A sign for the northern beaches Hop, Skip and Jump bus says ‘clothing must be worn over swimwear’

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Sydney’s Northern Beaches council has banned bikini-clad and shirtless passengers from riding its free community bus service after receiving feedback from passengers.

The Hop, Skip and Jump is a daily 30-seat shuttle bus that services the coastal suburbs of Manly, Fairlight and Balgowlah and is frequented by beachgoers.

Prime minister to meet mourners in mining town as families speak of their loss in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is to join mourners in Tumbler Ridge on Friday, as authorities and relatives released details of the five children and assistant teacher killed by a shooter in the remote mining town’s high school.

Carney will attend a vigil in Tumbler Ridge in memory of the victims, and he invited leaders from all political parties to join him in the town, the site of the country’s deadliest mass shooting in years.

Japan’s fisheries agency said the vessel failed to comply with an order to stop. The incident comes weeks after a row between China and Japan over Taiwan

Authorities in Japan have seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its captain in a move that is likely to inflame an ongoing diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing.

The seizure, which occurred on Thursday about 170km from the south-western port city of Nagasaki, came after the skipper refused an order to stop for an onboard inspection, according to media reports.

DanÅke Carlsson has added a photo to the pool:

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More foggy trees and this time from the Humbug Point Nature Recreation Area near Binalong Bay, Tasmania.

So lucky with the conditions. Shot Skeleton Rock in the rain and on a whim took the Dora Point road back.

The undergrowth either side of the road through this dry sclerophyll forest has been slashed to provide a fire break.

Leica Q2 Monochrom, Summilux 28mm f/1.7, 1/20th sec at f/10, ISO 200 - it really must have been gloomy...

SAN FRANCISCO (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - OpenAI heeft Amerikaanse volksvertegenwoordigers gewaarschuwd dat het Chinese AI-bedrijf DeepSeek op oneerlijke wijze technologie van Amerikaanse concurrenten kopieert. Volgens de ChatGPT-maker kan dit het technologische voordeel van de Verenigde Staten ondermijnen.

Volgens OpenAI gebruikt de Chinese AI-startup de output van Amerikaanse AI-chatbots om ze na te bootsen, staat in een briefing gericht aan de China-commissie van het Huis van Afgevaardigden. OpenAI stelt dat DeepSeek daarbij steeds geavanceerdere en verhulde methoden inzet om beveiligingen te omzeilen.

De kwestie kan volgens OpenAI de concurrentiepositie van de VS ondermijnen, omdat Chinese modellen vaak gratis beschikbaar zijn, terwijl Amerikaanse bedrijven juist miljarden investeren in AI-chips om chatbots te trainen.

DeepSeek zorgde begin 2025 voor opschudding door een chatbot te lanceren die even goed functioneerde als ChatGPT, ondanks Amerikaanse beperkingen op de export van de meest geavanceerde AI-chips naar China.