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Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
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Heathrow says need for expansion ‘clear’ as it loses title of Europe’s busiest airport
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✓Jackie, the famous California bald eagle, dies after weeks of intensive care
Jackie and her partner, Shadow, had been watched by millions of people over the years through the Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam
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✓‘New level of danger’: Drone incidents scare Europe amid Russia-Ukraine war
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✓Flip-flopping Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan but cannot placate all his allies
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Final phase of voting in Pakistan-administered Kashmir amid security fears
Final phase of voting in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, despite security fears
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White House revives unprecedented effort to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook
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Watch: Moment powerful earthquake shakes Colombia and crumbles buildings
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Food safety crisis deepens for Taylor Farms with salmonella outbreak
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✓Wall Street giants hand Nvidia $500bn to fund boom in AI projects
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Flight cancelled as child refuses to sit down and fasten seatbelt
A flight in Canada has been cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt
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✓Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots
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Hundreds of flights cancelled as Typhoon Dolphin hits China
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✓Liverpool fans seek clarity on Bezos bid to buy stake
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The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI
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Economy
Oil prices hover near $90 a barrel and gold hits two-month high as Trump makes new demands on Iran – business live
US president demands compensation for damage incurred by US, complicating standoff with Tehran. Oil prices have see-sawed: Brent crude jumped more than 2% to just over $90 a…
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‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
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‘People in Japan thought we made footy up’: Pro Jank Footy, the video game taking Australian rules to the world
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Lobbyist defends ‘shit sheet’ on former Liberal MP despite admitting he knew ‘there was no affair’, Icac hears
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Climate
‘Extreme heat’ warning issued for parts of England on Thursday as temperatures could reach 38C – latest news
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk predicted…
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When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
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Record number of people arrive on one small boat - but what's behind fall in Channel crossings this year?
A record 230 people crossed the English Channel in a single boat on Monday
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Progressives and establishment-backed Democrats set to clash in Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries – live
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
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Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai
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Andy Burnham says he would preferably not want a ‘single prisoner’ released early - UK politics live
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