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The royal couple, who first met at St Andrew's University in Scotland, announced their engagement in a historic interview with Tom Brabmy in 2010.

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is returning to screens for its twenty-fifth series - and the stars are being thrown straight into the deep end. 

An anonymous reader shared this post from the gaming news site Aftermath: Concord, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Firewalk Studios' Overwatch-like shooter, was live for just two weeks before it was pulled offline. Though Concord certainly had some dedicated players, it didn't have many — which is why it may be surprising to hear that a group of players are reverse-engineering the game and its servers to bring it back to life. Publisher Sony removed Concord from stores and digital marketplaces, automatically refunded some, and, later, shut down Firewalk Studios. Two hundred or so people were laid off, and any hopes of Concord's return were dashed. Poor sales — estimated to be under 25,000 copies sold — and low player numbers marred the release. Firewalk Studios' game director Ryan Ellis said in a blog post that pieces of the game "resonated with players," but "other aspects of the game and [Concord's] initial launch didn't land the way [Firewalk Studios] intended." Concord wasn't a bad game, but it just didn't generate enough interest with enough players. Now, a group of three hobbyist reverse-engineers, who go by real, Red, and gwog online, are trying to make it playable again... "Sometimes there's enough of the server left in the game, that we can 'activate' that code and make the game believe it's a server," Red said. "We do pretty much always need to fill in the gaps though..." Concord used an anti-tamper software to keep people from cheating, which also creates a problem for people reverse engineering. It's "nearly impossible" to crack, Red said, so the group didn't — they found an exploit to "forcefully decrypt the game's code" to "restore the game and start working on servers...." It's not open to the public, but people can sign up for future tests. Even former Firewalk Studios employees have joined the server. They're excited to see Concord come back to life, too, the developers said. "Friday morning, a video of the playtest was posted to the Concord Reddit page," according to the article. (Though ironically by Friday night YouTube had had removed the video "due to a copyright claim by MarkScan Enforcement."

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The creature stood about six feet tall in the long grass, distinctly ape-like and in size not dissimilar to a chimpanzee or an orang-utan, like a man covered in hair.

A leafy market town has become an attractive hotspot for prospective homeowners of all ages, but there is one demographic with which it is particularly popular.

ISABEL BALDWIN AT PELICAN GOLF CLUB: 'She's just another girl. She's just like any other golfer,' a father assured his young daughter. But he was wrong. Kai Trump was not just any golfer.

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a Substack post by economist/entrepreneur Skander Garroum: You know that feeling when you're waiting for the cable guy, and they said 'between 8am and 6pm, and you waste your entire day, and they never show up? Now imagine that, except the cable guy is 'electricity,' the day is '50 years,' and you're one of 600 million people. At some point, you stop waiting and figure it out yourself. What's happening across Sub-Saharan Africa right now is the most ambitious infrastructure project in human history, except it's not being built by governments or utilities or World Bank consortiums. It's being built by startups selling solar panels to farmers on payment plans. And it's working. Over 30 million solar products sold in 2024. 400,000 new solar installations every month across Africa. 50% market share captured by companies that didn't exist 15 years ago. Carbon credits subsidizing the cost. IoT chips in every device. 90%+ repayment rates on loans to people earning $2/day. And if you understand what's happening in Africa, you understand the template for how infrastructure will get built everywhere else for the next 50 years.

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The woman, Kelly, was reported missing from the Witcombe area, near Gloucester, on Friday afternoon and was last seen on Wednesday.

While his true identity is unknown, he operates under the names Shaxawan Jamal and Kardos Mateen. To others he is simply referred to as 'the accountant'.

It's a great place to live if you want to live in London without the huge price tag

NIK SIMON: Thirteen years of heartbreak later, it was England's evergreen No 10 who delivered a masterclass to earn England another famous victory over the mighty All Blacks.

Cruz Beckham took his little sister Harper to Winter Wonderland on Thursday night, even in the pouring rain.

'It becomes exhausting. You start to wonder if this is just how you will live from now on. There were times when I felt really low.'

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales cut his interview with German podcaster Tilo Jung short after a contentious exchange.

Former Strictly professional James Jordan , who appeared on the show between 2006 and 2013, has called for the show to have a full shake-up - including axing HALF of the pros.

LNER staff member Samir Zitouni had been in a critical condition since November 1, having suffered multiple injuries during a stabbing rampage in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

It is shocking, to a British patriot, to learn of some of the unquestioned atrocities which were committed by British troops in Palestine in the 1930s. But the drama itself omits some important things too.

One of the brightest stars of 80s television made a rare outing in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Ageless and striking, she reminded fans why rumors of a romance with Matthew Perry once flew.

'I believe Southend definitely deserves more credit'

The Duke and Duchess of Drama have stepped in it again. And my Montecito mole thinks she knows what really happened.