Half a million home moves stuck in conveyancing 'log-jam' ahead of stamp duty changes
Rightmove has estimated that 74,000 moves, which includes 25,000 first-time buyers , will just miss the 31 March deadline and complete in April instead.
Supernanny Jo Frost accuses parents of 'neglect' if they don't watch their children complete daily task
The British childcare expert, Jo Frost, has warned parents that they may be 'neglecting' their children if they don't watch them brush their teeth.
Terror group shares sick cryptic video after Trump vowed to unleash hell on them
The video begins with a single American flag resting on a coffin, but as the camera pans out it shows dozens of flag-draped coffins floating in waters near destroyed Navy ships.
Spanish anti-tourism protesters promise a summer of misery for holidaymakers: Radicals have already started blocking beauty spots and are holding international summit on tactics
Visitors to Ibiza last month were left disappointed after a popular viewing point was dramatically blocked off with boulders in the latest sign of growing local resentment towards mass tourism.
White Lotus' wild sex monologue by surprise guest star Sam Rockwell goes viral
In the fifth episode in the season set in Thailand, Rockwell shocked viewers not only when he randomly appeared but also during his scene with Walton Goggin's eccentric character Rick.
White Lotus fans disgusted by 'sick' gay incest kiss between brothers Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola
The White Lotus viewers were left disgusted by a 'sick' kiss between the Ratliff brothers on Sunday's new episode amid a bizarre incest storyline.
White Lotus producer defends incest kiss after claims show went 'too far'
White Lotus producer David Bernad defended an incestuous kiss scene in the latest episode of the popular HBO show, which aired on Sunday leaving fans 'disgusted.'
Tormented Justin Bieber's wife Hailey tries to bolster his spirits after his worrying post about 'drowning'
Justin Bieber's wife Hailey seemingly attempted to uplift his spirits with a trip to the happiest place on Earth, after he shared a worrying post about 'drowning.'
Fisherman found alive after 95 DAYS at sea reveals how he survived after being blown off course in huge storm
A Peruvian fisherman, Máximo Napa Castro, has revealed how he managed to survive 95 days lost at sea. He was rescued 680 miles offshore by Ecuadorian fishermen.
Liverpool produced their worst cup final performance in a lifetime - now one forgotten star should replace one of Arne Slot's regular starters, writes LEWIS STEELE
LEWIS STEELE AT WEMBLEY: The Arne Slot machine malfunctioned at the worst time possible, following up their European exit with a Carabao Cup final defeat.
Former head of Ofsted accuses Education Secretary of prioritising unions' interests above children
Amanda Spielman has called on the Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson to drop proposed changes including forcing academics to teach the national curriculum.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? contestant stumped by tricky question and nearly misses out on HUGE prize - but can you guess the answer?
A contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? was left absolutely stumped after being asked a tricky sports question.
Our only child collapsed and died while playing the Field Game alongside his father at Eton College - here's why we want to talk about his death
Raphael's father Michael Pryor saw him fall down and CPR immediately being performed before the teenager was taken to Wexham Park Hospital and kept alive until his mother arrived.
Wealthy couple who attacked staff at a country pub after a Christmas party have been spared jail - but are blasted by judge for laughing during trial
Company director Nathan Sayer, 50, and his wife Catharine, 54, were scolded by a judge as they were sentenced for assault and religiously aggravated harassment at The New Inn in Hook, Hampshire.
I watched a schoolboy go into cardiac arrest on the street after an attack... a homeless man and I saved his life
Nicole Bodgers and Brad Roberts were enjoying a night out in Manchester when they found Blake Spiers, 13, suffering a heart attack after his friend was robbed in the city centre.
BlueSky Proposes 'New Standard' for When Scraping Data for AI Training
An anonymous reader shared this article from TechCrunch:
Social network Bluesky recently published a proposal on GitHub outlining new options it could give users to indicate whether they want their posts and data to be scraped for things like generative AI training and public archiving.
CEO Jay Graber discussed the proposal earlier this week, while on-stage at South by Southwest, but it attracted fresh attention on Friday night, after she posted about it on Bluesky. Some users reacted with alarm to the company's plans, which they saw as a reversal of Bluesky's previous insistence that it won't sell user data to advertisers and won't train AI on user posts.... Graber replied that generative AI companies are "already scraping public data from across the web," including from Bluesky, since "everything on Bluesky is public like a website is public." So she said Bluesky is trying to create a "new standard" to govern that scraping, similar to the robots.txt file that websites use to communicate their permissions to web crawlers...
If a user indicates that they don't want their data used to train generative AI, the proposal says, "Companies and research teams building AI training sets are expected to respect this intent when they see it, either when scraping websites, or doing bulk transfers using the protocol itself."
Over on Threads someone had a different wish for our AI-enabled future. "I want to be able to conversationally chat to my feed algorithm. To be able to explain to it the types of content I want to see, and what I don't want to see. I want this to be an ongoing conversation as it refines what it shows me, or my interests change."
"Yeah I want this too," posted top Instagram/Threads executive Adam Mosseri, who said he'd talked about the idea with VC Sam Lessin. "There's a ways to go before we can do this at scale, but I think it'll happen eventually."
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Death of the work ethic: With Labour at war over benefits cuts, ONE IN FOUR young people consider quitting workforce entirely
A stark report lays bare the scale of Labour's challenge as it seeks to see off opposition from its own backbenchers to slash the ballooning welfare bill and encourage adults back to work.
Developer wrote a critical app and forgot where it ran – until it stopped running
What comes after testing in the software development lifecycle? Aaah, never mind ... let's skip to maintenance
Who, Me? With the weekend behind us, it's time to once again ask the question "Who, Me?" That's the name of The Register's Monday column in which we share reader-contributed confessions of making a mess with tech.…
Mercedes new CLA EV blows the competition out the water with 492 miles of range for around £40k
Are we in the new age of EVs? Mercedes new CLA coupe is priced the same as the hybrid and will give you 492 miles of range for around £40k. It'll go on sale later this year.
Trump deploys US Navy destroyer USS Gravely with guided missiles to southern border for intriguing new mission
The USS Gravely recently spent nine months in the thick of conflict in the Middle East, fighting off continuous assaults from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.