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Apu returns to The Simpsons with new voice after race row
The much-loved shopkeeper has been seen but not heard around Springfield for eight years, until now.

Uber wins bid to throw out £340m black cab claims
Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.

Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape
The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.

HP Googlebook 14 review: Gorgeous hardware, Google-sized headaches
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Premium build quality Excellent OLED display and audio Portable Cons Expensive Limited ports Our Verdict The HP Googlebook 14 is a stylish, lightweight laptop with a great screen, but its high price is hard to justify. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today:...

How good are your AI-detection skills? Test yourself with these games
I remember when AI images were easy to spot thanks to dead giveaways like freakishly mutated hands, warped faces, and Escher-like architecture. That was way back in 2023. Since then, things have progressed fast. AI image generators now are so good that it’s genuinely hard to tell what’s real and...

Selena Gomez says vaping has affected her voice
The 34-year-old says vaping nicotine "a lot" permanently affected her singing and speaking voice.

Lifetime access to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more is now just $49.97
TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for life with a Microsoft Office Lifetime License, only $49.97 through November 1. Five years of Microsoft 365 Personal at $99.99 per year comes to about $500, and the subscription still ends the day you stop paying. Microsoft Office 2024 Pro Plus for Windows is...

Cardinals upset Rams as Eagles lose - five things from NFL week six
Week six in the NFL produced some unlikely heroes as the Arizona Cardinals pulled off a huge upset while the Philadelphia Eagles suffered another loss.

This $3,200 RTX Spark laptop still wants me to pay for ad-free Solitaire
There’s a new class of Windows laptops out there. Powered by impressive Arm CPUs from Nvidia, packed with generous amounts of RAM and premium materials. And they damn well better be since they start at approximately double the price of a “nice” laptop and go up to $7,000 dollars. But if...

Musk pledges a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America'
The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund.

Anthropic says AI malware is coming for your smart oven… eventually
You probably don’t give much thought to the smart functionality of ovens, washers, TV boxes. But Anthropic has—and it believes such IoT devices are ripe for AI exploitation. How? Self-replicating “AI worms.” Welcome to Safe Mode, your weekly report for pressing security and privacy news—and what steps to take next. Want this...

You Can See Everything documentary stuns with huge box office debut
It shows fraudster Elizabeth Holmes invite a sceptical film into her home before she's sent to prison.

Residents stage sleep-out at empty Kainga Ora block to be sold
The sale deadline of 36 long-empty homes in the Wellington suburb of Strathmore is on Wednesday.

Developers say AI use is driven by management pressure
Management pressure is pushing many developers to use AI to signal compliance, with 52% saying they overuse it to meet company expectations.

'Not in our DNA' - will 3v3 change the future of English football?
Changes have been implemented by the FA from this season with under-7s dropping from playing 5v5 to 3v3 in England - could it help to change the DNA of English football?