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A woman who accused twin brothers of violent sexual assault has shared her deepest fear in text messages.

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, declared this week that a deal with the city council 'could be in touching distance', in a marked change of tone after seven weeks of strikes.

The iconic "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy campaign, which dramatically equated digital piracy with physical theft, appears to have used a pirated font in its own materials. New evidence indicates the campaign utilized "XBAND Rough," a free clone of the commercial "FF Confidential" font, which requires a license. TorrentFreak independently confirmed campaign materials from 2005 embedded the XBAND Rough font rather than the original created by Just Van Rossum in 1992. Researchers discovered the font in PDF files hosted on the campaign's official website. Van Rossum, FF Confidential's creator, called the revelation "hilarious" when informed by TorrentFreak. "I knew my font was used for the campaign and that a pirated clone named XBand-Rough existed. I did not know that the campaign used XBand-Rough," he said.

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Amanda revealed she got relationship advice from expert Paul C. Brunson while the pair teamed up to film her new Netflix series, Cheat: Unfinished Business.

The 38-year-old London-based model and aristocrat, whose father is the 13th Earl of Wemyss, shared an emotional video on TikTok revealing the mental toll the illness has taken.

Biofuel lowers pollutants, but won't eliminate 'em, and could mean DCs compete for supplies

Datacenter operators are being encouraged to adopt hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a replacement for diesel in generators, however, analysts say the sustainable stand-in is not emission-free and has its own drawbacks.…

Scientists say their 3D-printed plant-based 'calamari' rings look and taste just as good as the real thing.

A female solo traveller has taken to TikTok to share three destinations she wouldn't recommend to tourists heading off on their first trip alone.

Appearing alongside co-star Bruno Tonioli, 69, the music mogul, 65, sat down with Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary on Friday's instalment of the ITV show.

Queen Silvia of Sweden supported herself with a crutch as she joined King Carl XVI Gustaf , 78, at a funeral service for his cousin this week.

One step forward and one step back as earlier hopes of progress dashed by latest update

Marks & Spencer has paused online orders for customers via its website and app as the UK retailer continues to wrestle with an ongoing "cyber incident."…

A BDSM loving New York City lawyer's fetishes shock the court, but prosecutors warn that 'this is just the tip of the iceberg.'

Fujitsu initially won a £548m contract to provide Post Office's money-handling IT system in 1999. Yet to date the Post Office has paid £2.5bn for Horizon - and it's still mounting.

JoJo Siwa's mother Jessalynn has given the ultimate seal of approval as she reportedly branded her daughter and Chris Hughes' relationship a 'love story'.

The actress took to Instagram to reveal the shocking news with an emotional goodbye post after fans fumed at bosses for 'destroying the character'.

Liam and Noel Gallagher have been seen back together for the first time in almost 16 years as they begin preparation for their upcoming reunion tour.

Pete Koomen, a Y Combinator partner, argues that current AI applications often fail by unnecessarily constraining their underlying models, much like early automobiles that mimicked horse-drawn carriages rather than reimagining transportation. In his detailed critique, Koomen uses Gmail's AI email draft feature as a prime example. The tool generates formal, generic emails that don't match users' actual writing styles, often producing drafts longer than what users would naturally write. The critical flaw, according to Koomen, is that users cannot customize the system prompt -- the instructions that tell the AI how to behave. "When an LLM agent is acting on my behalf I should be allowed to teach it how to do that by editing the System Prompt," Koomen writes. Koomen suggests AI is actually better at reading and transforming text than generating it. His vision for truly useful AI email tools involves automating mundane work -- categorizing, prioritizing, and drafting contextual replies based on personalized rules -- rather than simply generating content from scratch. The essay argues that developers should build "agent builders" instead of agents, allowing users to teach AI systems their preferences and patterns.

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The Chase star Bradley Walsh has been open about his health in the past

Martyn, 27, went missing in the Bocking area of Braintree in August