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Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief
Thames Water has paid its chief financial officer, Steve Buck, a £1m signing fee despite the company facing intense scrutiny over its finances and the possibility of being brought into public ownership. The disclosure, made by chairman Sir Adrian Montague in a letter to MPs, has reignited criticism of the struggling utility, which is one…
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The FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing to expand its ban on drones to cover models it had previously approved for sale, including several consumer products from Chinese manufacturer DJI. The proposal targets drones fitted with features such as thermal imaging, LiDAR sensing and aerosol dispensing, which the agency views as posing military capability…
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Senate stalls crypto bill, jets scramble over Trump’s Bedminster, RSC unveils Mad King prequel
The Senate left without voting on the CLARITY Act, F-16s were scrambled over Trump’s Bedminster after airspace breaches, and the RSC unveiled its Game of Thrones prequel; plus cricket, baseball, music and a naked Wisconsin joyride round out the bulletin.
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‘Primo Viaggio,’ Presented Last Year at Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, Has Wrapped and Heading for Venice Gap-Financing Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Nanni Moretti’s Rome-based Sacher Film and Andrea Marcelli’s Paris-based Halley Production have wrapped filming on “Primo Viaggio”, a Franco-Italian co-production that emerged from a chance meeting at Locarno Film Festival’s Alliance 4 Development platform less than a year ago. The film, directed by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman, is now heading to the Venice Film…
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Demoralized developer’s desperate hack came back to haunt him on LinkedIn
A developer, referred to as “Walter” for anonymity, shared a story with The Register’s “Who, Me?” column about a hasty workaround he implemented while upgrading systems from Python 2 to Python 3 at a company beset by repeated layoffs and low morale. Rather than properly fixing the roughly 20 percent of systems that refused to…
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Andy Burnham begins cost-of-living tour pledging to provide “everyday fixes” for rising bills
Mr Burnham’s summer tour follows his pledge on his first day in office to give the public “breathing space” on bills
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: your passport to a folding phone future
The Guardian’s review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 examines Samsung’s decision to break from its usual foldable design, giving the phone a squat, “passport-like” shape rather than the narrow candy bar profile of previous models. When closed, it resembles a small notepad rather than a conventional phone, and it unfolds into a tablet…
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Space Agencies Are Trying to Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Sight
The European Space Agency has commissioned British startup Siloton to develop a compact eye-scanning device to help understand and eventually treat spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), a condition that damages astronauts’ eyesight during long missions. The work is being done ahead of the Artemis programme’s crewed missions to the moon and other deep space journeys, where…
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Linus Torvalds says AI has made ‘huge’ Linux kernel updates the new normal
Linux creator Linus Torvalds says the kernel project has entered a “new normal” of unusually large updates, which he attributes largely to the growing role of AI tools in reviewing and fixing code. In his weekly release-candidate update for the upcoming Linux 7.2, he noted that despite the sheer volume of changes, he isn’t especially…
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Ospreys hatch at nature reserve for first time
Ospreys have bred successfully at RSPB Campfield Marsh in Cumbria for the first time, with a pair hatching three chicks at the wetland reserve on the Solway Firth. The RSPB has hailed it as a conservation success, as the birds of prey were driven to extinction as a UK breeding species in the early 20th…