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The Met Office had already warned of “heavy thundery rain” until 6pm today but now another warning has been issued.

The Australian-born chef, 59, lost his job on the BBC show after two decades over allegations that he used the N-word, which he claims to have 'absolutely no recollection' of.

The 35-year-old Canadian woman was one of some 100,000 revelers attending the annual electronic music festival in the Belgian town of Boom that began on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Llanelli in west Wales, just ten miles from Swansea, was once a bustling market town but a century after its heyday, it couldn't be more different.

The Independent notes a remarkable-if-true figure that's being bandied around this week. Meta "started making these, like, giant offers to a lot of people on our team," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told his brother Jack on his podcast. "You know, like, $100 million signing bonuses, more than that [in] compensation per year... I'm really happy that, at least so far, none of our best people have decided to take him up on that." Previous reports have also suggested that Meta is targeting employees at Google DeepMind, offering similar levels of compensation. Some of these efforts appear to have been successful, with DeepMind researcher Jack Rae joining Meta's 'Superintelligence' team earlier this month... During the podcast, which was published on Tuesday, Mr Altman also gave details about future AI products that OpenAI is hoping to build, claiming that they will enable "crazy new social experiences" and "virtual employees". The most important breakthrough over the next decade, he said, would involve radical new discoveries powered by AI. "The thing that I think will be the most impactful in that five-to-10 year timeframe is AI will actually discover new science," he said. The Washington Post notes that Zuckerberg "responded to recent reports of his compensation offers in an interview posted by the Information on YouTube on Tuesday, saying that 'a lot of the numbers specifically have been inaccurate" but acknowledging there is "an absolute premium for the best and most talented people." Zuckerberg's recent hires and other comments this week suggest he's not taking any chances of being left behind. He announced plans for a giant data center campus large enough to obscure Manhattan to power future AI projects by his superintelligence team.

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Police 'need to make sure that he is okay'

The BBC refuses to reveal exactly what Torode is accused of saying which makes it almost impossible for him to defend himself. And yet despite Aunty's sacking of Torode, ITV are standing by him.

Felix Baumgartner has died. He was 56. In 2012 Slashdot extensively covered the skydiver's "leap from the edge of space." ABC News remembers it as a Red Bull-financed stunt that involved "diving 24 miles from the edge of space, in a plummet that reached a speed of more than 500 mph." Baumgartner recalled the legendary jump in the documentary, "Space Jump," and said, "I was the first human being outside of an aircraft breaking the speed of sound and the history books. Nobody remembers the second one...." Baumgartner, also known as "Fearless Felix," accomplished many records in his career, including setting the world record for highest parachute jump atop the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, flying across the English Channel in a wingsuit in 2003, and base jumping from the 85-foot arm of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil in 2007. "Baumgartner's altitude record stood for two years," remembers the Los Angeles Times, "until Google executive Alan Eustace set new marks for the highest free-fall jump and greatest free-fall distance." They report that Baumgartner died Thursday "while engaged in a far less intense activity, crashing into the side of a hotel swimming pool while paragliding in Porto Sant Elpidio, a town on central Italy's eastern coast." More details from the Associated Press: "It is a destiny that is very hard to comprehend for a man who has broke all kinds of records, who has been an icon of flight, and who traveled through space," Mayor Massimiliano Ciarpella told The Associated Press.Ciarpella said that Baumgartner had been in the area on vacation, and that investigators believed he may have fallen ill during the fatal flight... Baumgartner, a former Austrian military parachutist, made thousands of jumps from planes, bridges, skyscrapers and famed landmarks... ABC News remembers that in 2022 Baumgartner wrote in Newsweek that "Since I was a little kid, I've always looked up to people who left a footprint on this planet... now I think I have left a footprint... "I believe big dreamers always win."

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Old interviews with a young Miley, now 32, have resurfaced, and fans have been left horrified by the disturbing questions she was asked at just 14 years old.

Chris Hicks and Natasha Retzmann first discovered the attractive detached three-bed home in Mallorca as it was on sale for £173,000.

The Mexican is his country's all-time record goalscorer, with 52 strikes in 109 appearances, and also played for Real Madrid as well as spending two years with West Ham.

A diversion route is in place for buses

The former President, 63, and First Lady, 61, participated in a fun couples challenge - but things turned a little tense when the couple couldn't agree on some answers.

The 49 year old actress - who also appeared in Love Actually - filed a petition for her insolvency over a debt to a finance company, official public records reveal.

The 56-year-old tragically died at around 4pm local time on Thursday in Italy 's Porto Sant'Elpidio in the province of Fermo when a flight in a motorised paraglider took a fatal turn.

Singletons who collect Labubus could be putting off potential dates, relationship expert Dr Mindy DeSeta revealed to Vice.

Computer scientist Peter Gutmann tells The Reg why it's 'bollocks'

The US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pushing for the development of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms since 2016.…

The wildly popular '90s romantic comedy Clueless is celebrating its 30th anniversary on July 19...but do you recognize the cast today? 

Jamie Laing has shared a sweet pregnancy update on wife Sophie Habboo as he reflected on their life together ahead of them welcoming their first child.