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Stuart Maisner,Hsin-Yi LoandDaniel Sexton,South EastGetty ImagesPeople have been advised to boil tap water before drinkingWater misery has returned for about 24,000 households in Kent and East Sussex with a water firm saying they do not expect supplies to be restored to all affected customers until midday on Thursday.South East Water (SEW) announced on Wednesday – after five days of problems – the supply issues had returned to all affected properties due to a “water quality issue” and warned the public to boil water before drinking. Schools have been closed, and residents have had to rely on neighbours across the affected…

Getty Images/Lazarevic photoworkshopFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysOpenAI felt the squeeze of recent OpenAI and Anthropic releases.CEO Sam Altman has reportedly initiated a “code red.”As a result, OpenAI is working on a new “Garlic” model. Following Google’s release of Gemini 3, which quickly rose to the top of the LMArena AI leaderboard, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman informed employees that he was declaring a “code red.” The aim was to further improve ChatGPT to better compete, according to a report by The Information. Now, a follow-up report from the publication reveals that the company is developing a new model in…

In 1956, when Paul Anka was 15 years old, he idolized Chuck Berry. So, when the star came to play his home town of Ottawa, Canada, the ambitious kid made sure to sneak backstage with his guitar to play him a song he’d just written. “I started singing Diana to Chuck Berry when, suddenly, he stops me and says, ‘That’s the worst song I’ve ever heard in my life, go back to school.’”Rather than slink away from such a pronouncement, however, Anka used it as a spur. “Revenge is a motivator like you won’t believe,” the 84-year-old star said with…

We’re only a few days from the Winter Meetings and we’ve started to see a trickle of moves here in the MLB offseason, which means it’s possible things start to pick up a bit. As such, the rumor mill is churning and we’re going to round up the best nuggets of news and rumors here for the day, which is Wednesday, Dec. 3. Let’s get to it.Brewers drawing ‘significant interest’ in PeraltaEarlier this offseason, reports surfaced that the Brewers were not interested in trading ace Freddy Peralta. In fact, as recently as yesterday the reporting was that the Brewers were going…

Having a dog in the home could help boost teenagers’ mental health, research suggests, with scientists adding this could in part be down to the sharing of microbes.Prof Takefumi Kikusui, of Azabu University in Japan, who led the work, said being with dogs could reduce owners’ stress and stimulate the release of the bonding hormone oxytocin.But the research suggests there could be other reasons pooches may have a positive influence.“Several studies have reported the mental health benefits of dog ownership, and we have demonstrated that the microbiome may be one mechanism involved,” Kikusui said.Writing in the journal iScience, Kikusui and…

The most beautiful places in the world continue to surprise us—it feels like every day we come across a new tropical island or mountainous national park that filters into our daydreams. This list proves just how staggering that variety is: We’re talking shimmering glaciers and otherworldly deserts, dense rainforests and colorful lakes, sky-high mountains and plains carpeted with wildflowers. These incredible landscapes stretch across every continent, so you may feel a bit overwhelmed when deciding to go first. Should you unwind on a quiet Southeast Asian beach, or ride over the red dunes of Namibia? Are you craving a leisurely…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House on Dec. 2. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images A Pentagon watchdog has determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked the safety of U.S. servicemembers by sharing sensitive military information on the Signal messaging app, according to a source who has reviewed the forthcoming inspector general report.  The report, which is expected to be released as early as Thursday, was launched after a journalist for The Atlantic revealed in March that he had…

The EU is considering legally forcing industries to reduce purchases from China to insulate Europe from future hostile acts, the industry commissioner, Stéphane Séjourné, says.He made his remarks as the European Commission unveiled a €3bn (£2.63bn) strategy to reduce its dependency on China for critical raw materials amid a global scramble caused by Beijing’s “weaponisation” of supplies of everything from chips to rare earths.The ReSourceEU programme will seek to de-risk and diversify the bloc’s supply chains for key commodities with a funding initiative to support 25-30 strategic projects in the sector.It will include new rules to stop scrap aluminium leaving…

DRAM contract prices have increased 171 percent year over year, according to industry data. Gerry Chen, general manager of memory manufacturer TeamGroup, warned that the situation will worsen in the first half of 2026 once distributors exhaust their remaining inventory. He expects supply constraints to persist through late 2027 or beyond. The fault lies squarely at the feet of AI mania in the tech industry. The construction of new AI infrastructure has created unprecedented demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the specialized DRAM used in AI accelerators from Nvidia and AMD. Memory manufacturers have been reallocating production capacity away from consumer…

Sam TuckerSam Tucker’s eldest daughter Molly was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was two years oldA mother has called for earlier diagnosis of paediatric brain tumours after the death of her six-year-old daughter. Sam Tucker, originally from Bristol, believes “opportunities were missed” when her daughter Molly was diagnosed with a large mass. She later died in 2017 when the family were living in Dorset.Ms Tucker who, along with other bereaved mothers, delivered a study to health ministers showing how brain tumour treatment was not consistent across the country, said she wanted to make sure her daughter’s death was…