Trump announces Israel, Hamas reached Gaza deal, hostages to be released 72 hours after signing ⌘ Read more

Top nature group to unveil new ‘red list’ of threatened species
The world’s top conservation body is holding its world congress starting Thursday in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi and will unveil its updated “red list” of threatened species. ⌘ Read more

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $966 million in latest talc cancer case | CNN Business ⌘ Read more

The Papers: ‘I’ll axe stamp duty’ and ‘My Maddie hoax agony’
The Tories vow to scrap some stamp duty and Madeleine McCann’s parents give evidence in an alleged stalking case ⌘ Read more

Funtion to display parent line? ⌘ Read more

How Britain’s membership of the ECHR became a political hot potato
The extent to which leaving the Convention would make a difference to immigration has been greatly exaggerated, argues Lord Sumption ⌘ Read more

‘Half my mind is still in Gaza’: Evacuated teacher begins studies in UK
Sanaa el-Azab is one of 58 people who have been evacuated from Gaza to study at universities in the UK on scholarships. ⌘ Read more

Stars, secrets and slip-ups: Celebrity Traitors is off to a cracking start
Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie and Alan Carr are among the stars sitting at the round table in the new series. ⌘ Read more

Gaza peace deal appears to have been reached, ITV News understands ⌘ Read more

Stars, secrets and slip-ups: Celebrity Traitors is off to a cracking start
Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie and Alan Carr are among the stars sitting at the round table in the new series. ⌘ Read more

Progress in Gaza peace talks as Trump says ‘very close to deal’
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s arrival in Egypt comes as Israeli and Hamas officials express optimism about the negotiations on a plan to end the war. ⌘ Read more

Mint about to go on a ride (raigyo) [mint fantome] ⌘ Read more

King Charles hopes nature film will ‘inspire’ viewers
The King to appear in Amazon documentary encouraging people to work with rather than against nature. ⌘ Read more

Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health: ‘I’m not dying’
Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health: ‘I’m not dying’ ⌘ Read more

Chris Mason: Badenoch hopes to grab attention with policy blitz
The Tory leader’s conference speech included a new pledge to scrap stamp duty on the purchase of main homes. ⌘ Read more

Putin rejected peace and lost 20% of gasoline due to ‘long-range sanctions’ - Zelenskyy ⌘ Read more

Synagogue attacker pledged allegiance to ‘Islamic State’ in 999 call
Police confirm the attacker made the call after he crashed his car into a brick wall. ⌘ Read more

Injured Kane to miss Wales friendly - who is his long-term back-up?
England captain Harry Kane will miss Thursday’s friendly against Wales with a minor injury - who are the candidates to replace him? ⌘ Read more

Synagogue attacker pledged allegiance to ‘Islamic State’ in 999 call
Police confirm the attacker made the call after he crashed his car into a brick wall. ⌘ Read more

Injured captain Kane to miss Wales friendly
England captain Harry Kane will miss Thursday’s friendly against Wales with a minor injury. ⌘ Read more

Gerrard set to hold talks over Rangers return
Rangers are poised to hold talks this week with Steven Gerrard over their managerial vacancy. ⌘ Read more

Amorim needs three years at Man Utd - Ratcliffe
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says manager Ruben Amorim needs three years to prove he is a “great” coach. ⌘ Read more

Better profile management coming to Firefox
Firefox has long had support for multiple profiles
to store personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, and user
preferences. However, Firefox did not make profiles particularly
discoverable or easy to manage. That is about to change; Mozilla has
announced
that it is launching a profile management feature that will make it
easier to … ⌘ Read more

Synagogue attacker pledged allegiance to ‘Islamic State’ in 999 call
Police confirm the attacker made the call after he crashed his car into a brick wall. ⌘ Read more

Greta Thunberg and other Global Sumud Flotilla activists used an image of Israeli hostage Evyatar David to illustrate the suffering of Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israel. ⌘ Read more

Mooney rescues Aussies from shock against Pakistan
Beth Mooney’s masterful 109 helps prevent Australia from falling to one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history in an ultimately resounding win over Pakistan. ⌘ Read more

Crunch moment in French crisis as outgoing PM tries to avert new election
Sébastien Lecornu has been given until Wednesday evening to come up with a plan for the “stability of the country”. ⌘ Read more

When Will Apple’s Macs Get M5 Chips? 2025-2026 Launch Timeline
We’re just about due for the next-generation Apple silicon chip, which will kick off a new wave of Mac refreshes. The M5 chip is expected to make an appearance in some new products before the end of the year, but most Mac refreshes will happen in 2026.

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We’ve rounded up current rumors on when we might see updates for Apple’s notebook and desktop machines.

How England’s ‘Golden Generation’ describe the reasons why they failed
Tactical shortcomings, misguided managers or stellar opponents - why do England’s so-called ‘Golden Generation’ think they failed to deliver success? ⌘ Read more

Key US and regional mediators join talks in push to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. ⌘ Read more

Jihad Al-Shamie pledged allegiance to ‘Islamic State’ in 999 call after attack
Police confirm the attacker made the call after he crashed his car into a brick wall. ⌘ Read more

Jihad Al-Shamie pledged allegiance to ‘Islamic State’ in 999 call after attack
Police confirm the attacker made the call after he crashed his car into a brick wall. ⌘ Read more

Jihad Al-Shamie pledged allegiance to ‘Islamic State’ in 999 call after attack
Police confirm the attacker made the call after he crashed his car into a brick wall. ⌘ Read more

Jihad Al-Shamie pledged allegiance to ‘Islamic State’ in 999 call after attack
Police confirm the attacker made the call after he crashed his car into a brick wall. ⌘ Read more

Key US and regional mediators join talks in push to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

A TPM-based combined remote attestation method for confidential computing
Problem statement Confidential computing technologies such as Intel TDX and AMD SNP rely on hardware-controlled Roots of Trust (RoT), inherently binding remote attestation to specific CPU vendors. While these solutions offer strong security guarantees, they also… ⌘ Read more

Inside the Trump team’s secret talks to rescue Argentina—with the help of the ‘Money Doctor’ who wants to stop the ‘pink tide’ sweeping Latin America ⌘ Read more

What you need to know ahead of Celebrity Traitors
Sir Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Celia Imrie are among the stars who will be sitting at the round table. ⌘ Read more

Open source mega-constellations could solve overcrowding
Duplicating expensive resources is expensive and wasteful, and most people would agree it’s unnecessary. However, the planned increase in major satellite constellations is currently causing a massive duplication of resources as individual companies and even countries try to set up their own infrastructure in space. ⌘ Read more

Serie A boss tells Rabiot to ‘respect employer’ on overseas games
Serie A chief executive Luigi de Siervo says Adrien Rabiot should “respect his employer” after the AC Milan midfielder criticised plans for overseas league matches. ⌘ Read more

From the Captain’s Chair: Pradumna Saraf
Docker Captains are leaders from the developer community that are both experts in their field and are passionate about sharing their Docker knowledge with others. “From the Captain’s Chair” is a blog series where we get a closer look at one Captain to learn more about them and their experiences.  Today, we are interviewing Pradumna… ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Good glad to hear it 😄

Had to record the finish (100cc) [GirlsFrontline] ⌘ Read more

UK won’t relax visa rules for India, Starmer says
The PM says there are no plans to open up more visa routes ahead of a visit to India to tout a trade deal. ⌘ Read more

At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Myanmar Buddhist festival
Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack. ⌘ Read more

Unlocking Local AI on Any GPU: Docker Model Runner Now with Vulkan Support
Running large language models (LLMs) on your local machine is one of the most exciting frontiers in AI development. At Docker, our goal is to make this process as simple and accessible as possible. That’s why we built Docker Model Runner, a tool to help you download and run LLMs with a single command. Until… ⌘ Read more

UK won’t relax visa rules for India, Starmer says
The PM says there are no plans to open up more visa routes ahead of a visit to India to tout a trade deal. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Where do I stand on “Chat Control”? How long of a response/rant do you want? 😅 It’s a disaster. As I understand it, they want to spy on me directly on my devices before encryption even happens – jfc, no, fuck off. And since there are so many devices, they want to automate the scanning, which is the worst idea you could possibly have.

Key US and regional mediators join talks in push to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. ⌘ Read more

Everything you need to know ahead of the Celebrity Traitors
Sir Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Celia Imrie are among the stars who will be sitting at the round table. ⌘ Read more

Key US and regional mediators join talks to end Gaza war
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s arrival in Egypt comes after Hamas submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it wants Israel to release in exchange for hostages. ⌘ Read more

Indian refiners asked to pay for Russian oil with Chinese yuan, Reuters reports ⌘ Read more

At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Myanmar Buddhist festival
Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack. ⌘ Read more

Chemistry Nobel awarded to three scientists for their work on metal organic frameworks
The winners of the prestigious science prize was announced by the Nobel committee in Sweden. ⌘ Read more

What to know about Trump’s national guard deployment, from rulings to protests
Guardian Staff,    -  The Guardian (U.K.)

Stephan: This is what the British press is reporting about dictator Trump’s military occupation of cities where voters have chosen Democrat governance. Under Trump and the MAGAT Republicans, the United States is now being described as what used to be called a Banana Republic.

[![A demonstrator argues with a law enforcement off … ⌘ Read more

It’s Time for Soft Secession
Clara Jeffery,  Editor-in-Chief  -  Mother Jones

_Stephan: I have been telling you about the Great Schism Trend for years now, partly because I thought it was only a matter of time until Democrat governed states began to realize that for decades, they have underwritten the failure of states where Republicans govern, and that there is a fundamental flaw in the Constitution where, regardless of population, each state gets two senators. (This structure was a result of th … ⌘ Read more

‘Vertical Morality’ Might Describe Why MAGA Christians Seem So Unchristian
Caroline Bologna,    -  HuffPost

Stephan: Evangelical MAGAT Christianity is actually pseudo-Christianity, as I have been telling you for years. It has nothing to do with Jesus’ teachings. Here is a good explanation of what I mean, and why I mean it.

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Texas and Florida Have Become National Models for Using the Police State To Wage Culture War Battles
C.J. Ciaramella,  Criminal Justice Reporter  -  reason

_Stephan: Since Trump was inaugurated in January, Florida and Texas have led the Great Schism Trend Red-Blue culture war. Here is a good description of what governors, Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, and their legislatures are trying to do. We are two countries in a single … ⌘ Read more

Spy case collapse blamed on failure to label China a threat
Prosecutors say they were unable to obtain evidence from the government to meet the threshold for prosecution. ⌘ Read more

Every third school in Vilnius lies in a high air pollution zone, Lithuanian study reveals
A study carried out by researchers at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) revealed that 37% of primary and secondary schools in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, are exposed to harmful air pollutants due to their proximity to major high-traffic roads. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

Parton’s sister ‘didn’t mean to scare anyone’ with call for prayers
The singer’s sister had asked fans to pray for her after the star postponed gigs due to health issues. ⌘ Read more

At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Myanmar Buddhist festival
Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack. ⌘ Read more

Spy case collapse blamed on failure to label China a threat
Prosecutors say they were unable to obtain evidence from the government to meet the threshold for prosecution. ⌘ Read more

‘Being gay in men’s football is a very toxic place’
Australian Josh Cavallo, who moved to England in July to join non-league Peterborough Sports, says football has got “mountains to do” to tackle homophobia. ⌘ Read more

Badenoch to set out new rule to cut borrowing and taxes
In a conference speech, the Tory leader will say the Conservatives are the only party “with a plan to get our economy back on track”. ⌘ Read more

‘She hasn’t been feeling her best’: Dolly Parton’s sister asks fans for prayers
The message comes a week after the 79-year-old musician postponed gigs due to health issues. ⌘ Read more

The Mondrian introduction to functional optics
Comments ⌘ Read more

10 Inventors Who Died Before Seeing Their Creations Succeed
In the course of time, inventors, engineers, clever thinkers, and business-minded individuals have propelled humanity forward. Their unique ideas and remarkable creations have helped improve mankind and make society more seamless in countless ways. These advancements have ranged from incremental improvements to monumental leaps—and they span industries and inventions from medical breakthroughs to technological marve … ⌘ Read more

Spy case collapse blamed on failure to label China a security threat
Prosecutors say they were unable to obtain evidence from the government to meet the threshold for prosecution. ⌘ Read more

Spy case collapse blamed on failure to label China a security threat
Prosecutors say they were unable to obtain evidence from the government to meet the threshold for prosecution. ⌘ Read more

Australia’s Crazy and True Plan to Make an Inland Sea ⌘ Read more

US special envoy and Trump’s son-in-law to join Gaza peace talks in Egypt
The arrival of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner comes as a second day of talks ended without tangible results, a Palestinian official tells the BBC. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

The Papers: ‘China given a free pass’ and ‘Kemi: trust me’
Accusations that a China spying case collapsed because the government refused to declare Beijing a “threat” lead Wednesday papers. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

Three charged with murder and torture of Queensland father
Police will allege Andrew Burow endured a three to four-day ordeal which began after meeting with the accused in August. ⌘ Read more

‘Every night is like a grand final’: Jon Stevens still rocking at 64
From teen idol to rock great, Jon Stevens has fronted legendary bands Noiseworks and INXS. He has chosen his 64th birthday to release a new album and announce a tour. ⌘ Read more

Does washing plastic containers in the dishwasher release microplastics?
If you’re worried about microplastics, is it safe to wash plastic containers and other utensils in the dishwasher, given the use of heat and detergents? We asked two experts. ⌘ Read more

US envoys to join Gaza peace talks in Egypt
The arrival of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff comes as a second day of talks ended without tangible results, a Palestinian official tells the BBC. ⌘ Read more

Traffic diverted off Bruce Highway as grass fire burns close to major arterial
Queensland Police have diverted traffic off the Bruce Highway south of Proserpine in North Queensland, as fire crews battle a blaze burning close to the road. ⌘ Read more

Scientist’s off-grid hike interrupted by news of Nobel Prize win
Dr Fred Ramsdell was “living his best life” offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

Banana industry opposes overseas imports of Australia’s most popular fruit
The federal government will review its quarantine rules after a formal request by the Philippines to import its bananas, but the industry is pushing back. ⌘ Read more

Qantas responds to cyber hackers’ threat to release customer data
Qantas says it is continuing to support customers as a hacking group threatens to release personal data from around 40 companies to the dark web. ⌘ Read more

Chad cuts ties with wildlife charity linked to Prince Harry
The government says the charity African Parks displayed an arrogant and disrespectful attitude. ⌘ Read more

Man sentenced, fined over medicinal cannabis company insider trading
A Melbourne man found guilty of insider trading during a $20 million capital raise by a medicinal cannabis company has been ordered to pay more than $225,000. ⌘ Read more

Gold surges past $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

Stealing Part of a Production Language Model (2024)
We introduce the first model-stealing attack that extracts precise, nontrivial information from black-box production language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s PaLM-2. Specifically, our attack recovers the embedding projection layer (up to symmetries) of a transformer model, given typical API access. For under $20 USD, our attack extracts the entire projection matrix of OpenAI’s ada and babbage language models. We thereby confirm, for the first time, that these black-box … ⌘ Read more

Leading doctor’s 11th-hour bid for $2m rescue of Hobart Clinic
The former clinical director of the Hobart Clinic, psychiatrist Dr Hannah Lake, is part of a last-minute push for the institution to be given a reprieve before it closes its doors at the end of next week. ⌘ Read more

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $966 million after jury finds company liable in talc cancer case ⌘ Read more

Former childcare director who employed convicted child sex offender husband fined
Amanda Louise Vassel was sacked from her job at the south-east Queensland childcare centre after the matter came to light. ⌘ Read more

Dolly Parton’s sister asks fans to pray for country singer
The message comes a week after the 79-year-old musician postponed gigs due to health issues. ⌘ Read more

Gold tops record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

Qantas among 40 companies caught up in major extortion attempt by hackers
Hackers are threatening to leak sensitive passenger data unless ransoms are paid by Friday. ⌘ Read more

Gold tops record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
Analysts point to delays in the reporting of economic data due to the US government shutdown as one reason for the rise. ⌘ Read more

‘I sleep with a gas mask on’ - Life next to Portland protest angering Trump
As Trump threatens military action, residents in Portland tell the BBC about life amid the protests. ⌘ Read more