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The former TOWIE star, 45, star was said to have been 'honoured' by the request, before the pair went on to 'chat politics' in the VIP stands.

The Radio 1 Breakfast DJ, 40, is cycling solo for Comic Relief, taking off from Weymouth in Dorset and cycling all the way to Edinburgh.

Billy Idol is tough enough to have survived 50 years in music despite all the drink and drugs, but he's also sensitive enough to burst into tears when first watching a new documentary about his life.

Construction may kick off as early as August, with the White House determined to have the facility ready by July 2028 - six months before Trump leaves office.

"A few developers found a way, for now, to turn a few of these increasingly mediocre Amazon Show devices into friendly, useful, open computers," writes the co-founder of the gaming/tech news site Aftermath. For under $50 each, he bought some used versions of the devices and tested their instructions, partly to escape the full-screen ads Amazon began showing late last year, and also to overwrite Amazon's locked down Android fork "Fire OS" (and "a similarly neutered version of Linux called Vega OS") Customers who bought these devices and used them for several years were not used to them showing full screen ads, and now they do. People were justifiably pissed. So what do you do when an already evil device gets shittier...? I wiped Fire OS from the device and used ADB sideload to directly load two packages on the device: LineageOS and MindTheGapps. MindTheGapps lets you turn the device into something resembling a traditional Android device, for both good and bad.... It took a few times of wiping the device, but after a few tries it finally worked as intended... I immediately installed the Home Assistant app... Not only can the hacked Echo Show 8 control my entire smart home, it now plays back my entire local music library as well as any internet radio channels like The Lot Radio and NTS. It can also synchronize with any additional Echo Show running LineageOS in my house using the SendSpin protocol... I would gladly take it any day of the week over most of the devices these companies offer, especially Amazon. It may not be as intuitive as out-of-the-box smart home products, but I don't need my devices to be intuitive, I need them to behave. I had finally found a smart display that wasn't a cop... The hardware is old and creaky, and after the hack it can only use 1GB of the 2GB of ram. And yet it still manages to feel snappier than the stock hardware. "The amount of telemetry, ads, and general bloat Amazon shoves down our throats definitely doesn't help performance," [XDA Devs Forum user] Rortiz2 told me. "That's actually another reason why we did LineageOS, it kind of gives the device a second life. Even though it's still a bit buggy, it feels way better to use than the stock firmware...." If you want a smart speaker with a display that just runs a stripped-down version of Android that you have full control over, you're going to have a hard time finding it outside of these three specific models unless you cobble something together yourself. It is a deceptively simple thing to desire — the kiosk computer from science fiction that isn't a narc — yet few companies really offer it. "It should be against the law to not give an end user the ability to consensually load whatever OS or program they want on their device..." the article concludes, arguing that "If we budge on the inalienable right to modify our hardware then we forsake a key part about what makes computers special." And in the mean time, "There are so many devices that could be put to use rotting in e-waste facilities and thrift stores..."

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While we tend to associate red carpets with pristine glamour, A-listers have recently taken a more laid-back approach with a 'fuss-free' attitude when it comes to ironing.

Amba Smith, 24, said a member of Boots staff inquired if she was heading to a Halloween or Easter party, before implying the 'pink and purple spots' on her face were fancy dress.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Arsenal host Everton at the Emirates, with Craig Hope and Kieran Gill reporting from the grounds.

He had dramatically pledged that he was drawing a line under years of controversy by leaving Britain and beginning a new life in Spain.

"The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models feature a keyboard change," reports MacRumors: On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On previous-generation models, these keys are labeled with text instead... Given the U.S. English keyboard layout is the default option for MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Neo models sold in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, this change effectively extends to those countries and a few others. "Apple already uses glyph-based key labels on several European keyboard layouts," notes The Mac Observer, "including British English versions of the MacBook. Because of this, the design will feel familiar to many users outside the United States." The change was noticed last week by Chicago-based X.com/YouTube user "Mr. Macintosh", who makes how-to videos about now and old Macs.

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The American influencer, 26, took to her Instagram on Saturday to share that a bouquet of flowers had unexpectedly been delivered to her home.

Two people were shot and killed in a drug store parking lot adjacent to the ongoing Players Championship before the gunman escaped onto the TPC Sawgrass course.

Should tourists boycott the profiteering of tiny spaces in hotels and on board cruise ships? 'Capsule' rooms may be cheap...but they're also the bleakest of places to bed down in.

The Princess of Wales has a covetable jewellery collection, spanning everything from high street buys to priceless royal heirlooms.

These are some of the Essex rapists and sexual offenders to have been locked up so far this year

From Campus Cat Pebbles to the towers accommodation, former and current students alike share the unique experiences that defined life at the University of Essex

Opera star Geoff Sewell has share the stage with Beyonce but has now found himself facing a decidedly less glamorous audience - local council planners.

Judge Daniel Sawyer, who sits in Portsmouth, faced allegations he breached judicial guidance on social media and abused his position by targeting Dr Charlotte Proudman on X.

Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems — but he now sees a "real possibility" Colorado's law might exclude open-source. Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who co-authored Colorado's bill, and then posted on X.com that the Senator "suggested excluding open source software from the bill." Richell: This appears to be a real possibility. Amendments are expected... It's my hope we can move fast enough to influence excluding open source.. No illusions, it's an uphill battle, but we have an open door to advocate for the open source community. Vague language has been a recurring problem with new state age-verification legislation. Richell pointed out later that "In one proposed bill, Garmin would have to verify the age of their watch customers at device setup." Richell also sees New York's bill as "unlikely to be applicable to Linux distributions," since its language calls for "commercially reasonable age assurance" that free operating systems could use — and Richell isn't sure one exists as described by the bill. "As written today, it's extremely broad and vague and that makes it scary." Richell answered several follow-up questions about operating system age-verification laws. "What about California?" someone asked... Richell: We hope to make sensible, strong arguments for excluding open source which then becomes a standard for other states. It's going to be difficult. Q: Open source is not the only target to exclude. Please ensure that the bill is amended so that it does not require applications that have no possible use for the age bracket to ask about it. Richell: We discussed this as well. I proposed that apps that do not require age to modify app behavior or access by some other legislation be barred from reading age brackets to better protect privacy.

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Karlie Sone was found unresponsive in the early hours of Tuesday and died moments later in the block of flats in Ipswich, Suffolk.