Apple has confirmed its AI features will reach mainland China in December with iOS 27.3. Alibaba's Qwen model will power key tools, but the new Siri is missing.
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Just 42 minutes of daylight could matter for your brain: huge study links dim days to higher dementia risk
Researchers who tracked 87,577 adults with wrist sensors found that less than 42 minutes of bright daylight a day was linked to higher dementia risk. The link is not yet proof of cause.
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Carter clear-out at the Queen Vic: EastEnders star Harry Farr quits after nine years as Linda’s exit looms – and more Walford favourites head for the door
Harry Farr has filmed his last scenes as Ollie Carter after nine years on EastEnders, as the Queen Vic's best-known family prepares for Linda's exit. Here is what is confirmed and what is still just rumour.
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Russia’s bloodiest month: Ukraine claims 54,400 Kremlin troops lost in October, as drone blitz plunges 280,000 homes into darkness
Kyiv says October was Russia's worst month of the war, with 54,400 troops killed, wounded or missing, as Russian drones cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and Ukraine struck refineries deep inside Russia.
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Hampshire grower’s world-record pumpkin crown snatched in just SEVEN days by a 3,156lb American monster, now carved into the world’s heaviest jack-o’-lantern
British grower Ian Paton held the heaviest pumpkin record for just a week before Rhode Island's Ron Wallace broke the 3,000lb barrier. The monster was then carved into a record jack-o'-lantern for Halloween.
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Scammers have a new weapon: AI ‘agents’ that hunt victims while crooks sit back, experts warn
Security experts say AI agents are letting criminals research victims, write convincing messages and run scams at scale with far fewer people. Here are the red flags.
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Halloween fury spreads: Petrol bombs in Frankfurt and tear gas in Paris as Gen Z cost-of-living revolt jumps to Germany
A youth-led revolt over living costs and crumbling schools has spread from France to Germany, where marches turned violent in Frankfurt and Hamburg, as France endured a third weekend of unrest.
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‘I’m coming to an end’: Hollywood legend Jessica Lange, 77, drops retirement bombshell – and her farewell film has a powerful Irish twist
The two-time Oscar winner told Rolling Stone she feels she is nearing the end of her career, and suggested her role as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Irish-American classic would be a fitting finale.
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£30,000 of designer loot sold for just £1,800: West End ram-raid gang who smashed into YSL and Loro Piana jailed
A gang that drove stolen cars through the windows of some of London's most exclusive fashion stores caused around £1 million in losses and damage, yet one member was paid just £1,800 for goods worth more than £30,000. Three are now behind bars.
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Champions League week ahead: Carrick’s Roma D-Day, Villa’s Barcelona test and Liverpool’s perfect record on the line – every kick-off in Irish time
Five English clubs are in Champions League action on 3 and 4 November, led by a pressure-cooker night for Michael Carrick's Manchester United against Roma. Here is every fixture in Irish time.