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Companies are offering tech they say can accurately test the health of batteries in used EVs.
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Smaller Indian towns are becoming centres for training and correcting artificial intelligence models.
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Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.
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Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.
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Plastic recycling plants in Europe are being shut as they struggle to find a business model
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The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.
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Tim Richards said the likes of Netflix and Apple TV are complementary rather than damaging for the big screen.
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Some commentators predict artificial intelligence is about to replace most customer support jobs.
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The government is facing questions over whether One Login can be trusted to keep people's personal data secure.
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Every listing and image related to the sex dolls has been removed from Shein's platform, the firm says.
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Stemaide's goal is to bring tech skills to young Africans and prepare them for future jobs.
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The technology secretary says O2's higher-than-expected price increase is "disappointing" given the cost of living.
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The seven-year agreement will see OpenAI gain access to Nvidia graphics processors to train its artificial intelligence models.
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The president pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder of the world's largest crypto exchange, in October.
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Nexperia chips are vital in car production and there were concerns from manufacturers about the damage a shortage could have.
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The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the new version of the sports management video game after it faced delays and cancellations.
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On 5 November, the moon will be just under 357,000km from Earth, making it appear bigger and brighterThis week brings the largest supermoon of the year. Supermoons occur because the moon's orbit is not perfectly circular around the Earth. Instead, it is an ellipse, meaning that sometimes the moon will be closer to the Earth than at other times.When...
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You try wrapping your head around a string of deals worth nearly $600bnHello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery. If you like reading our newsletter, forward this email to five friends with a demand they sign up like it's a chain letter warning of bad luck for five years. In this week's news, AI companies hit mind-boggling...
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A company called Strike 3, owner of Vixen and Tushy, has clogged US courts with lawsuits, mostly against porn watchers who feel shamed into settling privatelyWhen 73-year-old Tom Brown*, a retired police officer from Seattle, received a letter from Comcast, he might have mistaken it for a broadband bill. Instead, it was a subpoena. He had been sued...
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Sports Interactive; PC (version tested), PS5, Switch, XboxAfter a two-year wait, Football Manager 26 upgrades every aspect of the football sim, but it may take some getting used toYou can imagine what the home fans are singing in the Stadium of Light: "Top of the league, you're having a laugh!” Your Liverpool team, who until this afternoon were...
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Carmaker's seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meetingBusiness live – latest updatesNorway's sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk.The fund, which is the biggest national wealth fund in the world, said that while it...
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Modelling has changed hugely over the decades. Two models from different generations discuss the highs and lows of the industry, from the joy of travel and dressing up to predatory behaviour and physical pressuresIt's easy to think of models as people whose lives are full of glitz and glamour, who "don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day”. But...
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Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and SpainBritain is one of the least "nature connected” nations in the world, according to one of the first ever global studies of how people relate to the natural world.Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people, which looks at how...
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As global leaders and environmental activists descend on Brazil for next week's Cop30 climate summit, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian's global environment editor, Jon Watts, who recently sat down for an exclusive interview with the UN secretary general, António Guterres. As he approaches his final summit as the UN chief, Guterres reflected...
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Agreement to use AWS datacentres, and Nvidia chips inside them, part of $1.4tn spending spree on AI infrastructureOpenAI has signed a $38bn (£29bn) deal to use Amazon infrastructure to operate its artificial intelligence products, as part of a more than $1tn spending spree on computing power.The agreement with Amazon Web Services means OpenAI will...
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Legal requirement to be placed on tech platforms to prevent users from seeing such 'choking' materialPorn featuring strangulation or suffocation – often referred to as "choking” – is due to be criminalised, with a legal requirement placed on tech platforms to prevent UK users from seeing such material.Possessing or publishing porn featuring...
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Cut-price watch offers most of what makes the Series 11 great, including an always-on screen, watchOS 26 and wrist-flick gestureApple's entry level Watch SE has been updated with almost everything from its excellent mid-range Series 11 but costs about 40% less, making it the bargain of iPhone smartwatches.The new Watch SE 3 costs from £219...
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Dutch-controlled company informs customers about suspension but is said to want to de-escalate trade warNexperia, the EU-based automotive chipmaker at the centre of a geopolitical dispute, has suspended supplies to its Chinese factory, stepping up a trade war that threatens to halt production at carmakers around the world.The company wrote to...
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From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to researchThe eminent British historian Sir Richard Evans produced three expert witness reports for the libel trial involving the Holocaust denier David Irving, studied for a doctorate under the supervision of Theodore Zeldin, succeeded David...
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Exclusive: Former PM and ex-Tory leader William Hague warn UK lacks high-risk capital and infrastructure to harness benefits of powerful technologyTony Blair has said "history won't forgive us” if the UK falls behind in the race to harness quantum computing, a frontier technology predicted to trigger the next wave of breakthroughs in everything...
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You can't control this chaotic world, but the best meditation apps can help you control how you react to it, one deep breath at a timeSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsAnxious? Stressed? Trouble sleeping? Meditation is not a magical remedy for all that ails you, but there's a reason that more and...
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System rewards soldiers who achieve strikes with points that can be used to buy more weapons in an online storeA computer game-style drone attack system has gone "viral” among Ukrainian military units and is being extended to reconnaissance, artillery and logistics operations, the nation's first deputy prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, has told...
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Scientists find even modest amounts of exercise appear to delay brain changes and cognitive decline in patientsEven modest amounts of daily exercise may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in older people who are at risk of developing the condition, researchers have said.People are often encouraged to clock up 10,000 steps a day as part of...
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Investment in these vast warehouses is huge but some worry the debt-fuelled exuberance will backfireThe global investment spree in artificial intelligence is producing some remarkable numbers and a projected $3tn (£2.3tn) spend on datacentres is one of them.These vast warehouses are the central nervous system of AI tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT...
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The media regulator said it was disappointed O2 raised prices more than was advertised when customers took out contracts.
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Obsidian Entertainment; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, PCWhile its story fails to deliver, this enjoyable follow-up to Obsidian's 2019 adventure makes it up with considerable advances elsewhereThe Outer Worlds 2 was originally announced in June for £70/$80 – making it Xbox's most expensive game at the time. This was short-lived:...
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Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts sayA golden mushroom that grows in clusters and can attack and kill trees has increased by 200% in the UK in a year because of the hot summer and damp autumn.Recorded sightings of honey fungus are up by almost 200% compared with the same period last year, according to...
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On its release in 1993, Midway's gore-filled fighting game ushered in a new era of hyperviolent gaming that continues to influence the industry to this dayOn 9 December 1993, Democratic senator Joe Lieberman sat before a congressional hearing on video game violence and told attendees that the video game industry had crossed a line. The focus of his...
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Three-year study will test biopsy analysis tool shown in trials to identify men likely to benefit from certain drugsA tool that uses artificial intelligence to help diagnose men with prostate cancer and guide decisions about treatment is to be tested in NHS hospitals, researchers have announced.The £1.9m Vanguard Path study, funded by Prostate...
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Esther Addley reports on a class action suit of more than 3,000 cancer survivors and their loved ones against Johnson & Johnson'I remember lying on a bed,' says Sue Rizello of her earliest memory nearly 60 years ago, 'with my mum leaning over me and using baby powder on me.'Baby powder, or, more specifically, the talcum powder sold by...
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There are calls for AI to be prevented from carrying out actions which might harm humans.
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Bots are driving down human traffic at the world's largest online encyclopedia.
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Camera-equipped sports shades have secure fit, open-ear speakers, mics and advanced Garmin and Strava integrationThe Oakley Meta Vanguard are new displayless AI glasses designed for running, cycling and action sports with deep Garmin and Strava integration, which may make them the first smart glasses for sport that actually work.They are a...
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Virgin Media O2 has partnered with Elon Musk firm Starlink to offer the service.
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Prompts indicating suicidal ideation got alarming replies, which experts say shows 'how easy it is to break the model'An OpenAI statement released this week claimed the company had made its popular service ChatGPT better at supporting users experiencing mental health problems like suicidal ideation or delusions, but experts tell the Guardian they...
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Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O'Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland.In episode two, Nicola hears how Tam's network of Scottish tea growers began to have suspicions about exactly what he was selling and where it came from, and how cutting edge science helped provide some answersSupport the...
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Researchers tracking large cohorts are discovering the effects of sleep, light and therapy on people impacted by winter's arrivalFor some, the darkening days of autumn bring more than the annual ritual of reviving woolly jumpers and turning on the central heating. As the evenings close in and the mornings grow murky, energy ebbs and a heavy sadness...
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Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.
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Can these earphones, with less cost and stigma than real aids, be a gateway for millions with untreated hearing loss?Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsI didn't think much about it when I asked my partner to repeat herself. But then I did it again. And again. And one day, my audiologist delivered...
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Risk to general public is low but cases in California suggest virus is spreading undetected in some communitiesA newer variant of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, is now spreading through some communities in the US and Europe.The risk to the general public is low, but community transmission in new places signals greater challenges for...
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The internet has been rumbling about autocorrect for years – and now AI is changing how the technology worksDon't worry, you're not going mad.If you feel the autocorrect on your iPhone has gone haywire recently – inexplicably correcting words such as "come” to "coke” and "winter” to "w Inter” – then you are not the only one. Continue...
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The site tells BBC News it believes people are viewing riskier sites - but they may just be using VPNs.
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The AI chatbot app, which has millions of users, said it was responding to parents and regulators.
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Modern life is waging a war against ecosystems around us and inside us. Keeping our own microbes healthy is another reason to demand action to preserve the natural worldRead more: The luxury effect: why you'll find more wildlife in wealthy areas – and what it means for your healthHuman bodies are like cities, teeming with microcitizens – vast...
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It's not just what we hear and see that scares us, according to those behind many of video gaming's modern horror classicsThe sound came first. In a San Francisco Bart train tunnel, Don Veca took his recorder and captured a train's metallic roar – "like demons in agony, beautifully ugly,” he remembers. That recording became one of the most...
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Our tech expert is back with an updated guide to the top-tier Android phones, from budget buys to the best for battery lifeNeed an Android phone, but not sure which to go for, or whether to buy new or refurbished? With lots to consider, let me be your guide as you trek through the process of picking the best handset for you.The latest flagship...
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Nasa chief Sean Duffy confirms 1969 landing was indeed real after US celebrity on TV show says 'I think it was fake'Nasa has rejected comments made by Kim Kardashian about the 1969 moon landing and confirmed that it did, in fact, happen.During Thursday's episode of The Kardashians, the Skims founder questioned whether the space mission ever took...
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Tim Cook forecast 10% to 12% revenue growth in the quarter ending in December, typically Apple's biggest of the yearApple reported its first quarterly earnings since the release of its new lineup of iPhones on Thursday, beating Wall Street analysts' expectations. The company showed steady financial growth and a strong bottom line despite slow...
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ChatGPT developer is considering filing for an IPO by the second half of 2026, according to reportsOpenAI is reportedly gearing up for a stock market listing valuing the company at $1tn (£760bn) as soon as next year, in what would be one of the biggest ever initial public offerings.The developer behind the hit AI chatbot ChatGPT is considering...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) sees 20% increase in revenue year over year, topping Wall Street estimatesAmazon has made its first financial disclosures since the disastrous outage suffered by its cloud computing division that brought everything from smart beds to banks offline.In spite of the global outage, Amazon Web Services has continued to grow,...
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The pricing standoff between government and industry has stalled research and put thousands of jobs at risk'We want to see more investment flow to Britain,” the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, urged of big pharmaceutical companies this month, as she indicated that the government was willing to increase the price it pays for NHS drugs. Ministers are...
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The deal will see long term investor Microsoft retain a 27% stake in the ChatGPT-maker.
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Analysis of Montana fossils shows the battling predator was a fully grown Nanotyrannus, not a young T rexThe fossilised remains of two dinosaurs locked in combat have unleashed a fresh drama, suggesting diminutive specimens thought to be Tyrannosaurus rex teenagers could instead be separate, smaller species.The "duelling dinosaurs” fossil, which...
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Tech giant reports earnings of $3.72 per share day after deal with OpenAI pushed value of company to more than $4tnMicrosoft blew off concerns of overspending on AI on Wednesday, reporting elevated earnings even as it faced an outage of its cloud computing service, Azure, and its office software suite, 365. The strong earnings report comes a day...
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The company says the opportunities provided by AI means it needs to be "organised more leanly."
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Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O'Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland.In episode three, all of Tam's lies come to a head and Stuart uncovers exactly where Tam was sourcing tea to supply to hotels and shops. At trial, Tam takes the stand and Richard and the Scottish growers finally get some...
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Book-style Android with cutting-edge AI, good cameras and great tablet screen for media and multitasking on the goGoogle's third-generation folding phone promises to be more durable than all others as the first with full water and dust resistance while also packing lots of advanced AI and an adaptable set of cameras.The Pixel 10 Pro Fold builds on...
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Whistleblowers also accused the charity's leadership of misusing public funds and failing to deliver on its mission.
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The figure could mean potentially hundreds of thousands of users show signs of mental health distress weekly.
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Silicon Valley chipmaker hits $5tn valuation just three months after it was first to break through the $4tn barrierNvidia has become the world's first $5tn company as the artificial intelligence industry and wider US stock market boom. Just three months ago, the Silicon Valley chipmaker was the first to break through the barrier of $4tn in market...
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Move comes as lawmakers move to bar minors from using AI companions and require companies to verify users' ageThe chatbot company Character.AI will ban users 18 and under from conversing with its virtual companions beginning in late November after months of legal scrutiny.The announced change comes after the company, which enables its users to...
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The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents showWhen Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as...
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Researchers find the longest-living mammal is particularly good at fixing faulty DNA – and cold water may helpWith a maximum lifespan of more than 200 years, the bowhead whale lives longer than any other mammal. But how the 80-tonne beasts survive so long has never been fully explained.Now scientists have found hints of an answer and are drawing...
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A recent spate of posts has garnered attention, but Trump and his allies have long been using gaming imagery to mobilise a toxic subculture of 'rootless white males' Just days after Microsoft announced Halo: Campaign Evolved, the next game in its famous science-fiction series, the White House shared an interesting picture on X. The image, which...
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Spending eight hours in a theatre with 70 people playing through political donkey epic asses.masses was gruelling – and a tribute to gaming's shared joyThis weekend, I spent more than eight hours in a theatre playing a video game about donkeys, reincarnation and organised labour with about 70 other people. Political, unpredictable and replete...
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Dyson's latest cleaner is the company's biggest redesign in years. We put it through its paces on everything from flour to pet hair• The best cordless vacuum cleaners for a spotless homeThe arrival of a new Dyson vacuum cleaner is always exciting for a couple of reasons. First, it's interesting to see what Dyson's engineers have developed to try...
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Stick vacuums are a convenient alternative to corded designs, but which model wins for overall cleaning prowess? Our expert reveals all• The best robot vacuums to keep your home clean and dust freeChoosing a cordless vacuum isn't a decision that should be taken lightly. You're likely to keep a vacuum cleaner for years, relying heavily on its...
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The chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee says "robust technical measures" could help reduce phone thefts.
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Videos about personality science are going viral on social media, but beware of giving them credence ...In the 1950s, a secretary in a San Francisco medical office noticed something weird: some of the chairs in the waiting room needed to be reupholstered more frequently than others. Patients with coronary disease, she realised, nearly always...
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Study finds lapses of attention in sleep-deprived people coincide with wave of fluid flowing out of the brainIt's never a great look. The morning meeting is in full swing but thanks to a late night out your brain switches off at the precise moment a question comes your way.Such momentary lapses in attention are a common problem for the sleep...
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The answers to today's puzzlesEarlier today I set these puzzles by quizmaster extraordinaire Frank Paul. Here they are again with solutions.It strikes me that it would be a good coding challenge to find all possible examples of these puzzles using words in a standard English dictionary. Particularly number 2 – are there any strings of more than...
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Young people are eschewing medical trials, to their own detriment. Maybe my tales of pills, tubes and paydays can inspire a generationGen Z has a reputation for being "boring”. Not only do they reportedly prefer going to the gym than the pub, and staying at home and going to bed at 9pm rather than going clubbing, now they are refusing to sign up...
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Want every day to be a good hair day? We tested 20 hair dryers to find the best, from gentle diffusers to high-speed and travel-ready models• The best hot brushes, tried and tested by our expertIn my years of reviewing beauty tech, it was upgrading my hair dryer that made the biggest difference to my beauty routine. I used to dread hair-wash...
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AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett says online crime networks of young boys and men are targeting vulnerable teen and preteen girlsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian federal police will develop an AI tool to decode gen Z and Alpha slang and emojis in an effort to...
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Conundrums for the crossword connoisseurToday's teasers come from pub quiz legend, Only Connect champion, and wizard of wordplay Frank Paul.One of his fortes is puzzles based on letter or word patterns, such as the ones below. Continue reading...
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Tech company's stock enters positive territory for first time this year after gaining about 13% since new iPhone launchesApple topped $4tn (£3tn) in market value for the first time on Tuesday, joining Microsoft and Nvidia as the third company in history to hit the milestone, thanks to strong demand for its latest iPhones.Apple's share price has...
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Programme is designed to defend energy, transport and utilities amid concern over vulnerability to internet outagesBritain's leading AI institute has announced a new mission to help protect the nation from cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and utilities, after it was embroiled in allegations of toxic work culture and the...
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Restructuring paves way for ChatGPT maker to more easily raise capital and profit off its AI technologyOpenAI said on Tuesday it had converted its main business into a for-profit corporation, the conclusion of a lengthy and fraught legal saga.A crucial regulator, Kathy Jennings, the Delaware attorney general, said she approved the plan for the...
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Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival began as a lockdown project and has now become an annual gaming tradition. My children and I paid it a visitIn an attempt to avoid spending £80 to walk around a local park with my children to see some underwhelming spooky decorations, and having failed for the fifth year in a row to secure a ticket to a Scottish farm to...
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Retail giant, which is vying to reverse pandemic hiring spree, attempts to cut costs and slim down its operationAmazon has confirmed plans to lay off 14,000 corporate workers, as part of a wave of cuts expected to hit tens of thousands of jobs.The Seattle-based retail giant, which is vying to reverse a pandemic hiring spree, is attempting to cut...
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Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O'Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland.In episode one, Nicola looks back on her first meeting with Tam while working on a feature about tea plantations in the UK. He was selling his award-winning Scottish-grown tea to some of the UK's finest hotels, but something...
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Research shows 4K or 8K screens offer no distinguishable benefit over similarly sized 2K screen in average living roomMany modern living rooms are now dominated by a huge television, but researchers say there might be little point in plumping for an ultra-high-definition model.Scientists at the University of Cambridge and Meta, the company that...
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After the release of a slew of other AI-integrated browsers, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo discusses ChatGPT Atlas, the Google monopoly trial – and the futureDo you need an assistant for your online activities?Multiple major players in artificial intelligence are moving on from chatbots like ChatGPT and are now focusing their efforts on new browsers with...
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Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medicThis essay was originally published on Rest of worldEvery few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in...
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Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon ValleyIn March, three months after being forced out of his position as the CEO of Intel and sued by shareholders, Patrick Gelsinger took the reins at Gloo, a technology company made for what he calls the "faith ecosystem” – think...
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In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people's encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon Musk branding it 'Wokipedia' and AI looming large, can it survive?Wikipedia will be 25 years old in January. Jimmy Wales's daughter will be 25 and...
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The government plans to introduce the scheme for workers by the end of parliament in 2028.
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Attorney general Michelle Rowland shuts down contentious proposal to grant copyright exemption for AI modelsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has explicitly ruled out handing tech companies free rein to mine creative content to train their...
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A new wave of socially engaged movies is storming the box office and changing how we think about the genreIt should surprise no one to learn that 2025 is being hailed as a golden year for horror films. All horror movies are a reflection of their time, and ours are pretty scary.Tech dystopianism means that Frankenstein's monster has become...
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The dairy industry rallies and start-ups emerge thanks to the fashion for high-protein foods.
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Successive governments criticised for doing 'virtually nothing' to reduce risk in decade since cancer link foundBacon and ham sold in the UK should carry cigarette-style labels warning that chemicals in them cause bowel cancer, scientists say.Their demand comes as they criticise successive British governments for doing "virtually nothing” to...
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Scientists warn of 'insidious risks' of increasingly popular technology that affirms even harmful behaviourTurning to AI chatbots for personal advice poses "insidious risks”, according to a study showing the technology consistently affirms a user's actions and opinions even when harmful.Scientists said the findings raised urgent concerns over the...
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Researchers suggest 'sex-specific strategies' after analysis of cardiovascular health improvementsMen may need to exercise twice as much as women to achieve the same reduction in coronary heart disease risk, according to researchers, who say healthy living guidelines should take account of the sex differences.Scientists analysed physical activity...
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Raw Fury/Spooky Doorway; PCAn atmospheric folk-horror adventure combines colonial guilt, spiritualism and supernatural chills in a tale of secrets and seances on Ireland's haunted west coastA remote manor house on the west coast of Ireland, an eccentric cast of misfits and ne'er-do-wells, a dapper investigator with secrets of his own. The Séance...
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Third-gen watch adds 5G, satellite SOS and messaging, a bigger screen and longer battery life in same rugged designThe biggest, baddest and boldest Apple Watch is back for its third generation, adding a bigger screen, longer battery life and satellite messaging for when lost in the wilderness.The Ultra 3 is Apple's answer to adventure watches such...
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Executives at world's biggest datacentre owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilitiesAmazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres' water use, a leaked internal document reveals.The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft...
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It is the lowest number of cars made in any September in the UK since 1952, including the pandemic.
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OpenAI hopes to upend the browser market currently dominated by Google Chrome, but it depends on paid users.
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Millions of UK app purchasers may be able to claim damages, but Apple says it will appeal
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Catching this distinctive but faint zigzag constellation will require a dark sky, well away from street lightsTime to track down a faint gem of the northern skies. Nestled between the bright constellations of Cygnus, the swan, and the mythical mother-daughter pair of Cassiopeia and Andromeda, Lacerta, the lizard, is admittedly a faint...
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Electronic implants are helping people to see again. Their promise is profound, but so are the risks. Progress must be guided by ethics and accessibilityIn medical terms, the eye is not the window to the soul, but to the mind. The retina and the optic nerve are outgrowths of neural tissue, and the remarkable success of electronic implants in...
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Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down …It is the morning after the internet went offline and, as much as you would like to think you would be delighted, you are likely to be wondering what to do.You could buy groceries with a chequebook,...
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhy aren't more animals hermaphrodites? Snails and worms seem to have been successful using that method for sharing genes between any two individuals, but vertebrates evolved...
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Given that we've literally grown up with them, we often know surprisingly little about how our bodies work. This new series aims to fill the gapsAll vertebrates yawn, or indulge in a behaviour that's at least recognisable as yawn-adjacent. Sociable baboons yawn, but so do semi-solitary orangutans. Parakeets, penguins and crocodiles yawn – and so,...
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The Reform UK leader is courting the crypto community in the hope it could become a campaign funding baseIt is a grey morning in Shadwell, east London. But inside the old shell of Tobacco Dock, the gloom gives way to pulsating neon lights, flashy cars and cryptocurrency chatter.Evangelists for Web3, a vision for the next era of the internet, have...
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Vaccine production must be expanded to combat this ancient disease, especially in Africa. But a lack of political will is holding us backHakainde Hichilema is president of Zambia. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is director general of the World Health OrganizationThe last outbreak of cholera in Britain was in 1866; in the United States there has not...
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Children across the UK have been shouting out 'six-seven' during lessons. How are teachers reacting?Across the UK, school pupils have been shouting out the words "six-seven” during lessons in the latest meme-based craze to sweep through classrooms.While some teachers have chosen to stoically ignore the trend, others have embraced it. Five...
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Oxfordshire: One minute you're looking at an old, wet tree stump, the next you're looking at some veiled poisonpie or smoky polyporeMy local nature reserve used to be a Victorian rubbish dump, but now it is full of wildlife. And if you look closely on old logs on a mild, damp day you will probably see some wonders: fungi.I went to visit last week....
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Analysis of DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave suggests soldiers had paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever When Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers died.Researchers now say they have identified two...
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Like 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdownWhen HAL 9000, the artificial intelligence supercomputer in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, works out that the astronauts onboard a mission to Jupiter are planning to shut it down, it plots to kill them in an attempt to...
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More people are turning to AI for help with their relationships, but is that a good idea?
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The tech giant also announced a new robotic arm and an AI tool to improve efficiency at its warehouses.
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Elon Musk's electric car maker reported record revenue as US buyers rushed to secure a key tax credit.
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Taki Allen, 16, said he was eating a bag of Doritos after football practice before being handcuffed by police.
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Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspiciousAn artificial intelligence system (AI) apparently mistook a high school student's bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.Taki Allen was sitting with friends on Monday night outside Kenwood high...
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When our family board game night got cancelled, I sampled digital spins on the classics instead. I'm not sure I should have bothered – with one exception …I don't play video game versions of board games. Why would you? The whole point of video games is to be faster, more visually arresting, and less reliant on other humans than old games played...
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The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is estimated to cost £2.1bn, the Cyber Monitoring Centre says.
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We put nine clippers to the test for every beard and budget, from a decades-old classic to waterproof and travel-friendly models• Don't get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereShaving is costly and uncomfortable, and almost everyone who can grow a beard looks better with one. This was my (admittedly rather one-sided) view when I...
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Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four monthsDonald Trump issued a pardon for the founder of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange on Thursday."President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden administration in...
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Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison in 2024 after pleading guilty to violating money laundering laws.
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AWS explains in a lengthy post how a bug in automation software brought down thousands of sites and applicationsAmazon has revealed the cause of this week's hours-long AWS outage, which took everything from Signal to smart beds offline, was a bug in automation software that had widespread consequences.In a lengthy outline of the cause of the outage...
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ChatGPT Atlas was unveiled as the company seeks new ways to corral users to its online offerings.
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A "faulty automation" was at the core of the issues that caused knock-on effects for more than one thousand sites on Monday, an expert told the BBC.
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Dating of rock formation in New Mexico casts doubt on theory that species was already in declineDinosaurs would not have become extinct had it not been for a catastrophic asteroid strike, researchers have said, challenging the idea the animals were already in decline.About 66m years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a huge space rock crashed...
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Study of the drink beloved by Hollywood reveals chemical difference in beans passed through civets' digestive systemIt is a coffee beloved by Hollywood and influencers – now researchers say they have found an ingredient that could help explain the unique flavour of kopi luwak.Also known as civet coffee, kopi luwak is produced from coffee beans...
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Anne Keast-Butler says government and business must to work together to tackle future attacks as AI makes cybercrime easierCompanies need to do more to mitigate the potential effects of cyber-attacks, the head of GCHQ has said, including making physical, paper copies of crisis plans to use if an attack brings down entire computer systems."What are...
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Notable variations between different medications were found in weight gain or loss, heart rate and blood pressurePeople taking certain types of antidepressants can gain up to 2kg (4.5lbs) in weight within the first two months of treatment, while patients taking other drugs can lose the equivalent or more, according to a major review of potential...
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In a world where books have to vie with smartphones for attention, a brilliant ebook reader is more necessary than ever• In the US? Check out our top-rated e-readers thereE-readers have been one of the greatest single-purpose gadgets for almost three decades. They offer an escape from technology and the endless distraction of mobile phones,...
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Whether you're on a budget, looking for an easy way to read when you travel, or want one for kids, here are our picks (they're not all Kindles)Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsIn the UK? Check out our top-rated e-readers hereBookworms may still cherish the feel of leafing through pages, the whiff...
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Adam Raine's suicide at 16 years old was 'predictable result of deliberate design choices' by OpenAI, his family saysThe family of a teenager who took his own life after months of conversations with ChatGPT now says OpenAI weakened safety guidelines in the months before his death.In July 2022, OpenAI's guidelines on how ChatGPT should answer...
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Deal between Airbus, Leonardo and Thales is expected to create company with annual revenue of £5.6bnAirbus, Leonardo and Thales have struck a deal to combine their space businesses to create a single European technology company that could rival Elon Musk's SpaceX.The deal is expected to create a company with annual revenue of about €6.5bn...
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Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it onDo you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What if we could make seabirds resistant to the flu that has been exterminating them en masse, just by tweaking their DNA a smidgen? Or make fish that can...
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The world will be pushed into a recession, but perhaps we can build something more promising from the piecesThe world economy hinges on the success or failure of artificial intelligence. It's becoming apparent that we are probably doomed either way.Employment growth is stuck and wage growth is slowing, especially among low-paying jobs. Loan...
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A week with Baby Steps has made me feel like I'm losing my grip. Is this game stupid, or am I the stupid one for playing it?Instead of doing anything normal with my life for the past week, I have been on a horrible hiking holiday with the worst man in the world. In Baby Steps, you play as a useless imbecile called Nate who has done basically...
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Carmaker exceeded Wall Street's expectations with more than $26bn in revenue, but saw a 37% drop in profitsDespite record vehicle sales, Tesla saw a precipitous drop in profit in its most recent quarter.A rush to buy electric vehicles before a US tax credit for them disappears had boosted Tesla's flagging sales, leading to the automaker exceeding...
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The AI-generated host of Dispatches raises worrying questions about Channel 4's environmental impact. She's also a dead-eyed host who might leave Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Kevin McCloud fearing for their futureLast night's Dispatches was called Will AI Take My Job? Usually when something like this employs a question mark in the title, it's because...
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Great sound, decent noise cancelling and solid battery life with a novel Talk button that turns the case into a microphoneNothing's latest semi-transparent noise-cancelling earbuds have a new trick up their sleeves: a high-quality mic in the case that you can push a button to talk into.This so-called Super Mic is designed for all those who want a...
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Scientist whose research into transuranic elements revised the understanding of nuclear fissionDarleane Hoffman's research into superheavy radioactive elements at the University of California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and, prior to that, at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, enhanced and extensively revised our...
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The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby's sake as well as the mother's. But how much does that count when they're so readily available and there's so much pressure to 'bounce back'?Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. "Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were...
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An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential 'new era' in tackling blindness. Madeleine Finlay hears from Mahi Muqit, a surgeon from Moorfields eye hospital in London, about what this implant has meant for his patients and what the future could hold for...
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Semaglutide study suggests such drugs could have wider benefits, though researchers find shrinking waistlines linked to better heart outcomesThe weight-loss drug semaglutide cuts the risk of heart attack or stroke regardless of how many kilograms people lose, the largest study of its kind has found.However, shrinking waist size – a sign of less...
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Sight of 84% of people with form of age-related macular degeneration restored after being fitted with deviceAn electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential "new era” in tackling blindness.Doctors who implanted the sim card-shaped prosthetic devices say...
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Nobel laureates also sign letter saying ASI technology should be barred until there is consensus that it can be developed 'safely'The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have joined artificial intelligence pioneers and Nobel laureates in calling for a ban on developing superintelligent AI systems.Harry and Meghan are among the signatories of a statement...
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Tech firms are developing more affordable ways to detect and destroy drones.
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Platform outage checker Downdetector said the issues have impacted more than 1,000 different businesses.
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The driving force behind Team Ninja was a game development samurai who almost always won his battlesGame designer and ex-Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki died last week aged 58. He was famous for his sunglasses, long black hair, leather jackets – and his penchant for using colourful second world war metaphors to describe game development,...
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Company's AI-powered browser built around marquee bot is designed to provide more personalized web experienceOpenAI on Tuesday launched an AI-powered web browser built around its marquee chatbot."Meet our new browser—ChatGPT Atlas,” a tweet from the company read. Continue reading...
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Future Fitness bottles the best parts of a personal trainer in the convenience of an app – here's why it's worth the $199 a monthThis natural rubber yoga mat lasted me a decade of daily practiceSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsFor most of my life, I have hated exercise. Every time I embarked on...
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Exclusive: Data shows gen Z could miss out on new treatments because so few sign up for trials and studies in England'I wish I took part sooner': how a medical trial transformed a young person's lifeMillions of young people risk missing out on new treatments for health conditions and having to use medicines that are unsafe, ineffective or...
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The Competition and Markets Authority says the tech giant dominates the smartphone market along with Google.
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