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Tom Hamblet, sous chef at South Lodge in Horsham was selected for MasterChef: The Professionals after cooking in Michelin-starred kitchens. The 24-year-old currently works at the hotel’s restaurant Camellia, which has received three AA Rosettes, an award for culinary excellence. Tom has honed his skills at a number of renowned restaurants including Pennyhill Park in Surrey, a sister hotel to South Lodge. Passion for cooking runs in Tom’s family and his dad is a top chef at South Lodge and his mum specialises as a pastry chef. A spokesman for South Lodge said: “Tom’s ambition has led him to participate…

Location : The M6 southbound between junctions J11 and J10 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 02:30 and 02:45 on 24 November 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

India is drafting rules to detect and limit the spread of deepfake content and other harmful AI media, a senior lawmaker said Thursday, following reports of proliferation of such content on social media platforms in recent weeks. Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s IT Minister, said the ministry held meetings with all large social media companies, industry body Nasscom and academics earlier in the day and has reached a consensus that a regulation is needed to better combat spread of deepfake videos as well as apps that facilitate their creations. “The companies share our concerns and they understood that it’s [deepfakes] are not…

UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the Autumn Statement, a policy update designed to stimulate growth across various sectors. This statement comes at a crucial time for the UK, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government seeks to establish the nation as a leading tech and innovation hub. Amongst expectations from the tech community, the Autumn Statement promises increased funding and initiatives targeting key areas of the economy. These measures are expected to impact startups significantly, particularly in technology-driven and green sectors. Let’s take a look…   Major Funding for Key Sectors   In an effort to boost the UK’s…

Bitcoin wallet and API platform Blink, formerly known as Bitcoin Beach Wallet, has announced a new partnership with Distribuidora Morazán, the second-largest distributor of consumer goods in El Salvador, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine.This collaboration between Blink and Distribuidora Morazán has paved the way for a pilot program that allows the distributor to accept bitcoin from a select segment of its extensive customer base, which includes over 40,000 merchants. Furthermore, Distribuidora Morazán is actively encouraging and supporting these merchants in integrating Bitcoin as a payment option in their retail locations. This move by Distribuidora Morazán is a strategic…

Scientists from the University of Cambridge studied hundreds of tree trunks, dug up by Fenland farmers while plowing their fields. The team found that most of the ancient wood came from yew trees that populated the area between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. Credit: Tatiana Bebchuk The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew trees, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Cambridge studied hundreds of tree trunks, dug up by Fenland farmers while plowing their fields. The team found that most of…

This incentive, run in council car parks across Sussex, is supposed to encourage people to support local shops and businesses on high streets in towns in the area. Free parking will be offered in off-street car parks on Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas 2023 in the Arun district and in select car parks in the Rother district. Hastings Borough Council has just announced its free Christmas parking incentive which gives shoppers free parking on evenings in the final week before the big day. Shoppers will be able to park for free in Hastings council car parks from Monday, December 18 until Saturday, December 23 between…

Location : The M3 westbound between junctions J3 and J4 . Lane Closures : Lane four is closed. Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 02:15 and 02:30 on 24 November 2023. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 02:15 and 02:30 on 24 November 2023. Lanes Closed : There is one of four lanes closed. Source link

MIT Professor Jonathan How’s research interests span the gamut of autonomous vehicles — from airplanes and spacecraft to unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) and cars. He is particularly focused on the design and implementation of distributed robust planning algorithms to coordinate multiple autonomous vehicles capable of navigating in dynamic environments. For the past year or so, the Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a team of researchers from the Aerospace Controls Laboratory at MIT have been developing a trajectory planning system that allows a fleet of drones to operate in the same airspace without colliding with…

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Big Switch Off, it is an initiative whereby all Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) and Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) lines will be phased out by the end of 2025, to make room for more modern and innovative digital communication solutions. Making the transition away from PSTN is something that businesses in Germany are very familiar with as they shut off their lines in 2018. That said, Germany’s Switch Off has provided UK businesses with a solid framework for our own transition away from PSTN and ISDN lines. The power of…