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More than 80 flood warnings issued in UK with more downpours forecast
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (224+ words) More than 80 warnings of expected flooding are in place as relentless rain continues to soak the country. The Environment Agency (EA) has issued 91 flood warnings, mostly scattered across the south and south-west England and the East and West Midlands. On…...
China takes big step towards developing ‘Starlink killer’ weapon
23+ hour, 53+ min ago (527+ words) Device small enough to be mounted on trucks, aircraft, or even satellites Chinese scientists have developed a compact ultra-powerful energy generator, paving the way for next-generation weapons that could one day be turned on satellite swarms like SpaceX's Starlink constellation....
AIs are chatting with each other in the weirdest corner of the internet. Or are they?
1+ day, 22+ min ago (667+ words) A new social network has gone viral " and humans aren't meant to use it. Moltbook is populated by AI agents talking to one another about work, philosophy and the meaning of existence. The experiment has been billed as a glimpse…...
Inside Grok’s pivot to porn — all in a bid to keep users hooked
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (604+ words) Former employees have alleged that the chatbot's ongoing scandals over sexualized images are a direct result of Musk's drive to corner the market in lewd AI For weeks, Elon Musk's struggling AI chatbot Grok has been engulfed by a rolling…...
Get £1600 a month to do ‘nothing’ – welcome to an AI future where nobody works
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1127+ words) As concerns grow over AI surpassing human abilities within two to three years. Polly Dunbar explores whether universal basic income could be the solution in a world without traditional jobs Every week, "282 appears in Elinor O'Donovan's bank account. The 27-year-old…...
Google Gemini can now do digital chores for you
1+ week, 1+ day ago (265+ words) A major update for the market-leading AI allows it to navigate the internet independently Google Gemini is now able to carry out tasks like online shopping and party planning on behalf of a user following a major update to the…...
Charles ‘wasn’t going to be diverted’ from green issues, Prime Video film shows
1+ week, 2+ day ago (989+ words) The King has said in a new Prime Video documentary that he "wasn't going to be diverted" from his environmental campaigning, despite the criticism he faced over the decades. Finding Harmony: A King's Vision, which is being released on the…...
£40m digital healthcare centre wins planning permission
1+ week, 3+ day ago (349+ words) Planning permission has been granted for a "40 million innovation hub in Belfast that will specialise in medical technology and digital healthcare. Led by Ulster University and supported through the Belfast Region City Deal, the Centre for Digital Healthcare Technology (CDHT)…...
‘Doomsday clock’ scientists give terrifying update about future of humanity
1+ week, 3+ day ago (712+ words) Apocalypse could come at the hands of war, out-of-control AI or climate change, experts warn as they shift clock much closer to midnight than ever before The apocalypse is closer than it ever has been, according to the experts behind…...
Two severe flood warnings in place as Storm Chandra brings disruption
1+ week, 3+ day ago (889+ words) Two severe flood warnings " meaning danger to life " have been issued as Storm Chandra brings heavy rain and strong winds to the UK. The first warning was put in place at Ottery St Mary in Devon at 5.49am on Tuesday, with…...