Starbucks workers and unions to join UK protests in support of striking US baristas
Starbucks workers and union allies in 10 countries are set to demonstrate on Wednesday in support of striking US employees. ⌘ Read more
Trump criticises ‘decaying’ European countries and ‘weak’ leaders
The US president says European countries have failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. ⌘ Read more
The Rarest of All Diseases Are Becoming Treatable
In February, a six-month-old baby named KJ Muldoon became the first person ever to receive a CRISPR gene-editing treatment customized specifically for his unique genetic mutation, a milestone that researchers say marks a turning point in how medicine might approach the thousands of rare diseases that collectively affect 30 million Americans. Muldoon was born with a type of … ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more
MI5 closely involved in handling of IRA spy Stakeknife, says report
The final report of Operation Kenova says the security service had “greater knowledge” of Stakeknife than it had at first stated. ⌘ Read more
Trump criticises ‘decaying’ European countries and ‘weak’ leaders
The US president says European countries have failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. ⌘ Read more
Scheduler Woes: Bisecting Early Performance Regressions Found In Linux 6.19
Yesterday I noted some early performance regressions I’ve found on the Linux 6.19 kernel compared to Linux 6.18 LTS stable. Those initial benchmarks were on an AMD EPYC server. Since then I’ve seen many of the same workloads regressing similarly on an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation between Linux 6.18 and Linux 6.19 Git. Given the significant impact and AMD Threadripper processors always helping out to speed-up Linux kernel build time … ⌘ Read more
New flu strain is circulating - so should you buy a vaccine this year?
Flu has come early and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season, with a new strain circulating. ⌘ Read more
Minimum wage should not go any higher, suggests Badenoch
Badenoch claimed Labour had tipped the balance too far against workers and in favour of welfare. ⌘ Read more
Much of £11bn Covid scheme fraud ‘beyond recovery’, report finds
The response to the pandemic led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error”, a report says. ⌘ Read more
Trump criticises ‘weak’ European leaders over Ukraine and immigration
In his latest public criticism of Europe, the US president claims countries are “decaying”. ⌘ Read more
Trump criticises ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe as he lashes out at immigration
The US president criticises Europe’s “weak” leaders and claims EU nations are “decaying” due to immigration. ⌘ Read more
Two charged over Heathrow suitcase robbery and suspected pepper spray attack
Two men have appeared in court charged with robbery and administering a noxious substance. ⌘ Read more
Trump criticises ‘weak’ European leaders over Ukraine and immigration
US president Donald Trump claims European leaders are weak and have failed to control migration. ⌘ Read more
‘Colleges Oversold Education. Now They Must Sell Connection’
A tenured USC professor is arguing that universities need to fundamentally rethink their value proposition as AI rapidly closes the gap on human instruction and a loneliness epidemic grips the generation most likely to be sitting in their lecture halls. Eric Anicich, an associate professor at USC’s Marshall School of Business, wrote in the Los Angeles Times … ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more
AMD EPYC Embedded 2005 Series Announced For BGA Zen 5 CPUs
AMD today announced their newest member of their expansive EPYC family: the EPYC Embedded 2005 series. The new AMD EPYC Embedded 2005 Series are intended primarily for networking, storage, and industrial devices while these BGA processors will likely see other interesting thin-server uses as well. ⌘ Read more
Ukraine to send US revised peace plan as Zelenskyy rules out ceding territory
Donald Trump’s initial proposal to end the war was judged by Ukraine’s allies to be overly favourable to Russia. ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable
Microsoft Excel, the 40-year-old spreadsheet application that helped establish personal computers as essential workplace tools and contributed to Microsoft’s current valuation of nearly $4 trillion, has weathered both the rise of cloud computing and the current AI boom largely unscathed. In its most recent quarter, commercial revenue for Microsoft 365 – the bundle i … ⌘ Read more
Minimum wage should not go any higher, suggests Badenoch
Badenoch claimed Labour had tipped the balance too far against workers and in favour of welfare. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Has Many Hyper-V Virtualization Improvements For Linux 6.19
For benefiting their Azure cloud and other users of Hyper-V virtualization at large, Microsoft has rolled out a number of feature additions and improvements for their Hyper-V kernel code in Linux 6.19… ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more
India’s Aviation Crisis Is All About Too Big to Tame
India’s dominant airline IndiGo has cancelled roughly 3,000 flights since last week after new pilot fatigue regulations collided with technical issues and the seasonal schedule shift, stranding more than half a million passengers and forcing aviation authorities to reverse course on the safety rules they had just implemented.
InterGlobe Aviation, IndiGo’s parent company, … ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s rights”. ⌘ Read more
At least 22 killed as fire rips through office block in Jakarta
The fire broke out on the first floor of an office building in Indonesia’s capital around midday on Tuesday, with at least 100 firefighters deployed to contain the blaze. ⌘ Read more
Grooming gangs inquiry to be led by former children’s commissioner
The former children’s commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield will chair the national inquiry into grooming gangs. ⌘ Read more
New flu strain is circulating - so should you buy a vaccine this year?
Flu has come early and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season, with a new strain circulating. ⌘ Read more
Why has Paramount launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery?
What to know about Netflix and Paramount Skydance’s blockbuster battle over Warner Bros Discovery. ⌘ Read more
The audacious quest to light up the sky with artificial auroras
How a Finnish physicist named Karl Lemström once became obsessed with recreating the aurora borealis from scratch – and may have ended up creating something even more intriguing ⌘ Read more
Science Journal Retracts Study On Safety of Monsanto’s Roundup
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: The journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology has formally retracted a sweeping scientific paper published in 2000 that became a key defense for Monsanto’s claim that Roundup herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate don’t cause cancer. Martin van den Berg, the journal’s editor in chie … ⌘ Read more
Championship should have VAR for ‘more fairness’
Bristol City head coach Gerhard Struber believes the Championship should have VAR brought in to create “more fairness”. ⌘ Read more
Much of £10.9bn Covid scheme fraud ‘beyond recovery’, report finds
The response to the pandemic led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error”, a report says. ⌘ Read more
Much of £10.9bn Covid scheme fraud ‘beyond recovery’, report finds
The response to the pandemic led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error”, a report says. ⌘ Read more
Much of £10.9bn Covid scheme fraud ‘beyond recovery’, report says
The response to the pandemic led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error”, a report says. ⌘ Read more
England need to win next Test or Ashes will get embarrassing - McGrath
Australia legend Glenn McGrath says England must now know they need to adapt their approach and win the third Test in Adelaide or they could be facing a 5-0 Ashes defeat. ⌘ Read more
Two charged over Heathrow suitcase robbery and suspected pepper spray attack
Police say a substance was used when a woman’s suitcase taken in a car park lift on Sunday. ⌘ Read more
Bug-Catching “Smatch” Static Analysis On The Linux Kernel Under Threat Due To Funding Gap
For the past 15 years the Smatch static analysis tool has been routinely run for uncovering countless bugs within the Linux kernel. Dan Carpenter who authored Smatch and has been routinely analyzing the Linux kernel with it has authored more than 5,568 patches over the years to become one of the top bug fixers for the kernel. But his funding at Linaro has been cut and the project’s future now in question… ⌘ Read more
**Boulter misses out on Australian Open main draw **
Former British number one Katie Boulter will have to go through qualifying in January to secure a place at the Australian Open. ⌘ Read more
Linux 6.19 Enables Per-CPU BIO Caching By Default For Helping Performance
Last week saw the main set of block and IO_uring feature patches for the Linux 6.19 merge window but some additional block subsystem material was merged on Monday. There are various NVMe updates now merged plus enabling per-CPU BIO caching by default to help with file-system performance… ⌘ Read more
Two charged over Heathrow suitcase robbery and suspected pepper spray attack
Police say a substance was used when a woman’s suitcase taken in a car park lift on Sunday. ⌘ Read more
F2FS Brings More Performance Optimizations To Linux 6.19
The Flash-Friendly File-System “F2FS” is enjoying more performance optimizations and other improvements for the Linux 6.19 kernel cycle… ⌘ Read more
Family pays emotional tribute to 10yo boy as inquest closes
The inquest into the boy’s death in state care hears he was a bright and mischievous boy who was proud of his heritage. WARNING: This story contains distressing content. ⌘ Read more
‘Until the bitter end’: Reynolds will never give up fight against Commonwealth
Former defence minister Linda Reynolds says former colleagues failed her and that she won’t stop fighting to clear her name against “lies” no matter the cost. ⌘ Read more
Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting at the border?
The roots of the South East Asian neighbours’ dispute go back more than a century. ⌘ Read more
Gran punched by pregnant attacker at funeral disgusted at sentence
Danielle Oliver was given a suspended sentence for her assault on Belinda Stickland, 65, at a wake. ⌘ Read more
Honduras seeks arrest of ex-president Hernández after Trump pardon
Juan Orlando Hernández had been sentenced in US federal court last year to 45 years in prison for helping move tons of cocaine to the United States. ⌘ Read more
We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers
From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are surprisingly hard to find. Now quantum mechanics has supplied the answer ⌘ Read more