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Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election and returned as the constituency’s MP but skipped the result declaration, saying he did not want to be “humiliated by nobodies”.The Reform UK leader won with 63% of the vote on a turnout of 44% in a highly unusual by-election that he triggered in response to scrutiny of his financial backing.It was contested by a record 34 candidates, including novelty opponent Count Binface, who came second with 27% of the vote, but was boycotted by all of the main Westminster parties, who dismissed the poll as a stunt.Farage did not show up at…

The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss the ring — as well as routers, robots, and Roombas. Now, President Donald Trump is targeting existing drone imports and parts, too. He’s going to try to make them cost a lot more.In a presidential action, he’s declared a whopping 100 percent tariff on imports of drones with thermal cameras, drones weighing over 25kg (57 pounds), and any kind of part for any kind of unmanned aircraft weighing over 25kg — you can read the full list here. For all other drones,…

Z.ai just released GLM-5.3. GLM-5.3 runs on the same 743B base model as GLM-5.2. Every reported gain comes from scaled post-training: more task environments, more environment types, longer training. The results land in two places. Coding jumps most on the longest-horizon benchmarks, with Terminal-Bench 3.0 moving from 4.6 to 28.3. Cybersecurity moved further than Z.ai says it expected, with CyberGym reaching 84.5%. Weights are not public yet. Is It Deployable? Partially, GLM-5.3 is live through the Z.ai API, the GLM Coding Plan, and ZCode. Weights are not out. Z.ai says it will publish them roughly two weeks after launch, once…

A market for removing AI watermarks has sprung up days after Anthropic disclosed switching on invisible marks in everything Claude writes, spanning a GitHub project with over 4,500 stars, a cluster of newly registered web tools, and at least one established AI detection evasion service. None of the claims about defeating the text watermark can currently be checked, though, because Anthropic has not yet published how it works or released the detector that would show whether a cleaned document still carries the mark. Who is offering what Among the largest is watermarks-remover, an MIT-licensed tool from software developer Guillaume Meyer, founder of…

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has announced a data breach exposing customer data.  Writing on X Thursday, the company said that 13,689 customers from the US, UK, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, and Portugal who received an order 90 days prior to August 8 were affected.  We have some difficult news to share. Unfortunately, one of our shipping providers has experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive order data. This affects new customers in the US, UK, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, and Portugal who received an order within the 90 days…— Trezor (@Trezor) August 13, 2026 “Our systems and devices remain secure,…

Attorney General Todd Blanche (Photo by Alex Wong via Getty Images) The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as the 88th attorney general of the United States on Aug. 8 in a 50-49 vote. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined Democrats in opposition. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) did not vote. Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general had been held up by a pair of Republican senators, John Cornyn (Texas) and Thom Tillis (N.C.), who wanted assurances that Blanche would shut down the Justice Department’s “anti-weaponization fund” out of concern it would be used to compensate President Trump’s political allies,…

In this fragmented but supposedly mild country, watching and talking about the weather forecast is meant to be a reassuring, unifying activity. Collectively, we have created and maintained a national climate narrative of small disappointments and pleasures. The first weather forecaster to appear on British TV, George Cowling, made his debut on the BBC in January 1954, predicting that “tomorrow would be rather windy”, but “a good day to hang out the washing”. For most of the 72 years since, such brief, carefully calibrated broadcasts have provided people from Aberdeen to Penzance with practical information, small talk and minor grumbles…

Prichard Colon suffered neurological damage that required emergency surgery following a boxing bout in 2015.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026Former boxer Prichard Colon has died at the age of 33, 11 years after sustaining life-changing brain injuries in the ring.The Puerto Rican was one of the sport’s rising stars when he was left comatose for 221 days following a fight with United States boxer Terence Williams in 2015.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe super-welterweight bout in October 2015 was awarded to Williams in the ninth round on disqualification after Colon’s team removed his gloves, with the fighter…

The 78-year-old British widow threatened with removal from Sweden after 21 years has said she has been left feeling sick with worry after being told she had lost an appeal against deportation in a ongoing row over the country’s handling of Brexit.“I am in shock. I feel sick. An individual’s life is at stake at my age. It is hell. I have done nothing wrong. I don’t take anything from this country. I am self sufficient, I put money in this country, have no criminal record,” said Joyce Thomas from her home in Sweden on Thursday.Her plight, first revealed by…

A scent diffuser can make a big difference in your day-to-day quality of life. I didn’t think they were all that special until I started testing them, and now I can’t imagine my home not smelling great all the time. Pura makes many of our favorite diffusers, and with a Pura discount code, you can make the initial investment more affordable. You can also use a Pura coupon code on scent refills. With dozens of scents to choose from, plus more seasonal offerings, you’ll want to try them all. Here’s where to find a Pura discount code or Pura promo…