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Indian food is one of the most fragrant and moreish on Earth-and thankfully we don't need to travel nearly 5,000 miles to enjoy it.

The Associated Press reports that "North Korean hackers have pilfered billions of dollars" by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and by creating fake identities to get remote tech jobs at foreign companies — all orchestrated by the North Korean government to finance R&D on nuclear arms. That's according to a new the 138-page report by a group watching North Korea's compliance with U.N. sanctions (including officials from the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea and the United Kingdom). From the Associated Press: North Korea also has used cryptocurrency to launder money and make military purchases to evade international sanctions tied to its nuclear program, the report said. It detailed how hackers working for North Korea have targeted foreign businesses and organizations with malware designed to disrupt networks and steal sensitive data... Unlike China, Russia and Iran, North Korea has focused much of its cyber capabilities to fund its government, using cyberattacks and fake workers to steal and defraud companies and organizations elsewhere in the world... Earlier this year, hackers linked to North Korea carried out one of the largest crypto heists ever, stealing $1.5 billion worth of ethereum from Bybit. The FBI later linked the theft to a group of hackers working for the North Korean intelligence service. Federal authorities also have alleged that thousands of IT workers employed by U.S. companies were actually North Koreans using assumed identities to land remote work. The workers gained access to internal systems and funneled their salaries back to North Korea's government. In some cases, the workers held several remote jobs at the same time.

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'If we always worked in a way that we first thought was ultimate comfort, we probably wouldn’t get much work done'

A former Manchester City player has opened up about his financial troubles as he is set to spend two years and two months in prison.

Police last night warned their ability to fight crime is being hampered by the spiralling cost of Scotland's growing number of public inquiries.

Our beloved county has been the backdrop for lots of top movies and hit shows

Cat Deeley looked effortlessly chic in a red roll neck jumper and navy coat as she enjoyed a girls' day out in London on Friday.

The Hollywood star turns 51 in January but could still pass as a man in his mid-forties rather than one hurtling towards middle age.

Nelly Furtado stunned fans on Friday by revealing she's putting a stop to performing - a decision that comes amid a wave of cruel body-shaming comments.

"Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of its time," writes the Associated Press: Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico (pronounced MEE'koh) on Thursday, a floating cartoon face shaped like a blob or flame that will embody the software giant's Copilot virtual assistant and marks the latest attempt by tech companies to imbue their AI chatbots with more of a personality... "When you talk about something sad, you can see Mico's face change. You can see it dance around and move as it gets excited with you," said Jacob Andreou, corporate vice president of product and growth for Microsoft AI, in an interview with The Associated Press. "It's in this effort of really landing this AI companion that you can really feel." In the U.S. only so far, Copilot users on laptops and phone apps can speak to Mico, which changes colors, spins around and wears glasses when in "study" mode. It's also easy to shut off, which is a big difference from Microsoft's Clippit, better known as Clippy and infamous for its persistence in offering advice on word processing tools when it first appeared on desktop screens in 1997. "It was not well-attuned to user needs at the time," said Bryan Reimer, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Microsoft pushed it, we resisted it and they got rid of it. I think we're much more ready for things like that today..." Microsoft's product releases Thursday include a new option to invite Copilot into a group chat, an idea that resembles how AI has been integrated into social media platforms like Snapchat, where Andreou used to work, or Meta's WhatsApp and Instagram. But Andreou said those interactions have often involved bringing in AI as a joke to "troll your friends," in contrast to Microsoft's designs for an "intensely collaborative" AI-assisted workplace.

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You can say anything about Prince Andrew except 'leave him alone'. Well, that is my advice. Leave him alone. That's enough.

Over the last two decades viewers have some incredible products be put forward in front of the Dragons in a bid for some cash and expertise from the professionals.

'She's working with Dom Cummings to bring down Kemi, and replace her as leader after the local elections next year,' one shadow minister tells me. 'They've been plotting together for months.'

Toby Carvery has long been self-proclaimed as the home of the roast. So I went to Colchester's branch to see if that really is the case.

Jaywick has long had the reputation of being Essex's most deprived - but somewhere else is the county's hotspot

Officers made 26 arrests and recovered eight stolen vehicles in three days targeting the criminal use of roads in Essex.

Officers made 26 arrests and recovered eight stolen vehicles in three days targeting the criminal use of roads in Essex.

Has the clock going back left you struggling to move forward? As we enter winter officially, these easy but effective tweaks to your morning routine will get you raring to go

The BBC is under pressure to 'review one of its biggest stars' after British Airways pulled its support for Louis Theroux's podcast over platforming Bob Vylan 's lead singer.

Eight years ago, Cirencester's most famous siblings, Daisy May and Charlie Cooper, became the toast of the TV world.