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Jane Leeves shot to stardom and quickly became a household name when she took on the role of Daphne Moon in NBC's Frasier.

Microsoft will remove its Maps app from the Microsoft Store in July 2025, delivering an "update" that renders the application completely nonfunctional. Following the cutoff, users won't be able to reinstall the app even if previously downloaded, according to a Microsoft support document. While the app will retain personal data like saved navigation routes and map URLs, this information will become unusable after the deprecation. The Maps application, a remnant from the Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile era, will disappear completely while Bing Maps will continue functioning as a web service through bing.com/maps. Microsoft hasn't provided specific reasoning for the decision to sunset the desktop application, which has existed as an increasingly anachronistic holdover from Microsoft's abandoned mobile platform efforts.

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The death of Yaroslav Moskalik will not have come as a shock to the Russian leadership.

The judge has ruled that the jury will see be able to view the video of the disgraced rap mogul beating up Cassie, judge rules.It's a big blow for Diddy as it's damning evidence.

Whooping cough is making a comeback in the US. There have been 8,472 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease so far this year, more than double the number from the same period last year.

I've known this man for 30 years. We've raised kids, paid off a mortgage, held each other through grief. But this? This was new. And the most surprising part wasn't that he said it. It was that I didn't recoil.

The Tory leader continues to face questions about a potential pact with Nigel Farage 's outfit, who are consistently outperforming the Conservatives in the polls.

The first series saw a 30% increase in Dogs Trust adoption application

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds may have looked like Hollywood royalty at the Time100 Gala - but body language experts say their red carpet chemistry told a more complicated story.

Many people experience a serious return of appetite, cravings and weight after coming off Ozempic, and having read far too many horror stories, I was determined to never let it happen to me.

Tyra Banks looked nearly unrecognizable as she attended Daily Front Row's Ninth Annual Fashion L.A. Awards on Thursday.

Volts make jolts

On Call  By the time Friday morning rolls around, starting the day with a stimulating beverage feels like a fine idea. And so does delivering a freshly brewed installment of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed column in which you share tales of tech support triumph and torture.…

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.