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Paedophiles are starting to use virtual reality headsets to view child abuse images, data shows | UK News
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Paedophiles are starting to use virtual reality headsets to view child abuse images, according to police data. Use of this technology was recorded in eight cases in 2021/22 – the first time this technology has been specifically mentioned in crime reports. During that period, police recorded 30,925 offences involving obscene images of children – the…
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FTX collapse shows crypto is ‘too dangerous’ not to regulate, Bank of England deputy governor says | Business News
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Cryptocurrency trading is “too dangerous” to remain outside mainstream financial regulation and could pose “a systemic problem” without action, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has warned. Speaking for the first time since the founder of the crypto trading platform FTX was arrested and charged with massive fraud, Sir Jon Cunliffe told Sky…
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New time-lapse shows how Earth has changed since iconic ‘Blue Marble’ | Science & Tech News
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Fifty years after Apollo 17 astronauts sent back an iconic image of Earth, capturing the awe of the cosmos and fragility of our planet like never before, time-lapse images have been released to mark the anniversary. The Blue Marble, as it came to be known, was snapped on 7 December 1972, and at the time…
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Hate speech surged on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, new research shows | US News
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The use of hateful language on Twitter has increased substantially since Elon Musk took over, according to new research. Mr Musk completed his $44bn acquisition of the social networking platform in late October, promptly laying off roughly half of the company’s 8,000 workers. Although the head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, said at the…
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Modified herpes virus shows promise killing off cancer cells – with one patient seeing disease vanish | UK News
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A modified herpes virus has shown promise killing off cancer cells – with one patient seeing the disease vanish entirely. Patients were injected with a drug that was a weakened form of the cold sore virus – herpes simplex – that has been modified to kill tumours. While more research is needed, it could offer…
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New Titanic footage shows wreck in ‘highest-ever quality’ | World News
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New video of the Titanic filmed in the highest quality resolution so far shows an “astonishing level of detail”, according to the company behind the mission. OceanGate Expeditions released the 8K video on its YouTube channel and said it was “first-of-its-kind footage”. It said the ship’s bow, the portside anchor, hull number one, and an…
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Research shows a verbal insult is like a ‘mini slap in the face’ in study that looks at how words affect us | UK News
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A verbal insult will “get at you” and is like a “mini slap in the face”, according to new research. Scientists looked at the short-term impact of repeated insults as part of a study analysing links between emotion and language. The paper, published in Frontiers In Communication, found the verbal insults could have an impact…