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Rishi Sunak held a private meeting with the boss of Google on Friday as part of his ongoing discussions with tech leaders about the challenges posed by artificial intelligence.The prime minister met with Sundar Pichai, the chief executi...
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A high-grade version of BBQ charcoal is being tested as a way of removing greenhouse gas from the atmosphere for centuries to come.The charred wood, called biochar, has been spread over farmland in one of the first large-scale trials of...
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The Royal Navy has carried out the first trial of a quantum navigation system that could allow a vessel to know its precise position anywhere in the world without using GPS.The technology, developed by physicists at Imperial College in...
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A fake image that appeared to show an explosion near the Pentagon briefly went viral on social media and left fact-checkers and the local fire service scrambling to counter the claim.It appeared the image, which purported to show a larg...
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A fourth person has died from exposure to a drug-resistant bacteria found in eye drops in the United States.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the bacteria has infected 81 people, including the four that...
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TikTok is suing Montana after the US state passed a law banning the video-sharing app from personal devices.TikTok filed a lawsuit on Monday arguing the ban is an "unconstitutional" violation of free speech and is based on "unfounded sp...
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WhatsApp will allow users to edit their messages - but only for 15 minutes after they have been sent.The Meta-owned messaging service has started rolling out the new function and it will be available to all users in the coming weeks.
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Scientists have worked out the properties of an ancient galaxy 25 million light years away, believing it to have a supermassive black hole at its centre.The astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope - the most powerful telescope e...
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Patients will soon be able to use the NHS app to opt for private hospital treatment in an effort to cut waiting times, according to a report.The NHS waiting list for routine treatment stands at more than seven million and is predicted t...
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Elephants enjoy the presence of zoo visitors, according to a new study.Animal behaviour experts at Nottingham Trent University and Harper Adams University looked at more than 100 research papers examining how visitors affected the behav...
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Schools are "bewildered" by advances in AI and do not trust the companies behind the tech to provide adequate regulation, headteachers have warned.Leading figures from the UK's education sector said systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Goo...
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The US airman accused of leaking classified files will remain in jail until his trial, a judge has ruled.Jack Teixeira is accused of leaking scores of documents, including sensitive information on America's allies and operations abroad,...
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The NHS is trialling an electric headset which aims to reduce symptoms of depression.The device uses electric pulses to increase brain activity, and medical trials suggest the equipment could work well.
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The first-ever full-sized digital replica of the Titanic has been created - and experts say it could be used to unlock secrets of the world's most famous shipwreck.Scientists have created what they have labelled a "digital twin" of the...
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Disgraced Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, looks set for prison after a court rejected her latest attempt to stay free.The 39-year-old entrepreneur was also ordered to pay $452 million (almost £363 million) to victims of her crimes b...