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No one can hide from the RAMapocalypse, not even Tim Apple

RAM shortages and faster chips have a big impact on Apple's next-gen laptops. On Tuesday, the iGiant unveiled its M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and M5 Airs alongside steep price hikes across the lineup.…

OpenAI is amending its Pentagon contract after CEO Sam Altman acknowledged it appeared "opportunistic and sloppy." On Monday night, Altman said the company would explicitly restrict its technology from being used by intelligence agencies and for mass domestic surveillance. The Guardian reports: OpenAI, which has more than 900 million users of ChatGPT, made the deal almost immediately after the Pentagon's existing AI contractor, Anthropic, was dropped. [...] The deal prompted an online backlash against OpenAI, with users of X and Reddit encouraging a "delete ChatGPT" campaign. One post read: "You're now training a war machine. Let's see proof of cancellation." In a message to employees reposted on X, the OpenAI CEO said the original deal announced on Friday had been struck too quickly after Anthropic was dropped. "We shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday," Altman wrote. "The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication. We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy." Upon announcing the deal, OpenAI had said the contract had "more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's." [...] However, observers including OpenAI's former head of policy research, Miles Brundage, have queried how OpenAI has managed to secure a deal that assuages ethical concerns Anthropic believed were insurmountable. Posting on X, he wrote: "OpenAI employees' default assumption here should unfortunately be that OpenAI caved + framed it as not caving, and screwed Anthropic while framing it as helping them." Brundage added: "To be clear, OAI is a complex org, and I think many people involved in this worked hard for what they consider a fair outcome. Some others I do not trust at all, particularly as it relates to dealings with government and politics." In his X post, he also wrote that he would "rather go to jail" than follow an unconstitutional order from the government. "We want to work through democratic processes," Brundage wrote. "It should be the government making the key decisions about society. We want to have a voice, and a seat at the table where we can share our expertise, and to fight for principles of liberty."

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Essex based celebs used a dance studio to perfect their routines

PC Ryan Connolly, 41, took pictures of himself - including one where he was lying down in the summer sunshine - while manning a cordon, a jury was told.

Company director Yvonne Ford and her family had concerns for her health in May last year when she began suffering from headaches and anxiety.

Bosses said the Chancellor's Spring Statement was a 'missed opportunity' to offer them respite through help on business rates and employment costs.

Iran said Tuesday it launched attacks on America's largest base in the Middle East as it warned Donald Trump that 'the gates of hell will open.'

Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz, dogwalker Sarah Daither, former lobbyist Jay Footlik, and others managed to escape on a private plane thanks to the White House.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled her Spring Statement, talking up easing inflation and left-wing policies such as scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

Hardworking Essex residents can “take a first step” onto the housing ladder

After DHS’s $2.3M PenLink contract gets ‘shady’ label

A group of 70 US lawmakers has called on Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate whether its agencies - including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - illegally purchased Americans' location data without first obtaining warrants.…

The 82-year-old revealed in December that he was undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous spot on one of his lungs.

Take a quick glance at the street style pictures from February's various fashion weeks and it's not hard to spot spring's cheeriest trend. Polka dots are taking over, and even the super chic women of the front row are indulging in their fun side with this playful print.

The specific type of water you drink could increase your risk of Parkinson's disease, a soon-to-be presented study from researchers in New York City and Phoenix, Arizona, has suggested.

British travellers have been plunged into chaos after Iranian strikes on the Middle East left them stranded in the region or unable to fly to their holiday destinations.

Weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and wegovy have become popular in recent years with millions of people taking them to lose weight.

Accenture is acquiring Downdetector parent company Ookla from Ziff Davis in a $1.2 billion deal to bolster its network analytics and visibility tools for telecoms, hyperscalers, and enterprises. "The deal, which will transfer all of Ziff Davis's Connectivity division to Accenture, includes Ookla's Speedtest, Ekahau, and RootMetrics," notes The Register reports: "Modern networks have evolved from simple infrastructure into business-critical platforms," said Accenture CEO Julie Sweet in a canned statement. "Without the ability to measure performance, organizations cannot optimize experience, revenue, or security." Ookla is meant to let them do just that. Data captured at the network and device layer are used to enhance fraud prevention in banking, smart homes monitoring, and traffic optimization in retail, Accenture said. Ookla's platform, which lets user's test their own connectivity speed, captures more than 1,000 attributes per test, and provides the foundation for those analytics, Accenture said.

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Kaila Farmer angered her boss after she announced she was pregnant and presented a doctor's note saying her nausea and vomiting meant she could not work from the office

Birdwatchers in Essex were treated to a remarkable sight when a white-tailed eagle was spotted near Colchester