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TV manufacturers are abandoning their attempts to turn TVs into interactive social devices through smart cameras. Sky announced this month that it will discontinue Sky Live, a camera accessory for its Sky Glass televisions that brought video calls, body-tracked workouts, and motion games to the living room. The device will stop working at the beginning of December. Sky will brick the cameras and reimburse customers. Sky launched the product in mid-2023 as part of an effort to transform televisions from passive viewing devices into interactive platforms. That vision has not materialized across the industry. LG's Smart Cam, released in 2023, is out of stock at major retailers and appears discontinued. TCL's smart TV camera is no longer available. Samsung stopped integrating cameras directly into its television sets, though it still sells an external camera accessory.

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Erika Eleniak was a top Hollywood pinup 30 years ago thanks to her blonde bombshell looks which saw her likened to icons Jayne Mansfield and Kim Novak .

Three stranded astronauts have returned to Earth after being stranded for nine days, but their escape may endanger future missions.

The 'Dogosophy Button' allows your pooch to control household appliances with a press of a paw.

Several people have been killed after a bus ploughed into a bus shelter in central Stockholm today. 

Navkiran Dhillon-Byrne, 51, began a cycle of private IVF treatment at the Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC) in Wimpole Street, London, in April 2018.

A man who used to splurge £300 a week on junk food and binge on 7,000 calories a day has revealed his 'ultimate cheat code' that helped him shed 14.5 stone.

Chef Max Posener, who runs has years of experience working in Michelin starred restaurants, has shared the 12 spices everyone should have in their kitchen.

Crooks spoof US insurers, threaten bogus extradition to pry loose personal data and cash

Chinese speakers in the US are being targeted as part of an aggressive health insurance scam campaign, the FBI warns.…

The school-leaver was secretly smuggled into his official residence or a bolthole once a fortnight when gymnast Alina Kabaeva - now 42 - was away.

Researchers in Sweden and Denmark have for the first time managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules from the 13ft-tall Ice Age beasts.

A man previously ignited fury after he was reportedly pictured wearing the uniform as well as medals of a 'high ranking' navy officer while laying wreaths at the cenotaph in north Wales.

Zara Tindall appeared flustered as she was forced to hold on to her hat in blustery and wet conditions at Cheltenham Racecourse today.

A Labour peer and gender-critical campaigners repeatedly warned of a 'pro-transitioning narrative' being pushed within the BBC children's and education department.

The former world champion, 33, was tested by VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency) on October 25 and an adverse finding has now been revealed.

Cryptocurrency companies and fintech startups are applying to open banks in the United States. Ripple, Coinbase and the UK payments company Wise have submitted applications for national trust charters this year. Trust banks cannot take deposits or make loans but charge fees for safekeeping customer assets and are not FDIC insured. The applications have reached 12 so far this year, more than any of the preceding eight years, according to data compiled by Klaros Group. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said last month that cryptocurrency activity should be done within the banking system if legally permissible and safe. His agency regulates nationally-chartered U.S. banks. The Bank Policy Institute and the Independent Community Bankers of America oppose the applications. BPI sent letters urging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to reject the Ripple, Wise, and Sony applications. The group said approving Coinbase could significantly increase risks to the U.S. financial system.

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VDURA boss: Your x86 clusters are obsolete, metadata is eating 20% of I/O, and every idle GPU second burns cash

The supercomputing landscape is fracturing. What once was a relatively unified world of massive multi-processor x86 systems has splintered into competing architectures, each racing to serve radically different masters: traditional academic workloads, extreme-scale physics simulations, and the voracious appetite of AI training runs.…

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A microbiologist has revealed the grim the amount of bacterial growth from a gym shower floor.