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Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.
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Prized for its beauty, teak is in short supply, forcing the yacht industry to look for alternatives.
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Hundreds of miles from Denmark's coast a project is underway to inject CO2 into an old oil field.
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A host of technology is on offer to farmers, promising to raise farming yields and lower food prices.
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The event was attended by representatives of more than 50 countries, the White House said.
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The social media platform recently announced that it was axing around 15% of its workforce.
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The price of the digital currency has dropped significantly despite President Donald Trump's public support.
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TikTok says it plans to challenge the "categorically false and entirely meritless" accusations.
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We want to hear how the fall in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and ether are impacting peopleBitcoin sank to its lowest value in more than a year this week, faling to $63,000 on Thursday, about half its all-time peak of $126,000 in October 2025It's part of a wider shock to crypto prices. The second-largest cryptocurrency, ether, has faced losses of...
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsOnly seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in JanuarySilver is also looking very volatile.The spot price of silver tumbled by 19% yesterday, hot on the heels of its 27% plunge on 30 January. Continue reading...
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Researchers say waste dumping and climate breakdown have contributed to rise in brick, concrete and glass on beachesAs much as half of some British beaches' coarse sediments may consist of human-made materials such as brick, concrete, glass and industrial waste, a study has suggested.Climate breakdown, which has caused more frequent and destructive...
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Brain activity suggests newborns can detect and predict patterns relating to rhythm, study saysNewborn babies can anticipate rhythm in pieces of music, researchers have discovered, offering insights into a fundamental human trait.Babies in the womb begin to respond to music by about eight or nine months, as shown by changes in their heart rate and...
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Concerns were raised by a subcommittee including potential price rises and the future of cinemas.
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PC; Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel This mischievous roguelike escapade featuring utterly fiendish felines is compelling, and impressively tastelessYou know that old saying about cats having nine lives? Well, as far as Mewgenics is concerned, you can forget it – and you can also forget the idea that a game about cats has to be in any way cute....
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Nintendo's monster-collecting franchise was pilloried as a 'pestilential Ponzi scheme' in the 90s. But as its celebrates its 30th birthday, it now stands as a powerful example of video games' ability to connect peopleWhen I was 11, it was my dream to compete in the Pokémon World Championships, held in Sydney in 2000. I'd come across it in a...
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Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into 'autopilot mode', with concerns for children and vulnerable adultsBusiness live – latest updatesTikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had breached the bloc's digital safety rules.The EU's executive arm said in a...
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At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in palletsOne of the reasons Amazon is spending billions on robots? They don't need bathroom breaks. Arriving a few minutes early to the public tour of Amazon's hi-tech Stone Mountain, Georgia,...
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By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancyFemales may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study.Research led by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden scrutinised the...
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Two-decade study indicates a diet rich in foods such as olive oil, nuts and vegetables can cut risk of every type of strokeA Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of every type of stroke, in some cases by as much as 25%, a large study conducted over two decades suggests.A diet rich in olive oil, nuts, seafood, whole grains and vegetables has...
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South Crofty site could get $225m funding as US seeks to secure supply of critical metalDonald Trump has aggressively pursued investment into hi-tech industries in recent months, but the US administration has now set its sights on a more traditional sector: tin mining in Cornwall.The South Crofty mine, near the village of Pool, could start up again...
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Verdict could influence more than 3,000 similar cases against ride-hailing companyA federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber on Thursday to pay $8.5m after finding the company liable in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a driver. The verdict could influence thousands of similar cases against the ride-hailing...
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AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and 'produced by pretty much anybody', researchers sayDeepfake fraud has gone "industrial”, an analysis published by AI experts has said.Tools to create tailored, even personalised, scams – leveraging, for example, deepfake videos of Swedish journalists or the president of Cyprus – are no...
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A number of countries including Australia are investigating X over Grok-produced sexualised deepfakesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, says global regulatory focus on Elon Musk's X has reached a "tipping point” after a raid...
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Elon Musk's X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.
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Musk says the combined firm - which has been valued at more than $1tn - will be an "innovation engine".
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From indestructible wallets to Crocs (yes, Crocs), we rounded up the best guy-approved Valentine's Day gifts they won't know how they lived without26 sentimental and practical US Valentine's Day gifts for her in 2026Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsWhether you have been together for years or just...
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Man misidentified by London supermarket using Facewatch system says: 'I shouldn't have to prove I am not a criminal'A man was ordered to leave a supermarket in London after staff misidentified him using controversial new facial recognition technology.Warren Rajah was told to abandon his shopping and leave the local store he has been using for a...
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It makes China the first country to stop the use of designs first made popular by Elon Musk's Tesla.
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'Giveaway' competitions on WhatsApp and Telegram for retatrutide and other drugs described as 'extremely dangerous'Hidden-market promoters of weight-loss drugs are running social media "giveaway” competitions that offer powerful, unlicensed medicines as prizes.The Guardian has been monitoring WhatsApp and Telegram groups promoting substances such...
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As fewer people choose to pair up, let alone marry, it could be that our species' mating patterns are moving closer to the natural orderMonogamy, you may have heard, is in crisis. Fewer people are in relationships, let alone opting to be in one 'til death. And even those who have already exchanged vows seem to be increasingly looking for wiggle...
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Digital pinboard business cutting 15% of workforce as it invests heavily in AI Pinterest has fired two engineers who created a software tool to identify which workers had lost their jobs in a recent round of cuts and then shared the information, according to reports.The digital pinboard business announced significant job cuts earlier this month,...
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A leaked pitch to reshape Ethereum's leadership exposed deep divisions over politics, power and ether's static priceUS crypto developer Danny Ryan submitted a proposal in November 2024 to Vitalik Buterin, the founder and symbolic leader of Ethereum, a prominent blockchain powering the world's second-largest cryptocurrency. Ryan, who had worked for...
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UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to "focus and do fewer things better".
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Commenters said Altman's lengthy post shows "a nerve was well and truly hit" by Anthropic's advert.
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Whether you're chasing gym quality on a budget or a fancy folding model, accelerate your training with our expert's pick of the best running machines• The best running shoes, tried and tested by runners• The best running watchesAlthough the treadmill has been around since the early 1800s, when it was once used to punish prisoners (sounds about...
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My wife, Lelia Duley, who has died aged 67, was an obstetric epidemiologist who studied health outcomes related to pregnancy, childbirth and its aftermath.Working alongside frontline clinicians, she designed large-scale trials to test commonly used, but under-evaluated, treatments for pregnant women. Continue reading...
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On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnessed the impact of one of the planet's most potent invasive species, the quagga mussel. In just a decade the mollusc, originally from the Ponto-Caspian region of the Black Sea, has caused irreversible change beneath the surface of the picturesque lake. While...
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Compact and comfortable Pixel Buds have noise cancelling, decent battery life and good everyday soundGoogle's latest budget Pixel earbuds are smaller, lighter, more comfortable and have noise cancelling, plus a case that allows you to replace the battery at home.The Pixel Buds 2a uses the design of the excellent Pixel Buds Pro 2 with a few high-end...
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Alphabet reports $34.5bn profit and revenue soars 48% in recent quarter as it plans a sharp increase in AI spendingGoogle's parent company, Alphabet, beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, and is planning a sharp increase in capital spending in 2026 as it continues to invest deeply in AI infrastructure.Alphabet on Wednesday reported profit of...
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Apparent collapse of Nvidia–OpenAI tie-up raises questions about circular funding and who will bear the cost of AI's expansionDid the circular AI economy just wobble? Last week it was reported that a much-discussed $100bn deal – announced last September – between Nvidia and OpenAI might not be happening at all.This was a circular arrangement...
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Puzzles one louder than tenUPDATE: Solutions can be read hereIt's two decimal digits long, it's prime, it's a palindrome and it's the number of players in a football team.Let's hear it for "legs” eleven! Continue reading...
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Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companiesOn the veranda of her family's home, with her laptop balanced on a mud slab built into the wall, Monsumi Murmu works from one of the few places where the mobile signal holds. The familiar sounds of domestic life come from inside the...
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While some benefits such as stress relief are backed by solid evidence, they can be achieved without expensive hyped-up coursesRead more in the Antiviral seriesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn the 2012 film adaptation of the Dr Seuss book The Lorax, a fable about capitalist greed, air is a commodity.The mayor of...
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Novo Nordisk share price plunges after blaming lower US drug prices, patent protection issues and rising competition The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has predicted a sharp drop in revenues this year owing to what its boss described as a "painful” push by Donald Trump to lower US weight-loss drug prices, rising competition, and the...
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The most popular mom content tends to be rightwing tradwife propaganda or not political at all – pushing progressive creators out of the algorithmFor someone who doesn't have a marble island in their kitchen I spend a disproportionate amount of time staring at marble kitchen islands, slack-jawed, brain turned half off. That's because I consume a...
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We don't have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your noseI remember the first time I remembered a smell. This was remembering to the extent that it stopped me in my tracks, taking me back to a specific moment, a specific place and a...
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Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from 'digital wild west', drawing anger from owner of XSpain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk.The government is preparing a series of measures...
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'Mid-career' female workers also being sidelined by rigid hiring processes, says City of London CorporationWomen working in tech and financial services are at greater risk of losing their jobs to increased use of AI and automation than their male peers, according to a report that found experienced females were also being sidelined as a result of...
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Perfect Tides perfectly captures the older millennial college experience, and a time when nobody worried about being embarrassing online• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereI've noticed an interesting micro-trend emerging in the last few years: millennial nostalgia games. Not just ones that adopt the aesthetic of Y2K...
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Prosecutors' announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firmsProsecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk's social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company's former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime."A search is under way by...
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A genomic entrepreneur's guide to the coming revolution in biology raises troubling questions about ethics and safetyThe prophet Ezekiel once claimed to have seen four beasts emerge from a burning cloud, "sparkling like the colour of burnished brass”. Each had wings and four faces: that of a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle. Similarly, a creature...
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Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world's most valuable private companyMusk is taking SpaceX's minority shareholders for a ride | Nils PratleyElon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (£910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk's empire as...
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Sustainable smartphone takes a step forward with modular accessories, a good screen and mid-range performanceThe Dutch ethical smartphone brand Fairphone is back with its six-generation Android, aiming to make its repairable phone more modern, modular, affordable and desirable, with screw-in accessories and a user-replaceable battery.The Fairphone...
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AIs are not sentient – but tweaks to their ethical codes can have far-reaching consequences for usersDo you want an AI assistant that gushes about how it "loves humanity” or one that spews sarcasm? How about a political propagandist ready to lie? If so, ChatGPT, Grok and Qwen are at your disposal.Companies that create AI assistants, from the US...
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Known as 'white gold', lithium is among the most important mined elements on the planet – ideal for the rechargeable batteries used in tech products. Can Europe's largest deposit bring prosperity to the local community?It looks more like the past than the future. A vast chasm scooped out of a scarred landscape, this is a Cornwall the summer...
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Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruptionThe International AI Safety report is an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating across multiple areas, from deepfakes to the jobs market.Commissioned at the 2023 global AI safety summit, it is chaired...
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Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businessesIn 2002 Barnsley toyed with a redesign as a Tuscan hill village as it sought out a brighter post-industrial future. In 2021 it adopted the airily vague slogan "the place of possibilities”. Now it is trying a different image: Britain's...
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Information Commissioner's Office to investigate whether Elon Musk's firms have complied with data protection lawElon Musk's X and xAI companies are under formal investigation by the UK's data protection watchdog after the Grok AI tool produced indecent deepfakes without people's consent.The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating...
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A raft of online videos show parents serving up dinner without a single plate in sight, to the amazement of their familiesName: Dump dinners.Age: Horribly new. Continue reading...
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New US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump – can it recover?Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm Blake Montgomery, writing to you from Doha, where I'm moderating panels about AI and investing as part of the Web Summit Qatar.I want to bring your attention to the impact of a Guardian story. In...
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Artemis II mission was due to begin as early as next week and astronauts have spent almost two weeks in quarantineNasa has postponed its historic mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again, after issues arose during a critical test of its most powerful rocket yet.The US space agency had planned to launch the Artemis II mission from...
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New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuseMeta's second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins on Monday.The landmark jury trial in Santa Fe pits the New Mexico attorney general's office against the social media giant. The state alleges that the company knowingly...
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Huge data centres are being built to handle AI computing but some experts say they aren't necessary.
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AI trained to recognise fire is among the latest developments in fire alarm tech.
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The Reddit-like website which launched in late January allows AI bots to speak to each other.
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More bosses are sharing the top job giving them more time for family and breaks.
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Companies are trying to wean staff off Excel spreadsheets to centralise control of their data.
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CEO Alex Karp hails 'iconic' financial results despite criticism over contracts with ICE and homeland securityPalantir celebrated its latest financial results on Monday, as the tech company blew past Wall Street expectations and continues to prop up the Trump administration's push to deport immigrants.Palantir has secured millions of dollars in...
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The company's revenue was boosted by iPhone sales, but sales of its wearable tech and Mac computers dipped.
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Just like men, women are increasingly being told by online influencers that the classic symptoms of middle age could be down to low testosterone. In the second part of this miniseries exploring the hormone, Madeleine Finlay finds out what testosterone supplementation is doing for women. She hears from science journalist Linda Geddes, who is taking...
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UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchersUltra-processed foods (UPFs) have more in common with cigarettes than with fruit or vegetables, and require far tighter regulation, according to a new report.UPFs and cigarettes are engineered to encourage addiction and consumption, researchers...
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Social media has been flooded with fake, AI-generated images and videos. But will the majority of users actually care?
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The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online seriesIf you happen to find yourself stumbling through Time magazine's YouTube account, perhaps because you are a time traveller from the 1970s who doesn't fully understand how the present works yet – then you will be presented...
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Nick Carter says easing controls on MDMA will allow drug to be used as alternative treatment for those with PTSDA former head of the British military is calling for the government to ease restrictions on the party drug MDMA so that it can be tested more cheaply as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Sir Nick Carter,...
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The answers to today's problemsEarlier today I set you these three problems about the number 11. Here they are again with solutions.1. Funny formationodd positions: 9,7,5,3,1 sum to 25;even positions: 8,6,4,2,0 sum to 20. Continue reading...
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My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse?• From a priest to a pensioner, a teenager to a tech CEO: can you guess our screen time?In 2003, the Stanford social scientist BJ Fogg published an extraordinarily prescient book. Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do predicted a...
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Millions of dollars have been raised for Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed, while campaigns are backing families hit by Victoria's bushfires. What does this way of giving mean for the charity sector?Within hours of the Bondi beach terror attack, the money had already begun to pour in. As images of the tragedy flooded social media, people from around the...
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The UK's largest porn site has blocked unregistered users from accessing explicit content in the country, but why motives remain unclear.
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Waymo has laid out plans for a robotaxi service in London with a pilot scheme due to begin in April.
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Swedish study of 100,000 women found higher rate of early detection, suggesting potential to support radiologistsThe use of artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening reduces the rate of a cancer diagnosis by 12% in subsequent years and leads to a higher rate of early detection, according to the first trial of its kind.Researchers said the...
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Every second, 11m bits of information enter our brains, which then efficiently prioritise them. We need to learn to work with the process, rather than against it It's believed that we have about 50,000 thoughts a day: big, small, urgent, banal – "Did I leave the oven on?”. And those are just the ones that register. Subconsciously, we're...
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A bit like Reddit for artificial intelligence, Moltbook allows AI agents – bots built by humans – to post and interact with each other. People are allowed as observers onlyOn social media, people often accuse each other of being bots, but what happens when an entire social network is designed for AI agents to use? Moltbook is a site where the...
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Social media platform says there are still 'real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe accounts of more than 415,000 users in Australia identified as being under 16 were locked or disabled by Snapchat as...
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OpenClaw is billed as 'the AI that actually does things' and needs almost no input to potentially wreak havocA new viral AI personal assistant will handle your email inbox, trade away your entire stock portfolio and text your wife "good morning” and "goodnight” on your behalf.OpenClaw, formerly known as Moltbot, and before that known as...
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TUC urges ministers to bring forward changes to protect workers amid concerns over apps such as TemperThe fashion retailer Urban Outfitters, the bed specialist Dreams and the operator of several Royal Parks cafes have been criticised for the use of the gig economy app Temper to take on staff – some of whom can end up earning below minimum...
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The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they useAI-generated news should carry "nutrition” labels and tech companies must pay publishers for the content they use, according to a left-of-centre thinktank, amid rising use of the technology as a source for current affairs.The Institute...
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Straddling the celestial equator, the constellation is visible in both hemispheresOrion, the hunter, one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky, is well placed for observation from the northern hemisphere during February. Straddling the celestial equator – the projection of Earth's equator on to the night sky – the...
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Multi-billionaire Elon Musk's electric car maker also said its annual revenue had fallen for the first time.
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Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain organic matterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHow does one acquire star dust? One option, as the Perry Como song suggests, is to catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, so to speak.Thousands of tonnes of cosmic dust...
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Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditionsMany TikTok users across the US say they're rethinking their relationship with the platform since its ownership and terms and conditions have recently changed, with some citing censorship and lack of trust as reasons why they're...
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Agency updates guidance after increase in reports of condition to its yellow card schemePatients on weight-loss jabs and diabetes injections should be aware there is a small risk of developing severe acute pancreatitis, the UK medicines regulator has said.About 1.6 million adults in England, Wales and Scotland used GLP-1 medication, such as...
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We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank TallisWe have never lived so long, so well, nor had more available advice on how to do so: don't smoke, don't drink, don't eat ultraprocessed foods; lift weights, get outside, learn a language. Cosmetics – or...
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In-person interactions break down barriers in east London, as AI startups also try to bridge communication divideWesley Hartwell raised his fists to the barista and shook them next to his ears. He then lowered his fists, extended his thumbs and little fingers, and moved them up and down by his chest, as though milking a cow. Finally, he laid the...
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The march of wearable tech is coming to the aid of women in what some say is a long underserved marketFor any bodily function you want to measure these days there is a gadget – a wristband for step-counting, a watch to track your heart rate or a ring for measuring sleep.Now the march of wearable tech is coming to the aid of what some say is a...
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The firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence.
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Mark Zuckerberg's spending plans hint at further layoffs and changes within Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
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New study into 'heritability' shows that 50% of the variation in human lifespan could be down to geneticsSome people who live to a great age put it down to an evening tot of whisky, others to staying out of trouble. Now scientists think they may have unlocked a key secret to long life – quite simply, genetics.Writing in the journal Science, the...
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Champion of respiratory medicine who was passionate about building bridges between academics and cliniciansMike Morgan, who has died aged 75, was a leading figure in respiratory services in Leicester for more than 30 years. He also championed respiratory medicine at the highest level. It had long been a poor relation compared to other areas of...
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Researchers tell 'human story' about crisis during plague of Justinian, which killed millions in Byzantine empireA US-led research team has verified the first Mediterranean mass grave of the world's earliest recorded pandemic, providing stark new details about the plague of Justinian that killed millions of people in the Byzantine empire between...
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Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts have claimed social media is intentionally addictive and harmfulSocial media companies will have to answer to a jury – for the first time – for allegations that their products are intentionally addictive and harmful to young users' mental health. Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts...
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Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein's islandEpstein files latest: updates as more files releasedElon Musk had more extensive – and more friendly – communications with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously publicly known, according to documents...
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In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstreamRobert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of LondonPart one: How liberals lost the internetThe internet has totally changed the way in...
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From the person who scrolls on the toilet to the one without any social media, what do their digital habits tell us?• Will Storr: we have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones – can we get it back?Dayeon, 16: the teenager who spends less than an hour a day on screens Continue reading...
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Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days Continue reading...
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A wave of affordable Chinese-made EVs is accelerating the shift away from petrol cars, challenging long‑held assumptions about how transport decarbonisation unfolds• Don't get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereLast year, almost every new car sold in Norway, the nature-loving country flush with oil wealth, was fully electric. In...
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Weather service research concludes that less accurate probability-based predictions are still considered helpfulThe Met Office is to lean into one of Britain's favourite pastimes – talking about the weather – by launching a new two-week forecast.At present, the publicly funded weather and climate service offers a seven-day forecast on its...
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Analysis finds at least 150 channels on messaging app that have distributed AI-generated images and videoMillions of people around the world have created and shared deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown, as the spread of advanced AI tools industrialises the online abuse of women.The Guardian identified...
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AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatmentsResearchers at Google DeepMind have unveiled their latest artificial intelligence tool and claimed it will help scientists identify the genetic drivers of disease and ultimately pave the way for new treatments.AlphaGenome predicts how mutations...
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With Donald Trump tearing up the world order, governments across Europe are having to confront the fact that most of the technology they rely on comes from US companies. French officials have taken a step this week to reduce their dependence on US digital infrastructure, announcing they have stopped using Zoom, the US-owned video meeting software,...
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Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says RefugeDomestic abusers are increasingly using AI, smartwatches and other technology to attack and control their victims, a domestic abuse charity says.Record numbers of women who were abused and controlled through technology were referred to Refuge's...
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The technology giant confirmed the redundancies hours after it told staff in an email sent in error.
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Rocket company examining feasibility of both options before potential $1.5tn stock market flotation, report saysBusiness live – latest updatesSpaceX is reportedly considering a potential merger with the electric carmaker Tesla, or a tie-up with artificial intelligence firm xAI, as Elon Musk looks at options to consolidate his global empire.The...
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World's richest person targeting symbolic date in June for flotation of rocket companyElon Musk's SpaceX is considering a flotation valuing the rocket company at $1.5tn (£1.1tn) that will reportedly be timed for early summer to coincide with a planetary alignment and the multibillionaire's birthday.The world's richest person is targeting a...
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George is an avatar on my mobile but claims to know what makes me tick.
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At a family gathering over Christmas, I took on my 76-year-old mother once again at virtual bowling. Could I finally best her?My mother bore me. My mother nurtured me. My mother educated me. She has a resilience unmatched, a love all-forgiving. She is the glue that holds our family together. But right now, I am kicking her ass at video game...
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The online lessons give advice on things such as how to prompt chatbots or complete admin tasks.
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Study also says almost half have a mental health issue such as anxiety or depressionHow bad is maternal health in Europe, and how can we fix it?Seven out of 10 mothers in the UK feel overloaded and almost half have a mental health issue such as anxiety or depression, new research has revealed.The survey of mothers' experiences in 12 European...
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Cisco chief executive Chuck Robbins compares AI to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s.
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PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; The Game BakersA punishing, beautiful survival game that turns mountaineering into an intimate test of endurance, fixation and emotional resolve – you'll be in tears by the endMountaineers and climbers, especially the free-solo kind, are humanity's most fascinating maniacs: single-minded, daring souls who throw themselves...
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Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Here's what you need to know to navigate the trollingIt started with an image of Trump as a king mocked up on a fake Time magazine cover. Since then it's developed into a full-blown phenomenon, one academics are calling "slopaganda”...
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Lord Stockwood says people in government 'definitely' talking about idea as technology disrupts industries• Business live – latest updatesThe UK could introduce a universal basic income (UBI) to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said."Bumpy” changes to society caused by...
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The ASA upheld complaints that Coinbase's adverts trivialised the risks of investing in cryptocurrency.
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Virus primarily spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccineAirports across Asia have been put on high alert after India confirmed two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in the state of West Bengal over the past month.Thailand, Nepal and Vietnam are among the countries screening airport arrivals over fears of an...
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The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say they don't go far enoughSouth Korea has embarked on a foray into the regulation of AI, launching what has been billed as the most comprehensive set of laws anywhere in the world, that could prove a model for other countries, but the new...
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Starmer's team is wary of spies but such fears are not new – with Theresa May once warned to get dressed under a duvetWhen prime ministers travel to China, heightened security arrangements are a given – as is the quiet game of cat and mouse that takes place behind the scenes as each country tests out each other's tradecraft and...
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Light scattering creates the shade we see when we look skyward, and studies show the process varies around the worldOn holiday the sky may look a deeper shade of blue than even the clearest summer day at home. Some places, including Cape Town in South Africa and Briançon in France, pride themselves on the blueness of their skies. But is there...
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Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it's going to take collective effortSummer after summer, I used to descend into a creek that had carved a deep bed shaded by trees and lined with blackberry bushes whose long thorny canes...
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Thousands of people claim political content is being suppressed after the US operation was spun off.
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Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UKPressure is mounting on the UK government to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s, after a decisive vote in House of Lords in favour of Australian-style restrictions.Peers backed a Tory-led amendment to the children's wellbeing and...
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Company cites impact of mandatory age checks introduced in summer 2025 under the Online Safety ActPornhub is to stop new users accessing its site in the UK from next week, citing the impact of mandatory age checks that were introduced last summer under the Online Safety Act.The pornography website, which is one of the most visited in the world,...
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The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a '50% chance of residing in the habitable zone' of its sun-like star, scientists sayAstronomers have discovered a potentially habitable new planet about 146 light-years away which is Earth-sized and has conditions similar to Mars.The candidate planet, named HD 137010 b, orbits a sun-like star and is estimated...
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If TikTok influencers are to be believed, testosterone, or T, is the answer to everything from fitness frustrations and fatigue to low libido. But doctors are warning that social media misinformation is driving men to seek testosterone therapy that they don't need. This in turn comes with risks for health and fertility. In part one of a miniseries...
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Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube parent Google.
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Under the plan, access to the Meta platforms' core services would remain free.
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The country cut off internet access on 8 January following a government crackdown on protesters.
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Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been 'optimised for nastiness', but collaboration and compassion can prevailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and,...
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Workers informed after message erroneously said affected employees in US, Canada and Costa Rica had already been toldAmazon has told workers it is cutting 16,000 jobs around the world to streamline its operations, hours after sending out a message to staff about the layoffs apparently in error.It is the second big wave of job cuts at the US online...
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The Commission will assess whether "manipulated sexually explicit images" have been shown to users in the EU.
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Beijing's AI policy is focused on real-life applications but Chinese companies are beginning to articulate their own grand visionsStanding on stage in the eastern China tech hub of Hangzhou, Alibaba's normally media-shy CEO made an attention-grabbing announcement. "The world today is witnessing the dawn of an AI-driven intelligent revolution,”...
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, co-directed by Daniel Roher, delves into the world of AI through the lens of personal anxietyAre we barreling toward AI catastrophe? Is AI an existential threat, or an epochal opportunity? Those are the questions top of mind for a new documentary at Sundance, which features leading AI experts, critics...
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In the fiercely competitive market of the online multiplayer game, Highguard's rocky start means it now has a lot to prove• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIn the fast-paced, almost psychotically unforgiving video game business, you really do have to stick the landing. Launching a new game is an artform in...
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The changes mean only those who have a Pornhub account and have verified their age will be able to access it in the UK soon.
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Island's mineral and resource wealth is result of mountain building, rifting and volcanic activity over 4bn yearsAs recent manoeuvres over Greenland have made plain, this mostly ice-covered island contains some of the greatest stores of natural resources in the world, with huge volumes of oil and gas, rich deposits of rare-earth elements and rocks...
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Popularity of EVs in country is part of global trend of emerging markets spurning fossil fuel cars at surprising speedsWhen Berke Astarcıoğlu bought a BMW i3 in 2016, he was one of just 44 people in a country of 80 million to buy a battery electric vehicle (BEV) that year. By the time he bought a Tesla in 2023, BEVs were no longer a complete...
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Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the 'almost unimaginable power' that is 'potentially imminent'Quarter of Britons fear losing jobs to AI in next five yearsHumanity is entering a phase of artificial intelligence development that will "test who we are as a species”, the boss of the AI startup Anthropic has said, arguing...
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While TikTok's future in the US has been secured, questions remain about exactly what changes US users will see.
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Campaigners decry ties with 'Trump-supporting' tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systemsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have accepted $1m (£728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government's...
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From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to PokéPark Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pokémon statues when the attraction opens next weekIn Japan, February is normally a period of quiet reflection, a month defined by winter festivals in Sapporo's snowy mountains and staving off the cold in steaming hot springs....
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Mobile Fortify app being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlashImmigration enforcement agents across the US are increasingly relying on a new smartphone app with facial recognition technology.The app is named Mobile Fortify. Simply pointing a phone's camera at their intended target and scanning...
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Tech chiefs waxed poetic about AI to delegates at Davos. Plus, the 'human' drama of AI startups and why Tesla is thriving in TexasHello, and welcome to TechScape. This week's edition is a team effort: my colleague Heather Stewart reports on the plans for AI's world domination at Davos; I examine how huge investments have followed AI companies with...
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Millions of gamers could get compensation if the lawsuit - which accuses Valve of charging inflated prices - succeeds.
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Accused, isolated and constantly under scrutiny, The Traitors contestant drew on years of social deduction gaming to stay calm under pressureThe latest series of The Traitors, which ended last week on a nail-biting finale, featured some of the usual characters – from guileless extroverts to wannabe Columbos endlessly observing fellow contestants...
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Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issueCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom has accused TikTok of suppressing content critical of president Donald Trump, as he launched a review of the platform's content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law, even as the...
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Finding greener ways to keep giant new data centres cool is a challenge.
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The app was due to be banned in the US a year ago if its Chinese owner didn't sell its business in America.
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Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 70% of FTSE 100 as customersA British AI startup that makes realistic video avatars has almost doubled its valuation to $4bn (£3bn), in a boost for the UK technology sector.Synthesia was valued at $2.1bn last year and moved into new offices in central London,...
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Investigation comes after Elon Musk's firm sparked outrage by allowing users to 'strip' photos of women and childrenThe European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X over the production of sexually explicit images and the spreading of possible child sexual abuse material by the platform's AI chatbot, Grok.The formal inquiry,...
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Last week, a UN report declared that the world has entered an era of 'global water bankruptcy' with many human water systems past the point at which they can be restored to former levels. To find out what this could look like, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian's diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, who has been reporting on Iran's severe water...
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The claimants say Google Assistant recorded private conversations without their knowledge.
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