Aggregator

The evacuations in Coalsnaughton, Clackmannanshire began on May 18 as an investigation took place into the ground movement.

The Department of Health and Social Care said a review into anti-Semitism found that some staff experience routine ostracism, with some even considering leaving the NHS.

The Tokyo venue, The Seirinkan, is a highly popular spot that serves Italian food such as Neapolitan-style pizza and pasta as they play Western music like The Beatles.

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's wedding preparations have well and truly got underway as event furniture was pictured arriving at their venue in Sicily on Wednesday. 

The 'Refugee Insight Day' will also grant those in attendance the opportunity to 'take part in networking with hiring teams'.

Ancient Slashdot reader whitroth shares a report from Politico, with the caption: "shutting down Microsoft Office for the International Criminal Court (ICC) was clearly a wake-up call." From the report: The EU is moving to counter American dominance in technology by reaching for one of the oldest tools in its arsenal: industrial strategy. As the European Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce Europe's reliance on the foreign technology providers that underpin the modern economy, it was careful to stress that it was not picking a fight with U.S. digital giants. Instead, the tech sovereignty package -- motivated in no small part by U.S. President Donald Trump's weaponization of Europe's dependence on American firms -- takes a longer-term view: boost the continent's players so they can eventually challenge their U.S. rivals. [...] If adopted, the package will direct public money toward products that contribute to Europe's economy and independence from foreign firms; cut red tape for data centers; beef up research and innovation through "leadership initiatives"; incentivize countries to share digital capacities in a new "Eurocloud" forum; and require EU governments to come up with national strategies to boost the adoption of cutting-edge tech, including AI. The package will also seek to ramp up the bloc's demand for advanced chips -- a response to criticism by the industry -- with a series of industrial initiatives to revise a 2023 chips law. [...] As part of its proposal to keep a list of trustworthy countries, the Commission would require EU governments to run a so-called "sovereignty risk assessment" for every digital service they rely on, measuring foreign control, potential access to sensitive data and the risk of operational disruption. Within a year, they would have to determine the appropriate level of protection for each public sector and procure digital services accordingly -- unless they can prove doing so would come at a "disproportionate cost," the proposal reads. However, the Commission reserves the right to overrule their assessment in future legislation if it believes they downplayed the risks. The Commission estimated that just one percent of Europe's public services are so sensitive that they would be required under the proposed certification scheme to rely on the strict level that totally excludes foreign technology. "We cannot afford to depend on others for the technologies that keep our hospitals running, our energy grids stable and our services secure," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. "This is about protecting our citizens, defending our interests and making our own choices."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

A destructive invasive lizard from South America is spreading through parts of the US, and officials want the public's help fighting back.

A California tech boss has been arrested for supplying US networking, security and encryption gear to Iran.

Friends and family of the almost 1million people living with the condition in the UK describe years of exhaustion, anxiety and grief.

UK Palanatir chief Louis Mosley launched a robust defence of his under-fire firm after a report by a group of MPs called for the Government to cancel its £330million deal with the health service.

According to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has reportedly doubled 2026 MacBook Neo production from 5 million to 10 million units after stronger-than-expected demand for its $599 budget laptop. MacRumors reports: On an earnings call in late April, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that customer response to the MacBook Neo was "off the charts," and the popularity of the laptop has reportedly led the company to significantly boost production. [...] Apple was very optimistic about the MacBook Neo before announcing it, but the company still "undercalled" the level of enthusiasm that the laptop would generate, according to Cook. He said that MacBook Neo demand exceeded Apple's expectations and helped to drive a record number of first-time Mac buyers last quarter. New figures from market research firm IDC support Apple's claim that the MacBook Neo is selling well, and the Windows PC industry has taken notice. For example, Dell recently introduced a redesigned XPS 13 laptop from $699 and said it has features "you won't find on a MacBook Neo," such as a touch screen and a backlit keyboard. "Apple's MacBook Neo is a capable machine, and its arrival confirms that there's real appetite for premium quality at accessible prices," admitted Dell.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

It's hard to stop a signal jammer if you can't locate the source, say Rice University researchers

Deborah Brockman, a former TV producer, was tossed to the ground and detained by mask-wearing Border Patrol officers, in the Windy City's Lincoln Square neighborhood last October 10.

Police are investigating the 'deliberate' incident, which occurred in Bridge Lane, Golders Green, on Tuesday at around 4am, as a suspected arson attack.

The 28-year-old actress will star in a film adaptation of Lindsey Anderson Beer's novel, Hollow. It comes after her turn as Cassie Howard came to an end with Euphoria's series finale.

Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run locally on devices equipped with just 16GB of VRAM, making advanced AI more accessible to developers, researchers and businesses. The launch highlights a growing trend across the AI industry: bringing powerful AI models directly to personal computers instead of relying solely on remote data centers. Gemma is Google's family of open AI models built using technology and research from its Gemini program. The new Gemma 4 12B model contains 12 billion parameters and has been designed to handle multiple types of information, including text, images and audio. Unlike traditional AI systems that focus only on text, Gemma 4 12B can understand visual content, process audio inputs and perform advanced reasoning tasks. This makes it suitable for a wider range of applications, from software development and content creation to research and automation. Google says the model is available under the Apache 2.0 licence, allowing developers and organizations to use, modify and deploy it with relatively few restrictions. [...] One of the most significant technical changes in Gemma 4 12B is its new unified architecture. Traditionally, multimodal AI systems use separate components known as encoders to process images, audio and text before combining the information. Google says Gemma 4 12B removes the need for separate multimodal encoders. Instead, the model processes different types of information through a unified architecture. According to the company, this helps improve efficiency while reducing memory requirements and computational overhead. The result is a model that can deliver advanced multimodal capabilities while remaining small enough to run locally on modern hardware.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Meridian Thomas Woodson, 28, was killed May 28 in Elmwood, New Orleans when her former husband Kody Woodson, 30, opened fire before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Unscrupulous developers took advantage of the late May bank holiday weekend to move in caravans on patches of picturesque countryside in Hampshire and Bedfordshire.

A NASA probe that had a close encounter with a strange object from another solar system has been declared dead and scientists still do not know what happened.

The Armed Forces minister, who served in Afghanistan with the Royal Marines, has 'abandoned his principles' and 'put two fingers up' to British soldiers, it has been claimed.