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Some packaging firms say aluminium could be used more widely in packaging, but cost may hold it back
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Matching trucks with cargo has become digitised, adding efficiency, but driving down earnings.
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Big food firms are phasing out artificial colours, so tech firms are rushing to fill the gap.
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The UAE and Saudi Arabia are partnering with the US to position themselves as AI hubs.
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Robots on sale at the store include humanoid butlers, chess partners and dogs.
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The unusual demand adds to challenges facing the firm, which has been seen as falling behind in the chip race.
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The president said he plans to introduce 100% tariffs on foreign-made chips, but the largest producers may avoid the levy.
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The retailer stopped taking orders on its website and app for clothing on 25 April.
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If approved by the energy watchdog Ofgem, it would allow the US firm to take on the UK's dominant suppliers.
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The chip giants will hand revenues to the US government in exchange for licences to export to China.
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The president signs an order aimed at expanding the kinds of investments allowed in retirement accounts.
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GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.
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Nearly one in 10 of the fastest growing channels globally consist of mass-produced, surreal AI-generated videosBabies trapped in space, zombie football stars and cat soap operas: welcome to YouTube in the era of AI video.Nearly one in 10 of the fastest growing YouTube channels globally are showing AI-generated content only, as breakthroughs in the...
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The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the online world will be retired in SeptemberThe hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the nascent online world are to be formally retired when AOL's dial-up internet shuts down in late September.AOL, or America Online, said recently it was...
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Wikimedia Foundation says it will be forced reduce access to site if it is classified as a category 1 provider The operator of Wikipedia has been given permission by a high court judge to challenge the Online Safety Act if it is categorised as a high-risk platform, which would impose the most stringent duties.The Wikimedia Foundation has said it...
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Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notesArtificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England's councils are downplaying women's physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research has found.The study found that when using Google's...
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Grok Imagine's "spicy" mode made explicit videos of Taylor Swift, according to The Verge and Gizmodo.
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The decision by the US health and human services secretary to remove mRNA research funding is ill-informed and dangerousScience is not black and white. It's more complicated and more exciting. It's a constant process of exploration. An adventure into the unknown. Scientists come up with theories about what might be going on, and then test them....
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The Wikimedia Foundation says the new rules could threaten user privacy and safety.
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Non-mRNA jab targeting common mutations in pancreatic and bowel cancers could lower risk of relapseAn off-the-shelf vaccine has shown promise in preventing the return of pancreatic and colorectal cancer, researchers have revealed.Cancer vaccines have been the subject of promising research in recent years. The NHS in England has been trialling...
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Nostalgic social media videos detailing Blair-Brown rivalry elicit cult following among young political fansThis summer, TikTok has been revisiting very public, deeply personal and sometimes toxic feuds from the 1990s.And it is not just the Gallagher brothers – another psychodrama has taken hold: the rivalry between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown....
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Cherry tomato-sized space rock that pierced roof and hit floor of metro Atlanta home is 20m years older than EarthA cherry tomato-sized fireball that crashed through the roof of a metro Atlanta house in June was a meteorite 20m years older than Earth, a scientist has determined.In a news release on Friday, the University of Georgia planetary...
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Researchers say distinct frequency is 'great news' as it will allow their nests to be located with greater easeAsian hornets buzz at a unique frequency that could be the key to controlling their spread, scientists have found, as the invasive species experiences a record year in the UK.Researchers have said this is "great news”, as the hornet...
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With a growing e-waste problem, you're right to pursue a repair, writes policy professional Kat George. Your consumer rights extend beyond a product's warranty tooRead more Australian customer service questionsI have a pair of Beats earbuds I received as a Christmas gift three years ago. They have been replaced once for free by Apple when they...
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The president had been pressing Apple to do more of its manufacturing in the US.
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The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Donald Trump's health chief is a grave risk to world healthProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghYou'd be hard-pressed to find many public health experts who have positive things to say about Donald Trump's handling of...
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Actor who portrayed commander in 1995 Oscar-winning film says Lovell dared to go to places most wouldn't goLate Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has received a tribute from Tom Hanks, the actor who brought him to life in an Oscar-winning movie and said he had gone places most wouldn't dare."There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to...
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Palantir, Geo Group and CoreCivic, cogs in president's enormous detention and deportation machinery, report 'unprecedented growth'The tech, surveillance and private prison providers arming Donald Trump's massive expansion and weaponization of immigration enforcement are running a victory lap after reporting their latest financial results.Palantir,...
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TikTok workers in Berlin are striking over mass layoffs amid company's global push to replace moderators with AITikTok workers in Germany are holding strikes over mass layoffs of the company's trust and safety team. The social media behemoth said it is planning to dismantle its entire Berlin moderation team, which removes harmful content from the...
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PC; Neoludic GamesReal titles from Shakespeare to John Green line the shelves of your seaside shop in a rhythmic, mellow management simulator worth relaxing intoIt is a rare thing in my experience that a resource management simulator, set in a retail or service environment, can strike the precise tone and pace that manages to evoke both interest...
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Whistleblowing complaint warns Alan Turing Institute is in danger of collapse due to government threats over fundsStaff at the UK's leading artificial intelligence institute have raised concerns about the organisation's governance and internal culture in a whistleblowing complaint to the charity watchdog.The Alan Turing Institute (ATI), a...
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Some six months after DeepSeek shook Silicon Valley, is the Chinese AI chatbot still relevant?
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The two-hour debate propelled Jubilee Media into the mainstream and has been viewed 10m times, but some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled contentMehdi Hasan knew he had gone viral. The broadcaster and author saw the views ticking up on YouTube; his phone was pinging incessantly. But the realisation that things had become, well, really quite...
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Shower peaks on the night of 12 to 13 August, when in ideal conditions as many as 100 meteors an hour can be seenThe Perseid meteor shower is widely regarded as the best of the year but better than that, it is happening this week.Active from mid-July until the end of August, the shower peaks on the night of 12 to 13 August, when it can be possible...
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The famous science communicator is planning to release a chatbot designed to answer questions about the climate crisis. Can it work?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere's probably no face, voice or collection of exuberant, patterned shirts more recognisable than those...
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American astronaut and commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission who dramatically brought the crew back to EarthJust after 9.20pm, Houston time, on Monday 13 April 1970, Jim Lovell, who has died aged 97, looked out of the left side window of Odyssey, the command module of the Apollo 13 lunar mission. Caught in the sunlight was what looked like...
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Yes, they can be hard to spot – but this find highlights how little we know about creatures crucial to our ecosystemGwen Pearson is adjunct professor at Michigan State University Department of EntomologyScientists recently announced they had found an enormous new stick insect in Australia. At 41cm in length and weighing 44g, the main question I...
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Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combinedTech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week.Law enforcement agencies,...
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The virtual world can bring a kind of friendship and a kind of connection, even to the grieving. But it can also facilitate exploitation of very human needsJoaquin Oliver was 17 years old when he was shot in the hallway of his high school. An older teenager, expelled some months previously, had opened fire with a high-powered rifle on Valentine's...
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Academic study suggests devices cannot differentiate between someone being overworked and being excitedThey are supposed to monitor you throughout the working day and help make sure that life is not getting on top of you.But a study has concluded that smartwatches cannot accurately measure your stress levels – and may think you are overworked...
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Ozzy Osbourne appeared as an AI-generated image at a recent Rod Stewart concert, prompting questions about how the ghoulish phenomenon will affect grievingRod Stewart had a few surprise guests at a recent concert in Charlotte, North Carolina. His old friend Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of Black Sabbath who died last month, was apparently beamed...
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Government rebates and grants have finally put the country back on the map for the quick-moving field of professional game developmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe idea that video games are not "serious things”, says Ross Symons, overlooks the benefits they...
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Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version's enhanced capabilities come at a steep costIn mid-2023, if a user asked OpenAI's ChatGPT for a recipe for artichoke pasta or instructions on how to make a ritual offering to the ancient Canaanite deity Moloch, its response might have taken – very roughly – 2 watt-hours, or...
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Email obtained by Guardian says Pfizer was told approval may not be granted, meaning Moderna may have to fill gapPfizer's Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this fall, prompting Moderna to fill possible gaps in supply, according to an email obtained by the Guardian.The move would pull...
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Aalborg zoo points to importance of mimicking natural feeding, but critics say its campaign devalues petsAfter a Danish zoo posted a reminder of its long-running programme allowing people to donate their healthy, small pets to be "gently euthanised” and fed to predators, reaction poured in from across the globe.But beyond the battleground playing...
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Concerns that tech company's Israel-based staff may have concealed key details of work follow Guardian investigationMicrosoft is investigating how Israel's military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, is using its Azure cloud storage platform, amid concerns the company's staff in Israel may have concealed key details about its work on sensitive...
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People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squadHanin Al-Batsh estimates she has signed up for more than 80 Bluesky accounts in the last six months.Like hundreds of other Palestinians struggling to buy or even find food in Gaza, Al-Batsh uses Bluesky to...
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Organisers say move will damage nation's scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOrganisers of an international research conference have criticised a last-minute Australian government decision to deny visas to eight invited...
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Nasa hails Lovell for saving 1970 moon mission from 'potential tragedy' and safely returning crew to EarthJames "Jim” Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.Lovell died on Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, Nasa said in a statement. Continue...
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Country is one of only a handful – alongside China and North Korea – where service fails to function as it shouldFor tourists visiting South Korea, one of the world's most technologically advanced nations, navigating the country's urban heartlands can prove surprisingly frustrating for one simple reason: Google Maps just doesn't work...
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Leeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs' aides have nowt to worry aboutAs anyone with even a trace of a regional dialect who has had to pay a parking fine can attest, voice recognition services struggle with accents. Now, people in Mark Sewards' constituency in Leeds are likely to find the same...
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The tournament saw models from Anthropic, Google, xAI and DeepSeek compete against each other to be crowned the top AI chess player.
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Researchers say scientific community is in state of whiplash and accuse president of trying to 'destroy' vital workLast week, the office of management and budget (OMB) revealed plans to freeze all outside funding for National Institutes of Health research this fiscal year, but reversed course later that day, leaving the scientific community in a...
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Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governmentsThe US energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their "worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would "update” the US's premier climate crisis...
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A barmy merging of genres where you can play with balls made from decapitated heads – here's a release that could promote an indie developer to the premier leagueSometimes it's the weirdest combinations that go best together: bacon and ice-cream, pilchards and custard, erm … Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary. But surely no one has thought of...
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Paranoia is exploited to control us. Movies are groomed to flatter us. And trauma has been twisted to make us blame ourselves. How can we make sense of our lives? The two film-makers try to navigate the chaosAri Aster's new movie, Eddington, pits Joaquin Phoenix against Pedro Pascal as men with conflicting takes on how to get their small town...
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Impossible to monitor, a gateway to dangerous content, or a great educational tool? As the social media ban looms, parents tell us how YouTube affects their worldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesChildren to be banned from having YouTube accounts as Albanese government backflips on exemptionGet our breaking news email, free app...
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Many say control measure for mosquito-borne disease hark back to the zero-Covid era, in which people's daily lives were strictly monitoredThere is growing alarm in China that official efforts to control the spread of Chikungunya virus, a non-fatal mosquito-borne disease that has been spreading in the south of the country, are infringing on people's...
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More than 100 million 'novel entity' chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognisedChemical pollution is "a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned.The industrial economy has created more...
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Though GPT-5 model has better coding and writing abilities it is not yet able to 'continuously learn'OpenAI has claimed to have taken a "significant step” towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the launch of its latest upgrade to ChatGPT, but has admitted there are still "many things” missing in its quest to create a system able to...
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Social media post led to discovery that samplers measuring toxic particles in air can also detect fragments of DNAAs the UK's Big Butterfly Count reaches more than 100,000 submissions, an international group of scientists have produced the first national survey of biodiversity using an entirely different approach. Instead of looking for species by...
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Many of the accounts were linked to criminal groups operating in South East Asia, the social media giant said.
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Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are accused of exporting the chips from the US to China through Singapore and Malaysia.
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Tech giant's plan to up domestic investment over next four years comes as it seeks to avoid Trump's threatened tariffsDonald Trump on Wednesday celebrated a commitment by Apple to increase its investments in US manufacturing by an additional $100bn over the next four years.Apple's plan to up its domestic investment comes as it seeks to avoid...
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Site director says 'a kind of camp, a favela' was founded in the ruins of city destroyed in AD79Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins.Despite the massive destruction suffered by Pompeii, an ancient Roman city home to more than 20,000...
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Getting work in gaming is harder and harder, especially for new starters. How are young developers following their passions?
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With distinct, discrete areas that you can visit at any time, this is not a traditional open world adventure, and it resists gamification with the mantra 'there's no goal but to stroll'Here is poetry in the form of a game description. Bernband is "a sci-fi exploration game for people who like to wander…”. Players will be able to simply walk...
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While urban greening can help mitigate extreme heat, such spaces are not distributed equitablyIt has been a summer of heatwaves in western Europe, with record highs of 46C (115F) in Spain and Portugal.An estimated 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities in June, according to a rapid scientific analysis, with two-thirds of...
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On an icy world, a glitteringly hard take on sci-fi emerges which draws on real science as well as Hollywood's cosmic fantasiesWhat defines a game by Don't Nod, the French studio behind acclaimed narrative dramas Life Is Strange, Tell Me Why and Lost Records: Bloom and Rage? Dimitri Weideli, an executive producer at the company, has a hard time...
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If the transaction goes ahead the value of the ChatGPT developer would rise by about two-thirds to $500bnBusiness live – latest updatesOpenAI is reportedly in early talks about a sale of shares held by current and former employees that would value it at half a trillion dollars, overtaking Elon Musk's SpaceX.If the transaction goes ahead, the...
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Productivity Commission report raises possible exemption for 'text and data mining' and expanding fair dealing rules, prompting fierce pushbackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastArts, creative and media groups have demanded the government rule out allowing big tech companies to take Australian content to train their...
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Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians' phone calls on Microsoft's servers in EuropeOne afternoon in late 2021, Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, met with the commander of Israel's military surveillance agency, Unit 8200. On the spy chief's agenda: moving vast amounts of top...
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Lithuania has a promising space tech sector, but it wants more government support.
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Super bright OLED screen, top tracking accuracy, voice control and calls on your wrist are held back by high priceGarmin's latest mid-range running and multisport watch has smartened up with a very bright OLED screen, voice assistant and upgraded sensors.The Forerunner 570 continues the revamp of the company's running watches, which have all gained...
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It's a mystery that has long puzzled researchers. Freud called the phenomenon infantile amnesia, and for many years scientists have wondered whether it's a result of failure to create memories or just a failure to retrieve them.In this episode from March 2025, Ian Sample speaks to Nick Turk-Browne, a professor of psychology at Yale University,...
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Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemicThe US Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of...
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Large study suggests people's genetics could 'tip the balance' on whether they would develop the illnessScientists have found the first robust evidence that people's genes affect their chances of developing myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a mysterious and debilitating illness that has been neglected and dismissed for...
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After 90% loss of global sunflower sea star population in 10 years, researchers hope decline can now be tackledA decade after the onset of a sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic considered the largest ever documented in the wild, researchers have identified the microbial culprit responsible: a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida.In 10...
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Winner of Project Hyperion design contest envisions polyamorous people thriving onboard cigar-shaped craftSpaceships modelled on jellyfish, 3D-printed homes, polyamorous relationships and vegetarian diets are among the ways in which experts have envisaged making interstellar travel feasible.The ideas from scientists, engineers, architects and...
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Even if we don't develop long sticky tongues and a taste for termites, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creaturesWho doesn't love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With their long snouts and even longer sticky tongues, they trundle around, slurping up insects like milkshakes. They have handsome, bushy tails, which they...
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Tech experts criticise Ulf Kristersson as newspaper accuses him of falling for 'the oligarchs' AI psychosis'The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has come under fire after admitting that he regularly consults AI tools for a second opinion in his role running the country.Kristersson, whose Moderate party leads Sweden's centre-right coalition...
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Denise Parks was in bed in her home in Coatbridge when a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning.
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My love for video games has never wavered, I have no intention of growing up and moving onIt is my birthday this week. And while that may not sound like a worthy subject for Pushing Buttons, bear with me.I am now 54 – and so officially in my mid-50s – and I still write about video games for a living. I play video games every day; I work in a...
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Four women travel 140m miles across the heavens – only to find their new world in hostile corporate hands. Composer Jennifer Walshe reveals what fed into her epic opera, from low-gravity procreation to Shrek in spaceWhy write an opera about Mars? Because Mars isn't just a planet. It's a philosophy, an ideology. The way humans think about it...
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Developer of ChatGPT says new tools will be 'for wide benefit', echoing announcement by Mark ZuckerbergOpenAI is taking on Mark Zuckerberg's Meta and Chinese rival DeepSeek by launching its own freely available artificial intelligence models.The ChatGPT developer has announced two "open weight” large language models, which are free to download...
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Instead of giving definitive answers to personal challenges the chatbot will help people reflect on a problemChatGPT will not tell people to break up with their partner and will encourage users to take breaks from long chatbot sessions, under new changes to the artificial intelligence tool.OpenAI, ChatGPT's developer, said the chatbot would stop...
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More Britons in this age group are switching to the video platform, with its shorter, niche and more personal contentUK viewers over the age of 55 watched almost twice as much YouTube last year as they did in 2023, with 42% of them watching on a TV, according to a survey by the communications regulator Ofcom.Here, six people over 50 describe why...
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From an AI spending wave to Palantir's deepening ties with the US government, tech's power is expanding – but for many women, safety online is further out of reachHello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, tech companies are spending amounts of money that stretch the limits of the imagination. Donald Trump's administration is spending more money...
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Politics is struggling to cope with the pace of technological change – and that is affecting every single one of usReturning from holiday, asked where I have been, I want to say "offline”. The more precise answer is France, where the internet is available. But I tried not to use it compulsively because there isn't much point in getting away...
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Carmaker and CEO accused of securities fraud and hiding significant risk posed by company's self-driving vehiclesTesla shareholders sued Elon Musk and the electric vehicle maker for allegedly concealing the significant risk posed by company's self-driving vehicles.The proposed class-action suit, which accuses Musk and Tesla of securities fraud, was...
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An experienced clinician in prosthetics, Jim Ashworth-Beaumont found himself the perfect guinea pig for a radical new option for amputeesWhen the air ambulance brought Jim Ashworth-Beaumont to King's College hospital in south-east London, nobody thought he had a hope. He had been cycling home when a lorry driver failed to spot him alongside his...
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Too much exposure to the sun has traditionally been seen as a danger. Now claims that sunscreen is toxic flood the internet. What does the science say?It's summertime in the UK and social media is awash with influencers airing their concerns about sunscreen. Among them is reality TV star Sam Faiers from The Only Way Is Essex, who believes sunscreen...
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It's used by millions of us every day, but why was the Quick Response code invented?
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China's DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? And: AI doomsday?
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Risks of a wave are compounded by new vaccine restrictions from the Trump administrationCovid is on the rise again in the US, as children begin returning to school and as officials plan to restrict booster shots.While cases are increasing less quickly than at the start of other surges, it is too soon to tell how big the current late-summer wave...
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Farage accuses government of being 'so below the belt' as right wing doubles down on censorship claims The UK's Online Safety Act has been greatly anticipated. Amid mounting concerns about the ease of accessing harmful content online, rules were drawn up to force social platforms to protect children from posts and videos that incite hatred or...
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Sedentary lifestyles are bad for us, but which under-desk treadmills and walking pads are worth the cost? Our expert stepped up to find out• The best treadmills for your homeVarious guidelines suggest we all try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day to improve our health and wellbeing. Public Health England encourages a slightly more manageable...
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PC, Mac, PS5, Nintendo Switch; Playables/PanicClever puzzler has you freely buzzing around trying to quickly achieve all your bucket list activities while avoiding sharp or gooey life-ending hazardsThe death of a housefly is usually an unceremonious event. Within minutes of the insect's appearance in our periphery, a tide of annoyance rises, and...
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Bloomberg journalist Olivia Carville follows a small legal outfit as it takes Silicon Valley's most powerful companies to task for endangering young users"Tweens are herd animals” and have "an addicts' narrative”, according to internal documents revealed by a Facebook whistleblower to congress, making clear the levels of cynicism and...
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Ex-chancellor criticises hesitant approach to crypto and warns country in danger of missing next surge in marketBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK has been left behind in the cryptocurrency boom and is in danger of missing a second wave of demand, according to the former chancellor George Osborne.Osborne, who has an advisory role at the crypto...
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Recently, a group of world-leading scientists called for a halt on research to create 'mirror life' microbes amid concerns that the synthetic organisms would present an 'unprecedented risk' to life on Earth. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay about why this work initially seemed exciting for scientists and what the risks of it continuing could be....
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Dieters in trial lost twice as much weight when avoiding ultra-processed ready meals with as much nutritionPeople lose more weight if they cook minimally processed food from scratch than if they eat ultra-processed and ready-made foods, according to the first study to establish a clear link between ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and weight.Trial...
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Solutions for todays puzzles plus a gallery of readers' designsEarlier today I wrote about ambigrams, a type of writing that is designed to be read in more than one way. Typically, an ambigram is a word or phrase that has left-right mirror symmetry, or reads the same upside down. (To read the article click here.)I set the following challenge –...
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A pun, a puzzle and a work of artUPDATE: Read the solutions hereDouglas Hofstadter is probably best known as the author of Gödel, Escher Bach, a classic of popular science writing published in 1979.In 1983, he coined the word "ambigram”, meaning a piece of text that can be read in more than one way, an art form pioneered in the 1970s by the...
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The Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp-owner is pumping billions of dollars into artificial intelligence projects.
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Yes, the huge firms pushing unsuitable content must be regulated. But until they are, adults can model the positive use of techDr Kaitlyn Regehr is the programme director of digital humanities at University College LondonThis summer the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, announced he was considering a two-hour "screen time” cap on children's use...
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Indie developer's take on the ethical conundrum about choosing who to save from an oncoming train may be gimmicky, but with its charm and bite-size levels, it's ideal for the social media eraIn 1967, British philosopher Philippa Foot unwittingly created one of the internet's most regurgitated memes. A runaway train is hurtling towards five people...
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Jaime Slaughter-Acey's study addresses the high rates of maternal mortality among Black women in the US. Trump's NIH funding cuts threaten her years-long researchJaime Slaughter-Acey was in a state of shock and anger when she learned that her National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study on birth outcomes in Black families was cancelled this...
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When professional services are overstretched, 'always-on' tools like ChatGPT can look attractive. But users must be wary of the many risks involvedThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workTran* sat across from me, phone in hand, scrolling. "I just wanted to make sure I didn't say the wrong...
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Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen describes his years-long investigation into Tesla, aided by a whistleblower, exposing serious safety concerns over the company's carsIn November 2022, a whistleblower contacted investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen.He could not give his name, he said, but he had access to huge amounts of data about Tesla,...
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The head of Google's DeepMind says artificial intelligence could usher in an era of 'incredible productivity' and 'radical abundance'. But who will it benefit? And why does he wish the tech giants had moved more slowly?If you have a mental image of a Nobel prizewinner, Demis Hassabis probably doesn't fit it. Relatively young (he's 49), mixed race...
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Joe Tidy explores how the rise of artificial intelligence may play out.
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The company's self-driving technology failed to prevent a 2019 crash which killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend in Florida.
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The planet will be shining brightly and visible in even the most light-polluted urban environmentsAugust is another bright sky month in the northern hemisphere so we're having to look for late night and early morning events featuring bright celestial objects. Luckily, Venus has us covered. The planet reaches its highest altitude in the morning sky...
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Christine Chapman apologizes for role in identity fraud that amassed millions to allegedly aid nuclear weapons programIn March 2020, about the time the Covid pandemic started, Christina Chapman, a woman who lived in Arizona and Minnesota, received a message on LinkedIn asking her to "be the US face” of a company and help overseas IT workers gain...
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Users may be led down conspiracy theory rabbit holes or into emotional harm by chatbots designed to maximise engagement and affirmation, some sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn 2023, a Belgian man reportedly ended his life after developing eco-anxiety and confiding...
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Huda Kattan is accused of "using her massive platform to spread vile antisemitic conspiracy theories".
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Elon Musk's social media platform says lawmakers made a 'conscientious decision' to increase censorshipElon Musk's X platform has said the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of "seriously infringing” free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content.The social media company said the act's "laudable”...
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Tech giants have spent more on AI than the US government has on education, jobs and social services in 2025 so farThe US's largest companies have spent 2025 locked in a competition to spend more money than one another, lavishing $155bn on the development of artificial intelligence, more than the US government has spent on education, training,...
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World number one Magnus Carlsen takes home $250,000 (£188,000) for winning the online competition.
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Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked researchA new Trump administration report which attempts to justify a mass rollback of environmental regulations is chock-full of climate misinformation, experts say.On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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New documentary Spreadsheet Champions follows six competitors as they head to the Microsoft Office Specialist world championship in FloridaSix years ago, Melbourne-based film-maker Kristina Kraskov read an article about an international Microsoft Excel competition and had two thoughts. The first: "What the hell, that can't be real.” The second:...
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It comes after a hack which exposed thousands of members' images, posts and comments.
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In this episode from January 2025, Ian Sample speaks to Keon West, a professor of social psychology at the University of London, whose new book explores what science can reveal about racism, the inventive methods scientists have used to study it and the scientifically proven ways of tackling racism and discriminationOrder The Science of Racism by...
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The superstar actor will release his latest film on YouTube so families who cannot afford cinema trips can watchAbout ten years ago, Aamir Khan became troubled. Despite being one of Bollywood's most bankable superstars for more than three decades, he realised that only tiny numbers of Indians were watching him on the big screen.Indian cinema is...
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Tech giant sees double-digit revenue rise, with huge gains in iPhone sales, despite stock-price drop and looming tariffsApple has been under pressure this year. It's playing catch-up to its fellow tech giants on artificial intelligence, it's seen its stock fall by double digits since the year began, it closed a store in China for the first time...
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Minister Peter Kyle claims that by opposing online safety laws the Reform UK leader is siding with sex offenders.
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Tech companies are restricting debates of public interest to comply the Online Safety Act, analysis shows.
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No prescribed avenue for social media companies to check users' ages, but options include facial estimation technology and matching photos with IDFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians using a range of social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube,...
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Prof Michele Dougherty, first woman to hold position, is upbeat about role of private sector in space explorationThe Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK's new astronomer royal has said, adding there was a benefit to the private sector playing a role in space exploration.Speaking to the Guardian after becoming the first...
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There's no shame any more, and no better place to lose yourself and the world with a few quiet rounds of Pocket Card Jockey or Marvel Snap than in the quiet of the privyThere are two types of people in the world. Those who play games on the toilet, and those who pretend they don't. I am a proud member of the former category. I realise this may not...
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Parents advised to be vigilant over summer holidays to risk of offenders using in-game live chats to target their childrenFar-right extremists are using livestream gaming platforms to target and radicalise teenage players, a report has warned.The new research, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, reveals how a range of extremist groups...
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A trip to the seaside isn't complete without a jangling cup of 2p coins or an overconfident uncle nursing a sore hand. Here's a rundown of the top nostalgia-inducing gamesThe seaside day trip remains an almost essential component of the school summer holidays, and although the big beachfront arcades have changed a lot over the last decade, they are...
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Race against time to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck off KentThe English warship HMS Northumberland was built in 1679 as part of a wave of naval modernisation overseen by Samuel Pepys, a decade after he had stopped writing his celebrated diary and gone on to become the Royal Navy's most senior...
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Ofcom said on Friday that more than 6,000 porn sites would begin verifying users, but it believes some are ignoring the new rules.
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One in five young viewers go to platform first when they turn on TV, as older people also watch more of its contentAre you watching YouTube on your TV more than other channels?Children are now heading to YouTube from the moment they turn on the television, in the latest sign of the video platform's migration from the laptop to the living...
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Huge increase in online age verifications but many users turn to virtual private networks to access pornography sitesFive million extra online age checks a day are being carried out in the UK since the introduction of age-gating for pornography sites, according to new data.The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) said there had been a...
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Parents of boy born in Ohio, US, used 'adopted' IVF embryo that had been stored away for more than 30 yearsThe world's "oldest baby” has been born in the US from an embryo that was frozen in 1994, it has been reported.Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was born on 26 July in Ohio to Lindsey and Tim Pierce, using an "adopted” embryo from Linda Archerd, 62,...
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Screen time has become synonymous with bad news - but the science may not be as straightforward as it seems
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Serve up perfect rice every time with our expert-tested rice cookers, from space-saving mini appliances to microwave steaming bowls• In the US? Check out our top-rated rice cookers thereHow often do you eat rice? Even if it's not a daily staple in your house, it's safe to say most Britons cook and eat rice at least a few times a week. And while...
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The 2017 flash, which stretched from east Texas to near Kansas City, beat the previous record by almost 50 milesA 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the new world record for the flash registered on 22 October 2017 over the Great Plains in the US....
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Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to 'spark the emergence of a new organ'When it comes to the senses, there could not be a greater difference between Friday night chips and juicy Mediterranean tomatoes.However, scientists have discovered that these two foods are not so far from each other after all. Landmark research...
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Doctors in the UK have announced the birth of eight healthy babies after performing a groundbreaking procedure that creates IVF embryos with DNA from three people. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay about the life-threatening genetic disorders that the technique appears to prevent, and Prof Sir Doug Turnbull describes the 25-year journey to...
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Company's second-quarter financial results showed a booming cloud business and enormous capital expendituresMicrosoft, the world's second-most valuable company, is dumping enormous sums of money into its artificial intelligence efforts. At the same time, the company is earning money hand over fist. Investors are thrilled.The enterprise software...
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In advance of Meta's quarterly earnings report, CEO says his company aims to bring powerful AI into the lives of millionsWhether it's poaching top talent away from competitors, acquiring AI startups or proclaiming that it will build data centers the size of Manhattan, Meta has been on a spending spree to boost its artificial intelligence...
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Initiative involving Americans' personal data on systems run by private firms has 'enormous concerns', say expertsThe Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising easier to access health records and wellness...
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Skulls were collected from all over the world because of some academics' fascination with phrenology, the discredited belief that skull shape denoted intelligenceHundreds of skulls are neatly and closely placed, cheekbone to cheekbone, in tall, mahogany-framed glass cabinets. Most carry faded, peeling labels, some bear painted catalogue numbers;...
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Physicist who worked on Nasa Cassini mission 'absolutely delighted' after being awarded 350-year-old title A planetary scientist whose research revealed the possibility of extraterrestrial life on one of Saturn's moons has been made the first female astronomer royal.Prof Michele Dougherty, a leading space physicist who was a researcher for the Nasa...
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The new tool marks a significant change for the search giant but raises questions for advertisers.
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Newly appointed expedition botanist Matthew Jeffery feels 'daunted' but inspired by his unique globetrotting role collecting wild speciesIt was described as "the best job in the natural world”: an expedition botanist for Cambridge University Botanic Garden who would follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin and go on plant-collecting adventures...
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After a long day of exploring, swimming or hanging with grandparents, games from Fortnite to Super Mario are a good way to wind down. Sometimes I play along, tooWe're a week into the school summer holidays here in England, and I wonder how many parents who started out determined to keep their children completely away from screens are now beginning...
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Thief: The Dark Project converges with Kafka, Gogol and Tamagotichis in this immersive sim with a giant personalityPlanning is half the fun in immersive sims. Titles such as Thief and Dishonored drop players into clockwork worlds where there are emails or letters to be read, vents to wriggle through, and desperate situations to overcome with smarts...
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Rival taxi operators will not face a 20% tax charge on their profit margins outside LondonBusiness live – latest updatesUber's rival taxi operators will not have to pay 20% VAT on their profits outside London after a UK supreme court verdict in a long-running case.The court ruled that private-hire operators do not enter into a contract with...
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Flagship flip folder fits even bigger screen in pocketable clamshell, with a larger cover display, slightly slimmer design and faster chipSamsung's seventh-generation Flip phone trims the fat, gains a bigger cover screen on the outside and a larger folding display on the inside, but fundamentally doesn't reinvent the wheel.The Galaxy Z Flip 7 joins...
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The Australian government says the world-first ban is aimed at protecting youth from online harm.
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First response should be chest compressions rather than preventing 'tongue swallowing', researchers suggestIt is the simple life-saving sequence taught in many a first aid lesson: when someone collapses, first check their airways, then breathing and finally circulation before starting chest compressions if needed.But experts have warned this...
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While Gilmour Space's Eris rocket lasted only 14 seconds in the air above Bowen, nascent Australian space industry says failed orbit attempt is a launchpad for future successFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe spaceship hovered for less than a minute before crashing in...
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Every year since 2016, Will Braden has devoted himself to assembling a feature-length film from snippets of moggies doing the darndest things – and it has started to bring in serious moneyName: Cat videos.Age: 131. Continue reading...
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Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are running ads and events saying their services are safe for children – with the possibility of a legal challengeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government will imminently announce which social media platforms will be included in the under-16s ban.The social services...
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