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A 16-year-old passenger has described a chaotic wait to board in Malta, with travellers allegedly becoming increasingly distressed as temperatures rose.

Chinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense

Out and about in the Shropshire town of Bridgnorth, Louise Elkes cuts a somewhat unassuming figure.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez got married at their new £30million mansion near Lisbon in front of just four witnesses and their children, it emerged today.

Helen Flanagan has branded herself 'the wicked witch' as she candidly shared her struggles of being a single mum.

LEWIS STEELE: It is a mega-money deal that sees the Boston-based FSG, who also own baseball behemoths the Red Sox, set for a £1.65billion payout.

The latest incident has occurred at Wickford in Essex and appears to involve a Greater Anglia service.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years. As reported this week by Current, a trade newspaper covering public broadcasting, St. Louis affiliate Nine PBS filed a lawsuit against Iron Mountain Data Centers on July 28, seeking access to the data. In the litigation filed in Denver District Court, Nine PBS says that its cloud storage provider, Open Source Storage (OSS), used one of Iron Mountain's Denver data centers to store the channel's data. However, OSS is being unresponsive, and Nine PBS says Iron Mountain has refused to release its data. The data in question includes the station's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, East St. Louis' history, The Great Flood of 1993, and over 11,000 files, The Denver Post reported in July. The lawsuit claims that "most" of the data is "unique and irreplaceable," according to the Post. Last month, a judge blocked Iron Mountain from deleting or modifying the data. In a hearing on Wednesday, a judge ruled that Iron Mountain must hand over any physical devices holding the data, Current reported today. The judge also said that Nine PBS must find a third party, such as a former OSS worker, who can help retrieve the data within 30 days and without sharing or corrupting data belonging to other OSS clients. Nine PBS is already communicating with a former OSS employee "who is willing to help," the report said. If complications arise, such as from the data being encrypted, another hearing will be scheduled. Nine PBS and Iron Mountain must provide updates by September 14. Iron Mountain's spokesperson said the company only provides physical infrastructure, such as the building, network connectivity, power, and environmental controls. "Our customers rent space for their servers and other hardware. These are the client's assets. We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers because they belong to our customers," the company said. If it granted "unauthorized access to third-party hardware without a court order," Iron Mountain said the company would violate basic data privacy protocols, breach its contract with OSS, and "potentially [expose] confidential data belonging to other clients of OSS."

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Despite fans branding the lineup the 'worst ever' in the show's 22-year run, the contestants still looked in great spirits as they arrived at the studio in London.

Tyler Muehl, 18, of La Jolla, took a plea agreement on Thursday as he appeared in federal court for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which prohibits harassing wildlife.

Shocking drone footage shows the devastation caused by a grassland fire near Alresford in Essex.

The television personality, 41, looked incredible as she posed in a leopard print swimsuit in a number of Instagram snaps on Friday.

Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Kyiv Post: Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has identified an Nvidia Jetson Orin computer module inside Russia's new S-71 Monochrome air-launched cruise missile, potentially indicating the use of artificial intelligence technology in the weapon, the agency said Wednesday, Aug. 12. The finding was published in the 'Components in Weapons' section of the HUR's War&Sanctions portal, which documents foreign electronic components found in Russian weapons used against Ukraine. The latest research identified 35 electronic components in Russian weapons, according to the HUR. HUR specialists identified the Nvidia Jetson Orin module in the S-71 Monochrome, a new Russian air-launched cruise missile. The agency said the use of the computer module may indicate the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into the missile. The HUR did not provide further details on the specific functions performed by the Nvidia module in the weapon.

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The luxury sports saloon initially enjoyed strong global sales in its first years on the market but has since seen demand fall sharply.

One of Donald Trump's top national security advisers is resigning as the war with Iran escalates, with new attacks on US allies in the Strait of Hormuz.

With the long weekend fast approaching, there are still ways to hunt down a bargain break - and one simple trick could make all the difference.

Residents across Essex have just received an emergency wildfire alert from the UK Government - here's why.

Residents across Essex have just received an emergency wildfire alert from the UK Government - here's why.

Katie Price showed off the full extent of her multiple boob jobs while soaking up the sun in Ibiza earlier this week. The glamour model, 48, wore a miniscule string bikini which showcased the strain of her vast bust.

A federal judge has ordered Google to remove what he called "anticompetitive friction" that makes rival Android app stores harder to find and install. The order is part of the remedies stemming from Epic's antitrust victory, which already requires Google to carry competing app stores inside Google Play and give them access to its app catalog. The Verge reports: It's been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided that Google had an illegal monopoly over Android apps, and almost two years since Judge James Donato decided the best way of undoing that monopoly would be to crack open Android app distribution. Donato ordered Google to carry rival Android app stores inside its own Google Play Store, and to provide rivals with complete access to Google's full catalog of apps, for several years. But Epic argued that Google is still making it too difficult to install rival app stores, showing the entire courtroom a live demo of how many steps it currently takes -- and Judge Donato agreed that some of those steps were unnecessary "anticompetitive friction" and ordered Google to remove them. [...] The judge wants these changes fast. "Have it done by a week from today," he told Google. "If there's some problem with that, let me know."

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