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World’s most powerful laser to be built in UK and will be ‘million, billion, billion’ times brighter than the sun | Science & Tech News
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The world’s most powerful laser will be built in Oxfordshire, thanks to £85m in new funding for the technology. Scientists are aiming to develop the technology which will be a “million, billion, billion times brighter than the brightest sunlight” in the world. It is thought the technology will have practical applications in nuclear fusion, renewable…
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This star could become one of the most powerful magnets in the universe | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have uncovered a star that appears on course to become one of the strongest magnets in the universe. HD 45166 is 3,000 light years away and was spotted with multiple telescopes dotted all over the Earth, not that it’s particularly inconspicuous. Rich in helium, this interstellar behemoth is a few times bigger than our…
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Artificial intelligence: Powerful AI systems ‘can’t be controlled’ and ‘are causing harm’, says UK expert | Science & Tech News
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A British scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence has told Sky News that powerful AI systems “can’t be controlled” and “are already causing harm”. Professor Stuart Russell was one of more than 1,000 experts who last month signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause in the development of systems even more…
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SpaceX launches Starship in landmark test of world’s most powerful rocket system | Science & Tech News
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SpaceX has launched its Starship rocket system, the biggest and most powerful ever made, for the first time in a landmark test. Three days after an inaugural flight was scrapped due to a last-minute glitch, it blasted off from Boca Chica in southern Texas as thousands of spectators watched on nearby. But the rocket system…
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TikTok’s data lust is not unique – and this ban robs the government of a powerful tool | Science & Tech News
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In the interests of “good cyber hygiene”, said minister Oliver Dowden, the UK government has now decided to ban TikTok from government devices. It should come as no real surprise. The US and the European Commission have already instituted similar bans of the Chinese social media app. Some cybersecurity analysts have suggested TikTok works harder…
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SpaceX tests most powerful ever rocket ahead of trips to moon | Science & Tech News
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SpaceX has tested its most powerful ever rocket system ahead of planned civilian trips to the moon. Yesterday Elon Musk‘s company fired up the engines on its towering Super Heavy booster, which makes up one half of the ambitious Starship craft targeting its first orbital flight in the coming weeks. The stationary test did not…