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I was 23 years old when I succeeded in getting a job at the BBC. I was 70 when I resigned, having spent 33 years presenting Woman's Hour, proud to have spent my life working in an organisation I loved.

Gout, a form of arthritis, is heavily linked to heart disease - a major cause of heart attacks - and the pair often come hand-in-hand.

Employment tribunals could be overwhelmed with claims from people seeking more 'flexible' deals unless Labour clarifies its right to WFH, according to a new report.

Slashdot readers Tablizer and fjo3 share news that an AI-generated country song has topped the U.S. sales chart for the first time this week. ABC News reports: The new country tune, "Walk my Walk" by Breaking Rust, recently hit No. 1 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart, reaching over 3 million streams on Spotify in less than a month. That success has garnered mixed reactions from music fans and artists alike, particularly on TikTok, where hundreds of users have posted videos addressing the tune and others discussing the music in the comments. Billboard has acknowledged Breaking Rust is an AI act and said it is one of at least six to chart in the past few months alone. "Ultimately, this feels like an experiment to see just how far something like this can go and what happens in the future and in other disciplines of art as well," senior entertainment reporter Kelley L. Carter told ABC News. "AI artists won't require things that a real human artist will require, and once companies start considering it and looking at bottom lines, I think that's when artists should rightly be concerned about it," she added.

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Bills fell 10 percent after granular tests suggested JVM tweaks that improved performance

Atlassian twice marked Amazon Web Services’ Graviton CPUs off-limits for production purposes, but recently relented and now uses the processors to power thousands of server instances that run its Jira and Confluence products. So what changed?…

Should Wes Streeting become Prime Minister he will have the most compelling back story since it was revealed that John Major was the son of a circus performer and music hall artiste.

On the increasingly rare occasions when I am allowed into the Death Star which is the hideous new London HQ of the BBC, I often feel glares of hate boring into my back.

Anyone who has looked at Holly Ramsay's Instagram account will know what a life of lavishness and privilege she enjoys.

Emily, a beauty influencer who had a mid-facelift nearly two years ago, says: 'I just wanted to be the best ­version of myself.'

Luke Jarrett, 26, was due attend his first court appearance for having indecent images of children when he was seen by police driving recklessly.

The 100 trillion-parameter models of the near future can't be built in one place

Microsoft believes the next generation of AI models will use hundreds of trillions of parameters. To train them, it's not just building bigger, more efficient datacenters – it's started connecting distant facilities using high-speed networks spanning hundreds or thousands of miles.…

They've targeted everyone from Bond girls to It-girls - but now the victims are fighting back.

Will Smith posed for a rare photo with his eldest son Trey as the star helped celebrate his 33rd birthday earlier this week.

Waymo is rolling out robotaxi rides that use freeways across Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix for the first time -- "a critical expansion for the company that it says will reduce ride times by up to 50%," reports TechCrunch. From the report: That stat could help attract a whole new group of users who need to travel between the many towns and suburbs within the greater San Francisco Bay Area or quicken commutes across the sprawling Los Angeles and Phoenix metro areas. Using freeways is also essential for Waymo to offer rides to and from the San Francisco Airport, a location the company is currently testing in. The service won't be offered to all Waymo riders at first, the company said. Waymo riders who want to experience freeway rides can note their preference in the Waymo app. Once the rider hails a ride, they may be matched with a freeway trip, according to the company. The company's robotaxi routes will now stretch to San Jose, an expansion that will create a unified 260-mile service area across the Peninsula, according to Waymo. The company said it will also begin curbside drop off and pick up service at the San Jose Mineta International Airport. It already offers curbside service to the Sky Harbor Phoenix International Airport.

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Lily Whitehouse was struck by a vehicle along Old Park Lane in Oldbury, West Midlands last Wednesday evening.

Katie Fox, 34, suffered a serious neck injury after being brutally knifed just metres away from Birmingham 's New Street Station. Her family described her as their 'shining light'.

The American penny passed away on Wednesday in Philadelphia at the age of 232.

The House Oversight Committee published 23,000 pages of documents from pedophile Epstein's estate.

Greg, a pub landlord from Kent, first met artist Georgie through a charity when he had just recovered from his brain tumour 15 years ago.

Updated model may deliver a bit more unwanted content, but will be polite about it

OpenAI on Wednesday introduced GPT-5.1, an AI model update that's "warmer," more conversational, and slightly more willing to blurt out unwelcome observations about sex, violence, and mental health in a way that invites emotional dependence.…