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Scientists Solve 1840s Space Weather Mystery

A recent study corrects the date of an 1841 Exeter rail disruption caused by space weather, suggesting it was a…

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Culture

How Prehistoric Builders Moved Devil’s Arrows 11 Miles

Recent scientific analysis confirms that the Devil’s Arrows, Britain's tallest standing stone alignment, were deliberately transported by Neolithic humans from…

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AI & Tech

Le Monde: AI Overviews Haven’t Hurt Audience Yet

Le Monde Group CEO Louis Dreyfus reports that the publisher’s audience remains stable despite Google AI Overviews, contradicting earlier warnings…

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Digital Publishing

Medieval Manuscripts Reveal Deadliest Sheeppox Virus History

Ancient DNA analysis of medieval sheepskin parchment has revealed that sheeppox, a deadly viral disease, has affected Eurasian livestock for…

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AI & Tech

AI scribes misrecord NHS drug names and diagnoses

AI transcription tools in the NHS are causing dangerous patient safety risks by frequently misinterpreting medical terminology, such as dropping…

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AI & Tech

Medly AI raises $8M to give every UK exam student an AI tutor

Medly AI, an AI-powered exam prep platform founded by two London doctors, raised $8 million in seed funding led by…

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AI & Tech

Meta glasses banned in England and Wales courts

HMCTS has banned Meta smart glasses from all courtrooms and facilities in England and Wales, with security staff seizing the…

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Business

UK Police Database Data Breach Exposed in Security Alert

The Police National Legal Database (PNLD), managed by West Yorkshire Police, was breached on July 26, leaking names, organizations, and…

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Business

ExfilSquad breaches UK police data for 100K+ officers, staff

A cyber breach of the U.K.'s Police National Legal Database (PNLD) exposed contact details of over 100,000 police officers and…

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Culture

How Emotional Stories Drive Vaccine Skepticism

Vaccine hesitancy is not a new phenomenon, with historical examples like 19th-century smallpox vaccine riots and the 1894 Anti-Compulsory Vaccination…

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AI & Tech

NHS App adds AI triage in £10bn tech overhaul

The UK government is integrating AI triage into the NHS App to automatically direct patients to appropriate care, part of…

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AI & Tech

Gen Z’s Luddite Festival Takes Aim at Big Tech

The Summer of Ludd festival in New York City features entirely offline, analog activities like workshops on mending clothes and…

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Artificial Intelligence

LastPass Users Hit by Another Data Breach This Week

A WIRED investigation revealed a decade-long predictive policing program in Bristol, England, using 23 models to assess crime risk, operating…

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Artificial Intelligence

World Cup Teams Compete for AI Supremacy

At the 2026 World Cup, FIFA will capture roughly 150 million data points per match, with sensors inside the ball…

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Artificial Intelligence

British Police Crime-Prediction Tool Produced Unreliable Results

The Think Family Database, launched in 2016 by Bristol City Council and Avon and Somerset Police, secretly collected sensitive data…

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AI & Tech

Flok Health raises $12.5M for AI physio unsupervised by NHS

Flok Health raised $12.5 million in Series A funding to expand its AI physiotherapy platform, which is the first in…

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Culture

Infrasound May Explain Many Alleged Hauntings, Study Finds

Infrasound from sources like vibrating pipes, HVAC systems, traffic noise, or wind turbines can cause unsettling sensations often attributed to…

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI halts UK Stargate over energy and copyright hurdles

OpenAI has suspended its UK Stargate data centre project, citing the country's high industrial energy costs and uncertain AI copyright…

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BigTech Companies

Apple Engineers Surprised by Their Own Historic Product

Apple faced a pivotal choice to disrupt its own dominant iPod by creating the iPhone, driven by market uncertainty and…

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AI & Tech

Decathlon Boosts Warehouse Output With Exotec Robots

Decathlon has achieved major productivity gains across its European automated warehouses through a partnership with Exotec, dramatically increasing output and…

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