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*NOTICE FROM THE COLLECTOR* One premium exhibit has gone missing. Description: Large. Red. Friendly unless provoked. A temporary replacement has been installed in the museum until the original specimen is recovered. If spotted, report immediately.

Reform UK is currently leading the England council election results. (via the BBC)

You were today years old when you realized Times Square from hit game Marvel Rivals was a real place

Google Chrome is quietly downloading a roughly 4 GB AI model to many users’ computers without clear upfront consent. The file, called weights.bin, is part of Google’s Gemini Nano on-device language model and lands in the browser’s user data folder under OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It powers built-in AI tools such as “Help me write,” smarter tab suggestions, on-device scam detection, and page summarization. The download triggers automatically for devices meeting minimum hardware requirements, and Chrome often replaces the files if deleted. While the model processes data locally, installation happens in the background with minimal notification. The scale is noteworthy. Hundreds of millions or billions of installations add up to thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions globally from data transfer, even though each is a one-time event. To prevent or remove it, go to chrome://flags, disable the entries for the optimization guide on-device model and Prompt API, restart the browser, and manually delete the folder.

WOW miu miu's new fragrance packaging for “fleur de lait” (translated to flower of milk) is so cool they used kinetic sand to look like ice cream alongside a branded ice cream scoop before even reaching the product...notes are mango, osmanthus, and coconut milk!! video via alexajustinee