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The 'grindadrap' is a Viking tradition that sees pilot whales and dolphins encircled and driven into shallow waters with boats where they are then slaughtered by fishermen.

Keir Starmer will gather ministers in Downing Street amid the fallout from 1,500 pages of evidence about Mandelson's disastrous appointment as US ambassador.

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many GitHub Copilot users are reporting some extreme sticker shock as they realize just how quickly their previous "normal" usage is burning through their newly limited monthly allotment of AI credits. Across social media and forums, many Copilot users are sharing personal statistics showing how just a few hours of AI usage can now account for a large chunk of their new monthly subscription caps. For some users, it reportedly took less than a day to use up a month's usage quota. That's a big change from previous months, when GitHub Copilot subscribers were allocated a certain number of "requests" and "premium requests" based on their payment tier. GitHub said that the old system meant that "a quick chat question and a multi-hour autonomous coding session [could] cost the user the same amount," forcing Copilot itself to "absorb much of the escalating inference cost behind that usage." [...] Indeed, some Copilot users have been sharing estimates from GitHub's own tool showing that their previous monthly usage would rack up bills in the thousands of dollars under the new pricing plan. Under GitHub's new usage-based pricing system, paid Copilot subscriptions instead grant users a certain number of AI "credits" each month, with one credit corresponding to $0.01 of usage. Subscribers also get bonus credits depending on their subscription level: the $10/month Pro plan includes 1,500 credits ($15 worth); the $39 Pro+ plan includes 7,000 credits ($70 worth); and the $100/month Copilot Max plan includes 20,000 credits ($200 worth). The precise number of Copilot credits used by a given prompt is determined by the number of input and output tokens used and the rates charged by the underlying large language model. That means pricing is highly dependent not just on the type of request but on the specific model that a user chooses. One million output tokens from OpenAI's GPT-5.4 nano would run just $1.25 on GitHub Copilot, but that same level of output would run $30 on the frontier GPT-5.5 model (Copilot users who rely on "Auto" mode to pick the most appropriate available model for any request should be extremely careful, as some users report it can switch to expensive models for extremely simple queries).

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It has been dubbed as "disturbing and alarming news" by Save Our Libraries Essex

New holiday let rules in Wales have led to owners receiving huge bills and unable to meet restrictions.

The proposals - drafted up by Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) - have already attracted outrage from some local residents.

Donald Trump has announced who will replace Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard following her planned resignation.

The reality TV star, 45, took to her Instagram on Monday to share a number of recent snaps, one of which featured her and 12-year-old daughter North West rocking matching diamond grills.

FSB claims large-scale snoop op compromised phones of senior officials, but gives no technical evidence to back allegations

Dua Lipa married her husband Callum Turner at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on Saturday wearing a stunning custom Schiaparelli outfit.

Dua Lipa has shared her wedding photo album after tying the knot with Callum Turner on Sunday.

Prince Edward and Sophie undertook several engagements across the capital for the start of their three-day trip to mark the 640th anniversary of the historic Treaty of Windsor.

Sir Philip Augar said he 'shares the general outrage' over rule changes that mean graduates will pay more towards their Plan 2 loans from next year.

If you lived in balmier climes, the idea of shopping for a raincoat in June might seem counterintuitive.

Police are studying a Mail on Sunday dossier detailing how Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was allegedly sharing confidential government information with wealthy business contacts.

Jessica Ohren applied for permission to fell the nuisance tree, saying it caused 'subsidence-related damage' and 'significant' cracking to her conservatory walls.

Sydney Sweeney has again fuelled rumours of her lingering feud with Euphoria co-star Zendaya, by refusing to include her in her photo round-up of the final season. 

India is the reformed wild-child granddaughter of the late property magnate and pornography publisher Paul Raymond, the so-called 'King of Soho', once Britain's richest man.

Vincent Chan, described as 'every parent's worst nightmare', abused children over a seven-year period while working at a Bright Horizons nursery in North London.