Featuring a 6061 aluminium chassis with a sand-blasted Pantone 433 finish, StarBook Horizon is powered by an Intel Alder Lake i3-N305 processor with 8 cores, 8 threads, 7W TDP, Intel UHD graphics, and 1.00 GHz clock speed, and features 32 GB 4800MT/s LPDDR5 onboard memory and 2TB Gen3 PCIe M2 2280 SSD storage.

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Heated Rivalry‘s Hudson Williams has sent a sweet message to Jesse Kortuem after the hockey player came out because of the show.

Kortuem, a hockey player in real life, publicly came out as gay via a Facebook post on 13 January, explaining the steps he’d taken to get to that point.

He said the LGBTQ+ sports drama had “sparked” something in him and made him realise “it is finally time to share a journey I have kept close to the vest for a long time”.

In a preview clip ahead of Thursday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, Kortuem describes how watching “such a positive reflection of what our society can be” inspired him to want to “lend that voice to help those kids that are hurting to be themselves”.

It’s at this point that Barrymore shows Kortuem a video message from Williams, who plays star ice hockey player Shane Hollander in Heated Rivalry.

“I just wanted to say thank you for watching our show and sharing your kind words you had for it,” Williams starts. “It really means a lot that our show could even play a little small part in a sort of positive thing about your life, and thank you for your bravery and just sounding like a really cool guy,” he also says.

Williams then thanks Jesse again adding: “You’re amazing.” Barrymore then reveals that the video came almost as soon as they’d asked about it.

Visibly emotional, Kortuem recounts hearing from someone he inspired to come out – someone whose family ultimately accepted them.

“I called my sister in law after that, and I was shaking and sobbing, and I said, ‘This is what it’s about.’ It’s about giving that kid hope that doesn’t think he can go on any longer.

“It’s about giving that kid who’s playing hockey in Fargo right now, where his teammates might be bullying him, or that collegiate athlete that thinks that they can’t be gay and play this sport. This is what this is all about.”

Heated Rivalry is based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novel series and primarily follows the love story between Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) and Shane Hollander (Williams). 

Heated Rivalry is streaming now. 

Share your thoughts! Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.

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Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) will reach end of life on January 15, 2026, after which security updates and official support will end. Users should upgrade promptly.

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Jellyfin confirms the new desktop app is now available on Flathub and Arch AUR for Linux users, with Windows and macOS builds still pending.

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Debian seeks contributors interested in privacy to restore its Data Protection Team after all members stepped back, shifting responsibilities temporarily to the project leader.

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Branch Education, une chaîne YT qui explique beaucoup de chose dans le domaine de la tech, avec des animations d’une qualité absolument exceptionnelle.

Ici, sur les disques durs rotatifs. Ils ont aussi parlé de la RAM, des GPU, comment fonctionnent les jeux videos, etc.

C’est super bien fait.
Dans le domaine de la tech en tout cas, on voit que nos appareils (ordis, téléphones…) sont d’une complexité qui s’apparenterait presque à de la sorcellerie.

Il va rejoindre Real Engineering tout en haut de ma liste de chaines en terme de qualité du contenu.

A new community-based website allows trans people to review their GPs based on what gender-affirming services they provide.

Launched earlier this month, MyTransGP aims to create a community-driven database of which NHS General Practitioners (GPs) provide vital gender-affirming services, and which don’t.

Over the past few years, some GPs across the UK have abruptly cancelled gender-affirming care prescriptions for adult patients without prior warning.

To help counteract the harm caused by the wave of cancellations, systems specialist Luna and software engineer Jolyne created the site so that patients could review their GPs or search for alternatives based on testimonials.

Contributors are able to rank practitioners based on an array of different categories, including what services they provide, which doctors are the most helpful, and their general experiences speaking to nurses, doctors, and receptionists.

Services listed include shared care agreements, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescriptions, hormone monitoring, Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) referrals, acceptance of non-binary patients, whether they will work with private healthcare providers, and much more.

The website also uses third-party data from Google to provide a comprehensive list of details for each GP, including opening times, contact details, and a list of doctors.

Users are required to create an account before submitting a review in order to stop an influx of “bad-faith activity”, according to the developers.

In less than a week since MyTransGP was announced, at least 450 users have contributed over 740 reviews to the site, which saw over 1,000 visits on its second day alone.

Speaking exclusively to PinkNews, Luna, 33, said they were “very happy” to see how popular the site has already become, adding that it is “still hitting us both”.

“We haven’t fully taken it in,” Luna said. “I wasn’t too sure how it would be received. We put a lot of thought into preventing misuse of the site, and its data … so when the response was overwhelmingly positive, I could breathe a sigh of relief.”

‘This isn’t just a difference of opinion about medicine’

Jolyne, 25, pitched the site to Luna last year after experiencing first-hand the impact of GPs cancelling gender-affirming services for its patients.

“My GP stopped doing blood tests in 2022 when I was [receiving] private HRT, which caused me to not be able to get my prescription,” she said. “I couldn’t find any other GP that would monitor my hormones, and I didn’t have the money for private blood tests. So I was getting detransitioned against my own will.”

Like many trans people in the UK, Jolyne was forced to resort to self-medication – the act of taking hormones without medical oversight – in order to continue treatment.

In the UK, GICs require that GPs prescribe HRT to trans patients under a shared care agreement due to operational restrictions. Under the agreement, GICs will monitor a patient’s health through regular blood tests and provide GPs with recommended prescription doses based on hormone levels.

If a GP refuses a shared care agreement, patients have no choice but to either pay hundreds in monthly costs for a private healthcare service, or resort to self-medication. Patients that have undergone gender confirmation surgery, colloquially known as ‘bottom surgery’, who do not have access to HRT can develop health issues such as osteoporosis.

“This isn’t just a ‘difference of opinion’ about medicine,” Luna claimed. “[GPs are] either blinded by prejudice, scared to do the right thing because of organised pressure … or are simply not qualified to do their job.

“Whatever the motivation, the result is the same. Trans people are left without necessary healthcare, and our mental and physical health suffers greatly because of discrimination in medicine and society. The evidence is clear that support is the difference.”

Peer-reviewed research published in a 2022 issue of Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience found that access to gender-affirming care significantly reduces suicidal ideation, and improves quality of life. Another study, published in JAMA Pediatrics in 2024 found that access to support almost universally improves the mental health of trans people.

Luna said the issue is also about “fairness”, arguing that trans healthcare is routinely treated as “exceptional” and held to a higher standard than any other area of medicine.

“It seems silly to have to say that giving people the healthcare they need and treating them with support and respect makes them be able to live happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives,” she said.

“GPs routinely manage risk, monitor, adjust, and consult specialists for other conditions. HRT is given routinely and is easily accessible if you’re not trans … Cis people get their hormone levels checked if they have an issue with fertility, yet doing blood tests for trans people is treated as ‘risky’. The concern is not genuine safety … if that was the case we wouldn’t be a special exception. We would be treated like everyone else.”

MyTransGP devs urge patients to get reviewing

People across the UK have largely sung the praises of MyTransGP, with some saying it has already hugely improved their lives by allowing them to make informed decisions about their health.

One user wrote to Luna and Jolyne, saying: “Thank you to all of you trying to make the world a better place.” Another wrote: “Good news from the UK? That’s a change, isn’t it? Glad to see something hopeful happening here for once.”

The pair urged those who have experiencing issues with their GPs to contribute to the site and find a practitioner “that will provide what you need”.

Luna also urged the trans community to continue to support one another as transphobia rises in the UK and globally, saying: “There are many groups around the UK offering support and advice on what you can do, and advocating service to help you get what you need.”

Users can contribute to MyTransGP by creating an account or logging in with their Google account.

Is your GP refusing to prescribe you HRT? Read this guide on what to do if you’re being refused care or support.

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Professor Mark Girolami keeps seat warm after Jean Innes bailed following ministerial arm-twisting

The Alan Turing Institute's Chief Scientist has temporarily stepped into the hot seat at the UK's flagship AI research organization after the long-flagged departure of CEO Jean Innes.…