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The World Cup will be held across America, Canada and Mexico with the first game in Mexico City on June 11. The final will be held in New York City on July 19.

In a sneak preview of the video for Sam's latest single Little Bit Closer posted to his Instagram on Tuesday, the teenage actor could be seen staring into the distance as the song played over the clip.

Too much hot air brings down Manchester Uni based neural network project

Exclusive  The brain-inspired SpiNNaker machine at Manchester University in England suffered an overheating incident over the Easter weekend that will send a chill down the spines of datacenter administrators.…

Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash have been married since 2022 and the couple have documented their busy family life in the BBC One series Stacey & Joe

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google on Tuesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition), an updated version of its flagship Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model that the company claims tops a number of widely used benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) is available via the Gemini API and Google's Vertex AI and AI Studio platforms, and is priced the same as the Gemini 2.5 Pro model it effectively replaces. It's also in Google's Gemini chatbot app for the web and for mobile devices. The model's release comes ahead of Google's annual I/O developer conference (hence the "I/O edition" designation), where Google is expected to unveil a host of models, as well as AI-powered tools and platforms. [...] According to Google, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) has "significantly" improved capabilities for coding and building interactive web apps. The model is also better at tasks like code transformation -- that is, modifying a piece of code to achieve a specific goal -- and code editing, the company says. Google says the Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) leads the WebDev Arena Leaderboard, a benchmark measuring a model's ability to create aesthetically pleasing and functional web apps. It also achieved a score of 84.8% on VideoMME, a popular benchmark designed to evaluate the video analysis capabilities of multi-modal large language models.

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Social media star Sophie Rain has been swept up in pregnancy rumors - despite claiming to be a virgin.

The man in his 30s was using Lloyds's services on St Peters Street on Tuesday afternoon when he was violently assaulted.

MATTHEW LAMBWELL IN ROME: It sometimes feels as though ever since the 2021 US Open, Emma Raducanu has been trying to recapture the spirit of that schoolgirl who swept to the title.

Robert Heyes had been using his phone while driving a work van when he ploughed into Keith Brady, 41, along Chorley New Road in October 2022.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, took to her official Instagram page to share a touching tribute to her son as she celebrated his milestone.

The unnamed couple were intercepted by police while passing through security at Jose Maria Cordova Airport in Rionegro on Saturday.

Stefana Otilia Malinici, 45, has not been seen by family or friends since leaving her home on Beccles Drive, Barking, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017.

Beeb boss Lindsay Salt described the show as a 'jewel in the BBC's crown'.

Christopher Robert Cavey, from Oxford, plunged to his death on February 25 on Aventurero Beach on Ilha Grande, an island off the coast of Rio De Janeiro.

Chantelle Houghton has admitted that she is 'p***ed off' that people have accused her of taking Ozempic after impressive five stone weight loss. 

Just 1 in 4 bets paying off so far

Only a quarter of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment, according to an IBM survey of 2,000 CEOs.…

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos have hired two huge stars to sing at their June wedding in Venice, Italy. The top draw at the nuptials will be mega stars who are longtime friends.

Michael Jeffries, 80, has been ordered to spend several months in hospital to see if his mental conditions improve.

He and another protester caused the Dartford Crossing to be closed to traffic for more than 40 hours

Chief executives are exiting their posts at an unprecedented rate as economic volatility and emerging challenges reshape corporate leadership decisions, according to data from executive tracking firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Public-company CEO departures reached 373 last year, jumping 24% from 2023 levels. Among U.S. businesses with at least 25 employees, 2,221 chief executives left their positions in 2024, the highest number since Challenger began monitoring departures in 2002. Corporate leaders are citing AI, tariffs, recession fears and scrutiny of diversity initiatives as key stressors driving the exodus. "It's a very difficult time to lead," said Blake Irving, former GoDaddy CEO. "Given all the weird gyrations going on in the economy and with our new administration, it's really hard for even great leaders to find a true north." The trend extends beyond the C-suite, with managers 1.7 times more likely to report high workplace stress than rank-and-file employees, according to a recent McLean & Co. survey of over 200,000 workers.

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