60 m. ago AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow

AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its rootsI am a science-fiction writer, which means that my job is to make up futuristic parables about our current techno-social arrangements to interrogate not just what a gadget does, but who it does it for, and who it does it to.What I do not do is predict the future. No one can predict the future, which is a good thing, since if the future were predictable, that would mean we couldn’t change it. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Elizabeth Hurley, 60, poses topless on private island as fans hail 'incredible' figure

Austin Powers star, Liz Hurley, made sure all eyes were on her in her latest Instagram post as she posed topless in a bubble bath on a private island in the Maldives

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3 h. ago Masters snooker final prize money – How much does the winner get?

The 2026 Masters draws to a close on Sunday, with players vying for a huge six-figure grand prize in what is fast becoming one of snooker's most favoured events

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3 h. ago Beauty queen tracked down and exposed 'Scotland's most notorious catfish'

Abbie Draper was first contacted by catfish, Adele Rennie in 2014 and has spent over a decade gathering evidence and speaking to other victims to bring her crimes to light

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4 h. ago Gabby Logan cuts an emotional figure as Leeds pay heartfelt respects to legendary father Terry Yorath after 'tough week' and Richard Keys' crass tribute

Yorath played for Leeds between 1967 and 1976, winning the First Division in 1973-74 as well as reaching the finals of the European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, and the FA Cup.

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7 h. ago The damning scandal that exposed Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles's long

In January 1993, a six-minute, 1,574-word transcript of Charles speaking to Camilla four years prior was leaked to the press in a controversy that quickly became dubbed 'Camillagate'.

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8 h. ago 'After leaving Corrie I started a business from dad's living room

The former Coronation Street star launched her fashion brand as a teenager from her dad's living room - now it turns over eight figures annually

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9 h. ago Prince Harry v the Daily Mail: high stakes trial could have profound effects on UK media

Royal will join a group of notable figures in his action against the tabloid and its stablemate, the Mail on Sunday, in a trial expected to last nine weeks On Monday morning, Prince Harry’s legal war with the Daily Mail, one of the British media’s most formidable forces, will finally come to trial in court 76 of the high court in London.The prince is joined in his action by some of the most recognisable figures in British life: the singer and songwriter Elton John and his husband, David Furnish; actors Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost; Doreen Lawrence, a Labour peer whose son Stephen was murdered in a racist attack; and former politician Simon Hughes, who once ran to lead the Liberal Democrats. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Jane Fonda, 88, is pushed in wheelchair at airport after Reiner murders left her 'reeling'

The 88-year-old Hollywood legend, whose careers as an actress and activist are still in full swing, cut a glamorous figure for her latest flight.

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10 h. ago Scotland A&E waits of over 12 hours 'surge by more than 7000%'

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said the figures "demonstrate that the SNP cannot be trusted to cut waiting times and fix our NHS".

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11 h. ago Bride reads out cheating fiancé's incriminating texts at wedding in 'ultimate revenge'

A woman had been with her fiancé for six years when she received an anonymous text message the night before her wedding containing screenshots of his affair - so she decided to expose him in front of all their guests

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13 h. ago David Byrne review – hope, humanity and dancing in a superbly paced and choreographed show

Brisbane Entertainment CentreSolo songs and Talking Heads classics mingle in a spectacular performance that doesn’t pull any punchesDressed from head to foot in iridescent orange, David Byrne and his 12-piece backing band look as if they’re about to burst into flames. On a vast, empty stage – uncluttered by amplifiers, microphones or any of the usual things that anchor a live performance – the former Talking Heads frontman is still full of twitchy energy.Thankfully, there’s no spontaneous combustion. The template for tonight’s spectacle remains the legendary Stop Making Sense tour of 1984 – via American Utopia – where the show is built in increments. It starts slowly with Heaven, from Talking Heads’ 1979 album Fear of Music, a song that has lost none of its existential power. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Men exposed to air pollution face greater prostate cancer risk, new evidence suggests

Experts called for urgent action to tackle air pollution after evidence suggested traffic and industrial fumes may contribute to the onset of the disease.

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14 h. ago She was at the center of one of Netflix's most shocking documentaries after being kidnapped TWICE

Mary Ann Broberg, the mother of kidnapping survivor Jan Broberg and a central figure in the story told in the 2017 true-crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, has died.

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15 h. ago Myleene Klass hits back as she's told 'I hope you get cancer' by vile trolls

No stranger to calling out social media trolls, Myleene Klass urged her followers to 'keep their nanas' off all platforms as she exposed some of the hateful messages she received

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16 h. ago Wes Streeting hails improvement in NHS ambulance response times

Mr Streeting unveiled new figures showing ambulances in England last month reached heart attack patients and other 'Category 2' calls faster than at any time since the pandemic.

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16 h. ago European Figure Skating Championships: Costly mistake leaves Scottish ice dancers with bronze medal

The pair were lying in second after the rhythm dance

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16 h. ago Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson miss out on maiden European ice dance title

The British pair took bronze for the second year in a row, behind France’s Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri

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17 h. ago The Masked Singer Sloth's true identity 'exposed' and they're a Good Morning Britain star

ITV The Masked Singer fans are convinced they have finally worked out the real identity of Sloth

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18 h. ago Master Neil Lennon schools his Hibs apprentice David Gray as Dunfermline cup tie exposes issues

Pars strike at perfect moment to cause a Scottish Cup upset

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