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It comes amid fears a 'tsunami' of boys are becoming misogynists, with an increasing 'pool of rage' now seething among youngsters lacking strong male role models.

Amid a growing backlash over the Prime Minister's pledge - plus warnings that he could be breaking international law - he refused to back calls to make a hostage deal a main recognition condition.

Richard Flood plays a modern-day Jack Regan as crime thriller The Gone returns, using his fists to interview suspects when his journalist girl- friend goes missing in the New Zealand mountains.

fjo3 shares a report from the Associated Press: The Trump administration announced it is launching a new program that will allow Americans to share personal health data and medical records across health systems and apps run by private tech companies, promising that will make it easier to access health records and monitor wellness. More than 60 companies, including major tech companies like Google, Amazon and Apple as well as health care giants like UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, have agreed to share patient data in the system. The initiative will focus on diabetes and weight management, conversational artificial intelligence that helps patients, and digital tools such as QR codes and apps that register patients for check-ins or track medications. Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who will be in charge of maintaining the system, have said patients will need to opt in for the sharing of their medical records and data, which will be kept secure. Those officials said patients will benefit from a system that lets them quickly call up their own records without the hallmark difficulties, such as requiring the use of fax machines to share documents, that have prevented them from doing so in the past. Popular weight loss and fitness subscription service Noom, which has signed onto the initiative, will be able to pull medical records after the system's expected launch early next year. That might include labs or medical tests that the app could use to develop an AI-driven analysis of what might help users lose weight, CEO Geoff Cook told The Associated Press. Apps and health systems will also have access to their competitors' information, too. Noom would be able to access a person's data from Apple Health, for example. "Right now you have a lot of siloed data," Cook said.

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Cosy up with a classic crime

charming children's books out this month

Delightful debuts

Tatler has come up with a 'best-dressed list' and the results are, to be kind, a touch questionable.

In a career which spanned more than five decades, Mr Ahlberg published 150 books that included Funny Bones and award-winning Each Peach Pear Plum.

Hang in there, it's early days, insists CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy insists "AI will change every customer experience," but it's making investors nervous.…

The 24-year-old Welshman has announced he is quitting American football just 18 months after his high-profile move Stateside.

The SEC has launched "Project Crypto" to overhaul outdated securities regulations for a blockchain-based future, aiming to support tokenized assets, crypto trading, and "super apps." "To achieve President Trump's vision of making America the crypto capital of the world, the SEC must holistically consider the potential benefits and risks of moving our markets from an off-chain environment to an on-chain one," SEC chair Paul Atkins said at the "American Leadership in the Digital Finance Revolution" conference on Thursday. "I have directed the Commission staff to update antiquated agency rules and regulations to unleash the potential of on-chain software systems in our securities markets ... Federal securities laws have always assumed the involvement of intermediaries that require regulation, but this does not mean that we should interpose intermediaries for the sake of forcing intermediation where the markets can function without them." CNBC reports: Atkins, the SEC chair, highlighted "super apps" (such as one Coinbase introduced two weeks ago) as a priority of his chairmanship, noting the need to allow the apps to thrive with an "efficient licensing structure," rather than subject to multiple regulatory authorities. So-called super apps like WeChat and Alipay -- which bundle several different services and functionalities into a single mobile app -- have long been viewed as the holy grail of financial technology by the industry. They're central to everyday life in China but haven't been successfully replicated in the West. Meta Platforms and X have made attempts to realize that vision, integrating payments, messaging and social content, among other functions. Atkins also said the Trump administration will work to prevent "innovative" companies from being driven offshore by burdensome regulations, and said the SEC "will encourage our nation's builders rather than constrain them with red tape and one-size-fits-all rules."

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US Army Sec appears to fold under pressure from far-right conspiracy theorist

comment  Jen Easterly has weighed in on the US Army Secretary firing her from a prestigious West Point teaching post a day after the US Military Academy announced the appointment.…

Gabby Logan cut an elegant figure in a floral dress as she excitedly cheered on her jockey daughter Lois at the Qatar Goodwood Festival in Chichester on Thursday.

The best literary fiction out this week

Steve Cavanagh answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?

Despite the cruel consequences of one arrogant doctor at her birth, Athena Stevens has overcome it all to become an awarded actress and advocate.

Make it horrifying, keep it simple and have a very grim childhood...

The 27-year-old Euphoria stunner and the $3.3B denim brand have been accused of pushing Nazi-like eugenics as aspirational

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Efforts to introduce pirate site blocking to the United States continue with the introduction of the "Block BEARD" bill (PDF) in the Senate. The bipartisan proposal, backed by Senators Tillis, Coons, Blackburn, and Schiff, aims to create a new legal mechanism to combat foreign piracy websites. Block BEARD is similar to the previously introduced House bill "FADPA", but doesn't directly mention DNS resolvers. [...] The site-blocking proposal seeks to amend U.S. copyright law, enabling rightsholders to request federal courts to designate online locations as a "foreign digital piracy site". If that succeeds, courts can subsequently order U.S. service providers to block access to these sites. Pirate site designation would be dependent on rightsholders showing that they are harmed by a site's activities, that reasonable efforts had been made to notify the site's operator, and that a reasonable investigation confirms the operator is not located within the United States. Additionally, rightsholders must show that the site is primarily designed for piracy, has limited commercial purpose, or is intentionally marketed by its operator to promote copyright-infringing activities. If the court classifies a website as a foreign pirate site, rightsholders can go back to court to request a blocking order. At this stage, the court will determine whether it is technically and practically feasible for ISPs to block the site, and consider any potential harm to the public interest. The granted orders would stay in place for a year with the option to extend if necessary. If blocked sites switch to new locations, the court can also amend blocking orders to include new IP addresses and domain names. The Block BEARD bill broadly applies to service providers as defined in section 512(k)(1)(A) of the DMCA. This is a broad definition that applies to residential ISPs, but also to search engines, social media platforms, and DNS resolvers. Service providers with fewer than 50,000 subscribers are explicitly excluded, and the same applies to venues such as coffee shops, libraries, and universities that offer internet access to visitors. Unlike the FADPA bill introduced by Representative Lofgren earlier this year, the Senate bill does not specifically mention DNS resolvers. Block BEARD does not mention VPNs, but its broad definition of "service provider" could be interpreted to include them. The proposal states that providers have the option to contest their inclusion in a blocking order. Once an order is issued, they would have the freedom to choose their own blocking techniques. There are no transparency requirements mentioned in the bill, so if and how the public is informed is unclear.

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