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Tampa International Airport officials found prohibited plants, cigars and a foil-wrapped duffel bag which contained what appeared to be human remains, including part of a skull.

Charlie Sheen knows how to deliver shock and awe when it comes to describing his colourful life. 

A July combat training exercise involved a satellite dish-style antenna that "could fire enough electromagnetic energy to fry the satellite 22,000 miles away," reports the Washington Post. But "Instead, the salvo would be more covert — millisecond pulses of energy that would subtly disrupt the satellite's signals, which U.S. military forces were using to communicate in the Pacific Ocean." The goal was to disguise the strike as a garbled connection that could be easily remedied by securing a loose cable or a simple reboot, leaving U.S. service members frustrated without raising their suspicions. [And using less power "would make it harder for the Blue Team to track where the interference was coming from."] This is how the next war could start: invisible shots fired in space on the electromagnetic spectrum that could render U.S. fighter jets and aircraft carriers deaf and blind, unable to communicate. In this case, the "aggressors" targeting the U.S. satellite were not from China or Russia, but rather an elite squadron of U.S. Space Force Guardians mimicking how potential adversaries would act in a conflict that begins in orbit... Involving more than 700 service members and spanning 50 million square miles and six time zones, the training exercise, called Resolute Space, was observed firsthand exclusively by The Washington Post. The article describes leadership at the U.S. Space Force "still honing their mission while jousting with adversaries, such as China, that are moving quickly and conducting combat-like operations in orbit... While the Space Force continues to evolve, many defense analysts and some members of Congress fear the United States has already ceded its dominance in space to China and others." With a budget of just $40 billion, the relatively tiny Space Force makes up just about 4 percent of the Defense Department's budget and less than 1 percent of its personnel. It has more than 15,000 Guardians, which also includes several thousand civilians. By comparison, the Army has nearly 1 million soldiers. The Space Force has been squeezed under the department of the Air Force and struggled to distinguish itself from the other branches... China, Russia and others have demonstrated that they can take out or interfere with the satellites operated by the Pentagon and intelligence agencies that provide the nation's missile warning and tracking, reconnaissance and communications. China in particular has moved rapidly to build an arsenal of space-based weapons... [R]ecently, several of China's satellites have engaged in what Space Force officials have called "dogfighting," jousting with U.S. satellites at high speeds and close ranges.

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Essex Police said it had received constant reports of anxiety and upset from constant protests from residents in Epping

Cheshire, just south of Manchester, has long been known for leafy villages and well-heeled residents - but Kate Godfrey has observed a startling cocaine problem in the affluent county.

The Chanel-toting woman whose arrest went viral as she was seen drunkenly bossing around police officers on a plane is a spoilt rich kid, the Daily Mail can reveal.

The NHS has issued an urgent warning to parents, reminding them of one crucial 'rule' they need to remember if their child is ever in hospital - and it could save their life

In grade school, you were constantly drilled on mathematics. But as an adult, those lessons all too often fall to the wayside. See if you can remember elementary formulas with this math problem.

The organiser said 'prepare to be scared and expect the unexpected'

A memorial service for Charlie Kirk is set to go ahead on Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, with Donald Trump and his Vice President expected to attend.

Vladyslav was given 30 minutes to pack up his belongings before he was forcefully enrolled into a military camp that aimed to strip him of his Ukrainian identity.

Misty Hunt, of the Homer-Center School Board, was ridiculed after a post emerged on her social media the day that Kirk was fatally gunned down in Utah.

The King may be forced to ban the Yorks from private family occasions over their latest scandal involving convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Podcaster Megyn Kelly slammed some journalists for denying any political motive in Charlie Kirk's death and instead spinning it as a tragic twist in the gunman's 'beautiful love story'.

Last week the Guardian reported on "thousands of AI workers contracted for Google through Japanese conglomerate Hitachi's GlobalLogic to rate and moderate the output of Google's AI products, including its flagship chatbot Gemini... and its summaries of search results, AI Overviews." "AI isn't magic; it's a pyramid scheme of human labor," said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. "These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable...." Ten of Google's AI trainers the Guardian spoke to said they have grown disillusioned with their jobs because they work in siloes, face tighter and tighter deadlines, and feel they are putting out a product that's not safe for users... In May 2023, a contract worker for Appen submitted a letter to the US Congress that the pace imposed on him and others would make Google Bard, Gemini's predecessor, a "faulty" and "dangerous" product This week Google laid off 200 of those moderating contractors, reports Wired. "These workers, who often are hired because of their specialist knowledge, had to have either a master's or a PhD to join the super rater program, and typically include writers, teachers, and people from creative fields." Workers still at the company claim they are increasingly concerned that they are being set up to replace themselves. According to internal documents viewed by WIRED, GlobalLogic seems to be using these human raters to train the Google AI system that could automatically rate the responses, with the aim of replacing them with AI. At the same time, the company is also finding ways to get rid of current employees as it continues to hire new workers. In July, GlobalLogic made it mandatory for its workers in Austin, Texas, to return to office, according to a notice seen by WIRED... Some contractors attempted to unionize earlier this year but claim those efforts were quashed. Now they allege that the company has retaliated against them. Two workers have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging they were unfairly fired, one due to bringing up wage transparency issues, and the other for advocating for himself and his coworkers. "These individuals are employees of GlobalLogic or their subcontractors, not Alphabet," Courtenay Mencini, a Google spokesperson, said in a statement... "Globally, other AI contract workers are fighting back and organizing for better treatment and pay," the article points out, noting that content moderators from around the world facing similar issues formed the Global Trade Union Alliance of Content Moderators which includes workers from Kenya, Turkey, and Colombia. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader mspohr for sharing the news.

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He soared to fame in the Noughties with hits such as So Sick and Sexy Love. Yet these days it's Ne-Yo 's unconventional lifestyle that's been dominating headlines.

Dramatic video footage has captured the impact of the extreme weather in the picturesque coastal Carmague region of southern France, with the streets flooded with ankle-deep water.

Sir Keir is not just a coward politically, but now an overt appeaser of terrorism. Where does he stand today? Shoulder to shoulder with the Hamas murderers, rapists, torturers and kidnappers.

One of Hollywood's most glamorous leading ladies of the '70s and '80s turned heads in LA during a rare outing that left fans buzzing. The actress, now 82, is best remembered for Hart to Hart.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has admitted that he was "a couple of hundred grand in debt" after he opened his first restaurant, but a royalty cheque from his publishers saved the day