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For the first time in over 50 years, astronauts will see Earth from distant space. Let's hope the images they send back of our fragile home bring some much-needed unityNasa's Artemis II rocket lifts off for historic moon missionMore than 50 years ago, the Apollo astronauts' photographs of Earth seen from the moon had a jolting effect on a society...
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Saunas and cold plunge pools are popping up everywhere in the UK, bringing fiery heat and icy cold to a beach, city farm or park near you. Their users will be ready with all the reasons why it's good for both the mind and the body. But what's the evidence for the benefits of sauna and cold plunge? Madeleine Finlay hears from Ian Sample and from Dr...
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The Murriyang radio telescope in Parkes, NSW broadcast the moon landing in 1969 and is now observing the Artemis II lunar missionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn the day of the Apollo moon landing, 21 July 1969, wind gusts of up to 110km/h buffeted the Parkes radio telescope as it sat in a sheep paddock in regional New...
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Called Foundayo, the tablet becomes the second one to receive FDA's green light after Novo Nordisk's WegovyThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light on Wednesday to a new oral weight-loss medication developed by the Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.Known as orforglipron or brand name Foundayo, the once-daily...
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The company's public stock debut is set to be one of the most valuable in history, and could make Musk the world's first trillionaire.
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We are paying more for a PlayStation so that idiots can use ChatGPT to mislead people on dating apps – something is rotten in the state of gaming• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen the PlayStation 5 launched almost five and a half years ago, it was listed at £449 in the UK. If you were to buy one at the...
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The firm says its operations remain open but says the hack "may result in some delays".
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Calls for tougher laws as network stretching from Caribbean to Georgia generates riches for offshore tycoons by appearing to prey on the vulnerableImmaculately groomed and beaming from ear to ear, Andres Markou looks every inch the golden boy of the gambling sector. The youthful boss of MyStake, a fast-growing digital casino, has been pictured...
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Astrophysicist who studied the outer atmospheres of cool stars including the corona of the sun, visible during eclipsesDame Carole Jordan, who has died aged 84, was internationally renowned for her studies of the outer atmosphere of the sun and other cool stars. In 1994 she was appointed the first female president of the Royal Astronomical Society...
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Almost 30 years after scientists mapped the nerves in the penis, they've done the same for the clitoris. At least men have stopped denying it exists There's no excuse for being icliterate any more. It was a long time coming, but, almost 30 years after the web of nerves inside the penis was charted, we've finally got a similar 3D map of the nerves...
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The more than 100 bat species living in the Mozambican reserve's labyrinth of caves play a key role in maintaining a fragile ecosysytem that benefits wildlife and people• Words and photographs by Kang-Chun ChengAfter wriggling gingerly into a damp, cool cave, Raúl da Silva Armando Chomela waits for his eyes to adjust. Donning latex gloves, a...
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Within the lunar dirt is a type of helium so rare on Earth that a palm-sized container is estimated to be worth millionsIn the silent vacuum of space, five autonomous robots churn through the lunar surface, digging up a loose layer of rock and dust and leaving rows of uniform tracks in their wake.Stopping only to recharge at a central solar power...
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Head of committee says it was appropriate for government to seek guidance on way out of £330m deal with US data companyClaims by Palantir that concerns over the US data analytics company's multimillion-pound NHS contract are "ideologically motivated” have been rejected by the chair of a parliamentary committee.It was also appropriate for the...
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Anthropic, the company behind the AI coding assistant, said it was fixing a problem blocking users.
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Baidu has not responded to a request for comment about the outage, which affected at least 100 cars.
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From an interactive session of Sex With Friends to improvised Robot Karaoke, the Friday Live celebration of play and performance amid the museum's venerable halls was a reminder of gaming's cultural cloutIn the grand entrance of the Victoria & Albert Museum, beneath a looming dome with ancient statues visible through nearby arches, a...
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Company chaired by Trump ally Larry Ellison seeks to reassure investors that bet on AI infrastructure will pay offOracle is cutting thousands of jobs as the US technology company seeks to reassure investors that its bet on AI infrastructure will pay off.The $420bn (£315bn) company, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, started making employees...
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Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them 'pervert glasses'. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?Lately, I've been hearing Judi Dench's voice in my head. She tells me tomorrow's forecast, when to turn right, that there's been another message in my group chat. Day...
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Company said it achieved valuation of $852bn, mentioning in a blogpost it generates $2bn a month in revenueOpenAI announced on Tuesday it had closed a fundraising round of $122bn and achieved a valuation of $852bn. The funding cements the ChatGPT maker as one of the most highly valued private companies in the world.The artificial intelligence firm...
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Meta claims social media addiction isn't real. Juries disagreeHello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. I'm hoping futilely for warm spring weather in New York City, but while it's still cold, I'm sitting inside and reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas...
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Mass of spectators cheers dazzling Florida launch as astronauts head to moon for first time in almost 54 yearsThis Artemis moon mission is a truly unifying international project, one of the few we have leftNasa's moon rocket Artemis II launched on Wednesday evening, carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in almost 54 years.The rocket is...
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Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentiallySome reports suggest that by the end of this decade there could more than 60,000 active satellites in space. Launch by launch, what began with a handful of scientific and military spacecraft has accelerated...
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If all goes to plan, Artemis II, Nasa's mission to return humans to the moon, will launch this week. The mission will mark the farthest that humans have travelled from Earth, and the first return to the moon in more than 50 years. It will also pave the way for landing on the moon again as soon as 2028. But given the Apollo missions have already...
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Anatomy of one of least studied human organs could improve outcomes for women who have pelvic surgeryAlmost 30 years after the intricate web of nerves inside the penis was plotted out, the same mapping has finally been completed for one of the least-studied organs in the human body – the clitoris.As well as revealing the extent of the nerves that...
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A moonless evening away from streetlights will be the best to track down this celestial felineIt will require some patience to track down this faint northern constellation, but it will put another piece of celestial geography into place.Lynx is currently well placed for northern hemisphere observers, stretched high across the sky after nightfall....
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To see or not to see, that is the questionUPDATE: Answers can be read hereHow much information does a sentence need to contain in order to be readable?That's the idea behind today's puzzles. Listed below are ten common phrases or sayings in the English language. Each letter is replaced by a box the same width and height as the letter. Can you work...
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The latest research suggests there's far more to good fortune than mere accidentWhen the founder of Panasonic, Kōnosuke Matsushita, was asked what quality he valued most in job candidates, his answer baffled everyone: whether they were lucky. Not their credentials, not their intelligence, not their experience. Luck. For years, this anecdote struck...
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Grant cuts of nearly 70% may force university departments to close and 'annihilate' research, scientists sayBritish physicists have shaped our understanding of nature and the universe for more than a century, uncovering the building blocks of matter and furthering our knowledge on cosmic puzzles from the big bang to black holes.But senior...
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University's botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist's mentor, 200 years agoPlant specimens and teaching materials that inspired Charles Darwin and qualified him to work as a naturalist on HMS Beagle have been unearthed from an archive in Cambridge and will be used for the first time to teach...
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If you're the glass-half-full type, you should be overjoyed at the news coming out of Yale School of Public Health. But pessimists like me? We're stuffedThere's bad news for me and my fellow Eeyores (there always is): a positive mindset could help you age better. Research led by Prof Becca Levy of the Yale School of Public Health interrogated...
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The first lunar mission since 1972 is about to lift off. It may not be as groundbreaking as the Apollo flights, but don't write off the fascination the moon still exertsOn 21 July 1969, Neil Armstrong swung open the hatch of his spacecraft and clambered down a short ladder towards the surface of the moon. The Apollo 11 moon mission came only 66...
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Prof Ruben Saakyan and Prof Sheila Rowan respond to Prof Charlotte Deane of UK Research and InnovationIf the UK's position in quantum computing is indeed a success story of long-term investment in fundamental science, as Prof Charlotte Deane argues (Letters, 25 March), it makes the current UK Research and Innovation approach, particularly to...
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The Bank of England has got an opportunity to bring these vital species into the spotlight, says Nicola HutchinsonYour article on the Bank of England's plans to feature nature on future banknotes ('A toad is a perfect tenner': experts recommend wild candidates for new banknotes, 21 March) underlines how deeply the natural world shapes our national...
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Th nswrs t tdys pzzlsEarlier today I set you the following puzzles. Listed below are ten common phrases or sayings in the English language, five of which are found in Shakespeare. Each letter is replaced by a box the same width and height as the letter. Consonants are blue, vowels are green.The solutions are presented as a group at the bottom....
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For many young people entering the workforce, the stigma of hands-on jobs is fading. There a competitive appeal – and they all require human expertiseGib and Michelle Mouser are proud of their son's career – just not in the way they once imagined.Only 23 years old, Cale Mouser already earns well over six figures, and he'll end up making...
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Milpitas approves measure to distribute smart doorbells and says residents can upload footage to police databaseA Silicon Valley city will offer its residents free wireless doorbells equipped with cameras to help police collect video evidence.The city council of Milpitas, a suburb north of San Jose, California, recently approved $60,000 to provide...
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It is thought that thousands of people may have lost their jobs at Oracle, one of the world's largest tech companies.
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Attribution science is becoming an increasingly important tool in climate lawsuits.
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As calls for restrictions on under-16s' online activities gather pace, some are urging curbs on online gaming. The idea is a mess from top to bottomLast week, Meta and YouTube were found liable for creating intentionally addictive products that affected the wellbeing of young social media users. The ruling has supercharged an already growing...
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When Ubokobong Amanam lost his fingers in an accident he teamed up with his brother John, a special effects artist, to design a prosthetic that suited him – now they run a thriving business On a humid morning in Uyo, Nigeria, Ubokobong Amanam shows off the lifelike prosthetic where his fingers once were. The skin bears tiny wrinkles, and the...
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Publisher alleges AI research company's chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon seriesPenguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children's books.The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday with a...
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Family pushing for greater controls after inquest finds Oliver Robinson's prescription was 'obstacle' to proper careOliver Robinson felt he had exhausted conventional therapies when he left the Priory, a private mental health facility where he was treated for depression and addiction between 2019 and 2022. Initially he found relief from a new kind...
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Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics companyUK politics live – latest updatesPalantir's UK boss has urged the government not to give in to "ideologically motivated campaigners” as government ministers explore a way out of a £330m NHS contract with the tech company.Ministers...
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The poster child of the AI boom, valued at $850bn, needs to show strategic discipline after 'casting its net too wide' If OpenAI is going to float this year, it has to get serious about its business model. The wow factor around the US company – the poster child of an AI industry boom that has stoked fears of a stock market bubble – has been...
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Meta, Tiktok and Google being investigated for allegedly disobeying Australia's social media banThe Australian government has accused big tech firms like Meta, TikTok and Google of disobeying the landmark ban on under-16s using social media, after the country's online safety office warned many children had accounts.A survey of 900 Australian...
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Other commenters helped me diagnose the problem. When I couldn't afford the solution, someone I knew only by his handle offered to payRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesAs a pensioner, money is always tight, so I was distraught when the secondhand car I'd recently bought began overheating. I took it to three or four different mechanics,...
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Snappy performance, high-quality screen, best-in-class keyboard and trackpad show cheaper can still be greatApple's brand new entry-level laptop is powered by the chip from an iPhone and offers more than just the essential MacBook experience for a great price, putting the PC industry on notice.The MacBook Neo is the first of its kind from Apple. A...
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Regulator eSafety says it has concerns about how Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube are complying with the ban.
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Gavin Newsom signs order to prioritize public safety and rights as president seeks to prevent 'cumbersome' rulesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxCalifornia will impose new standards on artificial intelligence companies seeking to do business with the state, defying Donald Trump's demands to keep the...
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Tim Sweeney, chief of firm that created Fortnite, received backlash after worker's wife revealed loss of life insuranceThe chief of the company that created Fortnite, a popular online game, has issued an apology following backlash after recent mass layoffs cost an employee with terminal brain cancer his job – and his life insurance.On Sunday, Tim...
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Apple Distribution International, based in Ireland, made payments worth £635,000 to a Russian streaming serviceThe UK government has fined a subsidiary of Apple £390,000 for breaching sanctions against Moscow over payments it made to a Russian streaming platform.Apple Distribution International (ADI), based in the Republic of Ireland, instructed...
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Hundreds of thousands of posts have been shared in the past three days as users hope for prosperity
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Slumped on the pavement, she wasn't breathing – and I wouldn't have realised if I'd been listening to music as usual. Time to stop blotting out the world …For years I walked the streets of London wearing noise-cancelling headphones, absorbed in playlists, politics podcasts or long voice notes from friends, and a million miles away from wherever...
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Reporter Aisha Down explores the UK's 'phantom investments' in AI, and the risk the government has taken in betting so heavily on the technology if it all goes bustFor years now, the UK has bet big on AI. As Keir Starmer put it last year, he wanted to 'unleash AI' to boost growth across the country.Yet what has become of the billions promised in AI...
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Humans are returning to the Moon - hear about it on the BBC's space podcast, 13 Minutes
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More tech leaders are pointing to job cuts caused by AI tools - and a need for more investment cash.
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Mainland firms are using the territory to test products and as a springboard for global expansion.
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The US health secretary says he is a big fan of peptides. Many are promising drugs, but the only way to know their utility is proper clinical trialsRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is a chaotic person, but his Make America Healthy Again (Maha) agenda tends to follow a predictable logic. Large-scale, mandatory public health...
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Some doctors argue it allows them to better connect with patients, but advocates warn the AI technology risks the oppositeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen a patient walks into a GP's office in Australia today, the doctor may begin with a question: "Do you give consent to use an AI scribe to record our...
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In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features 'shouldn't be permitted', while education secretary says things 'are going to change'Keir Starmer has backed banning addictive social media features in his strongest intervention yet on curbs that could be placed on tech companies, saying the features "shouldn't be permitted”.The prime...
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US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel 'cold shiver'Recently, the literary agent Kate Nash started noticing that the submission letters she was receiving from authors were becoming more thorough – albeit also more formulaic."I took it as a rise in diligence,” she said....
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Leonid Radvinsky's widow has been left with a crucial role in deciding what happens to the business that made her husband a billionaireYekaterina Chudnovsky, online biographies say, is a mother-of-four who "enjoys spending time with her family and teaching them the importance of giving back and helping others”. They add that Ukrainian-born...
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AI images of people – such as women in military contexts – are making money and serving as propaganda, researchers sayOnline content creators are not just building fake images and videos of prominent public figures, they are also fabricating people and using them in military contexts, which can make them money and even serve as effective...
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Experts say paid participants are using automated tools to generate unreliable survey responses at scaleIf you had been keeping tabs on the news about church attendance in Britain lately, you would be forgiven for thinking the country was in the midst of a Christian revival.Stories of swelling congregations, filled with young people returning to...
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Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for social mediaThe young woman at the heart of what has been called the tech industry's "big tobacco” moment was on YouTube at six and Instagram by nine. More than a decade later, she says, she still can't live without the social media she...
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Experts recommend extremely limited use for children under-two amid 'mounting evidence' of harmful impactThe government has issued new guidance on how much time children below the age of five should spend on screens.Children's relationships with screens have become one of the key struggles of 21st-century parenting, along with the impact of the...
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Updated prices of PlayStation 5 consoles to go into effect on 2 April as electronics makers face rising cost pressuresSony is raising global prices of its PlayStation 5 consoles, including a $100 increase in the US, marking its second hike in less than a year as the entertainment giant grapples with rising costs of key components such as memory...
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The landmark decision in an LA court may go beyond immediate impacts on defendants Meta and YouTube.
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How research linking climate change and extreme weather events is being used in lawsuits.
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The changes will see the recommended retail price of the PS5 rise from £479.99 to £569.99 in the UK.
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Ban includes two exceptions: AI can still be used for translations, and to make minor copy editsWikipedia has banned the use of artificial intelligence in the generation or rewriting of content for its voluminous online encyclopedia.In a recent policy change, Wikipedia said that the use of large language models (or LLMs) "often violates” its core...
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Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permissionAI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, a study into the technology has found.AI chatbots and agents disregarded direct instructions, evaded safeguards and...
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In a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, Lloyds apologised and said some compensation had been paid.
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Undercover reporter gets a taste of the sprawling fraud industry in which cryptocurrencies play a crucial roleFive firms including Autotrader and Just Eat investigated over fake review failingsThe holiday flat near(ish) the Roman ruins of Pompeii was "disgusting”, and smelled of "a mix of dampness and sewage”, according to one reviewer on...
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Banks, governments and tech providers urged to upgrade security because current systems will soon be obsolete Banks, governments and technology providers need to be prepared for quantum computer hackers capable of breaking most existing encryption systems by 2029, Google has warned.The tech company said in a blogpost that quantum computers would...
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Retail sims aren't my thing, but the tactile, nostalgic pleasures of hit indie title Retro Rewind have me yearning for the era of physical media, smoking indoors and uncomplicated geopolitics It's early doors, but 2026 may be the biggest bin fire of a year in my lifetime. Wars starting, then ending, then starting again in the course of a week....
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The UK's competition watchdog says it is looking at five firms in its investigation into misleading online reviews.
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A box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very carefully in the back of an unassuming lorry earlier this week. What looked like a casual drive around the Cern campus was actually a world-first experiment in transporting antimatter, the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth. To find out why scientists...
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Need for abstinence before fertility treatment questioned as study finds sperm deteriorates as it stays in bodyEncouraging men to have more frequent ejaculations may boost their fertility, according to researchers who found that sperm deteriorates over time as it remains in the body.The longer men went without sex, the more their sperm showed signs...
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Researchers detail 'surprisingly large' cardiovascular health benefits of small shifts in behaviourSleeping for 11 minutes more each night, doing 4.5 additional minutes of brisk walking and eating an extra 50g or so of vegetables each day can significantly reduce a person's risk of heart attack, a study has found.Academics found these small changes...
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Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjective experience? These questions get to the heart of the knotty problem of consciousness, and they provided the spark for the latest book from award-winning author and journalist Michael Pollan. In A World Appears, Pollan goes in search of answers about what we...
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Exclusive: Paul Marshall also challenged over his own 'misleading' statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fundThe co-owner of GB News and "committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall has been criticised by a group of church leaders over the TV channel's attacks on climate science and action.The hedge fund manager was also...
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When James Prescott Joule lent his name to a unit of energy, he could not have foreseen today's alarming calculationsThe primary unit of climate collapse is the zettajoule. If you have never heard of this term, you are not alone. Even scientists who work on a planetary scale struggle to relate the immensity of the change measured by this titanic...
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For oncologists like me, it would be a different world if we could accurately detect cancer before it metastasised and reassure patients that early intervention saved livesAt an academic function, a guest asks what I do and I say, "public hospital doctor”, which seems more benign than "oncologist”. When he asks me to elaborate, his eyes widen...
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This frightening outbreak is not yet over, and serves as a reminder of why plans to manage infectious diseases exist The public health measures taken in response to this month's meningitis outbreak in Kent so far appear to be working. Two young people have tragically died – one a sixth-former in Faversham, the other a student at the University of...
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On the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot Lewis several times, then took off with his gun and police star. A week later, police had their suspects: four men affiliated with a gang called the Spanish Cobras. For hours, under intense...
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The whole ecosystem inside a cave feeds off guano, dead bats, or any dead animals on the ground. It's not for the faint-heartedIt can be daunting entering a cave. It is an underground world that possibly hasn't been explored before. The first smell that hits you is guano (or bat poo). Some of these caves host millions of bats – you can hear them...
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With two unprecedented trial defeats, big tech firms face crisis akin to that faced by cigarette makers in the 1990sIn the span of just two days, the most powerful social media company in the world faced a more severe public reckoning than it has in years.Jurors in California and New Mexico gave back-to-back verdicts this week that for the first...
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A federal judge told the government it could not immediately enforce a ban on Anthropic's tools.
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Keir Starmer promises to help parents limit children's online activity as government issues guidance to familiesChildren under five should spend no more than an hour a day on screens, new government advice says.Screen time for children under two should be avoided except for shared activities encouraging interaction, families are advised. Continue...
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Face-off is over company's refusal to let defense department use its Claude AI model in autonomous weapons systemsA federal judge in California sided with Anthropic in its case against the Department of Defense on Thursday, ordering a temporary pause on the government's punitive measures against the artificial intelligence firm.Judge Rita Lin...
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The decision follows activist pressure as Palantir faces growing scrutiny over NHS and UK government dealsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxNew York City's public hospital system announced that it would not be renewing its contract with Palantir as controversy mounts in the UK over the data analytics and...
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US District Judge Jane Boyle said the company had failed to show it had suffered any harm under federal competition laws.
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Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an eggSperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found.When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm tumble around like an untethered astronaut, according to Adelaide...
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Eline van der Velden says she developed her 'digital twin' to provoke discussion but backlash from some has been worse than expectedThe creator of the AI actor Tilly Norwood has said she received death threats after a global backlash against the project, and said she developed it to "provoke thoughts and discussion” about the impact of AI in the...
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One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He's just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounterTowards the end of 2024, Dennis Biesma decided to check out ChatGPT. The Amsterdam-based IT consultant had just ended a contract early. "I had some time, so...
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The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.
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Exclusive: Watchdog issues formal guidance to trustees at top AI research institute after staff expressed concernsThe board of the UK's leading AI research institute has been reminded of its legal duties in areas such as financial oversight and managing organisational change by the charity watchdog after a whistleblower complaint.The Charity...
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Reports it plans the biggest listing ever sent the shares of firms in its orbit soaring in US trade on Wednesday.
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Roblox said safety was a top priority and it had advanced safeguards in place to keep users safe.
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Jury in Los Angeles awards plaintiff damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainderSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMeta and YouTube have been found liable for deliberately designing addictive products that hooked a young user and led to her being harmed, a jury ruled on Wednesday. Jurors...
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Julius Pursaill, Andy Roberts and Jane Oberman respond to Polly Hudson's article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new gameJosh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a game that gave huge pleasure to so many people during lockdown, reportedly sold it for a seven-figure sum. According to Polly Hudson (The Wordle guy's latest move tells us a lot...
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A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.
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Ofcom says decision is 'real win for children and families' but some users raise concerns over privacyMillions of Apple iPhone customers in the UK will now have to confirm they are 18 or older to use all available services, including by showing a credit card or by scanning an ID.The move, believed to be a first for a European market, comes amid...
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Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice ageThey are humankind's best friend, and now ancient DNA analysis has revealed that the enduring bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years.The groundbreaking research, published in the journal Nature, pushes back the...
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Temporary ban on crypto donations is being introduced after review into countering foreign interference in politicsMinisters are introducing a temporary ban in cryptocurrency donations following an official review.Philip Rycroft, a former senior civil servant, made the recommendation as part of a review into countering foreign financial influence...
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Tech firm 'says goodbye' to Sora, made publicly available in 2024, just six months after its launch of a stand-alone appIn an abrupt announcement on Tuesday, OpenAI said it was "saying goodbye” to its AI video generator Sora. The move comes just six months after the company's splashy launch of a stand-alone app with which people could make and...
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After Anthropic refused to let its AI to be used in autonomous weapons systems, Trump ordered US agencies to quit using itSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAnthropic faced off against the Department of Defense in a federal court on Tuesday afternoon, as the artificial intelligence company seeks a temporary...
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As physical media makes an unlikely comeback among younger gamers, the humble VHS emerges as an unexpected archive of gaming's messy, magical evolution that I saw first time around• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAs I am nostalgic and of a certain age, I recently bought a VHS video recorder, just for the...
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Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whimsThe video game industry is currently experiencing a seemingly endless bout of ruinous deja vu. Every month, another publisher posts an all too familiar statement about job losses in its development studios. There will be airy expressions of...
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Former Olympic rower to lead corporation as it hammers out future funding model with governmentThe BBC has turned to a former tech executive to steer it through a critical period in its history, as it attempts to navigate government talks over its future and huge changes in media consumption.Matt Brittin, who stepped down as Google's president in...
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Customers who do not confirm how old they are or are underage will have web content filters turned on automatically.
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Government's pilot ban for under-16s accompanies consultation as peers vote on Australia-style restrictionsHundreds of UK teenagers will trial social media bans, digital curfews and time limits on apps under a government pilot, which will run alongside a consultation to decide whether the UK should ban access to social media for the...
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The move comes less two years after the launch of the AI video app sent shockwaves through the media industry.
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The livestreamed show saw the band perform together for the first time since October 2022.
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Struggling to find the right buzzwords to adorn your CV, or to put a gloss on a series of professional setbacks? There's a translation app for thatName: LinkedIn Speak.Age: One month old. Continue reading...
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New Mexico hails 'historic' win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against usersA New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users.The lawsuit...
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The government will interview the young people and their parents before and after they try the limits to assess their impact.
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The owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been found liable by a court in New Mexico.
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Artificial intelligence is already in use in many areas of healthcare.
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Where traditional religion once gathered people together, digital spirituality is now consumed in isolation, mediated by tech gods with opaque agendasSign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, hereJim Pu'u didn't set out to find God. His soul-searching began with a modest idea: to leave a record of his life in case something...
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Lawsuit argues XAI failed to disclose risks, limitations and exposure to harm that come with using chatbotThe mayor and city council of Baltimore, Maryland, filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI company on Tuesday, alleging that its Grok chatbot violated consumer protections by generating nonconsensual sexualized images.Baltimore's lawsuit argues...
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New Nasa chief outlines changes to moon programme Artemis including repurposing Lunar GatewayNasa is cancelling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct a $20bn base on the moon's surface over the next seven years, its new chief, Jared Isaacman, said on Tuesday.Isaacman, who was sworn in at the...
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Exclusive: Group says measures to curb harmful content will also help to tackle violence against women and girlsMen and boys need as much protection as women and girls from harmful influencers and "the worst parts of the internet”, a group of MPs have told Ofcom as they called for the regulator to give specific guidance to online platforms.More...
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It is the second time in recent years the company has announced lays offs due to struggles with its blockbuster online game.
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Big tech believes the future is AI while everyday Americans remain wary; and the dangers of riding in a Tesla Cybertruck Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery. This week in tech, we discuss a moment of divergence between Silicon Valley and everyday people; deep cuts at Meta to maximize spending on AI; writers caught using...
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Top prediction market sites usher in new guardrails after senators introduced bill that could limit booming industryKalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market sites, rushed to institute new industry guardrails and add new surveillance tools on Monday after two key senators announced legislation that could severely curtail the...
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Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst categoryThe amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online rose by 14% last year, with the majority of videos showing the most extreme type of content, according to a safety watchdog.The Internet Watch Foundation said it...
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Fintech company's profits leap to £1.7bn as it gears up for US push after getting UK banking licence this month Business live – latest updatesThe UK banking app Revolut has said it could face a backlash over its support for energy-intensive sectors such as crypto and AI, as it posted a 57% increase in profits for last year.The fintech, which can...
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There are almost no major brands of internet routers that are manufactured in the US.
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Awarding US spy-tech company deal involving sensitive financial data is 'huge error of judgment', Liberal Democrats sayMPs have urged the government to halt its latest contract with Palantir after the Guardian revealed that the US spy-tech company is to gain access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data.The Financial Conduct...
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CEO of asset manager says only a few firms and investors may reap rewards from growth in the technologyThe boom in artificial intelligence risks widening inequality, with only a handful of companies and investors likely to reap its financial rewards, the BlackRock chief executive, Larry Fink, has said.The boss of the $14tn (£10.4tn) asset manager...
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Ukrainian-American billionaire who owned subscription service for adult content died of cancer, the company saysLeonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has died of cancer at the age of 43, the company announced on Monday."We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with...
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The TikTok trend may be fading, but people of Chinese heritage wonder if an appreciation for their culture will continue after the algorithm moves onGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI have been Chinese my whole life. Lately, many online have also found their Chinese roots, but not through traditional ancestry tests.Creators are drinking...
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Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung control operating systems, allowing them to act as gatekeepers, letter claimsBusiness live – latest updatesThe world's largest broadcasters have pushed for the EU to enforce its toughest regulations against virtual TVs and smart assistants built by Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung.The call came in a letter from...
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As watching videos, using touchscreens, and even livestreaming behind the wheel become more common, experts warn of increased risk of crashes Jackie was on her way to a doctor's appointment last fall when she realized her Uber driver's eyes were not fully on the road. "He had a video playing on his phone and was intermittently looking at it,” she...
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Criminals extorting money online have created huge businesses, complete with branding and HRThe birth of ransomware was a stunt that got out of hand. In 1989, an evolutionary biologist called Joseph L Popp Jr was working part time for the World Health Organisation on the Aids epidemic. He was a difficult man. When he was denied a permanent job, he...
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Campaigners hope pilot will result in heel prick test for rare condition being approved across BritainScotland has become the first part of the UK to screen newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle wastage.Campaigners, who have long advocated for newborn testing because early...
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Mid-range handset gets chip, storage and MagSafe upgrades to offer more essential iOS features for less The cheapest new iPhone has been upgraded for this year with a faster chip, double the storage, automatic portraits and MagSafe, providing even more of the core Apple smartphone experience for less.The iPhone 17e is an upgraded version of the...
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Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacyCampaign groups rail against Palantir, but the UK contracts keep comingPalantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about the US AI company's...
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Regulators narrow securities definitions – a shift that could benefit Trump family's crypto projectsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxOn Tuesday, major US financial regulators published rules for the cryptocurrency industry that may reduce regulatory requirements and that insiders believe will benefit...
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Bill Ready pointed to Australia's social media ban for under-16s as a model, though it does not apply to his companyPinterest's CEO called on world leaders to ban social media for youth under 16 in a LinkedIn post on Friday."We need a clear standard: no social media for teens under 16, backed by real enforcement, and accountability for mobile phone...
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Dozens of Instagram and TikTok accounts have used AI avatars to promote explicit content, the BBC finds.
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Kaiser pushed back on striking workers' claims and AI fears, saying it delivers 'timely, high-quality care to meet members' needs'Ilana Marcucci-Morris is worried about the patients she treats and how long it took for them to arrive in her office. At Kaiser Permanente's psychiatry outpatient clinic in Oakland, California, she says she increasingly...
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Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and texts, to AI companies for quick cashOne morning last year, Jacobus Louw set out on his daily neighborhood walk to feed the seagulls he finds along the way. Except this time, he recorded several videos of his feet and the view as he walked on the pavement. The video...
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Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts sayBy the 1980s, Detroit's once titanic carmakers were being upended by rivals from Japan. Ford, General Motors and Chrysler had grown rich selling gas guzzlers, but when oil prices rose and suddenly cheap, fuel-efficient Japanese models...
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Alasdair Keane visits the underground insect farm turning food waste into animal feed.
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Mediahuis suspends Peter Vandermeersch, who says he 'fell into trap of hallucinations', after investigation by newspaper where he was once editor-in-chiefThe publisher of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has suspended one of its senior journalists after he admitted using AI to "wrongly put words into people's...
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An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in SwitzerlandIt was over beers on an autumn evening in Zurich in 2024 that a group of journalists with an independent Swiss research collective began to discuss investigating Palantir, one of the world's biggest tech...
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The darts star's image has been used legally on darts merchandise, snacks and fashion brands.
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Author Mia Ballard denies having used AI herself when writing the horror story Shy Girl.
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Norfolk and Suffolk researchers say the false information about autism and ADHD is most worrying.
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Experts continue to analyse strain of MenB to understand whether it has become more likely to spread or cause diseaseThe Kent meningitis outbreak may have reached its peak after only two new cases were reported by officials on Friday.The UK Health and Security Agency said that as of 12.30pm on Thursday, there were 18 confirmed and 11 probable cases...
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Causes of meningitis, what the public health response has been, and how the situation differs from CovidThe deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the return of people wearing masks and queueing for vaccines. The scenes are reminiscent of the Covid crisis, but meningitis is very...
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Fire service warns ubiquity of batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulationsLithium-ion batteries represent a new technological hazard that one fire science expert has said keeps him awake at night, as fire service chiefs warn the ubiquity of the batteries in everyday products is outpacing public...
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The finance firm has apologised for the disruption to its website and app, which has angered many customers.
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Artificial intelligence agent instructed engineer to take actions that exposed user and company data internallyAn AI agent instructed an engineer to take actions that exposed a large amount of Meta's sensitive data to some of its employees, in the latest example of AI causing upheaval in a large tech company.The leak, which Meta confirmed, happened...
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From owing a debt to obscure Japanese horror Sweet Home to the influence of Aliens and Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the franchise continues to petrify players three decades onTo many of us playing and writing about video games in the 1990s, Resident Evil seemed to come out of nowhere. The emerging PlayStation and Saturn consoles were all about slick,...
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Researchers find snake metabolite that suppresses appetite of obese mice 'without some of side-effects' of GLP-1 drugsPythons follow the ultimate crash diet, swallowing an antelope in a single sitting and then going for months without eating. Now scientists have identified a molecule that appears to be crucial for this metabolic feat, and which...
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