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Trump's 35-year-old executive assistant has been the talk of the town since a Washington Post report pegged her as one of the few allowed on a secret flight with Trump.

Federal prosecutors have charged activist Samuel Tunick with obstruction after he gave Customs and Border Protection officers a duress passcode that wiped his GrapheneOS-powered Pixel during a border search. "His prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of the federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence using a program designed to wipe a device clean after a specific code is entered," reports The New York Times. From the report: "Obstructing federal law enforcement is a serious matter that has serious repercussions," Theodore Hertzberg, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, said in a statement. "Individuals who destroy or attempt to destroy property, including data, to prevent lawful search and seizure should expect to face prosecution and punishment for their actions." A spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that the agency had the authority to search the electronic devices of anyone entering or leaving the United States, regardless of citizenship, to enforce laws addressing terrorism, child exploitation, drug- and human-smuggling, visa fraud and national security threats. "The border search will only include an examination of information that is present on the device at the time it is presented for inspection," the spokeswoman said, adding that it searched the electronic devices of fewer than 0.01 percent of all arriving international travelers in the last fiscal year. "Just the knowledge that the government is peering into your private life in this way, trying to dig up dirt on you, even though it's unsuccessful, is creepy," Tunick said, in response to a question about how the charges have affected him. His message: "The government doesn't own our communications, our relationships, as hard as they might try to. We have to defend our fundamental right to privacy; otherwise we can't say that we really live in a democracy."

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Chloe made their relationship Instagram official on Friday night as she shared snaps from their luxurious star at the five star hotel  El Fuerte in Marbella.

The Northern Irishman, 37, revealed he was forced to miss his daughter Poppy's first day of school as he prepared for the BMW Championship in St. Louis, which teed off on Thursday.

It's been a whirlwind of a transfer window this summer, and there's one signing that has threatened to sneak under the radar. 

Alan Carr has taken a savage swipe at Loose Women, branding them 'desperate' over their repeated pleas for votes for the upcoming National Television Awards.

Fahrenheit 203, the temperature GPUs stop gorging on literature

Hayden Panettiere filed a petition for a protective order from her on-off boyfriend and convicted abuser, Brian Hickerson, six years before her death, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Argentina were condemned for their thuggish antics throughout the tournament, prompting FIFA to investigate their behaviour following the final whistle of last month's showpiece.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Economist: Students and school children are increasingly using artificial intelligence. A survey last year by Chegg, an ed-tech firm, found that 80% of rich-world undergraduates used it in their studies. More recent polls put the figure at 94% in Britain and 93% in Germany. Such widespread adoption has fueled concerns about the impact the technology might be having on learning. Teachers report marking identikit essays that they suspect are churned out by ChatGPT. Yet firm evidence on AI's educational effects has been lacking. David Stromberg of Stockholm University and Victor Lei and Wu Yanhui of the University of Hong Kong set out to fill the gap. They tracked 27,000 pupils aged 12-18 in China, where AI adoption has been fast. Around 80% reported using models such as Doubao and DeepSeek; the other 20% formed the control group. The results are eye-opening. After six months, pupils using AI saw their average homework score rise by 18% across all subjects. The time they took to complete each assignment fell from an average of 64 minutes to 45. But come exam time, the same students scored 20% below their classmates who had not called on AI's help. Homework scores once predicted exam performance; now those who score highest are, perversely, more likely to do worse in exams. The takeaway: "AI can boost learning productivity, but only for those who use the technology intelligently," reports The Economist. "Students must resist the temptation to reach for an AI-generated answer before thinking things through for themselves."

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Hayden Panettiere's ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko has paid a heartbreaking tribute to the actress on what would have been her 37th birthday on Friday.

Croydon Council has refunded just £520,000 of the more than £7.2million it fined drivers across two years.

Brian Hickerson administered Narcan to Hayden Panettiere after he and his brother Zach found her unconscious in an Airbnb in Greenville, South Carolina.

Laken Snelling, 22, initially pleaded not guilty after being indicted on several charges after being arrested last August.

Sienna's mother has clapped back at a troll for making a hurtful comment about her famous daughter.

The singer, 32, celebrated her first solo UK number one record on the Official Albums Chart from hospital as she recovers from appendicitis.

The total is more than twice that allocated to the Cancer Drugs Fund - a vital service that gives cancer patients fast-track access to new life-saving treatments.

Officers found the man unresponsive in his cell at the Windmill Road custody suite in Croydon at 12:30am on Friday after he became unwell.

A man dressed as Darth Vader used a Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting in San Diego to mock the city's use of Flock surveillance cameras, sarcastically arguing that the technology would help the "emperor" track "rebel scum" and find Luke Skywalker. "This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and the hidden base on Hoth," he said. The Hill reports: He urged that the cameras be used to surveil any "rebel scum as they move from playground to playground, from playground to pool, from pool to gymnasium, because we all know that the Flock cameras are not only following the license plate readers, they are following children." The plea for the cameras shifted to raising taxes to clear out storm drains and to the clearing of homeless encampments in the city. The man said the council members can use "doublespeak" to say the police department is humanitarian. "And how will the people trust this City Council when this City Council continues to vote for surveillance technology that imprisons them? Ms. Campbell, you must work on your Jedi mind tricks," he said, addressing City Council member Jennifer Campbell, before waving his hand to the audience. "Do it like this." His last plea was for the Flock cameras to be used to "help us find Luke Skywalker as he traverses the universe in his X-wing." "This technology is a necessary, necessary force," he concluded. According to DeFlock, San Diego has more than 550 Flock cameras across the city.

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