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Instagram privacy tech is turned off today - what does this mean for your DMs? By switching off end‑to‑end encryption, Instagram will now be able to access all the content of direct messages.

9 hours ago

How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush

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

6 days ago

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.

15 days ago

Who is really paying the influencers?

21 hours ago

Instagram turns off privacy tech. What happens to your DMs?

2 hours ago

How sunburn inspired a new way to store energy -- Scientists are developing molecules that can store heat for months and release it when needed - a potential step towards cleaner energy for heating.

9 hours ago

The no-nonsense judge calling the shots in Musk v Altman trial -- The feud has fuelled a costly showdown between two tech titans.

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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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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?

15 days ago

Inside the Rage Machine

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Trump and the Tech Titans

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Dating Apps: The Inside Story

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The Darkest Web

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Isaac Newton: The Last Magician

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The First Inventors: Investigating Ancient Australia

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TikTok scales back AI-generated video descriptions after absurd errors -- While only rolled out to some users, the feature's bizarre AI-generated descriptions were shared widely.

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Riverdale actor calls out TikTok singer Mr Fantasy - but is all as it seems? -- The actor has branded the singer an identity thief - but plenty of fans think they're the same person.

18 hours ago

Meta brings High Court challenge over Ofcom fees -- Meta said Ofcom's calculations were "disproportionate"; the regulator said it would defend its position.

10 hours ago

Award-winning farmer hopes to inspire more women -- As well as a blog and podcast, farmer Milly Fyfe leads initiatives to help people connect with food.

22 hours ago

'We had people come just to see it': Amazon delivers its first UK parcels by drone -- The unmanned aircraft can drop off 100 parcels a day within a 12km radius of Amazon's hub.

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Woman covertly filmed for 'humiliating' social media content - then told to pay -- Alice says the video was posted on social media and viewed about 40,000 times.

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Former OpenAI board member says Elon Musk offered her sperm donations -- Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk's children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.

1 day ago

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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Robot wars - what an operation in Ukraine tells us about the battlefield of the near future -- After Ukraine's President Zelensky said territory had been captured using just robots and drones, what is the future of unmanned warfare?

16 hours ago

'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.

1 day ago

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.

3 days ago

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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