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They changed their will to include a previously estranged step-granddaughter, but lawyers now tell me the document they signed is worthless. What should I do?

Actress and broadcaster Lisa Riley MBE has previously been tricked into providing personal data by scammers.

Malicious compliance crosses cultural barriers

Angelina Jolie has sold her Los Feliz mansion for $24.75 million as the actress's plans for her 'new life' have been revealed.

I know it's not nice to mock mistranslations, but would you believe we're laughing with them, not at them? In response to recent criticism of the difficulty of identifying precisely what is at issue, two of our readers have chosen to highlight the offending element. Thanks for saving me the trouble!"

"Bad Dutch translation, or is't?" asketh Mike V. "I visited the Dutch Dell site https://www.dell.com/nl-nl and noticed the bad translation on the "Accept All" cookies button. Then I visited the UK page on https://www.dell.com/en-uk and was not so sure anymore about the bad translation. Funny thing is that the text above the buttons refer to the buttons with a completely different text (which is an Error'd in itself)" If I squint I can almost see how this kind of translation could happen.

"Going under german" meint Matthias J.. "Trying to add info to my Euro-Tunnel France to Britain booking, seems LeShuttle does not care for my (old) german language setting anymore." Mox nix, as Kilroy said.

"Do you understand?!" rzants sztmbr "Am I a liar when clicking "Understand" under this cryptic message in Polish Glovo app?"

The Beast in Black gets two extra points for the Johnny Five meme here but minus two for the Mr Miyagi. Easy come, easy go. Beast says "I'm floored! Apparently I can improve my floor so the Roborock robot vacuum cleaner can better it. How, though? Pre-clean? Wax on wax off? Need input, Stephanie!"

"This one made me laugh today. Please provide your psychic address." Yes, humour is a strong physic! TheRealSteveJudge "Really funny. This was found at German Ebay. A Chinese seller of Makita compatible stuff. Please provide your psychic address. Please see in the last line before the orange bar. What is my psychic address? I still have to find out."

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School in Dunmow partially closed on September 25 after a water supply problem, affecting secondary and sixth form pupils.

School in Dunmow partially closed on September 25 after a water supply problem, affecting secondary and sixth form pupils.

As a nutritionist, the question of whether 'natural' sugar, such as the type in fruit, honey and juices, is healthier than the cubes in your tea is one I'm asked most often.

Bill Nighy has revealed he secretly married after spending years insisting he had never tied the knot.

He was jailed for nine months and banned from carrying waste

The area 'won't exist as we know it' in as little as 10 years time, a council has been warned

Margot Robbie has quietly adopted her British husband's surname almost a decade after the couple tied the knot - and the unexpected move has divided fans.

The atmosphere expands and contracts; watching objects in orbit reveals the extent

Filmed last year, the show captured the moment Coleen began to return to work, having previously been a stay-at-home mum while Wayne travelled the country for football. 

The 79-year-old actress was among dozens who were cuffed as NYPD cops worked to clear First Avenue ahead of the speech to the UN General Assembly.

Google has synthesized "expressive face-to-face experiences" for its speech agent Gemini 3.8 Live. They're now offering a Live Avatar "with precise lip-syncing, natural expressions, and fluid turn-taking" for Google Enterprise accounts wanting "engaging customer service" or for offering interactive walkthroughs. (Check out the not-creepy-at-all video in Google's announcement.) "Though Google will offer a library of preset avatars for customers to choose from, it will also allow organizations to create their own," notes The Verge. (See some examples from the YouTube channel "AI with Surya".) But even without the visualization of the avatar, "I was never able to shake the feeling that these conversations with computers never feel like a real conversation," argues the blog Android Police. Conversing with just the Ai-generated audio, "At best, they feel like talking to a phone representative or someone from tech support. We turn to them when we have a problem, and they help us through it..." GPT-Live, and Gemini Live right behind it, skip that whole relay race. Instead of translating your voice to text and back to voice, the model works with raw audio the entire way through (what it hears and what it says) inside the same system, with nothing translated in between. That sounds like a small plumbing detail, but it's the whole story. Cutting out the text step lets these models respond in a fraction of a second instead of the pause we've learned to expect, and it lets them hear things text can never carry: tone, hesitation, whether you're annoyed or joking... I was hoping to be surprised by how natural the conversation felt. Instead, I came out with a deeper appreciation for every human I've ever talked to. Even the boring ones... I spoke, it spoke back. I spoke faster, it answered faster. Then I switched to a different language, and it switched along with me. Even switching between languages several times during the same sentence didn't stump it. The most impressive moment happened when I asked it what "T-O-P-G-3-3-K" spelled out, and it immediately came back with, "You are spelling the word Top Geek, but using a 3 to represent a reversed E...." Although it felt fast and responsive, at no point did it feel like talking to another human being... What Gemini couldn't replicate, because it was never built to replicate it, is human connection.... I'm sure I'm not telling you something you don't already know, but somehow talking naturally to an LLM amplifies the feeling that there is no one on the other side of the line. It might flow like a phone call, but it doesn't feel like one. MrBrklyn (Slashdot reader #4,775) says he discussed "why mainstream media avoids reporting on screen dependency" with Gemini, and eventually convinced Gemini to respond that it's just "another tool built by the same tech giants to make sure you rely on their system to tell you what to think, how to talk, and what is real."

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Bosses of a new themed bakery and café say they have been “blown away” by the support after their first week.

Essex is well-placed to enjoy the spectacle, with September’s full Corn Moon expected to appear particularly bright across the county.

Regular rail commuters have raised concerns after long-stay parking charges at Braintree Village more than doubled under a new provider.

A support group could be set up as Maldon businesses battle rising costs and pressure on the town centre.