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NASA chief says ‘secretive’ China is hiding military projects in space | Science & Tech News
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China is hiding secret military activity in space, NASA chief Bill Nelson has claimed. “We believe that a lot of their so-called civilian space programme is a military programme,” he told the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday. “China has made extraordinary strides, especially in the last 10 years, but they are very, very secretive,”…
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TikTok chief executive appeals directly to users to ‘protect their constitutional rights’ and oppose potential US ban | Science & Tech News
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TikTok’s chief executive has appealed to US users directly to stop a bill that could see the social media app banned in America. Shou zi Chew appealed to the public via – what else – a video posted on the app. “Keep sharing your stories, share them with your friends, share them with your family,…
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Chinese hackers preparing to ‘wreak havoc’ on US, warns FBI chief Christopher Wray | US News
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Cyber hackers working for the Chinese government are preparing to “wreak havoc” on the US, FBI director Christopher Wray is warning. Critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants, the electrical grid, and transportation systems are being targeted to cause “real-world harm” to American citizens, he will tell US politicians on Wednesday. Mr Wray will speak…
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Britons must ‘strengthen defences’ against growing threat of AI-assisted ransomware, cyber security chief warns | UK News
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Britons must “strengthen their defences” against the growing threat posed by ransomware developed or enhanced using artificial intelligence (AI), the head of the UK’s cyber security agency has warned. It comes as a new report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that AI is lowering the barrier of entry to novice cyber…
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI agrees deal for ousted Sam Altman to return as chief executive | Science & Tech News
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it has agreed a deal for Sam Altman to return as chief executive after he was ousted by its board. The agreement “in principle” involves a new board being installed, the company said. In a post on X, OpenAI said: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to…
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Spy chief says MI5 ‘absolutely alert’ to risk of UK terror attack amid Israel-Hamas war | World News
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The director general of MI5 has told Sky News his intelligence officers are “focused with particular intensity” on a growing risk of attacks within the UK following events in the Middle East. In a rare interview, Ken McCallum said: “Sadly, over the course of my career, it has often been the case that events in…
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US defence chief insists world ‘nowhere close’ to existential AI threat | Science & Tech News
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The world is “nowhere close” to artificial intelligence (AI) becoming an existential threat, according to the Pentagon’s computer intelligence chief who predicts future supremacy in the field will all come down to data. Recent headlines around generative models like ChatGPT have misled people about their power, according to Dr Craig Martell, the US defence department’s…
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Twitter loses second trust and safety chief since Elon Musk takeover | Science & Tech News
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Twitter’s head of trust and safety has resigned from the social media company, according to a report. Ella Irwin told Reuters news agency she had resigned, not long after Fortune reported her internal Slack account appeared to have been deactivated. Ms Irwin oversaw content moderation – a controversial subject for a company that has been…
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Who is Linda Yaccarino? The new Twitter chief executive with deep ties in the advertising industry | Science & Tech News
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In a few short weeks, Elon Musk will hand over the helm of Twitter to Linda Yaccarino. But who exactly is the new chief executive, and how does she fit into Musk’s vision of “the everything app”? Musk, who brought Twitter in October and has been running it since, has long insisted that he would…
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Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino as new Twitter chief executive | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has announced his new Twitter chief executive – NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino. The billionaire said he was “excited” to announce the hiring of Ms Yaccarino – who he said would focus “primarily on business operations” at Twitter. Musk, who completed a $44bn (£35bn) takeover of the social media site in October, also announced…