Former Wales rugby international Louis Rees-Zammit has signed for NFL champions Kansas City Chiefs. The former Gloucester, Wales and British and Irish Lions wing announced in January he was quitting rugby to chase his American football dream. In a video posted by the Chiefs on X, he said: “Hi Chiefs Kingdom, Louis Rees-Zammit here. X...
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Hundreds of schoolchildren storm UK shopping centre and overwhelm security
Milton Keynes became a scene of mayhem after hundreds of rowdy schoolchildren rampaged through a shopping centre. The chaotic scenes were filmed and shared on social media, including a tense standoff between the children and security guards. In one clip, a security guard is seen bodyslaming a child to the floor, before a crowd of...
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Engineering firm welcomes rising star of UK basketball to its East Kilbride office – Scottish Business News
CLIFTON Moore Jr, 24, a stand-out member of Caledonia Gladiators, the professional basketball club based in East Kilbride, was given a warm welcome last week when he visited one of his sponsors, Dougall Baillie Associates, one of the largest independent engineering consultancy firms in Scotland. The Gladiators are the only Scottish team in the British Basketball League...
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UK government accused of being misleading over new laws affecting encryption
The British government has been accused of being misleading about the significance of new proposed powers that would allow security officials to intervene if technology companies planned on introducing end-to-end encryption to their messaging services. Under the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill, officials in Westminster would be able to issue notices to tech companies on a...
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Muji has gone into administration
Lovers of the immaculately tidy and sumptuously minimalist goods of Japanese retailer Muji, we have terrible news. Following in the wake of the Body Shop and Ted Baker so far this year, today (March 28), Muji has called in administrators in order to avoid going bust. Not all of Muji is going into administration. As...
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London Lions v Paris Basketball: ‘Do or die’ in EuroCup semi-final second leg, says Conor Morgan
London Lions have called on their fans to roar them back into contention in Friday’s “do-or-die” EuroCup semi-final second leg at the Copper Box Arena. The Lions hope to join the club’s women’s team in becoming the first British sides to make a European final. To do so they must overturn a 1-0 deficit in...
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The Sustainability of AI | Silicon UK Tech News
At its core, AI relies on vast computational power to process and analyse data, driving machine learning algorithms and powering intelligent decision-making processes. This insatiable demand for computing resources comes with a hefty environmental price tag. According to IEA, datacentres currently consume 1.5% of all global electricity generated. And with NVIDIA estimated to...
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Blow for Sunak as revised figures confirm UK went into recession last year
Official figures have confirmed that the UK economy went into recession at the end of last year, after the latest estimate found it contracted in the last two quarters of 2023. In a blow to the government’s economic standing, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the economy, as measured by gross domestic product, shrank...
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Wilko is opening 300 new UK stores – here’s the full list of confirmed locations so far
Fans of beloved homeware chain Wilko, it seems there’s plenty of life in the old dog yet. Having closed 400 stores last year, the brand’s new boss has announced plans to open hundreds of new outlets. And now we know where some of those stores are going to be – and when they’ll open, with...
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Job cuts loom for across Big Four following ‘over-hiring’
As Deloitte commences a landmark restructuring of its operations, amid a consulting market slowdown, employees are reportedly weighing up their other options. However, the same pressures which have triggered Deloitte’s changes are increasingly leading other top firms to freeze hiring and cut jobs. The number of job vacancies at UK consultancies tumbled by over 80%...
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AI Poses ‘Jobs Apocalypse’, Warns Report | Silicon UK Tech News
IPPR report warns AI could remove almost 8 million jobs in the United Kingdom, with low paid, youngsters and women most at risk In recent months the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) have highlighted bias, discrimination, misinformation, and autonomous weapons, but a new report has issued a sobering reminder about the impact on jobs....
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What April 2024 has in store for your star sign
Welcome to April! The bad news is that this month is pretty much all Mercury Retrograde (1st – 25th April) and we all know about that pesky planet and its tricks. Get through it by double-checking the details and having a plan B when it comes to any major travel, business, tech, or communication tasks....