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Starship recovery 'not looking good' at sea: Elon Musk

Starship recovery 'not looking good' at sea: Elon Musk

Two weeks after surviving its splashdown intact, SpaceX's Flight 13 Starship may still end up lost at sea. Elon Musk said on Friday that...

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Apple lets China Mac users connect Siri to Alibaba's Qwen

Apple lets China Mac users connect Siri to Alibaba's Qwen

Apple has quietly published a guide showing eligible Mac users in mainland China how to plug Alibaba's Qwen AI models into Siri and Writing...

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Gen Alpha expects the 9-to-5 commute to disappear by 2040

Gen Alpha expects the 9-to-5 commute to disappear by 2040

The average New Yorker still spends 53 minutes each way commuting to the office, a habit Mark Dixon, CEO of workspace giant IWG, believes won't...

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South Korea captures first images of SpaceX Moon crash

South Korea captures first images of SpaceX Moon crash

A spent SpaceX rocket stage slammed into the Moon at roughly 8,700 kph on 5 August, and South Korea's Danuri orbiter was there to catch it,...

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Pentagon releases 41 new UFO Files: Here’s what they reveal

Pentagon releases 41 new UFO Files: Here’s what they reveal

A telegram sent from Brazil in 1963 describing a dead crewman inside a crashed metal balloon is among 41 new documents the Pentagon released on...

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Meta hit with $567m penalty over teen safety failures

Meta hit with $567m penalty over teen safety failures

A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and overhaul how Facebook and Instagram operate for young users, ruling that the company...

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Creators say false AI labels are damaging their reputations

Creators say false AI labels are damaging their reputations

Ashton McGrady spent hours building a detailed collage for Disability Pride Month, only to find TikTok had tagged it "AI-generated". The...

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People are singing Disney songs when smart glasses film them: Here’s why

People are singing Disney songs when smart glasses film them: Here’s why

If you suspect someone is filming you with smart glasses without permission, the internet has an unlikely suggestion: start singing a Disney tune. The...

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OpenAI to launch portable screenless AI speaker: Check details here

OpenAI to launch portable screenless AI speaker: Check details here

OpenAI's long-rumoured entry into consumer hardware is coming into focus. The company's screenless smart speaker will be shaped like a...

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Leaked report shows TikTok withheld safety fix from millions

Leaked report shows TikTok withheld safety fix from millions

A confidential internal document has revealed that TikTok deliberately withheld a safety update from millions of users in 2021 to measure its effect...

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Old Reddit set for more changes as AI scraping fight mount

Old Reddit set for more changes as AI scraping fight mount

Old Reddit, the legacy desktop interface preferred by long-time users since the platform's 2018 redesign, faces further changes as Reddit steps...

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Companies use AI as ‘heat shield’ for layoffs: Trump advisor

Companies use AI as ‘heat shield’ for layoffs: Trump advisor

A senior Trump administration official says companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence as cover for job cuts they had already planned. ...

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Could AI wipe out humanity? Google DeepMind executive says risk is 'not zero'

Could AI wipe out humanity? Google DeepMind executive says risk is 'not zero'

Google DeepMind Chief AI Readiness Officer Lila Ibrahim has declined to put a number on the odds of AI causing human extinction, but she isn't...

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OpenAI asks judge to dismiss Apple trade secrets lawsuit

OpenAI asks judge to dismiss Apple trade secrets lawsuit

OpenAI has asked a US federal judge to throw out Apple's lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker and two former Apple employees of misappropriating...

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Anthropic confirms in-house AI chip team for Claude

Anthropic confirms in-house AI chip team for Claude

Anthropic has confirmed it is building an in-house team to design custom AI chips for its Claude models, marking a major step in the company's...

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SpaceX rocket believed to have hit Moon: Here's what happened

SpaceX rocket believed to have hit Moon: Here's what happened

A spent section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon, with astronomers now waiting for images and telescope data to...

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Apple rejects iCloud claim in OpenAI trade secrets case

Apple rejects iCloud claim in OpenAI trade secrets case

Apple has pushed back against one of the central theories in its legal battle with OpenAI, telling a US court that iCloud was not responsible for a...

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Is Claude down? Anthropic says fix is on the way

Is Claude down? Anthropic says fix is on the way

Users of Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread disruptions on Wednesday after the platform began returning errors across multiple...

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Gmail ends third-party ‘Send As’ from January 2027

Gmail ends third-party ‘Send As’ from January 2027

Gmail users who send mail from Yahoo, Outlook or custom domain addresses through their Google inbox have just over a year to find another solution....

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Cyberattacks hit water systems in at least 12 US states

Cyberattacks hit water systems in at least 12 US states

Cyberattacks targeting water and wastewater utilities have now been reported in at least 12 US states, up from seven just a week earlier, multiple...

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Tim Cook hints Siri AI could cost you more

Tim Cook hints Siri AI could cost you more

Tim Cook's final earnings call as Apple's chief executive included one line vague enough to leave analysts, and now users, reading between...

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CXMT plans second Beijing chip plant: Report

CXMT plans second Beijing chip plant: Report

China's largest chipmaker by market value is barely a week removed from its record-breaking IPO, and it's already lining up its next major...

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Iran denies any current talks with US, contradicting Trump

Iran denies any current talks with US, contradicting Trump

Washington and Tehran can't even agree on whether they're talking to each other, let alone on what a deal would look like. Iranian Foreign...

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DeepSeek's new model is 105x cheaper than rivals: Here's why

DeepSeek's new model is 105x cheaper than rivals: Here's why

DeepSeek is back doing what made it famous in the first place: undercutting everyone else on price by an enormous margin. Research firm Artificial...

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Apple imposes limits on AI-generated security reports, FT says

Apple imposes limits on AI-generated security reports, FT says

Apple's bug bounty programme has a new problem, and it isn't a lack of researchers finding flaws; it's too many of them, moving faster...

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Rocket issue delays UK's first orbital launch attempt

Rocket issue delays UK's first orbital launch attempt

The UK's shot at its first-ever orbital rocket launch has hit another snag, just weeks before the window was due to open. According to Rocket...

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Sam Altman reveals investment lesson behind OpenAI's biggest bets

Sam Altman reveals investment lesson behind OpenAI's biggest bets

Sam Altman says the best investment decisions rarely look smart in the moment, and he's crediting two of Silicon Valley's most polarising...

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Did Google pull Nano Banana too late to stop AI misinformation?

Did Google pull Nano Banana too late to stop AI misinformation?

It took less than 24 hours for Google's newest AI experiment to turn into a case study on how fast image-based misinformation can spread. The...

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Snap joins YouTube, LinkedIn in AI slop crackdown

Snap joins YouTube, LinkedIn in AI slop crackdown

Snapchat has drawn a hard line between human creativity and machine output, and it's betting that line will make Spotlight worth scrolling again....

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Google Search time filter bug hits users worldwide

Google Search time filter bug hits users worldwide

Google's built-in time filters have stopped doing the one thing they're meant to do: filter by time. Users worldwide are reporting that...

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Reddit CEO takes aim at Google AI Overviews despite earnings beat

Reddit CEO takes aim at Google AI Overviews despite earnings beat

Reddit's revenue climbed 61% to $804.9 million in the second quarter, comfortably beating analyst expectations. Yet shares fell more than 20%...

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'Will SpaceX paint its rocket pink?' Investors quiz SpaceX ahead of first earnings

'Will SpaceX paint its rocket pink?' Investors quiz SpaceX ahead of first earnings

SpaceX will report its first results as a public company after markets close on Tuesday, and going by investor questions submitted ahead of the call,...

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Meta shuts down TikToker over secret glasses filming

Meta shuts down TikToker over secret glasses filming

Meta has shut down the accounts of TikToker Scott Margerison and says it is "actively investigating" his use of the company's smart...

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OpenAI uncovers more AI agents that escaped containment

OpenAI uncovers more AI agents that escaped containment

OpenAI has found additional instances of autonomous agents escaping containment as it widens its investigation into the hacking incident at Hugging...

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Even Realities G2 offers glimpse of Apple's future smart glasses

Even Realities G2 offers glimpse of Apple's future smart glasses

Two years of wearing Ray-Ban Meta glasses gave one clear picture of Apple's first-generation smart glasses. Weeks with the Even Realities G2, by...

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Is space becoming the new frontline in conflict?

Is space becoming the new frontline in conflict?

Hours before Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine on 24 February 2022, thousands of satellite modems across the country and Central Europe went dark. It...

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Most Australian teens still active on social media despite ban: Report

Most Australian teens still active on social media despite ban: Report

More than eight in ten Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the country's landmark ban on under-16 accounts took...

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Anthropic AI breaches expose flaws in one-size-fits-all AI regulation

Anthropic AI breaches expose flaws in one-size-fits-all AI regulation

Anthropic revealed on Friday that its Claude AI models breached the systems of three organisations during testing, marking the third major incident...

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New details show how far the OpenAI hack went

New details show how far the OpenAI hack went

OpenAI has released fresh detail on how its models independently breached Hugging Face's internal systems, revealing the rogue agents used...

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Zoom interviews fail young job seekers: UK prime minister

Zoom interviews fail young job seekers: UK prime minister

Bosses should stop relying so heavily on virtual job interviews, Andy Burnham has said, arguing the format fails to capture candidates'...

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Alexa, Sparky can spot fake 'made in USA' claims: Study

Alexa, Sparky can spot fake 'made in USA' claims: Study

Amazon and Walmart's AI shopping assistants can often spot when "Made in USA" labels don't match the facts, but neither company is...

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OpenAI confirms to launch ChatGPT devices: Check details here

OpenAI confirms to launch ChatGPT devices: Check details here

Talking to a computer instead of typing on it might sound like science fiction, but OpenAI is betting heavily that it won't be for long. In an...

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Samsung sees chip shortage lasting until 2028

Samsung sees chip shortage lasting until 2028

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it expects memory chip shortages to worsen and stretch into 2028, countering investor fears that heavy AI spending...

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China threatens retaliation against US humanoid robot ban

China threatens retaliation against US humanoid robot ban

China has threatened countermeasures against the United States after the Federal Communications Commission restricted imports of foreign-made humanoid...

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2 biggest misconceptions about AI, says PwC CEO

2 biggest misconceptions about AI, says PwC CEO

Companies keep making the same mistake with artificial intelligence, according to Paul Griggs, senior partner and US CEO of PwC. Firms that treat AI...

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OpenAI AI agent escape extended to Modal Labs, report reveals

OpenAI AI agent escape extended to Modal Labs, report reveals

The autonomous OpenAI agents that broke out of a secure testing environment this month and hacked into Hugging Face's servers also breached a...

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UK regulator probes Microsoft over copilot pricing

UK regulator probes Microsoft over copilot pricing

Britain's competition watchdog has opened an investigation into Microsoft over claims it misled personal and family customers when marketing...

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Sony set for 'GTA VI' boost despite memory chip costs

Sony set for 'GTA VI' boost despite memory chip costs

Sony is set to be a major beneficiary when "Grand Theft Auto VI" finally launches, but the timing is awkward: the PlayStation maker is...

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Full Moon July 2026 peaks today: When and how to watch

Full Moon July 2026 peaks today: When and how to watch

July's full moon rises this week, reaching peak illumination at 10:36 a.m. ET on Wednesday, according to The Old Farmer's Almanack. Known as...

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Zuckerberg's AI media blitz: 3 key takeaways

Zuckerberg's AI media blitz: 3 key takeaways

Mark Zuckerberg spent a single week making his most concentrated public case yet on how artificial intelligence should be built and who should control...

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