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Microsoft is killing off a major feature in its Authenticator app that the company is hoping will mean the end of passwords as you know them.

English regulators have approved a new law firm that uses AI instead of lawyers to offer services for as little as $2.67, as the technology continues to disrupt industries from finance to accounting. From a report: Garfield AI, which was founded by a former London litigator and a quantum physicist, is an online tool that allows businesses and individuals such as tradespeople to chase debts owed to them at a substantially lower cost than the average lawyer's fees. Its AI assistant guides claimants through the small claims court process, including creating "polite chaser" letters for $2.67 and filing documents such as claim forms for $67, and can also produce arguments for claimants to use at trial. AI models are increasingly encroaching on legally sensitive tasks in high-paying sectors such as law and finance, potentially undercutting fees in high-volume work. Garfield received approval from the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the legal regulator for England and Wales, in March, in a move the latter hailed as a "landmark moment" for the industry.

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While the showstopping looks of yesteryear failed to appear, so did some of the invite-only soiree's A-list fixtures,.

Queen Mary of Denmark was the image of effortless elegance as she stepped out for an evening at the Royal Danish Academy of Music tonight.

Colin Campbell was jailed for 30 years in 2008 for the murder of four pensioners and the attempted murder of another at hospitals in Leeds, Yorkshire, by injecting them with insulin.

Co-owners Sam Carroll and Aaron Millar lost their bid for planning permission to house Smokies, their smash burger takeaway trailer, on the car park of Dunkirk Hall pub in Leyland, Lancashire.

DailyMail.com posted a video on TikTok of 25-year-old twin sisters Sarah and Leah Marie being escorted off of the red carpet leading into the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

President Donald Trump announced that he has called off airstrikes on Yemen after hearing word from the Houthis that they would no longer attack ships.

The scandal-filled drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park FC, its players and their wives was first broadcast in 2002 - and quickly became hugely popular.

Prince Archie, the eldest child of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, turns six today - marking five years since the Sussexes moved across the pond.

Property holders in Heacham, Norfolk, have been hit with annual ground rent charges soaring from £200 to £730 in the last three years.

Supatra 'Natty' Sasuphan, now 25, from the Thailand capital Bangkok, recently shared that her and her new partner - who are in a civil partnership - had celebrated seven 'happy' months together.

Tony Johnson, 55, suffered a fatal head injury after the fight erupted outside the Manchester Pub in Blackpool at around 7.20pm on March 4, 2023, following a match between the two sides.

Microsoft has unveiled a substantial AI-focused update for Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs, introducing features that leverage neural processing units across the operating system. The update centers on AI-powered helpers across core Windows apps, with an intelligent agent in Settings that can locate and adjust options via natural voice commands. Key additions include expanded Click To Do functionality, allowing users to draft Word content based on screen context, engage Reading Coach, or send details directly to Excel tables. The Photos app gains a relight feature with support for three customizable light sources, while Paint adds object selection and text-to-sticker generation. Snipping Tool will automatically detect and crop prominent screen content, adding text extraction and color picking capabilities. System-level enhancements include an updated Start menu with phone companion integration, AI-powered actions in File Explorer for content summarization, and text generation in Notepad with new formatting options. Most features will debut first on Windows Insider builds for Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs before expanding to systems with AMD or Intel chips. Several tools, including Ask Copilot and Reading Coach, are already available to Insiders.

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It's one of the UK's busiest airports but was a delight to fly from

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Inter Milan welcome Barcelona to the San Siro for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final clash.

A source close to West, 47, has claimed his online meltdown was a 'relapse' and that his decision to sue his dentist Dr. Thomas Connelly is an attempt to save his marriage.

The 50-year-old shepherdess, who is best known for starring in C4's Our Yorkshire Farm, loves to keep fans up to date with what she gets up to on social media.

Adam Carruthers, 32, also denied that he had chopped down the century-old tree as a souvenir for his newborn baby daughter.

Matthew Howarth, 32, from Atherton, Greater Manchester, contacted Thomas Lee out of the blue 16 years after they left secondary school - but then began falsely telling him he had weeks to live.