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This actress was spotted in a rare sighting earlier this month while taking a relaxing stroll in Los Angeles, despite usually keeping a low profile. 

Mercedes has revealed its new GLC EV - the electric version of the best-selling SUV and it looks like the ICE model.

As the children go back to school, some holidaymakers might be looking for a trip away in September. But how can you bag yourself a deal? This is one way to save money.

Dev admits the game once ate an entire CPU core

Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has come clean and admitted that the worst bug he ever shipped was in... Pinball.…

Shot dead yesterday by police in New Zealand having attempted to rob a shop, Tom Phillips, one of the world's most notorious fugitives, somehow still divides opinions.

Google rolled out three big Gemini updates: the app now supports audio uploads (with tiered limits for free vs. paid users), Search gains AI Mode in five new languages, and NotebookLM expands to generate reports, study guides, quizzes, and other formats in over 80 languages. The Verge reports: According to a Monday post on X by Josh Woodward, vice president of Google Labs and Gemini, audio file compatibility was the "#1 request" to the Gemini app. Free Gemini users max out at 10 minutes of audio, and five free prompts each day. AI Pro or AI Ultra users, meanwhile, can upload audio up to three hours in length. All Gemini prompts accommodate up to 10 files across various file formats, including within ZIP files. Additionally, Google Search's AI Mode has rolled out five new language options: Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese, thanks to the integration of Gemini 2.5 with Search, according to a company blog: "With this expansion, more people can now use AI Mode to ask complex questions in their preferred language, while exploring the web more deeply." The Gemini-powered NotebookLM software is also getting an update in the form of new report styles in over 80 languages based on a user's uploaded documents, files, and other media.

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He said Chelmsford "deserves to have another festival"

Emmanuel Macron has faced humiliation today as his government lost a confidence vote, plunging France into political chaos.

A COUNCILLOR believes a celebrity duo will bring a “bold and brilliant” night to a venue in Essex.

A COUNCILLOR believes a celebrity duo will bring a “bold and brilliant” night to a venue in Essex.

Chops was a developer for Initrode. Early on a Monday, they were summoned to their manager Gary's office before the caffeine had even hit their brain.

Gary glowered up from his office chair as Chops entered. This wasn't looking good. "We need to talk about the latest commit for Taskmaster."

Taskmaster was a large application that'd been around for decades, far longer than Chops had been an employee. Thousands of internal and external customers relied upon it. Refinements over time had led to remarkable stability, its typical uptime now measured in years. However, just last week, their local installation had unexpectedly suffered a significant crash. Chops had been assigned to troubleshooting and repair.

"What's wrong?" Chops asked.

"Your latest commit decreased the number of unit tests!" Gary replied as if Chops had slashed the tires on his BMW.

Within Taskmaster, some objects that were periodically generated were given a unique ID from a pool. The pool was of limited size and required scanning to find a spare ID. Each time a value was needed, a search began where the last search ended. IDs returned to the pool as objects were destroyed would only be reused when the search wrapped back around to the start.

Chops had discovered a bug in the wrap-around logic that would inevitably produce a crash if Taskmaster ran long enough. They also found that if the number of objects created exceeded the size of the pool, this would trigger an infinite loop.

Rather than attempt to patch any of this, Chops had nuked the whole thing and replaced it with code that assigned each object a universally unique identifier (UUID) from a trusted library UUID generator within its constructor. Gone was the bad code, along with its associated unit tests.

Knowing they would probably only get in a handful of words, Chops wonderered how on earth to explain all this in a way that would appease their manager. "Well—"

"That number must NEVER go down!" Gary snapped.

"But—"

"This is non-negotiable! Roll it back and come up with something better!"

And so Chops had no choice but to remove their solution, put all the janky code back in place, and patch over it with kludge. Every comment left to future engineers contained a tone of apology.

Taskmaster became less stable. Time and expensive developer hours were wasted. Risk to internal and external customers increased. But Gary could rest assured, knowing that his favored metric never faltered on his watch.

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Polestar has revealed its new Grand Tourer flagship EV - the 5. It delivers up to an insane 884hp and can manage over 460 miles of range. But it costs around £100k, so it's an EV for the select few.

With around 97% guest occupancy throughout the year, Center Parcs employs around 9,000 workers - and some have revealed what goes on behind-the-scenes.

Fitness influencer Caroline Idiens, from Berkshire, England, has revealed how she's feeling more confident in her body at 53 than ever before in a new interview with Women's Health UK.

It comes days after making her surprise pregnancy announcement at the London premiere of Downton Abbey.

When Johnnie, the 8th Earl Spencer, died, serious questions were raised as to the legacies he left behind - both in his £200m will, and in other bequests.

Before Harry's four-day 'pseudo royal' tour this week, his friends were briefing the media that he hopes to reconcile with the House of Windsor. Yet one person is acting as a major stumbling block...

Gordon Ramsay has revealed the simple way to cook a perfect burger every time - as well as the very common ingredient he would never pair with his patty.

Labour was on the brink of 'civil war' last night as MPs scrambled to replace Angela Rayner as its deputy leader.

Pensions savers have until 10 November to take advantage of the new Sipp offer, which is open to investors who transfer their Sipp from another provider.