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Kyelonna Meya Smiley, 15, was discovered fatally shot in the head in a senior community in Phoenix and Nohe Prado Morelia, 67, took his own life four days later.

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production. From a report: A draft of the treaty released Wednesday wouldn't limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products. Instead, it's centered on proposals where there's broad agreement -- such as reducing the number of problematic plastic products that often enter the environment and are difficult to recycle, promoting the redesign of plastic products so they can be recycled and reused, and improving waste management. It asks nations to make commitments to ending plastic pollution, rather than imposing global, legally-binding rules. French President Emmanuel Macron said the "lack of ambition" in the draft treaty was unacceptable, and that agreeing to a global treaty against plastic pollution "is our opportunity to make a difference."

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The former police station was sold in 2024 and false claims about it have circulated

Chinese AI model dev still plans to use homegrown silicon for inferencing

Unhelpful Huawei AI chips are reportedly why Chinese model dev DeepSeek's next-gen LLMs are taking so long.…

Bondi sent out a post on X on Thursday morning announcing the employee, Sean Dunn, was fired following the incident.

The Prime Minister and Mr Zelensky met in No10 as both leaders brace themselves for the outcome of the US President's talks with the Russian leader.

Taylor Swift has arguably forged one of the most successful music careers of all time with her incomparable story telling, clever lyrics and unique ability to capture the imagination of her Swifties.

The actor, 40, turned heads in a grey textured suit worn over a matching shirt, completing the look with smart black shoes and a black belt.

The TOWIE star, 35, is currently enjoying a sun-drenched getaway in Tenerife with fiancé Billy Delbosq and her children.

Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden criticized subscription gaming services like Xbox Game Pass, arguing that developers working under such models become "wage slaves." Speaking in a recent industry discussion, Layden contended that subscription services prevent developers from traditional profit-sharing arrangements. "They're not creating value, putting it in the marketplace, hoping it explodes, and profit sharing, and overages, and all that nice stuff," Layden said. "It's just, 'You pay me X dollars an hour, I built you a game, here, go put it on your servers.'" He called the model uninspiring for game developers.

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Pilots may soon have to compete against frakking toasters for the title of Top Gun

That autonomous fighter jet from DARPA is so 2023 that the agency is already well into a bid to give future combat jets autonomy for multi-ship missions over the horizon.…

A man who is 5'6 is opening up about the way that he was rejected by a woman - calling it a 'humiliation ritual.'

Aubrey Plaza is excited by the 'challenge' of playing Heidi Fleiss in an upcoming biopic.

The singer, 48, voiced his 'disappointment over Ireland's broken system' after a man escaped a prison sentence for causing Ciaran's death.

Government and police employee credentials sold at bargain-basement prices on underground forums

Criminals are selling access to FBI and other law enforcement and government email accounts to other criminals via dark web marketplaces for as little as $40.…

Alexander Isak is on strike. There is no other way for those inside or outside Newcastle United to dress it up now. He does not want to train, while the club pay his £140,000-a-week wages.

She is the latest Essex name to be announced for the hit BBC show

An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI is considering ways to bring in additional revenue, and bringing ads to ChatGPT is one option on the table. While being interviewed on Decoder, ChatGPT head Nick Turley said he's "humble enough not to rule it out categorically," but hedged that OpenAI would need to "be very thoughtful and tasteful" about how ads could be integrated into ChatGPT. "We will build other products, and those other products can have different dimensions to them, and maybe ChatGPT just isn't an ads-y product because it's just so deeply accountable to your goals. But it doesn't mean that we wouldn't build other things in the future, too," Turley said. "I think it's good to preserve optionality, but I also really do want to emphasize how incredible the subscription model is, how fast it's growing, and how untapped a lot of the opportunities are."

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Rio and Kate Ferdinand blushed as they kissed in the kitchen of their £4 million mansion on Thursday after being 'egged on by the big kids'. 

Horse racing is in mourning following the death of iconic trainer Bill Turner at the age of 78 on Thursday. The unfortunate incident involved a colt he had been reportedly riding at his Dorset yard.