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Google is implementing a change that will enable its Gemini AI engine to interact with third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even when users previously configured their devices to block such interactions. ArsTechnica: Users who don't want their previous settings to be overridden may have to take action. An email Google sent recently informing users of the change linked to a notification page that said that "human reviewers (including service providers) read, annotate, and process" the data Gemini accesses. The email provides no useful guidance for preventing the changes from taking effect. The email said users can block the apps that Gemini interacts with, but even in those cases, data is stored for 72 hours. The email never explains how users can fully extricate Gemini from their Android devices and seems to contradict itself on how or whether this is even possible.

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The Princess of Wales made a sartorial statement as she welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron to the UK for their three-day state visit.

Traffic was held in both directions

The human rights lawyer, 47, and husband George, 64, are parents to eight-year-old twins Ella and Alexander, and reside in the English countryside.

This is the moment a gang of British men recruited as guns for hire by Russia's Wagner mercenary group firebombed a warehouse in London as part of a chilling sabotage campaign

It follows him suspending himself from the party over an investigation into "business impropriety"

The government is bringing in changes nationwide

Detectives investigating the fatal crash involving the forward's acid green Lamborghini also say tests have suggested the car was travelling 'way in excess' of the speed limit.

Sir Adrian Fulford said Axel Rudakubana perpetrated 'an almost unimaginable but nonetheless mercilessly calculated' killing spree when he went on the rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club.

Temperatures are set to rise again

British GP Dr Asif Ahmed took to social media to raise the alarm about what he labelled 'one of the most chronically undiagnosed conditions out there'.

The huge flocks in South Shields, South Tyneside, have sparked fear in locals who now have to guard their plates outside cafes and restaurants.

British tourists are wasting a whopping £794 million a year by leaving travel prep to the last minute, according to a new study.

Harvey Willgoose, 15, died from a stab wound to the heart after he was attacked by another pupil in the courtyard of All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said inmates were able to order from a 'menu' of illicit substances while sitting in their cells for 22 hours a day.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic will announce Tuesday the launch of a $22.5 million AI training center for members of the American Federation of Teachers, according to details inadvertently published early on a publicly accessible YouTube livestream. The National Academy for AI Instruction will be based in New York City and aims to equip kindergarten through 12th grade instructors with "the tools and confidence to bring AI into the classroom in a way that supports learning and opportunity for all students." The initiative will provide free AI training and curriculum to teachers in the second-largest US teachers' union, which represents about 1.8 million workers including K-12 teachers, school nurses and college staff. The academy builds on Microsoft's December 2023 partnership with the AFL-CIO, the umbrella organization that includes the American Federation of Teachers.

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They cited an incident last month where more than 20 drivers carried out the action

Mr McMurdock resigned the whip on Saturday, shortly before The Sunday Times published a story about loans worth £70,000 given to two businesses -  one of which had no staff.

Three men have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of an arson attack on a warehouse linked to Ukraine on behalf of the terrorist Wagner Group.