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A Scottish man died when his board snapped while surfing off the coast of Australia in a tragic accident which also claimed the life of his friend.

Backbench anger over plans to crack down on asylum continued to grow, despite warnings that failure to fix the 'broken' system could see public support for harbouring refugees collapse.

The presenter, 58, returned to TV screens earlier this year as the host of BBC dating show Stranded on Honeymoon Island - which followed a group of singletons who go speed dating.

Nearly one in ten criminals jailed in Scotland last year were not 'British nationals' as the average prison population soared to a record high.

Like last year's film, this one is extravagantly sumptuous on the eye.

Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant in Windows 11 fails to replicate the capabilities shown in the company's TV advertisements. The Verge tested Copilot Vision over a week using the same prompts featured in ads airing during NFL games. When asked to identify a HyperX QuadCast 2S microphone visible in a YouTube video -- a task successfully completed in Microsoft's ad -- Copilot gave multiple incorrect answers. The assistant identified the microphone as a first-generation HyperX QuadCast, then as a Shure SM7b on two other occasions. Copilot couldn't identify the Saturn V rocket from a PowerPoint presentation despite the words "Saturn V" appearing on screen. When asked about a cave image from Microsoft's ad, Copilot gave inconsistent responses. About a third of the time it provided directions to find the photo in File Explorer. On two occasions it explained how to launch Google Chrome. Four times it offered advice about booking flights to Belize. The cave is Rio Secreto in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Microsoft spokesperson Blake Manfre said "Copilot Actions on Windows, which can take actions on local files, is not yet available." He described it as "an opt-in experimental feature that will be coming soon to Windows Insiders in Copilot Labs, starting with a narrow set of use cases while we optimize model performance and learn." Copilot cannot toggle basic Windows settings like dark mode. When asked to analyze a benchmark table in Google Sheets, it "constantly misread clear-as-day scores both in the spreadsheet and in the on-page review."

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Most people hear 'Curacao' and think of the blue liqueur that brightens up cocktail menus around the world. But this tiny Caribbean Island is now shaking up something far more intoxicating.

The Princess of Wales teamed up with football legend Gareth Southgate as they both attended a workforce summit encouraging businesses to invest in early years programmes.

Scientists say that autism isn't uniquely human, as new evidence shows dogs can be on the spectrum.

The 56-year-old actress looked happy as she wore light makeup with her blonde hair pulled up. But when she smiled for the camera her typical bee-stung puffy lips appeared smaller than unusual.

You don't need to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day to be at risk of dying from heart disease-a new study claims just having a couple can be deadly.

Football super agent Jonathan Barnett is under criminal investigation in London over allegations of raping and torturing a 'sex slave', according to new legal documents which have confirmed his arrest.

The new allegation comes from an unnamed male music producer and publicist in Florida who said he met Combs at a Los Angeles warehouse photoshoot in 2020.

In a stark pre-Budget assessment, the Conservative leader said Keir Starmer's retreats on welfare would trigger higher taxes for workers in next week's Budget.

An anonymous reader shares a report: The IRS accessed a database of hundreds of millions of travel records, which show when and where a specific person flew and the credit card they used, without obtaining a warrant, according to a letter signed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and shared with 404 Media. The country's major airlines, including Delta, United Airlines, American Airlines, and Southwest, funnel customer records to a data broker they co-own called the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), which then sells access to peoples' travel data to government agencies. The IRS case in the letter is the clearest example yet of how agencies are searching the massive trove of travel data without a search warrant, court order, or similar legal mechanism. Instead, because the data is being sold commercially, agencies are able to simply buy access. In the letter addressed to nine major airlines, the lawmakers urge them to shut down the data selling program. Update: after this piece was published, ARC said it already planned to shut down the program. "Disclosures made by the IRS to Senator Wyden confirm that it did not follow federal law and its own policies in purchasing airline data from ARC," the letter reads. The letter says the IRS "confirmed that it did not conduct a legal review to determine if the purchase of Americans' travel data requires a warrant."

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Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has begged for peace in recent days, but Trump insists on eliminating 'narco terrorists' and halting the flow of cocaine and other drugs into the US.

The 29-year-old star, who rose to fame as Sansa Stark in Game Of Thrones, has signed a letter to Peers urging them to 'pause' the legislation to allow time to improve safeguards.

The acclaimed fashion designer has turned on his former employer, as he reveals that he has cancelled his licence fee and has no desire to engage with BBC content.

When? Sean Cairncross wouldn't say

America is fed up with being the prime target for foreign hackers. So US National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross says Uncle Sam is going on the offensive – he just isn't saying when.…

A teenager from Essex who launched his own cold sweat towel business out of his bedroom has been named as Grand Winner of a start-up competition.