McLaren sign 11-year-old Harry Williams as the latest member of their Driver Development Programme

McLaren have made 11-year-old Harry Williams their youngest ever signing. Williams is two years younger than F1 great Lewis Hamilton was when he joined the team in 1998. Ella Hakkinen – daughter of double F1 world champion Mika – was previously the youngest driver currently on the McLaren driver development programme, having joined last year…

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US military attacks Iran-flagged tanker attempting to breach naval blockade

The U.S. military disabled an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker on Wednesday morning that attempted to breach the U.S. naval blockade, as Washington and Tehran have seemingly made progress in potentially ending the conflict. U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said the tanker, M/T Hasna, transited in international waters toward an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman…….

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France’s digital agency dumping Windows desktops for Linux • The Register

France’s Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM) will drop Windows desktops, and adopt Linux instead. DINUM announced the swap last week during an interministerial seminar that saw several government agencies try to create momentum for development of sovereign technologies that reduce France’s dependence on non-European technology. A government statement about the seminar included a quote…

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