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Global IT outage: NHS warns of GP disruption next week – as travellers report long delays and lost baggage | UK News
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The NHS has warned of “continued disruption” to GP services into next week following the global IT outage – as airline passengers reported lengthy delays and lost baggage this weekend. The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen…
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Infected blood scandal: Experimented on and exploited – the Treloar’s School pupils who ‘lost everything’ | UK News
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Returning to Treloar’s School brings back many bittersweet memories for Gary Webster, Steve Nicholls, Richard Warwick and Ade Goodyear. This life-transforming school in the Hampshire countryside is where these men were sent as haemophiliac children to live and learn among other kids who needed the best round-the-clock medical care. The school, with its on-site NHS…
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‘I thought I was going mad’: Former make-up artist says she lost her job after being marked down by AI tool | Science & Tech News
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A make-up artist says she lost her job at a leading brand after an AI recruitment tool using facial recognition technology marked her down for her body language. It comes as new figures show the UK ranks second among countries using artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting and human resources. Anthea Mairoudhiou, a former MAC make-up…
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Codebreakers uncover secrets of lost letters Mary Queen of Scots wrote from jail | Science & Tech News
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Secret letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth I have been cracked by a team of codebreakers. For centuries, the contents of the coded correspondence dating from 1578 to 1584 were believed to have been lost. Mary, who was beheaded on this day 436 years ago, used a…
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Sea spiders can regrow lost anuses and sex organs – leaving scientists stunned | Science & Tech News
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Scientists say they are stunned after discovering sea spiders have the ability to grow new reproductive organs and an anus. Experts already knew that when the arthropods lose legs, they can regrow them. But in a development that will no doubt inspire the next generation of Spider-Man stories, a study has found the underwater creatures…
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British investor who lost £1m in FTX collapse among 13 people to make fraud reports to police | UK News
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A British investor said to have lost £1m in the collapse of cryptocurrency trading platform FTX is among 13 people to have made fraud reports to UK police. FTX filed for bankruptcy on 11 November after it was alleged the then chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, 30, had illegally diverted massive sums of customer money from…
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How an airline passenger tracked the ‘wild ride’ of her lost luggage | Science & Tech News
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The chance of your luggage going missing is among the most anxiety-inducing facets of any flight, especially one taken amid the holiday rush. Unfortunately for Valerie Szybala, that’s precisely the scenario that she began 2023 contending with after a domestic US journey from Chicago back to her home in Washington. In a viral Twitter thread…
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How a video game helped the British Library bring lost history to life | Science & Tech News
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From a Disney comic book starring Scrooge McDuck to a never-ending reel of scenes from India’s most expensive TV series, the British Library’s latest exhibition is eclectic to say the least. Billed as a tribute to Alexander the Great’s legacy, this is as much an exhibition about storytelling as it is one man, culminating in…