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Age Verification could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet
Posted onIn 2026, a photo ID is not just paperwork — it essentially grants you permission to exist in society. Last month, Kansas legislature passed a law categorically invalidating trans people’s driver’s licenses and IDs overnight, requiring them to obtain new IDs with incorrect gender markers. Now, with a slew of online “Age Verification” laws requiring…
Googles Gemma 4 model goes fully open-source and unlocks powerful local AI – even on phones
Posted onElyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Gemma 4 is now fully open-source under Apache 2.0. Local AI enables privacy, offline use, and lower costs. From servers to smartphones, deployment just got much easier. Google announced today that its DeepMind AI research division is releasing Gemma…
Outside Parties is the creepiest Playdate game yet, and Im kind of obsessed
Posted onNever underestimate the chilling powers of grainy grayscale imagery and ethereal whooshing sounds. Outside Parties asks, “What if I Spy, but in an alien hell dimension?”, and it is impressively unnerving despite the fact that nothing’s really happening at any given time. It goes all in on atmosphere, to great effect. This is the Playdate…
Shropshire volunteer scheme credited with changing mans life
Posted onA programme designed to get people with additional needs back into work, has been credited with transforming a 27-year-old man’s life. Michael Reynolds, from Shawbury, used to work in catering before he was made redundant during the coronavirus pandemic. Nine months ago, he started volunteering at Fordhall Farm in Market Drayton, which his family said…
Miracle eagle with broken wing soars over Scottish coast
Posted onThe bird, affectionately nicknamed Kinky because of the kink in its broken wing, was nursed back to health by its two, unusually caring parents. In an unprecedented display of extended parenting, the two white-tailed parents skipped a year’s breeding season to continue to tend for their year-old offspring. This latest sighting, though, reveals that the…
Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
Posted onMaryLou CostaTechnology Reporter Getty Images There’s no shortage of plastic to recycle In the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming. Waste management company Biffa’s Sunderland plant closed in February after opening in 2022 at a cost of £7m, while rival Viridor closed its Avonmouth plant in 2022, Skelmersdale in 2023 and confirmed this summer…
