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Cloudflare builds Town Lake data platform with Skipper
Billing now accounts for most usage of Cloudflare's new internal platform, as staff query live data through Trino-backed Town Lake and Skipper.

Monty Don receives reminder from BBC over clothing promotion rules
Don wore a jacket on Gardeners' World soon after appearing in an advertising campaign for the company.

Imbruglia 'so excited' about concert with Tom Jones
The Australian, along with Nathan Evans and Saint Phnx, will be support acts for the Welsh singer.

Motor racing-New buzz in F1: ancient wasp species named after Piastri

Polka-dots and hypnotic riffs fuel viral duo Angine de Poitrine

‘Dangerous colonial occupation’: Israel’s digital West Bank land register

Eight students arrested in Kenya after suspected deadly school arson attack

'This memorial means so much'. Remembering the sailors who survived notorious Yangtze incident

Poland passes civil partnership law, but president plans veto

Kenyan police arrest 8 students on suspicion of arson after deadly girls school fire

OpenAI gives Japan banks access to latest model, Japan's finance minister says

At Computex, Nvidia and Taiwan's expanding role in AI infrastructure set to take centre stage

Analysis-In China, AMD CEO Lisa Su is understated while Nvidia's Huang is more razzmatazz

Robot stress test: Narwal’s $1,500 mop vs. my nightmare messes
If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing right—and if a robot is going to clean up my place, it better do a good job. That’s the stance I took when Narwal sent me its luxury Flow 2 robot vacuum/mop. The marketing for it sounded impressive, with cutting-edge navigation and...

Crusaders hammer the Canes to keep home playoff hopes alive
The defending champs have done all they can. Now, they must sit and wait for help.

Crusaders send statement before playoffs with win over Hurricanes - Super Rugby Pacific
Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action from Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch.

From non-league to Champions League - Raya's fairytale rise
Twelve years ago Arsenal keeper David Raya made his debut for non-league Southport; on Saturday he plays in the Champions League final - this is how he got there.

Charity hikers 'really angry' at being booed for dodging queues at Yr Wyddfa summit
The pair say they were jeered when they avoided queues as they just wanted to tap the trig point.

Kenya court halts opening of US Ebola quarantine facility in the country
A 50-bed isolation unit in Kenya for US citizens was due to open on Friday, a US official said.

Google’s best new AI feature is just a really good to-do list
Google’s big I/O event came and went last week, stuffed to the gills with new AI announcements and functionality. Most of it left me cold. But one — and only one — of those Gemini announcements is actually making a difference for me in the week following Google I/O, and it’s...

Still using Windows Media Player? Try this instead
If you’re still relying on Windows Media Player, or bouncing between media player apps that feel too bloated to work properly, MPC-BE will feel like a breath of fresh air. Short for Media Player Classic – Black Edition, MPC-BE is a lightweight, open source media player that focuses on doing one...

AI can boost Italy's weak labour productivity, central bank chief says

Taiwan's MediaTek says it supports both TSMC and Intel's advanced packaging technologies

'Choreographers are the new DJs': The art of the viral dance routine
The choreographer behind the PinkPantheress song Girl Like Me says the first move is usually the best.

Live: Fijian Drua v Queensland Reds - Super Rugby Pacific
Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action from Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Hodgkinson ready for 'battle of world records' in London
Keely Hodgkinson says she would "love" to break the long-standing women's 800m world record on home soil at the London Diamond League in July.

Mother-in-law of Indian bride whose death set off media frenzy arrested
Twisha Sharma's death on 12 May has sparked rival claims of murder and suicide and dominated headlines.

'I was raped by a childhood friend - I want others to know what he did'
Hayley Watkins waives her anonymity to call for a publicly-accessible sex offenders register.