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Firm says results of research create 'path to medical superintelligence' but plays down job implicationsMicrosoft has revealed details of an artificial intelligence system that performs better than human doctors at complex health diagnoses, creating a "path to medical superintelligence”.The company's AI unit, which is led by the British tech...
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From Fable and Life Is Strange to Last of Us, Thirsty Suitors and Unpacking, five queer game developers and writers pick their sweetest, realest, most meaningful scenesLife Is Strange, as a series, is really characterised by a patented mix of earnestness and cringe for me – but you can't fault its determination to put queer characters front and...
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Exclusive: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says lack of action leaves firms at risk of 'sleepwalking' into problemsMore than one in four UK businesses have been the victim of a cyber-attack in the last year and many more risk "sleepwalking” into such disruption unless they take urgent action, according to a report.About 27% of companies...
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Channels serving AI slop feature videos full of false claims about celebs and their involvement with Sean 'Diddy' Combs for quick cashThis story was reported by Indicator, a publication that investigates digital deception, and co-published with the Guardian.Dozens of YouTube channels are mixing AI-generated images and videos with false claims about...
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These supposedly serious cetaceans have been spotted massaging each other with kelp stalks. This is the sort of performative nonsense you'd expect from dolphinsI've thought for a while that it would be nice to be an orca. Not because I hate boats and they sink them (though I get it – the briny depths are none of our human business). What actually...
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These starfish relatives have lots of remarkable features and are a keystone species. My hope is that we will recognise how vital these charismatic creatures areBrittle stars have a lot of remarkable features as a species. Many of them are bioluminescent and can flash blue light; some will have patterns and do displays. These slender relatives of...
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Instagram-inspired gadgets to spread or spray crops are gaining traction on UK farms but require deep pockets "The idea came from an Instagram video,” says Tom Amery, looking admiringly at one of three huge drones he has bought to help grow watercress on a Hampshire farm.The drone boasts four sets of rotary blades and is able to carry up to 50kg...
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The brightest star in the constellation Virgo, Spica appears as a single object but is in fact a binary starThis week, the bright star Spica greets the passing moon. The chart shows the view looking south-west from London at 22.15 BST on 3 July 2025.At 8.3 days old, and with 60% of its visible surface illuminated, the moon will be just past its...
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A US court has ruled Anthropic was not breaching copyright rules when it trained its AI model on books.
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The company's rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well aheadAfter years of promising investors that millions of Tesla robotaxis would soon fill the streets, Elon Musk debuted his driverless car service in a limited public rollout in Austin, Texas. It did not go smoothly.The 22 June launch...
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Does a good apology contain five steps, seven steps – even eight? And why do we find it so difficult?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailGot something to say sorry for? Here are words that have no place in your apologies, according to those who have spent years analysing them: "It was not my intent”. "What I meant was”. "Sorry you...
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Industry figures are seeing beyond the 'illusion of invisibility' after series of investor kidnappingsCryptocurrency traders such as Mohammed Arsalan are prepared to watch their online assets expand and explode if they miss the right moment, making or breaking their fortunes in just minutes. All in a day's work on the internet. Offline, though,...
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With close encounters due in 2029 and 2032, space scientists are getting to grips with an existential threatIt is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their calculations but there is no mistake – civilisation is facing a cataclysmic end unless the...
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He's spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But are MrBeast's videos simply very savvy clickbait – or acts of avant garde genius?Written and read by Mark O'Connell Continue reading...
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Writers alleged that company used nearly 200,000 pirated books to train its Megatron artificial intelligenceA group of authors has accused Microsoft of using nearly 200,000 pirated books to create an artificial intelligence model, the latest allegation in the long legal fight over copyrighted works between creative professionals and technology...
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Study discovered abnormal process in womb lining, with potential for new treatments to prevent pregnancy lossScientists have developed a test to identify women with an increased risk of miscarriage, which could pave the way for new treatments to prevent pregnancy loss.About one in six of all pregnancies are lost, most before 12 weeks, and each...
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Videos posted online appear to show the newly launched self-driving cars speeding and driving in the wrong lane.
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The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to open up the UK search market.
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Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan'sGoogle's carbon emissions have soared by 51% since 2019 as artificial intelligence hampers the tech company's efforts to go green.While the corporation has invested in renewable energy and carbon removal technology, it has failed to curb its...
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Risk analyst Tony Cox's work has been backed by the chemical lobby, and some health experts are alarmedAn industry-backed researcher who has forged a career sowing doubt about the dangers of pollutants is attempting to use artificial intelligence (AI) to amplify his perspective.Louis Anthony "Tony” Cox Jr, a Denver-based risk analyst and former...
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Five-year SynHG project aims to pave way for next generation of medical therapies and treatment of diseasesResearchers are embarking on an ambitious project to construct human genetic material from scratch to learn more about how DNA works and pave the way for the next generation of medical therapies.Scientists on the Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG)...
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This imaginative sci-fi survival game is a work of art. But looking after the needy clones of myself I'd made to help run a space base, I was reminded all too clearly of my limitations and failingsOther than during that golden period when they were old enough to play games and watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer but hadn't yet become evil teenagers, I...
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Unrestricted AI use could add 1bn tons of planet-heating emissions in the US over the next decade, researchers sayUS Republicans are pushing to pass a major spending bill that includes provisions to prevent states from enacting regulations on artificial intelligence. Such untamed growth in AI will take a heavy toll upon the world's dangerously...
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Chinese and Hong Kong scientists succeed in animal trials, but potential problems include risk of devices being left in body and public suspicions Swarms of tiny robots, each no larger than a speck of dust, could be deployed to cure stubborn infected sinuses before being blown out through the nose into a tissue, researchers have claimed.The...
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Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people's identities, government saysThe Danish government is to clamp down on the creation and dissemination of AI-generated deepfakes by changing copyright law to ensure that everybody has the right to their own body, facial features and voice.The Danish government said on...
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Six of demonstrators were arrested at protest against the company's work for Ice to help deport people from the USSix protestors who demonstrated in front of the New York City offices of Palantir Technologies were arrested on Thursday morning. The demonstrators had gathered to bring attention to the controversial firm and the work it does to power...
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Proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment up by more than a third in a decade, figures revealThe proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment in the UK has increased by more than a third in a decade, with the equivalent of one child in every classroom now born as a result of IVF, figures show.One in 32 births in 2023...
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A revelatory cultural history of our relationship with native wildlife, from newts doing handstands to Mrs Tiggy-WinkleWhen newts go a-wooing, sometime in the spring, their signature move is the handstand. Girl newts cluster round to watch, while the boy newts flip on to their creepily human hands and shake their tails in the air. The waggiest...
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Writers accused Facebook owner of breach over its use of books without permission to train its AI systemMark Zuckerberg's Meta has won the backing of a judge in a copyright lawsuit brought by a group of authors, in the second legal victory for the US artificial intelligence industry this week.The writers, who included Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi...
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The winter crop growing season requires three days of steady rain – but many inland parts of southern Australia did not receive an autumn break this year How often do you mow your lawn in winter? It may seem like an odd way to start a conversation about drought, but the answer helps explain why our current drought has not broken, despite recent...
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Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skepticsRobert F Kennedy Jr's reconstituted vaccine advisory panel recommended a new treatment to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants.The treatment, a new monoclonal antibody called clesrovimab, which will be sold under the brand...
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Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin's natural selection – although human help may be neededNew generations of wild ash trees are rapidly evolving resistance to the fungus devastating their numbers, scientists have discovered.The discovery gives hope, the researchers said, and shows that allowing the natural regeneration of...
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UK health officials launch study into side-effects of weight loss drugs after increased reports of acute pancreatitisHundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weight loss and diabetes injections, prompting health officials to launch a study into side-effects.Some cases of pancreatitis reported to be linked to...
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Trump Mobile maintains the gold smartphone will be made in the US, despite the changed wording on its website.
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It is one of a number of porn sites which regulator Ofcom says will bring in tougher age verification for users.
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A subreddit tracking apocalyptic news in a calm, logical way comforts users who believe the end times are nowThe threat of nuclear war, genocide in Gaza, ChatGPT reducing human cognitive ability, another summer of record heat. Every day brings a torrent of unimaginable horror. It used to be weeks between disasters, now we're lucky to get hours.For...
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Our human microbiome is in decline, which is likely to be contributing to the sharp rise in non-communicable diseases, health conditions that cannot be directly transmitted between people, such as cardiovascular disease and cancers. Josh Toussaint-Strauss talks to Dr James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New...
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Tesla hopes to rival firms already offering driverless ride-hailing in the US and around the world, such as Waymo, Zoox and Baidu.
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Group administrators have reported receiving automated messages which incorrectly say they have violated the rules.
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Wayfinding technology is intended to help partially sighted and disabled fans to better access live sports"In 19ft turn slightly left,” said a robotic voice from the iPhone in Moshfique Ahmed's hand as he tried to find a seat at Lord's cricket ground in London."Take the stairs,” it said as Ahmed, an England visually impaired cricketer, tapped...
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Generative AI is causing new and unusual problems for developers as players become more sensitive to the use of artificially generated 'slop' imagesIn April, game developer Stamina Zero achieved what should have been a marketing slam-dunk: the launch trailer for the studio's game Little Droid was published on PlayStation's official YouTube channel....
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Genetically modified E coli used to create painkillers from material produced from plastic bottlesBacteria can be used to turn plastic waste into painkillers, researchers have found, opening up the possibility of a more sustainable process for producing the drugs.Chemists have discovered E coli can be used to create paracetamol, also known as...
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The video platform previously had a carve out in the November draft legislation but the online safety regulator has recommended it be included in the banAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's online safety regulator has recommended YouTube not be exempt from the under-16s...
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It has been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity's most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the human genome. At the time, there was a great deal of excitement about the benefits that this new knowledge would bring, with predictions about curing genetic diseases and even cancer. To find out which of them came to...
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US academics say computer code systematically raised fares at expense of drivers and passengersA second major academic institution has accused Uber of using opaque computer code to dramatically increase its profits at the expense of the ride-hailing app's drivers and passengers.Research by academics at New York's Columbia Business School concluded...
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The comedian wants you to know he does not have social media. So this is a list of things he watches on his TV through YouTube in the middle of the nightGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI buy the Guardian from the newsagent. The digital seeps into the analogue so you can find out about trends through print media; you just get it a bit...
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CMA proposes tightening regulation, which could lead to site giving users option to choose alternative servicesBusiness live – latest updatesGoogle could be forced to make a series of changes to its search business, including giving internet users an option to choose an alternative service, after the UK competition watchdog proposed tightening...
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Evolutionary change driven by intensive fishing led cod to 'shrink' from average 40cm length in 1996 to 20cm in 2019Overfishing has led to a collapse in the eastern Baltic cod population, but over the past three decades the size of the fish themselves has also been dramatically and mysteriously shrinking.Now scientists have uncovered genomic...
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TWA 7b is 110 light years away and by far the smallest-mass planet to be observed by direct imageryThe James Webb space telescope has captured unprecedented direct images of a planet beyond our own solar system, in its first exoplanet discovery.The observations reveal a planet, which has been called TWA 7b, carving its way through a disc of glowing...
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Desperate for news and contact during a 13-day shutdown, Iranians searched for proxy links outside the country• Middle East crisis – live updatesAmir* hasn't slept much in days. From his apartment in northern Tehran, the 23-year-old has spent his nights searching for proxy links, fragile digital lifelines that briefly break through the internet...
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It is first time that the BBC has taken such action regarding alleged scraping of its content for AI.
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Countries send their first astronauts in decades into space on Axiom Mission 4, along with US commanderA US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades.Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, launched from...
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A conference in Cambridge this week will explore a raft of geoengineering ideas to cool the region down – and attempt to address the fears of those who argue the risks outweigh the benefitsWhen the glaciologist John Moore began studying the Arctic in the 1980s there was an abundance of suitable sites for him to carry out his climate research. The...
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If you were born after 2000, or know someone who is, the chances are you've come across this ludicrous AI-generated meme. If not, be reassured that its chaotic, nonsensical banality is the pointWhen one of Tim's year 8 pupils asked him about his "favourite Italian brain rot animal”, he thought he'd misheard. "My hearing is not great at the best...
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In Kojima's latest epic, the Australian outback becomes a shifting, spectral landscape that you can get lost inAs a teenager in the late 1980s, I became obsessed with Australian new wave cinema, thanks partly to the Mad Max trilogy, and partly to an English teacher at my high school, who rolled out the TV trolley one afternoon and showed us Nicolas...
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Low-cost and quickly discarded products are playing a key role in world's fastest-growing waste problem – electronicsIt is cheap, often poorly made, and usually ends up in the bin or buried among the other knick-knacks, takeaway menus and birthday candles in the kitchen drawer.Known as "fast-tech”, these low-cost electronics are increasingly...
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A not-for-profit warns cheap, quickly disposed of gadgets could become the new "fast fashion".
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The phone operator said it was "aware of an issue affecting voice services" and apologised for disruption.
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PS5; Sony/Kojima ProductionsThis is a mystifying and provocatively slow-paced game with more celebrities than you would find on a Cannes red carpetWhat is Death Stranding 2 trying to say? It's a question you will ask yourself on many occasions during the second instalment of Hideo Kojima's hypnotising, mystifying, and provocatively slow-paced cargo...
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Xbox is putting a lot behind its new space action-RPG sequel – which will be the first $80/£70 video game from Microsoft. Does it earn its price tag? We asked the developer what went into itThe Outer Worlds 2, from RPG makers Obsidian, will be the first first-party Xbox game to cost $80 (£70). Given that Nintendo Switch 2 games are already...
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The Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, is about to descend on Venice with his fiancee, some ex-Marines and his limitless credit card. We meet the Italian activists who are saying: enoughTell us: are you getting married in Venice this weekend?When she heard that Jeff Bezos was getting married in Venice this June, Heather Jane Johnson felt worse than she had...
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While figures like Steve Bannon have exploited the issue, scientists have done themselves no favours by shutting down legitimate inquiryMore than five years after the Covid-19 pandemic was declared, its origins remain a subject of intense – and often acrimonious – debate among scientists and the wider public. There are two broad, competing...
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The limited rollout in Austin, Texas, included pro-Tesla influencers using the paid ride serviceThe main transportation safety regulator in the US is requesting information from Tesla after videos showed the company's self-driving Robotaxis exceeding the speed limit or veering into the wrong lane. The company launched the service in Austin, Texas,...
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The Winston Red, one of only 24 red diamonds of more than one carat publicly recorded, is on display in Washington DCRed diamonds are some of the rarest gems on the planet: only 24 stones of more than one carat (200 milligrams) have been publicly recorded.Now, one of the finest red diamonds – the Winston Red – has gone on public display at the...
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What are the advantages of creating a digital mirror of a city – or an entire island?
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Women and older adults most likely to suffer dog walking injuries such as finger and wrist fractures, research saysWalking your dog may be good for you and your canine companion, but research shows it can also be dangerous.While the health benefits are numerous – encouraging increased activity levels and physical exercise, improving...
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Memo says cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to 'lack of transparency in how it protects user data'The WhatsApp messaging service has been banned on all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to House staff on Monday.The notice to all House staff said that the "Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a...
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Readers are sharing how they write their predictions into novels, colour-code their emotional responses and even gift annotated books to friends. Is it actually fun, or just a bit like homework?There are two kinds of readers: those who would choose death before dog-ears, keeping their beloved volumes as pristine as possible, and those whose books...
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The award-winning composer of soundtracks to video games including Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is composing again for the first time since a traumatic pandemicFor the fortunate among us, the Covid lockdowns have, years later, become a memory – if not distant, then certainly ever-so-slightly faded. We have had a few years now, to get out...
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The announcement comes as Trump pressures big technology firms to increase manufacturing in America.
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Online video hosting service accuses the nation's online safety boss Julie Inman Grant of ignoring parents and teachersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYouTube has criticised calls for it to be included in the under-16s social media ban, accusing the nation's online safety boss of ignoring parents and teachers.The eSafety...
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The Last Week Tonight host went deep on the creative bankruptcy and long-term concerns over AI images and videos flooding the internetJohn Oliver covered the dangers of AI on his weekly HBO show, calling it "worryingly corrosive” for society.On Last Week Tonight, Oliver said that the "spread of AI generation tools has made it very easy to flood...
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Iran, clearly fearful of an online Israeli incursion, imposed a near-total internet blackout early last weekThe war between Israel and Iran, though largely a fight of fighter planes, drones and bombs, is erupting in the digital realm as well. Both countries have long histories with digital warfare. The particular focus of the current conflict,...
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Sam Altman said so far none of his "best people" had jumped ship to his big tech rival.
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Fraudsters are manipulating content of older adults as 'sadness bait' to push sales. The videos are going viralIn April of this year, Daisy Yelichek was scrolling TikTok when something unusual appeared in her feed: a video of her 84-year-old father, George Tsaftarides, who runs an account sharing sewing videos from his small tailoring business in...
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The answers to today's problems Earlier today I set five logic problems. Here they are again with solutions.A questionable planet Continue reading...
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Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, astronomers have been wondering whether Neptune really is the most distant planet from the sun. Now, a new telescope could uncover what lies in the farthest reaches of the solar system. The Vera C Rubin Observatory released its first images this week, and soon the world's most...
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The telescope should detect killer asteroids and may even find the ninth planet in our solar system.
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Questions about questionsUPDATE: You can read the answers here.For readers who answered "yes”, you are correct.For readers who answered "no”, you are also correct. Continue reading...
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Researchers say satellites may be at risk and impact could create a spectacular meteor shower in the skies If a giant asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032 it could send lunar debris hurtling towards Earth, researchers have said, posing a risk to satellites but also creating a rare and spectacularly vivid meteor shower visible in the...
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On Never Too Small, there are cabins that split in two and apartments straight out of Wes Anderson. It feels like we're all one reclaimed wood table away from complete blissRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesI've been invited into the homes of architects in Buenos Aires, voguish designers in Hong Kong, community organisers in Sydney and...
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ChatGPT developer forced to act after receiving legal complaint from earbud maker iyOOpenAI has taken down online content related to its recent deal with Sir Jony Ive's hardware startup, io, after a trademark complaint.The artificial intelligence company has removed promotional materials including a video where Ive – the former Apple designer...
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Hacked credentials could give cybercriminals access to Facebook, Meta and Google accounts among othersWhat to do if your email account is stolen – and how to stop it happening againInternet users have been told to change their passwords and upgrade their digital security after researchers claimed to have revealed the scale of sensitive...
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The app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner refused to sell it by a January deadline.
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Andy Jassy tells staff to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) as he warns the workforce will get smaller.
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The fine comes as the DNA testing firm, which filed for bankruptcy in March, is set to be sold to a new owner.
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Stunning pictures from Vera C Rubin observatory in Chile released at start of 10-year survey of cosmosSpectacular views of distant galaxies, giant dust clouds and hurtling asteroids have been revealed in the first images captured by a groundbreaking telescope that is embarking on a 10-year survey of the cosmos.The stunning pictures from the $810m...
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It's breaking records for online gaming - what's behind its growing appeal?
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It is the latest plan by US President Donald Trump's family that looks to cash in on his name.
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Watching the night sky, the time it takes for light from these celestial objects to reach Earth is vastly differentFollowing last week's conjunction between Regulus and Mars, the moon now gets in on the act. This meeting of a star, a planet and a moon takes place on 29 June. The chart shows the view looking west from London at 22:15 BST that...
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She made her name in Lena Dunham's landmark series, then starred in Get Out. As she returns in M3gan 2.0, the sequel to the hit horror about a murderous AI doll, she talks about parenting in an age of smartphones, Botox and her famous fatherIf you had wandered the set of the film M3gan 2.0 last year, chances are you would have stumbled into M3gan,...
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This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings is dead. Here, one of the last writers to interview them reopens his files'It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining on the buildings. Everything down there was bright – very, very bright. You could see the...
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When documentary-maker Lauren Greenfield immersed herself in the online and offline lives of 25 teenagers, she unearthed a world of sexually explicit images, rape culture, bullying and suicidal ideation. Adolescence, she says, has become like the wild westReactions to Lauren Greenfield's documentary series Social Studies tend to fall into two...
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One of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets exploded during a routine test in Texas. The Starship 36 suffered 'catastrophic failure and exploded' at the Starbase launch facility according to the Cameron County authorities. Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is central to Musk's long-term vision of colonising Mars. This is the latest...
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'Robo-adviser' platforms use tech to help manage your money – here's how the most popular ones stack upRachel Reeves and her government colleagues are keen to get more Britons investing in the stock market. She said recently that a lot of money was being put into cash savings accounts "when it could be invested in equities, in stock markets, and...
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Newborns will have whole genome sequencing to enable personalised healthcare that predicts and prevents illnessEvery baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the government's £650m investment in DNA technology, it has been reported.Within a decade, every newborn will undergo...
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Exploration of Bahamas seabed will be first time notorious New Providence hideout has been searchedPirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries.But almost nothing is known about the life and times of actual...
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An increasing number of people are experiencing motion sickness in EVs, and there is a scientific explanation as to whyWith electric cars skyrocketing in popularity around the world – in 2024, 22% of new car sales worldwide were electric vehicles, compared with 18% in 2023 – a growing body of studies and an increasing number of people have...
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False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalisedRampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report.It found climate action was being obstructed and delayed by false and misleading information stemming from fossil fuel companies,...
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My friend and former colleague David Hopkinson, who has died aged 89, was director of the Medical Research Council's human biochemical genetics unit at University College London from 1976 until its closure in 2000.Hoppy, as he was universally known, had joined the unit at its inception in 1962 because in an earlier, more junior, position he had...
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Knowledge trumps popularity in the long haul of trying to be influential, researchers sayWhen it comes to social climbing, it's not who you know, or how many people you know, it's about knowing who knows whom, research suggests.Experts studying social connections made by first-year university students say those who ended up with the most influence...
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Information stolen from US company included details of 150,000 British residents including family treesThe genetic testing company 23andMe has been fined more than £2.3m for failing to protect the personal information of more than 150,000 UK residents after a large-scale cyberattack in 2023.Family trees, health reports, names and postcodes were...
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From bullets to rabbits to wand vibrators, our sexual wellbeing expert demystifies what's available, and rates her top 16 models (she tested 53)I could write here about how almost a fifth of women surveyed by Durex said using a sex toy was the most dependable way for them to climax. Or I could point out how Kinsey Institute research suggests...
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Regulator says it has 'reasonable grounds' to suspect company breached groceries supply code of practiceBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK's grocery industry watchdog has launched an investigation into Amazon over allegations that the retail and technology company is failing to pay its suppliers on time.The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) said...
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People who link their WhatsApp account to Facebook or Instagram will see personalised ads.
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The Golden Record – launched in 1977 on the Voyager space probes – contained everything from Chuck Berry to Chinese dialects and the sound of humpback whales. But what would we put on it today?It's almost 50 years since one of the strangest records ever made was launched – not into the pop charts but into the farthest reaches of outer space....
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US singer appears in court accused of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm after arrest last month over incident in Mayfair in 2023The American singer and actor Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub.Brown, 36, is accused of attempting to unlawfully and...
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The Door in Question uses VR headsets, sound and even smells to create an immersive experience inspired by its creator's experience with mental illnessGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI've visited the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Footscray many times but last week I saw it in an entirely different light: as a nightmarish bizarro world,...
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Sam Altman describes offer from Mark Zuckerberg's company as 'crazy', as scramble for talent intensifiesThe boss of OpenAI has claimed that Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has tried to poach his top artificial intelligence experts with "crazy” signing bonuses of $100m (£74m), as the scramble for talent in the booming sector intensifies.Sam Altman spoke...
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It's the third time the date has been moved back by Trump since he took office in January.
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According to the French streaming platform's analysis, fraudsters use bots to listen to AI music and take the royaltiesUp to seven out of 10 streams of artificial intelligence-generated music on the Deezer platform are fraudulent, according to the French streaming platform.The company said AI-made music accounts for just 0.5% of streams on the...
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Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user's mobile to man asking for rail firm helplineThe Meta chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, called it "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use”. But Barry Smethurst, 41, a record shop worker trying to travel by rail from Saddleworth to Manchester Piccadilly, did not...
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Introduction of 'dynamic pricing' algorithm also coincided with company raising trip prices, study findsHow Uber quietly took more of your fareMany Uber drivers are earning "substantially less” an hour since the ride hailing app introduced a "dynamic pricing” algorithm in 2023 that coincided with the company taking a significantly higher share...
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An unprecedented planetary-scale seismic event caused the earth to vibrate for nine days straight back in 2023, but the reason why was unclear. Scientists initially had more questions than answers, labelling the event an unidentified seismic object and undertook a mammoth scientific collaboration across multiple countries and institutions to get to...
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The technology to build your own lethal weapon is promoted on social media
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Wondering how to keep your cool as the temperature rises? Experts share their top tips, from face mists to fans, anti-chafe cream to sun hats• The best fans to keep you cool: 14 tried and tested favouritesHeatwaves used to be marked by years, recalled misty-eyed by those who remembered them with fondness, like the heatwave of '76. Now, in the era...
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Poppins connects people who have things they use rarely with those who want to borrow or rent themDo you need a kitchen mixer, a drill, a tent or a raclette machine? Perhaps you have a bread machine, an ice-cream maker or a toastie maker in the cupboard gathering dust?If the answer to either question is "yes”, Lucie Basch has a solution. The...
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More of us are turning to products containing mushroom extracts, with the medicinal fungi market now worth billions of pounds. Promises of benefits to mental and physical health have seen its popularity spill over from wellness influencers to the shelves of Marks & Spencer – but is there any scientific evidence behind these claims?Ian Sample...
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Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent 'catastrophic failure' while on standOne of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire's dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species.The Starship 36 underwent...
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The legendary video game designer discusses directing actors in LA from Japan, how Mad Max inspired his career and the unique reason why he wants to go to spaceHideo Kojima – the acclaimed video game director who helmed the stealth-action Metal Gear series for decades before founding his own company to make Death Stranding, a supernatural...
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Premium sports tracker adds built-in torch, smartwatch and accuracy upgrades, plus useful new training tools, but costs far more than rivalsGarmin's new top running watch, the Forerunner 970, has very big shoes to fill as it attempts to replace one of the best training and race companions available. Can a built-in torch, a software revamp and voice...
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Volatile weather patterns may be altering taste of juniper berries – a key botanical in the spirit – scientists sayThe flavour of a gin and tonic may be impacted by climate change, scientists have found.Volatile weather patterns, made more likely by climate breakdown, could change the taste of juniper berries, which are the key botanical that...
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The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has promised £14bn of investment to build the Sizewell C nuclear power plant, kicking off what the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, says will be a 'golden age for clean energy abundance'. But for critics, the technology's high costs and lengthy construction times have always eclipsed the benefits of abundant low-carbon...
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Production of staple crops projected to fall by as much as 120 calories per person per day for every 1C of heatingSome of our critical staple crops could suffer "substantial” production losses due to climate breakdown, a study has found, even if farmers adapt to worsening weather.Maize, soy, rice, wheat, cassava and sorghum yields are projected...
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Experts find link between compulsive use of social media, phones and video games and mental health problemsTeenagers who show signs of being addicted to social media, mobile phones or video games are at greater risk of suicidal behaviour and emotional problems, according to research.A study, which tracked more than 4,000 adolescents for four years,...
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Splitgate 2's Ian Proulx thought his Musk gag was funny – but what it revealed was the major blind spots still in the businessOne thing most game developers can agree on in the modern industry is that it's hard to drum up any awareness for your latest project without a mammoth marketing budget. Last year, almost 20,000 new titles were released on...
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Andrew Jassy tells white collar workers that such technology means fewer people will be needed for some jobsThe boss of Amazon has told white collar staff at the e-commerce company their jobs could be taken by artificial intelligence in the next few years.Andrew Jassy told employees that AI agents – tools that carry out tasks autonomously – and...
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Act swiftly and these steps could help mitigate the damage from a sim-swap scam and prevent it happening againYour mobile phone line is the artery through which data, calls and texts flow. It is also used to prove you are who you say you are for a plethora of accounts, from banks to messaging services.But if it gets hacked or stolen, in what is...
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Nintendo has slept on new games for its new handheld but clockwork-puzzle murder missions, an RPG reborn and a beefed-up Yakuza 0 are the highlights from other developersThe Nintendo Switch 2 certainly makes a strong first impression, but once that gadget limerence begins to fade, it's down to the games to stave off any creeping buyer's remorse. We...
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As international tensions mount and hackers grow more sophisticated and audacious, the Nordic Maritime Cyber Resilience Centre is constantly monitoring the global threat of war, terror and piracyShips being taken over remotely by hackers and made to crash is a scenario made in Hollywood. But in a security operations room in Oslo, just a few metres...
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Giant groundsels are superbly adapted to upland environments where temperatures can plunge to -20CThe common groundsel is a weedy plant often seen on waste ground and roadsides, growing up to about 40cm (16in) tall. But on mountains in east Africa relatives of the groundsel can grow up to 9 metres (30ft) in height. One of these giant groundsels is...
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Protecting your personal data when a company gets into financial difficulty.
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Illegal mining is a big problem in Ghana. Now tech is being used to combat it.
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Leading artists said the bill needed to be changed to protect them from having their work copied by AI.
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Program with the defense department is first under the startup's initiative to put AI to work in governmentsThe US Department of Defense on Monday awarded OpenAI a $200m contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the US military.The San Francisco-based company will "develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address...
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Struggling to sleep and work in the balmy months? Chill your space – and avoid energy-guzzling air con – with our pick of the best fans, from tower to desk to bladeless• Warm weather essentials: 42 ways to make the most of the sunshineOur world is getting hotter. Summer heatwaves are so frequent, they're stretching the bounds of what we think...
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The magnitude of Meta's investment in Scale may seem like command of the AI race, but the company's playing catchupMark Zuckerberg announced in April that the company would make huge capital expenditures in the coming year to keep up in the race to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence. He made good on that promise last week with a $15bn "AI...
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Anne Wojcicki made $305m bid for firm, which has lost customers since declaring bankruptcy, with backing of Fortune 500 company 23andMe's former CEO is set to regain control of the genetic testing company after a $305m bid from a non-profit she controls topped a pharmaceutical company's offer for it in a bankruptcy auction.Last month, Regeneron...
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The popularity of 'healing' through psychedelics is fueling exploitation of Indigenous peoples and threatening biodiversity in EcuadorIn the world of the Ecuadorian Amazon, humans, plants and animals are relatives, and ancient stories reflect real ecological relationships and Indigenous knowledge rooted in profound connections to the land. But one...
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Patients in real world shed less weight than in clinical settings and may benefit more from bariatric surgeryPeople using weight loss jabs shed far fewer pounds in the real world than in clinical trials, researchers have found.Jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, which contain the drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide respectively, have transformed the...
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Originally meant to release in 2022, Capcom's futuristic game – featuring an astronaut and a mysterious blond-haired little girl – has just re-emerged from stasis; and it looks like it will be worth the waitWhen Pragmata was first announced five years ago, it wasn't clear exactly what Resident Evil publisher Capcom was making. The debut trailer...
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In this week's newsletter: Happy 20th birthday to the forum that reshaped fandom and is one of the internet's most eccentric collaborative spacesIt only ended a few years ago, but Westworld already feels a bit of a TV footnote. A pricey mid-2010s remake of a 70s Yul Brynner movie few people remembered, HBO's robot cowboy drama lumbered on for four...
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Four booths hidden from view, prompting fury from Israel's defence ministry and visiting US RepublicansBusiness live – latest updatesThe four main Israeli company stands at the Paris airshow have been shut down after exhibitors reportedly refused to remove some weapons from display.The stands at the aerospace industry event were hidden from view...
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The Hollywood studios allege Midjourney's image generator is a "bottomless pit of plagiarism".
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Information Commissioner's Office takes action as people report feeling powerless over data gathering at homeMakers of air fryers, smart speakers, fertility trackers and smart TVs have been told to respect people's rights to privacy by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).People have reported feeling powerless to control how data is...
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Combination of two targeted drugs found to produce better outcomes and was more tolerable than chemotherapyA groundbreaking UK-wide trial has found a chemotherapy-free approach to treating leukaemia that may lead to better outcomes for some patients, with the results being hailed as a "milestone”.Led by researchers from Leeds, results from the...
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By slashing time and cost of restoration, technique could be used on paintings not valuable enough for traditional approach The centuries can leave their mark on oil paintings as wear and tear and natural ageing produce cracks, discoloration and patches where pieces of pigment have flaked off.Repairing the damage can take conservators years, so the...
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Research reveals 13% of residents regularly invest in cryptocurrency and check stocks, more than all other citiesThe city's most famous sons may have sung that money can't buy you love, but that was before bitcoin existed.Liverpool has emerged as the crypto capital of the UK, according to a study looking at the online habits of people across the...
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Smartphones offer instant stimulation, but do they silence a deeper message?In 2014, a group of researchers from Harvard University and the University of Virginia asked people to sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. The only available diversion was a button that delivered a painful electric shock. Almost half of the participants...
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Citizen Lab says it found 'digital fingerprints' of military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted using against activistsThe hacking mystery roiling the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni's rightwing government is deepening after researchers said they had found new evidence that two more journalists were targeted using the same military-grade...
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Celestial objects will be separated by less than a degree and the colour difference between them will be strikingLook into the western sky this week to see an eye-catching conjunction between Mars and Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation of Leo, the lion. The chart shows the view from London at 2300 BST on 16 June 2025.The pair of...
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The messaging app says the UK government's demands over data access could set a "dangerous precedent."
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Devastating attacks at M&S, the Co-op and Harrods highlight risks as lenders say cybersecurity is biggest expenseIt is every bank boss's worst nightmare: a panicked phone call informs them a cyber-attack has crippled the IT system, rapidly unleashing chaos across the entire UK financial industry.As household names in other industries, including...
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Fraudsters offer great pay for liking and sharing TikTok content – but then demand a fee to unlock higher earningsOut of the blue you receive a call or a text offering you a job. It sounds great – it's remote working and you could earn up to £800 a day. If you're interested, you just need to contact the sender via the WhatsApp number...
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Cooling systems that avoid the use of polluting refrigerants are being launched.
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Peter Kyle calls on employees and businesses to act now to get to grips with technology amid forecasts of job lossesWorkers in the UK should turn their trepidation over AI into "exhilaration” by giving it a try or they risk being left behind by those who have, the technology secretary has said.Peter Kyle called on employees and businesses to "act...
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Studios accuse AI firm of 'piracy' and seek injunction over alleged use of copyrighted charactersDisney and Universal sued an artificial intelligence company on Wednesday, alleging copyright infringement. In their lawsuit, the entertainment giants called Midjourney's popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism” for its...
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We asked a chatbot some common finance questions – and then ran its responses past human expertsArtificial intelligence seems to have touched every part of our lives. But can it help us manage our money? We put some common personal finance questions to the free version of ChatGPT, one of the most well-known AI chatbots, and asked for its...
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Meta AI users may be inadvertently making their searches public without realising it.
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Chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades delayed indefinitelyA chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) said on Thursday...
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