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Families of two pilots killed by a trucker driving dangerously today said it was 'appalling' that they were left waiting for months fearing he would have his sentence cut.

Thousands are already flocking to the streets of Notting Hill for the historical Caribbean event held annually over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Residents of Middlesbrough say their lives are being blighted by balaclava-clad thugs stealing cars and joyriding through local streets - as well as a spate of gang-linked ramming attacks.

It's already happened — at least on Google Maps. Google's online maps reflect name changes in official government sources, Google posted Saturday. So when the U.S. Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name for "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America," Google also renamed it "Lake America" — for visitors from the U.S. "Those in Canada will continue to see 'Lake Ontario'," Google said. And people from every other country in the world... "will see both names." Though here's how it will be written... Lake Ontario (Lake America) "These updates follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country, and are starting to roll out now." Meanwhile, NPR reports that Ontario's Premier posted a billboard reading "Lake Ontario — Now and Always" on Canada's side of the lake (repeating the message in French). And The Daily Beast reports Google move has also drawn some criticism online: "Hey you gave one of the Great Lakes the wrong name; pretty embarrassing mistake so you might want to fix that," one user wrote on X... MapQuest has said it will not be changing the name, and instead launched a new tool that allows users to rename it themselves to whatever they want.

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Ping! A message on your phone from your partner. What do you anticipate? And what's your texting language to him like now - shopping lists, lengthy explanations or heart-felt declarations of love?

The driver was in a grey Audi and did not have his lights on in High Street South in Dunstable, Bedfordshire when police were alerted around 10.30pm on Saturday.

Nepal-born Pramod Poudel, 34, travelled to the disaster-struck nation to search for his 25-year-old partner Sumitra, who has been missing since Wednesday.

Thousands of drivers use the roundabout every day, but some may not know about its past

The Duke of Sussex has returned to the UK 'just as angry' as he was when he left six years ago, friends claim.

Susanna Reid has revealed she allows herself one day a year to drink, breaking her teetotal lifestyle to party in Ibiza with her sons.

America's public education system has become "an avenue for multitrillion-dollar companies to enact their agendas," argues a NewYork Times reporter who's covered that tech industry influence for over 10 years. Big tech companies "advocate for new laws to require schools to teach industry-aligned subjects. They sit on committees that help shape learning standards for public school students..." The reporter concludes that "Silicon Valley's efforts to capture the attention of education professionals and provide student training materials can also double as marketing or indoctrination." They enable some of the most powerful corporations on the planet to spin rosy technology stories for administrators, teachers and students, giving them a sanitized view of industry practices and product risks. Many parents would likely object if, say, Exxon Mobil wrote their children's environmental science curriculum. Or if Purdue Pharma trained their children's biology teachers. Yet, over the last decade, schools have often embraced the technology industry in similar ways with few questions asked. The article excerpts the soon-to-be-released book " Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools," with the reporter adding more thoughts on LinkedIn: Every few years, Silicon Valley has urged American public schools to quickly adopt the latest technology or teach the latest tech subject: Big Data analytics; laptops for every child; algorithm-driven math and reading apps; compter programming; virtual reality. And each time the urgent arguments sounded remarkably similar: if schools just adopted the latest tech tool, or taught the latest tech subject, it would democratize learning for every child and equip students with valuable career skills. Despite good intentions, "today we know some of those classroom tech drives did not exactly pan out as advertised." Now some of the same companies that urged schools to provide laptops and coding lessons are employing similar arguments to urge schools to quickly adopt A.I. tools. I've spent years covering Chromebooks and student chatbot use. And I'm troubled by our collective amnesia around school tech. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader theodp for sharing the article.

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The widow of Hairy Biker Dave Myers is selling some of his belongings at auction - including his motorbike leathers, trademark waistcoats and Strictly Come Dancing outfit. 

Last week, Inside Sport revealed how the FIFA president had been clocking up the air miles at a staggering rate as he continues to attempt to save his job.

There's a breed for everyone!

PCs Matthew Blades, 37, and Tom Clough, 38, died alongside five young occupants of a VW Passat that was travelling on the wrong side of a dual carriageway on Saturday, August 22.

Litter, nappies on the floor and dog waste hanging from trees are just some of the things a group of volunteers in Keswick have discovered.

America's military stockpiles are being dangerously depleted by the prolonged war in the Middle East.

ScienceDaily reports: A microchip about the size of a grain of rice can generate a highly organized "rainbow" of light, a capability that could eventually support faster, higher-capacity 6G communications and extremely precise timing for quantum technologies. Physicists at Loughborough University, working with an international research team, demonstrated a system that produces a series of precisely spaced light frequencies. Those optical frequencies can then be converted into multiple high-frequency electromagnetic signals known as millimeter waves. Millimeter waves are attracting growing interest for future communications because they can provide considerably more bandwidth, giving networks more room to transmit data. A major obstacle, however, has been producing these signals with the precision and stability required for advanced applications... "They could ultimately contribute to faster, higher capacity 6G networks," [said Dr. Luke Peters, of Loughborough University's Emergent Photonics Research Centre], "but the potential goes far beyond communications. These frequencies could also be used in radar systems as well as spectroscopy and astronomical instruments, helping scientists study materials and make extremely precise measurements of the universe. "These applications are still some way off, and there are challenges to overcome before the technology can be used in real-world systems — but our latest work has tackled a major one..." A microcomb generates an extremely precise set of light frequencies arranged somewhat like the colors in a rainbow, although the light itself is invisible to the human eye. A specialized antenna can then convert those optical frequencies into millimeter waves. Earlier research demonstrated that microcombs could produce a single precise millimeter wave frequency. Generating many frequencies simultaneously could be far more useful because each could potentially serve as a separate channel for transmitting information at the same time. Achieving that, however, requires a microcomb with exceptional stability and signal quality. In a new Nature Communications paper, the Loughborough led researchers report a system capable of doing exactly that. Their system connects its chip-based microresonator to a much larger loop of optical fiber where laser light continuously travels through both parts of the system, according to the article. "The team is now investigating how the microcomb system could eventually move from a laboratory experiment into practical technology."

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Ever since launching a YouTube show with his wife, Lisa Faulkner, John Torode is revelling in his much softer - almost cuddly - side.

US-born Claire Kellerman (right) sued Outer Hebrides charity Great Bernera Community Development Trust (GBCDT) in an action funded by taxpayer cash.