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There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI
In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.
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Seth Meyers on Trump canceling $1bn in federal funds: ‘Is he adding a waterslide to the reflecting pool?’
Late-night hosts weighed in on Trump’s relationship with tech leaders and the White House’s new AI-powered site
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UK tells academics to cut ties with Chinese institute that MI5 brands a front for spying
The British government has told U.K. universities to stop working with a Chinese research institute
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Oxford named top university for eleventh year but US dominates top 10
China is one of several countries in Asia that have climbed the league table this year
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MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities
Institutions have for years turned to China for funding opportunities but national security concerns are mounting
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Trump tells federal agencies to use the term 'Super Intelligence ' instead of artificial intelligence — President insists that AI is only suffering from a branding problem
Will changing what we call the technology address the underlying issues?
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Trump team scrambles to fix AI chatbot after it rejected his favorite conspiracies
President Donald Trump’s new ‘super intelligent’ query prompt corrected after stating that Democrat Joe Biden won the 2020 election six years ago, breaking with the loser’s long-running fraud claims
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MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research
Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service
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It comes with a mighty price tag, but the Razer Blade 16 (2026) is exceptional in almost every way
The RTX 5090 in Razer's latest Blade laptop does not disappoint
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China funding UK research and sending it to Beijing's spies, MI5 warns
British universities are being urged to sever ties with China General Technology Research Institute which is linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).
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UK government debt as a percentage of GDP is not as high as other countries - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: James Bovington, Horsforth, Leeds.
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The chairman of scandal-hit Man City has worked with Trump and Macron as part of the UAE elite
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak is a public face of the 2023 Champions League winner that is now embroiled in one of soccer’s biggest scandals
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MI5 issues rare Chinese spy warning to UK universities
The alert about Chinese spies is the first of its kind that MI5 has issued independently
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Hostile satellites could track Britain's nuclear submarines; the UK is fighting back
Losing GPS would cost Britain £1.4 billion a day, so the RAF just built a new squadron to guard satellites
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Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advert
Relatives of Hollywood legend say her doppelganger could now be used for more glamorous roles
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Iranians face soaring prices for medicine as the US blockade and sanctions hit hard
Medication prices are soaring in Iran and some treatments have become hard to find, leaving patients and their families scrambling as a U.S. blockade and stepped-up sanctions squeeze the country’s pharmaceuticals industry
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Iran war live: Oil prices rise after Trump says he has offered Iran ‘nothing’
Iran's Revolutionary Guards urge American voters to punish Trump at the ballot box in November midterms
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China grants a singer a rare exemption over censorship after an unapproved tribute song
Authorities in Chengdu, China, have granted a rare exemption to singer Na Ying after she performed an unapproved song at a weekend concert
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Six dead after Russia’s long-range bomber crashes on training mission
One crew member survived the crash and was rushed to the hospital
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Trump just turned the US government into a tech-bro fever dream
The president tried to reassure everybody that the new, eminently hackable system probably wouldn’t get hacked straight away, while acknowledging that it eventually would. And then Marco Rubio was forced to position a flipbook as a technological innovation, writes Holly Baxter
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Online pet store shut down after £6.3m 'unexplained transactions'
Investigators found that the company sold products to UK customers and used a UK-based contractor to handle returns.
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We tested 13 power banks to help you choose the best one – from 10-25K mAh and 20-220W, see how each behaves when charging and discharging a powerful laptop
Portable power that (mostly) fits in the palm of your hand
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Spectacular feathered dinosaur fossil shows bird-like adaptations
An exquisitely preserved fossil found in China shows that many anatomical features seen in birds also evolved independently in another group of dinosaurs
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Italy's top bank hit by an AI messaging scam which cost it nearly €100 million
Bank chairman believed he was talking to a lawyer
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Middle East oil exports rise as LNG traffic through Hormuz picks up
Months into the war with Iran, Gulf exporters are finding ways to keep oil and gas moving, but crossing Hormuz remains risky and some customers are still missing contracted cargoes.
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Stellantis to halt four French plants for several days over supply shortage
The Italian-French-American carmaker has been hit by surging demand for electric vehicles, particularly from business customers.
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I tested the Instax Pal 2 for three weeks and it’s the ultimate retro toy camera — except for the price tag
The Instax Pal 2 is a cutesy 10MP digital camera with pocket-friendly dimensions, twin displays, multi-sensory controls and wireless image uploads — but it's not perfect
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Iranian jet with passengers on board seized at Istanbul over €3m debt
Bailiffs boarded the Caspian Airlines Boeing 737 as passengers sat ready for departure and served a €3 million debt order before it could take off. The seizure came days after US secondary sanctions on Iran's aviation sector took effect, halving international flights at Tehran's main airport.
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The Vivo X500 Pro Max with 400mm teleconverter lens beats rival Oppo and Apple phones for telephoto shots, for one major reason
Vivo sells its new flagship X500 Pro Max in a photographer's kit with two teleconverter lenses, including a new 'G2 Ultra' 4.7x lens with a 400mm focal length. Put simply, it blows rivals out of the water.
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Burnham speech live: PM to address Labour conference amid row over triple lock
PM expected to lay out plans for national care service and bid to bring energy bills down in speech in Liverpool
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The Honor Life S3 is the closest rival yet to the Xteink line of tiny ereaders — but it’s not making me regret my Xteink X4 Pro purchase
The Honor Life S3 is another new competitor in the burgeoning niche of tiny ereaders.
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$117 billion fuel shock: Why the worst gas price hikes are still ahead
In the US, 47 states experienced record-high diesel prices on Sept. 22, with the national average reaching $6.52 per gallon
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Peppa Pig and Mr Bean are beloved British icons. Now they’re attracting UK investment
The fictional characters have helped to sway international students when deciding where they should attend university
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Your favorite free mobile game could be sharing your data with Russia and China, Proton warns
A new study from Proton reveals that some of the world's most downloaded Android games contain trackers funneling sensitive data to foreign ad-tech firms
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US bans $1 billion of Canadian imports. Here’s what you won’t see on shelves anymore
U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports
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Online pet store shut down after £6.3m 'unexplained transactions'
Investigators found that the company sold products to UK customers and used a UK-based contractor to handle returns.
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How to watch NHL 2026/27 for FREE: Live Streams & TV Channels
Can the Hurricanes storm to a second straight Stanley Cup?
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News organizations barred from White House by Trump ask federal court to block ban until case is resolved – US politics live
CNN, MS Now and Politico say administration has ‘persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban’ despite a judge’s restraining order
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Taiwan says US arms sales to island are unchanged, but a $14B package remains on hold
Taiwan's defense minister says U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain unchanged, despite a stalled $14 billion package
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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Asian stocks mostly fall after Wall Street losses and oil prices rise
Asian shares have mostly declined following Wall Street losses, and U.S. Treasury yields steadied after reaching their highest in roughly two decades
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Pope Leo XIV calls for additional international AI safety guardrails
The pontiff appeared to target US President Donald Trump who has routinely referred to concerns from AI leaders about the rapid pace of development of the technology as a ‘hoax’ stemming from his political opponents.
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Storms are intensifying as temperatures rise. Which countries are most at risk?
From colour-blindness to women’s clothing, early warning systems must ensure no one is left behind. “Climate change is making storms more intense, dangerous, shifting their paths, and putting more and more people within their reach,”...
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The Government’s reindustrialising Britain rhetoric risks becoming the new ‘levelling up’ - Andrew Vine
Remember levelling up? The promise that Yorkshire and the wider north were going to get the fairer economic deal we’d deserved and demanded for decades? Many in Yorkshire will recall the term with a humourless laugh. Some might even point to it as a textbook example of how governments let voters down.
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Trump doubles down on claims US will win war with Iran ‘one way or another’ as talks are in doubt – as it happened
President claims US negotiators spoke with Iranian officials through intermediaries after Iran says it ‘has no plans to negotiate with US’
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Peppa Pig and Mr Bean giving UK boost in attracting international students
The fictional characters have helped to sway international students when deciding where they should attend university
