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Irish media regulator opens formal investigation into X over child safety and age assurance controls

Irish media regulator opens formal investigation into X over child safety and age assurance controls

In a latest tech update, Ireland’s media watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has opened a formal investigation into social media platform X to determine...

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Hafsa Naeem Baig

People were too frightened to speak about Elon Musk, says documentary director

People were too frightened to speak about Elon Musk, says documentary director

Director Alex Gibney has revealed that many people were too frightened to speak publicly about Elon Musk, ​as he unveiled his marathon documentary...

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Global study reveals nearly 1.7 million deaths linked to second-hand smoke exposure in 2023

Global study reveals nearly 1.7 million deaths linked to second-hand smoke exposure in 2023

An estimated 2.71 billion people globally—representing nearly one-third of the world’s population were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2023,...

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Israel's Netanyahu makes last-ditch efforts to avert election defeat

Israel's Netanyahu makes last-ditch efforts to avert election defeat

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to consolidate Israel's fractious right-wing parties ahead of a Tuesday deadline in order to avoid...

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Google DeepMind maps 9 billion human DNA mutations in major genetics breakthrough

Google DeepMind maps 9 billion human DNA mutations in major genetics breakthrough

Google DeepMind officially introduced AlphaGenome Atlas model- a massive genomic database that provides functional predictions for every possible...

yesterday 10

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Ruqia Shahid

No ticket? New TSA program lets non-travelers past airport security

No ticket? New TSA program lets non-travelers past airport security

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has reportedly launched a new program allowing eligible non-travelers without a plane ticket to pass...

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Ballon d’Or 2026: Full list of nominees revealed

Ballon d’Or 2026: Full list of nominees revealed

The rollout for the 2026 Ballon d’Or awards has officially begun with the release of the Men's and Women's Club of the Year shortlists....

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US eyes Venezuela’s vast mineral resources after major oil gains: Report

US eyes Venezuela’s vast mineral resources after major oil gains: Report

The Trump administration is set to expand the US access to Venezuela’s mineral wealth after tapping significant oil resources in a recent deal...

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Singapore raises ministers’ salaries for the first time in 15 years: Here’s why

Singapore raises ministers’ salaries for the first time in 15 years: Here’s why

Singapore’s government reportedly says it will adjust the annual competition of its ministers and other office holders including its prime minister...

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Ruqia Shahid

Instagram creators hit by new fake copyright strike scam

Instagram creators hit by new fake copyright strike scam

Instagram creators are falling victim to a new kind of scam where extorters are filing fraudulent copyright claims against creators accounts. Scammers...

yesterday 10

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Suspected smugglers go on trial in Paris over fatal English Channel migrant shipwreck

Suspected smugglers go on trial in Paris over fatal English Channel migrant shipwreck

In a recent update, fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris to face charges connected to the deadliest small-boat disaster recorded in the English...

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Hafsa Naeem Baig

Russia clarifies de-dollarisation stance ahead of BRICS summit

Russia clarifies de-dollarisation stance ahead of BRICS summit

Russia has eased de-dollarisation fears by clarifying that the country does not seek de-dollarisation and is open to every payment method. The...

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Zelensky responds to Trump envoys’ latest Russia-Ukraine peace ideas

Zelensky responds to Trump envoys’ latest Russia-Ukraine peace ideas

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has responded to the Trump administration’s envoys' peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which has...

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French AI pioneer Mistral secures €3 billion in record-breaking financing round, hitting a $24 billion valuation

French AI pioneer Mistral secures €3 billion in record-breaking financing round, hitting a $24 billion valuation

French artificial intelligence pioneer Mistral has completed a landmark €3 billion ($3.3 billion) Series D financing round, pushing its post-money...

yesterday 10

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Global diesel supply to stay tight through winter, energy executives warn

Global diesel supply to stay tight through winter, energy executives warn

The international diesel market faces a prolonged crunch that is expected to keep supplies tight through the upcoming winter heating and logistics...

yesterday 10

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Fast-moving wildfire threatens homes in Turkey's Antalya province, authorities warn

Fast-moving wildfire threatens homes in Turkey's Antalya province, authorities warn

Emergency response teams have mobilized across Turkey's southern Mediterranean coast to combat a fast-moving wildfire that tore through sections...

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$10M Renoir Museum heist: 3 paintings stolen in France

$10M Renoir Museum heist: 3 paintings stolen in France

Another heist hit the Renoir Museum, France on early Tuesday in which thieves stole three valuable art paintings. According to Mayor Bryan Masson...

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Iceland hits back, summons US ambassador over Trump controversial map

Iceland hits back, summons US ambassador over Trump controversial map

Iceland has fired back over the controversial map posted by President Donald Trump on social media showing the island and other countries covered by...

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Australia to let users switch off social media algorithms

Australia to let users switch off social media algorithms

Australia in the latest push to regulate the digital landscape has proposed an “off switch” option for social media users to improve online safety...

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UK chancellor John Healey warns of tough budget amid fiscal pressures

UK chancellor John Healey warns of tough budget amid fiscal pressures

In a major update, UK's Chancellor John Healey has put the country on notice for a challenging fiscal policy, warning that mounting international...

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Microsoft finds phishers using AI prompt-injection trick

Microsoft finds phishers using AI prompt-injection trick

Microsoft's security team went looking for AI prompt-injection attacks and found something else entirely: the same invisible-character trick,...

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Pareesa Afreen

5 killed, several injured after Amazon cargo jet overruns runway at Miami Airport

5 killed, several injured after Amazon cargo jet overruns runway at Miami Airport

An Amazon Prime Air cargo jet overran a runway at Miami International Airport, crashing into nearby vehicles and bursting into flames, leaving at...

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Authors accuse OpenAI of renaming LibGen datasets to hde their origin

Authors accuse OpenAI of renaming LibGen datasets to hde their origin

A single renamed dataset is now central to one of the biggest copyright fights in AI. Authors suing OpenAI say the company torrented books from...

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OpenAI reveals how much researchers spend on AI coding

OpenAI reveals how much researchers spend on AI coding

OpenAI's heaviest agent users now burn through more than $7,000 worth of tokens a day, but the number OpenAI seemed just as eager to disclose was...

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Google urges chrome users to update now after critical security flaw exploited

Google urges chrome users to update now after critical security flaw exploited

Google has issued an emergency update for its Chrome browsers after detecting the most critical bug in the web browser. The cybersecurity flaw was...

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High-paying jobs booming despite heavy AI exposure

High-paying jobs booming despite heavy AI exposure

The Bureau of Labour Statistics just put a number on something a lot of workers have been guessing at: which jobs AI touches the most, and whether...

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UK minister condemns anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover

UK minister condemns anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover

The British government has strongly condemned a weekend of coordinated, disruptive anti-migrant demonstrations across southern England that saw...

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Russia signals possible return to Ukraine peace talks with US

Russia signals possible return to Ukraine peace talks with US

Russia in the latest development has spoken about its intentions regarding the resumptions of the trilateral peace talks with Ukraine and the United...

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Google, Cathay Pacific expand AI trials to cut aircraft contrail warming

Google, Cathay Pacific expand AI trials to cut aircraft contrail warming

Google and Cathay Pacific in the latest push have announced plans to expand AI-powered trials in Asia-Pacific aimed at cutting climate-warming...

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AI-designed drug also slowed biological aging, study finds

AI-designed drug also slowed biological aging, study finds

Six separate ageing clocks, run on the same 43 patients, all pointed in the same direction: younger predicted biological age after 12 weeks on an...

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Australia plans law allowing users to turn off algorithms to protect children from harmful conten

Australia plans law allowing users to turn off algorithms to protect children from harmful conten

The Australian government is preparing to introduce landmark legislation that would compel major social media companies to give users the ability to...

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North Korea, Russia deepen strategic ties with first road bridge amid regional tensions

North Korea, Russia deepen strategic ties with first road bridge amid regional tensions

North Korea and Russia have strengthened strategic ties by opening their first road bridge on Monday, marking a significant milestone in the strategic...

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Nintendo Switch 2 bans lifted after mass ‘false ban’ incident

Nintendo Switch 2 bans lifted after mass ‘false ban’ incident

Nintendo is reported to be lifting the bans from the Switch 2 console that struck players worldwide over the weekend, triggering the panic among them....

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EU boosts Greenland funding as Trump pushes annexation: Why it matters

EU boosts Greenland funding as Trump pushes annexation: Why it matters

The European Commission is set to strengthen ties with Greenland on the grounds of a major funding drive in the midst of Trump’s annexation drive....

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North Korea commissions 2nd destroyer as US, South Korea and Japan hold military drill

North Korea commissions 2nd destroyer as US, South Korea and Japan hold military drill

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has commissioned his second naval destroyer as the United States, South Korea and Japan hold trilateral military...

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Wildfires and heat waves threaten global air quality, UN weather agency warns

Wildfires and heat waves threaten global air quality, UN weather agency warns

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a comprehensive warning highlighting how mounting environmental extremes are actively...

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Elon Musk, SpaceX eyes 1 million satellites for orbital data centers

Elon Musk, SpaceX eyes 1 million satellites for orbital data centers

Driven forward by Elon Musk and an aggressive push from major tech firms, the race to industrialize low-earth orbit has entered an unprecedented...

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Trump directs Interior department to review endangered species protections for gray wolves

Trump directs Interior department to review endangered species protections for gray wolves

President Trump signed an executive order directing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to review whether gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves have met...

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86% of UK gambling sites are breaking data privacy law

86% of UK gambling sites are breaking data privacy law

Nearly nine out of ten licensed British gambling websites appear to be violating GDPR, according to a new study from Swansea University's GREAT...

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Your AI agent can now trade your money: Should it?

Your AI agent can now trade your money: Should it?

Handing an AI system the ability to inspect your portfolio, interpret your instructions, and actually execute a trade sounds like a future scenario....

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Argentina targets 45 entities with sanctions over Falkland islands oil projects

Argentina targets 45 entities with sanctions over Falkland islands oil projects

Latest update reveals, Argentina has escalated tensions over the disputed archipelago by launching formal sanction proceedings against 45 entities and...

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AI model flags possible cyclone near Hong Kong

AI model flags possible cyclone near Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Observatory is watching a broad area of low pressure expected to form over the central South China Sea later this week, with an AI...

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Pareesa Afreen

OPEC+ set to keep oil output policy unchanged: Here’s why

OPEC+ set to keep oil output policy unchanged: Here’s why

OPEC is set to keep its oil output unchanged for October at a meeting today as the producer group finalizes new quotas before deciding on its next...

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Ruqia Shahid

Trump’s MAGA Inc. drops $10M on ad blitz in Texas senate race

Trump’s MAGA Inc. drops $10M on ad blitz in Texas senate race

The political action committee associated with Donald Trump, MAGA Inc., has announced a major $10 million ad buy targeting the high-stakes U.S. Senate...

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Trump wants rates at 1% as AI boom adds to inflation pressure

Trump wants rates at 1% as AI boom adds to inflation pressure

President Trump has been blunt about what he wants from the Federal Reserve: the lowest interest rates anywhere in the world, ideally 1% or below....

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Trump’s former AI Czar says ai debate is shifting to open vs closed

Trump’s former AI Czar says ai debate is shifting to open vs closed

David Sacks thinks the entire framing of the AI debate is about to change. In a Saturday post on X, the former White House AI and crypto czar argued...

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Kremlin calls US envoys' Ukraine talks 'useful' despite no breakthrough

Kremlin calls US envoys' Ukraine talks 'useful' despite no breakthrough

Washington's push for peace just hit a familiar wall in Moscow. Following a lengthy, high-stakes summit between Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys,...

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Is your forgotten login a hacker's backdoor? Check now

Is your forgotten login a hacker's backdoor? Check now

That Pandora account you haven't opened since 2015 is still sitting there, still holding your password, and still fully accessible to anyone who...

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WhatsApp tests AI content labels, unofficial app warnings

WhatsApp tests AI content labels, unofficial app warnings

WhatsApp's latest round of beta features leans heavily toward safety and transparency, alongside a design update that finishes a job it started...

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Indonesia's Mount Anak Krakatau eruption grounds Jakarta flights, closes schools

Indonesia's Mount Anak Krakatau eruption grounds Jakarta flights, closes schools

Hundreds of flights disrupted at Jakarta's main airport on Sunday after a huge lava eruption from Mount Anal Krakatau in Indonesia. As reported...

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