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The first few sessions have been a huge success

Lessons can be learnt from the deaths of a mother and daughter who were abused for years, Essex's police, fire and crime commissioner has said

I know World War Three is breaking out and the country is going to hell in a handcart, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN, but it's sweating the small stuff which sends us bonkers. And I do mean sweating.

Hackers have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from cryptocurrency holders and disrupted major retailers by targeting outsourced call centers used by American corporations to reduce costs, WSJ reported Thursday. The attackers exploit low-paid call center workers through bribes and social engineering to bypass two-factor authentication systems protecting bank accounts and online portals. Coinbase faces potential losses of $400 million after hackers compromised data belonging to 97,000 customers by bribing call center workers in India with payments of $2,500. The criminals also used malicious tools that exploited vulnerabilities in Chrome browser extensions to collect customer data in bulk. TaskUs, which handled Coinbase support calls, shut down operations at its Indore, India facility and laid off 226 workers. Retail attacks targeted Marks & Spencer and Harrods with hackers impersonating corporate executives to pressure tech support workers into providing network access. The same technique compromised MGM Resorts systems in 2023. Call center employees typically possess sensitive customer information including account balances and recent transactions that criminals use to masquerade as legitimate company representatives.

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Tech tycoon and former First Buddy Elon Musk is speaking out about the media's attention on his alleged drug use in a way some say will do nothing to refute the rumors.

Michelle made it clear she doesn't like being referred to as 'Mrs. Obama' amid ongoing rumors that her marriage to Barack Obama is in turmoil.

I Quit is ostensibly a break-up record, but even when Danielle, Este and Alana sing about heartache, they find it hard to stop the sun from breaking through.

The fire crews have issued a warning to locals

Around 1,400 people will be asked their opinions on huge changes coming to Essex

Locals called the shopping centre 'very run down'

Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi packed on the PDA at Royal Ascot today, sharing a passionate kiss as they watched the races unfold from the stands.

FrontPage Remote Procedure Call and others set to be blocked in the name of 'Secure by Default'

Microsoft has warned administrators that legacy authentication protocols will be blocked by default from July, meaning that anyone who hasn't made preparations already could be in for a busy summer.…

Rat droppings were found in a number of rooms at the restaurant

Inspectors found rat droppings in the kitchen and within the condiments

Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its AI models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC reported Thursday. From the report: The tech company is turning to its catalog of 20 billion YouTube videos to train these new-age AI tools, according to a person who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Google confirmed to CNBC that it relies on its vault of YouTube videos to train its AI models, but the company said it only uses a subset of its videos for the training and that it honors specific agreements with creators and media companies. [...] YouTube didn't say how many of the 20 billion videos on its platform or which ones are used for AI training. But given the platform's scale, training on just 1% of the catalog would amount to 2.3 billion minutes of content, which experts say is more than 40 times the training data used by competing AI models.

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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered what they are calling the 'mother of all breaches.'

An eccentric homeless bird lover known as the 'Swan Whisperer' who lives in a doorway on London's Billionaire's Row has been banned from Hyde Park after a fight over a swan.

A Ryanair flight from London crashed into a barrier today after landing at a Greek airport. The

Kylian Mbappe's participation at the Club World Cup is at risk after his club Real Madrid confirmed the superstar forward has been hospitalised with illness.

A nepo baby looked the spitting image of her 90s TV star mother as she cuddled a lion in Africa.