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Scots cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy wants to redefine the perception of people living with stage four cancer and insists: 'There's plenty of life left in us.'

Every show now is an AI show, and that included this year's Computex

Amongst the guests at the royal wedding of Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling was Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs, co-founder of the distinguished fashion brand Beulah.

The former glamour model, 48, returned home from Dubai earlier this week after visiting the so-called businessman in Al Awir Central Prison and meeting his ex, Dina.

Notorious gangs that make billions of pounds by running brothels and selling illicit tobacco across the country are now being 'backed' by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Helen Lowe, 59, was found guilty of contempt of court after failing to comply with orders to stop living in the makeshift unit at her 40-acre Derbyshire farm.

People are disabling the "recording light" on Meta's Ray-Ban smartglasses — "by my count, thousands of people," says tech journalist Joanna Stern in a new video report: STERN: "They're hiring people on Facebook Marketplace to drill out the light for as much as $100. According to our reporting, folks are offering this service in at least 30 states — despite Meta's attempts to stop it... In most states, we found multiple listings. In the New York and New Jersey area alone there were 23 listings." Stern watched a man in New Jersey disable and then conceal the light with a drill and dental probe in a New Jersey garage (a skill he learned watching YouTube and TikTok videos). He said the same day he'd already been contacted by eight more interested customers, and Stern also found at least 10 other people willing to do the same thing, just in New Jersey. "But what we found is they're all over the country." Meta sold 7 million smartglasses in 2025, but a Meta spokesperson insisted to the videomaker that a "majority" of their smartglasses owners aren't blocking the recording light. And furthermore, they added "We aggressively target anyone advertising tampering tools, have removed thousands of violating ads and Marketplace listings for these services, and pursue legal action when appropriate." (The reporter acknowledges "many" of the Marketplace ads disappeared after they brought them to Meta's attention — and Meta also said they were working with other retailers and sellers to take down listings for smartglasses-tampering parts.) The reporter also heard from one journalist who said they'd used it so they could record the activities of federal immigration agents without being targeted. "Others told me they just don't want people asking questions when they're recording." (There's video of one young man saying "It's already difficult enough to film in public. I don't want to have a blinking light on my face.") Tampering with smartglasses isn't illegal — though it is against Meta's Terms of Service, and could void your warranty. But a lawyer in the report says recording others without consent may be illegal, depending on a wide range of "jurisdictional nuances" like whether you live in an all-party consent state or a one-party consent state. "This seems to be our new reality," the report concludes: "more cameras, more microphones everywhere, and less certainty about who and what is recording." (Tech blogger John Gruber offered this assessment. "Using a Meta platform to find people to hack a Meta device so you can surreptitiously record strangers. So perfectly Meta.") Stern's report points out that "People are trying to fight back. Apps have popped up that use Bluetooth to scan for nearby camera glasses." (In the video one app-maker wonders why Meta isn't offering the same service themselves. "There are technical solutions to these problems.") Ironically, when I watched the report on YouTube, it was preceded by... an ad for Meta's Ray-Ban AI smartglasses.

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The Coronation Street actress, 52, said she has 'no strength left' after being rushed to A&E after struggling with horrible side effects from chemotherapy.

Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton's romance undoubtedly stole the show at Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, with the reality star watching on as her man narrowly missed out on victory.

Little did Stephanie Howarth know her family hid a very sinister secret linking her to a notorious female killer, a celebrity executioner and a street with a dark past.

It looks like a fairytale - and, in many ways, it is, for this turns out to be a story full of jeopardy.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN MONACO: In winning this 72nd world championship edition of the sport's most fabled race, he became the youngest driver ever to do so.

The Clarkson's Farm frontman had previously founded a choir formed of those in the rural community, which stormed to victory in the Britain's Got Talent final last week.

Music legend Sir Elton John was frisked by Italian police at the airport ahead of catching a private jet out of Sicily after performing at Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's wedding.

"Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies," reports the Los Angeles Times: The Fortune 500 list ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. This year, 57 of the top companies are headquartered in Texas, compared with California's 56. It's a reversal from two years ago when the Golden State had the pole position... California's corporate haters say they try to avoid the state's high costs, income taxes and strict regulations, but the western state is still a top money maker. "California dominates on nearly every other measure: its Fortune 500 companies are the most profitable ($647 billion), most valuable ($20 trillion), and employ more people than any other state (2.8 million workers)," Fortune said in a news release. Indeed, despite the naysayers, Californian companies have been leading the world in developing artificial intelligence technology as well as the latest in space and defense tech. The state is home to nearly 400 "unicorns," or billion-dollar startups — more than any other state, according to CB Insights. It also gobbled up nearly two-thirds of U.S. venture capital last year, with San Francisco Bay Area startups such as OpenAI leading the way, according to the business information platform Crunchbase. Texas and California have been in a tug-of-war for the crown. In 2024, after a decade, California bagged the top spot with 57 companies on the list, while Texas and New York tied in second with 52 companies each... The fourth spot was tied between Illinois and Ohio, with 29 companies each. Amazon was the top company on the list, ending Walmart's 13-year reign at the top of the annual Fortune 500 companies list. Amazon's 2025 revenue was $716.9 billion, compared with Walmart's $713.2 billion. Seattle-headquartered Amazon joined Exxon Mobil, General Motors, and Walmart as the only four companies to have ever held the top position since Fortune began publishing the data in 1955.

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Police were called to reports of an incident on Troost Avenue in Kansas City at around 4 a.m on Saturday, launching a major emergency response to the area.

Molly-Mae Hague has revealed the gender of her second child, after announcing the birth of her new baby with boyfriend Tommy Fury last week.

Both Kardashian sisters chose to rudely ignore the reporter, refusing to say a single word to him before they turned to their entourage in a bid to seemingly get him moved away.

The days of crowded drawers and scratched pots are a thing of the past, thanks to Cuisinart's new pan range.

Paul Edwards, 52, ordered a copy of Mother & Baby in 2007 when his daughter was 18 months old and his son was due to be born three months later.