August 2026
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Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety
More than 15 politicians from across the country have signed on to the AI Pact, vowing to regulate data centers and AI. “We’ve got to get this right,” says Senate candidate Dan Osborn of Nebraska.
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What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming.
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'Play AA games on the Steam Machine and AAA games with max graphics via GeForce Now': gamers are happy to see Valve's PC get Nvidia's streaming service
Some gamers have been hoping for official GeForce Now support on Valve's PC — and that dream is now a reality.
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Girl, seven, and aunt died in house fire a mile from A66 crash site
Two men, aged 23 and 31, remain in police custody, according to Cleveland Police
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Tom Gauld on picking the right staff | New Scientist
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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Fire kills child and adult just days after A66 crash claimed lives of seven people
Here is everything we know so far as two dead in Grangetown just days after A66 crash killed seven people.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says people think governments are using AI ‘to screw them over’, and that’s why the tech is having a ‘a crisis of trust’ — and he’s exactly right
AI is having a 'crisis of trust' because it can't be trusted
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How to lose Trump’s trade war: test Canada’s resolve with threats to hockey sticks
The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost Americans
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Charges dropped against 31-year-old man accused of stalking Sabrina Carpenter
Carpenter was granted a restraining order against William Applegate in June
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Canal killer John Sweeney, who dismembered victims, dies in jail
John Sweeney was serving a whole-life sentence after being convicted in 2011 of the two murders.
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Newscast - Prince Harry and Meghan Land In The UK - BBC Sounds
What will Prince Harry and Meghan’s new life in the Cotswolds look like?
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Could bats be an ally in the fight against cancer?
Analysis of the DNA of little brown bats could be applied to human research on longevity and disease
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Funeral held for renowned Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour
The 79-year-old was best known for paintings depicting the Palestinian landscape and cultural scenes featuring Palestinian symbols of identity.
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Battleground Republicans want Trump to pour resources on their races
Swing state Republicans are in dire straits and are eyeing Trump’s investment in South Carolina, but it comes with a cost: Association with an unpopular president, writes John Bowden
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We saw signs of domestic abuse, but we didn't know how to protect Stacy
Stacy Hunter was killed by her estranged husband weeks after he was released on bail - her family wish the authorities had intervened further.
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What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Hundreds are feared to have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
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Photos show revelers pelting one another with tomatoes at Spain’s La Tomatina food fight
Thousands pelted one another with overripe tomatoes at La Tomatina in Buñol, Spain. The food fight began in 1945 and drew international crowds by the 1980s. About 40% of people come from abroad. One rule: Squash tomatoes before throwing them.
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Video. La Tomatina 2026: thousands turn Spanish town red in annual tomato fight
Video. Thousands of revellers pelted each other with up to 165 tonnes of overripe tomatoes in the Spanish town of Buñol on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina festival.
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BBC visits hospital in Kathmandu as families wait for news
More than 150 people have been killed after a massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, as hundreds still missing.
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Watch: The life of Rocky Horror star Tim Curry
English actor Tim Curry, best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years
Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year
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Timpson to replace town cobblers open 30 years with 'larger shop' as owners retire
The owners of The Cramlington Cobbler have retired, but the same team will remain as Timpson prepares to open a larger store at Manor Walks.
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Capital F closes $17M debut fund with goal to back the future of the 'female economy' | TechCrunch
The firm backs companies building in the “female economy,” or the markets where women drive demand — women’s health, digital commerce, and AI tools.
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‘Work is good for you’: how UK scheme could help tackle youth mental health crisis
Paid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under way
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Father says college student was killed by police in Pennsylvania after he went to wrong house
An investigation is underway after police shot and killed a 22-year-old college student in Pennsylvania
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Maine GOP governor candidate says he wants Trump’s border czar to send ICE to polls
Bobby Charles said he would make the appeal three or four weeks before Election Day
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FBI probe into water system cyberattacks expands after tech supplier is targeted
The breach occurred amid a spate of hacks directed at PLCs in Minnesota and at least six other states
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How do we explain OpenAI's executive exodus? | TechCrunch
Was Greg Brockman the right executive all along?
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Pulitzer winning photographer who shot iconic 'Burst of Joy' dies at age 99
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Sal Veder, who is known for his iconic image “Burst of Joy,” has died
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PC Andrew Harper’s killers ‘to be excluded from early release scheme’
Those convicted of a certain type of manslaughter will no longer be eligible for early release, including Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole
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How the Trump administration is expanding its immigration crackdown to people entering legally
The Trump administration has trained much of its immigration crackdown on people who entered the United States illegally from Mexico and elsewhere, but it is intensifying another battle, this time with people who come legally
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Passenger on Scotland to Chicago flight says weather turned flight into 20-hour trip
The flight from Edinburgh is typically about 8 hours long — but turned into a much longer travel nightmare for some
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UK weather: New thunderstorm warnings as rain set to continue
The Met Office has issued fresh thunderstorm warnings for Thursday with the potential for England and Wales to see flash flooding as the unsettled weather continues.
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Judge, for now, refuses to dismiss Steve Bannon's conviction in contempt of Congress case
A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol
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Democrats Just Might Win the Senate
Strategists in both parties have long thought that everything would need to go right for Democrats to take over Congress this fall. Their map, though, is becoming more forgiving.
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Symphonic Ibiza organiser says 'we are committed to keeping live music at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate'
Review: Symphonic Ibiza, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate
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From Tennessee to Tyneside, the amazing reach of Dolly Parton
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Meta's $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn't work well | TechCrunch
The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.
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New study finds growing link between diabetes, obesity and liver disease
Overweight or inactive individuals face higher risk of developing MASLD, alongside people with type 2 diabetics, the over-50s and those with high blood pressure
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Trump team wants billion-dollar companies to be small businesses
The Small Business Administration is proposing a rule that would massively increase the cap at which companies are considered ‘small’ – with some allowed to make over $1 billion
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Mercedes speeds 'wrong direction' down high street after seeing police car
A car sped the 'wrong way' down Thornaby high street after getting spooked by seeing a police vehicle, Cleveland Police said.
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FACT FOCUS: Could Canada leave US cities in the dark as part of the trade war? Not likely
Social media users are claiming that Canada could shut off electricity in the U.S. and cause massive blackouts if the trade war between the two countries escalates further
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National Trust forced to use winter feed months early because of drought
Hay meadows that normally produce 150 tonnes at Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire have yielded nothing, the conservation charity said
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Trump goes on mid-day posting spree to brag about himself
Trump’s schedule had no events between his intelligence briefing and ‘signing time’ set for 2:00 pm
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Last Word: This week’s new questions | New Scientist
Is there such a thing as an olfactory illusion, and what forces make a particle of fluid start spiralling down a pipe instead of flowing smoothly?
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The healthcare industry isn't built for coming off medication | New Scientist
Starting a new medication is relatively easy once you have a prescription from your doctor, but stopping is much harder, because from research to revenue, the healthcare industry has little interest in getting people off drugs
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A judge suspends charges against an ex-Marine arrested on Trump's golf course with ammunition
A former U.S. Marine arrested at President Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course had his criminal charges suspended
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Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings
FBI psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff says he has treated only two women with postpartum psychosis, both decades earlier
