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Mega-tsunami caused Earth to vibrate for nine days, study shows | Climate News
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A mega-tsunami caused by a landslide in Greenland caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days, a new study has shown. The collapse of a 1.2km-high (0.7 miles) mountain peak last September caused water in the fjord below to splash back and forth, causing vibrations right through to the Earth’s crust, researchers found. It was…
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Dad who suffered brain injury days after getting COVID vaccine sues AstraZeneca | UK News
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A dad who suffered a brain injury just days after receiving a British-developed COVID vaccine has told Sky News he would never have had the jab if he had known of the risk of rare but serious side effects. Jamie Scott, who has two young boys and is now unable to work, is suing AstraZeneca…
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft regains power nine days after historic lunar landing | Science & Tech News
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft has regained power more than a week after it ran out of electricity after landing on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said it re-established communication with its lander late on Sunday, nine days after Japan became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon. The Smart Lander…
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Emmett Shear: The AI ‘doomer’ picked to run OpenAI – now set to leave after just three days | Science & Tech News
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Just when he thought he was in, they pulled him back out. Emmett Shear had an eventful weekend, appointed interim CEO at ChatGPT maker OpenAI after the sudden and dramatic ousting of Sam Altman last Friday. It was his first day job since leaving streaming site Twitch in March, a company he ran for over…
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Sam Altman tipped to return as OpenAI boss just days after sacking | Science & Tech News
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Sam Altman, the deposed chief of tech firm OpenAI, is reportedly in talks to return less than three days after the board sacked him. Altman, one of the co-founders of OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, was dismissed on Friday. OpenAI said the move followed a “deliberative review process by the board”, which concluded Mr Altman “was…
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Joe Biden to unveil sweeping AI regulations – days before skipping Rishi Sunak’s safety summit | Science & Tech News
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The White House has stolen a march on Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit by unveiling sweeping regulations aimed at protecting workers and citizens from threats posed by the technology. US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order aiming to guide the development of the tech, requiring firms working on potentially dangerous models to share…
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India announces moon lander days from touching down – as Russian craft crashes | World News
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India could be about to take one giant leap ahead of Russia in the space race – with its latest lunar mission just days away from attempting to land. India’s space agency ISRO announced via X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday that it will attempt to land its Vikram robotic lander on Wednesday. The…
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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days in orbit | World News
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An experimental Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth after staying in orbit for 276 days, China’s state media has reported. The spacecraft completed a landmark mission to test the country’s reusable space technologies, the report added. State media said the uncrewed spacecraft returned to the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China as scheduled. The spacecraft…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council – just days after its members speak out | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of nearly 100 independent civil, human rights and other organisations. The company, now run by Elon Musk, formed the council in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. It had been scheduled to meet with Twitter…
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Extremely cold days increase risk of cardiovascular deaths, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Extremely cold temperatures increase the risk of death among people with cardiovascular disease, according to new research. As freezing conditions brought heavy snow to much of the UK overnight, a study in the journal Circulation warned people who suffered from conditions including an irregular heartbeat were at greater risk whenever the weather turns harsh. UK…