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Francine Washington told other members of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) she needed to 'get laid'.

Beyond Shabazz, from Tampa, Florida, took matters into her own hands after finding out homeowner Tyler Chambers had threatened to shoot her nine-year-old daughter Sincere.

The family of a 19-year-old college student who burned to death after being trapped inside a Tesla Cybertruck has make shocking accusation against the vehicle's owners.  

Google's search AI is confidently generating explanations for nonexistent idioms, once again revealing fundamental flaws in large language models. Users discovered that entering any made-up phrase plus "meaning" triggers AI Overviews that present fabricated etymologies with unwarranted authority. When queried about phrases like "a loose dog won't surf," Google's system produces detailed, plausible-sounding explanations rather than acknowledging these expressions don't exist. The system occasionally includes reference links, further enhancing the false impression of legitimacy. Computer scientist Ziang Xiao from Johns Hopkins University attributes this behavior to two key LLM characteristics: prediction-based text generation and people-pleasing tendencies. "The prediction of the next word is based on its vast training data," Xiao explained. "However, in many cases, the next coherent word does not lead us to the right answer."

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Stefani, a devout Catholic, revealed how a higher power played a role in her relationship as she chatted with Drew Barrymore on a November episode of her talk show.

Ryan Liam Morgan, from Morecambe, tragically died on Easter Sunday, April 20, after a Peugeot van driven by his father left the carriageway of the M6 and crashed into a tree.

The actor is playing Detective Jack Bergin in 'The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery,' in an audio drama from Audible Originals.

Male college enrollment in Lake County, Ohio plummeted by more than 15% over the last decade -- the steepest decline among any large U.S. county. Nationwide, men now constitute virtually the entirety of the 1.2 million student drop in college attendance between 2011 and 2022. Financial concerns dominate decision-making, with even public in-state education costing approximately $25,000 annually. One high school senior secured a $15/hour collision repair job, Bloomberg reports, calculating he'll earn "upwards of a grand every other week" while avoiding student debt. Social media significantly influences these choices. "You see a lot of influencers saying you don't need to go to college, and when people see that, they listen," explained one student from Perry High School.

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Motorist Ewan Valentine, 36, spent more than £20,000 on a replacement for a cherished car which was taken from his driveway - then discovered he had accidentally bought back his own stolen car.

Leah, who is from the East Midlands, revealed she got a 'free' bathroom renovation, while homeowners would have to splash out £10,000 of their own money.

Tech giants don't need smartphone mics to target adverts – your insurer just gives your data away, anyway

US health insurance giant Blue Shield of California handed sensitive health information belonging to as many as 4.7 million members to Google's advertising empire, likely without these individuals' knowledge or consent.…

This one weird trick can stop Windows updates dead in their tracks

Turns out Microsoft's latest patch job might need a patch of its own, again. This time, the culprit is a mysterious inetpub folder quietly deployed by Redmond, now hijacked by a security researcher to break Windows updates.…

The actor, whose sister Lux recently came out as a transgender woman, shared the scathing remark under an Instagram post that was calling for a boycott of any future Harry Potter projects.

The singer, who is now engaged to Arsenal player Jorginho, 33, had a brief fling with the English actor in 2014, but they went their separate ways before Ada was born.

Demi Moore has revealed her most terrifying role years before she shocked fans by going fully naked in Striptease.

Authorities released chilling surveillance footage allegedly showing Tremonte Kirk, 17, stalking a woman in a parking lot in Milwaukee, as his brave victim spoke out to call for justice.

BRIAN VINER: As if to make up for arguably the most boring title of any film in the history of cinema, The Accountant 2 begins with a blaze of action, incongruously enough in a bingo hall.

An astonishing 516,971 offences were logged by forces last year, up 20 per cent from 429,873 in 2023.

Olivia Jade Giannulli sent temperatures soaring in a skimpy bikini during a solo Miami getaway - and fans were quick to question the status of her romance with Jacob Elordi.

US government agencies and Fortune 500 companies are turning to AI to modernize mission-critical systems built on COBOL, a programming language dating back to the late 1950s. The US Social Security Administration plans a three-year, $1 billion AI-assisted upgrade of its legacy COBOL codebase [alternative source], according to Bloomberg. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has repeatedly stressed the need to overhaul government systems running on COBOL. As experienced programmers retire, organizations face growing challenges maintaining these systems that power everything from banking applications to pension disbursements. Engineers now use tools like ChatGPT and IBM's watsonX to interpret COBOL code, create documentation, and translate it to modern languages.

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