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Baroness Manningham-Buller cites Kremlin sabotage, cyberattacks, and assassinations as signs of an undeclared conflict

The former head of MI5 says hostile cyberattacks and intelligence operations directed by The Kremlin indicate the UK might already be at war with Russia.…

Good luck with that!

OpenAI says it is introducing parental controls to ChatGPT that will help improve the safety of teenagers using its AI chatbot. The only catch? Teens will have to allow their parents to connect to their accounts before the controls can take effect.…

F-Droid has warned that Google's upcoming developer verification program will kill the free and open source app repository. Google announced plans several weeks ago to force all Android app developers to register their apps and identity with the company. Apps not validated by Google will not be installable on certified Android devices. F-Droid says it cannot require developers to register with Google or take over app identifiers to register for them. The site operators say doing so would effectively take over distribution rights from app authors. Google plans to begin testing the verification scheme in the coming weeks and may charge registration fees. Unverified apps will start being blocked next year in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand before expanding globally in 2027. F-Droid is calling on US and EU regulators to intervene.

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Bubble, you say? OpenAI will borrow billions to pay Big Red, who will borrow billions on the hope OpenAI pays it

As part of its $300 billion cloud compute contract with OpenAI, Oracle may need to borrow roughly $100 billion over the next four years to build the datacenters required, according to KeyBanc's projections.…

And they may not be seeking proper consent

ai-pocalypse  Profound is a startup that promises to help companies understand how they appear in AI responses to customer queries. But one expert in the field thinks the AI analytics startup has been sucking up information on users' AI conversations without proper consent.…

NASA has warned that more solar storms could soon hit Earth, and a new study has found that it could have dire consequences for human health.

Leanne Lucas, who was injured during the attack, was due to give evidence at the Southport Inquiry, but Liverpool Town Hall heard she was 'not fit'.

Adds more Anthropic into the mix as Redmond hedges its bets

Microsoft is jumping on the vibe coding bandwagon with "vibe working," its name for adding AI agents to the online Office suite to help you complete your work.…

The Home Secretary, who was born in Birmingham to parents of Pakistani descent, told Labour party conference that in some demonstrators' view she 'has no place' in Britain.

An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear, according to people familiar with the matter. OpenAI began alerting talent agencies and studios about the forthcoming product and its opt-out process over the last week and plans to release the new version in the coming days, the people said. The new opt-out process means that movie studios and other intellectual property owners would have to explicitly ask OpenAI not to include their copyrighted material in videos Sora creates. While copyrighted characters will require an opt-out, the new product won't generate images of recognizable public figures without their permission, people familiar with OpenAI's thinking said.

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No personal info gulped as yet, but don't call for help

Japan's largest brewery biz, Asahi, has shut down distribution systems following an online attack, and local drinkers will just have to make do with stocks as they stand.…

Keanu Reeves sparked concern among fans as he arrived at the theater ahead of his opening night performance of Waiting for Godot on Sunday.

The ex-Manchester United and England star was seen by passersby visibly holding his mobile whilst stopped at a red light in his 180mph 2024 Bentley Bentayga S V8 Auto V8.

The sequel film is currently slated for release on July 23, 2027, which will mark two decades since the original launched in 2007.

Welcome to the brave new world of property management, where officials seeking to eliminate rogue dog waste test samples and track down offenders.

The BBC show has faced complaints from fans that some celebrity contestants have an unfair advantage, as West End star Amber Davies and Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope have previous dance training.

The UK government will underwrite a $2 billion loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover in a bid to support its suppliers as a cyber-attack continues to halt production at the car maker. BBC: Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the loan, from a commercial bank, would protect jobs in the West Midlands, Merseyside and across the UK. The manufacturer has been forced to suspend production for weeks after being targeted by hackers at the end of August. There have been growing concerns some suppliers, mostly small businesses, could go bust due to the prolonged shutdown. About 30,000 people are directly employed at the company's UK plants with about 100,000 working for firms in the supply chain. Some of these firms supply parts exclusively to JLR, while others sell components to other carmakers as well. It is believed to be the first time that a company has received government help as a result of a cyber-attack.

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Strictly Come Dancing pair Dianne Buswell and Stefan Dennis were all smiles as they attended the Inside Soap Awards together on Monday night.

The music legend, 67, showed off her glamorous transformation for the star-studded occasion after she was spotted looking worlds away as she wrapped herself in a scarf while leaving her hotel.

Jet maker only gets to issue certs every other week, though, freeing up FAA inspectors to do more poking around

After years of relying on the FAA to certify its jets as airworthy, Boeing is finally going to be allowed to do so itself – sometimes. …