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Hallucinations don't fly in a court of law

Opinion  For a sector at the heart of US economic growth, AI claims and counter-claims remain curiously hard to reconcile. Models are improving at the speed of light, AI firms claim, yet the message from the codeface remains that benefits are more than offset by the downsides.…

At 48 years old I feel better now than I did when I was a teenager. I'm stronger, fitter, I understand nutrition and I know how to use food to fuel my body. But this hasn't always been the case.

Gregg Wallace has revealed he is selling his £1million Kent home after being left 'unable to live the life he used to have' following his high-profile BBC axing.

As families are hit with the largest council tax increases since 2004, new figures show a record 1,255 council bureaucrats were handed over £150,000 last year.

Meghan was all smiles as she held hands with Nicole Avant, the wife of Netflix boss Sarandos, before wrapping her in a tight hug at the Beef Season Two Tastemaker event in California.

Booking.com says hackers accessed customer reservation data in a breach that may have exposed booking details, names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, and messages shared with accommodations. PCMag reports: On Sunday, users reported receiving emails from Booking.com, warning them that "unauthorized third parties may have been able to access certain booking information associated with your reservation." The email suggests the hackers have already exploited customer information. "We recently noticed suspicious activity affecting a number of reservations, and we immediately took action to contain the issue," Booking.com wrote. "Based on the findings of our investigation to date, accessed information could include booking details and name(s), emails, addresses, phone numbers associated with the booking, and anything that you may have shared with the accommodation." Amsterdam-based Booking.com has now generated new PINs for customer reservations to prevent hackers from accessing them. Still, the incident risks exposing affected customers to potential phishing scams. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and several Reddit users say they received scam messages from accounts posing as Booking.com.

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If the development is agreed construction would start in 2027

Jerry Kunkler painted his Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, red and white a decade ago to cheer on England during the 2016 European Championships .

ShinyHunters claims it accessed Snowflake metrics via third-party tool

ShinyHunters is back, this time pinning Rockstar Games to its leak site and claiming it didn't so much hack its way in as walk through a door someone else left wide open.…

FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Texas home of the suspect accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's luxurious mansion.

GG noob, who cleared you to land?

The Federal Aviation Administration continues to face an air traffic controller shortage, and it's hoping that a new demographic of potential applicants can fill the ranks: Video gamers. …

Makes Rust support official, adds code for ancient Alpha and SPARC CPUs

Linus Torvalds has released version 7.0 of the Linux kernel.…

Ollie Locke has offered new insight into his 'humiliating' financial struggles, revealing he spent around £500,000 on IVF and surrogacy in his journey to fatherhood.

Oluwadamilola Ogunyankinnu, pictured, is accused of killing Finbar Sullivan on Primrose Hill on Tuesday last week. The 27-year-old appeared in court today charged with his murder.

Tanner Horner, 34, wrote a disgraceful letter to the seven-year-old's grieving family from his jail cell months after he killed her in November 2022, blaming FedEx for the little girl's murder.

MoD plans rapid procurement of Cambridge Aerospace's Skyhammer system at home and abroad

Britain is set to buy interceptors from a homegrown startup to counter Iranian Shahed-style attack drones, equipping both its own armed forces and allies in the Persian Gulf region.…

In a new interview, Naga spoke of people now forming their own opinions on her as well as being subject to terrible racist abuse from trolls on social media.

It will reopen in May

According to the Financial Times, Meta is developing an AI avatar of Mark Zuckerberg that could interact with employees using his voice, image, mannerisms, and public statements, "so that employees might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it." The Verge reports: Meta may start allowing creators to make AI avatars of themselves if the experiment with Zuckerberg succeeds, according to the Financial Times. [...] Zuckerberg is involved in training the AI avatar, the Financial Times reports, and has also started spending five to 10 hours per week coding on Meta's other AI projects and participating in technical reviews.

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