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AI trained to recognise fire is among the latest developments in fire alarm tech.
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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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Finding greener ways to keep giant new data centres cool is a challenge.
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Introducing robots and automation to the food industry involves extra hurdles.
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The use of the AI tool to digitally undress women has sparked a backlash as well as intervention from the government and regulator.
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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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OpenAI is also expanding its cheaper subscription tier, ChatGPT Go, to all countries where it operates.
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The parent company of X and Grok, xAI, launched a counter-suit saying she had violated its terms of service.
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Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual contentX has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company's claim to have cracked down on misuse.The Guardian was able to create short videos...
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Soaking fabrics in a commonly used insect repellent is a simple and effective tool as mosquito bites become more common during daytime, study showsFrom Africa to Latin America to Asia, babies have been carried in cloth wraps on their mothers' backs for centuries. Now, the practice of generations of women could become a lifesaving tool in the fight...
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Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the 'godfathers' of modern AIWill the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to a land of financial plenty – or will it end in a 2008-style bust? Trillions of dollars rest on the answer.The figures are...
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Artemis II mission could launch on 6 February, sending astronauts on a 685,000-mile journeyNasa is preparing to roll out its most powerful rocket yet before a mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again for the first time in more than 50 years.The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early...
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How would you feel if your therapist's notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings – were exposed to the world? For 33,000 Finnish people, that became a terrifying reality, with deadly consequencesTiina Parikka was half-naked when she read the email. It was a Saturday in late October 2020, and Parikka had spent the morning sorting out...
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Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around worldTikTok will begin to roll out new age-verification technology across the EU in the coming weeks, as calls grow for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s in countries including the UK.ByteDance-owned TikTok, and other major platforms popular with...
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Patrick Vallance says robots would take away 'repetitive' tasks, but Sadiq Khan warns AI will usher in 'new era of mass unemployment'Advances in AI and robotics will transform human jobs, starting with roles in warehouses and factories, the UK science minister has said, as the government announced plans to reduce red tape for robot and defence tech...
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Campaigners claim firm has bought sway over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths Campaigners have accused BP of having an insidious influence over the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) in the UK through its relationship with the Science Museum.Documents obtained under freedom of information...
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Moderators accuse social media firm of unfair dismissal after it fired hundreds in UK just before vote to form unionTikTok moderators have accused the social media company of "oppressive and intimidating” union busting after it fired hundreds of workers in the UK, beginning the process just before they were due to vote on forming a union.The...
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We'd like to hear from young people, parents and teachers about how Elon Musk's controversial chatbot is affecting youDegrading images of real women and children with their clothes digitally removed by Elon Musk's Grok tool continue to be shared online, despite widespread alarm and a pledge by the platform to suspend users who generate them.While...
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This week's furore is microplastics researchers' ozone moment. If they fail, the powerful plastics lobby will step into the breachDebora MacKenzie is a science journalist and author of Stopping the Next Pandemic: How Covid-19 Can Help Us Save HumanityAre we being injured and killed by ubiquitous, teeny-tiny shards of toxic plastic? Or aren't we?...
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The team behind Baby Steps discuss why they made a whiny, unprepared manbaby the protagonist – and how players have grown to love Nate as he struggles up a mountain"I don't know why he is in a onesie and has a big ass,” shrugs game developer Gabe Cuzzillo. "Bennett just came in with that at some point.”"I thought it would be cute,” replies...
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Letters sent using campaign group's template as Keir Starmer indicates Australia-style move being consideredMPs' inboxes have been flooded with letters calling for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s, as the prime minister indicated such a move was being considered.More than 100,000 people have contacted their local MP since the...
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UK government claims vindication after Keir Starmer criticised earlier decision to keep functionality as 'horrific'The UK government has claimed "vindication” after Elon Musk's X announced it had stopped its AI-powered Grok feature from editing pictures of real people to show them in revealing clothes such as bikinis, including for premium...
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Across Europe huge heat pumps are being installed that can heat tens of thousands of homes.
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A Monzo spokesperson said it had activated a back-up banking service after identifying issues affecting its app.
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It's becoming more common for people to use AI chatbots for personal guidance – but this doesn't come without risksSign up for our free newsletter course on how to make AI work for youIf you're like a lot of people, you've probably ditched your new year resolutions by now. Setting goals is hard; keeping them is harder – and failure can bring...
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It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.
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The order follows a nine-month investigation and includes broad exemptions for datacenters and consumersDonald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, under a new national security order released by the White House.The proclamation...
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This is the moment a SpaceX capsule left the International Space Station on an emergency return flight to Earth prompted by a medical issue afflicting one of the astronauts. It is Nasa's first medical evacuation, with the mission being cut a month short. Onboard were American astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, a Russian cosmonaut Oleg...
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Even low levels of widely used agricultural chemicals were linked to accelerated ageing, research suggestsThe lifespan of fish appears to be drastically reduced by pesticides, a study has found.Even low levels of common agricultural pesticides can stunt the long-term lifespan of fish, according to research led by Jason Rohr, a biologist at the...
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Environment minister says attacks on social media affect perceptions of meteorology and denigrate researchers' workSpain's environment minister has written to prosecutors to warn of "an alarming increase” in hate speech and social media attacks directed against climate science communicators, meteorologists and researchers.In a letter sent to hate...
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Research finds no evidence heavier social media use or more gaming increases symptoms of anxiety or depressionScreen time spent gaming or on social media does not cause mental health problems in teenagers, according to a large-scale study.With ministers in the UK considering whether to follow Australia's example by banning social media use for...
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The site's co-founder speaks to the BBC for the online encyclopedia's 25th anniversary.
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Researcher calls for guidelines for diagnosing prolonged grief disorder to be expanded to cover people who lose petsGrief over the death of a pet could be as chronic as that for a human family member, research has shown, confirming what many people already know about their bond with their furry friends.People grieving the loss of a pet can suffer...
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Four astronauts emerge from capsule after Pacific landing, including crew member in 'stable' conditionFour astronauts from the International Space Station have returned to Earth a month earlier than planned after one developed a serious medical condition onboard the orbiting outpost.Nasa confirmed that the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the US...
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Showing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home computer seamlessly integrates modern tech with some wonderful additional touchesThe emotional hit was something I didn't expect, although perhaps I should have. The Commodore 64 Ultimate, a new version of the legendary 8-bit computer, comes in a box designed to...
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The Nobel prize winner discusses claims of a 'boys' club', Elon Musk's fellowship and rightwing attacks on sciencePaul Nurse is a turn up for the books. A Nobel prize-winning geneticist, former director of the Francis Crick Institute and erstwhile head of Rockefeller University in the US, his CV marks him out as one of this generation's most...
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Ian Sample puts listeners' questions on dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal's Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and author of the new book Into the Dream Lab. They look at why we dream, what we can learn by examining our dreams, and what we can do when dreams turn to...
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Microsoft's president said firm won't accept tax breaks in towns for its datacenters as backlash against facilities growDonald Trump said he is partnering with tech companies to ensure the large energy-hungry datacenters vital for AI do not drive up electricity bills in the US. On Tuesday, the US president announced that Microsoft was "first...
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The plan was to get on a bicycle to earn some money. It wasn't to get hit by cars, thumped by skinheads or to see my surroundings in a whole new lightAt first I didn't realise I'd been punched. I'm not sure why my brain assumed a bird had flown into me, but I suppose a magpie attack was more likely than a random bloke lashing out at my ribcage, so...
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Musk attempts to recast AI tool's misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunesHello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. Today, we discuss Elon Musk's rosy depiction of Grok's image generation controversy; the seven-figure panic among Silicon Valley...
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The social media platform has said there was "no breach of its systems" but questions remain.
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Tests showed horses that smelled body odour from people watching scary films startled more easilyHorses can smell fear, or at least whether you have scared yourself witless watching a horror movie, according to researchers who say the effect has consequences for riders, trainers and others who work with the animals.In a series of tests, horses that...
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While Grok has introduced belated safeguards to prevent sexualised AI imagery, other tools have far fewer limits"Since discovering Grok AI, regular porn doesn't do it for me anymore, it just sounds absurd now,” one enthusiast for the Elon Musk-owned AI chatbot wrote on Reddit. Another agreed: "If I want a really specific person, yes.”If those...
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Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatoryMinisters have rolled back plans for a central element of the proposed digital ID plans, leaving open the possibility that people will be able to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work.This will mean that the IDs, announced...
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Decoded genome of meat in pup's stomach helps scientists build picture of what caused extinction of speciesResearchers have shed light on the final centuries of the woolly rhinoceros after studying a hairy lump of meat from the stomach of an ancient wolf cub that became mummified in the Siberian permafrost.The beautifully preserved remains of a...
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If you've ever refused to knock down a game's difficulty level, or chased a purposefully pointless achievement, you might have this pernicious but pleasurable affliction• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereStudies on gaming's effect on the brain usually focus on aggression or the cognitive benefits of playing games....
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Victoria Woodall claims she was retaliated against after reporting a manager who told clients stories about his swinger lifestyle.
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A Tech Life special meeting the humanoid robots designed to help us around the house.
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Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul NurseThe president of the Royal Society has reignited a row over Elon Musk's association with the body by arguing that fellows should only be ejected for fraud or other defects in their research.In an interview with the Guardian, Paul Nurse defended the...
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Video of raids and migrant arrests shared by profile with slogan 'restoring order and control to our borders'A Home Office TikTok account posting footage of deportations and arrests set to dramatic music has been criticised for turning "brutality” into "clickbait”.An account called @SecureBordersUK was created on Tuesday with the slogan:...
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Air fryers have taken over our kitchens, but which wins the crown for the crispiest cooking? Our expert peeled 7kg of potatoes to find out• The best blenders to blitz like a pro, tried and testedAir fryers inspire the sort of feelings that microwaves did in the 1980s. I vividly remember those new-fangled boxes being spoken about often, either...
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The UK government is threatening Elon Musk's X with a ban. The social media platform is under pressure from ministers over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and children to remove their clothes. Ofcom, the UK's media regulator, has launched an investigation into X – and the government says it will support a ban if...
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Sexualised images of real people generated by Grok have circulated on X in recent weeks.
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From smartglasses to nano phone chargers, these futuristic products from the Consumer Electronics Show are available right awayI'm a digital nomad who works on the road. These seven travel gadgets go with me everywhereEvery year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) gives us a glimpse of what's around the corner in tech: creepy humanoid robots,...
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Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content creators, report findsMedia companies expect web traffic to their sites from online searches to plummet over the next three years, as AI summaries and chatbots change the way consumers use the internet.An overwhelming majority are also planning to encourage their...
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PM says he is alarmed at reports about children's screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policyUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told MPs he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people after becoming concerned about the amount of time children and teenagers are spending on...
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Analysts say the deal is likely to be welcomed by consumers - but reflects Apple's failure to develop its own AI tools.
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The latest gadgets, the future in assistive tech and upcoming gaming releases in 2026.
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Despite internet blackout, a small number of Iranians are risking their lives to share messages as protests continueFor most of Iran, the internet was shut off on Thursday afternoon – the most severe blackout the country has seen in years of internet shutdowns, coming after days of escalating anti-government protests.For a very small sliver of...
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It is the most essential thing we do - yet many of us arguably breathe badly. The author of Breath explains how that can be changedIn the last stages of writing his book, Breath, James Nestor was stressed. "Which was ironic when writing a book about breathing patterns and mellowing out,” he says. The book was late; he'd spent his advance and was...
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Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a 'joke'High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist called the...
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There's no need to buy new – unless your model's ready for retirement. Our technology expert compares the top Apple smartwatches available right now• The best running watches – testedThe best Apple Watch may be the one already on your wrist.Each generation of Apple's smartwatch is fairly iterative, with most of the best features added via...
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Faisal Islam gets rare access to Willow - Google's quantum computer.
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After Apple chose Gemini to power Siri, Alphabet surpassed Apple to become second-most valuable company in worldGoogle's parent company hit a major financial milestone on Monday, reaching a $4tn valuation for the first time and surpassing Apple to become the second-most valuable company in the world.Alphabet is the fourth company to hit the $4tn...
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A deadly fungus has already wiped out 90 species and threatens 500 more but Anthony Waddle is hoping gene replacement could be their salvationStanding ankle-deep in water between two bare cottonwood trees on a hot spring day, eight-year-old Anthony Waddle was in his element. His attention was entirely absorbed by the attempt to net tadpoles...
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For those who have spent years trying to raise awareness, Wes Streeting's intervention is 'bittersweet'When former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson announced her twins had been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1), a rare genetic condition that causes muscle wastage, the news quickly made front page news.The call for SMA to be added to...
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The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.
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Behaviour among non-human species could help keep groups together in face of social challenges, says studySame-sex sexual behaviour among non-human primates may arise as a way to reinforce bonds and keep societies together in the face of environmental or social challenges, researchers have suggested.Prof Vincent Savolainen, a co-author of the paper...
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The 'put her in a bikini' trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targetedLike thousands of women across the world, Evie, a 22-year-old photographer from Lincolnshire, woke up on New Year's Day, looked at her phone and was alarmed to see that fully clothed photographs of...
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It said analysts discovered the images on a dark-web forum, by users who claimed to have used Grok
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Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabs' successAs US officials move to restrict vaccines, including the shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), more evidence is emerging to confirm how dramatically the jabs reduce hospitalizations.Announced last week as part of new...
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When Hollow Knight: Silksong came out last summer I was in so much pain that I didn't know if I'd be able to play it. Could a video game teach me anything new about suffering?Last year I became uncomfortably well acquainted with suffering. In March I started experiencing excruciating pain in my right arm and shoulder – burning, zapping,...
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I have paid two monthly £108 instalments but am now phone-less and out of pocketI ordered a £544 phone from Amazon. A tracking update later informed me that it "may be lost” and I could request a refund. I pressed the refund option and was directed to customer service, which insisted I wait a week to claim.A week later I was told I needed to...
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Labour Greater Manchester mayor says he agrees with Kemi Badenoch about need to protect young peopleNo 10 is facing renewed pressure to ban social media for under-16s after the Conservatives and the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, supported limits to prevent harm to children.The government is understood to have no plans for a...
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Neuroscientist Ben Rein is on a mission to show that being around others not only feels good, but can even improve recovery from strokes, cancer and heart attacks. So why are so many of us isolated and glued to our phones?'I hate it.” I've asked the neuroscientist Ben Rein how he feels about the online sea of junk neuroscience we swim in – the...
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In today's newsletter: The chatbot is being used to digitally undress photos of women and children. What can politicians actually do to stop it, and what does it say about our control of the internet?Good morning. Last week, the UK technology secretary, Liz Kendall, said: "We cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these demeaning and...
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Some experts have voiced fears a tech meltdown could hit our savings and pensions – here's how to protect yourselfThe new year has started as 2025 ended – with share prices booming amid warnings from some that the growth is being driven by overvalued technology stocks. Fears of an "AI bubble” have been voiced by people from the governor of...
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Recorded in cave drawings as far back as 1000BC, this is one of the oldest zodiacal constellations to be recognised in its modern formTaurus, the bull, is our focus this week. One of the oldest constellations to be recognised in its modern form, it was recorded as the bull of heaven in Babylonian records from about 1000BC, but cave drawings from...
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Results of research offer hope to older women – but it will be several years at least before technique is approvedHuman eggs 'rejuvenated' in an advance that could boost IVF success ratesIt is a rollercoaster of emotional extremes that will be familiar to many who have gone through IVF treatment: hope and joy turns to despair and back again. This...
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Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood testsGoogle has removed some of its artificial intelligence health summaries after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at risk of harm by false and misleading information.The company has said its AI Overviews,...
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Technology editor Zoe Kleinman explains the row over changes made by X to it's Grok AI image edits, after the UK government called it "insulting".
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Exclusive: US vice-president 'sympathetic' to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PMJD Vance, the US vice-president, has agreed that it is "entirely unacceptable” for platforms such as X to allow the proliferation of AI-generated sexualised images of women and children, David Lammy has told the Guardian.The deputy prime minister...
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Also: advice to reduce screen time, how to maximize your toaster oven, the best gloves and at-home fitness staples This piece was originally published in the Filter US newsletter on buying fewer, better things. Sign up here to get early access to itEach week we cut through the noise to bring you smart, practical recommendations on how to live...
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Swedish producer is trying to to accelerate the process of extracting the elements vital for hi-tech productsIt is deep winter with temperatures dropping to -20C. The sun never rises above the horizon, instead bathing Sweden's most northerly town of Kiruna in a blue crepuscular light, or "civil twilight” as it is known, for two or three hours a...
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions tackles a road safety issue• Read this week's replies: Can you really fake it to make it?What's the point of having speed limits if camera-warning signs and apps allow drivers to slow down in advance – then just continue speeding? Maybe the UK government in its new...
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The End Violence Against Women Coalition said it had been a year since the inital law was suggested
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Zurich-based firm taps into latest robot tech to 'fibre-spray' high-end sports shoes worn by the likes of Roger FedererA robot leg whirs around in a complex ballet as an almost invisible spray of "flying fibre” builds a hi-tech £300 sports shoe at its foot.This nearly entirely automated process – like a sci-fi future brought to life – is...
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Scientists at UCL say drug developers should focus on two risk-raising variants of the Apoe geneNew therapies for Alzheimer's disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never arise if its harmful effects were neutralised.The call to action follows the arrival of the first wave...
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As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot loversLamar remembered the moment of betrayal like it was yesterday. He'd gone to the party with his girlfriend but hadn't seen her for over an hour, and it wasn't like her to disappear. He slipped down the hallway to check his phone. At that...
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Space agency said crew of four will leave ISS next week with goal of touching down in California on 15 JanuaryNasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a "serious” but undisclosed issue.The US space agency announced on social media on Friday night...
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It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
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We've already geoengineered the planet through the careless release of greenhouse gases. Now we need a plan to manage the risks we've set in motionA few months ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene, then a Georgia representative, held a hearing on her bill to ban research on "geoengineering”, which refers to technological climate interventions, such as...
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Nick and Brooke Shirley have for years published conspiracy-minded takes on hot-button rightwing issuesYouTube influencer Nick Shirley, whose viral video alleging fraud by daycare centers servicing Minneapolis's Somali American community came days ahead of the Trump administration's declaration of a national funding freeze, has for years published...
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State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcareA battle is brewing in California over a plan to tax billionaires – with tech titans divided over whether they should pay up, or flee the state.Under a tax proposal that could be put to voters this November, any California...
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From the greatest cartoon racing game in history to a remastered version of an Alien-inspired sci-fi shooter, here are the Switch's must-play games• The 15 best games to play on the Nintendo Switch in 2025Although the Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for several months, not everyone has made the leap to the new machine and there is still much to...
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Experts and community trying to untangle mystery of outburst that saw water travel almost 10km overland into a bigger lakeManoel Dixon had just finished dinner one night last May when a phone dinged nearby with a Facebook message.Dixon, 26, was at his family's hunting camp near their northern Quebec home town of Waswanipi. They knew the fellow...
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Ynys Môn (Anglesey): The wolf moon is spectacular enough, but look east and you'll see a celestial titan the size of a pinprickAs unmissable as new year's fireworks, the wolf moon held the heavens for the first few nights of January, casting an unearthly radiance over everything, night almost as bright as day. Now, as that moon wanes, prepare...
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Certain canines can learn using cues from people's gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers findWhether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young children overhearing adults – but now researchers have found certain dogs can do something similar.Scientists have discovered canines with the unusual...
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Robot vacuums that can climb stairs and device for BlackBerry lovers also on display at annual Las Vegas tech showThis year will be filled with robots that can fold your laundry, pick up objects and climb stairs, fridges that you can command to open by voice, laptops with screens that can follow you around the room on motorised hinges and the...
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As screen fatigue grows, a new trend is swapping smartphones for crosswords and sketchbooks – turning the humble bag into a tool for offline livingThere's a new "it” bag – but this time it is not about a designer label or splashy logo. Instead, it's what is inside that counts.So-called analogue bags, filled with activities such as crosswords,...
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Exclusive: Research suggests supplementing eggs with a key protein reduces age-related defects, raising hopes of improved IVF for older womenCould egg defect breakthrough help stop the IVF rollercoaster?Scientists claim to have "rejuvenated” human eggs for the first time in an advance that they predict could revolutionise IVF success rates for...
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The technology show CES is back for another year in Las Vegas in America.
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Agency says US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than plannedNasa has ordered its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station in its 25-year history after an astronaut in the orbital laboratory fell ill with a "serious” but undisclosed issue.The US space agency said in a press...
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Analysis finds those who stopped using medication saw weight return four times faster compared with other weight loss plansPeople who stop taking weight loss jabs regain all the weight originally lost in under two years, significantly faster than those on any other weight loss plan, according to a landmark study.Weight loss medications, known as...
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Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including CovidSurgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient,...
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Research finds growing trend of employers letting employees work remotely to free up more holiday timeKatherine first caught the bug when she visited Australia a couple of years ago. The flights were expensive, and it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so she asked her manager if she could extend the trip by two weeks, and work remotely from her...
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From cosy museums and tropical islands to nightmarishly difficult adventures – and revamps of favourites including Mario Kart and Pokémon – there's something for everyoneNintendo's newest console has been out for a less than a year but it already boasts an impressive catalogue of excellent new games, as well as a variety of enhanced Switch...
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Our fitness expert clocked up his indoor miles to put the best exercise bikes, including simple spin machines and gym-quality models, to the test• The best treadmills for your home, testedCycling has the potential to benefit your health in myriad ways, whether it's the mood-boosting properties of inhaling fresh air, the social element of riding...
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The firm plans to deploy the technology at the same plant that was involved in a huge immigration raid in 2025.
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Senior insider says 'limbo' at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has hit morale and disrupted vital researchA shake-up of the government's defence science powerhouse at Porton Down has severely damaged morale and harmed work on critical science that supports national security, a senior whistleblower has told the Guardian.The...
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We must not let geoengineering be shaped behind closed doors. Climate justice demands an inclusive approachAs the world faces the challenges of the climate crisis and critical threshold levels or tipping points may be reached soon, a disputable idea is gaining momentum as a potential solution: solar geoengineering – the deliberate reflection of...
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Sample of roughly 500 posts shows how frequently people are creating sexualized images with Elon Musk's AI chatbotNew research that samples X users prompting Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok demonstrates how frequently people are creating sexualized images with it. Nearly three-quarters of posts collected and analyzed by a PhD researcher at Dublin's...
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The chip giant is looking for ways to move the AI revolution beyond software and into physical products.
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Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and childrenUK politics live – latest updatesThe Commons women and equalities committee has decided to stop using X after the social media site's AI tool began generating thousands of digitally altered images of women and children with their clothes...
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The owner of X has grown used to acting with impunity – but this may be a red line for those with 'conservative values' who fund his adventures in free speechIt's a sickening law of the internet that the first thing people will try to do with a new tool is strip women. Grok, X's AI chatbot, has been used repeatedly by users in recent days to...
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Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceledNasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station (ISS) over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday,...
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Grok is being used to digitally remove women's clothing - something victims describe as "dehumanising".
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The firm says its chatbot sees health and wellbeing questions from 230 million people every week.
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Nieuwe Instituut, RotterdamThey have poisoned emperors, taken over insect brains and survived atomic bombs. This Dantean journey through fungal hell is riveting – though frogs may disagreeSylvia Plath's poem Mushrooms is a sinister paean to the natural world. Her observations on fungi are freighted with foreboding, noting how "very / Whitely,...
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Judge says there is plenty of evidence to suggest OpenAI's leaders made assurances nonprofit structure would be keptBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI is to go to trial after a US judge said there is plenty of evidence to support the billionaire's case.The world's richest man, who co-founded OpenAI, is suing the...
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PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, Xbox, PC; Square-EnixThis landmark role-playing game remains a revolutionary tour de forceAt first glance, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, first released in 1997 and now available in newly remastered guise, does little to separate itself from other boilerplate fantasy fiction. There is a...
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Startup founded by former OpenAI staff is aiming to more than double its annualized revenue run rate this yearAnthropic is planning a $10bn fundraise that would value the Claude chatbot maker at $350bn, according to multiple reports published on Wednesday.The new valuation represents an increase of nearly double from about four months ago, per...
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Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstreamOnline criminals are claiming to have used Elon Musk's Grok AI tool to create sexual imagery of children, as a child safety watchdog warned the technology risked bringing such material into the mainstream.The UK-based Internet Watch...
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Elon Musk's social media platform has warned users not to use Grok to generate illegal content.
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Last year was full of unexpected science news, from the discovery of a new colour, to the interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas passing by our solar system, and a world-first treatment with a personalised gene editing therapy. So what will this year bring? Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the big stories likely to hit the...
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Of 17 preservatives studied, higher consumption of 12 of them linked with increased risk of type 2 diabetesHigher consumption of some food preservatives is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, two studies suggest.The findings, published in the medical journals Nature Communications and the BMJ, may have important public...
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AI company's chatbot faces criticism over its generation of sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and girlsElon Musk's artificial intelligence company has raised $20bn in its latest funding round, the startup announced Tuesday, even as its marquee chatbot Grok faces backlash over generating sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and underage...
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In this week's newsletter: Stranger Things' climactic showdown is the latest pop culture spectacle to feel like its been ported straight from a console. The industries' reciprocally influential relationship can be to everyone's gain• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt had begun to feel like an endurance test by the...
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Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experimentThe world is warming fast – and our options to avoid catastrophic harm are narrowing. 2024 was the first full year more than 1.5C hotter than the 19th-century average. Emissions are still rising, with fossil fuel use...
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The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change livesSeven-year-old Grant Leitch had an important question for his mother. He asked if his little brother, Brett, who has cystic fibrosis (CF), was going to die.The South African family, like...
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Lego says its new tech-enabled products are its "most revolutionary innovation" since it launched its mini-figurines in 1978.
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This now venerable hardware remains an ideal platform for classics such as Minecraft and daring experiments from the brightest new developersNow surely approaching their twilight years, the Xbox Series S and X machines nevertheless still have plenty to offer both new and veteran owners. We have selected 15 titles that show the range of what's on...
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They may be small, but toothbrushes can create mountains of waste. Experts reveal how to clean and care for them and extend their life• The best electric toothbrushes, testedIf toothbrushes were sentient, they'd complain about their lot in life. Their thankless existence involves repeatedly cleaning one of the grimmest parts of the body, then...
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Lack of verified information and advanced AI tools make it difficult to separate fact from fiction on US attackMinutes after Donald Trump announced a "large-scale strike” against Venezuela early on Saturday morning, false and misleading AI-generated images began flooding social media. There were fake photos of Nicolás Maduro being escorted off a...
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If you want to doomscroll less this year, try these realistic tips from screen-time coachesSimple daily rituals for building fun, calm and play into your days in 2026Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsI wish time travel were real. If it were, I'd go back to 2006 – the year before the release of...
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The conveniences of modern life such as Uber Eats and ChatGPT are robbing us of satisfaction – and worse still, infantilising us. But should we really go back to the basics? Name: Friction-maxxing.Age: Brand new. Continue reading...
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The solution to today's puzzleEarlier today I set the following puzzle, a pre-commemoration of World Logic Day on January 14. Here it is again with the solution.Middle management Continue reading...
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The US capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Saturday left many people wondering why? Donald Trump hinted at an answer when he claimed the Venezuelan regime had stolen US oil rights and that American oil companies would help to run Venezuela going forward.Jillian Ambrose, the Guardian energy correspondent, explains to Ian Sample...
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Our reviewer sheds some light on adding brightness to your mornings with the best dawn simulation alarms, from Lumie and Philips to Hatch• The best sleep aids recommended by experts: from blue light-blockers to apps to help you napTo wake each day in darkness is a plight you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, yet that's what many of us do...
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These inventions trigger rage, but also optimism. Maybe they will make people think more critically about debate and democracyIt was my blue shirt, a present from my sister-in-law, that gave it all away. It made me think of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, the lowly bureaucrat in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella The Double, a disconcerting study of the...
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Exclusive: Ashley St Clair says supporters of X owner are using his AI tool to create a form of revenge pornThe mother of one of Elon Musk's sons has said she felt "horrified and violated” after fans of the billionaire used his AI tool, Grok, to create fake sexualised images of her by manipulating real pictures.The writer and political strategist...
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New mind-bending puzzlers, landmark RPGs and furry multiverse adventures await you as the PlayStation 5 enters its sixth yearEntering its sixth year, the PlayStation 5 has built up a formidable library of epic adventures, button-pummelling shooters and even the odd cutesy platformer. So whether you've owned the machine for years or only just...
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Jensen Huang also announces at CES new, more powerful Vera Rubin chips that will arrive later this yearThe billionaire boss of the chipmaker Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has unveiled new AI technology that he says will help self-driving cars think like humans to navigate more complex situations.The world's most valuable company is to roll out the new...
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Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is 'somewhat slower' than first predictedA leading artificial intelligence expert has rolled back his timeline for AI doom, saying it will take longer than he initially predicted for AI systems to be able to code autonomously and thus speed their own development toward...
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Three decades after its modest beginnings on Channel 4, the TV juggernaut now has its own channel and global subscribersThirty-two years ago, a small group of archaeologists gathered for a weekend in Somerset to make a TV programme about a field in Athelney, the site where once, 1,200 years ago, King Alfred the Great rallied resistance to the...
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions ponders the online world – from what's despicable to what's indispensable• This week's question: can you really fake it to make it?The internet has turned fringe belief into mainstream politics and policy – from authoritarianism to vaccines. With democracy itself...
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Just a handful of companies can make cadmium zinc telluride, a material with powerful properties.
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It marks the first time the Chinese firm has outpaced its American rival for annual sales.
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The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.
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The move is designed to ensure people pay all relevant tax on buying and selling crypto.
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The price of Ram - once one of the cheapest computer parts - has more than doubled since October 2025.
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Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a hugely important figure in the history of arcade and home gamingIt is difficult to think of a more influential figure in the arcade game industry than David Rosen, who has died aged 95. The co-founder of Sega, who remained a director of the company until 1996, was...
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You can't always get what you want – even when you review products for a living. From kitchen splurges to fashion staples, this is what our contributors dream ofSimple daily rituals for building fun, calm and play into your days in 2026Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsThis past holiday season,...
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Some major retailers and independent stores have introduced AI body scans, CCTV or facial recognition equipment to identify crimes like shoplifting.
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