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Budding director Malia appeared in good spirits, smiling and chatting with a friend, despite immense speculation that her parents, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, are having marital problems.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: For a moment, imagine you are Agam Berger's mother, Meirav. Nearly five hundred days ago, her then 19-year-old daughter was captured by Hamas.

The father of Jack Blues also had hollow eyes, a thin frame and a sad look on his face as he was outside a high rise building next to a movie theater in NYC; Hailey was not with him.

The Dead Ringers and Spitting Image star Jon Culshaw told the Mail the PM's voice was 'profoundly unadventurous', adding: 'He's over-cautious to the point of being absolutely clenched.'

A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses Amazon of secretly tracking consumers' movements through their cellphones via its Amazon Ads SDK embedded in third-party apps, allegedly collecting sensitive geolocation data without consent. The complaint, filed by a California resident in a San Francisco federal court, claims Amazon violated state laws on unauthorized computer access in the process. Reuters reports: This allegedly enabled Amazon to collect an enormous amount of timestamped geolocation data about where consumers live, work, shop and visit, revealing sensitive information such as religious affiliations, sexual orientations and health concerns. "Amazon has effectively fingerprinted consumers and has correlated a vast amount of personal information about them entirely without consumers' knowledge and consent," the complaint said. The complaint was filed by Felix Kolotinsky of San Mateo, California, who said Amazon collected his personal information through the "Speedtest by Ookla" app on his phone. He said Amazon's conduct violated California's penal law and a state law against unauthorized computer access, and seeks unspecified damages for millions of Californians.

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Makes you wonder, how bad could Windows-on-Arm really be?

Businesses looking to pick up a Surface Pro tablet or laptop powered by Intel's latest generation of Core Ultra processors can expect to pay at least $400 more compared to Microsoft's existing Arm-based offerings.…

A DailyMail.com photographer exclusively caught the actor, 48, exiting their New York City apartment after security packed up his car with a slew of luggage on Thursday.

Tom Selleck was seen celebrating his 80th birthday by indulging in a fancy dinner with his family and close friends in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday.

Bettina Anderson was quick to slam Vogue on Instagram on Wednesday after the fashion publication wrote a scathing piece about the first lady's official White House portrait.

Tackling disease, tick. High-energy physics, tick. Nuke security, also tick

OpenAI has announced another deal with Uncle Sam, this time to get its very latest models in the hands of US government scientists working on nuclear security and more.…

Dana White has slapped down UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell after he described Adolf Hitler as a 'good guy' and denied the Holocaust ever happened. 

Famously starring Robin Williams, the film sees a magical board game unleash a world of adventure on siblings.

Earlier this week, the opera singer, 53, stepped down from the tour after coming under fire for making a vile remark aimed at Janette Manrara.

Longtime Slashdot reader nunya_bizns shares a report from Reuters: The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion deal to acquire networking gear maker Juniper Networks, arguing that it would stifle competition, according to a complaint filed on Thursday. The DOJ argued that the acquisition would eliminate competition and would lead to only two companies -- Cisco Systems and HPE -- controlling more than 70% of the U.S. market for networking equipment. More than a year ago, the server maker said that it would buy Juniper Networks for $14 billion in an all-cash deal, as it looks to spruce up its artificial intelligence offerings. "Juniper has also introduced innovative tools that have materially decreased the cost of operating a wireless network for many customers. This competitive pressure has forced HPE to discount its offerings and invest in its own innovation," the DOJ said in its complaint. Stiff competition from Juniper forced HPE to sell its products at a discount and spend to introduce new features under the "Beat Mist" campaign, named after the networking gear company's rival product, the DOJ wrote. "Having failed to beat Mist on the merits, HPE changed tactics and in January 2024 opted to try to buy Juniper instead," the agency added.

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Dylan Conway, from Queensland , Australia, had nine surgeries and spent 14 months in bed due to reoccurring pilonidal sinus disease - a skin problem that occurs in the buttocks.

In shocking footage, the skiers can be seen zigzagging down a snowy slope in Val Venosta, South Tyrol, in Italy, closely followed by a huge landslide of snow.

The 36-year-old Hollyoaks actress was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the programme last week after being voted off in a skate-off against Comedian Josh Jones.

The Register's Dan Robinson reports: Google promised a decade of updates for its Chromebooks in 2023 to stop them being binned so soon after purchase, but many are still set to reach the end of the road sooner than later. The appliance-like laptop devices were introduced by megacorp in 2011, running its Linux-based ChromeOS platform. They have been produced by a number of hardware vendors and proven popular with buyers such as students, thanks to their relatively low pricing. The initial devices were designed for a three-year lifespan, or at least this was the length of time Google was prepared to issue automatic updates to add new features and security fixes for the onboard software. Google has extended this Auto Update Expiration (AUE) date over the years, prompted by irate users who purchased a Chromebook only to find that it had just a year or two of software updates left if that particular model had been on the market for a while. The latest extension came in September 2023, when the company promised ten years of automatic updates, following pressure from the US-based Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). The advocacy organization had recommended this move in its Chromebook Churn report, which criticized the devices as not being designed to last. PIRG celebrated its success at the time, claiming that Google's decision to extend support would "save millions of dollars and prevent tons of e-waste from being disposed of." But Google's move actually meant that only Chromebooks released from 2021 onward would automatically get ten years of updates, starting in 2024. For a subset of older devices, an administrator (or someone with admin privileges) can opt in to enable extended updates and receive the full ten years of support, a spokesperson for the company told us. This, according to PIRG, still leaves many models set to reach end of life this year, or over the next several years. "According to my research, at least 15 Chromebook models have already expired across most of the top manufacturers (Google, Acer, Dell, HP, Samsung, Asus, and Lenovo). Models released before 2021 don't have the guaranteed ten years of updates, so more devices will continue to expire each year," Stephanie Markowitz, a Designed to Last Campaign Associate at PIRG, told The Register. "In general, end-of-support dates for consumer tech like laptops act as 'slow death' dates," according to Markowitz. "The devices won't necessarily lose function immediately, but without security updates and bug patches, the device will eventually become incompatible with the most up-to-date software, and the device itself will no longer be secure against malware and other issues." A full ist of end-of-life dates for Chromebook models can be viewed here.

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When the Princess of Wales stepped out for her first royal 'away day' since 2023, she did so with grace - and her winning sartorial formula.

The British Medical Association (BMA) also called for legalisation that would allow strikes to spread across more hospitals and clinics.