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'I love the sheep and the people' - Knitters flock to Shetland's wool week
The annual event is marking its 17th year and draws visitors from all over the world.
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Storage
Storage reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, October 1 (game #942)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going
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European Space Agency signs up CGI and OVHcloud to build storage for the 500PB of Earth observation data it expects to have by 2035
Digital EO will store Earth observation data
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AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, Tokyo court rules
Kenjiro Tsuda wins case against TikTok account in landmark Japanese verdict to protect publicity rights
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PlayStation
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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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AP investigation: Warnings ignored as Venezuela coastal towers faced quake forces they couldn't take
Scientists had warned the government not to build along Venezuela’s coastal strip of La Guaira
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Sam Underhill: Bath and England flanker to miss Nations Championship with bicep injury
England and Bath flanker Sam Underhill is out for months with a ruptured biceps that requires surgery.
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‘If people are in a bunker, business stops’: Missile alerts cost Ukraine $45m for every hour they halt businesses
Minister tells Guardian of trade-offs Kyiv facing as it tries to keep normal life moving amid Russian strikes
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Takeaways from AP investigation into collapse of housing towers during Venezuela's earthquakes
The collapse of public housing in Venezuela's La Guaira state after two June earthquakes is linked to decisions made in 2010
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Asian benchmarks mostly rise despite ongoing worries about the Iran war
Asian shares are trading higher, boosted by optimism about artificial intelligence and computer chips despite ongoing worries about the war in Iran
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Japan desperately wants 10 million AI robots by 2040 to save its economy
Japan is turning to AI robots for its workforce crisis, with humanoids already entering hospitals, factories and offices
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Canada’s first major LNG export terminal plans to double its capacity
The multinational owners of Canada’s first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal have agreed to a C$33 billion expansion in British Columbia
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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FTSE 100 falls as bond worries offset lower oil
The index ended down 48.17 points, 0.5%, at 10,636.71.
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Video. Tokyo records longest rainy streak on record with 34 consecutive days
Video. Tokyo has recorded 34 consecutive days of rain, marking the longest such streak on record, according to Japan's weather agency.
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Global fertility declines have to end, right? Maybe not
‘Where and when fertility has fallen low, it has tended to keep falling,’ researchers say
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Sony Japan tries an anti-scalper lottery system for PS5 Pro orders, locks systems behind a 60-hour playtime requirement — strict lottery system blocks scalpers and tourists in Japan, requires a domestic account to buy
PS5 Pro has been around nearly two years, and has been the victim of AI-inflation, but the impending release of GTA 6 has spurred demand.
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From Jamui to Delhi, the burden of safety from sexual assault cannot fall on women
As outrage grows over cases of sexual violence, activists are demanding a shift from controlling women to confronting men’s behaviour. Plus, Tony Klor’s ‘hella dope’ city vlogs
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Anthropic warns of AI ‘existential risk’ as concerns emerge over Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s model
Anthropic’s prospectus makes chilling claim as new revelations emerge about Muse and Astra models
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Evri tests the UK’s first two-legged delivery robots — Japanese bipedal bot climbs stairs and steps out of vans to deliver your 15kg parcels
Would you let a robot deliver your latest internet order? It's now a possibility for the people of Barnsley.
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PlayStation
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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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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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Plastic Is Melting Onto Corals
Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined.
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In a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament 'mutual distrust' and tension
North Korea has used its yearly U_N_ platform to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation.”
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Man gets 6 years in prison for taking explosives to church hosting annual Red Mass for justices
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for taking homemade explosive devices to a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing for an annual Mass celebrating the start of the Supreme Court’s term
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Bananas that don’t go brown could hit UK supermarkets after scientific breakthrough
Company hopes gene-editing technique will reduce food waste
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Asian shares trade mixed as oil prices rise
Asian shares are trading mixed Monday after a cooldown in oil prices last week helped U.S. stock close out their first winning week in the last three
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Tokyo vs Seoul: Which trendy capital should you visit on an Asian adventure?
Tourism in both Tokyo and Seoul has been booming for a while now and there’s no sign of this slowing down just yet. Here we take a look at two of Asia's trending capital cities. What’s the answer to the question in the headline above? It’s...
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Netanyahu battles October 7 warnings revelations with UN speech
With Israel’s election approaching, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is battling new revelations of alleged warnings about Hamas’ 7 October attack and countered the political storm with a fiery UN speech directed at his voters and the world.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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I tested Innocn's E49M1R — the first flat 49-in Mini LED ultrawide monitor
The E49M1R is the first 49-inch Mini LED ultrawide to ditch the curve, pairing a genuinely wide colour claim and 1760 dimming zones with a 165Hz refresh rate.
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There's a sneaky way to watch Australia vs South Africa for *FREE* — stream rugby Test match
Here's how you can watch Australia vs South Africa for free online from anywhere