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e activation algorithm for Windows XP has been cracked, so those stuck not being able to get the ancient operating system working can now do so – and yes, there are folks who still use this OS. Granted, it’s a seriously slim – vanishingly so – niche of Windows users, and we’ll come back to that. For most of us, though, this is just a curiosity. As The Register reports, the encryption algorithm for Windows XP product activation has been cracked and reimplemented, with the details provided via a tinyapps blog post. This means anyone can now generate a valid product key to install and activate Windows XP offline. Microsoft turned off the servers required to activate Windows XP long ago, so you can’t use a genuine old product key to activate the OS. Well, not online anyway, though from what we can see on Reddit, Microsoft still facilitated a product activation on the phone back in 2020 – and The Register reckons this way still works. So, if you don’t want to get on the phone and try to persuade Microsoft to activate your Windows XP when you have a genuine product key that can’t be validated online anymore, you can simply do-it-yourself at home (or in the office) with no fuss. Why would you ever want to use Windows XP, though? Yes, it was a much-loved operating system without a doubt, for many reasons – mainly that it was such a big step forward for performance, and the quality of the interface, over its predecessor – but it’s obviously ridiculously outdated at this point in time. However, some people must remain on Windows XP due to legacy software or hardware that won’t work with any more modern Microsoft operating system. These are most likely businesses, who might, say, have eye-wateringly expensive machines that only work with software that runs on XP and hasn’t been updated in forever. In those cases, this crack could prove very useful, but clearly, anyone running Windows XP is exposing themselves to a whole lot of potential pain in terms of the vulnerabilities present in the OS. Which is why if you are in this boat, whatever you do, keep that Windows XP installation offline for obvious reasons. Are you now wondering how many Windows XP users are still out there? According to the latest from analytics firm Statcounter, XP amounts to a 0.35% userbase out of all Windows versions (not all that far behind Windows 8, Microsoft’s most recently defunct OS which is on 1.28% as of April 2023). Cracking rusty old Microsoft operating systems appears to be quite the trend at the moment. You may recall that Windows 95’s (relatively flimsy) activation was recently hacked, with a twist – ChatGPT was fooled into generating keys that worked with the OS (in a small number of cases). [https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-xp-activation-has-been-cracked-for-those-desperate-enough-to-still-use-it]

Nvidia's shiny new RTX 4060 Ti graphics card only launched a few days ago. But some retailers are already offering it below Nvidia's official recommended price. Before anyone gets too excited, the savings are pretty wafer thin. And, thus far, we've only seen evidence of below MSRP cards in Germany and the UK. For now, the $399 US MSRP seems to be holding. But that's not gonna last, is it? Anyway, for the record you can currently grab an RTX 4060 Ti in the UK from Overclockers for £379. That's a whole £10 lower than the official £389 MSRP. Hardly a fire sale. And the 4060 Ti remains thoroughly disappointing at £379. But there is symbolic importance in the simple fact that such a new GPU is already being listed at below the recommended price. After all, it wasn't all that long ago that GPUs were going for two or three times more than what became entirely notional MSRPs. Over in Germany, Videocardz noticed that the RTX 4060 Ti was going for €419 on launch day, some €20 below the card's €439 MSRP. That listing has since crept back up to €429. But that's still a whisker below MSRP. Arguably, none of this is surprising. The 4060 Ti offers a meagre performance boost over the old 3060 Ti, it only has 8GB of VRAM and one of the RTX 40-series' signature features, Frame Generation, turns out to be somewhat problematic on this low-end version of the Ada Lovelace architecture. All of which means it's awfully hard to get excited about the 4060 Ti at the official $399 price point. As we've said before, Most of Nvidia's new RTX 40 GPUs are a full tier out of whack. you renamed the RTX 4060 Ti to plain 4060 and kept the $299 pricing of the soon-to-be-launched actual 4060, then you'd have an interesting card. Same goes for the RTX 4070. If that GPU was called RTX 4060 Ti and was priced at $399, well, you'd have another winner on your hands. As it is, pretty much every Ada Lovelace GPU below the RTX 4090, which rather bizarrely for a $1,600 graphics card looks like decent value, feels over priced and underspecced. It's a pity, because the Ada Lovelace architecture is undeniably brilliant. There's nothing wrong with the technology, it's just how Nvidia is pricing and position various version of it that is so very disappointing. Anyway, forget about queuing up for even the slightest hope of an MSRP card, as was the case with the previous RTX 30-series launch. With wide availability, no indication of the cards selling out, and prices already softening, these new Ada Lovelace boards are seemingly piling up on shelves and going nowhere. [https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-shiny-new-rtx-4060-ti-gpu-is-already-selling-below-msrp/]

Jurgen Klopp says he has "no worries" over Mohamed Salah's future at Liverpool despite the winger saying he was "devastated" about failing to qualify for the Champions League. Salah posted his comments on social media shortly after Manchester United's 4-1 win over Chelsea on Thursday which denied Liverpool a top-four finish. Klopp's side will finish fifth and play in next season's Europa League "Mo loves being here and Mo was part of it," Klopp said on Friday. "He said apologies for what 'we' did - not apologies for 'what the other guys did, but I had to go with them'. It is all fine." The Egypt international said on Twitter on Thursday: "There's absolutely no excuse for this. We had everything we needed to make it to next year's Champions League and we failed. "We are Liverpool and qualifying to the competition is the bare minimum. I am sorry but it's too soon for an uplifting or optimistic post. We let you and ourselves down." Salah, who signed a new three-year contract - worth more than £350,000-a-week - with Liverpool last summer, has scored 19 league goals this season. Asked whether he was concerned about Salah's future at the club following the 30-year-old's social media comments, the Liverpool manager said: "No worries, no. I only heard what he said but I couldn't read anything that could lead in that direction. "If ever a player would come to me and said, 'oh, we didn't qualify for the Champions League, I have to leave', I would drive him to the other club myself. "I would take the key, [and say]: 'come in the car, where do you want to go, I drive you'." United only needed a point at home to Chelsea in the penultimate game of their season to confirm their Champions League place. Liverpool won seven of their past eight games in a late push for fourth place, but could not make up for their inconsistent run of form in the first half of the season. Klopp said the squad is still "really united" despite the disappointment of missing out on the last Champions League qualification spot. "We didn't point fingers at each other. That's all good. If you don't qualify for the Champions League, the best place you can possibly end up is fifth, so that's what we did," he said before Liverpool visit Southampton on Sunday. "If you'd have asked me 10 games ago if that was possible, I'd have said no. That the boys did that is really good but it's not perfect. "We didn't end up fifth because of the last 10 games, we ended up there because of the lack of consistency before that." [https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65729339]

Toyota’s Gazoo Racing performance division has hinted that it will reveal a high-performance model based on the Prius at the centenary running of the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Gazoo has said it will unveil a concept “equipped with vehicle technologies that have been developed through numerous challenges in motorsports participation” at the event. A teaser image published alongside the statement implies the model being based on the new Toyota Prius, as it features a similarly contoured front bumper with the same sensor placements. It's differentiated from the standard hybrid hatchback by two groups of four LED foglights, the addition of canards along each flank and an aggressive front splitter. What's less clear is whether the powertrain will be based on the Prius Plug-in Hybrid’s 221bhp 2.0-litre petrol-electric system. If so, it will no doubt serve as a statement of intent for Gazoo's electrified future, given that its current road cars are all pure-petrol. The concept is likely to serve as an acid test for a production GR Prius, with the public reaction to it dictating whether it progresses into production. New Toyota boss Koji Sato – who previously headed the company's Lexus and Gazoo divisions – last month hinted to Autocar that more GR-branded sports cars would be on the way. Sato said: “The Gazoo brand will be acknowledged for the future - and maybe we can even speed it up. “Our Master Driver [Akio Toyoda] was also president of the company at the same time as he had a steering wheel in his hand for Gazoo. Now he is only chairman, maybe he will have a lot more time to develop cars for them." [https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/toyota-hints-hot-gr-prius-unveiling-le-mans]

Sheep can help fight the spread of an invasive and highly toxic plant, according to results of a four-year project in Aberdeenshire. Giant hogweed grows to heights of 5m (16ft) and the sap in its leaves and stems can cause severe skin burns. It is usually controlled by spraying it with herbicides or by removing flowering heads to prevent the spread of tens of thousands of seeds. Researchers have found repeated grazing by sheep can kill the plant. Since 2019, the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative (SISI) has been monitoring sheep in a giant hogweed-dominated area of woodland near the River Deveron at Macduff. 'Nasty' Hogweed thrives as lockdown cuts treatment The study suggests the animals' feeding led to the plant's taproot dying off. The researchers found the "woolly warriors" were unaffected by the toxic sap. SISI said the trial could lead to sheep being used in other places where they could be left to graze safely. Presentational white space Project officer Karen Muller said: "The monitoring undertaken was really important as it allowed us to adjust our grazing regime each year and find the right balance between grazing the giant hogweed and avoiding overgrazing - thereby protecting native plant species. "We reduced grazing pressure over the first few years and settled on a regime that controlled giant hogweed with limited impacts on native flora." Landowner Dan Gordon said amazing progress had been made at the site. He said: "The giant hogweed was completely dominating the woodland and would have been really tricky and costly to deal with using pesticides. "The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative provided a very welcome opportunity to try an alternative approach - I'm really pleased with the results." Giant hogweed is native to Europe's Caucasus Mountains and Central Asia and was introduced as an ornamental plant in British gardens in the 19th Century. It can spread quickly and each flowering head can produce up to 50,000 seeds. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-65632883]

Both sides in Sudan's conflict could be carrying out war crimes on medical facilities and staff, according to evidence seen by BBC News Arabic. Hospitals have been hit by airstrikes and artillery fire while patients were still in the building and doctors have also been singled out for attack - all of which are potential war crimes. Only a handful of the 88 hospitals in the capital, Khartoum, remain open after weeks of fighting, according to Sudan's Doctors Union. The BBC team used satellite data and mapping tools, analysed user-generated content on a huge scale, and spoke to dozens of doctors, to build a picture of how hospitals and clinics are being affected. The World Health Organization (WHO) called the attacks "a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law" adding that they "must stop now". The fighting in Sudan began on 15 April and was triggered by a power struggle between former allies - the leaders of the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Brit who lived by embassy in Sudan was left without help What is going on in Sudan? A simple guide Why it will be so hard to bring peace to Sudan Khartoum's Ibn Sina hospital is one of a number the BBC has identified as having been targeted in an airstrike or by artillery fire when medics were treating civilian patients. Dr Alaa is a surgeon at the hospital and was present when the attack happened on 19 April. "There wasn't any warning. Ibn Sina hospital where I worked was hit by three bombs, while a fourth bomb hit the nurses' house which was entirely set on fire," he said. Christian de Vos, an international criminal law expert with NGO Physicians for Human Rights, says this could be classed as a war crime. "The duty to warn of any impending airstrike to ensure... that all civilians are able to evacuate a hospital prior to an airstrike - that is very clear under the laws of war," he said. Looking at the images of the attack, forensic weapons expert Chris Cobb-Smith said it could have been caused by artillery fire. Uncertainty over the kind of weapon used means it is hard to be sure which side was responsible, or whether this was a targeted attack. Another medical facility hit was the East Nile hospital - one of the last operating in that part of the capital. The BBC has seen evidence of RSF fighters surrounding it with their vehicles and anti-aircraft weapons. There have been reports of patients being forcibly evacuated from the building. But we have also spoken to witnesses who say civilians continued to be treated alongside the RSF soldiers. On 1 May, a public area next to the East Nile hospital was hit by a Sudanese army airstrike. There was no warning, according to sources the BBC has spoken to. Five civilians died in that attack. There was a further airstrike two weeks later but there has been no independent confirmation of the number of injured. The WHO has reported that nine hospitals have been taken over by fighters from one side or the other. "The preferential treatment of soldiers over civilians [is] not an appropriate use of a medical facility and it may well constitute a violation of the laws of war," Mr De Vos said. A political advisor to the RSF, Mostafa Mohamed Ibrahim, denied that they were preventing the treatment of civilians. He told the BBC: "Our forces are just spreading… they are not occupying and don't stop civilians from being treated in these hospitals." [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65718968]

Two 13-year-old boys have handed themselves in to police after a fire destroyed a seven-storey heritage building in central Sydney. The building went up in flames on Thursday afternoon, requiring about 100 firefighters to extinguish the inferno. Police believe other teens were involved in the incident and have asked them to come forward. Fifteen people were sleeping rough in the building at the time of the fire and 13 of them have been accounted for. However, at least 70 residents have been displaced from the surrounding buildings, with an exclusion zone expected to stay in place for seven days. Police confirmed the teens who handed themselves in were assisting them with their inquiries. Fire and Rescue New South Wales said the fire reached a "10th" alarm status on Thursday - the most severe level. The building was heritage-listed and formerly home to the Henderson Hat factory. It had sat vacant for many years, but there were plans to redevelop it into a hotel. After it caught fire, a thick column of smoke could be seen across Sydney. Video showed the top level of the building falling on to the nearby street. Fire and Rescue NSW said they were able to contain the fire to prevent damage to nearby residential blocks. The organisation also said investigations into the cause of the blaze had been taken over by NSW Police Arson Squad. The building is located in inner-city Sydney, across the road from the city's central station. Transport to and from the central area had to be stopped on Thursday as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65718709]

Name of the game: MORTAL KOMBAT 11 Price: 8.99$ Link Store:Here Offer ends up after X hours: Offer ends in 44:26:16 Requirements OS: 64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 10. Processor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200, 3.1 GHz. Memory: 8 GB RAM. Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 670 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 1050 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7950 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 270

Windows 11 is getting a previously rumored feature to give users centralized control over peripherals with RGB lighting. This was another of many revelations pertaining to Windows 11 at Microsoft’s Build conference, and was detailed in a lengthy blog post by Panos Panay, who’s Chief Product Officer for Windows and Devices. The feature is called Dynamic Lighting (in the Settings panel) and the promise is that Windows 11 will make it easy to “effortlessly set up and customize devices with RGB lights”. The ability to control all RGB lighting needs from one central Dynamic Lighting hub in Windows 11 is important, because as Panay observes, if you have multiple devices, it can be a real pain to install a bunch of apps from different manufacturers to deal with the lighting controls for those peripherals. We’re told that Dynamic Lighting will be going into testing later this month, meaning in the next week, so we’ll get to see it in action in Windows 11 preview builds soon enough. The workings of the feature were previously uncovered in testing back in February, so this addition is not a surprise. Analysis: Over the moon, or not interested – which are you? This is a feature you either won’t care about – if you’re not a gamer, or you hate RGB lighting and think it’s a load of showy nonsense – or you’ll be over the moon that it’s arriving. While it might not sound like a huge addition to Windows, we can’t underestimate what a boon it’ll be not to have to install multiple third-party apps to control lighting if you have, say, an RGB mouse, gaming keyboard, headset, and maybe some case lights, and so on – all from different vendors. Those various apps can add up to a lot of bloat for the system – particularly in the case of some of these clients, which can be worse offenders in terms of bogging down the system than others – and you can avoid all this with Windows 11’s RGB hub. Plus, of course, just having all the controls present in one handy settings panel is just so much more convenient than having to work across multiple RGB-related apps. With the feature entering testing imminently, we can hope to see the Dynamic Lighting hub inbound with the big 23H2 update later this year, where it’ll certainly help to liven up what’s threatening to be a bit of a yawn-fest currently. [https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-11s-new-feature-for-pc-gamers-banishes-the-rgb-related-bloat]

Nvidia's new RTX 4060 Ti an actual disaster or just a bit disappointing? That's debatable. But one thing is for sure. At $400, it's still whole console money for a pretty low end GPU. What is a gamer on a tight budget to do? Buy an Intel Arc A750 graphics card, that's what. Yes, really. Because it's now available for just $200. That's half the price of the 4060 Ti, but it's a lot more than half of the graphics card. It's also way cheaper than the new $300 AMD RX 7600. And get this. Sometimes it's actually faster than the RX 7600. On average, for standard raster games with no ray tracing enabled, the RX 7600 is about 10% faster than the A750 at 1440p. But if you enable ray-tracing the A750 is actually faster. It's very hard to see what the extra $100 is buying you with the AMD board. How about the Nvidia comparison? For standard raster performance at 1440p, the RTX 4060 Ti is in the region of 60% faster. That sounds like a lot. And it is. But the RTX 4060 Ti is also not only 100% more money, but also, you know, it's $400. That's $400 an awful lot of people simply don't have. Put another way, where the RTX 4060 Ti is returning, say, 80 fps, which is about what it does deliver on average in standard raster games without ray-tracing enabled, the A750 will give you about 50 fps. Can you feel the difference between 50 fps and 80 fps? A bit. But it's not like we're talking 50 fps versus 200 fps. Basically, it's not like the RTX 4060 Ti is serving up a completely different experience. OK, turn on ray tracing and the 4060 Ti will actually be about twice as fast at 1440p. And it will sometimes be playable where the A750 usually won't with ray-tracing enabled and maxed out textures at 1440p. And then there's the added benefits of DLSS and Frame Generation with the RTX 4060 Ti. Intel has decent scaling tech in XeSS, but lacks the fancy frame interpolation tech. How much value do you put on all that? It's hard to say definitively. But the overarching point is that, at worst, the A750 is about half as good as the RTX 4060 Ti for half the money. But most of time and by most measures it's a lot better than that and thus far better value for money and likewise just plain more accessible at $200. Moreover, sometimes the comparative numbers are irrelevant, especially on a limited budget. Who cares how good the RTX 4060 Ti is if $400 is double what you can afford. More important is the fact that the A750 will average 60 fps at 1440p Ultra settings in a demanding game like Metro Exodus. That's really not a bad budget experience, is it? In fact, at 1440p ultra without ray tracing in our testing during the RX 7600 review, the lowest frame rate the A750 returned was 48 fps. That's very playable in a budget context. Even better, Intel's driver quality just keeps on improving and there's a good chance those numbers will only get better. The final benefit of the $200 price tag is that you don't have to feel ripped off by virtue of having just 8GB of VRAM. Having just 8GB is fine for $200 but feels awfully stingy at $400. So, yeah, Intel's time has finally come in the GPU market. The Intel Arc A750 is a genuinely great buy for $200 and will deliver a solid gaming experience. It's undoubtedly the best GPU you can currently buy for a budget build. [https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-rtx-4060-ti-and-amds-rx-7600-highlight-one-thing-intels-dollar200-arc-a750-gpu-is-the-best-budget-gpu-by-far/]

Spain left-back Jordi Alba will leave Barcelona this summer after the Spanish champions agree to mutually terminate his contract a season early. Alba, 34, joined the club in 2012 from Valencia and has won six La Liga titles, five Copa del Rey trophies and the Champions League in 2015. He has made 458 appearances for the Catalan club, including 29 this season as Barcelona won La Liga. Alba will join club captain Sergio Busquets in leaving this summer. A statement on the Barcelona website said: "FC Barcelona would like to publicly express its gratitude to Alba for his professionalism, commitment and dedication, and his ever-positive and friendly relationship with all members of the Barca family, and wishes him every fortune in the future. "Barca will always be a home for you, Jordi." The decision comes as Barcelona reshape their squad to meet La Liga's financial fair play rules. Before the current season the club sold shares of their future television rights and their media production unit Barca Studios to allow them to register four new signings. They then had to offload more players to allow them to register France defender Jules Kounde, who had signed from Sevilla. [https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65698943]

The new BMW 5 Series saloon will be offered with just one pure-ICE variant in the UK, as the brand prioritises all-electric and plug-in hybrid models. The highly anticipated eighth-generation model, which will land in October, will be sold in 520i guise, runs the latest version of BMW’s familiar turbocharged 2.0-litre four-pot mild-hybrid petrol engine. This pushes 205bhp and 236lb ft to the rear wheels and is claimed to reach 62mph from a standstill in 7.5sec and attain a top speed of 143mph. An eight-speed automatic gearbox is fitted as standard. Although two diesel models, which both use a 193bhp turbocharged 2.0-litre diesel engine, will be offered in the range, these won’t be available to UK buyers Following the car’s launch, 530e and 550e xDrive plug-in hybrids will also arrive in the UK by the second quarter of 2024, with the rear-wheel-drive 530e producing 299bhp and the four-wheel-drive 550e xDrive producing 489bhp. Both of the new plug-in hybrid models benefit from a new gearbox-mounted electric motor developing up to 194bhp and up to 332lb ft of torque. The basis for the new 5-series, in both forms, is BMW’s Cluster Architecture (CLAR) platform – the same structure that underpins all BMW models featuring either a longitudinally mounted internal combustion engine or electric drivetrain. There’s also a new 19.4kWh lithium-ion battery, providing the 530e with an electric-only range of between 54 and 62 miles and the 550e xDrive with between 49 and 56 miles. BMW has also increased the AC charging capacity of its petrol-electric 5-series models to 7.4kW for faster recharging. The basis for the new 5-series – which is also set to spawn a successor to the 5-series Touring in early 2024, is BMW’s Cluster Architecture (CLAR) platform. The new model, which dons a more muscular look, is still dominated by BMW’s classic kidney grille, which, on internal combustion engine and plug-in hybrid models, receives 14 vertical louvres. Inside, the new 5-series comes with a fully vegan interior as standard. This includes the seat upholstery, the dashboard and the door panels, as well as the steering wheel. Buyers can specify Merino leather upholstery for the seats as an option. The steering wheel has been redesigned with simplified multi-function controls, as has the centre console, which houses a sliding gear selector and BMW’s rotary iDrive controller. [https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-bmw-520i-last-pure-combustion-5-series]

One of the world's rarest type of goslings have hatched at a wetland centre. Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire announced the arrival of nēnē goslings, a species of goose from Hawaii. It is the second time the centre has successfully bred the species, Jonathan Newton, the Living Collections Supervisor, said: "These nēnē families will help inspire future generations about the importance of conservation." In May 2021, the centre opened its immersive "Mission Possible" exhibit, which recreates the geese's native Hawaiian habitat. The breed was close to extinction in the 1950s because of the introduction of predators and the loss of habitat. In an attempt to save the species, three nēnēs were sent to Slimbridge for breeding by the ornithologist and conservationist, Sir Peter Scott. He and his aviculture team pioneered the first captive breeding project for nēnēs at the centre. Visitors to the exhibit can learn about Sir Peter Scott's successful effort to rescue the species from the brink of extinction. Although there are now more than 3,000 nēnēs in the world, their po[CENSORED]tion remains vulnerable and stills relies on the regular release of birds bred in captivity.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has promised a "harsh response" to cross-border incursions from Ukraine. His comments came after Moscow said it had defeated an attack in the Belgorod region. However, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said there had been a "large number" of drone attacks overnight. Ukraine denies involvement in the raid - and two Russian paramilitary groups opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin say they were behind it. Attackers entered Russian territory from Ukraine on Monday. Reporting to defence ministry officials on the incursion, Mr Shoigu said "more than 70 Ukrainian nationalists" had been killed and the rest pushed back into Ukraine. "We will continue to respond to such actions by Ukrainian militants promptly and extremely harshly," he said. The two Russian paramilitary groups - the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and Liberty of Russia Legion (LSR) denied that they had sustained any casualties, and said a Russian motorised rifle company had been destroyed. The casualty claims by the warring sides have not been independently verified. Russia also says that Western military vehicles were used in the incursion. It posted pictures of destroyed US vehicles apparently at the scene of the fighting but some Ukrainian military experts and bloggers have suggested they could have been staged. The US said it was sceptical that reports of US-supplied weapons being used in the incursion were true and did not "encourage or enable strikes inside of Russia". But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the vehicles were evidence of growing Western military involvement in Ukraine. "It is no secret for us that more and more equipment is being delivered to Ukraine's armed forces. It is no secret that this equipment is being used against our own military," he said. "We are drawing the appropriate conclusions.. Meanwhile attacks in the region appear to be continuing. Mr Gladkov said overnight attacks by drones were mostly dealt with by air defences, but some damage was caused to cars, private houses and administrative buildings in and around Belgorod city, as well as in the border district of Borisovka. No-one was injured in the attacks, he added. A "small fire" began after a gas pipeline was damaged in Grayvoron district. Low-level attacks in Russian border regions such as Belgorod and Bryansk have become frequent in recent weeks. Mr Gladkov said that agricultural workers were going out into the fields wearing helmets and bulletproof vests because of the threat of attacks. Who are the fighters infiltrating Russia from Ukraine? Villages in Belgorod near the border were evacuated on Monday after coming under fire. Monday's raid led Moscow to declare a counter-terrorism operation, giving the authorities special powers to clamp down on communications and people's movements. The measures were only lifted the following afternoon, and even then, one of the paramilitary groups was claiming it still controlled a small piece of Russian territory. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65696731]

95-year-old woman who was Tasered by police at an Australian care home, sparking a public outcry, has died. Clare Nowland was critically injured after police responded to reports she was wandering around the home with a steak knife at about 04:00 last Wednesday. New South Wales Police (NSW) said she died "surrounded by family and loved ones". The officer who Tasered Mrs Nowland has been charged with assault. The 33-year-old senior constable will face court in early July on charges of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault. He remains suspended from duty with pay while investigations continue. Mrs Nowland lived in a care home in the town of Cooma about 114km (71 miles) south of Canberra, Australia's capital city. NSW Police said their thoughts and condolences "remain with those who were lucky enough to know, love, and be loved by Mrs Nowland during a life she led hallmarked by family, kindness and community." Last week, police said she was "armed" with a steak knife. On Friday, they confirmed that she required a walking frame to move and the officer discharged his Taser after she began approaching "at a slow pace". Mrs Nowland is believed to have suffered a fractured skull and a serious brain bleed after falling and hitting her head during the incident. It has prompted calls for a state parliamentary inquiry and the release of police bodycam vision of the confrontation. In a statement, Mrs Nowland's family said she was a "well respected, much loved and a giving member of her local community" and the "loving and gentle-natured matriarch of the Nowland family." They have asked for privacy following her death. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65696475]

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WhatsApp is saving you from those awkward spelling mistakes and missing commas by giving you the power to edit messages - within limits. We first saw inklings of this update in a late March beta. The feature didn’t work at the time, but there were some clues hinting at how it would function. From the looks of things, not much has changed since then. To fix a text, Meta states you need to first long-press a sent message and then select Edit from the menu that appears. Users have 15 minutes to make their corrections. Texts cannot be changed past the time limit, forcing you to live with the typos you made (or you can just send a new text). Messages that have been altered will display ‘Edited’ right next to them, making it clear to others in a chat that some corrections have been made. It all works similarly to iMessage editing on iOS 16. WhatsApp, however, will not save any sort of edit history, meaning others won’t be able to see previous versions of texts. Editable messages are currently “rolling out to users globally and will be available to everyone in the coming weeks” so keep an eye out for the new patch. We asked Meta if there are any other restrictions. For example, on iOS 16 users can only make up to five edits to a text within a 15-minute window. This story will be updated at a later time. WhatsApp has had quite a busy month as the platform has seen multiple updates in a short amount of time. Just last week, the app gained a Chat Lock tool, ensuring your private conversation stays private which can be useful if you’re using a shared phone. Before that, we saw the introduction of single-vote polls “to stop people from skewing [results] with multiple votes.” As for the near future, it appears Meta will soon launch a “password reminder feature for end-to-end encrypted backups”, according to a recent post from WABetaInfo. The app will ask you to verify the password so you’ll always have access to the backup in the event you forget your login credentials. This particular update will be rolling out to both Android and iOS “over the coming weeks.” [https://www.techradar.com/news/whatsapp-now-lets-you-edit-your-messaging-nightmares-heres-how-to-do-it]