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How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush - GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything from creativity to critical thinking.

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Musk's AI told me people were coming to kill me. I grabbed a hammer and prepared for war

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Finding 'hidden sperm' in men deemed infertile

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The clandestine network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout

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AI firms claim their products could destroy humanity. Are they right? -- They built it. They're scared of it. They're selling it anyway.

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This is why your charging cables keep breaking -- Charging cables are the most overlooked technology in your life, until they break and you're stuck with a dying phone. Here's how to take better care of them.

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Why is everything a conspiracy?

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The new at‑home tech helping stroke survivors in recovery

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Why Sam Altman and his former hero Elon Musk are taking their toxic feud to court -- 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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How will Apple change under 'product guy' John Ternus? -- How Ternus responds to challenges facing Apple will go a long way to deciding the tech giant's future, writes Zoe Kleinman.

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How technology is transforming India's silk industry -- Silk production is an increasingly high-tech business in India.

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Can we predict the next global crisis? -- Spotting the events that might lead to a major period of upheaval is notoriously difficult. Could artificial intelligence be the crystal ball we need?

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Inside the Rage Machine

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The Darkest Web

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Dating Apps: The Inside Story

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Trump and the Tech Titans

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Isaac Newton: The Last Magician

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The First Inventors: Investigating Ancient Australia

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How insect brains could spark next AI revolution -- Insects' lightning-fast reactions could transform AI and robotics, Sheffield researchers say.

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Vapes warning as fires in bin lorries rise -- A local authority says there have been three waste fires since the start of the year.

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'I thought he was going to hit me', OpenAI co-founder says of Musk -- 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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Apple to pay up to $95 to some US iPhone buyers over AI lawsuit -- Claims from last year said the tech firm's advertising of Apple Intelligence fooled iPhone buyers.

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US to safety test new AI models from Google, Microsoft, xAI -- New agreements between the companies and the Commerce department build on Biden-era pacts.

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AI chatbots giving misleading voting advice in run-up to election -- Candidate lists, constituency names and policy details are among the mishaps made by popular chatbots.

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Pornhub to become accessible again for some UK users -- 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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AI firms should face 'minimum wage for robots' to limit job cuts, says tech boss -- A tech entrepreneur warns "white-collar workers in places like Cardiff" are "in firing line of AI".

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Squishy toy trend caused 'traumatising' burns -- A 10-year-old girl could be scarred for life after taking part in the viral social media trend.

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Two TV dramas are exploring the life of an OnlyFans model. Here's what it's really like -- The new season of HBO's Euphoria, and Apple TV's series Margo's got Money Troubles, both feature lead characters who are adult content creators. But they don't tell the whole story.

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Litter picker, 87, makes TikToks to teach young -- Thomas Black from Ilkley has featured in four short anti-litter films called No One Likes a Tosser.

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Oscars says AI actors and writing cannot win awards -- 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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Bright idea? UK firm pioneers data centres using lampposts -- The solar-powered iLamps will have a built-in Nvidia chip but there are questions over their security and scalability.

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Pentagon says US military to be an 'AI-first' fighting force -- The US military has agreed eight new contracts with big tech firms as it expands its artificial intelligence capabilities.

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Elon Musk's latest Tesla pay valued at $158bn - but he can't pocket it -- 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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