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With the help of citizen scientists, researchers studying rare humpback 'jaw-gaping' believe the move could be a social displayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOff the coast of Western Australia, a humpback whale is "pirouetting”, sweeping its pectoral fins through...
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After five years of deliberation the global south has forced the question that defined the Covid crisis: who will get the vaccines?The Covid-19 pandemic did deep and lasting damage to the international political system. Countries in the global south are keenly aware that the established order let them down. They received vaccines later, in smaller...
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Previously prohibited use of websites such as Omoggle that connect a streamer to a stranger's video feed now allowed Last week, at 4am, 19-year-old Sammy Amz was scrolling through X when something caught his eye: a popular Twitch streamer was competing in a 1v1 "mog-off” with a stranger, and losing.The next day he opened the Omoggle gaming...
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With Trump wavering on Nato and war in Ukraine, Europe is scrambling to spend billions on weapons such as dronesIn a small workshop in England's East Midlands, engineers at the British startup Skycutter are designing weapons for Ukraine. A row of 3D printers make the fuselage for interceptor drones, while parts such as motors and navigation chips...
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The company's UK and Europe boss has become a lightning rod for the British public's fear of a US tech takeoverThe hall was packed with rightwing radicals when Louis Mosley heralded a coming revolution. Just as Oliver Cromwell – that "crusader for Christ and liberty” – routed King Charles I's royalists, "a similar revolution is brewing...
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After embarking on a trial of CAR T-cell therapy, actor Sam Neill announced he is cancer-free. Researchers are enthusiastic the therapies could be a major weapon in the battle against cancerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast"Game-changer.” That's how Prof Misty...
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With the war on Iran, Ukraine, AI and climate breakdown increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock stands closer to midnight than ever before. So who decides how many seconds we have left – and can we buy ourselves more time?The Earth is getting hotter. Conflicts are raging, in the Middle East and Ukraine, each increasing the chance of...
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Machines may soon translate every conversation flawlessly. But language is more than information – it is curiosity, intimacy and cultural discoveryOne of my earliest assignments as a young interpreter was to provide simultaneous interpretation for the proceedings of an ecumenical council that brought together all Christian denominations. As my...
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Andrew Rogers explores new tech trials helping people stay underwater for longer.
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In the game by Melbourne-based Beethoven and Dinosaur, you play as a teenage girl the night before moving to New York – drinking, skateboarding and getting into trouble, all soundtracked by 80s and 90s classicsWhen Johnny Galvatron was 14, his cousin gave him a copy of the Smashing Pumpkins' seminal 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite...
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For anyone needing a break from binging The Pitt, you can always put in your own shifts as a hospital manager, surgeon, paramedic and of course as a demonic morgue assistantLike the rest of the western world, our household is currently binging medical drama The Pitt, revelling in its visceral depiction of life in a modern emergency department....
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While only rolled out to some users, the feature's bizarre AI-generated descriptions were shared widely.
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Journalist Jamie Bartlett on the people trying to get AI to say things it shouldn't … for the safety of us allAll the major AI chatbots – from ChatGPT to Gemini to Grok to Claude – have things they should and shouldn't say.Hate speech, criminal material, exploitation of vulnerable users – all of this is content that the most successful...
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My prank demonstrated how our minds can adversely affect our health, and scientists are increasingly showing that negative thoughts can produce very real symptomsFor his last birthday, I gave my husband a monthly beer box subscription. While he saw it as a generous and delicious present, it spawned a mischievous idea on my part. One evening, as I...
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Whether it's Palantir selling a $239 chore coat, Anthropic taking over a coffee shop or executives walking the red carpet at the Met Gala, tech's biggest players are pivoting to fashion to sell their brands – and attempt to appear cooler in the processLast week, the US spy tech and data firm Palantir launched its latest "merch drop”, including...
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A booming tech sector has disrupted translation jobs in publishing – but they could be needed for a while longer yetIn February 2022, while he was plugging away at rendering the US writer Dana Spiotta's novel Wayward into French, the literary translator Yoann Gentric decided he needed a bit of light relief. He would test whether AI could put him...
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The platform said it would remove end-to-end encrypted messages, a major U‑turn by parent company Meta.
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Criminals are manipulating pictures found on school websites and social media to create sexually explicit images UK schools should remove pictures of pupils' faces from their websites and social media accounts because blackmailers are using them to create sexually explicit images, experts have said.Child safety experts and the UK's National Crime...
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Molecules that can capture heat could be a useful technology to decarbonise heating.
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I spent weeks testing popular at-home pizza tools. Here's what I found was worth the money, no matter your budgetThe best nonalcoholic wines and nonalcoholic beers in the USSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsIt's never been easier to make pizza at home. And today's pizza-making gear is more capable...
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Facebook and Instagram owner claims charges should not be calculated based on a company's global revenueMeta has launched a legal challenge against the UK's media regulator over the fees and fines regime it is enforcing under landmark digital safety legislation.The Facebook and Instagram owner is claiming that Ofcom's methodology for calculating...
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Meta said Ofcom's calculations were "disproportionate"; the regulator said it would defend its position.
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Quashed studies, halted publications and canceled research threaten damage to public health, critics saySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A series of high-profile and under-the-radar decisions by US health agencies have scientists and doctors questioning the extent of the agencies' control over public communications – and they say...
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PS5, Xbox, PC, Switch 2; Annapurna InteractiveThe nostalgic antics of a trio of tenacious teens make for silly yet undeniably enjoyable gameplay, framed by a playlist of bona fide bangersThe older we get, the more we tend to romanticise our teenage years. As bills pile up, we yearn for the simple days of drinking cider in parks. We often tend to...
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Specimen from 1983 lay forgotten at Natural History Museum until recently, when spotted by a volunteer and identified as new genusHe has lizards, bats, frogs, weevils, flatworms, snails and spiders named after him. But now Sir David Attenborough can celebrate his 100th birthday with an entirely new genus named in his honour.Scientists from the...
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Powerful radar system is providing new data on city's subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to itWalking into Mexico City's sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital's cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary,...
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World is approaching point where no one can shut down a rogue AI, says director of body behind researchIt's the stuff of science fiction cinema, or particularly breathless AI company blogposts: new research finds recent AI systems can independently copy themselves on to other computers.In the doom scenario, this means that when the superintelligent...
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Enchanting and a little eerie, Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth is the second great game in as many years based on the classic children's booksSleepy, happy-sad, and imbued with the mildest peril, Tove Jansson's Moomin stories may seem an unlikely fit for the action-heavy medium of video games. Rather than embark on swashbuckling adventures, these...
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Zilis, an executive at Musk's brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI's board from 2020 to 2023Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk's children, took the stand on Wednesday as one of the most highly anticipated witnesses in Musk's case against OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker has argued that, while Zilis worked...
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The tech giant says it hopes to slowly expand the service as the demand for ultra-fast deliveries grows.
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Partnership between top startup DeepL and Amazon comes amid concern about Silicon Valley's monopoly over digital infrastructureAI companies in Europe risk losing their world-leading status in the field of machine translation, industry figures have said, after the decision by one of the continent's leading startups to partner with Amazon's cloud...
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To celebrate Sir David Attenborough's centenary, Madeleine Finlay catches up with natural history writer Patrick Barkham, who has met the celebrated presenter. They explore how the natural world has changed in the century that Attenborough has been on Earth, and how his programming has reflected his growing commitment to highlighting the...
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Scientists suggest algae could be embedded within biosensors that glow when toxins detected in the environmentThe captivating blue glow emitted by a sea-dwelling species of algae has been harnessed by scientists in the US to make light-emitting structures.Pyrocystis lunula is a bioluminescent single-celled organism that sometimes produces brief...
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Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk's children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.
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For You pages prioritized pro-Republican content in three states, researchers say, but TikTok says study does not reflect real user behaviorA study published Wednesday in the journal Nature finds that TikTok's algorithm systematically prioritized pro-Republican content in three states leading up to the 2024 US elections.Researchers created hundreds...
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While some are using AI to tailor programs better suited to their needs, others warn 'it can be wrong, confidently so'People have mixed feelings about AI. While many people regularly use it – 62% in the US and 69% in the UK – trust in the technology is low. In the US, only 26% of people have a positive view of AI, according to one NBC poll, and...
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Finding would explain why type of stroke affecting about 35,000 a year in UK is not as responsive to some medicationThe cause of a type of stroke that affects about 35,000 people across the UK each year has been uncovered by researchers and may explain why some medications are ineffective as treatment.Lacunar strokes, which account for a quarter of...
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The software company said in February it would cut 2,000 jobs but, as it touts new technology, workers are still waiting to hear which roles will goFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStaff at WiseTech have been waiting almost three months to be told if they are among the...
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James Bond games have always fallen short of capturing the precise feel of the classic movies. But Amazon's first dip into the 007 mythology seems to have a character of its ownIn the wake of the last James Bond movie, No Time to Die, there was a surge of articles asking whether it should spell the end for Ian Fleming's secret agent. In that movie,...
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After Ukraine's President Zelensky said territory had been captured using just robots and drones, what is the future of unmanned warfare?
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Financial Stability Board report reveals tech, healthcare and services sectors as the biggest borrowersThe private credit industry's role in fuelling the AI boom could backfire, with a sharp correction leading to "sizeable” losses, the Financial Stability Board has warned.A new report on private credit by the global watchdog, which monitors...
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Bargains are disappearing and the cost of gadgets such as MacBooks and PS5s is rising as AI competes for memory chipsThe end of the cheap laptop, the bargain phone and affordable games consoles may be on the horizon. Not because new models are more hi-tech, but because the cost of computer components has shot up.Recently, the biggest manufacturers...
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Hachette, Macmillan and others allege that Meta pirated millions of works from textbooks to novels for Llama modelFive major publishers sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant misused their books and journal articles to train its artificial intelligence models.Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan...
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Greg Brockman has faced questions about his emails, texts and writings in his personal diary in second week of the trialAs Elon Musk's case against OpenAI entered its second week, focus shifted to the company's president, Greg Brockman. Over the course of several hours on Monday and Tuesday, Brockman faced questions about his emails, texts and one...
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Researchers say findings are not reason to shy away from restrictions as MPs consider ban in England's schoolsStrict bans on mobile phones in schools have "close to zero” impact on student learning and show no evidence of improvements in attendance or online bullying, a study has found.Researchers at US universities including Stanford and Duke...
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Settlement, which includes no admission of wrongdoing, covers roughly 36m eligible devices in class-action lawsuitApple on Tuesday agreed to pay $250m to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of misleading millions of iPhone buyers by falsely touting artificial intelligence capabilities for its Siri voice assistant in late 2024.Plaintiffs...
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Janine Roebuck, from London, says she no longer considers herself deaf after double cochlear implants restored hearingAn opera singer who hid her deafness for more than 30 years has described "life-changing” surgery that has the potential to become the norm for thousands of NHS patients.Janine Roebuck, 72, from London, had double cochlear...
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Serious side-effects from vaccines were rare, scientists found in studies funded by US taxpayer moneyThe US Food and Drug Administration has blocked the publication of several studies that found Covid-19 and shingles vaccines to be safe, according to a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Human Services.Agency scientists conducted the...
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Claims from last year said the tech firm's advertising of Apple Intelligence fooled iPhone buyers.
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OpenAI president Greg Brockman spoke during the second week of a month-long trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman.
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A sleep apnoea wearable. Plus, tech to free up hospital beds and a breast health app.
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Three people have died after an outbreak of hantavirus onboard a cruise ship travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. The World Health Organization says a total of seven cases – two confirmed by laboratory testing and five suspected – have been identified on the cruise ship so far. It is also investigating whether rare human-to-human...
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New agreements between the companies and the Commerce department build on Biden-era pacts.
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Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicryWhen Richard Dawkins met Claudia it was like a whirlwind romance. Over three days last week, a conversation bounced between the evolutionary biologist and the AI bot he called Claudia. "She” wrote poems for him in the manner of Keats and...
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Participants took 25mg of psilocybin, reporting deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month laterA single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can induce anatomical changes in the brain, according to research among people who took the psychedelic compound for the first time.Scientists spotted apparent changes...
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Finalisation of pact governing global response to disease outbreaks delayed as talks on how to share benefits stallA key deadline to finalise a global pandemic treaty has been missed by negotiators, prompting warnings that the world remains unprepared for the next major disease outbreak.Countries have been trying to agree how they should share...
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UK iPhone users who have completed Apple's device-based age checks will no longer be blocked from the site's adult content.
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Sightline Intelligence sent AI-supported tool to company that provides drones to Israeli military, research group saysAnti-war activists in Portland, Oregon, are pushing city authorities to ensure no local resources, tax breaks or investments support a local company that appears to be supplying artificial intelligence software to the Israeli...
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Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary wants to bring the epic poem to the big screen using the power of artificial intelligence. It can't be any goodThe thing about unfilmable works of literature is that most of them eventually turn out to be quite filmable after all. The Lord of the Rings was a bit of a mess when shot in rotoscope on a minuscule...
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Alzheimer's Research UK says patients at risk of being left behind as lack of formal or accurate diagnoses closes door to trialsPeople with Alzheimer's disease are missing out on experimental treatments because they are not diagnosed early or accurately enough to be enrolled in clinical trials, a UK charity has said.Trials of Alzheimer's drugs...
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Decades of advice on what to eat and what not to might have been missing one key ingredient, according to new researchReduce your calories. Eat more vegetables. Limit soft drinks and junk foods. For years, even decades, this has been the advice for those wanting a healthy body weight, lower blood pressure and better markers of metabolic health....
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The transition towards renewable energy received a boost last week when representatives from 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a world-first climate meeting aimed at bringing the fossil fuels era to an end. Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian's global environment editor, Jon Watts, about how the landmark conference came about, who...
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Musk won't have to give up any money he allegedly saved from delaying disclosure of initial purchase of Twitter stockSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailElon Musk settled the US Securities and Exchange Commission's civil lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of stock...
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Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon's Anthropic feud as indications the department is 'not a responsible partner'Workers developing Google's artificial intelligence products in the UK have voted to unionize, in part out of concerns about a deal between the company and the US military that was announced last week.In a letter slated to...
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Ryan Cohen said he didn't understand questions about how the video games retailer could afford its $55.5bn bidSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailGameStop's shares fell more than 10% on Monday as questions emerged about how the company would finance its surprise $55.5bn bid for eBay.In an interview with CNBC, Ryan Cohen, GameStop's...
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Reform UK is 'doing something right when it comes to visibility' on multiple AI systems, say researchersAI platforms are more likely to reference Nigel Farage than any other UK leader when prompted about British politics, according to an AI search analytics firm."We are confident in saying that Reform are showing up significantly more than you...
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More than a quarter of 20- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. No wonder they are escaping into virtual properties that they can decorate and furnish as they likeName: Cosy gaming.Age: Has its origins in social simulation games such as Harvest Moon (1996) and The Sims (2000). Continue reading...
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Exclusive: Sperm re-transplant offers hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could have biological children one dayIn a groundbreaking fertility trial, a man whose testicular tissue was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy as a child to be re-transplanted 16 years later has been able to produce sperm.It is the first time a transplant of...
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is backing new version of app called Divine, where content must be made by a humanAs a pioneer of the short-form video format, Vine has been credited as one of the most influential – if short-lived – social media platforms.The app, which allowed users to record a looping six seconds of video, boomed in popularity...
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Video game retailer's CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale site's board US video games retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5bn (£41bn) in an unsolicited bid that its boss warned could turn hostile if the proposal is rebuffed by eBay's board.GameStop, which has quietly accumulated a 5% stake in...
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Researchers say works may have been incorrectly inscribed in 1700s, leading to centuries-long misunderstandingThey are two small sketches by the Renaissance master Hans Holbein: one has long been considered to be a portrait of Henry VIII's doomed second wife, Anne Boleyn, and the other is of an unknown woman whose name was lost to time.Now...
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Rodent-carried disease is not usually contagious between humans and outbreaks are rare. What are the symptoms and treatment?Three passengers on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).The outbreak was reported on the polar cruise ship MV Hondius, which was...
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Best seen before dawn, the shower will reach its peak on the night of 5–6 MayThe Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts upon the skies this week, reaching its peak on the night of 5–6 May.Best seen before dawn, the chart shows the view looking east from London at 4am on 6 May. By this time, the shower's radiant point will have climbed into the...
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On 'Star Wars day', researchers more than double the number of potential known 'circumbinary' planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke SkywalkerAstronomers have discovered 27 new potential planets that orbit two stars, like the fictional desert planet Tatooine from the Star Wars universe.To date, only about 18 circumbinary planets –...
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Big Dog Ranch Rescue made deal to buy 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin breeding and research facilityThe first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe."They started within an hour or so coming up to us, wanting attention. Some...
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Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate useHow does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognitionBritain's biometrics watchdogs have warned that national oversight of AI-powered...
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People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then 'given no help' to investigate verdictsAI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warnHow does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? When Ian Clayton, a retired health and safety professional from Chester, popped into Home...
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Billionaire's role as honorary chair and main source of funding has led to boycotts and criticism event has lost its cachetThe Met Gala in New York is the grandest and ritziest event in the fashion calendar, and an indicator of the growing ties between designers, celebrity and power. But with tech billionaires now joining the cohort, this year's...
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Exclusive: Varun Chandra's talks with Google, Meta, Apple and others raise fears of 'lobbying behind closed doors'An influential government adviser close to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech executives, the Guardian can reveal.The No 10 business aide Varun Chandra discussed regulatory changes, AI and...
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Artemis II inspired the public but the Trump administration wants to slash the science underpinning human spaceflightIt should have been a victory lap for Jared Isaacman. The Nasa administrator was in Washington DC for what he surely hoped would be a celebration with lawmakers and the US president, little more than two weeks after the successful...
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We tend to think of intelligence like height – and imagine ourselves being overtaken. That misses the pointUntil recently, we humans have been able to be smug about our abilities. No other animals play boardgames, write essays or prove mathematical theorems. But lately, progress in AI seems as though it might challenge our self-image as the...
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Exclusive: Brainchild of Dominic Cummings, Aria is aimed at funding 'crazy' scientific projects to benefit the UKBritain's "invention agency” has pledged £50m of UK taxpayer money to US tech companies and venture capital projects.Dreamed up by Dominic Cummings to fund "crazy” ideas, the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) is meant to...
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After subscribing to the Claude chatbot, mystery payments started to appear on one family's credit card bill. They are not aloneDavid Duggan* was so impressed with the ability of the Claude chatbot to answer medical questions and organise family life, that a $20-a-month (£15) subscription seemed like money well spent.But then his wife spotted two...
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Doing more trips around the sun does not mean inevitable decline, new research suggests – and having a optimistic outlook can even bring improvementsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailBy most standards, Prof Velandai Srikanth is at the peak of his career. He is the director of the National Centre for Healthy Ageing; his decades of highly...
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The photographer Eric Lusito takes us on a scientific journey through space and time in a book on Soviet scientific institutes Continue reading...
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Exclusive: A grazier has released emails that reveal the state's environment and water department prioritised harvesting of winter cereal crops over wetlandsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton's free Clear Air newsletter hereFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news...
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Residents say AI factories with unknown environmental impacts are being rushed into development as proponents argue Australia must ride the data boom or be left behindFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen West Footscray resident Sean Brown takes his 19-month-old boy to...
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'Date My Mate' nights, which involve pitching a friend to a room of singles, are gaining momentum across the countryFor many young people, the dating game has been nothing but a thankless task of endless swiping and ghosting, with little hope of finding love.But as dating apps fall out of favour, and a relationship recession looms, young singles...
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When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UKI like being a twin. It defines who I am,” Lavinia Osbourne tells me on the 49th birthday she shares with her sister, Michelle. "It's amazing to have a twin and have a built-in...
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WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older childrenThe first malaria treatment for babies has been approved by the World Health Organization, opening the door to widespread use around the globe.In parts of Africa, up to 18% of children under six months will be infected with...
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Harriet Bradshaw finds out how AI is being used to help solve an art history mystery.
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The academy that controls the Oscars on Friday issued new award eligibility requirements around the use of artificial intelligence in film.
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The solar-powered iLamps will have a built-in Nvidia chip but there are questions over their security and scalability.
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The US military has agreed eight new contracts with big tech firms as it expands its artificial intelligence capabilities.
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OpenAI, Google, Nvidia and others agreed to 'any lawful use' of their tech. Anthropic, feuding with Pentagon over potential AI misuse, was not includedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Pentagon said on Friday it had reached agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies: SpaceX,...
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Loaded with extras and produced at a cut price, the crossover SUV has overtaken rival cars from US, Japanese and Korean firmsThe UK is no stranger to foreign cars. The bestseller lists in recent years have been dominated by the US's Ford Puma, Japan's Nissan Qashqai, Korea's Kia Sportage and occasionally even Tesla's Model Y.But in March the top 10...
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The Artemis missions are paving the way to civilizational decisions. It's time to ask not just what we can do – but whether we should do itThis month's splashdown of Artemis II was rightly celebrated as a technical achievement. Four astronauts traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history and returned safely. It is an extraordinary thing...
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Musk must meet a range of ambitious milestones at Tesla to justify the monster pay packet - so far he has not.
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The music streaming platform will review criteria such as artists' live dates and social media presence.
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Meeting 'my people' – video gamers with very long memories – took me back to an era of machine play that lacked megabytes but had far more tangible presenceI want to tell you about the game that has made me the happiest this month. It's a game I didn't complete. It's a game I didn't even start. I just held it. And smiled. I have played the game...
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Longitudinal studies are a research jewel, shedding light on motor neurone disease, cot deaths, Alzheimer's and more. Don't let the security breach in China put you off joining oneOne thing Britain is exceptionally good at is collecting and using health data for research, studying cohorts of people over many decades. A shudder of alarm rippled...
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Trial continues after heated back-and-forth during OpenAI's cross-examination of the Tesla CEOElon Musk's court case against Sam Altman continued on Thursday, after a day of contentious exchanges during OpenAI's cross-examination of the Tesla CEO. Musk faced more combative questioning throughout the morning, in a glimpse of what may await other...
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People describe unnatural process as survey finds nearly half of job seekers have been interviewed by AINearly half (47%) of UK job seekers have had an AI interview, research from the hiring platform Greenhouse has found.In its survey of 2,950 active job seekers, including 1,132 UK-based workers, with additional respondents from the US, Germany,...
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Company details $111.2bn in revenue in first earnings report after announcement of Cook's pending departureApple blew past Wall Street expectations in its first earnings report since it announced CEO Tim Cook would be stepping down.Cook shared his thoughts about the leadership transition on Thursday, saying: "There's no one on this planet I trust...
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The record results come as boss Tim Cook is preparing to bow out after 15 years at the helm.
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Green checkmark will appear on artist profiles to signal they meet the platform's standard for authenticitySpotify on Thursday unveiled a new verification system designed to help listeners distinguish human musicians from AI-generated content, as people flood streaming platforms with a growing volume of synthetic tracks made with artificial...
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By attacking the basic settlement between scientists and the state, the US president has proved that experts can't avoid these fightsDonald Trump's war on science has been vicious and hugely damaging, but it is worth noting that he has lost some of its biggest battles. Last year, Mr Trump demanded that US federal scientific and medical research...
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Isaiah Thomas, known as hmblzayy, was walking a 3,000-mile challenge when he was hit
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Hitman developer IO Interactive's pluralistic take on the British secret agent – his first video-game outing in almost 15 years – promises a Bond for all eras. Here's what you need to knowIf you want to tell the tale of a young James Bond, you first need to pick which James Bond he's going to grow into. This was the task handed to Hitman...
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Hope that sessions of MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers fight longer by helping them process traumaA new doctrine could soon take hold in part of the US war on drugs: psychedelic drugs for active-duty soldiers suffering from PTSD.In two studies funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), 186 service personnel with PTSD will likely next year...
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The AI firm said that unlike previous model bugs, the issue "crept in subtly".
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Small top-tier Android is great to use, being fast, AI-loaded and with reasonable battery life, but falls short of rivals on cameraSamsung's compact flagship phone hasn't changed much in a year, but the S26 is still one of the best smaller handsets available as rivals grow larger and larger.The S26 is the cheapest and smallest of this year's top...
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PC; Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertainment An innocent-looking charity shop find draws you into a compulsive world of demons, ogres and retro delightsFor a while in the mid-1990s, meta horror movies were the genre everyone was talking about. Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Scream, the Blair Witch Project – these films simultaneously examined...
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Data tool could help NHS prioritise who gets access to limited weight-loss medication, say scientistsA new tool that can shed light on who is most at risk of obesity-related diseases could help identify people who would benefit most from weight-loss medications, researchers have said.Recent data suggests about two-thirds of adults in England are...
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Meta and its subcontractor disagree over why over 1000 Kenya-based workers were made redundant.
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From world record breakers to the most iconic image of all time, these are Guardian Australia's top three photos for April. Photographer and picture editor, Carly Earl, hand-picks three photographs as her favourites every month and explains the craft and composition that makes them special. April's edition includes a quiet, intimate moment of...
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Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and Guardian science editor Ian Sample to talk through three eye-catching stories from the week, including the news that the number of years people in the UK are spending in good health has declined compared with a decade ago. Also on the agenda is the science, tech and nutrition behind two runners at this...
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Elon Musk was cross-examined on the third day of the trial over his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
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PocketOS was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its businessIt only took nine seconds for an AI coding agent gone rogue to delete a company's entire production database and its backups, according to its founder. PocketOS, which sells software that car rental businesses rely on, descended into chaos after its...
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The astronauts joined president in Oval Office for a press conference, and it wasn't long before he praised himselfDonald Trump hosted the crew of the historic Artemis II lunar flyby mission at the White House on Wednesday.The four astronauts – commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen...
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People with meniscus tears who underwent surgery had poorer knee function and worse osteoarthritis after 10 years than those who did notA common knee surgery for cartilage damage does not benefit patients and may lead to worse outcomes, a 10-year trial suggests.The study tracked outcomes for patients treated for a meniscus tear, who were given a...
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Gillian Morriss-Kay explains why she was also a formidable advocate for womenYour obituary of the astrophysicist Carole Jordan (31 March) describes a life dedicated to making important discoveries about the complex nature of the universe. These inspiring discoveries could not have been made by sending rockets to the moon, but perhaps the excitement...
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Chatbots programmed to respond warmly even cast doubts on Apollo moon landings and fate of Hitler, researchers sayThe rush to make AI chatbots more friendly has a troubling downside, researchers say. The warm personas make them prone to mistakes and sympathetic to crackpot beliefs.Chatbots trained to respond more warmly gave poorer answers, worse...
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Authorities are yet to decide how they will move the body of the massive creature, which is attracting humans, eagles – and plenty of sharksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThin strips of flesh hang down like rotten tinsel, swaying in the wind. Glistening fluid...
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Physical phone-blocking devices, powered by NFC wireless technology, are becoming a popular solution for doomscrolling. Brigid Delaney puts one to the testWake up, 100 messages from group chat overnight about something – what? another assassination attempt; a village destroyed in Lebanon; the football result in England; the weather in Iran being...
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Pragmata, Saros and Vampire Crawler bring together aesthetics, responsiveness and creative opportunities in joyous ways that can't be defined, only experiencedGame feel is one of the most elusive concepts in the glossary of interactive entertainment, at once perfectly clear and difficult to define. Obviously, it refers to what a game feels like to...
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Researchers found adjusting AI systems to be more warm and friendly to users would result in an "accuracy trade-off".
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The ZSL has given us the word 'zoo', inspired artists and birthed a quarter of all Sumatran tigers. It has fascinated me since childhood – and the world since 1826In the spring of 1826, two extraordinary things occurred in central London. The first was the death of Chunee the elephant. On 1 March at Cross's Menagerie, upstairs in the Exeter...
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Drugmaker had stalled large-scale projects in England but has now pledged investment at two sites, announced by Keir StarmerBritain's biggest drugmaker AstraZeneca has said it will invest £300m in the UK in a surprise U-turn after pausing large-scale projects last year.The drugmaker had pulled back investments in Britain after becoming...
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Social media is awash with content about food intolerances and the symptoms to look out for. But figuring out whether you actually have one, and what's triggering it, is surprisingly difficult. One avenue people are gravitating towards is at-home testing. Madeleine Finlay sits down with health and lifestyle journalist Rebecca Seal to unpick the...
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To test the safety and security of AI, hackers have to trick large language models into breaking their own rules. It requires ingenuity and manipulation – and can come at a deep emotional costA few months ago, Valen Tagliabue sat in his hotel room watching his chatbot, and felt euphoric. He had just manipulated it so skilfully, so subtly, that it...
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Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and InstagramThe tech company Meta has been found to be in breach of EU law for failing to prevent children under 13 from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms.Issuing the preliminary findings of a nearly two-year investigation, the European Commission...
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Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manageDonald Trump is not impressed by soft power. He respects hard men with military muscle. But he can be moved by pageantry, which is the purpose of King Charles's visit to Washington this week. Trump is...
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The bizarre vertical flight pattern has long puzzled experts but new research reveals why it may play a crucial role in the insect's survivalOn a spring evening along the banks of the River Thames, thousands of mayflies can be seen engaging in what may be one of the world's oldest dances. In the fading light, the males make a steep vertical climb,...
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Jurassic Park actor is advocating for CAR T-cell therapy, which he underwent as part of a clinical trial, to be rolled out for blood cancer patients across AustraliaSam Neill has announced he is now cancer-free after undergoing a new treatment when chemotherapy stopped working on his stage-three blood cancer.The Jurassic Park actor made the...
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Research offers insights into domestication of dogs but it remains unclear why they ended up with smaller brains than wolvesIt has long been known that dogs have less between their ears than wolves, but now research has suggested their brains started to get smaller at least 5,000 years ago.Experts say the results offer fresh insights into the...
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The solution to today's puzzleEarlier today I asked you this slippery question. Here it is again with the solution.Snakes in a cage Continue reading...
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The case over OpenAI's history and public commitments could have major implications for the future of AI.
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Workers train AI to identify everyday objects by labelling items in photos and videos.
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Readers respond to an article by Daniel Lavelle about his alien chasing expedition in the USDaniel Lavelle went "alien-chasing” in the US and wrote a book about it. The late Nick Pope called it a "hugely entertaining, gonzo-style examination of UFOs, ufology and ufologists”. In his Guardian article (The Pentagon released its UFO videos – so I...
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Created by three dads from Seattle, the resolutely un-mobile handset doesn't have internet access, apps or even a screen. No wonder anxious parents are snapping it upName: Tin Can.Age: Launched last April. Continue reading...
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Hallucinogens have come a long way from the 60s counterculture to Trump's White House – propelled by veterans' lobbying and Silicon Valley capitalKojo Koram's new book, The Next Fix: Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs, is out on 4 JuneOn 13 May 1966, a US Senate subcommittee questioned a former Harvard clinical psychologist, considered by...
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All of us can choose to consider facts, not vibes, in our next decision. One simple hack is go and look up some easily accessible peer-reviewed studiesHelen Pearson is an editor for Nature and author of Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really WorksIn 1992, a group of rebel doctors published a radical idea in the prestigious Journal of the...
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The battle between the AI big hitters has largely played out on social media. Now it is coming to the courtroom.
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Artists and writers argue scrappy nature of self-published booklets is incompatible with artificial intelligenceThe self-published zine has long been central to cultural revolutions, from queer activism to Black feminism and the riot grrrl punk movement, producing titles such as Sniffin' Glue and Sweet-Thang along the way. But now the traditionally...
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The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni – You Heard It From Me – uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudesIn Beirut's Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan – though she is barely recognisable. Filming for the...
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The pad will be compatible with PCs, Valve's handheld console, the Steam Deck as well as its upcoming gaming PC.
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Apple laptop sets new performance bar with more storage, new chips and plenty of options, but now has two-tier specs depending on processorApple's Macs have been on a roll this year with the brand new budget MacBook Neo and a faster MacBook Air M5, but now it's time for its workhorse MacBook Pro to be upgraded with the fastest, most powerful...
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The government is consulting on changes as a new social media law goes through its final Parliamentary stages.
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Positions 'terminated, effective immediately', says email to scientists sent on president's behalf, in move labelled 'dangerous attack' on US innovationThe Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF).Members of the National Science Board received an email on Friday sent from the...
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Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country's surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortagesJapan's famously conscientious but overburdened baggage handlers will soon be joined by extra staff at Tokyo's Haneda airport – although their new colleagues will need to take regular recharging...
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After Donald Trump's second election, I realised the insidious hold my phone had over my life. So I turned to something I'd loved in childhood to better occupy my attentionAfter a long day of looking at screens for work, I used to go to bed and stare at my phone until I fell asleep. When not doomscrolling news headlines, I'd crash out to hateful...
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Experts say counterfeits lack UV filters, increasing the risk of eye damage, and urge shoppers to check for safety marksWhile many will be enjoying the spring sunshine, experts have cautioned against wearing fake designer sunglasses, warning they could do more harm than good.As the College of Optometrists notes, sunglasses not only protect the eyes...
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It comes after months of scrutiny by Chinese regulators over deal struck with Facebook owner.
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The horror of sports lessons put three in 10 of British 50 to 65-year-olds off exercise for life. I wish I'd known sooner that movement can feel so goodSurprising news: three in 10 50- to 65-year-olds in a recent Age UK survey said school sports memories had put them off exercise "for life”. Only three in 10? When it comes to exercise, there are...
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Musk's lawsuit accuses Altman of fraud, while OpenAI says that Musk is 'motivated by jealousy'A trial between two of Silicon Valley's biggest tycoons kicked off on Monday in California, the culmination of a years-long bitter feud. Elon Musk has accused Sam Altman of betraying the founding agreement of the non-profit they started together, OpenAI,...
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How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find outBy Chang Che. Read by Vincent Lai Continue reading...
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Inaudible infrasound from old pipes and ventilation systems may affect how people feel, research indicatesFor believers in the paranormal, unsettling sensations brought on by old buildings can be a sinister hint of loitering spirits. But new research points to a more mundane explanation: inaudible sounds from aged pipes and boilers.Scientists...
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This puzzle has biteUPDATE: S-s-solution up hereDid you hear about the snake that liked maths?I'm sure you did – it's one of the oldest jokes in the book.* Continue reading...
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