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Candid portait in Tsukiji, Tokyo.

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Figure skater forced to scrap Olympic routine after Minions music copyright dispute

  • Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté thrown curveball days before Games

  • Music rights disputes create Olympic chaos for skaters

  • ISU pushes for global music clearance system fix soon

The Spanish figure skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté faces a last-minute scramble to redesign his Olympic short program after a copyright dispute blocked him from using music from the Minions franchise just days before competition begins at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.

The six-time Spanish national champion from Barcelona, who is set to make his Olympic debut in the men’s singles event, said he learned late last week that the routine he has performed throughout the 2025-26 season would not be cleared for Olympic use. Guarino Sabaté said he had submitted the music through the International Skating Union’s recommended rights-clearance process months ago and had competed with the program without issue during the season, including at last month’s European championships in Sheffield.

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Sarah Ferguson charity to close after new details of friendship with Epstein

Latest release of files about disgraced financier reveals she told Epstein he was ‘the brother I have always wished for

The charity of Sarah Ferguson has announced that it is closing after new revelations emerged about the former duchess’s friendship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Sarah’s Trust, the international charity launched by the ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, will close “for the foreseeable future” after “some months” of discussion, according to a spokesperson.

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Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’

Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility’

The Dalai Lama has taken home his first Grammy award, prompting criticism from China.

The 90-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, was announced as the winner for the narration and storytelling category for his spoken word album, Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama – adding the award to a collection that includes a Nobel peace prize, a presidential medal of freedom and the Gandhi peace prize.

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DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’

Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims

Immediately after a US border patrol agent shot two people in Oregon last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the targets were “vicious” gang members connected to a prior shooting and alleged they had “attempted to run over” officers with their vehicle.

In the weeks since, key parts of the federal government’s narrative have fallen apart.

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Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein investigation

Decision to give testimony comes days before House was expected to vote to hold pair in contempt of Congress

Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed on Monday to testify in a House investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, days before the chamber was expected to vote to hold them in contempt of Congress.

The concession follows a tense back-and-forth between the Clintons and the Republican James Comer, chair of the House oversight committee, who on Monday said that he would insist both Clintons sit for a sworn deposition before the committee in order to fulfill the panel’s subpoenas.

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Elon Musk merges SpaceX with artificial intelligence company xAI

Deal comes as Musk pursues plans for datacenters and solar-powered satellites in space to propel AI

Elon Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a merger that consolidates part of Musk’s empire as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year, at a valuation likely to exceed $1tn.

The two companies announced the deal on Monday in a statement on SpaceX’s website, saying the merger would form “the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform”.

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14614 20260131_083231 Lorikeet head on cropping sunflowers

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14615 20260128_171447 Breakfast Creek Hotel, canal, bridge and canoes cropped

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Weer voor Rotterdam 🌕

Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 0.2°C (Helder)
Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ← 88°

Luchtkwaliteit:
  • AQI: 60 🟡 (Matig)
  • PM2.5: 21.5 μg/m³
  • PM10: 23.6 μg/m³

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

  • dinsdag 03 februari: Min -1.7°, Max 4.3° (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.1, Kans op neerslag 33%, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s), richting: ← 93°
  • woensdag 04 februari: Min 4.8°, Max 10.0° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, Windsnelheid: 18.7 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 117°
  • donderdag 05 februari: Min 0.6°, Max 5.3° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 5%, Windsnelheid: 20.5 km/u (5.7 m/s), richting: ← 86°
  • vrijdag 06 februari: Min 0.6°, Max 7.2° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.9, Kans op neerslag 34%, Windsnelheid: 14.3 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↖ 117°
  • zaterdag 07 februari: Min 4.5°, Max 10.4° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.1, Kans op neerslag 21%, Windsnelheid: 14.3 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 169°
  • zondag 08 februari: Min 3.8°, Max 8.5° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4, Kans op neerslag 12%, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 120°
  • maandag 09 februari: Min 3.3°, Max 6.1° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 11%, Windsnelheid: 18.3 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ← 102°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

  • 02:00: -0.2° (Helder) 🌕, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ← 82°
  • 03:00: -0.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ← 77°
  • 04:00: -0.9° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ← 82°
  • 05:00: -1.1° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ← 80°
  • 06:00: -1.5° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ← 79°
  • 07:00: -1.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ← 79°
  • 08:00: -1.7° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ← 79°
  • 09:00: -1.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ← 81°
  • 10:00: -1.4° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 23.8 km/u (6.6 m/s), richting: ← 87°
  • 11:00: -0.8° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 19%, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s), richting: ← 92°
  • 12:00: -0.6° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2, Kans op neerslag 44%, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s), richting: ← 89°
  • 13:00: -0.8° (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.2, Kans op neerslag 65%, Windsnelheid: 24.8 km/u (6.9 m/s), richting: ← 91°
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Kelp Man is NOT Easily Amused

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Kelp Man is NOT Easily Amused

SEA LIFE

Mijn vrouw en ik lopen SEA LIFE uit in Sydney. We hebben honderden aquaria gezien, met zo’n zevenhonderd waterdiersoorten.

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Feds Skipping Infosec Industry's Biggest Conference This Year

An anonymous reader shares a report: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won't attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register. Sessions involving speakers from the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) have also disappeared from the agenda.

"Since the beginning of this administration, CISA has made significant progress in returning to our statutory, core mission and focusing on President Trump's policies for maximum security for all Americans," CISA spokesperson Marci McCarthy told us. "CISA has reviewed and determined that we will not participate in the RSA Conference since we regularly review all stakeholder engagements, to ensure maximum impact and good stewardship of taxpayer dollars."

McCarthy declined to comment on whether the decision had anything to do with former CISA director Jen Easterly being named chief executive of RSAC last week. Easterly, who was appointed to lead America's top cyber-defense agency under the Biden administration, joined her predecessor and CISA's first-ever director Chris Krebs in President Trump's line of fire back in July.

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Finland To Introduce 'Green Wave' Automated System For Emergency Vehicles

alternative_right writes: Fintraffic's national traffic priority system, which is set to be introduced this summer, will recognize the location of an emergency vehicle and automatically change the lights to green to facilitate its passage. (Why isn't everyone doing this already?)

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Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor

The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs

Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in the update infrastructure to gain a foothold in high-value targets by delivering a newly identified backdoor dubbed Chrysalis.…