Western Highlands - which were blocked by fallen trees and overturned campervans respectively.

Let US and China compete in the AI development arms race, says former Brit PM's non-profit org

Britain should not try to compete with America and China in the race to build cutting-edge AI models and focus instead on widespread AI adoption, but even this will require a boost local compute capacity.…

The actress, who appeared on Suits alongside Meghan, shares the same birthday with her former co-star - with both of them turning 44 today.

The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain

The US IT jobs market hasn't exactly been robust thus far in 2025, and downward revisions to May and June's Bureau of Labor Statistics data mean IT jobs lost in July are part of an even deeper sector slowdown than previously believed.…

Delta Air Lines has walked back previous statements about individualized pricing after lawmakers questioned the airline's AI-assisted dynamic pricing model. In November, Delta president Glen Hauenstein told investors the company would have pricing "available on that flight, on that time, to you, the individual." Responding to senators' concerns in July, EVP Peter Carter now states Delta has never used, is not testing, and does not plan to use individualized pricing based on personal data. Carter describes the AI technology, developed by Fetcherr, as a decision-support tool that uses aggregated data to assist analysts rather than target individual customers with personalized fares.

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Shayne Hill, 32, was said to have been 'engaged on his phone' for ten seconds when he hit cyclist Cheryl Tye, 54. But a jury cleared him after he explained he had been reaching for a drink.

Martin, 66, spoke to the Loose Women panel about how his wife is doing after being diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease aged 61 in 2022.

Additive-laden foods such as crisps and sweets have been vilified for decades over their supposed risks, with dozens of studies linking them to type 2 diabetes and cancer.

The quadruple killer, 30, was moved to long-term isolation in a notoriously restrictive block of the Idaho prison where he will spend the rest of his life.