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Police link shooting to gang violence but have not said who might have fired bullets that killed bystanders on SundayBullets that fatally struck two bystanders during a shootout at a Seattle food festival last weekend do not appear to have come from the gun that a 15-year-old arrested at the scene was firing, police said in court documents filed on Wednesday.The teen sprayed an untraceable “ghost gun” into a crowd, authorities say. Preliminary ballistics testing did not match the bullets recovered from the deceased bystanders to that weapon. Continue reading...

• Microsoft launched the Perception platform and the MAI-Cyber-1-Flash model at a small event in San Francisco to identify complex vulnerabilities in codebases. • Analysis of 22 media outlets, including GeekWire, reveals that many reports focused on Microsoft's claims while omitting critical details regarding third-party testing. • This discrepancy matters as it highlights a gap between corporate marketing and independent verification of the AI cybersecurity system's efficacy.

Unions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilitiesTrain drivers are considering strike action over a lack of toilets, with unions saying basic needs are still not addressed a year after the rail regulator told operators to provide more facilities and breaks.Aslef said it was “putting the industry on notice”. The train drivers’ union added that companies had failed to deliver adequate toilets and reduce maximum driving times without a toilet break. Continue reading...

Chicagoans come together for cathartic and communal screaming experience as activity gains traction across USPeople strolling along North Avenue Beach, a sandy strip on Lake Michigan, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, are apt to see something unusual on Sunday evenings.That’s because Chicago’s “Scream Club” meets there every week during the city’s warmer months, bringing together a community of up to 300 people who like to scream out over the water – and it’s an activity that seems to be spreading across the US. Continue reading...

Airport’s bars and restaurants also unable to serve drinks to passengers because of lack of running waterA water supply failure at Gatwick has left passengers without access to working toilets or bars and restaurants.Passengers posted online that they were unable to get hot drinks, wash their hands or fill up water bottles at the airport in Sussex. Continue reading...

• The EU is intensifying efforts to improve online child safety by targeting platform design flaws and implementing stricter age verification requirements. • Critics argue the initiative is undermined by bypassable technology, privacy risks, and a lack of accountability for parents in supervising their children's digital habits. • The push highlights a tension between regulatory crackdowns on tech companies and the need for improved digital literacy and parental involvement.

Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially fearedApproximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a “devastating spill”, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought.Nurdles are tiny pellets, usually about 1-5mm in size, that act as the raw material to manufacture most plastic products. Continue reading...