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Huge data centres are being built to handle AI computing but some experts say they aren't necessary.
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More bosses are sharing the top job giving them more time for family and breaks.
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Companies are trying to wean staff off Excel spreadsheets to centralise control of their data.
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A host of technology is on offer to farmers, promising to raise farming yields and lower food prices.
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AI trained to recognise fire is among the latest developments in fire alarm tech.
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Producers in Jamaica and Antigua hope that increasing liberalisation will lead to higher revenues.
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India is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in building up a computer chip industry.
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The company's revenue was boosted by iPhone sales, but sales of its wearable tech and Mac computers dipped.
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In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tideRobert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of LondonPart one: How liberals lost the internetPart two: How the right won the internetThere...
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New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuseMeta's second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins on Monday.The landmark jury trial in Santa Fe pits the New Mexico attorney general's office against the social media giant. The state alleges that the company knowingly...
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Waymo has laid out plans for a robotaxi service in London with a pilot scheme due to begin in April.
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A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm 'can access virtually all' private communications, a claim the company has deniedUS authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read users' encrypted chats on the WhatsApp messaging platform, which it owns.The reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta "can access...
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Swedish study of 100,000 women found higher rate of early detection, suggesting potential to support radiologistsThe use of artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening reduces the rate of a cancer diagnosis by 12% in subsequent years and leads to a higher rate of early detection, according to the first trial of its kind.Researchers said the...
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Every second, 11m bits of information enter our brains, which then efficiently prioritise them. We need to learn to work with the process, rather than against it It's believed that we have about 50,000 thoughts a day: big, small, urgent, banal – "Did I leave the oven on?”. And those are just the ones that register. Subconsciously, we're...
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A bit like Reddit for artificial intelligence, Moltbook allows AI agents – bots built by humans – to post and interact with each other. People are allowed as observers onlyOn social media, people often accuse each other of being bots, but what happens when an entire social network is designed for AI agents to use? Moltbook is a site where the...
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Social media platform says there are still 'real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe accounts of more than 415,000 users in Australia identified as being under 16 were locked or disabled by Snapchat as...
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OpenClaw is billed as 'the AI that actually does things' and needs almost no input to potentially wreak havocA new viral AI personal assistant will handle your email inbox, trade away your entire stock portfolio and text your wife "good morning” and "goodnight” on your behalf.OpenClaw, formerly known as Moltbot, and before that known as...
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Puzzles one louder than tenIt's two decimal digits long, it's prime, it's a palindrome and it's the number of players in a football team.Let's hear it for "legs” eleven! Continue reading...
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TUC urges ministers to bring forward changes to protect workers amid concerns over apps such as TemperThe fashion retailer Urban Outfitters, the bed specialist Dreams and the operator of several Royal Parks cafes have been criticised for the use of the gig economy app Temper to take on staff – some of whom can end up earning below minimum...
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The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they useAI-generated news should carry "nutrition” labels and tech companies must pay publishers for the content they use, according to a left-of-centre thinktank, amid rising use of the technology as a source for current affairs.The Institute...
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Straddling the celestial equator, the constellation is visible in both hemispheresOrion, the hunter, one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky, is well placed for observation from the northern hemisphere during February. Straddling the celestial equator – the projection of Earth's equator on to the night sky – the...
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Multi-billionaire Elon Musk's electric car maker also said its annual revenue had fallen for the first time.
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Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain organic matterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHow does one acquire star dust? One option, as the Perry Como song suggests, is to catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, so to speak.Thousands of tonnes of cosmic dust...
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Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditionsMany TikTok users across the US say they're rethinking their relationship with the platform since its ownership and terms and conditions have recently changed, with some citing censorship and lack of trust as reasons why they're...
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Agency updates guidance after increase in reports of condition to its yellow card schemePatients on weight-loss jabs and diabetes injections should be aware there is a small risk of developing severe acute pancreatitis, the UK medicines regulator has said.About 1.6 million adults in England, Wales and Scotland used GLP-1 medication, such as...
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We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank TallisWe have never lived so long, so well, nor had more available advice on how to do so: don't smoke, don't drink, don't eat ultraprocessed foods; lift weights, get outside, learn a language. Cosmetics – or...
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In-person interactions break down barriers in east London, as AI startups also try to bridge communication divideWesley Hartwell raised his fists to the barista and shook them next to his ears. He then lowered his fists, extended his thumbs and little fingers, and moved them up and down by his chest, as though milking a cow. Finally, he laid the...
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The march of wearable tech is coming to the aid of women in what some say is a long underserved marketFor any bodily function you want to measure these days there is a gadget – a wristband for step-counting, a watch to track your heart rate or a ring for measuring sleep.Now the march of wearable tech is coming to the aid of what some say is a...
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The firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence.
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Mark Zuckerberg's spending plans hint at further layoffs and changes within Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
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New study into 'heritability' shows that 50% of the variation in human lifespan could be down to geneticsSome people who live to a great age put it down to an evening tot of whisky, others to staying out of trouble. Now scientists think they may have unlocked a key secret to long life – quite simply, genetics.Writing in the journal Science, the...
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Champion of respiratory medicine who was passionate about building bridges between academics and cliniciansMike Morgan, who has died aged 75, was a leading figure in respiratory services in Leicester for more than 30 years. He also championed respiratory medicine at the highest level. It had long been a poor relation compared to other areas of...
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Researchers tell 'human story' about crisis during plague of Justinian, which killed millions in Byzantine empireA US-led research team has verified the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world's earliest recorded pandemic, providing stark new details about the plague of Justinian that killed millions of people in the Byzantine empire between...
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Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts have claimed social media is intentionally addictive and harmfulSocial media companies will have to answer to a jury – for the first time – for allegations that their products are intentionally addictive and harmful to young users' mental health. Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts...
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My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse?• From a priest to a pensioner, a teenager to a tech CEO: can you guess our screen time?In 2003, the Stanford social scientist BJ Fogg published an extraordinarily prescient book. Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do predicted a...
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Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein's islandEpstein files latest: updates as more files releasedElon Musk had more extensive – and more friendly – communications with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously publicly known, according to documents...
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In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstreamRobert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of LondonPart one: How liberals lost the internetThe internet has totally changed the way in...
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From the person who scrolls on the toilet to the one without any social media, what do their digital habits tell us?• Will Storr: we have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones – can we get it back?Dayeon, 16: the teenager who spends less than an hour a day on screens Continue reading...
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A wave of affordable Chinese-made EVs is accelerating the shift away from petrol cars, challenging long‑held assumptions about how transport decarbonisation unfolds• Don't get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereLast year, almost every new car sold in Norway, the nature-loving country flush with oil wealth, was fully electric. In...
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Weather service research concludes that less accurate probability-based predictions are still considered helpfulThe Met Office is to lean into one of Britain's favourite pastimes – talking about the weather – by launching a new two-week forecast.At present, the publicly funded weather and climate service offers a seven-day forecast on its...
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Analysis finds at least 150 channels on messaging app that have distributed AI-generated images and videoMillions of people around the world have created and shared deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown, as the spread of advanced AI tools industrialises the online abuse of women.The Guardian identified...
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AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatmentsResearchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled their latest artificial intelligence tool and claimed it will help scientists identify the genetic drivers of disease and ultimately pave the way for new treatments.AlphaGenome predicts how mutations...
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With Donald Trump tearing up the world order, governments across Europe are having to confront the fact that most of the technology they rely on comes from US companies. French officials have taken a step this week to reduce their dependence on US digital infrastructure, announcing they have stopped using Zoom, the US-owned video meeting software,...
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Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says RefugeDomestic abusers are increasingly using AI, smartwatches and other technology to attack and control their victims, a domestic abuse charity says.Record numbers of women who were abused and controlled through technology were referred to Refuge's...
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The technology giant confirmed the redundancies hours after it told staff in an email sent in error.
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Rocket company examining feasibility of both options before potential $1.5tn stock market flotation, report saysBusiness live – latest updatesSpaceX is reportedly considering a potential merger with the electric carmaker Tesla, or a tie-up with artificial intelligence firm xAI, as Elon Musk looks at options to consolidate his global empire.The...
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World's richest person targeting symbolic date in June for flotation of rocket companyElon Musk's SpaceX is considering a flotation valuing the rocket company at $1.5tn (£1.1tn) that will reportedly be timed for early summer to coincide with a planetary alignment and the multibillionaire's birthday.The world's richest person is targeting a...
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George is an avatar on my mobile but claims to know what makes me tick.
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At a family gathering over Christmas, I took on my 76-year-old mother once again at virtual bowling. Could I finally best her?My mother bore me. My mother nurtured me. My mother educated me. She has a resilience unmatched, a love all-forgiving. She is the glue that holds our family together. But right now, I am kicking her ass at video game...
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The online lessons give advice on things such as how to prompt chatbots or complete admin tasks.
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Study also says almost half have a mental health issue such as anxiety or depressionHow bad is maternal health in Europe, and how can we fix it?Seven out of 10 mothers in the UK feel overloaded and almost half have a mental health issue such as anxiety or depression, new research has revealed.The survey of mothers' experiences in 12 European...
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Cisco chief executive Chuck Robbins compares AI to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s.
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PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; The Game BakersA punishing, beautiful survival game that turns mountaineering into an intimate test of endurance, fixation and emotional resolve – you'll be in tears by the endMountaineers and climbers, especially the free-solo kind, are humanity's most fascinating maniacs: single-minded, daring souls who throw themselves...
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Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Here's what you need to know to navigate the trollingIt started with an image of Trump as a king mocked up on a fake Time magazine cover. Since then it's developed into a full-blown phenomenon, one academics are calling "slopaganda”...
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Lord Stockwood says people in government 'definitely' talking about idea as technology disrupts industries• Business live – latest updatesThe UK could introduce a universal basic income (UBI) to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said."Bumpy” changes to society caused by...
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The ASA upheld complaints that Coinbase's adverts trivialised the risks of investing in cryptocurrency.
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Virus primarily spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccineAirports across Asia have been put on high alert after India confirmed two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in the state of West Bengal over the past month.Thailand, Nepal and Vietnam are among the countries screening airport arrivals over fears of an...
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The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say they don't go far enoughSouth Korea has embarked on a foray into the regulation of AI, launching what has been billed as the most comprehensive set of laws anywhere in the world, that could prove a model for other countries, but the new...
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Starmer's team is wary of spies but such fears are not new – with Theresa May once warned to get dressed under a duvetWhen prime ministers travel to China, heightened security arrangements are a given – as is the quiet game of cat and mouse that takes place behind the scenes as each country tests out each other's tradecraft and...
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Light scattering creates the shade we see when we look skyward, and studies show the process varies around the worldOn holiday the sky may look a deeper shade of blue than even the clearest summer day at home. Some places, including Cape Town in South Africa and Briançon in France, pride themselves on the blueness of their skies. But is there...
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Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it's going to take collective effortSummer after summer, I used to descend into a creek that had carved a deep bed shaded by trees and lined with blackberry bushes whose long thorny canes...
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Thousands of people claim political content is being suppressed after the US operation was spun off.
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Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UKPressure is mounting on the UK government to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s, after a decisive vote in House of Lords in favour of Australian-style restrictions.Peers backed a Tory-led amendment to the children's wellbeing and...
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Company cites impact of mandatory age checks introduced in summer 2025 under the Online Safety ActPornhub is to stop new users accessing its site in the UK from next week, citing the impact of mandatory age checks that were introduced last summer under the Online Safety Act.The pornography website, which is one of the most visited in the world,...
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The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a '50% chance of residing in the habitable zone' of its sun-like star, scientists sayAstronomers have discovered a potentially habitable new planet about 146 light-years away which is Earth-sized and has conditions similar to Mars.The candidate planet, named HD 137010 b, orbits a sun-like star and is estimated...
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If TikTok influencers are to be believed, testosterone, or T, is the answer to everything from fitness frustrations and fatigue to low libido. But doctors are warning that social media misinformation is driving men to seek testosterone therapy that they don't need. This in turn comes with risks for health and fertility. In part one of a miniseries...
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Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube parent Google.
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Under the plan, access to the Meta platforms' core services would remain free.
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The country cut off internet access on 8 January following a government crackdown on protesters.
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Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been 'optimised for nastiness', but collaboration and compassion can prevailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and,...
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Workers informed after message erroneously said affected employees in US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been toldAmazon has told workers it is cutting 16,000 jobs around the world to streamline its operations, hours after sending out a message to staff about the layoffs apparently in error.It is the second big wave of job cuts at the US online...
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The Commission will assess whether "manipulated sexually explicit images" have been shown to users in the EU.
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Beijing's AI policy is focused on real-life applications but Chinese companies are beginning to articulate their own grand visionsStanding on stage in the eastern China tech hub of Hangzhou, Alibaba's normally media-shy CEO made an attention-grabbing announcement. "The world today is witnessing the dawn of an AI-driven intelligent revolution,”...
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, co-directed by Daniel Roher, delves into the world of AI through the lens of personal anxietyAre we barreling toward AI catastrophe? Is AI an existential threat, or an epochal opportunity? Those are the questions top of mind for a new documentary at Sundance, which features leading AI experts, critics...
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In the fiercely competitive market of the online multiplayer game, Highguard's rocky start means it now has a lot to prove• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIn the fast-paced, almost psychotically unforgiving video game business, you really do have to stick the landing. Launching a new game is an artform in...
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The changes mean only those who have a Pornhub account and have verified their age will be able to access it in the UK soon.
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Island's mineral and resource wealth is result of mountain building, rifting and volcanic activity over 4bn yearsAs recent manoeuvres over Greenland have made plain, this mostly ice-covered island contains some of the greatest stores of natural resources in the world, with huge volumes of oil and gas, rich deposits of rare-earth elements and rocks...
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Popularity of EVs in country is part of global trend of emerging markets spurning fossil fuel cars at surprising speedsWhen Berke Astarcıoğlu bought a BMW i3 in 2016, he was one of just 44 people in a country of 80 million to buy a battery electric vehicle (BEV) that year. By the time he bought a Tesla in 2023, BEVs were no longer a complete...
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Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the 'almost unimaginable power' that is 'potentially imminent'Quarter of Britons fear losing jobs to AI in next five yearsHumanity is entering a phase of artificial intelligence development that will "test who we are as a species”, the boss of the AI startup Anthropic has said, arguing...
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While TikTok's future in the US has been secured, questions remain about exactly what changes US users will see.
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Campaigners decry ties with 'Trump-supporting' tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systemsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have accepted $1m (£728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government's...
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From indestructible wallets to Crocs (yes, Crocs), we rounded up the best guy-approved Valentine's Day gifts they won't know how they lived withoutThe 15 US gifts to give the women in your lifeSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsWhether you have been together for years or just made it official, one...
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From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to PokéPark Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pokémon statues when the attraction opens next weekIn Japan, February is normally a period of quiet reflection, a month defined by winter festivals in Sapporo's snowy mountains and staving off the cold in steaming hot springs....
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Mobile Fortify app being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlashImmigration enforcement agents across the US are increasingly relying on a new smartphone app with facial recognition technology.The app is named Mobile Fortify. Simply pointing a phone's camera at their intended target and scanning...
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Tech chiefs waxed poetic about AI to delegates at Davos. Plus, the 'human' drama of AI startups and why Tesla is thriving in TexasHello, and welcome to TechScape. This week's edition is a team effort: my colleague Heather Stewart reports on the plans for AI's world domination at Davos; I examine how huge investments have followed AI companies with...
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Millions of gamers could get compensation if the lawsuit - which accuses Valve of charging inflated prices - succeeds.
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Accused, isolated and constantly under scrutiny, The Traitors contestant drew on years of social deduction gaming to stay calm under pressureThe latest series of The Traitors, which ended last week on a nail-biting finale, featured some of the usual characters – from guileless extroverts to wannabe Columbos endlessly observing fellow contestants...
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Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issueCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom has accused TikTok of suppressing content critical of president Donald Trump, as he launched a review of the platform's content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law, even as the...
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Finding greener ways to keep giant new data centres cool is a challenge.
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The app was due to be banned in the US a year ago if its Chinese owner didn't sell its business in America.
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Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 70% of FTSE 100 as customersA British AI startup that makes realistic video avatars has almost doubled its valuation to $4bn (£3bn), in a boost for the UK technology sector.Synthesia was valued at $2.1bn last year and moved into new offices in central London,...
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Investigation comes after Elon Musk's firm sparked outrage by allowing users to 'strip' photos of women and childrenThe European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X over the production of sexually explicit images and the spreading of possible child sexual abuse material by the platform's AI chatbot, Grok.The formal inquiry,...
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Last week, a UN report declared that the world has entered an era of 'global water bankruptcy' with many human water systems past the point at which they can be restored to former levels. To find out what this could look like, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian's diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, who has been reporting on Iran's severe water...
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The claimants say Google Assistant recorded private conversations without their knowledge.
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Introducing robots and automation to the food industry involves extra hurdles.
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Altman's campaigning for his company coincides with its use of enormous present resources to serve an imagined futureSam Altman has claimed over the years that the advancement of AI could solve climate change, cure cancer, create a benevolent superintelligence beyond human comprehension, provide a tutor for every student, take over nearly half of...
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Britain is losing more jobs than it creates owing to artificial intelligence, Morgan Stanley research suggestsMore than a quarter of Britons fear losing job to AI in next five yearsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK is losing more jobs than it is creating because of artificial intelligence and is being hit harder than rival large economies, new...
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Researchers say artificial intelligence system matches human expert classification about 90% of the timeExperts have created an app that uses artificial intelligence to identify dinosaurs from the footprints left behind after they stomped across the land tens of millions of years ago."When we find a dinosaur footprint, we try to do the Cinderella...
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Southern state becoming ground zero in fight against rapid growth of facilities using huge amounts of energy and waterLawmakers in several states are exploring passing laws that would put statewide bans in place on building new datacenters as the issue of the power-hungry facilities has moved to the center of economic and environmental concerns in...
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Blue Origin will be focused on businesses and governments, while Starlink also offers services to individual customers.
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Better regulation and enforcement urged before launch of oral treatments, which criminals are likely to try to exploitExperts are warning that fake weight-loss treatments could become more prevalent as tablet forms of the medications, currently available only via injections in the UK, are launched.They say stronger regulation and enforcement are...
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Survey reveals 'mismatched AI expectations' between views of employers and staff over impact on careersAI is hitting UK harder than other big economies, study findsMore than a quarter (27%) of UK workers are worried their jobs could disappear in the next five years as a result of AI, according to a survey of thousands of employees.Two-thirds (66%)...
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My mother, Barbara Hurman, who has died aged 100, was an archaeologist specialising in the identification and illustration of finds – the items disinterred during the course of excavations.She worked on a number of sites for the Bucks Museum, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, the Milton Keynes Archaeological Unit, the Department of the Environment...
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I've been a games journalist since 2007, but still there isn't much video games coverage that feels like it's specifically for people like me. So I'm creating a home for it: MothershipWhether you're reading about the impending AI bubble bursting or about the video game industry's mass layoffs and cancelled projects, 2026 does not feel like a...
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Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.
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Traditional bodybuilding advice has been to push workouts to the point of failure, and that soreness is an indicator of effectiveness. But recent studies show there's another wayUntil pretty recently, the conventional wisdom about building muscle was that it worked via a system you might think of as "tear and repair” – the idea being that...
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Guardian found OpenAI's platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniersThe latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk's Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.In tests done by the Guardian,...
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The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silosIn certain corners of the internet, on niche news feeds and algorithms, an AI-generated British schoolgirl has emerged as something of a phenomenon.Her name is Amelia, a purple-haired "goth girl” who proudly carries a mini union...
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Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tech platforms, her father explains why he backs a different approachIan Russell describes his life as being split into two parts: before and after 20...
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US aerospace tech company reportedly held talks last year over private share sale that values business at $800bnElon Musk's SpaceX is reportedly lining up four Wall Street banks to help the company list on the stock market as investors prepare for an expected rush of US tech listings.SpaceX is considering Bank of America, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs...
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Elon Musk's chatbot is under fire for altering images of women to remove their clothes without their consent.
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PC; InkleThe UK game developer's latest is a database mystery constructed from an archive of fictional books. Their combined contents threaten to crack the code of realityBletchley Park: famed home of the Enigma codebreakers using the Colossus computer, and, according to the premise of TR-49, an altogether stranger piece of tech. Two engineers...
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Partnership with tech giant speaks to push to engage younger fans but also has wider strategic goals in mindIn this World Cup year, Fifa has come out of the blocks quickly. In the past few weeks any number of initiatives have been announced or activated, from a data partnership with Opta to facilitate more betting, to the Fifa Pass for speeding up...
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Seven sisters constellation's brightest members will be hidden from view for about an hourOn the night of 27 January, the moon passes in front of the Pleiades star cluster, temporarily hiding (occulting) some of its brightest members from view.The Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters, lie about 440 light years away in the constellation Taurus,...
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Researchers observed the primates switching social groups and passing information on where to find the ripest fruitSpider monkeys share tips about where to find food by changing their social groups in a "clever system for sharing insider knowledge”, research has shown.They were observed to frequently switch subgroups of three or more individuals...
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Bennell-Pegg tells ceremony in Canberra she hopes to use award to inspire young people to chase their dreamsCathy Freeman leads Australia Day 2026 honours listFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs a girl, Katherine Bennell-Pegg would lie on the dry grass in her backyard,...
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The most popular posts on r/animalid are exotic lizards and rare birds – but it's the haziest trail cam screenshots that feel the most dangerous, the most spectacularRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesI spent the first decade of my life in Vancouver Island, Canada, in an area rich with parks, lakes and forests. Deer would occasionally...
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OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOsYou've probably heard of "unicorns” – technology startups valued at more than $1bn – but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the "hectocorn”, with several US and European companies potentially floating on stock markets at valuations...
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Why do some people age better than others? Five extraordinary individuals – who scientists are studying – share their tipsLajuana Weathers is determined to be the healthiest version of herself. She starts each day with a celery juice, is always trying to increase her step count, and meditates daily. Weathers is also 89 years old. And...
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TikTok, YouTube and Meta remain defendants in the case, which is due to kick off next week.
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Experts say tool can give 'completely wrong' medical advice which could put users at risk of serious harm• AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site, study suggestsDo I have the flu or Covid? Why do I wake up feeling tired? What is causing the pain in my chest? For more than two decades, typing medical questions into the world's most...
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Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month• How the 'confident authority' of AI Overviews is putting public health at riskGoogle's search feature AI Overviews cites YouTube more than any medical website when answering queries about health conditions, according to...
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The BBC's Lily Jamali looks into why big US firms and start-ups alike are turning to Chinese tech.
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Researchers found a new way to filter and destroy Pfas chemicals at 100 times the rate of current systemsNew filtration technology developed by Rice University may absorb some Pfas "forever chemicals” at 100 times the rate previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution control and speed remediations.Researchers also say they have...
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AI evangelist Peter Kyle wants to scale up businesses, attract overseas investors and look out for UK's poorer regionsThe UK business secretary, Peter Kyle, has said he is "betting big” and "picking winners” as the government takes direct stakes in growing businesses to boost economic growth.Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where...
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Kristalina Georgieva says research suggests 60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected, with many entry-level roles wiped outArtificial intelligence will be a "tsunami hitting the labour market”, with young people worst affected, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned the World Economic Forum on Friday.Kristalina Georgieva...
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Fetal tissue has been used to advance research into diabetes, Alzheimer's, infertility and vaccinesThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from "elective” abortions, the world's biggest public funder of biomedical research announced on Thursday.The ban marks the latest, and most...
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The government said it expected schools to be "phone-free by default" as a result of the announcement.
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Deployment will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into market dominated by SpaceXJeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into a satellite constellation market dominated...
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Growing concerns about the impact of smartphones on the youngest children must be addressedThe first UK government guidance on young children's use of tablets, smartphones and other screens, expected in April, cannot come soon enough. The laissez-faire approach to the boom in social media, handheld devices and other digital technology was arguably...
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Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers sayPolitical leaders could soon launch swarms of human-imitating AI agents to reshape public opinion in a way that threatens to undermine democracy, a high profile group of experts in AI and online misinformation has warned.The Nobel peace...
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Archaeologists say stencil painted with ochre in limestone cave on Muna Island was created at least 67,800 years agoThe faded outline of a hand on a cave wall in Indonesia may be the world's oldest known rock art, according to archaeologists who say it was created at least 67,800 years ago.The ancient hand stencil was discovered in a limestone cave...
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Researcher points to 'medicalisation of masculinity' after investigating how men's health is being monetised online"If you're not waking up in the morning with a boner, there's a large possibility that you have low testosterone levels,” an influencer on TikTok with more than 100,000 followers warns his viewers.Despite screening for low...
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The studio, known for Assassin's Creed and Just Dance, is also delaying seven titles in a restructure.
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In the UK, 98% of two-year-olds watch screens on a typical day, on average for more than two hours – and almost 40% of three- to five-year-olds use social media. Could this lead to alarming outcomes?At Stoke primary school in Coventry, there are many four-year-olds among those starting in reception class who can't sit still, hold a pencil or...
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Video game publisher to cancel Prince of Persia remake and close studios after several difficult yearsThe video game publisher behind the Assassin's Creed series has cancelled six projects including a remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as it fights to stay competitive in the global gaming market.Ubisoft announced a sweeping...
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Commons will now have to consider Tory-led amendment, which is likely to be supported by Labour MPsAs a parent – and a Conservative – I know that banning social media for under-16s is the right thing to doThe House of Lords has voted decisively for a ban on social media for under-16s in a move that puts pressure on Keir Starmer to bring in...
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Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk's AI image generation tool sparked outrageGrok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in less than two weeks, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it "became an industrial-scale machine for the production of sexual abuse...
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The president wants big tech to pay more for electricity, but he's curbing renewable projects that could boost supplyDonald Trump is worried about datacenters. Specifically, he is concerned about their effects on an already expensive electricity market in the United States. Will Americans' resentment of sharply rising energy costs scuttle his...
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Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but its latest version is one step away from being a game in its own rightA lone concrete spire stands in a shallow bowl of rock, sheltering a rusted trapdoor from the elements. Standing on the trapdoor causes it to yawn open like iron jaws, dropping you through a...
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Trial involving 4,000 children will explore impact on mental health, sleep and time spent with friends and familyA pioneering investigation into the impact of restricting social media access for children in the UK has been announced as politicians around the world consider action on the issue.In December, Australia became the first country to ban...
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The Guardian's science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catching science stories from the week, including a study that suggests positive thinking can boost immune response. Also on the agenda is the mysterious rise of scabies in the UK, and the discovery that cows are more adept with tools than previously knownClips:...
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Joe Yates, Prof Philip J Landrigan, Prof Jennifer Kirwan and Prof Jamie Davies respond to an article on doubts raised about studies on microplastics in the human bodyWhile it may be a belated Christmas present for the petrochemical industry, your article ('A bombshell': doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body, 13 January) was...
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The pair will host Hanging Out as part of a new entertainment channel they are launching online.
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She set the record for most spacewalk time by a woman and spent nine months at the International Space StationSuni Williams, one of two Nasa astronauts whose 10-day test flight mission turned into a nine-month odyssey on the International Space Station (ISS), has retired from the US space agency.The 60-year-old former navy captain left in December...
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After years away revisiting my abandoned island uncovers new features, old memories and the quiet reassurance that you can go home again• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereNintendo's pandemic-era hit Animal Crossing: New Horizons got another major update last week, along with a £5 Switch 2 upgrade that makes it...
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Aurora lights shimmering over Earth were filmed on camera by Russia's space agency Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov from the International Space Station. The phenomenon is caused by solar storms emitting high-speed charged particles colliding with gases in Earth's atmosphere. The most common colour seen during this display is green,...
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The Conservatives want to see ban of all under-16s from social media, but the Lib Dems say that would be a "blunt instrument".
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Veronika's improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cowsI have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle. Take the time when a beef cow called Noisette used her tongue to pull back the catch on the door of her pen so she could steal cattle nuts from the...
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A study of Arabidopsis thaliana plants found that plants growing together activated genes to protect themselves, while isolated plants did notPlants growing close to each other can warn each other about stresses in their lives.Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants were grown on their own or crowded so close together they were touching each...
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State provision for psychological health services is lamentable. Until things improve, let's not judge those who turn to an app for helpIt's a sunny afternoon in a Roman park and a peculiar, new-to-this-era kind of coming out is happening between me and my friend Clarissa. She has just asked me if I, like her and all of her other friends, use an AI...
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Tesla boss clashed with Michael O'Leary when airline boss rejected installing Starlink technology on aircraftBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk has floated the idea of buying the budget airline Ryanair, escalating his public spat with the Irish carrier's boss, Michael O'Leary.The two outspoken businessmen have locked horns since last week,...
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When I swapped my iPhone for a Nokia, Walkman, film camera and physical map, I wasn't sure what to expect. But my life soon started to changeWhen two balaclava-clad men on a motorbike mounted the pavement to rob me, recently, I remained oblivious. My eyes were pinned to a text message on my phone, and my hands were so clawed around it that they...
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Ian Sample puts listeners' questions on sleep to Dr Allie Hare, consultant physician in respiratory and sleep medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals and president of the British Sleep Society. They cover why women experience sleep disturbance during the menopause, why sleep paralysis affects some people more than others, and what scientists...
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