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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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Name of the game: DOOM Eternal Price: 7.99$$ Link Store:Here Offer ends up after X hours:Offer ends 29 May Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 7 / 64-Bit Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 3.3 GHz or better, or AMD Ryzen 3 @ 3.1 GHz or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti (4GB), GTX 1060 (3GB), GTX 1650 (4GB) or AMD Radeon R9 280(3GB), AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB), RX 470 (4GB) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 80 GB available space Additional Notes: ( 1080p / 60 FPS / Low Quality Settings ) RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K or better, or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), NVIDIA GeForce 970 (4GB), AMD RX 480 (8GB) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 80 GB available space Additional Notes: ( 1080p / 60 FPS / High Quality Settings ) - *On NVIDIA GTX 970 cards Texture Quality should be set to Medium

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]

Intel has released a whitepaper outlining a way to simplify its CPU architectures by removing legacy 16-bit and 32-bit support, therefore making them 64-bit only. Intel believes this change will lead to better optimized processors, meaning better performance and efficiency. In layman's terms, there's a bunch of stuff in there that's basically useless, and has been for a long time. But it's a bit more complicated than just switching everything over to 64-bit. Windows has transitioned away from 32-bit, but only fully in the Windows 11 era. There are loads of legacy 16- and 32-bit systems out there that are decades old and will need upgrading, or testing at least to see if they can be emulated. The building blocks of Intel's processor range can be traced all the way back to the original 16-bit 8086 processor released in 1978. Rather than include support for decades-old software and operating systems, Intel believes virtualization technologies have developed enough to emulate the features required for legacy systems. It's saying it's time to move on. Today's 64-bit CPUs include processes to "trampoline" their way into 64-bit operation. According to Intel, "Intel 64 architecture designs come out of reset in the same state as the original 8086 and require a series of code transitions to enter 64-bit mode. Once running, these modes are not used in modern applications or operating systems. 64-bit only CPUs make a lot of sense from a gaming perspective. We chase performance and efficiency, and outdated features that few users make use of simply add complexity and bloat to a chip. Removing them has the potential to deliver all sorts of benefits. It'll give Intel more die space for modern features, better power efficiency, faster boot times, and perhaps a lower risk of security vulnerabilities. We won't be seeing x86S CPUs any time soon though. At this stage, the whitepaper is more of an introduction and is clearly meant for industry folks and software developers. Don't forget AMD either, the developers of x86-64, who will have to work with Intel so as not to break the ecosystem. It may be a long time coming, but I look forward to seeing how x86S develops. Wouldn't it be nice to get consistent double-digit performance jumps without power-sucking frequency jumps? That's the dream. Let's see where this goes. [https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-proposes-x86s-a-64-bit-cpu-microarchitecture-that-does-away-with-legacy-16-bit-and-32-bit-support/]

Real's La Liga match at Valencia on Sunday was paused in the second half as an incensed Vinicius reported opposition fans to the referee. Following the match, in which the 22-year-old Brazil international was later sent off for violent conduct, he said "La Liga belongs to racists". Real Madrid issued a statement on Monday stating that it "considers that such attacks also constitute a hate crime". Spanish prosecutors will now decide whether to pursue a criminal investigation. In a further statement on social media on Monday, Vinicius said: "What is missing to criminalize these people? And punish the clubs sportively? Why don't the sponsors charge La Liga? Don't the televisions bother to broadcast this barbarity every weekend?" He added: "The problem is very serious, and press releases don't work anymore. Neither does blaming me to justify criminal acts. It's not football, it's inhuman." 'Another inadmissible episode' - Brazil government Vinicius has been the target of racist abuse multiple times this season and the Brazilian government said the incident was "yet another inadmissible episode". Its foreign ministry said it "deeply regrets that, until now, effective measures have not been taken to prevent and avoid the repetition of these acts of racism". It urged the Spanish government and sport authorities to "take the necessary steps in order to punish the perpetrators and prevent the recurrence of these acts". The ministry added: "It also calls on Fifa, the Spanish Federation and the league to apply the appropriate measures." Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez said on Twitter that there was "zero tolerance for racism in football". He added: "Sport is founded on the values of tolerance and respect. Hatred and xenophobia should have no place in our football and in our society." Infantino's plan to stop racism Fifa president Gianni Infantino said it was time to "Stop talking, start acting" and set out five points to deal with racism. He said a three-step process needed to be used across football to deal with incidents of racism in matches - stopping the game, then re-stopping it, and then abandoning the match. He also called for specific education in schools, an automatic forfeit defeat for the team whose fans caused the match to be abandoned, a worldwide stadium ban, and criminal convictions for those found guilty. Barcelona coach Xavi called for drastic measures, saying: "You have to stop the match... One insult and everyone goes home." In a statement, Real Madrid said it "shows its strongest revulsion and condemns the events that took place yesterday against our player Vinicius Junior". The club added: "These facts constitute a direct attack on the coexistence model of our social and democratic state of law." La Liga said in a statement it would investigate and take "appropriate legal action" if a hate crime was identified, calling on people to submit any relevant footage. Valencia said police had "identified a fan who made racist gestures" and that the "club are also working along with the police to confirm the identity of any other potential offenders". The club added: "Valencia CF have proceeded to open a disciplinary case, will apply the maximum level of severity, including a lifetime stadium ban against the fans involved, and is working closely together with the authorities." Vinicius Jr abuse shows things must change - Balague Vinicius and Tebas Twitter row Writing on social media after the match, Vinicius said: "The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano and Messi today belongs to racists." He then exchanged messages with La Liga president Javier Tebas. Writing on Twitter, Tebas said Vinicius twice did not turn up for a meeting to discuss what it "can do in cases of racism". "Before you criticise and slander La Liga, you need to inform yourself properly," Tebas said. Vinicius criticised the post for targeting him instead of the "racists", saying he wanted La Liga to take "actions and punishments". Tebas then replied: "Neither Spain nor La Liga are racist, it is very unfair to say that. "We have reported nine instances of racist insults this season (eight have been against Vinicius). We always identify the thugs responsible and take the complaints all the way to the relevant bodies who have power to punish them. No matter how few they are, our efforts are relentless." He added: "We cannot allow the reputation of a competition which is above all a symbol of unity between communities, where over 200 black players from 42 clubs are welcomed with respect and love from fans every week, to be tarnished. "Cases of racism are an extremely rare occurrence (nine reports) which we are committed to eliminating altogether." Tebas comments called 'irresponsible behaviour' However, Luis Rubiales, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has invited his Brazilian counterpart Ednaldo Rodrigues to visit the RFEF and asked him "to ignore the irresponsible behaviour of the president of La Liga". Rubiales said "we have a serious, behavioural problem; of education, of racism" which requires "a firm response from the federation, but they must let us apply it and so far it has not been the case". He added: "The goal we have set for ourselves is that as soon as possible those who have suffered [racist abuse] at some point can say that it is not a problem in Spain." Piara Powar, executive director of European football anti-discriminatory body 'Fare', told the BBC they had recorded 11 instances of racism inside stadiums this season and that Spanish football "is in crisis right now" "Seemingly none of the authorities understand how to respond," he added. "There has been no co-ordinated approach to these issues. "La Liga's statement from Tebas is the sort of discourse that we've been seeing throughout Spanish media, where people are blaming the victim, the player himself. It's difficult to fathom. "The regulation is confused. Nobody really knows whether the Spanish FA should be taking action or the government. There's a lack of responsibility and lack of a single organisation coming forward and saying 'we will take responsibility for this and see action through until we begin to see some change'. "There does come a crunch point where the league will lose players [because of racist abuse], in the same way Spain's proposed World Cup bid [for 2030] will be seen as a weak bid because of what's going on in football in that country." The racist abuse that Vinicius has had to deal with this season September 2022 - Some Atletico Madrid fans sang racist songs toward Vinicius outside their Wanda Metropolitano stadium before Real Madrid played them in September 2022. Atletico Madrid later condemned "unacceptable" chants by a "minority" of fans September 2022 - Some pundits in Spain criticise Vinicius' goal celebration, in which he dances by corner flag. He responds by saying "the happiness of a black Brazilian in Europe" is behind the criticism December 2022 - Vinicius appeared to be subjected to racist abuse at Valladolid while he walked past fans after being substituted. La Liga said it has filed charges relating to the racist abuse of Vinicius to the "relevant judicial, administrative and sporting bodies" January 2023 - An effigy of the Real Madrid winger was hung from a bridge near the club's training ground before a game against Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey. Atletico said the incident was "repugnant" February 2023 - Mallorca fans were filmed allegedly racially abusing the Brazilian during a game against Real March 2023 - La Liga said "intolerable racist behaviour was once again observed against Vinicius" in a game against Barcelona and it had reported the racist insults to the Barcelona Court of Instruction [https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65669712]

Rolls-Royce is set to begin producing its new Spectre electric coupé for customers in September, at an expected average transaction price of more than half a million euros apiece. Speaking to Autocar at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza in Italy – where the luxury EV made its European public debut – Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös revealed that the Spectre’s 2.5 million-kilometre development programme is “more or less completed”, and series production will begin in the autumn. But because “order intake is far beyond our expectations”, Müller-Ötvös expects that any orders placed now will not be fulfilled until 2025. “Clients are definitely prepared to wait,” he said. “And you normally wait at least a year for a Rolls-Royce, be it a Spectre or whatever else.” Rolls-Royce has not yet publicised a precise on-the-road price for the electric successor to the Wraith coupé, and though the CEO was not able to give an exact figure based on pre-orders, he did say that based on the extent of personalisation options available through Rolls-Royce’s Bespoke division: “My assumption is that this car will go well beyond €500,000 [£435,000].” “I think clients are keen to spec the car up to the highest levels,” he added. The firm had earlier suggested that the Spectre would cost around £275,000 before personalisation options were added. In 2022, the Sussex firm’s second consecutive record sales year, it recorded an average transaction price of £430,000, and some variants of the Phantom were sold for more than €2 million. Müller-Ötvös also revealed that the Spectre is playing a crucial role in attracting new customers to the Rolls-Royce brand: "We obviously have a lot of clients who are existing owners who ordered one, and we have around 40% of clients we have never seen before in our order books now.” But he admits to being “pretty surprised about the interest in particular from people who never thought about buying a Rolls-Royce, and are doing it now for the reason that this is the very first full electric car”. Based on Rolls-Royce’s aluminium Architecture of Luxury platform – and thus unrelated to parent company BMW’s range-topping EVs – the Spectre arrives as part of a rapid-fire electrification initiative that will result in the West Sussex firm phasing out its V12 engine and selling only electric cars from 2030. Müller-Ötvös previously told Autocar that, in this sense, the Spectre is as important as the 1906 Silver Ghost – Rolls-Royce’s first production effort, hailed by Autocar’s contemporary road testers as “the best car in the world”. [https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/rolls-royce-spectre-set-enter-production-september]

pet dog managed to dig his way to safety after being trapped underground for about 60 hours. Bear, a Cavapoo, went missing during a walk in Aberdeen's Seaton Park on Thursday. A major search was launched, but Bear was only found on Sunday after his owner, Dasha Samatoina, was led to the hole by another dog. After hearing the voices calling him, Bear was finally able to dig his way to freedom. Ms Samatoina, 29, who was visiting Aberdeen from London, had feared the worst as time went on. Dog rescued after falling over cliff edge More from NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland - BBC News She had been walking Bear with a friend's dog, Lola, when her pet disappeared. It is thought they both went down the hole but Bear, who is bigger than Lola, was unable to escape. After a couple of days of searching - which involved the fire brigade, local people and businesses - they were advised to let Lola guide them to Bear as she might hear him whining or barking. "And that's exactly what happened," Ms Samatoina said. "She led us to one of the holes on a site we had not properly looked at and she was very persistent to go down the hole. "I just started screaming at it. I was hysterical and crying. The thought of him being down there in the cold and dark terrified me." Dasha Samatoina and Bear were visiting Aberdeen from their home in London She called Bear's name until he was able to make it to the surface. She said she was relieved after being reunited her five-year-old pet who she feared she might never see again. 'Going right way' Ms Samatoina said: "I think he was a few feet down because his bark was quite muffled. "But I could feel he was digging under the ground - I was just hoping he was going the right way." The dog spent the night at vets where he was treated for sand in his eyes, scratches to his nose and given fluids as he was dehydrated. Ms Samatoina said: "It is amazing how strong he is to be able to dig himself out after three days with no food or water. "The vets were shocked that he was fine." [https://www.bbc.com/news/UK-SCOTLAND-NORTH-EAST-ORKNEY-SHETLAND-65670850]

Buckingham Palace has declined a request to return the remains of an Ethiopian prince who came to be buried at Windsor Castle in the 19th Century. Prince Alemayehu was taken to the UK aged just seven and arrived an orphan after his mother died on the journey. Queen Victoria then took an interest in him and arranged for his education - and ultimately his burial when he died aged just 18. But his family wants his remains to be sent back to Ethiopia. "We want his remains back as a family and as Ethiopians because that is not the country he was born in," one of the royal descendants Fasil Minas told the BBC. "It was not right" for him to be buried in the UK, he added. But in a statement sent to the BBC, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said removing his remains could affect others buried in the catacombs of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. "It is very unlikely that it would be possible to exhume the remains without disturbing the resting place of a substantial number of others in the vicinity," the palace said. The statement added that the authorities at the chapel were sensitive to the need to honour Prince Alemayehu's memory, but that they also had "the responsibility to preserve the dignity of the departed". It also said that in the past the Royal Household had "accommodated requests from Ethiopian delegations to visit" the chapel. ow Prince Alemayehu ended up in the UK at such a young age was the result of imperial action and the failure of diplomacy. In 1862, in an effort to strengthen his empire, the prince's father Emperor Tewodros II sought an alliance with the UK, but his letters making his case did not get a response from Queen Victoria. Angered by the silence and taking matters into his own hands, the emperor held some Europeans, among them the British consul, hostage. This precipitated a huge military expedition, involving some 13,000 British and Indian troops, to rescue them. The force also included an official from the British Museum. In April 1868 they laid siege to Tewodros' mountain fortress at Maqdala in northern Ethiopia, and in a matter of hours overwhelmed the defences. The emperor decided he would rather take his own life than be a prisoner of the British, an action that turned him into a heroic figure among his people After the battle, the British plundered thousands of cultural and religious artefacts. These included gold crowns, manuscripts, necklaces and dresses. Historians say dozens of elephants and hundreds of mules were needed to cart away the treasures, which are today scattered across European museums and libraries, as well as in private collections. The British also took away Prince Alemayehu and his mother, Empress Tiruwork Wube. The British may have thought this was to keep them safe and prevent them being captured and possibly killed by Tewodros' enemies, who were near Maqdala, according to Andrew Heavens, whose book The Prince and the Plunder recounts Alemayehu's life. Following his arrival in Britain in June 1868, the prince's predicament and his status as an orphan elicited the sympathy of Queen Victoria. The two met at the queen's holiday home on the Isle of Wight, just off England's south coast. She agreed to support him financially and put him in the guardianship of Captain Tristram Charles Sawyer Speedy, the man who had accompanied the prince from Ethiopia [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65588663]

An armed group has crossed from Ukraine into Russia's Belgorod region and clashes there have injured a number of people, Russian authorities say. Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Russian forces were searching for "saboteurs", who he said had attacked Grayvoronsky district by the border. Vladimir Putin's spokesman said the Russian president had been informed. Ukraine denies responsibility and said Russian citizens from two paramilitary groups were behind the incursion. Mr Gladkov said eight people had been hurt, including two people admitted to hospital after a village was shelled and three people who were hit by shrapnel in the town of Grayvoron. Fighting had also damaged three houses and a local administrative building, and the situation remains "extremely tense", he said. The governor said a "counter-terrorist operation" had been launched in the region, giving special powers to the authorities including on identity checks and communications surveillance. BBC Verify has been analysing footage from the Belgorod region that emerged on social media on Monday. So far, the team has located a video apparently filmed from a drone that features several armoured vehicles near a border checkpoint south of Belgorod. Additionally, BBC Verify has geolocated footage of helicopters operating in the region. The footage is recent, but it is hard to say for certain from the videos what the exact sequence of events is. Kyiv said those behind the ongoing incident were from groups called the Liberty of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC). The Liberty of Russia Legion - a Ukraine-based Russian militia which says it is working inside Russia to overthrow President Putin - said on Twitter on Monday it had "completely liberated" the border town of Kozinka. It said forward units had reached the town of Grayvoron, further east. However Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies that efforts were underway to eliminate the sabotage group, and said its purpose was to draw attention away from the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut - which a Russian mercenary group claims to have taken control of after months of intense and bloody fighting. "We perfectly understand the purpose of such sabotage - to divert attention from the Bakhmut direction, to minimise the political effect of the loss of Artemovsk [Bakhmut] by the Ukrainian side," he said. Kyiv says it still controls parts of the city. Ukrainian presidential advisor Mikhaylo Podolyak said his country was watching events in Belgorod "with interest", but "has nothing to do with it". "As you know, tanks are sold at any Russian military store, and underground guerrilla groups are composed of Russian citizens," he added. Ukraine has previously denied responsibility for reported sabotage attacks on Russian territory. BBC Verify: Satellites reveal Russian defences before major assault The latest incident comes ahead of a widely expected counter offensive by Kyiv against invading Russian forces. In April, Russia accidentally dropped a bomb on the city of Belgorod, which lies 40 km (25 miles) north of the border with Ukraine. More than 3,000 people were evacuated from their homes after an undetonated explosive was found days later. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65674773]

Windows 11 has just introduced Phone Link support for iOS, which has now rolled out to everyone – but we’re hearing a warning that iPhone owners could be spied upon by somebody leveraging a flaw allowing for misuse of the app. Phone Link has been around for Android for ages, and allows messages, notifications, and much more to be piped through to a Windows 11 PC, so you can deal with them there on the desktop without even picking up your smartphone. So, its introduction to iOS is a definite boon for iPhone users – even if it’s a more limited set of features than Android – but the problem is that cyber-stalkers could abuse the functionality due to the way Phone Link has been implemented for Apple handsets. Certo Software, a mobile security outfit, reports that several of its users have said they’ve been spied upon using Phone Link for iOS. How does this work? Certo explains (via Apple Insider) the process in a news post, though the key thing to note is that to compromise an individual, the cyber-stalker needs physical access to the victim’s iPhone. If the attacker can get that – and knows the passcode for the device – it’s an easy enough matter to set up Phone Link on their own Windows PC. Certo doesn’t detail the exact steps, so as not to give would-be abusers that information, but observes that it involves scanning a QR code on the PC monitor with the victim’s iPhone in order to setup a Bluetooth connection. Once that’s done and Phone Link is set up, then things like phone call history, iMessages, and the content of any notifications can be viewed on that PC, with the iPhone owner unaware that any of their data is being compromised in this manner. Certo notes that “cyberstalkers seem to be rapidly exploiting this new feature” and that this is obviously worrying. This is particularly concerning as it could be leveraged in scenarios where, for example, an abusive partner might use this. They’d be able to view all messages and notifications, and engage in some quite in-depth spying on their victim, all without their partner’s knowledge. If you own an iPhone and are now feeling concerned, Certo explains there are several actions you can take to check that you’re not being spied on in this way. Firstly, if you don’t ever use Bluetooth, check to make sure it’s turned off – without that wireless connection enabled, there can be no communication with the linked Windows PC. Alternatively, you can look at what devices have been hooked up to your iPhone’s Bluetooth, and delete any you don’t recognize. To do that, head into Settings, and navigate to Bluetooth > My Devices. If you see any devices that you’re not sure about, or don’t know what they are, you can use ‘Forget This Device’ to remove them from your iPhone (thereby cutting the link). Finally, it obviously helps if no one else knows your iPhone passcode to unlock it to gain access – if they do, or you think they might, then change it, and don’t share the passcode with anyone at all (after you’ve completed the above Bluetooth housekeeping). Certo further warns: “As with previous loopholes in iPhone security, it may not be long before spyware makers start creating tools that make use of this method to extract even more information from victim’s iPhones.” We don’t know how widely this method might’ve been exploited thus far, as the suggestion seems to be it’s just a scattering of reports, with the potential for things to get worse. Hopefully, both Microsoft and Apple will be looking into this right now, to ensure that doesn’t happen, and to take any extra measures necessary to defend the privacy of iPhone users. One of Certo’s suggestions is for Apple to bring in some kind of visual warning indicator in iOS when notifications or messages are being shared with another device via Bluetooth. [https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-11s-phone-link-for-ios-reportedly-being-used-to-spy-on-iphone-owners]