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Microbiome study hints that fibre could be linked to better sleep
We know that diet has a role in sleep conditions – and now it seems that dietary fibre in...
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X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
After creating thousands of “undressing” pictures of women and sexualized imagery of apparent minors, Elon Musk’s X has apparently limited who can generate images with Grok. However, despite the changes, the chatbot is still being used to create “undressing”...
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Man whose gut made its own alcohol gets relief from faecal transplant
A man in Massachusetts whose gut started brewing its own alcohol, which made him heavily intoxicated, has finally recovered...
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Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins | TechCrunch
AI research lab Anthropic continues to land sizable enterprise deals. Its latest entails bringing its large language models to a legacy German insurance giant.Anthropic on Friday announced a deal with Munich, Germany-based global insurance conglomerate Allianz to bring “responsible...
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Pro-grade CNC, kitchen-table ready: Meet the Makera Z1
In the world of digital fabrication, desktop CNC machines often fall into two frustrating camps: affordable but underpowered, or powerful but prohibitively complex. The Makera Z1 flips the script and carves out a new category of its own.A smart...
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Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather
Every autumn, as the Northern Hemisphere moves toward winter, Judah Cohen starts to piece together a complex...
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Some quantum computers might need more power than supercomputers
Large quantum computers may be able to solve problems impossible for even the best traditional supercomputers – but in...
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Government accused of dragging its heels on deepfake law over Grok AI
Laura Cress,Technology reporterandChris Vallance,Senior technology reporterGetty ImagesCampaigners have accused the government of dragging its heels on implementing a law which would make it illegal to create non-consensual sexualised deepfakes.It comes amid a backlash against images created using Elon Musk's...
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Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’ | TechCrunch
Investment in consumer tech startups has been in a downturn since 2022, as a turbulent macroeconomic climate and rising inflation have made VCs skittish about consumer spending power. For the past couple of years, most AI investment has focused...
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Inside the sub-zero lair of the world’s most powerful quantum computer
Faisal IslamEconomics editorWhat is going on here is being watched carefully around the world. Professor Sir Peter Knight, Chair of the National Quantum Technology Programmes Strategy Advisory Board, says Willow broke new ground."All the machines are really still at...
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DA leader John Steenhuisen will not seek re-election as head of South Africa’s second largest party
The surprise move may threaten the stability of the coalition government of which the DA is a key partner.
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