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Raymond Buck has been named as a possible new suspect in the murders of Lin and Megan Russell, attacked as they walked home from a school swimming gala in Kent in 1996.

Apple has replaced its iPhone Upgrade Program with Apple Upgrade, a Klarna-backed U.S. leasing service covering most iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. MacRumors reports: Apple Upgrade has lower base prices than the iPhone Upgrade Program, with iPhones available starting at $17.99 per month and the Apple Watch available starting at $11.99 per month. Macs can be leased starting at $24.99 per month, and iPads start at $11.99 per month. AppleCare+ is optional and not included in the lease price, with customers also able to opt for AppleCare One. There are 12-month and 24-month leasing options for the iPhone and Apple Watch, along with 24-month and 36-month leasing options for the Mac and iPad. Lease cost varies based on device, and is lower with a device trade-in that's applied on a monthly basis. [...] When leasing an iPhone, customers are required to choose a plan from AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile, and prepaid plans are not eligible. iPhones need to be leased with a carrier plan, but the iPhones are unlocked so customers can switch carriers if desired. MVNOs like Mint Mobile or Visible are not supported. At the end of the leasing period, customers can choose to return the device and exit the program, pay off the remaining amount owed on the device with a one-time payment and keep it, or return it and upgrade to a new device with a new lease. The payoff amount is the difference between what was paid during the leasing period and the retail price of the device, minus any remaining trade-in credits. Klarna is not charging a fee for the leasing program, so an iPhone that's $1,099 can be leased and then purchased for $1,099 with no extra cost beyond taxes. As with trade-ins, Apple will send a pre-labeled and prepaid shipping box for device returns or upgrades. If you don't opt to pay the purchase fee at the end of the leasing program, you will not own the device and must return it. Last week, after Bloomberg reported on Apple's upcoming leasing program, 9to5Mac uncovered code in the iOS 27 beta suggesting the company was developing a system that could restrict leased iPhones when customers fall behind on payments. Apple has now told The Verge that the new "Restricted Mode" will not be activated in response to a missed lease payment. What the new system is actually meant for remains unclear.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley showed off her incredible figure in an array of skimpy bikinis during her luxury family holiday with partner Jason Statham this week.

Daytime shows at ITV could face a huge scheduling shake-up next year, after the channel secured the rights to broadcast the Rugby World Cup.

Edward Gene Smith, 50, attacked his victims at his luxury apartment opposite Central Park in a twisted rampage dating back to 2015.

The horrifying discoveries were made at a house in the French town of Orange in the Provence region on Monday morning.

Tracy Shaw said that she's 'never been as grateful to be alive on a birthday' as she turned 53 on Monday and shared sweet family snaps amid her breast cancer battle.

The pop star and her twin children, Max and Oskar (formerly Emme), enjoyed a family vacation to Rome - a trip particularly meaningful now that the kids are both college-bound.

The Kenya Wildlife Service said 10 of the animals showed signs of partial paralysis before dying within two days, while the remaining five were found dead

An innocent woman and an officer have been injured after a car hit speeds of 100mph during a 45-minute chase through 30mph streets in Salford, police have said. 

OpenAI confirms the link

AI-assisted vulnerability discovery has yet to produce the expected surge in real-world attacks: VulnCheck found that only 14 of 1,061 attributed discoveries, or 1.3 percent, had been exploited, which is "almost identical to the rate across all vulnerabilities in VulnCheck's dataset," reports The Register. "That's a far cry from the narrative that frontier AI is dramatically tilting the balance in attackers' favor by churning out instantly weaponizable bugs." The findings suggest AI is currently better at increasing the volume of bugs found than making them easier to weaponize. From the report: The report takes particular aim at Anthropic's much-publicized Project Glasswing, unveiled in April with warnings that AI-assisted vulnerability discovery could allow attackers to hijack systems, disrupt operations, or steal data. Claude Mythos may have identified 23,019 vulnerability candidates, but there's remarkably little public evidence showing what became of most of them. VulnCheck notes that only 126 have been published as CVEs, that just one has been confirmed exploited in the wild, and that Anthropic's public disclosure record has seen little movement since Project Glasswing launched. But that doesn't mean AI-assisted vulnerability research has failed, according to Patrick Garrity, security researcher at VulnCheck. "AI-assisted vulnerability discovery clearly has value for both attackers and defenders," Garrity wrote. "The data does not suggest that AI-discovered vulnerabilities are inherently more likely to be exploited than those found through traditional methods." Instead, he argues, AI is simply helping researchers discover more flaws, giving defenders an opportunity to patch them before criminals get there. Garrity stopped well short of declaring the threat overblown forever, but he did suggest some of the rhetoric has outpaced reality. "The data so far, including Anthropic's own stalled disclosure ledger, suggests that AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and frontier capabilities have been overhyped relative to the evidence available today," he wrote. "That doesn't mean the risk is imaginary. It means the impact has been real but modest."

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UEFA have hit out at a leaked FIFA plan to sell stakes in the World Cup in a move that could make its president Gianni Infantino millions.

The Prime Minister has invited Kemi Badenoch for talks on the issue on Wednesday despite her warning that the £18 billion cost should be funded by spending cuts, not new taxes.

The father of one of the Idaho murders victims said he would welcome a retrial after Bryan Kohberger requested one, saying the quadruple murderer would certainly face the death penalty.

Up to 8 AI models running in the cloud weighing in on ambiguous business issues? Sounds affordable

West Leicester Police now wishes to speak to a woman who was pictured on CCTV with a hound in the wake of the attack.

Colt Gray, now 16, unleashed hell in 2024 when he opened fire at a high school, killing two students and two teachers.

Jessica Lashly, 38, and Jersey Greer were shot in the head outside their House Springs, Missouri home on Saturday night. Their neighbor, Robert Winkelman, 73, is accused of carrying out the attack.

James Desborough, 40, was responsible for 'three explosions of fatal violence' when he ruthlessly targeted two men he met at a homeless shelter, followed by his prison cellmate.