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Supply chain attacks targeting open-source ecosystems are no longer rare events—they are a persistent and accelerating risk.

John Goodman is reflecting on his four decade career as his latest film, Digger, becomes one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.

Today Meghan was wearing her hair in a tightly scraped back fashion ponytail and her outfit was a £3,386 textbook lesson in fashionable tonal dressing.

Born in Didsbury, the south Manchester suburb where she still lives, Lucy Powell attended Beaver Road primary and Parrs Wood High School.

Hilary Swank, 52, showed off her growing bump for the first time on Thursday, hours after revealing she is expecting her third child.

Celebrity Traitors star Miranda Hart recreated her famous BBC character's gallop during Thursday night's episode. 

The Education Secretary announced yesterday that the ability to speak confidently will be 'hardwired' into a revised national curriculum and assessed as part of GCSE exams.

In a joint letter, they called on the Prime Minister to back a new law that would require online bots to identify who sent them and what they will do with the information they access.

He lived a life which, as he rightly observed, 'most single thirty-something men dream of', enjoying a cavalcade of girlfriends that included supermodel Elle 'The Body' Macpherson (pictured).

prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) has been released today, and it is now available for download for those eager to update their Ubuntu systems to a newer release. Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to show whether a computer is certified for Ubuntu, and 100% Rust coreutils. There are several App Center enhancements in Ubuntu 26.10, such as a unified app-details view for Snap and Debian packages, a dedicated Drivers page where you can review the available graphics drivers, including NVIDIA driver branches, and support for installing codecs for one-time playback when a media file uses a codec that's not installed.' Other additions include an optional, locally processed AI-powered speech-to-text tool called Myna, system-wide controls for disabling Ubuntu Insights data collection, and better integration with Microsoft Entra ID. Also worth mentioning are the security and software updates that will be available for nine months, through July 2027.

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Maura Higgins turned up the heat in white lace lingerie as she added another brand to her US takeover by promoting new health supplement OLLY on Instagram. 

Claudia Winkleman left fans in hysterics during Thursday night's Celebrity Traitors as she debuted a bizarre Yeti outfit.

On his first visit to Washington DC, the Defence Secretary told officials Ukraine is a vital partner that will make America a more secure country in the years ahead.

Lion Green Road, a council-commissioned housing complex in Coulsdon, South London, was announced as the winner of the lucrative 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize on Thursday evening.

Alex Scott has left her role as part of Disney+'s Women's Champions League coverage just weeks after taking part in the launch of new show 'The Hangout', which was widely criticised by fans. 

This is very relaxing television, but it packs a lot in. There are the birds, obviously. Sam and Ade are doing for ornithology what Jeremy Clarkson has done for farming.

"Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports that the threat of an AI market crash is putting the global markets at risk," writes Slashdot reader databasecowgirl, citing the IMF's latest semiannual Global Financial Stability Report. Here's a summary: Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. Weaker or less durable investment and profitability in artificial intelligence could lead to a correction in AI-related asset prices, amplified by rising leverage and concentrated exposures. Resurgent inflation or fiscal concerns could drive a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields, with potentially broad repercussions across financial markets. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats pose growing risks as finance becomes more digital and interconnected. Underlying financial vulnerabilities could amplify these risks and turn market stress into systemic events. Although the global banking system remains broadly resilient, pockets of weaker banks persist. Liquidity mismatches among insurers and pension funds have increased, while rising leverage and contingent liquidity risks in private credit could amplify stress. While hedge funds support market functioning in calm times, their use of leverage and exposure to crowded trades could exacerbate market stress too and create spillovers to prime brokers. Some emerging markets have seen policy buffers erode, and frontier economies have increasingly relied on less transparent forms of financing. Finally, although markets for tokenized assets remain small and could offer efficiency gains in several areas, they can create new channels for the buildup of leverage and mismatches in liquidity and maturity, in addition to elevating risks related to technology and infrastructure. These vulnerabilities underscore the need for policies that strengthen resilience, enhance transparency, contain excessive leverage, and improve preparedness for future shocks. The full report can be found here (PDF).

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Britain has fallen to just 24th in the global rankings of the best country to start a business - amid fears that the Budget could make things even worse.

Rod Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster were all smiles as they enjoyed a night out at the Sinatra The Musical gala performance in London on Thursday. 

According to the 'Is Your Surname Dying Out?' search tool gizmo on DailyMail.com, only four babies born in Britain in 2025 had the surname Littlejohn.