Fury grows over the NHS staff who are turning away sick private school pupils
Wes Streeting (pictured) was urged to 'act swiftly' yesterday after a child was denied vital treatment because he goes to a private school.
Cat killer who beat two beloved pets to death during campaign of domestic abuse against ex-girlfriend weeps as he avoids prison
James Higginson, 20, walked out of court with his mother before collapsing against a bollard after being handed a suspended sentence on Monday.
Europe's cloud datacenter ambition 'completely crazy' says SAP CEO
Christian Klein sees little benefit from trying to compete with the dominant hyperscalers
The leader of Europe's most valuable company says there is no point in the continent building datacenters to try to compete with US cloud hyperscalers which have already invested in the region.…
Moment boy racer hits 120mph during police chase before ploughing into car leaving woman with serious injuries
William Sandouka, 19, was racing another vehicle along the A5 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, when he fled from police officers in his Audi S3 on the night of May 17, 2024.
Revealed: The 'incredible' hack to bypass Netflix's household limit rule
Throughout 2023, the Californian streaming giant cracked down on freeloaders watching films and shows on someone else's account.
British Airways bans cabin crew from specific activity during layovers in strict new policy
British Airways has banned its staff from a specific activity during layovers in a new policy.
678 arrests in Essex for shoplifting so far in 2025 as 100 special court orders made
One way for neighbourhood policing teams to prevent repeat offending is to apply to the court for special court orders known as criminal behaviour orders (CBOs).
678 arrests in Essex for shoplifting so far in 2025 as 100 special court orders made
One way for neighbourhood policing teams to prevent repeat offending is to apply to the court for special court orders known as criminal behaviour orders (CBOs).
Moment police chase county lines drugs gang across 17th century estate before officers ram car in field
Officers were hot on the trails of Connor Darwent, 27, wanted on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs when they spotted him driving on the A46 towards Lincoln.
Mounjaro made me look old: I've 'aged 15 years' since losing 7st - but here's why I don't care about having 'jab face'
Ashley Nickson, 35, from Rainhill, Liverpool, tipped the scales at 17st 10lbs before she started using Mounjaro. While trolls have said she looks 15 years older, she has no regrets at all.
Inside Persian Princess Iman Pahlavi's fairytale Parisian wedding to American businessman Bradley Sherman as late Shah's granddaughter says 'I do'
Iman, 31, and American businessman Bradley Sherman said 'I do' in a private ceremony in Paris as members of the Iranian royal family gathered to bless the newlyweds.
Floppy disks and paper strips lurk behind US air traffic control
Not to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that the US air traffic control system still runs on somewhat antiquated bits of technology, including floppy disks and paper strips.…
Apple Researchers Challenge AI Reasoning Claims With Controlled Puzzle Tests
Apple researchers have found that state-of-the-art "reasoning" AI models like OpenAI's o3-mini, Gemini (with thinking mode-enabled), Claude 3.7, DeepSeek-R1 face complete performance collapse [PDF] beyond certain complexity thresholds when tested on controllable puzzle environments. The finding raises questions about the true reasoning capabilities of large language models.
The study, which examined models using Tower of Hanoi, checker jumping, river crossing, and blocks world puzzles rather than standard mathematical benchmarks, found three distinct performance regimes that contradict conventional assumptions about AI reasoning progress.
At low complexity levels, standard language models surprisingly outperformed their reasoning-enhanced counterparts while using fewer computational resources. At medium complexity, reasoning models demonstrated advantages, but both model types experienced complete accuracy collapse at high complexity levels. Most striking was the counterintuitive finding that reasoning models actually reduced their computational effort as problems became more difficult, despite operating well below their token generation limits.
Even when researchers provided explicit solution algorithms, requiring only step-by-step execution rather than creative problem-solving, the models' performance failed to improve significantly. The researchers noted fundamental inconsistencies in how models applied learned strategies across different problem scales, with some models successfully handling 100-move sequences in one puzzle type while failing after just five moves in simpler scenarios.
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'Better than ghd' £119 straightener reduced to £52 leaves Amazon shoppers 'blown away' by results
'I am amazed with the results, I look like I've been to a salon'
The sad, lonely death of a $22million Powerball winner: Josh spent his last $19 on a lotto ticket that should've been his happy ending. It brought one unthinkable tragedy after another
Despite his good fortune, Josh's life would quickly unravel over the next five years, ending in unimaginable tragedy... Now, friends reveal his desperately sad story for the first time.
Atheist church accountant sacked by diocese from £60k-a-year job after 'witch hunt' for being non-Catholic wins discrimination case
Cambridge University-educated Janet Parker, 55, fell out with her female boss after she asked for leave to care for her newly adopted daughter.
Trump orders the arrest of everyone in face masks and says 'bring in the troops' as LA burns, looting breaks out and violence spirals out of control following ICE protests
Harrowing footage showed rioters laying deadly traps for officers in LA and setting cars alight with molotov cocktails, rockets and explosives as tensions soared to new heights on Sunday night.
Cougars rejoice! Women with younger boyfriends have more fulfilling sex lives than ladies with older partners, study finds
There are many things that can influence satisfaction in the bedroom. But one factor in particular could be what's putting a smile on the faces of Cher and Joan Collins.
Romeo Beckham, 22, steps out with stunning German model Caroline Daur, 30, as they leave Paris hotel party in the early hours - weeks after his split from girlfriend Kim Turnbull
Romeo Beckham has been spotted out with German model Caroline Daur, just weeks after his split from girlfriend Kim Turnbull.
'Feral' e-bike rider who got veteran police officer axed is FINALLY locked up... after being allowed to roam free for months with 42 convictions
Mason McGarry, 19, has been handed a 12-month sentence in a young offenders institute after he drove at 60mph in a 40mph zone before mounting the pavement and hitting a lorry.