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Russia reports ‘abnormal situation’ at Luna-25 spacecraft | Science & Tech News
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Russia has reported an “abnormal situation” at its moon-bound spacecraft which launched earlier this month. Luna-25 is an unmanned robot lander and the country’s first mission to the lunar surface in almost 50 years. It’s targeting a historic touchdown at the moon’s south pole on Monday, but appears to have run into unspecified trouble while…
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Discord boss ‘horrified’ by reports of child abuse and abduction on platform | Science & Tech News
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Child exploitation taking place on popular chat platform Discord is “horrifying”, the company’s chief executive has said. Jason Citron said any cases of child sexual abuse material, grooming, or abduction linked to the service, which he founded back in 2015, would be taken “very seriously”. “As a parent, it’s horrifying,” he told Bloomberg’s Tech Summit…
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Microsoft limits new Bing after reports of bizarre answers – with journalist ‘compared to Hitler’ | Science & Tech News
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Microsoft is limiting how many questions people can ask its new Bing chatbot after reports of it becoming somewhat unhinged, including threatening users and comparing them to Adolf Hitler. The upgraded search engine with new AI functionality, powered by the same kind of technology as ChatGPT, was announced earlier this month. Since then, it has…
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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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Elon Musk insists Twitter’s ‘suicide prevention feature’ is still intact after reports it had been removed | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has insisted a Twitter feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and similar safety resources has not been removed after reports it had been taken down for an unannounced revamp. Responding to the claims, which were originally reported by the Reuters news agency, the billionaire said: “The message is actually still up. This is…
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Facebook parent Meta reports fall in quarterly revenue – but still beats expectations | Business News
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Facebook parent Meta has beaten estimates for its quarterly revenue, helped by its continued dominance of the online advertising market. Revenue in the third quarter fell for a second consecutive time to $27.71bn (£23.83bn) from $29.01bn (£24.94bn). But it was still above analysts’ expectation of $27.38bn (£23.54bn), according to Refinitiv data. Net income fell to…
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Facebook owner Meta reports first ever revenue drop amid lower advertising sales and competition from TikTok | Business News
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Facebook owner Meta has reported its first ever revenue drop amid lower advertising sales and growing competition from TikTok. The social media giant reported revenue of $28.8bn in the three months to June, down almost 1% from $29.08bn the previous year. The figure was lower than the $28.9bn expected by Wall Street, sending Meta shares…