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The director defends investment in and use of AI-generated storyboards, saying the immediacy of communicating his vision to cast and crew is 'creatively freeing'Martin Scorsese's announcement that he has invested in an AI company and uses the technology to create storyboards has triggered a backlash from fellow members of the film industry.The New...
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Ofcom found the major phone networks were not providing good signal on trains, and train companies were slowing down wi-fi.
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The PS5 era has been in some ways disappointing for Sony – on Tuesday, the company revealed a slate of games they hope will change that• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up herePlayStation's future has looked a little uncertain these past few years. Although the PS5 has sold well and been very profitable, the brand is far...
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While the technology is set to play a growing role in modern warfare, there remains an unresolved ethical challengeShould the AI-powered drones of the future have a licence to kill? The question is becoming ever more pressing as governments and the defence industry acknowledge that drone systems will play an increasingly crucial role in future...
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"We're aware some customers are having issues with our app and online banking. We're really sorry about this," Lloyds Bank posted on X.
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The neurologist Orlando Swayne doesn't suggest everyone can recover. But he does argue that early, targeted and intense therapy can sometimes bring about life-changing improvements – and we have a moral obligation to provide itClaire was in bad shape. She had been brought to the ward on a stretcher and hoisted on to a bed where she lay curled up...
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According to an internal memo, new controls will allow employees to pause the data collection for "up to 30 minutes at a time".
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With rivals racing to market to raise 'eye-popping sums', the spotlight is now on the AI sector's one-time 'poster child'A year is a long time in AI. Just 12 months ago, Sam Altman was predicting his company OpenAI would build a super intelligence and fundamentally remake society. Now the boss of the ChatGPT developer is walking back those ideas...
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Understanding whale sounds could help prevent strikes from ships and even aid in search for extraterrestrial lifeIf you stand on certain shorelines and listen carefully you might just hear deep rumbling noises. Sharp-eared fishers, lighthouse keepers and sea kayakers have been haunted by these late-night sounds for centuries and now, for the first...
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Stock market filing illustrates AI company's meteoric rise, while California's tech billionaires pour cash into elections Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian. This week in tech, we're discussing Anthropic's meteoric rise, both theological and financial, and California's unprecedented...
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It should have taken years, but Ash Koosha made a drama about Iran's anti-government protests in weeks – and now it's the first AI-made movie to screen at a major film festival. It could transform indie film-making, claims the directorNext week a breakthrough 75-minute drama about the brutal crackdown in Iran on anti-government protesters in...
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With the constant risk of being recorded, many young people are afraid of showing enthusiasm – let alone doing something so potentially embarrassing as dancing in public. Is there a way to set themselves free?In a video posted to TikTok, where Katie Whitney has 2.5 million followers, she says to camera, bluntly: "This video is for Cynthia Erivo....
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Sydney Morning Herald removes piece by Cath Ellis, despite Western Sydney University saying her use of AI was 'appropriate'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA top Sydney academic used AI to write an opinion piece that urged students to "do the work” and not cut corners...
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South Korea's Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakersSouth Korea has leapfrogged India to become the world's sixth largest share market, leaving equity markets in the UK, Germany and France trailing in its dust. But despite the runaway success, some...
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A Virgin Media O2 report suggests an average of 36% of time spent on phones is without a clear purpose.
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The company said its own workers are testing a "wearable access badge" and a desktop device.
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Find relief from back pain and muscle tension with picks our contributors love, like slip-on shoes and thick cushionsSeven essential gadgets to live with when you have back pain, from grabbers to lap desksSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsIn another world, pressing play on a "heal overnight...
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The tech giant predicts it will have a quantum computer that can solve commercially useful problems by the end of the decade.
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Under new rules, tech companies will be asked to share AI models with government for review before public releaseDonald Trump signed an executive order to create a voluntary framework for the federal government to vet powerful new AI models before they are released. Tuesday's highly anticipated order represents an attempt by the president to...
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Three studies add to evidence that jabs could be part of cancer-fighting toolkit to cut risk of developing or dying from diseaseWeight-loss drugs can cut the risk of developing or dying from cancer by 30%, doctors have said.Millions of people already use the drugs to treat obesity. Now a series of studies presented at the world's largest oncology...
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Some reports have linked the incident to recent cases of high-profile Instagram accounts being hijacked.
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For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world's leading experts took me up closeThe aurochs, the mammoth and the steppe bison are long extinct, but their painted likenesses still look relatively fresh across the walls and roofs of...
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Markets take note as world's biggest equity fundraiser bids to garner more money than three biggest-ever IPOs combinedKenneth Rogoff: will AI create a permanent underclass?Google's parent company, Alphabet, has said it plans to raise up to $80bn (£59bn) in equity to fund its vast artificial intelligence infrastructure investments, raising further...
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsAnthropic confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock marketIn a landmark moment, gold has overtaken US government bonds as the world's top reserve asset, according to calculations from the European Central Bank.The ECB says that gold made up 27% of total official foreign...
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Kevin Minto's discovery near Ilminster, showing goddess Victoria, has been acquired with coin hoard for £78,000When Kevin Minto, a lorry driver, former soldier and keen metal detectorist, came upon something glinting in a Somerset field, he thought at first it was a coin – potentially quite interesting, probably not amazing.But the object turned...
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In today's newsletter: Its software is used from health services to militaries. But controversies and criticism of the $375bn company are leading some to ask if Palantir is too powerfulGood morning. The Peter Mandelson story keeps unfolding. Peter Walker explains here what is in the latest release of documents, and Henry Dyer takes a look at the...
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Humans have been wondering why we sleep for thousands of years. Is sleep's purpose rest and relaxation, memory consolidation or maybe cognitive processing? In the last 15 years, scientists have discovered another possible explanation – waste disposal. In 2012 neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard's lab discovered that the brain has its own cleaning...
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Some firms are putting pressure on staff to use AI, but have not thought through their AI rollout.
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Breach of high-profile accounts raises concerns about reliance on AI for security measures such as passwordsHackers used Meta's AI-powered support chatbot to infiltrate high-profile Instagram accounts, the company has confirmed, saying it resolved the problem after researchers exposed it.The targets ranged from Barack Obama's White House account to...
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State sues maker of ChatGPT and CEO Sam Altman, alleging company 'allowed a dangerous product to reach millions'Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and its CEO, Sam Altman, on Monday alleging that the company concealed serious safety risks with its chatbot. Florida is the first US state to sue the artificial intelligence...
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Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugsGoogle wants to "stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it's not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.As part of its...
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Late physicist turned issue of when to stop searching for a better place to eat into mathematical problemWhen it comes to exploring a new city, it can be tricky to know when to stop searching for a different restaurant to try every night, or to visit the first place you love on repeat.Now researchers have found that the late physicist and Nobel...
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier alleges OpenAI and boss Sam Altman built a 'web of deceit'
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It's natural to focus on breakthroughs, but there are many challenges in Britain and around the world. There is no magic bullet, but there's room for optimismCancer causes nearly one in six deaths worldwide every year, some 10 million all told. That is a stunning number, but it also masks the reality that some cancers are more deadly than others....
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Remains of Los Alamos employee Melissa Casias found alongside handgun in case that stirred online speculationAuthorities in New Mexico have identified human remains which they recently discovered as those of a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employee who had been missing for more than a year.In a statement released over the weekend, state...
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Experimental tablet produces encouraging results in patients with world's most common forms of disease• 'I was getting ready to say goodbye': patient's hope after smart drug successA smart drug that stops cancer cells "hiding” from treatment can shrink tumours by at least 30% in six of the world's most common forms of the disease, early trial...
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Pat Brogan preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle after trial of treatment designed to stop disease from hiding• Smart drug that strips cancer cells of 'invisibility cloak' can shrink tumours by 30%, trial showsOne of the first patients to benefit from a pioneering smart drug that appears to melt away the "invisibility cloak” that can...
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Financial stakes of AI race rise as Elon Musk's SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are slated to go public this yearAnthropic has filed confidentially for an initial public offering on the US stock market, the company announced on Monday. The AI firm makes the Claude chatbot, popular with software engineers and other business clients, and has seen a...
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Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences wantAt this time last year, the idea of a wide-release feature film-maker cutting their teeth on YouTube was, if not unheard of, certainly still a niche origin story. Siblings Michael and Danny...
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From Google co-founder Brin spending $82m to fight a billionaire tax to Google and Meta funding a joint Super Pac, Silicon Valley is engaged in an existential fight for its political power at homeTech billionaires have shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars ahead of the 2 June primary election in California, in an unrivaled attempt to...
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Launching in the UK this month, this new pint-sized console revives the motion-controlled video game boom of the 00s – with better, safer techFor a wonderful moment in the noughties, video games became a truly universal pursuit. As I witnessed my controller-phobic aunt swing a Wii remote and nail a tennis serve, while my great-grandmother...
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Nine banks have been offered access to GPT 5.5 Cyber, as fierce rival Anthropic has blocked previews of its tool.
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People from Delaware to Montreal reported either hearing loud booms or seeing the fireball in the sky over weekendA meteor over Massachusetts during the weekend ultimately prompted reports of booms and sightings across New England into Canada.The American Meteor Society said that the meteor in question was about 3ft (1 meter) wide as it entered the...
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Firm says its RTX Spark PC chip for Microsoft Windows will let AI agents replace the mouse and keyboardBusiness live – latest updatesA new front has opened up in the battle for dominance in AI chips, as Nvidia said its latest development could replace the mouse and keyboard in how people use computers.The $5tn (£3.7tn) US semiconductor company...
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Seasonal wardens and netted fences are helping protect the rare ground-nesting birds that arrive each spring on the UK's shoresOn Ross Sands in Northumberland, a little tern has caught sight of a group of people and is sprinting across the beach. "It wants us to follow it,” says Andrew Craggs, senior manager at Lindisfarne national nature...
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Bonnie has two days to get from south London to her grandparents' house before lockdown in this super low budget British comedyNo offence to any Clives reading, but the intentionally naff title of this film does not inspire confidence – and turns out to be indicative of the cheerful ridiculousness of this super low budget British comedy. It is...
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With no recorded sightings before 1885, noctilucent clouds have been linked to volcanoes, pollution or climate changeAs summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, so do the noctilucent clouds – hopefully. These high-altitude formations are as enigmatic as they are beautiful. Their name derives from Latin, meaning "night shining”.They appear...
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Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilitiesA coalition of more than a hundred refugee children's organisations has said controversial plans to use AI to assess the age of young asylum seekers could lead to more children wrongly ending up in adult prisons or detention...
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Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birdsAn investigation into acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds has reached a climax, with the results providing welcome relief for vets and researchers, not to mention the birds themselves.Bird keepers are often advised to...
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Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firmFacebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in silence on stage at an event at Hay festival, after lawyers advised her not to speak because of ongoing legal action brought by Meta.Wynn-Williams, whose bestselling memoir, Careless...
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A new belief set is uniting some of the wealthiest men in the world around a 'transhuman' future – actual humanity be damnedSam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, took to the Internet a few years ago to propose that homo sapiens would be the first species "to design our own descendants”. In his best case scenario, the "merge” between...
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From digital twins to models 'sculpted' by programmers, generative AI has been popping up all over the fashion industry. When an Australian e-commerce retailer started using AI-generated models to sell products, lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman had to see if the garments were more than mere pixels.The Iconic, which sells the dress worn in this video,...
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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 conceptsIf an alien landed and asked you: "What is this thing you call music?” what would you play for them? And why? Heather, KentPost your answers (and new questions) below or send...
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Experts hail daraxonrasib as 'gamechanger' for patients with advanced pancreatic cancerA daily pill can double survival time in patients with the world's deadliest cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial that experts are saying is a "gamechanger” and one of the biggest breakthroughs in decades.Currently, there are few treatments for...
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While companion robots are being introduced and virtual experiences hope to 'take loneliness away', one expert agrees tech should never replace the human elementFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast"You'll never get rid of humans,” Prof Wendy Moyle says, during a...
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Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apartA meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the north-eastern United States on Saturday, Nasa said, setting off booms that echoed over the region with a blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT.The fireball broke up over northeastern...
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Jab brought 'unprecedentedly strong responses' in patients whose disease had become resistant to chemotherapy and immunotherapyDoctors have hailed "unprecedented” trial results that show a triple-action cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients.In an international trial spanning 11 countries, the injection was offered to patients whose...
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Experts say AI firm's engagement with Vatican risks creating 'feelgood' discourse that lacks critical examinationWhy did Anthropic's founder sit beside the pope during a warning about AI?In the first major written teaching of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV took artificial intelligence to task. The pontiff delineated the technology's most concerning...
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Results presented at oncology conference in Chicago show Galleri test failed to reduce late-stage cancer diagnosesA blood test for more than 50 types of cancer that was billed as the holy grail of oncology has failed to achieve its main objective in a major clinical trial, according to data presented at the world's largest cancer conference.The...
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Guardian readers in the US spoke of fears about unregulated AI in response to the pope's encyclical warning about the risks of the technologyIn his first major papal text since assuming leadership of the Catholic church last year, Pope Leo issued a stark warning about the rise of artificial intelligence this week, denouncing the "culture of...
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A blue micromoon is a rare spectacle, though it's not as blue or as micro as you might imagineThis weekend the night skies will feature a rare spectacle – a blue micromoon. We take a look at what the phrase means and how to catch a glimpse of the event. Continue reading...
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The Canadian entrepreneur has always pushed the boundaries of gene editing, once attempting to turn horses into unicorns. Now she is set on modifying human embryos – something her controversial ex-husband was jailed for doingOn a Friday evening in late April, Cathy Tie, the Canadian serial entrepreneur and self-styled "Biotech Barbie”, is...
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Shiona McCallum visits Fifa HQ in Zurich to see new tech being used in the World Cup.
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Trial suggests patients with a low test score could be treated with hormone therapy alone with near-identical outcomes'Like Christmas': woman's relief after test finds she can skip chemotherapy Millions of women with breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy with a groundbreaking genomic test, according to the results of a trial that could...
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Karen Bonham was part of successful trial for genomic test that determines which women with breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapyGroundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapyA landmark study shows millions of women with breast cancer could skip chemotherapy thanks to a genomic test that determines who...
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Developer Infinity Ward said the game will be "grounded in the military authenticity" the series is known for.
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Model created by researchers shows better outcomes are often more likely when people are not too ambitiousIt is the end of an idiom for motivational speakers. Instead of shooting for the moon when pursuing life's goals, researchers say people should be advised to aim a little lower if they want the best outcome.The tip may lack the punch of...
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Ian Hughes is boosting one of Europe's most at-risk species with science, his sons and some homemade T-shirtsIan Hughes and his son, Ben, are driving through the hills of north Wales with an array of homemade animal artefacts rattling around their car: diagrams, plaster casts, hand-printed T-shirts. They finally reach Llyn Tegid – Bala Lake in...
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Speaking at Amazon's AI on the Lot event, the Rogue One film-maker Gareth Edwards said 'it'll do anything you ask' and 'it's going to be better than CGI'Jurassic World Rebirth and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards has enthusiastically endorsed the use of generative AI in film-making, saying "it is a fucking genius at helping you” and "it's going...
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Exclusive: IPPR thinktank calls for new measures to boost employees' influence at 'pivotal moment' in history Workers urgently need more bargaining power over the way AI is adopted in the workplace to ensure the benefits are fairly shared, according to a TUC-backed report from a leading thinktank.The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is...
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The intelligent and thoughtful encyclical is an important warning of the uses and misuses of a rapidly developing technology. Silicon Valley is wrong to dismiss itOften I'm asked if I think that the novels of the future will all be written by AI. It's not so much a question as a provocation. Do I worry that a machine can do what I do, only better?...
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When Ben Elton didn't distract from the pain of moving my body, I found the perfect solution – the interactive smartphone game Zombies, Run!At 56, I am running my first marathon, an old, fat, bald dad surrounded by millennials in body-hugging Lycra and smiles that look AI-generated. But I am ahead of them. For they are only competing for...
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Claude's parent company's $65bn in latest funding round underscores vast sums of money still flowing into industryAnthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude chatbot, announced on Thursday it had raised $65bn in funding to value the company at $965bn post-money. The move makes Anthropic the world's most valuable AI startup, eclipsing its competitor...
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No personnel were harmed in the incident, the company said on social media, calling the explosion an 'anomaly'Nasa's plans to build a lunar base and return humans to the moon in the next two years were thrown into jeopardy after a New Glenn rocket from Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin company exploded during a test in Florida.A massive fireball engulfed...
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BMW is introducing humanoid robots to a car plant in Europe, building on similar projects in the US.
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Attorney General Rob Bonta alleges the company lied about the breach's severity.
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In this competitive market, gen Z has started to turn to untraditional ways to land a job – including dating appsSibusisiwe Khupe, 26, entered the job market once again in September after a wave of unexpected layoffs at London marketing agency Wieden+Kennedy.She knew landing her next full-time role was not going to be easy. Young workers have...
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Infinity Ward's new game in the storied shooter genre embraces change with a potentially controversial real-world settingThere was a time when Call of Duty (CoD) regularly courted controversy. In 2009, Modern Warfare 2's infamous "No Russian” mission saw players (optionally) shooting screaming civilians in a Moscow airport. In 2022's entry, a...
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Picture was created by administrator in charge of station's Facebook account who wanted to create 'friendlier image'It was an arresting image and an irresistible story. A group of tough Thai police officers – five men and one woman – all wearing elaborate festival-style dresses, surrounding a drug dealer they had caught while undercover.The...
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The insect may learn to associate the chemical Deet with a 'blood meal', researchers sayIt is a spray used worldwide to protect humans from mosquito bites, but now research suggests Deet can become attractive to the insects if they associate it with feeding.Deet – which has the chemical name N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide – is widely used in insect...
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As part of a growing anti-tech movement, startup dumb.co is pushing flip phones as a way for young people to find 'social and spiritual freedom'"They aren't as dumb as they look,” our facilitator said, referring to the dark gray flip phone in his hand. He just as easily could have been talking about us, the 28 New York residents before him who...
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Datacentres used 22% of country's electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggestsEnergy demand by datacentres in Ireland has added hundreds of euros to household electricity bills in a pattern that could be replicated across Europe, according to a report.Ireland's growing number of datacentres last year used 22% of the country's...
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US DoJ alleges software engineer Michele Spagnuolo, 36, earned $1.2m betting on Google's most-searched listSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US justice department has charged a Google software engineer with using insider information to rig bets tied to Google's most-searched list on the prediction market Polymarket, earning...
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Finnish-US startup has sold 5.5m rings worldwide since it was founded in 2013 and is valued at $11bnStylish Finnish-American smart ring company Oura may be the darling of wearables, adorning the fingers of celebrities and sportspeople, but it is not resting on its laurels as it heads towards an IPO later this year. This week it launched the world's...
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Government will consider committee's guidance that says mass screening 'likely to cause more harm than good'Most men in the UK will not be offered prostate cancer screening if the government accepts the final recommendation of an expert committee.Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with more than 64,000 men diagnosed every year....
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The gaming giant said the handheld had not changed but the rise reflected "the current state of component costs"
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King's College London researchers hope the chip will help answer previously unanswerable questions about the most important natural processes.
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Last month at Beijing's half marathon, a robot named Lightning beat the human world record by nearly seven minutes. It's the latest in a string of AI-powered milestones that have got people wondering whether robots are about to enter our everyday lives, just as chatbots have. And the country leading the charge is China, where the government has...
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The BBC has been contacted by hundreds of users who claimed they had been wrongly banned from the sites.
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She made millions as a tween and teenager by posting clips of herself and her friends on YouTube. Then the business collapsed amid acrimony. What does her success in the adult industry, at 18, say about surveillance, social media and sexualisation?'Honestly, the answer is kind of gross,” says Piper Rockelle, in a recent TikTok video, reflecting...
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Crisp 27in 5K Mac monitor is packed with features and some of the best HDR performance you can get for work or playApple's new 27in Studio Display XDR is its best monitor yet, with an exceptionally bright and gorgeous 5K screen that wants to be the pro display for Mac-wielding content creators everywhere, with a price tag to match.Built to be...
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After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratoryAfter 88 days of near-total internet blackout in Iran, long-delayed messages, images and poems flooded phones and social media feeds at about 5pm on Tuesday, when still-limited connectivity flickered back to life.The first reactions,...
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The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.
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The satellite visuals reveal vast burn scars after blaze tore through rare ecosystems on Santa Rosa IslandImages from a Nasa satellite showcased the devastating scars left behind by a wildfire that consumed roughly a third of Santa Rosa Island, one of the five islands that make up Channel Islands national park off the southern California...
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At least nine people have died in recent days as people have tried to cool off in Britain's waterwaysWater safety experts have warned about the dangers of outdoor swimming after a number of drownings in recent days as people try to escape soaring temperatures by cooling off in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and other bodies of water.Emergency services...
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A gentle daily puzzle is quietly becoming the most joyful part of my morning routine and reminds me that not every win needs to be epicThere's been some pretty big news in the last couple of weeks in video game world: the long-running space shooter Destiny 2 is winding up after almost nine years, PlayStation appears to have decided to stop...
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Agreement averts strike and shows latest impact of AI boom as two more chipmakers join $1tn clubEmployees at Samsung Electronics' memory chip division are to receive bonuses averaging about £310,000 each through a landmark profit-sharing agreement, as the AI boom drives up chipmakers' profits.Fears of a strike at Samsung were averted on Wednesday...
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Ofcom said Youngtek Solutions Ltd did not have checks between July and September 2025, but has since brought in verification.
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Experts say climate change linked to 10% rise in salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023The climate crisis is accelerating a global increase in antibiotic resistance that poses a serious threat to human health, experts have said as figures show a rise in salmonella antibiotic resistant genes.Antibiotic resistance is one of the...
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Two scientists have described the bright fireball, crackling noise and sonic boom of the impact 66m years agoWhat would it have been like to have lived through the meteorite impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66m years ago? Writing in the Conversation, Michael Benton, of the University of Bristol, and Monica Grady, of the Open University, describe...
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Calaminarian grassland is a rare habitat where plants thrive in soils contaminated by heavy metals. But should these toxic meadows be protected or allowed to fade away?At first, the small purple flowers are hard to spot in the weak May sunshine. Slowly the drifts of delicate mountain pansies, along with the white rosettes of alpine pennycress,...
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The answers to today's problems.Earlier today I set these four chess puzzles. Here they are again with solutions.1. Oddities Continue reading...
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Chompie, one of the world's tops ethical hackers, says AI like Claude Mythos will make it harder for people like her to compete.
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The advertising watchdog said the adverts featuring top footballers had a strong appeal to under-18s.
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'Gender attractiveness gap' appears across cultures and over centuries but difference fades away with ageWomen's faces are rated as more attractive than men's, even by other women, but the perceived gap declines with age and all but vanishes by the time people reach their 80s, researchers have said.The work appears to confirm the existence of a...
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The country is positioning itself as Latin America's next technology hub, but communities are pushing backThe Andes mountains frame what was once a wetland – now a stretch of dry, yellowed grass. Rodrigo Vallejos, a final-year law student, noticed the change five years ago while observing the Quilicura wetland, on the northern outskirts of...
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Three lunar landings are planned for this year in preparation for the construction of a $20bn moon baseSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailNasa announced on Tuesday ambitious plans for three uncrewed lunar missions this year to kickstart construction of a $20bn moon base, and said it had chosen the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue...
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What is the role of a teacher once AI arrives in the school classroom?
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As SpaceX and OpenAI race toward IPOs, a tiny circle of tech leaders tightens its grip on AI's futureHello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian. Let's recap a whirlwind five days that may determine the future of AI.SpaceX reveals plan for $1.75tn stock market debut that could make Musk a...
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Streaming platform says remix tool agreed with Universal Music Group will protect artists from piracySpotify's chief executive has defended the company's move into AI-generated music, claiming it offers users and creators a better alternative to piracy and unregulated AI slop.Last week, the platform announced a new feature in which premium users...
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PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; IO InteractiveThe stealth masters behind Hitman go loud for this game about Bond's brilliant beginningsGiven that we've not had a great James Bond video game in decades – or any Bond film at all in five years – there's a lot of pressure on 007 First Light to reinvigorate a British cinematic hero. But developer IO...
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The content creators behind channels like Chloe VS History are using AI tools to 'bring history to life in a really visceral way'"I have just arrived in Tudor London, 1536,” a young woman in a green puffer jacket tells the camera. "I'm going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the market. Then, later I am meeting the actual king – yep,...
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Jay Morris denies experts' claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Meta's Hyperion datacenterThis story is from Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate actionFor more than two years, John "Jay” Morris, a Louisiana state senator, helped pave the way for Meta to build one of the...
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Team hope the UPatch – at present a proof-of-concept device – will aid early detection of complications and prevent stillbirthsScientists have created a wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously monitor babies in the womb, with the hope that such devices could aid the early detection of complications during pregnancy.The team behind the...
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Ellen Roome, whose son, Jools Sweeney, was 14 when he died, wants a ban put in place for under-16sThe mother of a teenager who believes he died in a TikTok challenge gone wrong has said Downing Street has been too slow to move towards a social media ban for under-16s, and accused the government of "kicking it down the road”.Ellen Roome, the...
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Recent college grads are not very fond of commencement speakers hyping up a technology they see as a threat to their career prospectsWhen Jacob Pagel graduated from Middle Tennessee State University this spring, predictions about artificial intelligence already had him questioning the value of his degree. Then a music executive started preaching...
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Like so many Britons, I usually consult a weather app before venturing out of the house – and often cancel plans if I don't like what I see. Here's what happened when I went cold turkey for a weekWhen I heard on the radio that more than half of British people would consider cancelling an outing if they saw a 40% chance of rain all day on their...
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Some parents believe whether the government will take strong enough action remains to be seen.
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Exclusive: Chancellor pushes for procurement of ships, steel, energy and AI to prioritise Britishness as well as costRachel Reeves has instructed cabinet colleagues to award government contracts in four critical industries directly to British companies, making clear her irritation that ministers have been sending too much government business...
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A region known for its lack of walkability now has more obstacles for pedestrians to contend withRobots have taken over Los Angeles.It's not just the AI-generated videos that have caused angst in Hollywood. Our streets are full of driverless Waymo vehicles, covered in more sensors and gadgets than the Batmobile. And our walkways are home to fleets...
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Pontiff calls for 'disarming' of artificial intelligence and apologises for church's delay in condemning slavery Pope Leo has denounced the "culture of power” driving the rapid rise of artificial intelligence while warning that the technology must be subject to the "most rigorous” ethical constraints as it infiltrates everything from work to...
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Animals have tactics of their own to cope with the heat, but zoo animals also get a little help from their keepersA hot bank holiday weekend might see humans flock to the beach, don summer hats and crack open a cold beer, but when it comes to keeping big cats cool, zoos turn to a rather different treat: blood lollies.While experts note habitats...
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Check it outUPDATE: Read the answers hereToday's four puzzles are inspired by chess. (If you haven't yet watched the recent documentaries on Judit Polgár and Hans Niemann, I recommend them.)1. Oddities Continue reading...
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Because we define dates based on the stars, the full moon on 31 May will be the second one of the calendar monthThis week's full moon is a blue moon. The term does not describe the colour of the moon, but instead arises from the way we define our calendar in reference to the stars rather than the moon.The moon takes almost a month to circle our...
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Definition of green facilities made in 2022, before release of ChatGPT, says Action to Protect Rural ScotlandA Scottish government policy designed to encourage datacentres to build in Scotland could lead to a massive volume of carbon emissions being ignored, according to an analysis by a Scottish charity."Green datacentres” are at the heart of...
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Mission will put first astronaut in orbit for a year, a key step in Beijing's plan to put people on the moon by 2030China has launched its Shenzhou-23 mission in which an astronaut will spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing's ambition to send humans to the moon by 2030.The Long March 2-F rocket lifted off from the...
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La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 yearsLos Angeles is known for famous museums such as the Getty and the Lacma, but perhaps fewer people are aware that – in the heart of the city – lies a museum that contains one of the world's most...
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Anna Wintour has welcomed the Bezoses – and their patronage – with open arms. But after a controversial Met Gala, industry insiders are less enthusiasticThe press conference for the Met Costume Institute's spring exhibition is always a stately affair, but this year it was giving "feudal lady addresses her serfs” or perhaps "Marie Antoinette...
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Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park: from dino-mosquitoes to a spaceship's roar, pointless mistakes on the scientific details make me winceOn the advice of my teenage son, I recently went to the cinema to see Project Hail Mary. The film has science in it. I am a science writer and so he was convinced I would like it.Imagine my surprise partway...
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Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges, but there is another wayIn 2019, my scientific research was nearly brought to an early end when my team and I published the bombastic statement that natural forest restoration was the "best climate change solution” available in a paper for the peer-reviewed...
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Risk of CTE in men's sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerableCleo Pallister-Turley, a forward for Cardiff university's women's rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. "Girls ask me, 'aren't you worried about getting injured?',” the biomedical sciences student said. "I...
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PR executives say UK companies are forcing them to present ordinary automation as artificial intelligence UK companies are performing "yoga-level” stretches to describe themselves as AI specialists in an attempt to capitalise on the buzz around the technology, public relations firms have said.Weary communications executives tasked with securing...
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Darren Aronofsky among proponents of using technology, while Guillermo del Toro says he would 'rather die'Under a white marquee on Cannes' Croisette beach, with the Mediterranean glistening behind him and superyachts drifting across the horizon, the director Darren Aronofsky addressed an audience of executives and tech evangelists gathered for an...
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The US president's reversal on calling for a safety review of new AI models is a green light for tech's unchecked powerOnly hours before Donald Trump was set to sign a long-awaited executive order on Thursday that would have called for a government safety review of new artificial intelligence models before their release, the president abruptly...
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SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight on Friday. It was an upgraded version of the spacecraft Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon. It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites that were released midway through the hour-long flight that stretched halfway around...
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Growing numbers of people are seeking improbable cosmetic surgery based on chatbots' recommendationsPlastic surgeons are increasingly concerned about the rise of "AI face”, as more and more clients arrive in their offices with unrealistic AI-generated visions of what they want to look like.Dr Nora Nugent, a cosmetic surgeon from Tunbridge Wells,...
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BioOrbit hopes drug-crystallisation technology will lead to self-injected cancer treatment that could save millionsOnboard a SpaceX flight last week was a remarkable piece of cargo – a hi-tech box destined for the International Space Station to grow ultra-pure protein crystals, with the aim of producing self-injected cancer drugs.A British...
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Exclusive: New biography uncovers Frank Hawking's papers in which he lamented that his son had 'little initiative'In exploring the physics and geometry of the universe, Stephen Hawking became a world-renowned pioneer of black hole theory, writing the bestselling book A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 13m copies, and inspiring people...
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The US supreme court has preserved nationwide access to mail-order abortion pills – for now. As Carter Sherman explains, the fight to protect this medication is far from over, as a nationwide, near-total abortion ban could be on the horizon. Carter speaks with Dr Angel Foster, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project,...
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Shiona McCallum meets a medical expert testing out the future of prosthetics.
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Starship V3 blasts off in 12th test flight of rocket that Elon Musk is developing with aim of taking people to MarsSpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet, an upgraded version that Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.The redesigned mega-rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk, announced he was...
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Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.
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Sink or swim? | Deep vision | Sacrificial candidate | Diverting days outSir Christopher Ball telling people their future longevity is in their own hands and to stop blaming others (Report, 20 May) is akin to telling a drowning man to pull himself together and swim, without asking what were the circumstances that put him in the water in the first...
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A Waymo spokesperson said it had expanded the temporary pause "out of an abundance of caution".
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As temperatures soar across the UK, chill your space – and avoid energy-guzzling aircon – with our pick of the best fans, from tower to desk to bladeless• The best portable neck and handheld fansOur world is getting hotter. Summer heatwaves are so frequent, they're stretching the bounds of what we think of as summer. Hot-and-bothered home...
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London mayor accused of 'putting politics above public safety' for rejecting deal to use AI in intelligence analysisUK politics live – latest updatesPalantir has accused Sadiq Khan of "putting politics above public safety” after the London mayor blocked its £50m contract with the Metropolitan police in a move that has also led to tensions...
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US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being 'instruments of repression'Major US social media companies including Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms have blocked the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders by Saudi authorities.Those affected...
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Bungie said the online shooter will get its final update on 9 June but will still be playable.
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This blog has now closed.US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard leaving post after rocky tenureSign up for the Breaking News US email"There's broad recognition there are going to be eventually less US troops in Europe than historically,” Rubio saysRubio said he didn't set the timeline for reducing the number of US troops in Europe, but "it has...
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Bill Winters faced backlash over remarks about some of near 8,000 staff set to lose roles to AIThe chief executive of Standard Chartered has apologised for referring to some of the almost 8,000 staff that are set to lose their jobs to artificial intelligence as "lower-value human capital”.Bill Winters offered the apology after a backlash over...
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IPO filing from Elon Musk's company reveals closer look at finances, cosmic ambitions and tech empire's quirksSpaceX publicly released an investor prospectus on Wednesday as part of its plan for a $1.75tn debut on the US stock market next month, revealing unseen details about the finances and future plans of Elon Musk's flagship company. In...
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The Kusuma Neolithic Hall, based on Durrington 68 site, will allow visitors to 'step back in time' into the lives of those who built the stone circleIt may have been a place for ceremony or a barn for pack animals. It could have been a place for weary labourers to rest their heads. Or perhaps there was no building at all.English Heritage has...
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It comes just a day after the firm revealed plans for a record-breaking stock market debut.
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Cancer Research UK figures show number diagnosed with most serious form of skin cancer has risen above 20,000 for first timeThe number of cases from the most serious form of skin cancer have reached a record high across the UK, according to analysis by a leading cancer charity.Melanoma cases in the UK have risen above 20,000 for the first time...
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The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted by strangers.
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Licensing agreement will allow listeners to use AI to create content on streaming platform for first timeSpotify and Universal Music Group have agreed on a deal that will allow subscribers to generate song covers and remixes using artificial intelligence.The licensing agreement is the first time the Swedish streaming company will allow listeners to...
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The trial had been set as a test case for 1200 other school districts making similar claims.
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Telecoms company CEO says tech firms are buying up memory chips to power datacentres relied on by AIBT has said the cost of smartphones could rise as technology companies buy up semiconductor chips because of the boom in artificial intelligence, putting pressure on supply chains.The telecoms company's chief executive, Allison Kirkby, said she was...
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