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Love Island has faced backlash from Women's Aid after Tuesday night's episode as Harrison's antics sent fans into a fury as his love triangle with Lauren and Toni continued. 

Families paying for childcare over the six-week summer holiday now face a bill of £1,076 per child on average - a rise of 4 per cent on last year.

Mark Gatiss, the writer and star of Bookish, plays amateur sleuth Gabriel Book, who is only too aware that the local police sergeant (Blake Harrison) has suspicions about his sexuality.

Longtime Slashdot reader bobdevine shares a report from OSTechNix: For the first time, Linux has officially broken the 5% desktop market share barrier in the United States of America! It's a huge milestone for open-source and our fantastic Linux community. While many might think of Linux as a niche choice, this new data shows a significant shift is happening. According to the latest StatCounter Global Stats for June 2025, Linux now holds 5.03% of the desktop operating system market share in the United United States of America. This is fantastic news! [...] One truly satisfying detail for me? Linux has finally surpassed the "Unknown" category in the USA! It shows that our growth is clear and recognized. "It took eight years to go from 1% to 2% (by April 2021), then just 2.2 years to reach 3% (June 2023), and a mere 0.7 years to hit 4% (February 2024)," notes the report. "Now, here we are, at over 5% in the USA! This exponential growth suggests that we're on a promising upward trend."

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According to Louise Hill, founder of GoHenry, around 80 per cent of schools don't have to follow the national curriculum.

Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse digital retinal photographs - images of the back of the eye that are already used to diagnose some conditions.

Tricksters are preying on unsuspecting job hunters by posting fake job adverts or making fake job offers to individuals in need of extra cash.

A former Chelsea manager has been rushed to hospital after falling ill during a training session on Wednesday. He was reportedly unwell amid scorching temperatures

Bleak official figures today showed consumer price inflation climbed to a higher-than-expected 3.6 per cent in June.

Tributes have been paid after the death of 'brilliant' actor Jo Bacon - who appeared in one of the most iconic scenes in Love Actually.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages -- including from chat apps such as Signal -- images, location histories, audio recordings, contacts, and more. In a report shared exclusively with TechCrunch, mobile cybersecurity company Lookout detailed the hacking tool called Massistant, which the company said was developed by Chinese tech giant Xiamen Meiya Pico. Massistant, according to Lookout, is Android software used for the forensic extraction of data from mobile phones, meaning the authorities using it need to have physical access to those devices. While Lookout doesn't know for sure which Chinese police agencies are using the tool, its use is assumed widespread, which means Chinese residents, as well as travelers to China, should be aware of the tool's existence and the risks it poses. [...] The good news ... is that Massistant leaves evidence of its compromise on the seized device, meaning users can potentially identify and delete the malware, either because the hacking tool appears as an app, or can be found and deleted using more sophisticated tools such as the Android Debug Bridge, a command line tool that lets a user connect to a device through their computer. The bad news is that at the time of installing Massistant, the damage is done, and authorities already have the person's data. "It's a big concern. I think anybody who's traveling in the region needs to be aware that the device that they bring into the country could very well be confiscated and anything that's on it could be collected," said Kristina Balaam, a researcher at Lookout who analyzed the malware. "I think it's something everybody should be aware of if they're traveling in the region."

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: There are assumptions about Tyrrell Hatton that did not stand up to scrutiny in Pittsburgh a month ago.

The Microsoft cofounder breathed that sigh of relief in a Cipher News interview - just before it folded

Despite Trump's budget bill slashing many mature clean-energy tax credits, Bill Gates is less worried, since new nuclear incentives, including those his TerraPower venture will leverage, survived intact.…

Jerry Lee Martinez, 45, has been arrested after his teenage daughter gave birth in a Walmart bathroom in Kingsville, Texas on Monday.

After being praised for his 'bravery under fire', Jamil was one of 1,800 Afghans sent a chilling alert from the British High Commission warning that his personal details could have been compromised.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DOMINIC KING: Ahead of The Open at Portrush, Ludvig Aberg talks about the influence of Steven Gerrard and the golf swing of tennis legend Sir Andy Murray.

Most mornings after working out at the gym, I'll pop on something motivational on TikTok and Facebook.

President Donald Trump left the public puzzled on Tuesday when he appeared at a White House press gaggle.

Steam has begun banning games that violate the payment rules of banks and card networks, targeting adult content in particular -- especially titles with extreme or controversial themes. Engadget reports: The new clause states that "content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers" is not allowed and could result in removal from the platform. In other words, if credit card companies get mad about something, they could actually have the power to ban a game. The clause goes on to say that this will affect "certain kinds of adult-only content." This has likely already resulted in many games being pulled off the platform. SteamDB doesn't give a reason for these removals, but the timing does match up.

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Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system. So far, there are only four known objects like it in this region of space.