Blood Test Could Identify Infant Infections in 15 Minutes
A new blood test can distinguish bacterial from viral infections in feverish babies within 15 to 20 minutes, potentially reducing unnecessary antibiotic use and …
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Santander Online Banking Outage Leaves UK Customers Unable to Log On
Santander's UK website and mobile banking apps were hit by an outage that left thousands of customers unable to log on or use ATMs. …
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Elton John to Open Apple Music Hall in London
Apple's new 600-capacity venue at Battersea Power Station will launch on September 28 with a performance by Elton John, followed by Charli XCX, Chase …
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Dyfed-Powys Police Investigates Cyber Attack That May Have Exposed Staff Data
Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating a cyber attack that disrupted systems and may have compromised staff information, though the force says public data remains safe.
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Oslo physicists show cutting a photon in half leaves distant observers unaffected
Researchers at the University of Oslo have combined quantum mechanics with relativity to show that truncating a photon has no immediate effect on how …
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Discord Relaunches Age Verification With Privacy Options After Backlash
Discord has brought back its age verification system months after delaying it amid user backlash, with co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy saying the updated version offers …
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UK to launch National Centre for Information Defence to counter Russian disinformation and deepfakes
Andy Burnham has announced a new national centre to detect, attribute and disrupt hostile information attacks, including AI-generated deepfakes, in a speech to the …
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London Thames Heat Tunnel Among UK Projects to Share £90m
The London Strategic Heat Main project, a UK-first heat transmission tunnel under the Thames, is among schemes receiving a share of £90 million in …
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Nearly half of young people trust AI over humans for fact-checking, report finds
A new report indicates that almost half of young people place more trust in artificial intelligence than in human beings when verifying facts, raising …
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Trump Renames AI as 'Artificial Intelligence' in Climate Change Comparison
In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump rebranded AI as 'Artificial Intelligence' while comparing sceptics of the technology to climate change doomsayers, arguing that …
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Spotify Lets Parents Exclude Children's Music From Wrapped and Recommendations
Spotify has rolled out a global feature allowing parents to prevent children's music from influencing their personal recommendations and annual Wrapped roundup, with retroactive …
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Meta challenges Ofcom over Online Safety Act category ruling
Meta has filed a legal appeal against Ofcom's decision to place WhatsApp and Instagram in a category that imposes additional duties under the Online …
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UK Air Traffic Outage Caused by Millisecond Software Defect, NATS Report Finds
A software defect corrupted flight data in a millisecond, triggering a six-hour UK air traffic control outage that grounded flights and disrupted hundreds of …
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Nintendo of America COO says Switch 2 momentum is «just the beginning»
Nintendo of America's chief operating officer has said the company's current run of success is «just the beginning», after the Switch 2 became the …
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Location-Sharing Apps Turn Family Worry Into Constant Surveillance
A Guardian columnist describes how location-tracking apps have created a form of «compassionate surveillance», allowing anxious parents to monitor loved ones in transit — …
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Former Doom producer accuses Microsoft of reducing Halo to a «mid-tier» product
Andrew Willis, a former producer on Doom: The Dark Ages, has criticised Microsoft for what he describes as the financialisation of blockbuster games, arguing …
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Mike Johnson Dismisses AI Threat Warnings as 'Stupid, Knee-Jerk Reaction'
US House Speaker Mike Johnson has dismissed growing alarm over artificial intelligence as a 'stupid, knee-jerk reaction' from the media, even as members of …
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Trump Dismisses AI Safety Warnings as a Hoax and Vows Development Will Continue
The US president rejects calls from leading AI executives for a slowdown, calling existential risk warnings a political hoax and promising that development will …
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Valve Refuses to Cut Steam Frame Specs Despite Memory Shortage Price Rises
Valve has confirmed it will not reduce the specifications of its upcoming Steam Frame VR headset to offset rising component costs, prioritising product quality …
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Blizzard unveils Diablo 5, Netflix animated series and StarCraft reboot at BlizzCon 2026
Blizzard Entertainment used its BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony to announce Diablo 5, an animated Diablo series with Netflix, World of Warcraft: Forever and a …
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