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Gonorrhoea and syphilis STI diagnoses in England hit record levels, latest figures show | Science & Tech News
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The number of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses was the highest on record last year, new figures show. Annual figures from the UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show gonorrhoea diagnoses increased to 82,592 in 2022, an increase of 50.3% compared with 2021 (54,961). This is the highest number of diagnoses in any one year since records…
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Apple boss Tim Cook thanks three countries for record iPhone sales | Business News
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Apple has beat Wall Street expectations and market trends in reporting increased iPhone sales in its second quarter results. Both revenues and profits were above investor predictions as a record number of iPhones were sold for the second three month period in its financial year. Sales for the year ending 1 April dropped overall –…
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‘Silver spenders’ help drive tap and go contactless payments to record high | Business News
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An estimated 91.2% of card payments last year were contactless, according to data covering spending when the technology was available. Analysis of habits by debit and credit card users at Barclays showed face-to-face or in-store spending using contactless was up from 82.6% achieved the previous year. The bank credited much of the “tap and go”…
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Elon Musk breaks world record for largest loss of personal fortune in history | World News
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Elon Musk has earned a place in the Guinness World Records for the largest ever loss of personal wealth after Tesla stock plummeted. The Twitter and Tesla chief executive – who was overtaken as the world’s richest man in December – has lost about £153bn ($182bn) since November 2021, according to estimates by Forbes. Oher…
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Scientists uncover first record of a dinosaur eating a mammal in fossil from 120 million years ago | UK News
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Scientists believe they have uncovered the first known incident of a mammal being eaten by a dinosaur. The foot of an animal that lived 120 million years ago has been found inside the ribcage of a dinosaur, throwing light on the diet of prehistoric creatures. Palaeontologists in the UK analysed fossil remains of a small,…
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet set Nintendo sales record – despite worst fan reception | Science & Tech News
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The latest Pokemon games have had the most significant worldwide launch sales in Nintendo’s history, despite players complaining of bugs and poor graphics performance. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, released last week on the Switch, have the lowest user scores in series history on the Metacritic reviews aggregator website. Previously the lowest-scoring game was Pokemon Unite…
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Online Safety Bill: Record amount of online child abuse blocked as legislation remains in limbo | Science & Tech News
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An unprecedented quantity of online child sexual abuse content is being blocked by tech companies while legislation aimed at tackling such material remains undelivered, the government has been warned. There are currently 24,649 web addresses containing such images of youngsters, sometimes even babies, on the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)’s list of blocked pages – a…
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Valery Polyakov: Russian cosmonaut who set record for longest space mission dies aged 80 | Science & Tech News
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Valery Polyakov, the Russian cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died aged 80. Polyakov spent 437 days between January 1994 and March 1995 on the Mir space station. He orbited the Earth more than 7,000 times before returning. Polyakov had trained as a physician and wanted to demonstrate…
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Virtual ‘robot rapper’ FN Meka dropped by record label over racial stereotyping criticism | Ents & Arts News
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A virtual “robot rapper” has been dropped by a record label following criticism that it perpetuated racist stereotypes. Just days after announcing it had signed the computer-generated FN Meka, Capitol Music Group announced it had “severed ties” with the project and apologised to the black community for its “insensitivity” and lack of research. It comes…