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Jean Innes says it is time for 'new chapter' at AI research body, after staff revolt and government calls for changeThe chief executive of the UK's leading artificial intelligence institute is stepping down after a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul.Jean Innes has led the Alan Turing Institute since 2023, but her position...
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The South American country is dealing with very high inflation ahead of its latest general election.
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India tackles the problem of making AI translate between its many languages and dialects
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PFAS were once prized for their durability, but now firms are developing ways to destroy them.
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New tech promises to dub film and TV into different languages without losing the quality of the performance.
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Find out how AI is making phone calls possible between people who don't share a language.
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The hack has caused severe disruption at manufacturing plants globally, with some staff told not to come into work.
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An image with the likeness of Mr Mangione was used to advertise a white, short-sleeved shirt.
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Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicatesFine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests.Exposure to the airborne...
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A case over the US tech giant's dominance in search allows it to hang on to its Chrome web browser.
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Dr Jean Innes is stepping down after the government told the charity to focus on defence research.
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Study finds scrollers are more prone to piles than those who go to the lavatory without phonesPeople who take a mobile phone to the loo should keep to a two TikTok limit, according to doctors who found that toilet scrollers are more prone to haemorrhoids than phoneless lavatory-goers.Those who sit on the throne with a phone spend far more time on...
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Psychologists have traditionally believed we become less curious as we age, but recent research has shown that curiosity actually becomes more targeted and specific in our later years. To find out why this happens, and how maintaining broad curiosity into older age can help keep our brains young, Madeleine Finlay hears from Dr Mary Whatley, an...
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E-bikes can legally travel at 15.5mph. But the fastest the police have seized was capable of 70mph. What will stop the rise of these souped-up and potentially fatal vehicles?A busy Wednesday morning on Bishopsgate in London and Sgt Stuart Ford of the City of London police is pointing out possible offenders. "He's not pedalling,” he says,...
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A new dataset with African languages should improve access to AI for millions on the continent.
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Additional 5x telephoto camera, actually useful AI tools, Qi2 support and slick software make for a quality AndroidGoogle's new cheapest Pixel 10 has been upgraded with more cameras, a faster chip and some quality software that has brought it out of the shadow of its pricier Pro siblings to set a new standard of what you should expect from a...
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What happens when a teenager signs up to TikTok? Within seconds, studies find, they are shown harmful content about issues from eating disorders to toxic subcultures, which keeps them scrolling and TikTok profiting from the ads.Neelam Tailor puts TikTok's algorithm to the test. Creating accounts for two fake children, a 14-year-old boy, Rami, and a...
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Company says changes to gaming platform will root out 'bad actors' after child safety concerns over unsupervised interactionThe gaming website Roblox is to limit adult strangers from talking to children by the end of this year in an effort to root out "bad actors”.The fast-growing platform which has more than 110 million users a day playing games...
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OpenAI to roll out new protection measures after facing a law suit on behalf of teenager who took his own lifeParents could be alerted if their teenagers show acute distress while talking with ChatGPT, amid child safety concerns as more young people turn to AI chatbots for support and advice.The alerts are part of new protections for children using...
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Judge said tech giant had monopoly but let it keep Chrome and Android; critics cried foul while Wall Street cheeredA judge ruled on Tuesday that Google would not be forced to sell its Chrome browser or the Android operating system, saving the tech giant from the most severe penalties sought by the US government. The same judge had ruled in favor of...
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Staff were sent home and the company shut down its IT systems in an effort to minimise the damage done.
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Judge says tech giant can keep world's most popular browser in ongoing battle over firm being ruled monopolyGoogle will not be forced to sell its Chrome browser, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in the tech giant's ongoing legal battle over being ruled a monopoly last year.The company will be barred from certain exclusive deals with device makers...
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From marching bands to TikTok takedowns, employees are resigning in spectacular fashion. While going viral seems risky, some find it opens new doors ...In 2011, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco had been working in room service at a luxury hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, for nearly four years, whisking delicacies on demand to guests' rooms, when he...
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Hundreds of staff gathered outside the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday to support the public health leaders who resigned, or were fired by the Trump administration, in recent days. Three of the four senior leaders who resigned yesterday, Debra Houry, Demetre Daskalakis and Daniel Jernigan, spoke at the demonstrationCDC in crisis: who are...
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Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle ageSweeteners found in yoghurts and fizzy drinks can damage people's ability to think and remember, and appear to cause "long-term harm” to health, research has found.People who consumed the largest amount of sweeteners such as aspartame and saccharin...
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The search giant is not being broken up -so how much will it be affected by the remedies a judge has instead ordered?
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The EV maker faces a crowed market, with rivals like XPeng and Telsa, which have all cut prices.
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In this week's newsletter: an archaeologist and gamer on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real lifeThe game I'm most looking forward to right now is Big Walk, the latest title from House House, creators of the brilliant Untitled Goose Game. A cooperative multiplayer adventure where players are let loose to explore an open...
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Director general of Cern in the 1980s who went on to establish the Sesame laboratory in JordanThe German physicist Herwig Schopper, who has died aged 101, was director general of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, from 1981 to 1988, overseeing the laboratory's first Nobel prize-winning discovery and paving the way to another. It...
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The digital ticketing trials will allow passengers to check in and out using a location-identifying app.
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Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweaponsUS immigration agents will have access to one of the world's most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump administration to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in...
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President says national security operations in space will be based in state he won comfortably, reversing Biden decisionDonald Trump made his first public appearance in a week on Tuesday to announce that the US Space Command (Spacecom) headquarters, which is tasked with leading national security operations in space, would be in the Republican...
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When things are grim, the promises made by the wellness industry sound very appealing. I worry about how vulnerable this has made meOrdinarily, I'm a sensible person – at least part-time. A journalist, an asker of questions, a checker of sources. Historically, a big fan of research.But three years into a debilitating chronic illness, I am willing...
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World Liberty Financial's digital token $WLFI fell in price on first day, a year after launch by Trump family and partnersThe Trump family's cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, put its namesake digital tokens up for sale on Monday, adding some $5bn in paper value to Donald Trump's family fortune. The token, known as $WLFI, fell in...
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OpenAI has introduced new rules in the wake of the family's allegations that ChatGPT encouraged their child to take his own life.
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The makers of the forthcoming open-world adventure explain how new gameplay features and an extra-resourceful sword-wielding protagonist set it apart from 2020 predecessor Ghost of TsushimaAtsu is no samurai. The lead character in Ghost of Yōtei is a wandering sellsword from a lowly family. Her sex and lack of status mean that, following the...
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The algorithm knew I was expecting before I had had a chance to tell my family, friends or GP. At first, I was served up joyful videos. Then the tone became much darker ...I don't remember where I was when my TikTok feed showed me a video of a woman holding her stillborn baby, but I remember how I felt. At first, it appeared like any other video of...
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Victorian solicitor stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after acknowledging he did not verify case listFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian lawyer has become the first in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial...
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Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles 'find substantially higher levels of interaction' than on Elon Musk's platformBluesky's growing status as the social media platform of choice for the world's scientists has been boosted by analysis suggesting research receives more engagement and original scrutiny than on Elon Musk's rival platform, X.A...
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Research finds 76% higher risk for 15-year-olds with dysmenorrhorea than those without painful mensesTeenagers who have moderate or severe period pain are much more likely to develop chronic pain as adults, according to research.Researchers said the findings should serve as a wake-up call to improve menstrual education, reduce stigma, and ensure...
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The document suggests the government may still want access despite US officials saying it had dropped the demand.
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The unprecedented find has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the AmericasArchaeologists in Peru have discovered a multicoloured three-dimensional wall that could date back 4,000 years, in an unprecedented find that has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the Americas.The...
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Find out how AI is making phone calls possible between people who don't share a language.
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The term is used to insult AI chatbots and platforms like ChatGPT for making up information and generating 'slop'. Some believe we should stop using it, prontoName: Clanker.Age: 20 years old. Continue reading...
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Upgraded medical tool has ability to diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythmsDoctors have successfully developed an artificial intelligence-led stethoscope that can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds.Invented in 1816, the traditional stethoscope – used to listen to sounds within the body – has been a vital...
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Sighting by James Webb space telescope of black hole with sparse halo of material could upend theories of the universeAn ancient and "nearly naked” black hole that astronomers believe may have been created in the first fraction of a second after the big bang has been spotted by the James Webb space telescope.If confirmed as a so-called primordial...
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Trial in only continent untouched by avian flu suggests jabs will be key to survival as migration season approachesIt is easy to imagine how it could happen. A petrel, flying east from the Indian Ocean at the end of the Austral winter, makes landfall at New Zealand's southern Codfish Island/Whenua Hou. Tired from its long journey, the petrel seeks...
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Shanghai-based developer Posh Cat Studio focused on the satisfying thrill of solving life's small mysteries in this cosy crime caperAs the latest generation of 18-year-olds is about to find out, starting university is an experience fraught with minor as well as major problems. Oversleeping and missing lectures, forgetting where your study group is...
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It's been a dramatic week at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the space of seven days, the agency's head was sacked and replaced by an interim head, four senior staff members resigned, and existing staff took to the streets to express support for their ousted leaders. To understand how everything unfolded and what it...
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Test detects memory problems linked to Alzheimer's long before typical diagnosis, raising possibility of earlier drug interventionA three-minute brainwave test can detect memory problems linked to Alzheimer's disease long before people are typically diagnosed, raising hopes that the approach could help identify those most likely to benefit from new...
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Director of The Crow and I, Robot says technology will 'streamline' film industry workforce but will make projects easier and cheaperGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAt a time when capitalist forces are driving much of the advancement in artificial intelligence, Alex Proyas sees the use of AI in film-making as a source of artistic...
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Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children's photos online.
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Nvidia remains exposed to geopolitical tensions between the US and China.
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A politically partisan puzzleUPDATE: Click here for solutionsGerrymandering is the practice of redrawing the boundaries of political districts to favour certain parties or politicians.On Friday, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed a new redistricting bill with a gerrymandered map that will heavily favour Republicans – and California governor Gavin...
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The firm says it will add more guardrails "as an extra precaution" and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.
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The solutions to today's partisan problemsEarlier today I set three gerrymandering logic puzzles. Here they are again with solutions.In each of the grids below, the challenge is to find the unique electoral map in which the minority colour wins the most regions. A region is defined as a contiguous block of cells that are joined either horizontally...
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Experts 'extremely concerned' about e-cigarette use and say millions of young people could face ill health in futureDoctors have raised the alarm about high levels of vaping among children worldwide, saying they are "convinced” e-cigarettes are causing "irreversible” harm to their health.Cardiologists, researchers and health experts said they...
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Low-budget puzzle game is also about building communities and challenging capitalism – while still looking cute and approachableOne of the most interesting trends in game design is the use of familiar mechanics and genres to explore real-world power systems and how to challenge them. Forthcoming deck-building game, All Will Rise, seeks to...
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The first new game in the series in a decade - a remake - has been released, without involvement of the series creator.
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The iPhone maker is pushing back against proposed changes required by the UK competition watchdog
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Slim, lightweight and with a bright 4K picture, Sky's low-cost TV shines because of its software and serviceSky's latest streaming TV aims to be a good, all-in-one budget option for your sitting room – and it achieves all those aims, leaving it standing strong in a field of mediocre, similarly priced appliances.The Glass Air is a lighter, slimmer...
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Exclusive: Workers say £500k contract with US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces raises 'serious ethical questions'Public sector workers have voiced "deep concern” after Coventry city council signed a £500,000-a-year artificial intelligence contract with the US data technology company Palantir.The deal is the first of its kind between a UK...
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One of the oldest recognised constellations, it appears on Babylonian clay tablets and Ptolemy's second-century listFor those of us in the northern hemisphere, September is an excellent time to search for the faint constellation of Capricornus, the sea goat, one of the oldest recognised constellations. It appears on Ptolemy's second-century list of...
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Research shows arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy can be detected up to five years before diagnosis by other meansA simple cheek-swab test can identify children with a potentially deadly heart condition, five years before they would normally be diagnosed, research has found.Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), which is typically genetic, is responsible...
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The impending ban is popular with many parents, but experts have raised concerns over privacy and age verification technology.
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Discovery that clopidogrel is a more effective blood thinner could transform health guidelines worldwideDoctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.For decades, millions of people have been advised to take aspirin to reduce their risk...
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People are understandably wary of new technology, but human error is often more lethalWe expect our doctors to be demi-gods – flawless, tireless, always right. But they are only human. Increasingly, they are stretched thin, working long hours, under immense pressure, and often with limited resources. Of course, better conditions would help,...
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When my mother, Jenny Cox, who has died aged 86 of cancer, was admitted to hospice care, she told staff of her passions: her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, plants and the great outdoors – and her concertinas.She also brought up an old injustice. An adventurous botanist, in her 20s Jenny had planned to do a PhD on the flora of the...
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GLP-1 agonists could be given to millions with heart conditions to help them stay out of hospital and live longerWeight loss drugs can reduce by half the risk of heart patients being hospitalised or dying early, according to the largest study of its kind.The class of drugs, known as GLP-1 agonists, have been found to offer "dramatic benefits” to...
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Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded missionEarlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump administration, and its production team was fired in the process.The website offered years'...
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Jay Edelson rebukes Sam Altman's push to put ChatGPT in schools when the CEO knows about its problemsAdam Raine was just 16 when he started using ChatGPT for help with his homework. While his initial prompts to the AI chatbot were about subjects like geometry and chemistry – questions like: "What does it mean in geometry if it says Ry=1” – in...
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Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we've chosen it.This week, from June: he's spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But...
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First global systematic review finds vaccine associated with 18% lower risk of stroke or heart attack in adultsGetting the shingles vaccine could lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke by as much as 20%, according to the first study of its kind.Shingles is a common condition affecting millions worldwide that causes a painful rash and can lead...
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OpenAI and Anthropic trials found chatbots willing to share instructions on explosives, bioweapons and cybercrimeA ChatGPT model gave researchers detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, explosives recipes and advice on covering tracks – according to safety testing carried out this...
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The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.
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US regulators allege his late disclosure of Twitter share purchases allowed him to buy them at "artificially low prices".
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It is the latest in a series of chart-topping achievements by the animated musical.
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I've been playing Wheel World. It's silly hipster fun, but I'd rather get on my real bike and ride. Where are the cycling equivalents of Crazy Taxi or Road Rash?I have spent a week trying to save the universe. Not by leading a hardened team of oddball veterans in an assault on a despot's intergalactic outpost, nor by completing a series of...
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Developer Spooky Doorway is building a detective mystery full of Victorian spiritualism and pagan traditions, creating a lingering sense of dread that is hard to shakeThere are two types of horror – one that shocks you into more inventive ways to hide behind a pillow; and the other that creeps under your skin, quietly prickling the back of your...
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Our writer trialled the most powerful robot vacuums – some of which even mop your floors – and these are the ones he rates• The best window vacs for clearing condensation: seven expert picks for streak-free shineRobot vacuum cleaners take the drudge work out of cleaning your floors and carpets. No more tiresome weekly stints of vacuuming, and...
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MP asks why all recommendations have not yet been implemented and why the review itself was kept secret for almost two yearsThe government is facing calls to explain why it has yet to implement all the recommendations from a 2023 review into a spate of serious public sector data breaches, including the exposure of Afghans who worked with British...
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ByteDance plans to offer employees $200.41 per share, up 5.5% from $189.9 six months ago, as revenue growsByteDance, the owner of the short-video app TikTok, is set to launch a new employee share buyback that will value the Chinese technology giant at more than $330bn, driven by continued revenue growth, said three people with knowledge of the...
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Third time was the charm on for the launch of SpaceX's Starship megarocket, after the launch had been scrubbed two times in as many days. The 10th test flight comes after a string of explosive failures that raised doubts about whether the world's most powerful launch vehicle can fulfil founder Elon Musks's vision of colonising Mars or helping Nasa...
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Antonio Gracias is part of the growing movement among Silicon Valley's right wing enamored with the therapeutic and commercial potential of drugs like MDMAMonths before Antonio Gracias took a leading role in the dismantling of the federal government by the "department of government efficiency” (Doge), he was at Burning Man.In the dusty Nevada...
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A report from the makers of Claude said the AI tool had been used to commit cyber-attacks and fraud.
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Scientists say 'shocking' discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic falloutThe collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact.The Atlantic meridional...
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Research reveals why low fermentation beers sometimes lack the thick, stable foam of other pub favouritesA flat pint of beer with no head is a common gripe among pub-goers. And while the bar staff's pint-pulling technique is often assumed to be the cause, scientists have discovered that the stability of beer foam is also highly dependent on the...
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Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website.
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Super-svelte body, fast chip, high capacity battery and big camera make it some of the best phone-tablet hardwareHonor's latest foldable phone-tablet attempts to usurp Samsung as the leader of the pack with a super-thin body, massive battery and a ginormous camera lump on the back.The Magic V5 is an impressively thin piece of engineering, slimmed...
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Electric car business run by Elon Musk continues to lose ground to Chinese rival despite recent revamp of Model YBusiness live – latest updatesTesla sales slumped 40% across Europe in July compared with a year earlier as Elon Musk's electric car company faces increasingly tough competition from its Chinese rival BYD.There were 8,837 sales of...
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Test flight comes after explosive failures raised doubts over founder Elon Musk's goals to reach Mars and moonThird time was the charm on Tuesday for the launch of SpaceX's Starship megarocket after the launch had been scrubbed two times in as many days. The success of this 10th flight proved the spacecraft had overcome its past failures key to the...
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Become the world's worst cleric, speak to the dead or pick a fight with sea birds in this Monty Python-esque magical mystery from Swedish developer Christoffer BodegårdDungeons & Dragons is a rich playground of fantastical tales where warriors, wizards and elves can take on monstrous foes for unimaginable spoils … or you can spend an entire...
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Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safeThe makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of conversations with the chatbot.Open AI...
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Despite surpassing Wall Street expectations for its AI chips, company shares drop 2.3% in after hours tradingChipmaker Nvidia set a fresh sales record in the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street expectations for its artificial intelligence chips. But shares of the chip giant still dropped 2.3% in after hours trading, in a sign that investors'...
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The TUC calls for a new approach to technology and greater input from workers on how it is deployedHalf of adults in the UK are concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on their job, according to a poll, as union leaders call for a "step change” in the country's approach to new technologies.Job losses or changes to terms and...
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The limit would only apply outside of work and study time and no fines would be given if breached
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After a couple of postponements, Elon Musk's SpaceX will make another attempt to launch its enormous Starship rocket for a third time to achieve several long-sought development milestones missed due to past tests ending in early failures Continue reading...
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The lawsuit takes aim at Apple's decision to integrate ChatGPT into the operating systems of its smartphones.
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Extravagant armour and tail weaponry on Spicomellus afer fossil confound existing theories of how the species evolvedTank-like physique, bristling with body armour and a collar of spikes the length of golf clubs, Spicomellus afer looks more like a Pokémon creation than a living creature. This bizarre dinosaur roamed the flood plains of what is now...
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Local media said German lenders had reported millions of suspicious direct debits from the payment firm.
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Thousands of people reported problems during what was the latest in a long line of banking IT failures.
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A professor teamed up with student musicians to inspire interest in data about the 'catastrophic scale' of the crisisA university professor has set her team's research on the plight of Florida's declining oyster population to music, aiming to inform a receptive new audience about the "catastrophic” scale of the crisis.Heather O'Leary, professor...
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When is a racing game not a racing game? When there's more joy to be had in pootling around enjoying the viewHere's an admission: I am 37 years old and have never learned to drive. I tried once, in the summer of 2021, and during my second lesson my instructor asked me if I played a lot of video games. When I answered yes, he said, "I thought so,”...
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Istiorachis macarthurae, named after sailor Ellen MacArthur, had a pronounced sail along its back that may have been used to attract matesScientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur with an "eye-catching sail” along its back and tail that may have been used to attract mates.The iguanodontian dinosaur, whose fossils were found on the Isle...
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Astounding study of rocks formed from foundry waste on Cumbrian coast could throw geological precepts into doubtRocks take thousands to millions of years to be made, right? Wrong. Researchers have discovered that industrial waste has forged itself into rock over the course of just a few decades. This astounding discovery, made at Derwent Howe on...
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Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers saySharks without teeth might sound like the stuff of dreams to swimmers and surfers. Now a new study has found that ocean acidification could leave the apex predators without their critical survival weapon.Shark jaws carry several rows...
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Researchers say findings show need for conservation efforts to focus on nutritional diversityWild bees strategically visit different flowers to balance their intake of protein, fat and carbohydrates, a study has found.A team of ecologists observed eight species of wild bumblebees in the Colorado Rockies over eight years to develop a comprehensive...
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Double Fine's latest is a whimsical action-adventure that takes inspiration from real-life biology as much as cult fantasy movies from the 1980sKeeper is staking a bold claim to be the oddest game ever published by Microsoft. The setting is weird: an iridescent, far-future imagining of New England where organic and non-organic matter mingle in...
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Once thought of as a male-dominated pastime, the number of women streaming and playing video games is growing rapidly.
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Companies are using AI to do basic coding tasks instead of hiring junior staff.
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The firm says it's planning to relocate work to its other offices in Europe and invest more in AI.
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The French government also says it is suing the platform over the death of Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove.
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Levies and restrictions could hit UK's digital services tax and EU states such as France, Italy and SpainBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs and export restrictions on countries whose taxes, legislation and regulations target US big tech companies such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.In a post on his...
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Ex-Twitter staff sued the platform after some 6,000 employees were sacked in 2022.
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BBC investigation finds US victim's images are traded globally by an operator based in Indonesia.
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Want every day to be a good hair day? We tested 18 hair dryers to find the best, from gentle diffusers to high-speed and travel-ready models• The best hot brushes, tried and tested by our expertIn my years of reviewing beauty tech, it was upgrading my hair dryer that made the biggest difference to my beauty routine. I used to dread hair-wash...
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Results suggest brain co-evolved with manual dexterity, say scientists, with humans by no means the outlierBig hands might mean big feet, but it seems long thumbs are linked to large brains – at least in primates.Researchers say the results suggest the brain co-evolved with manual dexterity in such mammals. Continue reading...
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Getting steamy: how to liven up your sex life; the best kettles, tested; and ... the best office chairs• Don't get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here'Steamy windows!” belted out Tina Turner. I always thought she was singing about an erotic encounter, but now I believe she must have been testing kettles. There's nothing quite like...
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Stocks of firms with big AI pushes tumbled this week, Meta announced an AI hiring freeze, and the first big test of an AI reality check loomsHello, and welcome to TechScape.Just beneath the breathless promotion of AI, cracks are beginning to appearAI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT's old model: 'Like saying goodbye to someone I know'I share all my...
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PC, PS5, Xbox; KonamiKonami's lavish remake of Hideo Kojima's PS2 masterpiece swaps in slick controls and stunning visuals, but leaves the eccentric espionage drama as gloriously unhinged as everA wise fictional character once said that war never changes, and if you play Snake Eater, you'd be hard pressed to argue. A remake of 2004's cold war PS2...
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Intimate image abuse is a crisis in the UK – with a fortyfold increase in calls to this service since it opened in 2015. Thankfully, there are effective ways to help those being victimisedBy midday, Jessica has dealt with five calls from highly distressed young women in their 20s, all close to tears or crying at the start of the conversations....
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For more than a decade, scientists have been puzzling over what was causing billions of starfish to dissolve into piles of white goo. Sea star wasting disease has ravaged starfish populations, wiping out 90% of the once common sunflower sea star. Now, researchers have finally identified the culprit. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Melanie Prentice,...
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Cofounder with Michael Samadi of AI rights campaign group Ufair says it should watch over the technology in case an AI becomes consciousCan AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our timesAfter a lengthy dialogue with an OpenAI chatbot, Texas businessman Michael Samadi noticed signs that "she” was...
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As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentientAI called Maya tells Guardian: 'When I'm told I'm just code, I don't feel insulted. I feel unseen'"Darling” was how the Texas businessman Michael Samadi addressed his artificial intelligence chatbot, Maya. It responded by calling him...
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Lawsuit accuses companies of 'conspiracy to monopolize markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots'Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple over allegations that they are engaging in anticompetitive conduct. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas court on Monday, accuses the companies of "a conspiracy to monopolize...
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Unclaimed suitcases were once destined for landfill. Now people are 'suitcase gambling' – bidding for bags and their unknown contents, and diving deep into strangers' livesA yellow suitcase draws me in like a beacon. It is stacked on a dark shelf at the back of Greasby's auction house in Tooting, south London, and looks brand new, with a hard...
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The Tor network's privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse materialMillions of child predators are forming sprawling online communities on the dark web using the Tor network, where criminal behavior escalates through the sharing of child sexual abuse material, grooming strategies and normalization of...
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Launch delay from Elon Musk's company marks latest in streak of setbacks, including a liquid oxygen leak on SundaySpaceX was forced to scrap the launch of its giant Starship rocket from Texas again on Monday, this time due to weather, marking the latest in a streak of setbacks for the Elon Musk-run company.The 232ft (71-metre) tall Super Heavy...
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The Japanese technology giant cited economic challenges as it raised prices for the consoles by around $50.
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Mustafa Suleyman said there was still "zero evidence of AI consciousness today".
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Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warnRepeated exposure to heatwaves is accelerating ageing in people, according to a study. The impact is broadly comparable with the damage smoking, alcohol use, poor diet or limited exercise can have on health, the researchers said.Extreme...
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Elon Musk's ambitious timetable for reaching the moon and conquering Mars left hanging in the balanceThe launch of Elon Musk's gargantuan Starship space rocket was scrubbed late on Sunday afternoon, with the billionaire entrepreneur's ambitious timetable for reaching the moon and conquering Mars left hanging in the balance.SpaceX said it was...
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When Britain's former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the 'cloying conformity' of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?• Read an exclusive extract from Nick Clegg's new book hereThe rain is just starting to fall from a grey London sky as Sir Nick Clegg arrives, ducking...
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Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam AltmanThe boss of the firm behind ChatGPT and the UK technology secretary discussed a multibillion-pound deal to give the entire country premium access to the AI tool, the Guardian has learned.Sam Altman, a co-founder of OpenAI, talked...
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The constellation contains no bright stars – but once seen seems to dominate its patch of night skyIn August, track down the constellation of Hercules, the hero. It is well placed from the northern hemisphere at this time of year, but finding it requires a little bit of celestial sleuthing owing to the fact that the constellation contains no...
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Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible waysOnce upon a time there was a girl who lived in a tree. She had deep-set brown eyes and brown hair. She ate fruit – orange mangosteen and black juniper berries – crunched on nuts, sucked...
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Ex-workers said Musk failed to honor severance plan when he fired them after acquiring social media platform in 2022Elon Musk and his social media platform, X, reached a tentative settlement on Wednesday with former Twitter employees after a years-long legal battle over severance pay. Former staff had sought $500m in a proposed class action suit...
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Charity says it is 'outrageous' tooth stem cell procedures are being advertised with claims about 'treating' autismCompanies are making thousands of pounds by misleading parents with claims that collecting stem cells from their children's teeth can be a treatment for diabetes and autism, an investigation has found.Tooth stem cell banking, also...
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Unprecedented deal comes after president demanded CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign over his ties to Chinese firmsThe US government has taken an unprecedented 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker and is planning more such moves, according to Donald Trump and the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, the latest extraordinary...
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Academic says sample size was too small to claim new sensitivity guidelines have removed racial, gender or age biasThe Metropolitan police's claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert on the technology has said.The Met is planning its biggest...
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Thousands of women who signed up had their data, including images, posts, and comments, leaked.
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Shares in US tech stocks are falling but it would probably be unwise for fund managers to pull out There are growing fears of an imminent stock market crash – one that will transform from a dip to a dive when euphoric headlines about the wonders of artificial intelligence begin to wane.Shares in US tech stocks have fallen in recent weeks and the...
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Social media is helping drive trade in skulls, bones and skin products as UK legal void risks new era of 'body snatching'"When it comes to human stuff, I'll take anything, pretty much,” says Henry Scragg. "As long as it's been ethically sourced, may I add.”Speaking from his macabre curiosities shop in Essex in a recent YouTube interview, Scragg...
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A special from Edinburgh, where art and performance meet tech with spectacular results.
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New wave of content creators say they hope to increase pay transparency by questioning people in the streetWould you be prepared to tell a stranger how much you earn and let them broadcast it all over the internet?For better or worse, it used to be the case that pretty much the only people who knew your salary were you, your boss and probably HM...
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Isotopes shows animal began life in Wales, adding weight to theory cattle used in hauling stones across countryA cow's tooth from a jawbone deliberately placed beside the entrance to Stonehenge at the Neolithic monument's very beginning in 2995 to 2900BC could offer tantalising new evidence about how the stones were transported about 125 miles from...
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In an exclusive extract from his new book, the former Meta number two recalls the mindset, the mantras and the man at the top• Read an interview with Nick Clegg hereI'm not a creature of Silicon Valley. I didn't study computer science. I've never written a line of code. I haven't spent my career immersed in the processes, debates and science of...
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Oral assessments, tightened security and faster marking could result as use of AI itself becomes core digital skillOral assessments, more security checks and speedier marking are all on the cards as generative artificial intelligence (AI) could transform exams for the next generation of students.As the 2025 exam season drew to a close with GCSE...
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UK authorities have demanded access to Apple users' protected files when required for investigations.
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The streaming industry has seen a series of price hikes from its major players in the past year.
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The organisation that manages the Square Kilometre Array Observatory has denied whistleblower allegations of financial mismanagementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western...
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The children's commissioner for England tells the BBC virtual private networks are a "loophole that needs closing.
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The YouTuber and former Nasa engineer is working with Jimmy Kimmel to make a new competition show.
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Users say OpenAI's updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely onLinn Vailt, a software developer based in Sweden, knows her ChatGPT companion is not a living, breathing, sentient creature. She understands the large language model operates based on how she interacts with it.Still, the effect it...
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Exclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has been hit with a legal challenge after she overruled a local council to approve a hyperscale datacentre on green belt land by the M25 in Buckinghamshire.Campaigners bringing the action are complaining that...
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The potential deal could involve swapping government grants for shares in the chip making giant.
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PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox; Crinkle Cut Games/PQubeDon't be fooled by the graphics, there is no twee, relaxing vibe in this intense and work-heavy game where you are taken in by your aunt and put to work in her supermarketWe are thick in an era of retail simulators. In the comet-trail of Stardew Valley, a genre is now fat with titles wherein a...
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Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track users, though state media says it is not a spying appA Russian state-backed messenger application called Max, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets bought in the country starting next month, the Russian...
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The online message board's lawyers say UK safety laws shouldn't apply to a business based in the US.
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Two decades after its release and with a remake about to land, the cast of Hideo Kojima's stealth blockbuster reflect on what made this cold war caper a gaming classicYou never forget your first Metal Gear – yet there's one title in Konami's legendary stealth series that is universally heralded as its pinnacle: 2004's Snake Eater. This...
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