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A win will be enough to seal Wrexham's promotion to the Championship after third-placed Wycombe suffered a 1-0 loss away at Leyton Orient.

EXCLUSIVE: Royal experts believe the Prince will only face further turmoil in the wake of her death and claimed he will need to show he has 'genuine regrets' if he wants a public role again.

"Disturbing bird nests can devastate wild populations" - that's the warning from Essex Police's Rural Engagement Team as this year's nesting season gets underway.

"Disturbing bird nests can devastate wild populations" - that's the warning from Essex Police's Rural Engagement Team as this year's nesting season gets underway.

It's a pickup truck "that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV," according to the manufacturer's web site. Selling in America for just $20,000 (after federal incentives), the new electric truck is "affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog," says TechCrunch. "It has manual windows and it doesn't come with a main infotainment screen. Heck, it isn't even painted..." Slate Auto is instead playing up the idea of wrapping its vehicles, something executives said they will sell in kits. Buyers can either have Slate do that work for them, or put the wraps on themselves. This not only adds to the idea of a buyer being able to personalize their vehicle, but it also cuts out a huge cost center for the company. It means Slate won't need a paint shop at its factory, allowing it to spend less to get to market, while also avoiding one of the most heavily regulated parts of vehicle manufacturing. Slate is telling customers that they can name the car whatever they want, offering the ability to purchase an embossed wrap for the tailgate. Otherwise, the truck is just referred to as the "Blank Slate...." It's billing the add-ons as "easy DIY" that "non-gearheads" can tackle, and says it will launch a suite of how-to resources under the billing of Slate University... The early library of customizations on Slate's website range from functional to cosmetic. Buyers can add infotainment screens, speakers, roof racks, light covers, and much more.... All that said, Slate's truck comes standard with some federally mandated safety features such as automatic emergency braking, airbags, and a backup camera. "The specs show a maximum range of 150 miles on a single charge, with the option for a longer-range battery pack that could offer up to 240 miles," reports NBC News (adding that the vehicles "aren't expected to be delivered to customers until late 2026, but can be reserved for a refundable $50 fee.") Earlier this month, TechCrunch broke the news that Bezos, along with the controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Walter; and a third investor, Thomas Tull, had helped Slate raise $111 million for the project. A document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission listed Melinda Lewison, the head of Bezos' family office, as a Slate Auto director. Thanks to Slashdot reader fjo3 for sharing the news.

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The internet is buzzing over a seemingly simple math equation that has unexpectedly stumped thousands of people.

The 51-year-old and her husband Crown Prince Haakon were among a host of European royals who travelled to Italy to pay their respects on Saturday.

Rob went to his GP with a cough - but everything changed in the next ten months

Unlike other 2p coins, it's made from cupronickel, a metal alloy normally used for higher-denomination coins such as 10 pence pieces.

The Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have said they intend to take legal action over 'false accusations of antisemitism' following a controversial performance at Coachella last weekend.

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage from Pope Francis's funeral as world leaders gather in Rome. Francis died on Easter Monday after 13 years in the Vatican.

"A group of researchers says it has identified a hidden reason we use Google for nearly all web searches," reports the Washington Post. "We've never given other options a real shot." Their research experiment suggests that Google is overwhelmingly popular partly because we believe it's the best, whether that's true or not. It's like a preference for your favorite soda. And their research suggested that our mass devotion to googling can be altered with habit-changing techniques, including by bribing people to try search alternatives to see what they are like... [A] group of academics — from Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT — designed a novel experiment to try to figure out what might shake up Google's popularity. They recruited nearly 2,500 participants and remotely monitored their web searches on computers for months. The core of the experiment was paying some participants — most received $10 — to use Bing rather than Google for two weeks. After that period, the money stopped, and the participants had to pick either Bing or Google. The vast majority in the group of people who were paid to use Bing for 14 days chose to go back to Google once the payments stopped, suggesting a strong preference for Google even after trying an alternative. But a healthy number in that group — about 22 percent — chose Bing and were still using it many weeks later. "I realized Bing was not as bad as I thought it was...." one study participant said — which an assistant professor in business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania says is a nice summation of the study's findings. "The researchers did not test other search engines," the article notes. But it also points out that more importantly: the research caught the attention of some government officials: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D), who is leading the group of states that sued Google alongside the Justice Department, said the research helped inspire a demand by the states to fix Google's search monopoly. They asked a judge to require Google to bankroll a consumer information campaign about web search alternatives, including "short-term incentive payments." On the basis of that, the article suggests "you could soon be paid to try Microsoft Bing or another alternative." And in the meantime, the reporter writes, "I encourage you to join me in a two-week (unpaid) experiment mirroring the research: Change your standard search engine to something other than Google and see whether you like it. (And drop me a line to let me know how it went.) I'm going with DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused web search engine that uses Bing's technology."

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The pontiff, whose death at 88 was announced by the Vatican on Easter Monday, is being buried today in a funeral service attended by the world's leaders.

The Dutch royal family were notably absent from a delegation of European royals who attended the funeral of Pope Francis today - due to a national holiday at home.

Adventurer Ed Stafford witnessed the heated argument near a car park in Cornwall as he spent 60 days with Romani gypsies and Irish travellers across the UK.

Did you get married on August 28? If the answer's 'yes', you have the most common anniversary, according to official statistics.

A man who won the biggest prize in quiz show history was forced to flee the country after his life-changing victory - and still has one big regret after his experience.

The farm are in "piglet heaven' as three pig mums - Peppa, Peaches and Primrose gave birth

More than 250,000 mourners gathered in St Peter's Square to pay their respects to the Argentine pontiff who died from a stroke, aged 88, on Easter Monday.

Virginia Giuffre shared a series of cryptic social media posts in the weeks leading up to her unexpected suicide.