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Three of the UK's most important warships are sailing side-by-side with several South Korean military vessels as a show of strength. 

LIVE UPDATES: Israel launched a missile attack against Hamas leadership in Qatar today, in an attack the country has branded 'cowardly' and a 'flagrant violation' of international law.

Britain's ambassador to Washington is seen in various states of undress enjoying a Caribbean break with the disgraced financier, to whom he wrote a fawning letter saying: 'We love you!'

Activists on Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla who alleged it was targeted by a 'drone attack' off Tunisia overnight said Tuesday they remained 'determined' to reach the war-ravaged territory.

Public companies in the U.S. have dutifully shared financial results with investors every three months for the past 50-plus years. A new proposal hopes to change that. WSJ: The Long-Term Stock Exchange plans to petition the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the quarterly earnings report requirement and instead give companies the option to share results twice a year, the group told The Wall Street Journal. It says the idea would save companies millions of dollars and allow executives to focus on long-term goals instead of worrying about hitting quarterly targets or prepping for earnings calls. "We hear a lot about how it's overly burdensome to be a public company," said Bill Harts, the exchange's chief executive officer. "This is an idea whose time has come." President Trump briefly explored the idea during his first term, and current SEC leadership has signaled an interest in reducing regulation. LTSE representatives recently discussed their proposal with SEC officials and left the meeting encouraged, people familiar with the matter said. LTSE is a stock-trading venue for companies focused on long-term goals. Its proposal would apply to all U.S. public companies, not just the few listed on its exchange. The group thinks such a move could revive the shrinking number of public companies, which some see as an existential threat for the American economy and investors.

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Analyst bets smart money on 'proactive digital companion' upgrade cycle

Generative AI will supposedly spark a smartphone renaissance, driving both unit shipments and the value of devices sold this calendar year – or so claims a rather optimistic forecast from Gartner's consultants.…

The mum of a runner barged out of the way by reality star Tommy Fury during the Great North Run has insisted her son is the 'real hero'.

A Russian glide bomb has struck a village in eastern Ukraine as pensions were being distributed, killing more than 20 civilians, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The Atomic Kitten star, 45, turned to the X-rated subscription site in 2020 to boost her dwindling finances.

The unique accommodation is comprised of two parts of an old Lufthansa aircraft pieced together to resemble a 'marooned' scene in the isolated Somerset countryside.

Microsoft feared too many machines would end up bricked

Microsoft vet Raymond Chen first told the story of HLT and Windows 95 more than 20 years ago. The instruction tells the CPU to effectively shut itself down until the next hardware interrupt – ideal for laptops, since power consumption would be hugely reduced.…

AN URN containing cremated human ashes have been found in a supermarket trolley in Essex.

U.S. jobs growth was much slower than previously reported, according to revised data released on Tuesday. From a report: The number of jobs created in the United States from April 2024 to March 2025 was revised down by 911,000 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That would roughly amount to 76,000 fewer jobs created each month of the year up until March. The revision draws fresh attention to the weakening U.S. labor market, which added an average of only 29,000 jobs in each of the three most recent months. The August jobs report showed that the U.S. added only 22,000 jobs that month and also revised June's job growth down to a loss of 13,000 jobs. Those datapoints have led economists and some policymakers to conclude that the U.S. labor market is now at a standstill. "The jobs engine that has been integral to U.S. economic growth defying expectations for the past four years is stalling," Sarah House, a senior economist at Wells Fargo, said in a note on Friday.

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AN URN containing cremated human ashes have been found in a supermarket trolley in Essex.

The former glamour model, 47, and Atomic Kitten star, 45, are in the midst of their tell-all tour, An Evening with Katie Price & Kerry Katona.

by George Whittaker Introduction

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has gradually become one of Microsoft’s key bridges for developers, data scientists, and power users who need Linux compatibility without leaving the Windows environment. Over recent versions, WSL2 brought major improvements: a real Linux kernel running in a lightweight virtualized environment, much better filesystem behavior, nearly full system-call compatibility, etc. However, until recently, certain high-performance workloads, GPU computing, video encoding/decoding, and very up-to-date kernel features, were either limited, inefficient, or unavailable.

In Windows 11, Microsoft has taken bold strides to remove many of these bottlenecks. Two of the most significant enhancements are:

1. The ability for WSL to tap into the GPU for acceleration (compute, video hardware offload, etc.), reducing reliance on CPU where the GPU is much more suited.

2. More seamless Linux kernel upgrades, allowing users to run newer kernel versions inside WSL2, bringing performance, driver, and feature improvements faster.

This article walks through each thing in detail: what has changed, why it matters, how to use it, what limitations still exist, and how these developments shift what’s possible with WSL on Windows 11.

What WSL Was, and Where It Needed Improvement

Before diving into recent changes, it helps to understand what WSL (especially WSL2) already provided, and where it lagged.

• WSL1: Early versions translated Linux system calls to Windows equivalents. Good for basic command-line tools, scripts, but limited in compatibility with certain networking, kernel module, filesystem, and performance-sensitive tasks.

• WSL2: Introduced a real Linux kernel inside a lightweight VM (Hyper-V or a similar backend), better system-call compatibility, better performance especially for Linux tools, and much improved behavior for things like Docker, compiling, etc. Still, heavy workloads (e.g. ML training, video encoding, hardware-accelerated graphics) were constrained by CPU support, lack of passthrough of GPU features, older kernels, etc.

So developers were pushing Microsoft to allow more direct access to GPU functionality (CUDA, DirectML, video decoding), and to speed up how kernel updates reach users.

GPU Acceleration in WSL on Windows 11: What It Means

GPU acceleration here refers to WSL’s ability to offload certain computation or video tasks from the CPU to the GPU, enabling faster, more efficient execution. This includes:

• Compute workloads - frameworks like CUDA (for NVIDIA), DirectML, etc., so that things like deep learning, scientific computing, data-parallel tasks run much faster. Microsoft now supports running NVIDIA CUDA inside WSL to accelerate ML libraries like PyTorch, TensorFlow.

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The city has had a history of hosting big music festivals

WITH students back at school after the six weeks holiday, year 6 pupils are starting to think about their next steps.

The Minco Softball girls team were onboard the bus when the terrifying ordeal unfolded on Monday night on Highway 152, authorities said six of those on board are in a critical condition.

On Tuesday it was announced that she is working with London-based fashion house self-portrait, marking the first time she will be the face of a brand.