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Even limited voter rolls can be linked to identify people, research shows

Your voter data could be used against you. A foreign intelligence service that wished to identify the family members of deployed military personnel could do so by cross-referencing public voter record data and social media posts.…

TOWIE is now in its 37th season and Freddie Bentley has cut his Vietnam trip short amid the ongoing ITV2 drama

Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team attended to investigate the item

Medical license applicants still waiting months while agency insists it's 'putting things right'

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has introduced new tech to support driving license applications that require medical checks, after processing times exceeded 14 weeks in February.…

Essex Police are investigating the crash and appealing for any witnesses

A Daily Mail audit found the Home Office was employing the most officials 'primarily focused' on promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives.

Expert Clive Holland says it's best if homeowners start with the basics in their garden before spending big.

Britain has demonstrated its flagship drone swarming technology for the first time, simulating strikes on a Russian tank.

Antisemitism campaigners have reacted with fury after Pro-Palestine activists posted an image of Jewish actress Dame Maureen Lipman as the devil with horns and a black trident.

Mel Reeve said she joined the group fitness studio at a Sydney gym hoping to meet new people and feel part of a 'community', but instead found herself feeling isolated from the start.

EXCLUSIVE: TOWIE stars Junaid Ahmed and Joe Blackman have been together for nearly two years and their romance has been the subject of intense backlash

Finding yourself involuntarily downgraded from a premium cabin to economy is a nightmare scenario - but why and when does it happen, and what are the steps you can take if it happens to you?

The intruder at World Snooker Championship final has revealed themselves to be an OnlyFans star, who claimed she was prepared to take her top off before being halted by security.

Shouldn't my personal pension payments have been deducted from my earnings when my UC was assessed all the way back to the start of my claim?

The World Health Organisation confirmed six suspected cases of hantavirus infection on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde in Africa.

A fire investigation is due to be carried out on Monday (May 4)

The president declared that the initiative is called 'Project Freedom' and aims to help the 'neutral and innocent bystanders' that have been caught up in the suffocating blockage on the Iranian waterway.

A Wall Street Journal opinion piece warns of "a troubling trend" in AI's growth. "Rather than selling software, some AI companies are paying their partners to use it." It cites OpenAI's $1.5 billion joint venture with private-equity firms, Anthropic's $200 million contribution to a private-equity firm joint venture, and Google's $750 million subsidization of Gemini's adoption by consulting firms. "These agreements muddy the distinction between a company's sound growth trajectory and artificial financial engineering." [T]he scale and structure of the recent AI deals go beyond standard incentive mechanisms... When a seller pays customers to buy its products, it is unclear if its revenue growth reflects vibrant demand or a willingness to accept subsidies. Slashdot reader destinyland writes: This warning comes from a prominent figure in the investing community. For six years Robert Pozen was chairman of America's oldest mutual fund company, after five years at Fidelity. An advocate for corporate governance, he's currently a lecturer at MIT's business school (and the author of the book Remote Inc.: How to Thrive at Work...Wherever You Are). "As AI companies prepare initial public offerings, investors should scrutinize their numbers closely," Pozner writes, warning about "time-limited financial support". "In evaluating AI sales figures, analysts should consider the distorted incentives that the recent financing deals create," writes Pozner: Private-equity firms, enticed by promised returns, might demand rapid rollouts of AI products, rather than ensuring their orderly and safe development. Portfolio companies of private-equity firms may embrace AI tools not because they are needed but because adoption is mandated by their owners. Consultants may favor one set of AI models based on the subsidy instead of the merits. If guarantees and subsidies are major factors in the rapid adoption of AI tools, investors should be skeptical of AI companies' revenue projections. Many of their customers enticed by consultants will stop paying full price when the financial incentives are gone. Many of the portfolio companies of private-equity firms could back away from selected AI tools once these joint ventures expire. The challenge with evaluating these AI financing deals is the lack of transparency. At present, AI vendors don't separate revenue driven by subsidies or joint ventures from standard sales. The lesson from the telecom debacle is that financial engineering can obscure, for years, the difference between real customer demand and demand driven by incentives. When AI companies begin to finance their own product distribution, guaranteeing returns to investors and subsidizing sales, it's a signal for investors to dig deeper. Investing in an AI company? Ask what percentage of enterprise revenue is coming from subsidized channels or joint ventures, Pozner suggests. And the renewal/retention rate for customers not supported by subsidies or joint ventures...

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Patrick Kielty, 55, was talking to Boy George on RTÉ's Late Late Show on Friday night when he said the 'backdrop' to the north London stabbings was 'the horrors in Gaza'.

An order was put in place to prevent it