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Apple unveiled iPadOS 26 at its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, introducing what appears to be the most significant productivity overhaul in the tablet operating system's history. The update brings dynamically resizable windows that users can drag by their corners, a menu bar accessible through swipe gestures or cursor movement, and Expose for viewing all open windows in a tiled array. The new windowing system allows users to seamlessly close, minimize, resize, and tile app windows while maintaining the iPad's touch-first interface. When users reopen apps, windows return to their last position and size. The menu bar, a longtime Mac staple, provides access to familiar commands like File, Edit, and View through either touch or trackpad controls. Apple is also enhancing the Files app with resizable columns and collapsible folders, while bringing the Preview app to iPad for the first time with PDF editing capabilities and Apple Pencil support. The update introduces Background Tasks for computationally intensive processes and new audio features including Voice Isolation and Local capture for video calls.

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Autistic Rhianan Rudd, 16, plotted to blow up a synagogue and scratched a swastika into her forehead after coming into contact with the two men.

Businesses hope that the festival will make people 'fall in love with Chelmsford'

Martin Asolo-Agogua, 23, had been up all night at a social event when he ploughed  into Ada Bicakci and her five-year-old brother.

The 5ft 11in actress claimed that she was turned away from roles due to her model stature, saying the general sentiment was 'you'll be too big on camera'.

Travellers between Witham and Colchester should prepare for significant late-night and early-morning disruption this week.

Twenty people were on board the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter when an 'unknown issue' caused the pilot to lose control of the plane on Sunday afternoon.

After three relatively short years of explosive growth thanks to the GenAI boom, AI is driving half of systems revenues worldwide already. …

Broadcom At The Crossroads Between Merchant And Custom Silicon was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: YouTube videos may be getting a bit more pernicious soon. Google's dominant video platform has spent years removing discriminatory and conspiracy content from its platform in accordance with its usage guidelines, but the site is now reportedly adopting a lighter-touch approach to moderation. A higher bar for content removal will allow more potentially inflammatory content to remain up in the "public interest." [...] Beginning late last year, YouTube began informing moderators they should err on the side of caution when removing videos that are in the public interest. That includes user uploads that discuss issues like elections, race, gender, sexuality, abortion, immigration, and censorship. Previously, YouTube's policy told moderators to remove videos if one-quarter or more of the content violated policies. Now, the exception cutoff has been increased to half. In addition, staff are now told to bring issues to managers if they are uncertain rather than removing the content themselves. "Recognizing that the definition of 'public interest' is always evolving, we update our guidance for these exceptions to reflect the new types of discussion we see on the platform today," YouTube's Nicole Bell told the New York Times. "Our goal remains the same: to protect free expression on YouTube while mitigating egregious harm." Most of the videos hosted on YouTube won't be affected by this change, the company says. "These exceptions apply to a small fraction of the videos on YouTube, but are vital for ensuring important content remains available," a YouTube spokesperson tells Ars. "This practice allows us to prevent, for example, an hours-long news podcast from being removed for showing one short clip of violence."

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A mother is returning from a pilgrimage today to find her husband and youngest daughter, aged nine, have perished in a house fire.

The reversal means nine million pensioners - over three quarters of those living in England and Wales - will get the payment worth up to £300 this winter.

The initial coupling will not be all about looks...

The two met 16 years ago on the set of the 2009 horror film Jennifer's Body. And now they are both working on his series: Hers is Long Bright River and his is Nobody Wants This.

A local TV reporter questioned whether the city's violent unrest qualified as rioting - even as a fire burned behind him live on the air.

The 67-year-old victim was sent flying after truck driver Glen Brady, 47, had become 'distracted by his sat nav'.

On Saturday night, the first daughter, 43, and her family joined the president cage-side to enjoy the fight. While dozens of people complimented her, others weren't pleased with her attendance.

At least two people have died after a gunman opened fire near Las Vegas's famous Bellagio Fountains following what police have described as a 'conflict over social media.'

An anonymous reader shares a report: Seagate has announced a new 4TB version of its storage expansion card for the Xbox Series X and S consoles. It's the first time the company has introduced a new capacity since launching 2TB and 512GB versions of the expansion card in late 2021. The 4TB card is available starting today through Seagate's online store and Best Buy for $499.99, but is discounted to $429.99 as part of a limited-time launch promotion. For comparison, the Xbox Series S starts at $379.99, while the Xbox Series X starts at $599.99.

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Ahead of the first episode of Series 12 of Love Island next week, here is a reminder of which contestants have come from Essex over the years

A Christian podcasting duo are facing criticism from some of their more pious followers for promoting an 'immodest' athleisure line.