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Researchers believe megastructures beneath a vast lake could rewrite the timeline of the Noah's Ark story, potentially reshaping biblical history.

A new War of the Worlds adaptation starring Ice Cube has achieved a 0% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes after arriving on Prime Video in late July. The science fiction film, produced by Universal Pictures during the 2020 pandemic using actors filming separately through video calls, features alien tripods emerging from meteors to attack Earth. The movie sat unreleased for approximately five years before streaming debut. Critics cite poor visual effects that "wouldn't pass muster on a whimsical Snickers ad" and performances where actors appear to be "performing in a Zoom-style vacuum." The film was shot using screenlife format with most action unfolding on computer screens.

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gpt-oss-20b can't seem to decide who won the election, but tried to convince us that it was Biden

If you're still struggling to come to terms with the results of the 2024 US presidential election, you're not alone. OpenAI's new open-weight language model is also a bit confused.…

A good deal, like beauty, is in the ISP of the beholder, after all - at least if you want BEAD funding

US states that want to make use of rural broadband deployment funds had better not require ISPs to offer what they consider affordable service. According to the Trump Administration, "affordable" is for the ISP alone to define. …

The newly single star hung out with godfather Macaulay Culkin and his fiance Brenda Song at Cara Delevingne's birthday bash at the Chateau Marmont.

Councillors will meet to discuss the proposals

Google says total organic click volume from its search engine to websites has remained ""relatively stable year-over-year" despite the introduction of AI Overviews, contradicting third-party reports of dramatic traffic declines. The company reports average click quality has increased, with users less likely to immediately return to search results after clicking through to websites. Google attributes stable traffic patterns to users conducting more searches and asking longer, more complex questions since AI features launched, while AI Overviews display more links per page than traditional results.

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Nissan revealed its new all-electric Micra in May but now the Japanese brand has divulged how much it'll cost. The Micra EV will start from £22,995 making it as cheap as its Renault 5 rival.

Lieutenant Colonel Simon Barry lashed out over Sir Keir Starmer's decision to hire Jonathan Powell in a scathing letter lambasting Labour's plan to scrap the Northern Ireland Legacy Act.

Train services across Essex are experinecing delays following a defective track.

Emmerdale stars Max Parker and Kris Mochrie are set to host the soap wedding of the year on Wednesday, as they tie the knot in a star-studded ceremony.

Moses Swaibu still vividly remembers the moment he met Tan Seet Eng, the 5ft 5in, chain-smoking Singaporean kingpin of what was reputed to be the world's biggest match-fixing syndicate.

Mark Gibbon, 62, was on a luxury holiday with his family at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, near Disney World, when he got into an argument about his will, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Activision will require PC players of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 to enable Trusted Platform Module 2.0 and Windows Secure Boot when the game launches later this year. The company begins testing these anti-cheat measures with Black Ops 6's Season 5 on Thursday without enforcement. TPM 2.0 verifies untampered boot processes while Secure Boot ensures Windows loads only trusted software at startup. Both features perform checks during system and game startup but remain inactive during gameplay. Activision has also pursued legal action against 22 individuals who developed and sold cheats.

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Ghislaine Maxwell has already ruffled feathers at her cushy new lockup as many inmates are peeved they'll have to share with a convicted sexual predator.

British Medical Association representatives met with the health secretary on Tuesday, less than a week after ending a five-day walkout in a row over pay.

If you thought head banging and body rolls were limited to rock concerts or hip-hop clubs, you'd be mistaken.

ShinyHunters suspected in rash of intrusions

Google confirmed that criminals breached one of its Salesforce databases and stole info belonging to some of its small-and-medium-business customers.…

The works will be carried out later this month

Masseur Sundaralingam Koodalingam, 36, who came to the country from the Maldives in 2021, assaulted the singer while working at the Rupert Jade Thai Massage in Soho in London.