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BBC News - UK5 months ago

Shoe brand Allbirds' shares rise 580% after it pivots from footwear to AI

The company is selling off its shoe brand as it plans to shift to providing technology infrastructure.

Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds

Lack of funding leaving police forces failing to keep pace with two-thirds annual increase in referrals, says reportChild victims of online sexual abuse are being inadequately protected from further h...

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MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time

Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting childrenMPs have rejected a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second tim...

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The Pitt and Game of Thrones spinoff given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool

Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO MaxTV shows including The Pitt and a Game of Thrones spinoff have received age ratings i...

BBC News - UK5 months ago

Snapchat owner cuts 1,000 jobs as says AI will reduce repetitive work

The Snapchat owner is laying off around 16% of staff and withdrawn hundreds of open job roles.

‘Misogyny with a marketing budget’: UK AI firm accused of sexist advert

Narwhal Labs ad for ‘AI employee’ contains strapline: ‘She outworks everyone. And she’ll never ask for a raise’A British AI company that recently secured millions of pounds of investment has been accu...

BBC News - UK5 months ago

Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks

The tech giant said it will punish sites that block back button navigation from June.

Sky News - UK5 months ago

Unemployed Britons turning up to job interviews to find the interviewer is an AI robot

David Gwynn isn't happy with how his job interview at a London hospitality agency went last month.

China now the ‘good guy’ on AI as Trump takes ‘wild west’ approach, MPs told

Experts say China is backing attempts at global governance, while US has set up race between profit-hungry companiesChina is now the “good guy” on AI rather than Donald Trump’s US, where the technolog...

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Run the dishwasher, plug in the car: how Great Britain plans to use record wind and solar power

With a summer glut on cards, customers are being urged to use more energy when renewables are abundantGreat Britain households to be urged to use more power this summer as renewables soarGreat Britain...

Footage of Sydney church stabbing may have ‘fortified’ teen Southport attacker, report finds

Report finds Axel Rudakubana bypassed X age controls and likely viewed footage of Wakeley stabbing before carrying out UK attackA major inquiry into the stabbing of three girls in the UK has detailed...

BBC News - UK6 months ago

Man charged with attempted murder over attack on home of OpenAI's Sam Altman

The Texas man, who also faces federal felony charges, allegedly had documents advocating for violence against AI executives.

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Hate small talk? You may enjoy that ‘dull’ chat more than you think, say researchers

Participants reported enjoying the human connection regardless of whether they thought the topic was dullThe human aversion to dull experiences was nailed by the author Paulo Coelho when he declared:...

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AI to predict how bowel cancer patients will respond to new NHS drug

PhenMap tool could spare thousands of patients from treatment that would be ineffective for themA new AI-driven way of identifying how patients with advanced bowel cancer will respond to a drug that w...

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Rolls-Royce secures nearly £600m in UK government cash to develop small reactors

Engine-maker CEO hails ‘critical milestone’ for company in race to deliver SMR technology built at Wylfa plant on AngleseyRolls-Royce has secured up to £599m from Britain’s national wealth fund as it...

BBC News - UK6 months ago

Excitement, tears and relief: How it felt to follow Nasa's historic mission to the Moon

BBC Science Editor Rebecca Morelle reflects on how it felt to watch history being made.

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‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify

Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged itJason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend...

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‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

A Guardian investigation reveals how the prediction market can shape news – and how it rules on ‘the truth’“Horekunden” was rapidly losing patience.His frustration was with the Institute for the Study...

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Repurposed drug may extend survival in aggressive ovarian cancer, trial shows

Relacorilant, typically used to treat Cushing’s syndrome, could improve outcomes in platinum-resistant casesA drug originally used to treat a rare disease could extend the lives of patients with an ag...