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Apple’s age verification rollout has already created some friction for users in certain markets. Do you think this points to a deeper issue in how age verification systems are typically designed and rolled out at a global level?   I think what this story shows is that age verification cannot be treated as a universal flow. The standards that feel intuitive in one market – like relying heavily on a driver’s license or credit card in the US – can create real friction in another. If you want these systems to work, you have to design them around local reality:…

Kent’s Rothesay County Championship Division 2 match against Derbyshire at Canterbury is finely poised after day two.The hosts reached 38-2 in their second innings to lead by 86 runs after bowling out Derbyshire for 304 with Keith Dudgeon taking four wickets.Keith Dudgeon – took 4-78 for Kent against Derbyshire. Photo: Stuart WatsonSouth African Dudgeon said: “It was nice to find a bit of rhythm again. I feel like I’ve struggled in the last two games to put some spells together, but it was nice to put a couple of spells consecutively together.“I enjoyed it, we’ve had some good crowds on…

AI dictation apps have come a long way in a short time. For years they were slow and inaccurate — unless you spoke with a particular accent and enunciated clearly. Advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have changed that, producing systems that can decipher speech more accurately while retaining enough context to format the text correctly. Developers have also built in features to automatically remove filler words, fix stumbles, and handle punctuation — outputting text that needs far fewer edits. With dozens of such apps now on the market, we’ve rounded up our picks for the best…

If you love Thai green curry but fancy trying something just a little different, you are going to love this Cambodian green pork curry. This is comfort food at its finest. Fragrant green kroeung paste, creamy coconut milk, tender pork and vegetables gently simmered together until everything is beautifully infused with flavour. It’s aromatic rather than fiery, rich but not heavy, and incredibly satisfying. Like many Cambodian curries, this one is all about balance and freshness. It isn’t designed to blow your head off with chillies. Instead, it wraps you up in layers of lemongrass, galangal, turmeric and kaffir lime.…

Gillingham chairman Brad Galinson has issued a message to supporters after ‘an underwhelming season’ finally came to an end on Saturday.The American businessman took to social media to thank fans for their backing during a difficult campaign and acknowledged that standards must improve.Gillingham chairman and owner Brad Galinson is determined to make the club a force in League Two next season Picture: @Julian_KPIGills supporters have endured a frustrating season in League Two and a 17th-place finish, 25 points adrift of the play-off places and closer to the drop-zone.In his message, Galinson acknowledged that backing and promised better to come.He wrote:…

Audiences will have to wait a few months longer to see “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” with the release date pushed back from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027. In addition to relaunching “Narnia” on big screens and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first film since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” also looks like the next step in Netflix’s relationship with movie theaters — and it’s becoming an even bigger step with the delay. The company had previously said “The Magician’s Nephew” would play exclusively on Imax screens for at least two weeks before a streaming release for Christmas. That would be an…

One might have been diagnosed with a life-altering chronic condition and been told to ‘cut out sugar’. Or one might be embarking on a new-and-healthier-you journey and have heard that too much processed sugar can be like poison in one’s diet. If you have been forced to give up sugar, or need to give up sugar for health and diet reasons, you might feel like you are facing a mountain. Giving up processed sugar is definitely not a challenge for the faint-hearted!  However, many have walked the journey you now face and come out stronger – and sugar-free! Here are…

Bradley Dack has been named Gillingham’s player-of-the-year for the 2025/26 season.In a disappointing campaign for the Gills, Dack, 32, has been a highlight and woGillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth with player-of-the-year Bradley Dack Picture: @Julian_KPIDack returned for his second spell at Gillingham in the summer of 2024, after injury problems meant he had to drop down levels.He’d previously impressed in the Championship at Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland.Dack has scored seven goals for the Gills this season and put his injury problems behind him. His start against Shrewsbury Town on the final day was his 42nd appearance of the season.It’s 10 years…

Ask.com, the search engine and question-and-answer service formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. Ask Jeeves first launched in 1996 and, with its focus on answering conversational questions posed in natural language, was arguably a precursor to today’s AI-powered chatbots. For most of its 30-year history, however, it’s been overshadowed by other search products, especially Google. Holding company IAC acquired Ask Jeeves in 2005, quickly dropped “Jeeves” from the name, and by 2010 had scaled back its search product to refocus on Q&A. That same year, IAC Chairman Barry Diller said at TechCrunch Disrupt that Ask.com was not competitive…

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