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While stars like Pamela Anderson and Nina Dobrev appeared to have nailed the dress code at this year's event, others seemed to have missed the memo altogether with daring outfit choices.

Royal Mail postal delays affect Braintree and Dunmow today amid sorting office disruption, with services impacted across Essex postcodes CM6, CM7 and CM77.

The cost of diesel reached 191.68p, while petrol was up to 169.68p, according to the RAC.

The man was struck in the head with a glass bottle

7.2 Tbps module arrives ahead of standards, with promises of fewer repair headaches

A bride's seemingly innocent wedding request has taken an unexpected turn after guests were told just how seriously the 'rule' could be enforced.

A top artificial intelligence safety researcher sparked alarm last week after warning that the technology could 'kill us all' by the end of the decade.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, revealed two ways he believes artificial intelligence can go 'very badly' and called for cooperation among execs to slow its rapid progress.

Rights committee demands watchdog with teeth as patchwork safeguards leave victims hunting for remedies

Applications for secondary school places have now opened, with figures showing Beaulieu Park School was hardest to enter this year.

Applications for secondary school places have now opened, with figures showing Beaulieu Park School was hardest to enter this year.

The European boss of US car maker Ford has called for a 'level playing field' in the battle against cheap Chinese cars flooding the UK market.

Emmerdale star Bradley Johnson has revealed he's eloped and married his partner Sammie Johnstone in Nashville.

OLIVER HOLT: In the build-up to the implementation of VAR in in 2019, we chased the illusion of the perfect game. So let's call this our seven-year-itch.

Tanya Petrie, 61, began a 'flirtatious online relationship' with a prisoner while working as a pharmacy technician at HMP Bristol.

British Transport Police appeal for witnesses after a man was allegedly hit with a bottle during an attempted robbery outside Harlow station on August 29.

British Transport Police appeal for witnesses after a man was allegedly hit with a bottle during an attempted robbery outside Harlow station on August 29.

A blogger has allegedly been sentenced to death for 'insulting Iran 's supreme leader' after sharing a chilling final Instagram post.

A mother-of-five who survived cancer three times now faces another heartbreaking battle after three of her five children were diagnosed with an ultra-rare condition.

Nearly 1900 Blizzard Entertainment workers "voted to ratify their first union contract with parent company Microsoft after over two years of bargaining," reports Kotaku, "consolidating Blizzard's many smaller unions into three larger bargaining units." The workers now gain new protections "on issues such as generative AI, crediting, remote work, and layoffs." [The contract] acknowledges that AI tools "may be useful in the game development process to support human judgment and creativity and that AI-assisted workflows remain subject to appropriate human control and review for accuracy and quality." But it also stipulates that any implementation of AI technology that would materially impact work performed by union employees must have its impacts bargained over before it can be implemented. Other sections cover issues such as crediting (guaranteeing that current and former employees are credited by name in all games they work on) and remote work (designating certain roles as hybrid in-office and providing procedures for individuals to apply for their roles to be fully remote). It also contains a lengthy section on how layoffs may be conducted, including a required 60-day notice period (or pay in lieu of notice), a guarantee of one week of severance for every six months of employment, and 14 months of recall rights. The contract also guarantees successorship, meaning if Blizzard is ever acquired by another company, the contract would remain intact. "Workers also contractually locked in their current hybrid work schedule," reports the gaming news site Aftermath, "meaning that Blizzard can't suddenly change it, as has been a labor-unfriendly trend in the games industry over the past couple years." Fully remote workers scored a big win as well. "I'm remote, and we grandfathered everyone who is remote to stay remote, so we can't be magically called to an office that we've never worked at before," [said Diablo senior environment artist Mahreen Fatima]. And "The contract also elevated pay floor," reports the Yakima Herald-Republic. "Across the board, workers secured a 1.25% pay increase, but some workers who were paid below $50,000 per year will walk away with pay increases that are as much as 34%."

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