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The 78,000-tonne semi-submersible platform is being hailed as the world's first mobile, self-sustaining artificial island, and is set to launch in 2028.

An anonymous reader writes: U.S. wireless carrier Verizon said Thursday it will cut more than 13,000 jobs in its largest single layoff as it works to shrink costs and restructure operations. Verizon also said it plans to convert 179 corporate-owned retail stores into franchised operations and close one store. Verizon's new CEO, Dan Schulman, said in a note to employees the company would reduce its workforce by more than 13,000 employees across the organization, and significantly reduce outsourced and other outside labor expenses. Related: Delayed September report shows U.S. added 119,000 jobs, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.4%

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JONATHAN McEVOY: Here, I'm providing my reflections on the venues I liked and did not, the ins and outs of the travelling circus, as I experienced it.

The art teacher at the primary school in Loutraki, Greece , claimed the child had made a drawing and 'touched her' while showing it to her (stock image)

Just because a designer is expensive doesn't mean it is worn by the ultra-wealthy... and now, fashion experts are telling the Daily Mail the exclusive quiet luxury designers the super rich love.

Bryonie, 29, and her children Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle, died in the blaze.

Tributes have poured in following the death of an Essex Police officer who died in a crash on the A12

Matthew Whelan, who legally changed his name to King Of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite, appeared on Thursday's episode of the ITV show.

Images circulating on social media had promised a winter wonderland-style attraction with snowy market stalls, a huge Christmas tree and a canopy of fairy lights at the London landmark.

This is the awkward moment an AI-powered robot danced for Russian president Vladimir Putin at an exhibition put on by Sberbank, Russia's largest bank.

Teachers who were just handed a 7.5 per cent pay hike are in line for a four-day week in the classroom, under SNP plans to head off strikes.

Privacy cops say attack wasn't just bad luck but a result of sloppy homework

Canadian privacy watchdogs say that school boards must shoulder part of the blame for the PowerSchool mega-breach, not just the ed-tech giant that lost control of millions of student and staff records.…

'Anxious' locals have been left 'fearing for their safety' and are calling for the council to step in to stop construction on land opposite the site in Berkshire.

An anonymous reader shares a report: A Microsoft executive is questioning why more people aren't impressed with AI, a week after the company touted the evolution of Windows into an "agentic OS," which immediately triggered backlash. "Jeez there so many cynics! It cracks me up when I hear people call AI underwhelming," tweeted Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO for Microsoft's AI group. Suleyman added that he grew up playing the old-school 2D Snake game on a Nokia phone. "The fact that people are unimpressed that we can have a fluent conversation with a super smart AI that can generate any image/video is mindblowing to me," he wrote.

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Investigations into a country lane in Avonmouth, Bristol have commenced after it became the latest victim of Britain's fly tip epidemic with tonnes of waste scattered across the land.

Robert Easom, 56, 'snapped' the neck of Trudi Burgess during a violent argument when she threatened to leave him.

From Space NK's sold-out £260 offering to the Bella Freud-designed box from M&S, we've tested some of the best beauty advents calendars available this Christmas.

Ismail Ali vanished after leaving work at Gulam Food Stores in the Lidget Green area of the city at 2.30pm on May 29, 2020, when he was 46.

The actresses teamed up to appear in an advert for ShelterBox, a disaster relief charity that provides essential items to people who have lost their homes.

Pair say digital twin-powered scheduling will cut costs, shrink timelines for 10 planned reactors

Google and atomic power biz Westinghouse Electric claim that AI will speed construction and cut the cost of building the new US power plants it is planning in response to rising demands for energy to fuel AI.…