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Grant Shapps describes photo he shared which edited out Boris Johnson as ‘complete screw-up’ | Politics News
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Grant Shapps has said a picture he tweeted out which Boris Johnson was mysteriously edited out of was a “complete screw-up”. Beady-eyed social media users noticed that the image posted from Mr Shapps’ social media account last month – ahead of a rocket launch from Spaceport Cornwall – was not the same as the original […]
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Delete TikTok or risk your data being exposed to ‘hostile’ threats, warns foreign affairs committee chief | Science & Tech News
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People have been urged to delete TikTok from their phones, with the chair of Britain’s foreign affairs committee warning that “we are being naive” about the threat posed by the app. Alicia Kearns, a Conservative MP, said that keeping the video-sharing platform installed left users’ personal data exposed to “hostile” threats – specifically the Chinese […]
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Elon Musk: Tesla and SpaceX founder cleared of deceiving investors with 2018 tweet | World News
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Elon Musk did not deceive his investors when he tweeted in 2018 that he had the funding to take Tesla private, a jury has found. Investors had sought to sue the SpaceX owner for billions of dollars because his tweet caused Tesla’s shares to soar, only to crash 10 days later when it became clear […]
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Netflix says new password sharing rules were posted by accident | Science & Tech News
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Netflix has said that updated measures to crack down on password sharing were posted by mistake. Following widespread disappointment on social media, with many threatening to cancel their memberships, the streaming giant claimed some new account rules being trialled in other countries had accidentally been added to its help pages elsewhere. While subscribers have been […]
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Fears of fire after Grenfell tragedy are holding back switch to sustainable building materials like engineered timber, architect says | Science & Tech News
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Fear of fire in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy is holding back a switch to more sustainable building materials, a leading architect has told Sky News. Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects, which is at the forefront of eco-building design, said the construction industry and regulators are too cautious about using engineered timber in […]
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BMW in talks with UK government over £75m grant for electric Mini | Business News
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The German automotive giant BMW is in talks with the government about a £75m funding package that would secure production of electric Minis at its Oxfordshire plant. Sky News has learnt that BMW is negotiating with officials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) over a grant from Whitehall’s Automotive Transformation Fund. […]
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Artificial intelligence: Google poised to unveil how it plans to take on ChatGPT | Science & Tech News
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Google looks set to unveil how it plans to rival the wildly successful ChatGPT AI, possibly within days. The technology giant has scheduled a 40-minute event for Wednesday 8 February, when it will reveal how it is “reimagining how people search for, explore and interact with information”. “Join us to learn how we’re opening up […]
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China denies US spy balloon claims and insists it always ‘abides by international law’ | World News
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China has claimed the flight of an “airship” over the US was an accident and accused politicians and media of taking advantage of the situation. Washington claims the craft is a suspected spy balloon and said it had committed a “clear violation” of US sovereignty. China insisted it is used for meteorological and other scientific […]
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Chinese spy balloon ‘detrimental’ to planned US visit, says Blinken | US News
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that China’s spy balloon was “detrimental” to “substantive discussions” that were due to take place on his visit. Mr Blinken said he spoke to the director of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Foreign Affairs Office, Wang Yi, on Friday about the postponement of the visit, saying: “Conditions were […]
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Spy balloon over US is actually ‘civilian airship’ that blew off course, says China – but Blinken cancels trip | World News
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China has said a suspected spy balloon that has been flying over the US was in fact a “civilian airship” that had strayed into American airspace. The US has said it believed the object was a high-altitude surveillance balloon flying over sensitive sites to collect information. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a high-profile […]