Water customers are not a ‘blank cheque’, Burnham tells suppliers

Andy Burnham has said he is angry with water companies for treating their customers as a “bottomless source of funding” after more than a dozen firms were given the green light to raise bills even higher.

Council Post: ​AI Is Dominating IT Budgets: Are You Making The Right Cuts?

David Bennett, CEO, Object First.

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AI is continuing to dominate enterprise technology conversations and IT budgets. Organizations are integrating new AI use cases while grappling with how to measure and govern AI safely and effectively, train their workforce on these new tools and prove ROI to stakeholders who increasingly expect AI to be part of every business strategy. IT teams sit at the center of all these decisions, from rolling out new AI tools to setting up guardrails around what models can access and what actions they can take.

Transport watchdog investigates third near miss at Sydney airport

The transport safety watchdog is investigating a a third near-collision between two planes at Sydney airport – the latest incident occurring hours after one that made national news and raised concerns about air traffic control.

‘Far From the Trees’ Review: A Richly Contemplative Journey of Physical and Mental Meanderings, Beautifully Combining 4K Digital with Super 16

Language and sounds trigger idyllic childhood recollections in Meritxell Colell Aparicio’s deeply personal, contemplative drama “Far From the Trees,” a handsome reverie blending 4K, Super16mm and archival footage to capture the different textures of memory. Following a Mexican sound artist and her assistant-guide in the Peruvian Amazon as they record nature and indigenous languages, the film is a sensorial road trip of physical and mental meanderings that bisect life choices, parental ties and generational trauma. Aparicio resists drawing conclusions, privileging an experiential approach with its own rhythms, ambitious in scope yet intimate in focus, that could well become an arthouse sleeper.

Wisconsin, Michigan primaries expose limits of polls and prediction markets

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, speaks during a primary election night party at First Avenue on August 11, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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‘The State of Us’ Directors on Platforming Positive Masculinity and Making a Gut-Wrenching British Indie: “You Have to Beg, Borrow and Steal”

Ollie Gardner and Jake Harvey are not afraid to say they love each other.

The two British filmmakers — about to make their feature-length debut with Edinburgh Film Festival’s competition title The State of Us, premiering Friday — are flipping the narrative on what it means to be a man and embracing the intimacy of male friendships.

At $11,000, Is This 1986 Volvo 240 DL Wagon A Bargain Basement Brick? - Jalopnik

In the 1970s TV show "The Immortal," stuntman Ben Richards is pursued by an evil rich guy who wants to harvest his blood for its life-extending properties. Like Ben Richards, today's Nice Price or No Dice Volvo looks younger than its years and has a reputation for longevity. Let's see if we would chase it down at its asking price.

West Ham: Will the Hammers bounce straight back to the Premier League?

This is a path well trodden by other big clubs in English football in recent history.

Newcastle United have dealt with adversity with relative ease on the two occasions they have been relegated to the Championship, bouncing straight back in 2010 and 2017.

Michael Jackson Keepsake Trading Cards are Back on Amazon’s Bestseller List

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With Michael on everyone’s TVs, the King of Pop’s trading card collection from earlier this year is selling fast

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Council Post: Why The Demise Of Horizon Worlds Doesn’t Mean The Metaverse Is Dead

Saro McKenna is the CEO of Dacoco GmbH and cofounder of Alien Worlds.

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​Meta’s announcement that it will remove its metaverse project Horizon Worlds from Quest VR headsets inevitably provoked sneering responses about the death of the metaverse. Far from signaling the technology’s death knell, though, Horizon Worlds’ demise merely illuminates the differences between what Zuckerberg was building and what the metaverse ought to be.