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• Arm: UK chip designer shares surge in market return

  14-09-2023 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The jump in share price was a sign of confidence in Arm, a star of the British tech industry.
  
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• NASA creates new UFO taskforce and appoints mystery director to CONTINUE studying aerial phenomena despite finding no proof of aliens: Space agency says it still has 'serious concerns about the safety of our skies'

  14-09-2023 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency announced last year that it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) - formerly known as unidentified flying objects.
  
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• Musk adds major new privacy feature on X, the site formerly known as Twitter

  14-09-2023 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billionaire Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter and renamed the site X, unveiled a new feature giving users the option to hide the list of posts they have 'liked'
  
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• NASA says UFOs are NOT aliens: Space agency's bombshell first study into flying phenomena finds there's 'no reason to conclude existing UAP reports have an extraterrestrial source'

  14-09-2023 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency announced last year that it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) - formerly known as unidentified flying objects.
  
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• Pig kidney transplanted in a human lasted for TWO MONTHS in new record that could be a breakthrough for organ donations

  14-09-2023 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  History has been made after New York doctors revealed a pig kidney functioned in a man for 61 days, marking the longest time a non-human organ has survived in a human.
  
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• Astronomy Photographer of the Year: See the winning images

  14-09-2023 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Winning images of the amazing parts of our Universe go on display in London.
  
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• AI is already more creative than YOU: ChatGPT outperformed humans in creative thinking experiment

  14-09-2023 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chatbots, like ChatGPT, have outperformed more than 200 humans in creative thinking tests that asked the AI and participants to devise alternative uses for everyday objects.
  
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• Libya’s Deadly Floods Show the Growing Threat of Medicanes

  14-09-2023 18:27
  
  Entire neighborhoods of the Libyan city of Derna have vanished following devastating floods wrought by Storm Daniel. Such storms are rare—but climate change will supersize them.
  
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• Greater Manchester Police officers' details hacked in cyber attack

  14-09-2023 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A company that makes ID cards for Greater Manchester Police has been targeted in the attack.
  
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• In The Global Race To Regulate AI, No One Is Quite Sure How

  14-09-2023 18:04 via technocracy.news
  
  In a never ending exercise in futility, regulators/lawmakers are quickly coming to the conclusion AI can’t be corralled. AI runs circles around rules or laws, and genie is already out of the bottle. AI is running at warp speed while humans are running at skate board speed. Alas, there will be wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth. ⁃ TN EditorIn May, hundreds of leading figures in artificial intelligence issued a joint statement describing the existential threat the technology they
  
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• The truth behind the 'aliens' in Mexico: As mysterious corpses go on display, scientists reveal what they could really be - and whether or not they're extraterrestrials

  14-09-2023 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'aliens' were officially unveiled at Mexico's Congress as politicians held their first ever hearing on UFOs, but was everything as it seemed? MailOnline takes a look.
  
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• Now Germany and Belgium are looking to BAN Apple's iPhone 12 due to fears radiation could damage people's health

  14-09-2023 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  France banning Apple iPhone 12 sales has started a snowball effect across Europe. Germany and Belgium could announce the same move, while Italy is monitoring the situation.
  
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• Doctor reveals why scratched pans are dangerous to your health

  14-09-2023 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Poonam Desai, who practices in New York and goes by doctoranddancer on social media, posted a video last month about why she throws out her chipped nonstick or ceramic pans.
  
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• NASA publishes findings of a long-awaited study on UFOs today

  14-09-2023 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency announced last year that it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) - formerly known as unidentified flying objects.
  
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• French iPhone 12 warning: European regulators examine alert on radiation levels

  14-09-2023 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European regulators assess possible health risks after France's decision to temporarily halt sales.
  
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• Northern Lights are caught in spectacular photos over Cornwall - and the Met Office says they could be visible from the UK again tonight

  14-09-2023 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ross Jennings, a photographer from Camborne, snapped spectacular photos of the aurora from Cornwall last night.
  
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• Bristol to host one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers

  14-09-2023 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The machine will "help researchers maximise the potential of AI", the government says.
  
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• UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM

  14-09-2023 13:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  How about the ministers go next? UK citizens wondering if Whitehall civil servants really "get" technology may be heartened to learn that the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology have signed up for the STEM Futures scheme.…
  
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• The most bizarre hybrid dogs revealed as the world's first 'dogxim' is spotted in Brazil - including wolfdogs and coydogs

  14-09-2023 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just yesterday, the first ever fox-dog hybrid - called a 'dogxim' - was officially confirmed in Brazil. Now, MailOnline is lifting the lid on four other bizarre dog hybrid species.
  
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• Are aliens out there? NASA will today release the findings of a long-awaited study into more than 800 UFO sightings over three decades

  14-09-2023 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency announced last year that it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) - formerly known as unidentified flying objects.
  
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• Google trick lets you create your own emoji mashups - here's how to try it yourself

  14-09-2023 11:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite there being more than 3,600 emoji available, there are times when you can't find the character you need. But help is at and, as Google has launched a new tool that lets you create emoji mashups.
  
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• England's rarest species to get £14.5m funding boost

  14-09-2023 09:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 60 projects receive £14.5m for habitat restoration for butterflies, bats and birds.
  
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• Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster

  14-09-2023 09:37 via go.theregister.com
  
  Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder Not to alarm anyone, but the nearest black holes to Earth are closer than we previously thought. …
  
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• A Concrete Crisis Has the UK Literally Crumbling

  14-09-2023 08:00
  
  Hundreds of schools, hospitals, and other public buildings made from RAAC, a cheap, lightweight concrete, have to close—the victims of quick fixes and decades of cost-cutting.
  
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• 'Overwhelming consensus' on AI regulation - Musk

  14-09-2023 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tech heavyweights gathered in Washington DC to discuss the regulation of artificial intelligence.
  
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• Is this the most powerful room ever assembled? America's 20 top tech titans with a combined net worth of $400bn and untold influence are summoned to US Senate to devise war plan to stop AI

  14-09-2023 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some of the most powerful people in America assembled in Washington, DC, today to engage in discussions aimed at shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI) safeguards.
  
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• AI and sound - helping firms build their own 'sonic identity'

  14-09-2023 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artificial intelligence is assisting companies in developing their own signature sounds.
  
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• 'Overwhelming consensus' to regulate AI, says Elon Musk

  14-09-2023 00:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Tesla CEO was among the top tech leaders meeting with US lawmakers to discuss AI governance
  
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